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* Ruby and Jaune. From Ruby and Jaune having the same grief from [[spoiler:losing Pyrhha]], to Jaune's RousingSpeech for Ruby in "Kuroyuri." It not only shows Jaune's growth as a team leader putting his friends first but it reinforces how emotionally close and dependent on one another they've become.

* Ruby and Jaune. From Ruby and Jaune having the same grief from [[spoiler:losing Pyrhha]], to Jaune's RousingSpeech for Ruby in "Kuroyuri", this is evidence that it can occur.

[[WMG:More than one ship will be confirmed with a FirstKiss, or any other declaration.]]
Among with all the potential shit that will erupt in Mistral, the other quiet moments may create true developments for multiple characters, from platonic to romantic. Potential confirmations include:

* Qrow. [[MentorOccupationalHazard Mentors usually have a very shot life expectancy...]]

What could happen is that plenty of hints will be dropped about Jaune wanting to murder Cinder, as she [[spoiler:killed Pyrhha, someone he loved]]. However, when Jaune finally arrives to meet her and prepares to fight her, he may be knocked out by Ruby's Crescent Rose at the last second, with her deciding to not let Jaune suffer the burden of taking a life, and offers herself to do it instead. "Remembrance" contained her having nightmares about her arriving too late to save [[spoiler:Pyrhha]], so she may feel truly responsible, and hence, have a greater need to end Cinder's life than Jaune.

All of team RWBY, [[spoiler:the remnants of]] team JNPR, Qrow, Sun, Blake's parents and Professor Lionheart could be there. And that episode will be a very humorous and {{heartwarming}} episode overall. Although it may seem out of place for a show like ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', it can establish the things that the heroes are desperately trying to protect, and possibly lose if things go wrong. It can also detail Lionheart [[spoiler:learning more about the heroes themselves, as he is working for Salem]]. This can lead to...

Three people died in Volume 3 [[spoiler:Torchwick, Penny and Pyrhha]], and [[spoiler:no one of significant importance]] died in Volume 4, so it may escalate in the worst way. [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor As a bonus, it may also satisfy and horrify Volume 4 haters, who complained about]] [[spoiler:[[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor the low stakes and the minimal amount of death]]]].

[[WMG: Oscar will fall in love with RWBY, and it will become a critical to the storyline]]

* Except... Beacon isn't the airship, it's the castle-like structure overlooking the cliff at the end of episode 1 with an [[TheWizardOfOz emerald]] [[MeaningfulName beacon]].

* Following the trend of the WizardOfOz characters being the powerful old guard of the series, there is a distinct lack of candidates for the Cowardly Lion's position. While Taiyang Xiao Long would tangentially fit (blonde hair, teammate of Qrow, another old guard), he doesn't have the right motifs (his name refers to dragons, not lions), and a Cowardly Lion in remnant would probably be a Faunus anyways. As such it's highly likely that we are going to be introduced to a powerful but passive lion Faunus in vol. 4, possibly as the headmaster of either Haven or Shade.

** {{Confirmed}} to be a Grimm known as Nuckelavee.

It’s not just a coincidence that Ozpin’s personality just HAPPENED to end up in a boy close to Ruby’s age (at least from the writer’s standpoint). Oscar is going to go through an IdenityCrisis with everyone seeing him as Ozpin and his refusal to fully submit to the identity. Ruby will be the only one to reassure Oscar that he’s not Ozpin, he’s Oscar Pine, and it will not be unlike Ruby seeing past Penny’s robotics to know she has a soul. This will cause Oscar to fall in love with her “simple and honest soul” which will drive Salem to hunt Ruby to destroy his “faith” in humanity and leave her age-old enemy broken.

Since the heroes need to be given some victories, Yang will meet Blake and Sun and their arc will eventually lead to them killing Adam, since Yang's song was hinting she was going to find Blake and kill Adam. Killing him won't stop the activities of his branch of White Fang, but it will likely cause them to break off from working with Salem since they were listening to Adam, not her.

* And join RNJR. Team RWBY will eventually regroup again, while Penny could fill Pyrrha's slot for JNPR team.

[[WMG: Oscar will join Team JNPR as the new P.
* Given that Oscar's last name is Pine (and that last names are used to make team names, like Sky Lark of CRDL and May Zedong of BRNZ) and that he's got [[spoiler:Ozpin's [[LegacyWeapon cane]]]], he seems to be a likely candidate for Pyrrha's replacement.
** More evidence to this theory is that Oscar would be based on the character of Ozma. Ozma was first introduced in the orginal book series as a boy named Tip who got an involuntary sex-change by the Wicked Witch of the North to keep her from ascending as the rightful ruler of Oz. Ozma succeeded the wizard's rule just as Oscar is the successor of Ozpin's legacy. It fits with JNPR's theme cross-dressing mythological heroes.

** Given that Atlas has [[spoiler:closed its borders as of the season's end]], it's unlikely. However, given that Oscar's last name is Pine (and that last names are used to make team names, like Sky Lark of CRDL and May Zedong of BRNZ) and that he's got [[spoiler:Ozpin's [[LegacyWeapon cane]]]], he seems to be a more likely candidate for Pyrrha's replacement.

