Mistral (kingdom)

Mistral  is one of the four kingdoms of Remnant in RWBY. It is located on the far eastern continent of the world. Like the rest of the kingdoms, it is governed by a ruling council.

It is also home to the Mistral Trade Route, which is featured in a boardgame played by the members of Team RWBY.

History
Around eighty years before the events of the series, Mistral was engaged in a Great War against the other three kingdoms – Atlas, Vale and Vacuo. After years of bloodshed, the four kingdoms signed a truce on the island of Vytal. The end of the Great War led to a period of peace for all four kingdoms. The newfound peace was celebrated with the Vytal Festival, a biennial event where the people of Remnant gather to celebrate their unity and diversity, in which the kingdom of Mistral continues to participate.

Academy


Mistral is the location of Haven Academy, the academy Teams SSSN and ABRN attend, as well as where Cinder Fall, Mercury Black, and Emerald Sustrai claim to hail from. Mistral is also presumably the location of Sanctum, the combat school attended by Pyrrha Nikos prior to Beacon Academy.

Sun Wukong emigrated from his birth kingdom of Vacuo to Mistral, where he also became a student at Haven Academy prior to the events of the series.

Mistral is the home of the annual Mistral Regional Tournament, presumed to be a combat tournament for huntsmen and huntresses. One of Pyrrha's major accomplishments is her record four consecutive tournament victories.

Trivia

 * Mistral may be named after the cold, dry wind that blows from the northwest onto the French Mediterranean coast.
 * In the World of Remnant episode "Vytal Festival Tournament", the kingdom is represented by the color blue. Vytal Festival tournament contestants from Mistral also have aura monitors with a blue background.