Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27144409-20180525193802/@comment-27144409-20190626233639

If they're not actual gladiators, and they don't fight their peers to the death for the enjoyment of crowds, then don't call them gladiators. That terminology alone drags down the whole story here. You also don't need to be so limited by your allusions.

I don't know what the Zoldycks are. I do know that assassins are suppossed to wrok from the shadows, killing targets for a profit, or ideology. Seeking out strong fighters to assert their strength and satisfy their bloodlust sound more like a serial killer or cult, not a smart order of assassins. Besides, assassins, usually stink at "fair" 1 on 1 fights. They can do this (I won't like it, but your characters can do this), but use better terminology.

I assumewd she killed him or at least maimed him because you keep calling them gladiators.

Blake didn't manage to hide her past with the White fang for even a year. RNJR was able to make a mutually beneficial deal with a village to protect them for a time and eliminate a considerable threat. People would still want to hire them since they're better than nothing, and they'd work for less. The problem isn't that I don't like RWBY cliches, it's that their post-Beacon fates don't make sense in this universe.

Again, gladiator means killing, preferrably in an arena, for the entertainment of others.

I was trying to point out that this last bit need more than a pinch of salt.