Talk:Ilia Amitola/@comment-24032889-20180119055546/@comment-34633327-20180119135432

Well, when you think about it, the core cast has about 10 characters right now. TEAM RNJR, the former members of TEAM RWBY not named Ruby, Sun, Qrow, and Oscar. If Raven lasts past the finale, she'll probably be the 11th core character. Ilia joining the Core Cast would make it an even 12 though.

As for her not surviving to the end, thats a bit harder to tell. RT will kill any character if it serves the narrative. Penny is proof enough. But, in that sense it needs to actually serve the narrative. Having her die for a random reason would be bad writing. And so far, every major character death has served the narrative. Penny's launched the Fall of Beacon, Pyrrha's death was planned from the beginning and set RNJR on the path towards Haven, Sienna's shifted the control of the WF to Adam and showed he's unravelling, Fennec's was proof of how far the WF had been lost and more evidence for Ilia to defect, Vernal's protected Raven and aided in Cinder's defeat.

For now, unless Ilia's death would serve the narrative, I'd say she's safe.