Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32129321-20170528014915/@comment-26397825-20170528015402

I think that given Nolan's model was being carried off by a Nevermore in the attack, it's likely that the Vacuo students simply didn't go to watch the finals in person and instead just wandered around the Beacon Academy fairgounds, similar to what Weiss and Blake were doing. It's not much, but similar to how CRDL didn't appear in the Battle of Beacon except Cardin (who only appeared because Glynda saved him), they simply didn't appear because they weren't anywhere near the main characters.