Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160207164218/@comment-26872876-20160208053855

MetallicArcher wrote: I know Sun is the only relevant character from Vacuo. (We also have NDGO and BRNZ).

Depending on Patch's situation (it's a wild card, since the Grimm were being attracted by the negativity at Amity and Cinder's objective was Beacon) and how many survivors we have, it's perfectly possible they initially evacuate to the island and send the foreigners back home before doing anything else.

I don't think that from where the main cast and B-team are can tell us much about what kingdom we are visiting next.

- Ruby and Yang are from Patch and we haven't met Taiyang who teaches at Signal, so that could be a reason to take the story there. It could also pick up on the Raven story, since Yang almost got killed trying to find her in that abandoned cottage in Patch.

- Weiss is from Atlas, going to Atlas could lead us into a a Weiss arc with her family. Could also serve for us to meet the reast of FNKI, show us how Atlas indoctrinates its students and how the SDC mistreats faunus.

- We were told last volume, that there was a backstory for Ren and Nora linked to the out of kingdom village they were going to visit in their shadowing mission. With Vale fallen, they could take us to show us out of the kingdom life vias having established a safe perimeter around an established village.

- Qrow's investigation took him to Mistral, he meet Raven somewhere around that time and SSSN is in Haven Academy plus Pyrrha is from Mistral, went to combat school there, won a Regional four times in a row. We were also told Pyrrha would get some backstory with her mother. Cinder claims to hail from Mistral. Mistral has a Roman-Greek theme and Emeralds surname is in Italian. Going to Mistral could take us down the path of finding Raven, Emerald character development, the villains lair and meeting a new Academy headmaster.

- Vacuo was the only place not shit talked by Cinder. Going to Vacuo could lead us to meet a new headmaster. Vacuo could be chosen as the evacuation destination because: Cinder didn't shit talk them so they don't feel like they are next on her target list to the people in charge, they are the only kingdom in the same continent as Vale, so they are reachable by land, they may even be the kingdom closet to Vale.

We don't know where Jaune is from (I presume from Vale but it could be anywhere really, he might be a foreigner and judged that falsified transcript would be harder to falsify in another kingdom), neither we know where Sage and Scarlet are native too. Nor CVFY, FNKI (I assume Flynt is from Atlas because of his backstory with the SDC, but the SDC is a big multinational company). Ciel is likely from Atlas.

Basically, all future destinations have their in and out of universe reasons to be used. I thought it was Qrow who taught at Signal as opposed to Taiyang? Maybe I'm wrong.

I think Patch will be relatively safe, it is an island off of the mainland continent Vale resides on. Considering the Kingdom is just a Super Metropolis, that can put even greater distance between the attacks, and Patch. Of course, it depends on how they translate the map distances to actual distances in the series.

Pretty much all of RWBY and JNPR are at Beacon... except Ruby who's not too far away (since the academy was right by the coloseum... which the ship was near). So I'd wager they go where they are told to evacuate to.

I don't think we'll get Atlas. Recalling Chapter 4, Winter notes she can call home and beg for money... or she can choose to explore more of Remnant and find out about the world and herself. So, I think it is likely she will stick with Ruby to continue her rebellious streak. I think we'll get Atlas when Papa Schnee does something to force Weiss' hand.

If they relocate, I think Mistral will be there destination of choice. It brings them to Cinder's alleged home kingdom. We also will have team SSSN stay around. We also get Pyrrha's home. We could see her breaking down from the recent events, and possibly more drama depending on her relationship with her mother that we were promised.

However, I also feel like this is not the end of Vale. The skies should soon be returning into Atlas' control. During Chapter 9, the ships that go down are Blue 3 and 4. Ironwood's ship was Blue 2. So we should in theory have a Blue 1 still in the air, and from a previous shot of Chapter 9 there were at least 7 main warships. The only evacuation mentioned was to pull away from the school (where the dragon is fixated). Glynda's safe zone for civilians is also planned to be placed in the city. So I feel like we will end this season with a "Pyrrhic Victory" They'll manage to defeat the dragon and be seemingly pushing back against the Grimm to secure Vale, but at the cost of our injured heroines, general distruction/loss of life, the loss of the Fall Maiden, and MAYBE also the CCCT.

Possibly with Volume 4 showing a Summer vacation section that maybe leads into Year 2 of Beacon. And possibly with Ozpin and Ironwood being removed from their posts due to the events we see.