Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-1173941-20130917000926/@comment-14138255-20130921141231

Derekbrn wrote: Kyvos wrote: I don't exactly remember, but wasn't Professor Port using past tense when he mentioned the four kingdoms? I figure they probably used to be the four kindgoms, and they're now the four nations: Vale, Mistral, and two others. Except Mistral was referenced very specifically as a region, not a nation. I think Vale is the only one to be named so far.

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Here's a theory I keep dancing around: the "symbols" of each character are hereditary crests, indicating not only their family (or clan), but their ancestral homeland as well. For instance:

- Families/clans from Vale proper use "fire-flowers" in their heraldry, such as the Roses (a fiery rose bloom), the Belladonnas (a tulip / hearth-fire), and the Xiao Long (a lily* / burning heart).

( * I think it's a lily; I'm not 100% sure. )

- In contrast, the Schnee family is represented by a snowflake, possibly a holdover from the as-yet-unnamed northern kingdom. The Goodwitch tiara crest is stylistically similar, which would be in keeping with Glinda's Oz allegory ("the good witch of the North").

- The Nikoses and Valkyries both use weapon-based crests (javelin and warhammer, respectively), indicating they're both native to the Mistral region--historically a sovereign nation, but acquired by Vale at some point in history.

- Team CRDL are all from the same region, as all their crests (that we've seen so far) are a bird of some kind.

No comment yet on the Arcs, Ozpins, or Torchwicks. The Lie crest MIGHT be from Vale proper, but I wouldn't bet money on it. I don't really think Vale can really take another nation, I think Vale is seperate and Mistral is a seperate nation

Also I think that Jaune and Ozpin may be from the same area as Weiss and Glynda (but Weiss probably has hers because it is her famiy's symbol that has no affiliation to just one nation). Torchwick is a wild card in and on itself, so same goes for him.