Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140926004722/@comment-24994749-20140928043218

MetallicArcher (talk)Mercen-X wrote:

The origins of Pyrrha, Neptune, and Mercury:

''MetallicArcher (talk)Pyrrha and Mercury have similarly armored attire so I believe that Mercury really is from Mistral and that he and Pyrrha are part of a warrior class. On the other hand, Neptune referred to himself as an "Intellectual" and I'm thinking this is not just a preferred title. By the way he's dressed, I think he is part of an actual Intellectual Class, comprised of artists, philosophers, and writers.MetallicArcher (talk)''

I say Neptune calling himself intellectual was part of his "cool" act. The signature thing that could point a character as being from Mistral could be a Greek/Roman thematic. Ancient Greece was, after all responsible for large amounts of contributions on the artistic field that were key later on during the Renaissance. And Roma was basically their military counterpart.

MetallicArcher (talk)Cinder may also be actually be from Mistral. I don't know about Emerald though. They call her a street rat and a thief and I don't think her attire matches the established look of someone from Mistral (based on my observations). She may have transferred to Haven from Vacuo like Sun though.MetallicArcher (talk)

If Cinder is actually carrying out a vendetta on Ozpin, then I think she is probably from Vale. Unless Ozpin is originally from Atlas (hence Ironwood's line of having served him). Emerald seems to have a "sempai notice me" thing for Cinder, and some things of her outfit seem to have been chosen to resemble her (like her gloves) so maybe she is from wherever Cinder is.

Torchwick calling her a street rat might have to do with Emerald having grown up in the less "benefited" stratus of whatever kingdom she is from... or the fact she is a pick pocketer rather than a white collar criminal like Torchwick.

MetallicArcher (talk)Another questionable character is Scarlet. Both Sun and Sage have open shirts to show their "rippling abs" but Scarlet's attire is... odd. I don't know, given the "cape", he may be another native of Mistral.MetallicArcher (talk)

Even if Scarlet doesn't carry the open shirt style like Sun, some of the students from Vacuo during Ozpin's speach didn't either.

The jacket he is wearing on his shoulder has a military vibe, but everything about his attire is really informal (short sleeves, the way he is wearing the jacket, the tatoo). My headcanon for Scarlet is that his family are Resourceful Raiders and his combat uniform is a hint to how that unit from Vacuo actually dresses.

MetallicArcher (talk)We haven't seen the style of attire for the greater kingdom of Vale... I kind of doubt it is much different from the City of Vale, but until we do, I'm leaning toward Mistral being the origin ofTeam CRDL as well (armor) though maybe Russel is from Vacuo.MetallicArcher (talk)

The only people we have seen confirmed from Vale are Ruby and Yang... who are from Patch, and the way Yang spoke about Patch made it sound like it might not be formally part of Vale. And even if it was, it's an island, so the culture could vary a lot from mainland.

MetallicArcher (talk)If Cinder is from Mistral, I'd wager Yatsuhashi is as well. Fox is from Vacuo. Coco is from Vale, most likely. Velvet... maybe she's from Mistral (going off the armored belt and pauldrons).MetallicArcher (talk)

MetallicArcher (talk)Given Nora's armored belt, I'm inclined to argue she is from Mistral as well. Ren too if only going off of history with Nora. I would go on to suggest that Jaune is from Mistral as well.MetallicArcher (talk)

I don't know, if Nora and Ren were from Mistral, wouldn't they have attended Sanctum with Pyrrha? Nora mentioned Ren being a perfect student (which I have no problem believing since he has shown to be a rather good fighter and has the less shenanigans from both RWBY and JNPR, also, the only one using the library for reading), you would think that would have forcefully aquitanced him with a star like Pyrrha.

MetallicArcher (talk)Blake is the only character for whom I'm really not sure.MetallicArcher (talk)

I headcanon she is from Atlas. A child worker at a Dust mine until the White Fang took her in after her parents die din an accident or due to disease associated with poor working conditions.