Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-32346149-20191222183116/@comment-14909251-20200101081256

As I see it, you had the Beacon arc where they lost really badly. You then had the Haven arc where they came out winning strong. What I want for the Atlas arc (not necessarily this Volume) is for them to split the difference and I think they are almost signaling that this is what is going to happen. Oscar is carrying around the Relic of Knowledge and is also presumed to be inspired by Dorothy, who is captured by the flying monkies of the Wicked Witch of the West and taken back to her lair. At this point, it is quite possible Salem will arrive and actually take Oscar and maybe the Relic. One thought I have had is that Cinder could retrieve the Relic, though that became less likely when Ruby handed it over to Oscar, unless he hands it back during the fight on the completely rational reasoning of "Someone stronger than me should be holding on to it right now."