Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3257939-20140324020018/@comment-10390252-20140324141616

I think that there will be a two-thrust battle. Roman will send the majority of his forces, possibly led by Adam, against the gathered Hunters and Huntresses wherever the tournament is being held (this will include the majority of the main cast) as a diversionary assault. Meanwhile, Roman, Cinder, Turquoise and Gray will attempt to sneak into Beacon to take whatever McGuffin is the goal of the attack.

I haven't decided what happens next. A part of me would like Ozpin to be the only person at Beacon and he holds off all four of them for a long time before Roman pulls a sneaky move like bringing down a ceiling on him or something.

Another part of me would like Ruby to be at Beacon too, maybe appealing to Ozpin for help to 'free' Penny from her handler's control as she is very obviously fully-sentient. Despite Glynda's repeated instructions for her to go to the Safe Room and lock herself in, she goes tearing into the fight alongside Ozpin, Glynda and Port.

This scenario would set up the scene for a first full encounter between Ruby and Cinder. Naturally, Cinder would knock Ruby down but then notice Ruby's eyes and freeze for a critical second. "Summer...?" This lets Ruby get in a sucker-punch and Cinder then orders a full retreat, dragging a protesting Roman behind her.