Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-25778192-20160626212547/@comment-5430952-20160721073417

Even if he survived the Battle of Beacon, I daresay he wouldn't have lived much longer afterwards. I could see Glynda or one of the faculty tracking him down and ending him for helping in that fiasco. And even if he escaped their wrath, he wouldn't have been able to stop Ruby any longer. And that's only if Cinder had any more use for him afterwards. So either way, he was on borrowed time.

As for Mercury, he'll continue to be a threat to the good team for quite a while longer. I doubt they'll fight him in Volume 4, but he'll make his presence known in some form or another. Which will be bad news for anyone on the side of good, that's for sure.