Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160207164218/@comment-26872876-20160209004255

WC-83 wrote: Grimmstride wrote: I thought it was Qrow who taught at Signal as opposed to Taiyang? Maybe I'm wrong. I think Patch will be relatively safe, it is an island off of the mainland continent Vale resides on. Considering the Kingdom is just a Super Metropolis, that can put even greater distance between the attacks, and Patch. Of course, it depends on how they translate the map distances to actual distances in the series.

Pretty much all of RWBY and JNPR are at Beacon... except Ruby who's not too far away (since the academy was right by the coloseum... which the ship was near). So I'd wager they go where they are told to evacuate to.

I don't think we'll get Atlas. Recalling Chapter 4, Winter notes she can call home and beg for money... or she can choose to explore more of Remnant and find out about the world and herself. So, I think it is likely she will stick with Ruby to continue her rebellious streak. I think we'll get Atlas when Papa Schnee does something to force Weiss' hand.

If they relocate, I think Mistral will be there destination of choice. It brings them to Cinder's alleged home kingdom. We also will have team SSSN stay around. We also get Pyrrha's home. We could see her breaking down from the recent events, and possibly more drama depending on her relationship with her mother that we were promised.

However, I also feel like this is not the end of Vale. The skies should soon be returning into Atlas' control. During Chapter 9, the ships that go down are Blue 3 and 4. Ironwood's ship was Blue 2. So we should in theory have a Blue 1 still in the air, and from a previous shot of Chapter 9 there were at least 7 main warships. The only evacuation mentioned was to pull away from the school (where the dragon is fixated). Glynda's safe zone for civilians is also planned to be placed in the city. So I feel like we will end this season with a "Pyrrhic Victory" They'll manage to defeat the dragon and be seemingly pushing back against the Grimm to secure Vale, but at the cost of our injured heroines, general distruction/loss of life, the loss of the Fall Maiden, and MAYBE also the CCCT.

Possibly with Volume 4 showing a Summer vacation section that maybe leads into Year 2 of Beacon. And possibly with Ozpin and Ironwood being removed from their posts due to the events we see. Oh that's right. Pyrrha being with her mother would be great for develpment, with her sort of broken hearted that her mother had to see the carnage that happened in Amity and her being branded as a monster (kind of like the TNG episode 'Family'). Also a good moment for Jaune to meet the parents if they get the relationship upgrade in the finale.

I have a feeling Blake's going to break up with Sun though (or try), given how Adam has already sworn to destroy everything she loves and backed it up by almost killing Yang.

No, Vale is totally gone. They might have had a chance to get air superiority back, but with the Dragon, there is no way they can get that back now. Vale has fallen. I have a feeling a season (or maybe even series) finale will be them retaking Vale from the Grimm.

They'll probably continue their education in Haven Academy while Beacon is unavailable. Hopefully Pyrrha's mother is caring like her daughter, and not one of those perfectionist type parents.

I think she'll start distancing herself from everyone as a way to protect them. Kind of fulfilling Adam's whole, "You'll run comment."

I still feel like they can save the kingdom. Ironwood had Glynda start a save haven IN Vale. They only wanted to evacuate Beacon because of the dragon. He also seemed to want his ship to stop the Knights/Paladins. Qrow was being sent with Ironwood's remaining troops to move in on Beacon.