Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24177652-20140316072117/@comment-226878-20140611081509

We have yet to see Roman working with a crew of loyal droogs that are all his own. He technically doesn't seem to be in any gang. He's hired henchmen from Junior and worked with White Fang goons, but there hasn't been any indication that he has a force of his own.

Junior's moniker seems to indicate he's a low-man on the totem, perhaps whoever it is he works for could be this mysterious "King" that's never even been mentioned.

Adam as "King" is a fun idea to toss around but unlikely. Even if he is the leader of the White Fang, I don't think Cinder has any intention to yield to that larger group. Cinder and Roman were merely using the White Fang toward their own goals whatever those are. As for Adam being the White Fang leader at all, I don't doubt it. Why not? We don't know how Faunus age so to say Adam looks too young is a leap at the moment. Animals age differently from people, he could be older than he looks. The master/apprentice thing is very Sith-like and makes me think either Adam really is the head honcho or like many a Sith throughout the Star Wars legacy, he went behind the boss's back and began training an apprentice of his own in preparation for the day he'd take over the Fang. Either way, I say he's like to have a new apprentice by the time we see him again. Or perhaps he'll be the fourth man to round out the bad guys' team since Junior only has the twins with him.

Still, I'm more of the belief that there is no real king (unless it's THE Grimm) as despite being the most important piece in chess, it is inherently critical to the analogy that a queen imply the existence of a king.

Another question is Penny's Associates: is that mildly creepy professor an ally, a mercenary, or the leader of a third faction opposing the former two? Or is he our mysterious "King?" Questions, questions...