Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-17760348-20131021233145/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140315062616

FWIW during one of the chats (I think the first RWBY Crew Chat) a fan asked the C&C if we'd see any other students that weren't first year's since we had no confirmed second year's to which Monty replied with something along the lines of: How do you know you haven't already seen a second year?

Now given that the only three characters that we've seen that look young enough (I doubt Blake took refuge from The White Fang at the same academy Adam would attend IF Adam is even of such age, I still say he's early 20s and Sun is clearly not from Vale, or at least not a present citizen of Vale)) are Velvet and the Malachites then it can be presumed that Velvet may actually be 18, and be a second year student.

If true then Velvet may easily be able to best Weiss. She also may not enter the tournament since I have a feeling it'll be age-restricted (I'd find it really odd if they allowed first years to enter the tournament when there's a chance Ruby could have to defeat Glynda or Weiss could find herself face to face with the White Fang leader or Jaune finds himself up against Adam). Still Weiss vs. Velvet would be highly interesting moreso considering what little we know of Velvet's weapon and fighting style, at the very least it sounds like it would be an interesting combination.

Speaking of the tournament I honestly only see Blake, Yang, Pyrrha, Velvet or Penny winning the tournament. There's the obligatory Ruby win but there's so much more development available to her character if she loses in the early round (unless they do go with Penny being a rogue android and her being Ruby's first "kill".