Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-34633327-20180125034140/@comment-30530552-20180213170003

It certainly would be fitting, having the overall mentor figure for Ruby die before Vacuo comes into play (inevitably), and forcing our heroes to sorta flounder on their way there, since he can't stick around long enough to be a part in the final battle. (Besides, Vic Mignogna has GOT to be expensive to keep.) Even still, I get the impression that Vacuo is going to be the Kingdom where the Last Stand occurs, given its significance to the Great War's lore and being the final (and deadliest) battleground.

It'd certainly give CRWBY a chance to focus on her grief, because unlike Penny or Pyrrha where they can be written off as just friends, this would be losing her Uncle, who she's arguably closer to than her own father (at least, in how it's been portrayed so far).

Given some of their commentary on the Q&A, Qrow is necessary for as long as they're gaining entry to Atlas (and for convincing a hyper-paranoid Ironwood that guarding a Relic is a good thing, which is bound to cause conflict because he's paranoid as fuck...so I don't trust him), and after that he's in danger. They did say they'd try to focus on Ruby's character for Volume 6...hmm.

I have my own theories as to how the Volume will go given some of the Q&A stuff they did, but I'll hold off on those until I can full compose a coherent theory.