Thread:KNN005/@comment-25266931-20170304160915/@comment-14138255-20170329170455

KNN005 wrote: My point is Ironwood messed up and it could have been avoided. But for some reason they think Ironwood was in the right to sneak Penny into town without a word to Oz. Not really.

Ironwood not telling Ozpin was a bit of a dick move (and is highly hypocritical considering how he felt Oz didn't trust him), but this instance of bringing Penny was supposed to be harmless and just a simple test of Penny's abilities (it's entirely possible it was Penny's idea, who begged her 'father' to go, who in turn asked Ironwood if they could use the Tournament to test her, and Ironwood saw the potential and allowed it with some restriction to her movements).

However, an undetectable virus (capable of infecting even Apples lol) seeped into their software and stole the plans from Ironwood's scroll and Penny was turned into a target and not only was she killed, but her death sparked a kingdom-wide catyclysm.

In the end, it was just an unfortunate, tragic turn of events that no one could have possibly predicted.