Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26835725-20150730152145/@comment-25555436-20150730153724

-His Aura may or may not be unlocked, but it's not certain. For starters, it doesn't seem to be common knowledge if Jaune not knowing about it at all is any indication. Plus, just because he works with Cinder and co. it doesn't mean they like him or think he's important enough to unlock his Aura. If anyone unlocks his Aura for him, it's Neo, and even that is an assumption as we have no indication about their relationship (rescuing him is not enough of an indicator. She could be working for him, and you can't get paid if your boss dies).

Plus, having it unlocked is not enough to resist a lot. With no training, as proven by Jaune, it can still work like a shield, but a very weak shield.

-You don't need to have some special ability to be a good fighter in fiction. There's something called Badass Normal. There are myriad examples of completely-normal people fighting head-to-head with things far superior to them and not doing too bad.