Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151116021418/@comment-68.10.67.154-20151116042602

TheRozenQueen wrote: 68.10.67.154 wrote: TheRozenQueen wrote: The white side begins the war, the black side fights back.... That is only how Cinder and affiliates see themselve, not necessarily the reality of the situation. It was an out-of-universe decision, to make them "identify with the black side" of the chessboard. The question is why.

At the same time, you need an in-universe reason for that decision as well.