Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10390252-20130809142349/@comment-10390252-20130904214553

ImposterParrotGrass wrote: You've just given me an amazing idea. As we all know, the members of team RWBY each represent a different fairy tale. Maybe JNPR represents mythology. This is discussed at length on the JNPR comments thread.

However, to date, no-one has given any ideas about Jaune's archetype. Given that the first time we see him seriously, he's extending a hand of friendship to Ruby and given the nature of his costume and equipment, I think that he is a reference to the European archetype of the knight errant/paladin. Basically, a wandering warrior/hero who travels from place to place, saving helpless villagers, defeating bandit kings, rescuing beautiful dragons from ravening princesses and the like all without any real interest in a reward because, hey! It's the right thing to do!

Of course, right now, Jaune doesn't seem to have that ability. I wonder if his story will be very much about trying to become that man that he really wants to be.