Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-75.142.246.113-20131018165542/@comment-4802159-20131026025910

I doubt that it would cause a nuclear detonation, but it would be a big blast nonetheless. Conservation of detail with the masks establishes the relationship between Adam, the 'cart guy', and Roman. At worst, they're working in direct conjunction with one another. At best, Roman's hired the 'mask group' to help handle the heavy lifting (Roman was complaining about the lack of manpower)

The beauty and the beast allusion she represents means that Adam is an inexorable, if not dark part, of her overall story that would no doubt cause trouble within the RWBY team by challenging her loyalty (of which she appears to have very little)

There's two possibilities here:

1. The trailer takes place before episode 1. Blake was a part of sabotaging the Schnee shipment, but had a change of heart at the human cost, abandons Adam, and takes refuge in Beacon. Assuming Adam was working in conjunction (in some way) with Roman, Roman's 'plans' regarding Beacon may well put Blake at odds with her former partner.

2. The trailer takes place after the first 16 episodes. This would be the 'Blake is a mole' theory, and would put Blake in direct conflict with the rest of her team. This is less likely because if it isn't precisely played off, would fracture the RWBY team going forward.