Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170918133425/@comment-34633327-20171007005359

So the five man band doesn't necessarily have to consist of five characters, so long as the five character subsets are divided equally among the members, or the additional members contribute to the dynamic in another way that the initial 5 don't. Like the Voltron Defenders technically being 7 but still fulfilling the roles, just with Lance being another Lancer and Coran being a Pseudo Mentor/retainer. So for the the Hypothetical RNJRWBY, would their roles be along the lines of:

Leader: Ruby

Lancer: Weiss

Heart: Jaune

Big Guy: Yang and Nora

The Smart Guy: Ren and Blake