Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20171011224301/@comment-26018514-20171011231427

GreyStark wrote: You can't close a border, you can only make sure anyone who isn't determined can't get past it But if as a military you close your borders, soldiers with experience like Winter would be the ones sent on missions outside, not inexperienced ones like Weiss, and Weiss lacks funds or influence, so she'd be stuck walking to Mistral in a manner similar to RNJR if she got out... by herself, from a farther distance, and all of that time in Atlesian territory she would be shipped back to her father if caught.

Atlas is an ice-rock, outside the kingdoms influence you are pretty much dead without significant assets, and Weiss lacks those right now... but she's also a great target for kidnappers.