Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10390252-20130809142349/@comment-17720343-20130904215519

BenRG wrote: 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. In the chat yesterday, we came up with a theory that Jaune is the descendant of Vytal's equivalent of King Arthur, Explaining his unexplained yet apparently impressive heratige, and that his sword is actually the Vytal equivalent of Excalibur, explaining why his weapon is so plain in comparison to the rest of the casts. Mabye it functions like an Aura enhancer or something? This is just all speculation until we know more about the RWBYverse I guess.