Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-108.16.112.187-20130907033728/@comment-14909251-20131018202550

206.78.66.69 wrote: Team RWBY are the fairy tale allusions, Team CRDL are the bird allusions, and Team JNPR are the warrior allusions, with Jaune being a French warrior (his name referencing Joan of Arc), Nora being a Norse Valkyrie (as suggested by her surname and weapon), Phyrra being an Amazon (as suggested by her armor and weapon choice), and Ren being a traditional East Asian warrior (as suggested by his attire and fighting style). CRDL is not strictly bird allusions as Cardin is based off Henry Beaufort. It is likely they are all based off historic or legenday figures with the bird stuff being sort of an extra.