Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160110165745/@comment-26872876-20160110202251

@Wadcoft

The opening showing something doesn't quite mean it appears in the show. That scene just shows Qrow is related to Yang and Ruby, and they like him. As for Mercury, no reason to keep Ruby alive. He's an assassin. Kill her and she's no longer a problem. Well, I suppose the only reason to keep her alive would be to blackmail team RWBY... but that assumes they'd been discovered.

Poor Pyrrha indeed.

Agreed. Hence why she's on the front row. I think she has a range required for her semblance. So I think her goal is to just constantly mess with Pyrrha. Considering how messed up Pyrrha is, it should be easy.

Again, agreed. It's all to instill fear. Though, it could turn out to be another Yang moment. Penny gets severely injured (she won't be killed yet imo). Think of the outcome. Once again the crowd overwhelmed with fear. Then you have Atlas with a synthetic humanoid on the field. One that not even her teammates know about. So Beacon takes another hit. And I'm sure Ozpin's group will have issues with Ironwood keeping secrets.