User blog comment:ChishioKunrin/RWBY Volume 3 Q&A has BEGUN!/@comment-6533159-20151023000628/@comment-206.176.80.254-20151027194250

Damn, well I guess that means that it's gonna have to be a new character.

I mean it doesn't technically mean that no one we've met yet is or isn't, but it certainly doesn't raise my hopes.