Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31058171-20170115195711/@comment-69.138.248.186-20170116005522

Could be. I don't feel strongly about Jaune being related or not. But since most of this is similar to the whole "why does no one mention the Arcs" debate I'll take the royal side just to talk about how it could be possible.

'''The way the sword looks. '''WOR doesn't give much detail in general and I always assumed what we did see was from the POV of whoever was telling the story. In this case Qrow who is just guessing it's some sword without much detail. I think that the implication is that the sword, etc. the king had were relics. If that's the case he probably kept them secret until that battle and knew he had to hide them after they were used. Meaning that battle was likely the only time the common folk saw it.

The Brotherhood made the Maidens just a fairytale to most people and even Qrow admits details aren't clear, he even alludes to the Maidens by mentioning the unusually bad weather. I doubt that would be the case if anyone was filming it, everyone would know what happened but details were lost over time. If they could reforge the sword I'm sure they would.

'''Oobleck asking Jaune about it. '''Didn't he just see Jaune in history class before the tournament? That's the only place we see him with Jaune and students don't usually bring their weapons to class. Not unless they were sparring or fighting Grimm. But history isn't accurate and facts can be lost or forgotten over time. Given Qrow's talk I don't think many of the awestruck people would be able to get everything right since he implies there are somethings that they can't even explain.

Why isn't the name mentioned? I do think the people know who the warrior king was but it might not be the same name as Jaune. People change their surnames and if the family were in hiding they wouldn't want to use it. Maybe the king had a daughter. And if it was Arc who's to say he had the only bloodline called Arc? Sometimes families shorten names too. In real life this sort of stuff happens a lot. Well maybe to the royal bit.

The Shield. I think this is a moot point. For all be know if was never in shield mode in that battle so historians and witnesses wouldn't have noted it. If the king was as powerful as he sounds he might have been untouchable anyway.