History Literature / RWBYRomanHoliday

** Drugged tea is used both by Neo and against her in the Vanille Estate. [[spoiler:In the novel, her parents drug her when she and Roman come to the estate in order to fulfill their plans; in Volume 9, Neo gives Ruby drugged tea in a replica of the estate in order drive Ruby to suicide by sending her to the Great Tree in the Ever After. In the novel, the paralysed Neo wonders if this is what it's like to be dead, and later wonders if she'd ever be like her father in risking it all to achieve her goal. In Volume 9, that's exactly what she inflicts on Ruby; like her father, Neo using the drugged tea ultimately blows up in her face and results in her losing everything. (For her father, it results in him being trapped in her room after Roman comes to save her and being killed by an explosion from the Dust he stored in her room being ignited. For Neo, making Ruby Ascend results in her losing her purpose rendered her and being rendered an EmptyShell, leaving her vulnerable to possession by the Curious Cat. Her plan ultimately doesn't even work as Ruby doesn't actually die from Ascending and comes out better from it.) ]]

** Drugged tea is used both by Neo and against her in the Vanille Estate. [[spoiler:In the novel, her parents drug her when she and Roman come to the estate in order to fulfill their plans; in Volume 9, Neo gives Ruby drugged tea in a replica of the estate in order drive Ruby to suicide by sending her to the Great Tree in the Ever After. In the novel, the paralysed Neo wonders if this is what it's like to be dead, and later wonders if she'd ever be like her father in risking it all to achieve her goal. In Volume 9, that's exactly what she inflicts on Ruby; like her father, Neo using the drugged tea ultimately blows up in her face and results in her losing everything. (For her father, it results in him being trapped in her room after Roman comes to save her and being killed by an explosion from the Dust he stored in her room being ignited. For Neo, making Ruby Ascend results in her losing her purpose rendered her and being rendered an EmptyShell, leaving her vulnerable to possession by the Curious Cat. Her plan ultimately doesn't even work as Ruby doesn't actually die from Ascending and comes out better from it. ]]

** Drugged tea is used both by Neo and against her in the Vanille Estate. [[spoiler:In the novel, her parents drug her when she and Roman come to the estate in order to fulfill their plans; in Volume 9, Neo gives Ruby drugged tea in a replica of the estate in order force Ruby to commit suicide by sending her to the Afteran Tree. In the novel, the paralysed Neo wonders if this is what it's like to be dead, and later wonders if she'd ever be like her father in risking it all to achieve her goal. In Volume 9, that's exactly what she inflicts on Ruby; like her father, Neo does lose everything.]]

** Neo compares herself to Alyx, the hero of a fairy tale called "The Girl Who Fell Through the World". This fairy tale gains prominence in volume 9 of the series, when [[spoiler:she herself falls into the realm Alyx fell into, and ultimately chooses to stay there and Ascend rather than return to Remnant.]]
** Drugged tea is used both by Trivia and against her. In Volume 9, [[spoiler:she tries to kill Ruby with tea made from the leaves of the Tree, believing it will erase her. Unfortunately for her, the Tree doesn't work that way, and losing her purpose rendered her an EmptyShell.]]

* CallForward: At one point, Ozpin appears on a brief news segment about Roman's bank robbery, warning him that crossing Huntsmen in the future may not go so easily for him. In the main show, he is the StarterVillain who struggles against Huntsmen students, particularly Team RWBY. Ozpin also warns him that Vale is a greater battleground than he thinks and that sticking out too much will cost him. Roman clearing out the competition makes him a target for recruitment into Salem's SecretWar, which eventually costs him his life.

* MobWar: A war between criminal organizations in Mistral provides Lil Miss with the opportunity to expand her organization elsewhere, triggering further wars as a result. [[spoiler:She begins expanding into Vale, eventually triggering a war with Vale's dominant crime organization, the Xiong family. It comes to a head at Trivia's family estate until Neo and Roman find a way to end it for good.]]