User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author, Volume 3: Pyrrha Nykos/@comment-25258408-20141126222106

Pyrrha losing to Mercury seems very likely. Not necessarily because he's so much better than her (although I think he has slightly more skill), but because Pyrrha will be expecting a match played by the rules, and as you said, Merc won't. I don't think he'll go for the kill, though. I doubt Cinder's list is of people who she wants dead, at least immediately. I think she want something from Pyrrha, perhaps concerning her Semblance.

I, personally, hope Pyrrha gets a little more than this. While she's certainly been more prominent than Ren and Nora, she hasn't really gotten time in the spotlight like Jaune and team RWBY have. I'm with Diego on this one; so far she's just been there to further Jaune's character development. I think that he's reached a point, or is close to doing so, where he can grow without Pyrrha's guidance. I'd be a little annoyed if she was used as a motivation for him yet again. I personally want to see more of her as a person, not as a mentor or as a character in a really cool ship (Arkos, which I hope happens more in volume 3).

Poor Ren, though. I'm looking forward to your analysis and speculation, of course, and you did say that you don't have much to go on for him, but I still feel bad.