User blog comment:Angren Túrë/When's the Darkness gonna show up?/@comment-33293221-20151103035859

Well, we haven't seen Ozpin, Glynda, or Ironwood yet. We've barely seen any of Qrow, and we don't know what Cinder's plans are for the tournament. Now that Qrow is heading to the festival, he'll start talking to Oz and Ironwood and things will get there. The first couple episodes are meant to ease in, not just get right to it. There has to be a progression of darkness or it's not done right. You have not been wronged or anything.

Once Oz, Glynda, Ironwood, Qrow, Winter, Cinder, and Adam show up for real, I promise it will be dark.

And Adam is now working with Cinder too. He is in contact, but not right-hand man kind of contact. He's just there to make sure the White Fang will stay on Cinder's side.