Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14909251-20170522044827/@comment-34633327-20170827211823

Blackchaos27 wrote: @KingFubuki92 You do know that whatever Ghira read on that scroll could've easily been planted to make him think that Adam is planning coup, right? Like it's possible that the Corsac brothers and Illia (albeit maybe unwilling in her case) are actually trying to set the Belladonna family up, leading them into a trap, especially since the Corsac brother have probably informed Adam, who has a vendetta against Blake, of her whereabouts by now. If that were the case, Ilia could have easily dropped the scroll as she was fleeing rather than hold onto it and try and get it back during the chase. While yes it may make it look more convincing, the fact she was willing to threaten Blake for it, only not going through with it presumably out of nostalgia for their shared past in the WF, would imply the contents are genuine. And had that nostalgia been nonexistant, she probably would have stabbed Blake, as she did stab Sun just before that. And yes, she herself may not be aware the contents are fake, but then you need to ask another question: If the plan was for the Belladonna's to get the scroll, how would they have gotten it if Ilia wasn't caught. If she went unnoticed, then she wouldn't drop the scroll or lose it. And in this scenario she can't just purposely drop it because she wouldn't know to do so. So how would the Albain's plan it? "Listen Ilia, when you monitor the Belladonna's tonight, we need you to deliberaletely get caught, or leave this scroll behind where they can see it. Don't ask why, you're on a need to know basis and you don't need to know." Then there is the odds the scroll was broken in the scuffle. What if it had been destroyed? How would the Belladonna's know then? "Listen Ilia, if this scroll gets broken, we need you to let yourself get captured and tell them a bunch of lies about our plans. Don't question why. You're sacrifice is necessary for the White Fang's goals if that scroll is destroyed, so follow orders knowing your possible loss will help our goal in the long run." There are just too many variables!

So that only leaves two "plausible" (and I'm using that word losely here) interpretations. Ilia didn't know the contents of the Scroll and it was through sheer dumb luck the Belladonna's got it via her being discovered, or the contents are real.