Talk:Winter Schnee/@comment-65.191.90.25-20151101172720/@comment-26403517-20151101213928

It's a reasonable speculation.

Although Cinder is shown as a skilled fighter and tactician, her resources are too limited for her to be at the top of the evil command chain. While she has a cooperative arraingement with Torchwick and the White Fang, the only minions of her own are Mercury and Emerald. As such, for most of her plots she's had an active role in them herself. And I just don't see how she could get her hands on a few dozen Atlasian Paladins.

There's somebody above Cinder, who stands to benefit from what appears to be a plot to destabilize the current peace between the four kingdoms. War would prove very profitable for a company that can provide large quantities of Dust and military equipment. Such as, the Schnee Dust Company.