Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-12443850-20130728193835/@comment-11188061-20130729081525

This theory feels dead wrong to me at least. You're confusing our own reality with the RWBY world's reality.

Schnee corporation is mining Dust, an energy resource that could power up a person to the realm of superhumans, and basically so strong that they could slay monsters with ease. Remember that Weiss had taken a full punch (and before that, a few barely defended blows) from the Giant Armor, and other than just staggering a little plus her old wound bleeding, she nearly suffered no damage at all. There was little to no danger sending Weiss to Beacon Academy, and if anything, I believe her parents (if they even exist) expects her to become a top class Huntress (if not the first), and anything else lower would disgrace the family instead.

This is further reinforced by the fact that humans in the RWBY world seemed to be tough beyond belief. Just take a look at the goons Ruby beat up and you'll realize what I mean. Any 'normal' human would've broken bones and died already, and she practically impaled one of them to the ground which normally would result in lots and lots of blood and gore. Weiss literally suffered no injury at all when Ruby accidentally triggered an explosion, and the worst she got was a body of black soot, which cleared in no time at all. Of course they're by no means invincible, but currently the monsters are very much in the backfoot as compared to humans at the current time.

It is in fact very likely that the current Head(s) of Schnee corporation is a master Huntsman/Huntress themselves. How else do you think they managed to build one the world's biggest energy corporation in the first place? The competition must've been massive when they first started out. They literally have to oversee and protect their own property and resources so that no one else would rob or attempt to sabotage their operation, and for a normal human to stop a Dust-strengthened opponent is nearly unthinkable. As they grew bigger and stronger, then the Schnee began investing into building golems and robots (called guardians, as stated in the intro of first episode) to protect their property.

Finally, there was this test that Weiss' passage had mentioned about. While one of my theories would consist of her taking on the Golem as proof that she had the qualifications to inherit the Schnee corporation (and by passing it became the true heiress), it didn't really explain the 'royal' part so I'm still reserving judgment. Another possibility that it was a test she had to take in Beacon Academy to become Huntress or newbie Huntress or whatever.