Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130805035011/@comment-3388066-20131001161232

Angren Túrë wrote: Draconic29 wrote: Angren Túrë wrote: Draconic29 wrote: I just realized the guy with Torchwik at the end of Episode 8 wore a mask similar to Adam's. Could there be a connection or something liek that? Perhaps whatever group Adam and formerly Blake were associated with are allying themselves with Roman. Perhaps the mask isn't only limited to Adam, also. That's a theory that's popped up on multiple threads. I imagine it would run down like this: Adam and Blake used to run contract jobs for White Fang as income. After the cargo train fiasco, Adam left White Fang and went on the lam. Ever the businessman, Roman cuts a deal with White Fang--they give him troops and supplies, he gives them an opportunity to strike at Beacon...and Blake. It feels lie forever since I've been on this particular thread. I remember this was the first threadI came across on the Rwby forums.

Either way, your speculation is great, and I wouldn't mind it happening. Still, I think there's more to the deal than just striking at Beacon and Blake. Perhaps this is the White Fang's idea of telling the world "We are here, and we are ready." And what better way to do that then attacking the prestigious Beacon Academy? It would be a bloodbath, that's for sure, but the symbolic value of taking it would be very high. Yeah, but Beacon DOES have an army of highly trained, armed-to-the-teeth superpowered killers at its disposal, plus a fleet of airships, who knows what other high-tech weapons and equpiment, the fact that it looks like a freaking fortress, is in a highly defensible position, and has the almighty Ozpin. Somehow, I doubt that any military force less than a good sized, well trained and equipped army would manage to successfuly take Beacon, then they have to deal with the counterattacks from all the pissed-off hunters (and can YOU imagine a pissed off Nora?)

TL;DR - Beacon being captured by ANYONE would be incredibly difficult and unlikely.