Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131108040231/@comment-14138255-20140302220927

The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: WC-83 wrote: I had the same illness theory too, I imagined it like an ancestral disease that has been plaguing the Schnee Dynasty for years (much like Hector's family in Fire Emblem. Well, how would that affect Mrs. Schnee, unless you are suggesting some in-breeding? I prefer death from illness to her having fallen afoul of the White Fang. The "mother with a tragic illness" thing is a bit cliché, but not quite as bad as giving Weiss the whole "they hurt my mother" excuse.

It is hereditary, but could also be...sexually transmitted...I don't know, but the royalty must be in danger.