Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4957813-20140523184746/@comment-226878-20140527200044

While Roman is similar to Alex from A Clockwork Orange, he is more clearly an allusion to Lampwick from Pinocchio. Cinder is pretty obviously Cinderella. Given that note, what characteristics do those characters share that they would end up on the same team? Finding the answer to that is the easiest way to determine the other two characters origins. While the Mad Hatter may have been based on mercury poisoning, the Cheshire Cat is equally mad/maddening and, like Mercury, actually has the ability to become invisible/intangible by apparent vaporization.

Emerald... Esmeralda? Gypsy from Hunchback...