Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-10380701-20141011082048/@comment-4010415-20141016072319

In fact, to be completely honest, I ended up thinking about it the other night, and I remembered that Monty said he made Neo because he felt Roman needed an assistant. Needed. For what? Perhaps as a counterbalance to Yang, so that Yang doesn't act as some kind of trump card for Team RWBY against Roman when Cinder and co aren't around.

If I'm right, then... Neo was made to be Yang's rival.