Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-115.64.123.173-20150111114940/@comment-5098787-20150208071839

I would say that, given Ruby was at Signal before transferring to Beacon, that the names are similar as they are both similar schools. Signal could be thought of as college, while Beacon is more like a university (one example being the apparent course length of 4 years). Also, signal simply means a signal, whereas beacon has a more specific meaning (http://ehttp://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/beacon). This links to each schools potential function; Signal teaches general things such as weapon construction & use and basic combat, while Beacon teaches skills and knowledge specifically geared towards becoming a Huntsman/Huntress.