Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181229081856/@comment-25396609-20181229201044

About the Red Haired Woman: she is absolutely, 100% Pyrrha's mom. Looking at it from a witer's standpoint, anyone who isn't aware that they once offhandedly stated Pyrrha has a mom and she'd turn up eventually was not aware that the character would eventually turn up.

Introducing her at this stage of the story is likely to set up for her playing a (slightly) larger role down the line; they had to establish she exists well in advance of needing her, or it seems out of left field.

They did the same thing with Winter back in the day, having the CCT lady mention her to Weiss in Volume 2 ahead of her appearing in Volume 3.