Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130927034714/@comment-4830106-20130930151637

BenRG wrote: The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: The whole "tournament as smoke screen for dastardly plot" trope would likely be in play then. See Dragonball/Harry Potter/Naruto for examples. Volume 1 ends before the tournament with some prelude battle hinting at the planning that is afoot and then Volume 2 is all about the tournament and Roman enacting his plan for Beacon/Vale in the middle of it. Precisely, although I suspect the target will be some treasure stored at Beacon rather than the assassination/kidnap of one individual. However, I also suspect that Roman may use the distraction of the festival (most of the cops tied up in crowd control and protective duty for the VIPs at the festival) to raid some lucrative targets elsewhere in the city.

This festival could be a goldmine for him if his gang is well enough organised and equipped. Perhaps that's what he was up to at the end of EP8?