Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130927034714/@comment-14909251-20130929233444

BenRG wrote: I'm expecting the Vale Festival to take up the majority of Volume 2. As well as plenty of action, I think we're going to learn a lot more about Vytal's people and culture.

I also expect that rivalries between individuals and groups during the competition will test some friendships to the limit and maybe even break them. We might see the beginning of an in-school JNPR/RWBY rivalry that may last for some time.

BTW - I expect that, as well as individual duels, I think that we will also see team-vs-team melees and gladitorial combat against captured Grimm. The whole "tournament as smoke screen for dastardly plot" trope would likely be in play then. See Dragonball/Harry Potter/Naruto for examples. Volume 1 ends before the tournament with some prelude battle hinting at the planning that is afoot and then Volume 2 is all about the tournament and Roman enacting his plan for Beacon/Vale in the middle of it.