Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170511131216/@comment-26018514-20170517171249

Terminus99 wrote: I seem to recall Adam being very adamant about the fact that the WF is a force of revolution, not some organization for hire. So mercenary is not really a fitting term. Adam was forced to work with Cinder. Before ​he was working with Cinder, not after... he hasn't said much since getting on board besides "they'll listen to me"... which means he's no longer looking out for his people's Self interest... which indicates that despite prior protest, he is doing what he is doing for cash/self interest... which is the definition of Mercenary.

Am I the only one that feels like we are missing something?

I mean, first we have Salem saying that Adam is loyal, and sending Hazel to make sure Sienna is loyal too. There is also the fact that Adam arrenged the meeting, meaning that regardless of whether Sienna approved of the attack on Beacon or not, Adam was not punished, and was still a high-ranking capable of setting up a meeting between the leader and a human. Not so, it is perfectly reasonable to assume Sienna wants to know WTF Adam is doing with this shitstorm, and the best way to answer this is to speak to Adam in person(not something you send in the mail and cross country video conferences aren't something they can do right now), and the people pulling his strings. Then the Albains talk about Adam being the leader of a splinter group. If Adam arranged the meeting, then that should be a lie.

Not true, as Adam has been fulfilling Salem's Goals recently, it is only fitting to call him a "splinter group" leader... no-one else is likely to know the extent he works for Salem's group, so they would assume he's just an eccentric with his own methods for fulfilling the WF's goals... but he was always a leader Sienna had no reason to question until recently, so even if Sienna does plan on removing him from power he is both "splinter group" and part of normal WF command... the only question is why he would have revealed plans to overthrow Sienna to Ilia unless she is rather high ranking.

We have Hazel walking through Anima, apparently on his way to the meeting.

Then it is revealed that Adam is planning to overthrow Sienna and attack Haven.

Are we supposed to assume that the meeting took place and it went wrong? Or maybe Salem simply decided that Adam would be a better pawn? Is Adam acting on his own, and his objectives just happen to align with Salem's? Does Adam know about Salem?

I can't help but feel like there is something more going on.

Timing is a really horrible part of V4