♚ Queen of the Castle ♚

           i am not a  ( woman. )  i am an inferno, i am a tempest. i am  v e n o m  &  f a n g s  &  c l a w s. i am lightning & starlight, & i am hell in high heels.

 cardinal winchester is themed after Henry Beaufort. The Cardinal of Winchester who presided over  the trial of Joan of Arc.“ who presided over Joan of Arc’s trial, where she was condemned to be burned at the stake. cardinals allusion us  enemy of Jaune’s allusion. Teams RWBY and JNPR all follow a team-wide motif for their allusions, so it stands to reason that team CRDL would do the same. Based on that, my guesses for the other three team members are:

sky lark is themed after loki the enemy of thor who nora is based off of : Why? To lark means to cause mischief. Loki’s forte. Sky very likely takes a lot of inspiration from the recent film version of Loki who wields a staff that resembles a glaive or halberd (like Sky’s). Likewise, the fact that Loki was born a Frost Giant gave him natural blue skin This ties in to Sky Lark’s blue color motif. If true, it would be a decent reason to refer to him as “Lark” instead of Sky. and his name is  refence to Skylarking to fool around or act estranged also to galavant or to commit tom foolery which is a reference to lokis nature as  a trickster

Dove Bronzewing is Hector of Troy. Why? During his fight with Achilles(who pyrrha alludes to) , Troy’s greatest warrior swordsman was described as a “cringing dove”, such was his fear that he may actually die fighting Achilles. After all, the two lived by different philosophies. Hector was fighting to protect his kingdom but still hoped to live. Achilles fought because battle was his life and he wanted revenge for Patroclus. This would further explain why these characters ran away from the Ursa (Loki and Henry Beaufort aren’t fighters and Hector only fought when he knew he must). The fact that Dove uses a sword/revolver is reflective of the skill Hector had with sword and bow. Also, judging by the sword’s design, it may transform to more strongly resemble a bow. Dove’s weapon and color match Trojan culture pretty well. plus its hinted at that dove is the best fighter out of team crdl both in the story and out of it by the creators  which fits since hector was troys greatest swordsman and it would parallel with him being team crdl’s best fighter  funny enough when sky and dove ran from ursa they were confronted  by nora and pyrrha respectively

[3:01:55 PM] Blake Widow: …so there’s this JNPR genderbend art right [3:01:57 PM] Blake Widow: sounds great [3:02:39 PM] Blake Widow: except a) they only genderbent Ren and Jaune b) suddenly revealing outfits something tells me their priority on this was not, idk, a tribute to the characters from a different perspective