Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6500074-20130829103240/@comment-24400457-20140529073047

The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: It makes one wonder about the new intro. How is going after Pyrrha consistent with breaking the bully cliché? My thought was that he was breaking it around the time he was all "Holy crap, Jaune." Perhaps he still has a little more need to grow. I think everyone is forgetting one important thing: The Vytal Festival.

It may or may not happen this volume but the festival gives perfectly reasonable explanation for Pyrrha to be fighting Cardinal AND for the helljump sequence.

The helljump involves Penny, RWBY, JNPR, Sun, Velvet, some of Velvet's teammates, Sun's three associates and CRDL. I don't see Penny, Sun or his friends being roped into official Beacon business if the helljump was an assignment or a mission. Also the mere act of Cardinal being in the helljump implies that, for at least part of the season, they'll be neutral.

And Cardinal vs. Pyrrha could be something as simple as combat practise, a tournament match or "punishment" for something Pyrrha did in school. Okay that last one is highly unlikely but it'd be cool nonetheless.

Just because Cardinal is seen fighting Pyrrha, and it's hinted that Pyrrha will be a focal point of Volume 2, DOESN'T MEAN Pyrrha will be a focal point of Volume 2 because of Cardinal.