Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-14909251-20170628071227

73.Anon.52 wrote: I highly doubt we'll see this resolved for about 5 seasons... that smacks of global politics(About which RWBY knows nothing yet, though Blake at least is entering that arena if she aquires the WF), as opposed to Salem's imminent threat. Granted there could be a moment if Salem & Co were responsible... but odds are pretty bad they'd recognize Ren's parents through Ren... his dad didn't even look like a threat they should have recognised while he was alive.

I'm not sure why you think we wouldn't learn anything of this in the next Volume. The fact Jaune, Nora, and Ren, are from Mistral means we probably can expect a lot more character development for all of them focusing on their history. We understand that Ren and Nora are orphans, but we don't know who took them in afterwards. Perhaps they were taken in by friends of Ren's parents who escaped from Kuroyuri with them. Alternatively, they could have ended up in an orphanage, but had interactions with someone from Kuroyuri or even a survivor from Oniyuri who knew his parents that helped them train. Many scenarios allow for his parents to be a continuing factor as Ren's background is fleshed out more.