Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14909251-20131124211317/@comment-3387274-20131126205251

neither of then are part of Beacon, so no. Besides, They'd ruin the dynamic of the team; Penny is naive and inexperienced (unless she's fighting, and even then she looks almost curious rather than focussed), and Sun is pretty much Jaune with overconfidence and no respect for authority. The former would leave Ren the sole voice of reason for the team, and the latter would be a show-stealer who wouldn't fill in Pyrha's mentor role at all

Also, why are we expecting a literal death due to a weakness? None of the motiffs seen so far have been that close to the orriginals. And "Pyrhic victory" requires a win as well as a loss to hold true.