Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24809519-20140416012332/@comment-92.15.133.12-20140417161448

I don't know about human/human brutality in the tourney per say. Fights are ended when a persons Aura reaches the red zone; Just when their protective abilities are about to fail. Its safe to say that any hits on them up to that point merely drain the aura and cause no lasting injuries.

For example Jaune took a hit from Cardin that would've broken his ribs had he not had aura. Because he did, he was simply thrown to the floor and the fight ended because thats all the punishment he could take under regulation.

However I think its safe to say that any fights in the series between team RWBY and the Cinder squad (Yes they are the Cinder squad) would not be under regulation and unless participants submitted when they felt their aura weaken, or fighters deliberately avoid causing serious injury, that there is a definite chance of people being very badly hurt or even killed.

When Roman shot that crate in episode 11 he did so knowing (And probably wanting) it would kill them unless they dodged it. The antagonists take no prisoners, they will kill people interfering in their buisness. I can very well see Cinder overpowering RWBY or Weiss with jets of flame and blasting them into a wall, knocking them out or even killing them.