Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.114.231.46-20140815214653

After rewatching Episode 1 of Volume 2, I took note of Roman's statement, "Look around, kid. I've got this town running scared!" And then I thought, "Wait a minute, maybe that was the point all along!" Perhaps mass panic was the reason Cinder made Roman collect all the dust and not just for weapons. I don't really know how the mass panic fits in, but this is something to consider in my opinion.

Because of my realization, I also got the idea to outline what Cinder's plan could possibly be. So, this is what I believe the plan is:

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PHASE ONE

1) Roman collects dust (Episode 1-16 of Volume 1).

2) People get frightened (Just like Ozpin said he didn't want to happen in episode 2).

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PHASE TWO

3) The military is called in (i.e. Ironwood) because of #2.

4) Military robots are hijacked (Ep. 4).

5) White Fang is armed with the dust and robots.

6) Cinder and Co. infiltrate Beacon (Ep. 2).

PHASE THREE

7) Eliminate hunters and huntresses in the tournament either by direct fighting, assassination, or by other means (comparable to the attack during the Chuniin Exam in Naruto).

8) Wreck the Vytal Festival and unleash Grimm on the city as well as Beacon (as per the beowolves seen in the trailer and how Beacon can be seen disintegrating in the intro as a possible example of foreshadowing).

9) ?

10) Profit

So, yeah. That's all I got because I can't see the motives for why Cinder is doing any of this. State your theories below, please. 