Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24177652-20140316072117/@comment-24117358-20140612050746

These are all really good points, and I was just using chess as an analogy because of the base mechanics of the game and how that pertains to the events of RWBY so far. In chess, there may be fighting here and there, but the ultimate goal is always the same: Get the King. Also in chess there has to be some sort of strategy, without strategy, you will surely lose, and one wrong move could cost you the game. I think this kind of mirrors what has been going on in RWBY. There have been a few encounters between both sides once in a while, but both sides are reaching for a goal that is most likely unknown to the underlings, and one wrong move could cost dearly depending on what side makes the first mistake.

And yes, we did assume at first that the message was about Roman and Cinder, but it has equal chance of being about anyone else at this point.