Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25045079-20140826195207/@comment-73.42.187.52-20141128062405

96.39.194.224 wrote: Grimllock wrote: just going to throw this out here, but is Jaune his real name and is that shield his equipment?

if he got another persons transcript than he could have takken the name, and shield to boot

i'm doubtful myself on this, but it would explain why the symbol on the shield and the yet to be discovered symbol differ The problem with that, is he mentioned the sword was handed down to him. So, it could possibly be his fathers, or even his grand fathers symbol. But, your theory could still hold up. It's interesting, to say the least. I don't think he was completely honest at that point, I was uncertain the sword was even his family's after he revealed the transcript was faked and that he "doesn't belong there" I think the most plausible assumption is that there are NOT any recent generations of hunters/huntresses in his family, and that the sword belongs to the last generation that was, most likely near the time of a nations founding. Note that he says he comes from generations of warriors not hunters the last few generations were probably not "elite" enough to allow Jaune to enter the academy, like soldiers or guards or possibly from one of those towns and villages that "disappeared"(and thus disgraced for the failure, though on that note the warrior may have ranked higher more recently and been involved in the ruined area RWBY just investigated).

Back on subject, I doubt the bunny is his crest because they said it was "hinted" at, not yelled from the rooftops, the bunny seems most like ruby's wolf, a secondary symbol for laughs/other ties to legends/character inspiration. especially if(dang this thread is too long to go back to check to make sure reference is right) one of the creators said the symbol should only be seen in "parts", because dang if that rabbit(on the PJ's) isn't way too large and specific to be shown piecemeal. Also note the others symbols seem much more "stylized" in the way a persons crest would be created following either a family crest or having one that could be created and then modified to indicate an individual within a family line.