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73.Anon.52 wrote:

The most likely timeline for her life is that her father was based in Mistral, then when Sienna took over she stayed as her parents left for their new position in Menagerie

Blake in Volume 2 Episode 2, told Ozpin during a flashback:

''Ozpin: Wonderful. As you know, in order to enroll at my academy, students must first pass a rigorous entrance exam. Most applicants spend years of preparation training at one of the many combat schools around the world. You are one of the few that did not. And you passed the exam with flying colors.''

''Blake: I was raised outside the kingdoms. If you can't fight, you can't survive. ''

So, she either was lying her ass off when she said that - which she had no reason to do - or, she really did grow outside the Kingdoms.

Mistral, is not outside the Kingdoms. Menagerie, on the other hand, is.

And quite in fact, in V4E3, she says this bit outright: Blake: Home, to Menagerie.

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Menagerie really is her home. And given it's been years since she saw her parents by the time she went there, I seriously doubt it was just a sudden decision to move there after Ghira stepped down.