Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-14909251-20151207054806

MetallicArcher wrote: I don't think Pyrrha will die... seems a bit early to kill a member of the B Team.

Even with her character inspiration, let's remember Monty said their intention wasn't to retell the stories the characters are based off. You know, let's just not turn Pyrrha's Achilles reference into another "so Cardin is going to set Jaune on fire?" thing.

Pyrrha could loose a leg, though. Alas to Achilles weakness being his heel. That could leave her out of combat for a volume... and then she can come back and have a prosthetic that's also a gun!

It's important to keep in mind that every member of Team JNPR is inspired by a character who dies tragically during or after a battle. So, unless Team JNPR is also going to turn out as Team Dies at the End, we should not assume Pyrrha's failure will be fatal. More likely the equivalents of their fates are going to be less extreme. Jaune was bullied by Cardin, who references the person who prosecuted Joan of Arc, but it was never particularly bad. With Pyrrha we already know her Achilles' heel is the fact her apparent invulnerability is a product of her using her Semblance surreptitiously and said fact being revealed would leave everyone in a position to take her down.

Unlike Achilles, she will probably not die as her equivalent of what happened to Achilles will probably occur in the singles match-ups. I personally think Cinder may intend to have her lose with her Semblance forced into the open during the fight. Best way to assure that would be to have her fight Mercury, though it may be worse to match her with someone who is otherwise unremarkable but her perfect foil in an environment she cannot exploit to her advantage. She would go from being the mysterious invincible girl that everyone worships to a disgraced loser whose critical weakness is known to all. That would be a pretty hard fall and Pyrrha would find that not being the object of anyone's adoration can be more horrible than having everyone too intimidated to approach her.