Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24901923-20151016044237/@comment-94.1.78.51-20151025011052

I don't see it being anything but QRTS. Qrow is a 'crow' to be the Oz scarecrow to Ironwood's Tin Woodman, so why spell it with a Q? He was probably the leader and leaders probably come first in the name, and almost anything except QRTS forces the Q to work instead of explaining why Monty chose the spelling Qrow.

Quartz also evokes white but also black a fair bit, fitting Qrow pretty well as well as the Summer/Raven duo.

On last names: Ren is called by Ren and Sky Lark could be called by the name Lark. If not, if Monty 'cheated' and used names characters aren't called by anywhere it would be side characters we barely notice like Sky Lark; it's less likely to be Qrow's team. Qrow's team was probably named second to RWBY in the creative process. /Maybe/ third after JNPR. You don't stretch and deform your pretty naming structure that early and that centrally.