User blog comment:IamThorn/Chosen one/Prophecy/@comment-10380701-20141022230322/@comment-24891101-20141023044509

And even Penny isn't even the Chosen One. She's a testbed and proof-of-concept for later iterations of synthetic intelligence combatants that will eventually be massed-produced. No individual is intended to save the world. That's far beyond the call of duty, and therefore not a valid strategy to be adopted by any realistic organization, certainly not one as pragmatic as Atlas' military.

But yes, Ruby is a good example of an unchosen one. There's nothing special about Ruby, merely that she has a well-developed sense of justice and seemingly-boundless optimism; honest in that way. Besides, there has been no evidence that there is any sort of prophecy or similar mechanism in place, since there's no magic. She's only chosen in that Ozpin et al. see her potential and are grooming her for that sort of role, but that's a really weak form of chosen.