Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-73.10.163.124-20150401013118/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150514132655

^I think it's because it's the "play it safe" piece when writing a RWBY fanfiction. If an OC team were to take the queen piece you just know someone will throw an accusation of them being overpowered because the Queen is the strongest piece in the game. They also won't take a any of the black pieces because some think that having a black chess piece means you're evil like CRDL even though it's waaay too early to even consider them bad guys (they are just bullies at this point. Didn't Monty say that there will some depth to Cardin? If that's true then perhaps they are not evil). Maybe the black pieces are for "There's more to them than what they show on the outside" characters, or they are just for, with the exception of CRDL, the irrevalant characters. Perahps an OC team is better off picking a black piece than just the pawn.

The only piece they could  on the white end is the Bishop (do you want to King the piece) but what role do they have in terms symbolism? How popular is the Bishop?