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ChishioKunrin wrote: BerserkerPhantom wrote: Glynda is most likely the representative for Beacon.

Though Shade's representative is still unknown. Not really familiar enough with the Wizard of Oz to throw out an idea on what character could Vacuo's leader be based off: Dorothy herself? And no, Qrow is not the Scarecrow. He and Raven allude to Hugin and Munin, Odin's ravens who fly across the world and gather info for him. Actually, there is technically a character from OZ Qrow can allude too without being the scarecrow. Kaggi-kar. Quoting the Fridge Page for RWBY on Tv Tropes, Kaggi-Kar comes from the Soviet Adaptation of Wizard of Oz called Tales of the Magic Land. Here is the entry in full.  Note how that adaptation has two characters for Dorothy. Well just as it has two Dorothy equivalents, so does RWBY in the form of Ruby and Oscar. Both young children wanting something more, Ruby wanting to help people, Oscar wanting a more interesting life, before they each find their way to the Wizard, Ruby by the Goodwitch equivalent Glynda, Oscar by meeting the wizard himself. And just as Kaggi-kar accompanied the two Dorothy counterparts, Qrow is with Ruby now, and will most likely be working with Ozpin to train Oscar.
 * As much as Qrow's character alludes to the Scarecrow from The Wizard of Oz, he alludes even more to a character from Tales of the Magic Land, its Soviet adaptation by Alexander Volkov. Namely, to Kaggi-Karr, an old, cynical and harsh, but gold-hearted talking crow who gave the Scarecrow the idea of getting brains and who serves as the chief of Magic Land's intelligence and communications  note   she established the land-spanning "bird relay" where birds serve as scouts and messengers during peaceful times, takes over as the de-facto leader if the Scarecrow and Iron Woodman are captured, and frequently accompanies Ellie or Annie (Dorothy's equivalents) in their travels. Although we cannot tell if the CRWBY have read the Tales Of The Magic Land, so it may be just a sheer coincidence.