Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161030153351/@comment-14138255-20161031162819

BenRG wrote: This is only a guess but I'm expecting the Schnee Benfit Concert to be the volume climax and may be where Weiss's arc during the 'seperate odyssey' phase of the story really takes off. I'm still betting that it will leader her and Winter to investigating an agent of Salem in either the SDC or the Atlesian government. Time to channel my Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments skills here.

1: Jacques is the traitor: Jacques is trying to attract as big a crowd as possible to the charity ball to set off a grisly and shocking event to attract the Grimm.

1: Jacques is working from the inside: Jacques is trying to do the above on Salem's behalf...but thinks he is genre savvy enough to think the Grimm can't possibly win and believes the military and his daughters can safely defeat the Grimm while clearing Atlas' name by showing them being attacked. Whether or not he is Wrong Genre Savvy and dooms Atlas remains to be seen.

2: Ironwood is the traitor: General Ironwood has been on Salem's inner circle for some time now (though there's a possibility this is either before or after the Vytal Festival). Ironwood's actions of restricting the Dust flow to the other kingdoms is a delibrate act to weaken the other kingdoms.

2: Ironwood is a pawn: Ironwood's actions are being controlled by Salem indirectly, with a superior (perhaps the other generals) calling the shots for him or maybe just Salem planning with his by the book tendencies in mind. Knowing his pattern, she could use it to incriminate him and undo Atlas from the inside due to his own mistakes.