Following the trend of the WizardOfOz characters being the powerful old guard of the series, there is a distinct lack of candidates for the Cowardly Lion's position. While Taiyang Xiao Long would tangentially fit (blonde hair, teammate of Qrow, another old guard), he doesn't have the right motifs (his name refers to dragons, not lions), and a Cowardly Lion in remnant would probably be a Faunus anyways. As such it's highly likely that we are going to be introduced to a powerful but passive lion Faunus in vol. 4, possibly as the headmaster of either Haven or Shade.

And joined RNJR. Team RWBY will eventually regroup again, while Penny could fill Pyrrha's slot for JNPR team.

{{Jossed}}. [[spoiler:They were killed in a Grimm attack.]]

While Raven is aware of Salem. she seems to be keeping out of the fight against her. However, at some point Salem will get angry with the bandit tribe and kill them all. As for the motive, one possibility is that she'll save Ruby for some reason and, because no one save the villains knows that Ruby is Salem's primary target, will incur Salem's wrath. Another possibility is that Raven will reveal Salem's existence to Ruby. Salem's plans rely on the public being unaware of her existence, which Ozpin and his group preserve to prevent a panic, and if someone's going around doing otherwise than there's a risk that humanity would unite. As a bonus, as Raven gets more screen-time, she'll be fleshed out more and become more sympathetic.
* That or this will be portrayed as KickTheSonOfABitch or BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork.
* Partially {{Jossed}}: [[spoiler: Qrow told Ruby and the others about Salem.]]

[[WMG: The final two episodes will be Team RNJR vs. [[spoier: the Nuckelavee Grimm]], and Blake vs. Adam]]
And hopefully they'll squeeze in Weiss leaving Atlas and Yang and Taiyang setting off after Ruby.

Ozpin is urging Oscar to go there but even if he gives in, he still has to go through places teeming with Grimm to make it. Oscar doesn't seem to have any combat training (unless he's been practicing with his farm tools) nor can he be using the powers Ozpin had (yet). RNJR is already traveling through Mistral, so there's a chance that they'll stumble upon the farm and Ozpin will make an even bigger push to get him going.
* Alternatively, they meet ''at'' Haven Academy.

** Oobleck and Port mention that Goodwitch was getting Beacon back in order, while Salem tells the orb grimm to reinforce the school in a later episode.

At the moment Salem only seems to be focusing on just setting up for another plan, so the biggest danger will be Adam become the leader of the entirety of the White Fang.

There is a lot we don't know about Cinder, Salem and their little revolution, and i mean like a ''lot'' of lot. It's not unreasonable to assume they're not as monstrous as they seem to be so far, and Ozpin and his little conspiracy might not be as white as they seem to be. There are hints to it already like Glynda saying "desperate times call for desperate measures", and Cinder while willing to go to ANY lengths to achieve her goals(whatever the goals are) doesn't seem to be wanting to kill when she doesn't have to. When infiltrating the tower in "Dance Dance Infiltration" she dealt with guards seemingly non-lethally and blink and you'll miss it but the White Fangs were still moving when she kicked their asses, even when she fought Pyrrha she didn't seem to be aiming for kill until Pyrrha asked about destiny(after all she only shot her heel after Pyrrha's aura broke). Those are small details, not enough to call any side of the story "grey", but details that are still present. Then there are songs like "Time to Say Goodbye" involving lines like "were we born to fight and die sacrificed for one huge lie? Are we heroes keeping peace or are we weapons pointed at the enemy so someone else can claim a victory", "Divide" which could be VictimBlaming or could be foreshadowing that Ozpin isn't exactly saint, and extremely ambiguous "Sacrifice".

At the climax of the season. Salem's followers are going to keep focusing on capturing Ruby, while she starts learning how to use her powers given by the silver eyes, or wherever they come from. Mirroring this we see Cinder learning how to use her powers as one of the maidens. After Salem has enough of the failed attempts bring her Ruby, she will send Cinder back after her. Cinder will by this point do some massive KickTheDog in response to the possible sympathy drawn up for her.

* Utterly jossed in Episode 7. Qrow intervenes and fights Tyrian. They break each other's Auras, and Ruby sends Tyrian packing after slicing off half of his tail.

* ... Two of the four relics. In the WOR episode "The Great War", the King of Vale led the deciding battle personally against Mantle and Mistral's armies, in defense of Vacuo's dust mines. The sword he wielded was orange, indicating that it was given to him by Vacuo's leader. The scepter he wields alongside it, however, is his own. His efforts lay waste to both armies, in what was the deadliest battle of the whole War. At it's end, the other three leaders were all willing to bow down to his rule.//
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* Ozpin tells Oscar that he founded the academies personally. With the events of the Great War, we learn that it was the last King of Vale who actually founded them. Given that the FusionDance of Ozpin and Oscar was preceded with one between Ozpin and someone else ... then that someone else ''must'' have been the King of Vale.

* ... Two of the four relics. In the WOR episode "The Great War", the King of Vale led the deciding battle personally against Mantle and Mistral's armies, in defense of Vacuo's dust mines. The sword he wielded was orange, indicating that it was given to him by Vacuo's leader. The scepter he wields alongside it, however, is his own. His efforts lay waste to both armies, in what was the deadliest battle of the whole War. At it's end, the other three leaders were all willing to bow down to his rule.