Background[]
At some point, Theodore became the Headmaster of the Huntsman academy in Vacuo, Shade Academy. Before the events of the novels, Ozpin invited Theodore into his group, involving him in his shadow war against Salem and her faction.
During the 40th Vytal Festival taking place in Vale, Theodore did not attend the event.
Fall of Beacon[]
Following the Fall of Beacon, Team CFVY had arrived at Shade Academy, with letters of recommendation from fellow Headmistress Glynda Goodwitch. Theodore gladly accepts the students into Shade, welcoming them to their new home. He challenges the team to a friendly fight, but Rumpole stops him before things escalate.
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Battle of Haven[]
Weeks later, following the Battle of Haven, Theodore also welcomes new Team SSSN to Shade, though he is much less impressed by them than he was by CFVY. Hesitant to accept new students due to Leonardo Lionheart’s death resulting in no transcripts being sent out, Theodore questions why Sun Wukong wasn’t at Haven for the first semester of the previous school year. When Sun bluffs by telling him he was on a special assignment in Menagerie, Rumpole questions who gave him the mission, and Scarlet David clarifies nobody did other than Sun himself. Theodore remains uncertain of the team, and is surprised to find that Sun is the leader of SSSN. Eventually, Theodore offers the team provisional enrollment at Shade Academy, until they either wash out or he changes his mind - which Rumpole clarifies happens frequently. Theodore instructs Team SSSN to provide a written word report of what had happened at Menagerie and Haven.
According to RWBY: Amity Arena, after the Battle of Haven, the people of Atlas were uncertain about Theodore's status, thus seeing James Ironwood as the only trustworthy leader in the world, with Ozpin and Leonardo Lionheart dead.[1]
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Before the Dawn[]
In present day, Theodore is told by Vacuo's Grimm watch that a group of students is unofficially patrolling the city due to a rise in disappearances, causing the local authorities issues. Theodore calls forth a school-wide assembly in Shade's Meeting Grounds to address this. Before he does, he raises the excitement of his students, attempting to get them to try and battle him for fun, almost convincing Umber Gorgoneion to do so before being stopped by Rumpole once again. Theodore assures that while Shade doesn’t have many rules, its students must be responsible for their own actions and willing to accept consequences, and in order to maintain good relations with the police and Huntsmen, effective immediately students must remain on campus after sundown unless assigned to a mission and approved by himself or Rumpole as the missing persons cases are already in the works.
Furthermore, disturbed by the disasters at the Battles of Beacon and Haven, and struggling to take in the flood of refugee students, Theodore declares a new initiation for all Shade students-including the formation of new teams. This initiation is shown to be controversial, causing uproar from students. Theodore explains this is a temporary measure to put students on equal footing in strength, and to help the transferring Haven and Beacon students to adapt to Vacuo. Theodore officially starts the first re-initiation in Shade's history, and watches it take place.
When Neptune Vasilias, Yatsuhashi Daichi, and Fox Alistair battle a mind-controlled Rumpole, Theodore is amongst the crowd watching. He tells the trio he won't interfere, this being entirely their fight. When Fox correctly guesses Rumpole's first name and Yatsuhashi disables her mind control, Theodore is shocked to discover she had been captured. He calls the three and Xanthe to his office, and asks her to tell him what happened since she was captured. Rumpole and the group decide to form a rescue operation at the Mirage under Theodore's approval.
After Yatsuhashi is captured, Theodore begins to stress over the Crown, complaining about Jax Asturias’ corruption of his sister, Gillian Asturias, and decides that the authorities can handle the twins due to bigger threats, referring to Salem. He believes chasing the two is a trap, and will only distract them from “the big one”. Rumpole objects, saying the twins may be in line with the big one, and the Crownsmen are an advanced force just like the White Fang had been in Haven. Theodore roars that Shade isn’t Beacon, punching a wall with his gloves, leaving a crater in the room and cracking Ozpin’s portrait in his office. Teams CFVY and SSSN convince him to let Shade deal with Jax and Gillian, and he restores the original teams effective immediately. Immediately after, they hear gunfire outside and discover the Crown has launched their attack at Shade Academy. Theodore leads the charge against them, throwing himself in the middle of the fight.
After the Battle of Shade, Theodore congratulates the students for defending their school.
In the "Volume 9 Bonus Ending Animatic", Theodore is seen speaking with Fiona Thyme.
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References[]
- ↑ Amity Arena Ironwood Card bio