Talk:Mercury Black/@comment-190.218.41.34-20160206035038/@comment-27753367-20160207190734

Honestly, given the flashback episode, I'm given to believe either they haven't appeared yet, Monty changed his mind on this, gave us a red herring, didn't leave information on them (unlikely), or Miles and Kerry chose not to pursue this particular idea.

Plus, this isn't an attempt to speak ill of the dead, but Monty was always more about the basic construction of RWBY and a large chunk of the animation. He wasn't very involved in deeper character writing or intricate plot points. That was always left to Miles and Kerry. When they say Monty left them enough information to keep them going through volume 10, I'm inclined to think it was more of these basic ideas for them to build upon.

Not to mention Emerald met Mercury for the first time along with Cinder, and didn't seem all that impressed with him. First episode aside, the two of them very rarely leave Cinder's side, let alone her sight. If they have any sort of team, I highly doubt Cinder isn't involved.