User blog comment:Zathronas/Speculative author, Volume 3: Cinder Fall/@comment-79.179.54.137-20141209185902

Interesting theory. I don't know that I buy all of it. It's much easier to believe, for instance, your previous theories about Cinder being a Schnee Dust Company operative. Assuming your theory about the 4 crystals, SDC would have motivation to get Ozpin fired from Beacon and have Ironwood take over, so that they could expand their mining business from Atlast to Vale.

I honestly find it extremely hard to believe that Cinder would have any kind of altruistic motive. My key support for that is her almost sadistic declaration that we need to take away people's power (re: Pyrrha).

Nonetheless, very interesting and well presented. I think you're on to something here, but I still think you're too far off.

-Nathan J Xaxson