User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author, Volume 3: Nora Valkyrie/@comment-3257939-20141123065044

I don't think Ren and Nora will be background characters in the next volume. Remember how Jaune assured Ren that they'll go to the village another time? Ren wanted to go to that village and according to Pyrrha, that was also Nora's decision.

So unless they leave that for the next season, I don't think the writers would hint something like that for no apparent reason.