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MetallicArcher wrote: So, who wants to speculate why the village is important to Ren but not so much to Nora despite that they seem to have known each other since chilhood? When I first hear this I wandered if the person they were going to deputy with was a relative of one of them. I was hoping Nora because the speculation on TVTropes she is the daughter of a gangster but it could be Rens sister or parent.

As noted by the conversation between Ozpin and Blake most students who attend Beacon go to one of many combat schools before hand (my personal theory is Beacon and that Ren and Nora are the friends Yang took with her from Signal but a lot of people disagree with this). I'd assume that most combat schools are within the boarders of the kingdoms which means that since the village is outside the kingdom Ren would have had to board there.

If this is true it could explain a lot about the relationship Ren and Nora have. Ren being so quite and unassuming that even his team leader Jaune knows much about him he would have probably just spent his time alone reading had Nora not taken an interest in him and she might be the person who actually got him to socialise with other people and make friends.