Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.138.248.186-20170105222813

This volume has given us more information of the families of RWBY and a little bit of detail for Ren. We've heard about the Arcs through Jaune in this volume but we still don't know much.

- He has a family of Huntsmen and notably heroes including one that was in the Great War. A possible nod to the last bit happened when Qrow mentions the Great War and the way Jaune reactions to the idea of fighting in another.

- His sword and shield are family heirlooms.

- Jaune potentially has an ancestor memorialized as the male in the statue that he stares at in the volume 1 opening.

- Despite coming from such a legacy Jaune was never trained prior to entering Beacon and doesn't know important details about being a Huntsman until their explained to him.

- The family traveled and vacations. It implies his parents made an effort to spend time with their children and had enough money to do so. I do wonder how well off they are. Of all the characters Jaune has the more causal street clothes look and had a patch on his jeans. His hand-me-down comment about his sword/shield makes me wonder if they don't have that much money or if they simply don't spoil their kids. He does seem sentimental about things like his hoodie though.

- He has seven sisters. They taught him how to dance and played with his hair.

- While neither of his parents seemed to have faith in his ability to be a Huntsman they seem to have a loving relationship with him. Jaune mentions his father's advise about confidence and some things his mom said that seem pretty encouraging.

I think that's it and there's a lot of questions raised. Why wasn't Jaune sent to a school to fight if he wanted it and had loving parents? Is it simply fear of him getting harmed or something more? Has he even been home since Beacon fell? I definitely think we'll see them at some point. It would be horrible if it's because one of his sisters is a Maiden but at least he'd know what was going on this time around. 