Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33754845-20190916192846/@comment-26018514-20191129222915

AntisocialMedia wrote: If we are getting back on topic, here's my prediction:...

...the final fight will begin and these sixteen characters will be in it. In that fight, one or more of the Ace-Ops will die, and Penny will "die," with the heroes going to a nontrivial effort (possibly involving the death of an Ace-Op) to salvage her core.

Cinder's arrival will be in the stinger. 1 & 2 Not likely at all; Keep in mind we've got at least 2-3 volumes in Atlas, and at the end of the Arc an invincible Salem will come while our Heroes possess no possible method of stopping her there's no way any "final fight" will happen this volume that isn't either an overwhelming victory for the heroes or maintaining the status quo, the current state of Atlas and Mantle is shithole with a civil war in progress, just maintaining the status quo is a dark resolution.

This means at most we might lose an Ace-op or 2, maybe Penny if she's able to be rebuilt, Tyrian or Watts will likely die and then We get Cinder coming into town.

3. Agreed, and at that point we'll likely either see a new winter Maiden as the old one dies to Cinder, circumstances, or Salem over the next 2 volumes and the Civil war concludes before Salem makes Atlas fall.