Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27276671-20160214220907/@comment-5430952-20160704175506

69.60.231.134 wrote: I know I just did another one of these a few days ago but here's another one in response to new information. 1. I know I keep coming back to this but I say it again because I can. Team RWBY will more then likely spend the entire volume apart and will probably stay apart for the fallowing volume. Most likely, I don't see them reuniting anytime soon. Might be even later, considering how long Monty had drawn out the original story (10 or more seasons).

2. There will be a short time skip. I don't know how long though, since the show is styled like anime I have a rough idea on how long it will be from volume 3, either six months at the shortest or two years at the longest. But for arguments sake let's just say one year based on the fact that in Ruby's posset time skip design she doesn't look that much older to me. Already answered in previous post

3. Since the world thinks that Atlas was responsible for the attack on Vale, distrust between the kingdoms is at an all time high and there will be foreshadowing of a war throughout the volume. Oh yes, that's the villains' next goal; inciting war betweem the four kingdoms.

3. Ruby will be fighting Grimm with team RNJR and four of them will have gotten much stronger then they were before. Ruby will have gotten some hand to hand combat training from Ren, and she'll have some minor changes to her personality, due to the betrayal of Cinder, Emrald, and Mercury, she'll still be the happy girl to does what's right and defends the week, but she'll be much more cautious around people she has never met before. No doubt about that, hopefully she doesn't fall back into her old habits of only trusting those she knows, though I can see it happened after what Cinder and her minions did in Season 3.

4. Weiss will be working for her father at the Schnee Dust Company, to retire as a huntress and go into a more safer line of work. But I think that she'll be secretly training to keep her skills sharp and she'll be working on fully manifesting her Summoned Armor. Hrm, I'm thinking she more forced into the role, since her father has essentially forbade her from continuing her Huntress studies. Though, as you said, she might be continuing them in secret, so Old Man Schnee doesn't suspect anything. Who knows, this could all be a ruse on her part to lull her father into a false sense of security, wouldn't surprise me.

5. Blake will be on the run from the White Fang, at first I thought that she would stay in Vale but after thinking about it she would probably want to put as much distance between her self and them as possible so she may be hiding in one of the other kingdoms, like Minstral or Vacuo. Hrm, if she's hiding in Mistral, there's a slight chance she might run into Ruby again. Though that might encourage her to flee yet again, so the White Fang doesn't target her former friend. I'm leaning towards she'll still trying to find a way to redeem her misguided brethren and save Adam before something truly dire happens. But we'll see.

6. Yang will still be in a slump from losing her arm and having her partner abandon her (from her point of view at least), so she has all but given up being a Huntress and spends her days wondering through Vale. She'll either be snapped out of it by her father or she'll met up with her mother who will lead her down a very dark path. Either way she probably won't get her robot arm till the next volume. I doubt her father will be able to do it so easily, considering he himself is broken over the loss of both Raven and Summer. Though maybe, if the house was assailed by Grimm he'd quickly leap to his family's defense, regardless of how broken he may be. Something like that would have more of an impact on Yang than just words, at least in my book.

7. The gang will face off against new kinds of Grimm, one of which will be the Berwgel a gorilla like Grimm half the size of King Kong. They'll probably have to face aquayic Grimm as well, should they journey leas them overseas. A Grimm killer whale or a Grimm shark, now that would be pretty terrifying to behold.

8. The final scene of the volume will be Cinder waking up from a coma induced by Ruby's powers. I can see that happening too, and in the next volume she begins her hunt for Ruby to avenge the humiliation she endured at her hands.

9. Team RWBY will get weapon upgrades! Hopefully... Ruby's weapon definitely needs an upgrade, or at least some maintenance. It's seen better days.

10. Jaune will have become stronger, motivated my Pyrrha's death, but will probably won't find out what his semblance is. We may learn Ren's though. That would be cool, and hopefully they don't have Jaune learn it offscreen, that would be lame.

11. We will meet Penny's father and possibly get some hint that Penny is being rebuilt. Maybe, though considering Penny was exposed before a worldwide audience, I'd say he'll be a lot more cautious than before.

12. Neopolitan will be after Ruby to avenge Roman since she thinks that Ruby killed him. No question there, and we'll finally hear her speak, she'd have to for Roman's sake.

13. There will probably be some new characters in each main character's individual story. Indeed.

14. Ozpin will be shown to be alive and held prisoner by Salem. I don't doubt he is, but I doubt they'll show it so quickly, more likely they'll leave us in suspense for a couple of volumes (as they have with Summer) before they reveal his fate.

15. Mercury and Emerald will be working to worsen the distrust between the kingdoms, but their actions will not be as effective without Cinder to lead them. I'm thinking Salem might have someone to "fill in" for Cinder, either a new character, or possibly..... Raven. That would be pretty frightening if we found out she was truly a villain, and hope she never meets Yang again.

16. Ironwood will probably lose his position as a result of Atlas trying to save face, he will be under house arrest in a best case scenario or imprisoned in a worst case scenario. His successor will either be someone who has no knowledge of the Maidens or Salem or it could be Winter. Since she was in the meeting with Ozpin before she was kicked out it's safe to assume that she knows some of their secrets. Hell, Ironwood could have told her before he was arrested. I can see him facing execution for what happened, the threat of it would definitely be real enough. Whether they follow through, is another story.

Hrm, as much as it would be beneficial for Winter to be the new Headmaster of Atlas Academy and leader of their armed forces, I wonder if she has enough experience for the task. Filling Ironwood's boots would be a sunting task for anyone. Though yes, Ironwood has to trust someone with the truth in case he was cast down, most of Remnant doesn't know of Salem, or the armada she's building. And by the time they do, it'll be too late. That's what the Wicked Witch of Remnant is counting on, let's all hope it doesn't come to that.