Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10390252-20150427084942/@comment-3257939-20150511222955

That makes sense. Pyrrha is really the only side character who has been developed enough for the audience to actually care if she dies apart from Sun. If it was Ren or Nora... well... it's not like if they were that important to the story. They're still unidimensional characters. Their deaths might have some impact to the story but not to the audience.

And yes, her entire character is so far, purely for Jaune's development purposes. So if Volume 3 changes that, then, maybe Pyrrha will stay for a few more volumes.

She has three big foreshadowing scenes: She's on Cinder's list, she's now suspicious of Mercury and it has been confirmed (I think) that her mother will appear in a flashback in Volume 3. Might have something to do with that thing on her head (forgot the name) that she never takes off.

I have a headcanon for what can happen. Maybe the Pyrrhic victory will turn out to be Pyrrha sacrificing her semblance and any chances to get it back thus greatly damaging her skill in combat (since she depends on her semblance a lot), her title and her fame.

But then again, Monty said two things: He created Aura to explain why nobody dies (although this sounds more like a joke and Tukson is dead too) and that Pyrrha is named after her hair, not the Pyrrhic victory.