Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-108.38.193.5-20140414065107/@comment-10390252-20140415124542

Most people assume that Ruby's mother (and, IMO, Yang's too) is the enigmatic Summer Rose. But who is her father? We've got a few clues. He's outgoing like Yang; he thinks that Ruby should have more human friends and be less focussed on weapons and emulating her mother. We also know that, like Summer, he is a strong believer in helping the imperilled.

In Ruby's acceptance interview (as it turned out to be) with Ozpin, she mentioned the police completely out of the blue when discussing how she would abide by her parents' encouragement to help people. Why not mention doctors, the fire service or other rescue workers? To me, this implies strongly that someone she knows is a cop to the point that it is the automatic alternative to becoming a Huntress. From that, I'd assume that her father is a policeman.

It would raise several interesting possible conflicts if Blake's extra-legal status and Sun's general scofflaw attitude were to come out, even if only in terms of: "In local news, the Mayor of Vale today signed an official pardon for former White Fang operative Blake Belladona and petty criminal Sun Wukong in recognition of their role in saving Beacon Academy..." Daddy Xiao Long might not like the thought of his little princess consorting with know felons, even officially pardoned ones.