Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27276671-20160214220907/@comment-69.60.230.55-20160710150557

Since I seem to get more response from my long and detailed lists here's another one.

1. Team RWBY will spend the the entirety of volume 4 and possibly volume 5 separated throughout the world of Remnant, which Ruby traveling to Mistral, Weiss in Atlas, Blake in Vacuo, and Yang in Vale.

2. Since the world thinks that Atlas was responsible for the Fall of Beacon, distrust and tensions between the kingdoms will be at an all time high. There will be foreshadowing of a war throughout the volume.

3. Ruby will be with Team RNJR, serving as it's leader. During the time skip she will have become much stronger than she was in the first three volumes, she will have better control over her Semblance and she have received hand to hand combat training from Ren.

4. Weiss will have been forced by her father to retire as a Huntress and work for the Schnee Dust Company. Probably in public relations, doing stuff like singing at events doing commercials, or stuff like that. But knowing her she's probably training in secret to keep her skills up and improve herself. She'll also be working to summon the Giant Armor at will.

5. Blake will be in Vacuo on the run from Adam and the White Fang. She'll probably be racked with guilt over their actions in Beacon and desperately trying to find a way to repair the damage. The reason I think she'll be in Vacuo is because it's the only kingdom were no one she's connected to lives.

6. Yang will still be in a slump due to the shock of losing her arm and having her Partner abandon her (from her point of view). She'll probably spend her time wondering around Vale for no reson in particular, not willing to do anything seemingly giving up on everything. Also since everyone in Vale thinks that she attacked Mercury for no reason, there will be people who look and here and whisper stuff like "Well, she got what she deserved" or "serves her right for attacking that poor kid" not knowing that she was framed.

7. The Gang will face off against new kinds of Grimm, like the Beringel, a gorilla like Grimm with great strength. And also some aquatic type Grimm that will probably be base on sharks and squids.

8. The final scene of the volume will be Cinder waking up from a coma induced by Ruby's powers.

9. Team RWBY will get weapon upgrades...maybe.

10. Jaune will have become much stronger, motivated by Pyrrha's death, but we probably won't learn what his Semblance is. We might learn Ren's though.

11. Penny's father will be introduced, and we will get some hint that she's being rebuilt.

12. Neopolitan will be stalking Team RNJR, specifically Ruby because she thinks that she killed Roman.

13. New characters will be introduced, interacting which each of the main characters, like the other members of Team FNKI for example.

14. Mercury and Emerald will be working to further the distrust between the kingdoms.

15. Team SSSN will have a larger role then they've had in the previous volumes.

16. Due to the scale of the current crisis, Ironwood will probably keep his position, in spite being under suspicion and possibly now having to deal with a committee second guessing all of his decisions, for no other reson then Atlas can't afford to dump an experienced and capable general with the possibility of a war hanging in the air.

16. It's possible that Team RNJR knows about the Maidens, having been told by Qrow.

17. Winter will be revealed to be the Winter Maiden.