Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140926004722/@comment-226878-20140928052901

MetallicArcher wrote:

There's no doubt that Greco-Roman themes heavily influence the culture of Mistral, but the Asian territories were not far from that empire and can easily be a part of Mistral's culture as well. I see Vacuo as being more a combination of Africa and Australia (and maybe Iraq).

I'm pretty sure Ozpin is from Atlas originally (either that or Ironwood is originally from Vale). If Atlas is the original and permanent home of the Schnees then it probably has a strongly "German" culture which could potentially include Norse culture (meaning perhaps Nora is originally from there, but she could have moved at a young age and thus been brought up with Ren).

I'm pretty sure that wherever Emerald is from it was the impoverished part of that place, however, given that Sun is arguably a thief (a stowaway steals aboard a ship to avoid paying for passage... also, just where is he getting all of that fruit from?), I feel that Vacuo itself is probably the most impoverished kingdom in the world.

No main characters (aside from Tukson) have been confirmed to be from the City of Vale, no, but we have been around the town a few times and its citizens do have a noticeable fashion that sets it apart from Vacuo (the only other culture we've seen in casual attire).

I don't necessarily think that Ren and Pyrrha would have been forcefully associated if they went to Sanctum together. As I said, I think there is a warrior class and an intellectual class. Weiss herself said that she was the smartest student and that Pyrrha was the "strongest" student. The smart kids and the jocks have historically never run in the same circles.

Weiss has also made it evident that Pyrrha is supposedly well-known throughout the world and yet Jaune still didn't know who she was. It's possible he just doesn't notice these kinds of things. Like the fact that he didn't notice Weiss for being a Schnee but simply because he mistakenly thought she had taken an interest in him.