Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20140725003808/@comment-11188061-20140731132217

I don't think you really understand what I mean.

Right now, Blake is as anonymous as absolutely any other Faunu out there who isn't White Fang. She knows nothing about Cinder's operations at all - nada - and unless she plans to kill/recruit every single Faunu out there who isn't White Fang, I don't see how that's possible.

Just think of the initial amount of people who might have left the organization when it turned violent, the same type of Blake even though she's slightly later. There had to be hundreds at least, until the new leader exerts a firm enough control over the organization for Cinder to step in officially as an associate; they don't want people 'accidentally' killing their partners (even if we assume that they aren't in cahoots before that, no one wouldn't willingly step into an organization knowing that it's undergoing a reorganization).

Blake is one of those last few lucky Faunu who got away scot free before the leader's control stabilized completely. Again, I understand that just being a former White Fang - the departure could be ten years ago, it could be twenty years ago - may constitute as a reason for Cinder to kill them. But seriously, do you think she has that many resources or time to track down absolutely all of those potential leads and eliminate them all? I can give her the power of an entire country and she still cannot pull it off.

Yes, if she reveals herself to know Tukson (an incredibly stupid idea, which I don't think she'll do even if she's super hotheaded, and will be advised against any action by Ozpin), then she might be targetted by Cinder. But I seriously doubt it.

I deduce that her plan goes like this:

1) help the new leader ease his way into White Fang from the dark, until his control his absolute so they won't go berserk when seeing a human.

2) Then, step in as a new associate and assist the White Fang in achieving their objectives. Gain their trust and gain power with it, so to speak. Meanwhile, identify any dissenters and come up with a black list.

3) Once Cinder's position in the White Fang is secure, carry out the elimination of everyone in the black list, and perhaps even those closely related to them (family). All evidences discovered are destroyed. Once all of the obvious ones are killed, reveal the skeleton of her plan and ultimate goals of the plan (something like the geonocide of Vale humans). Keep an eye out for further deserters and dissenters.

4) Began Phase 1 of her plan, that is to rob Dust from every corner of Vale. Not only will this show the skeptics that they really are serious, it will also drive out the cowards, which she will keep in a name list (in this case Tukson) and assign Roman to eliminate them.

5) By now she would have eliminated most, if not all of her opposition within the White Fang. Her support grows ever so strongly because she has been incredibly successful. Those who are still in the White Fang are either loyal or too stupid/scared to go against her. Those who did leave (like Tukson) will be assassinated just like the rest.

6) There is no one, and not enough left to oppose her within White Fang. Plan 1 was a huge success with ignorable failures, with most of the Dust in Vale stolen away by her. Her enemies are undermined and has not a clue what she's planning. It's obvious that the secrecy of her plan has secured, and by this point it no longer matters as much. She no longer need to worry that the execution of her plans will fail, and only need to set her eyes outside.

The first hardest hurdle, the fear of her plans ruined before she is sufficiently prepared, is passed. Begin Phase 2.