Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24994749-20140808043348

When Weiss went to the  Cross Continental Transmit Tower we saw this 4 symbols.

Now, when Ironwood made his military display of new robot models, the containers the new Elysian Knights are inside have the emblem at the bottom left.

Ironwood explained "The Kingdom of Atlas is a tool of innovation." We also know know the Schnee Dust Company (according to Blake the largest producer of energy propellant in the world) is based on Atlas. The Cross Continental Transmit Tower was built by Atlas to allow communications among the 4 kingdoms (implying that before that such a thing was not possible). Finally, during the Remnant Game, Yang mentioned that most of Ruby's soldiers were probably androids.

So, it is possible to assume Atlas is focused in robotics and related. Maybe they are a down right industrial kingdom with little to no production of other kind of goods.

Now, the top right symbol is the emblem of Beacon Academy. Thing is, while we saw many students dressed with the Beacon school uniform (there was even a girl calling to her mother back at Signal), the Tower was built to allow communication among the kingdoms so the most sense would be for it to have the Coats of Arms of the Kingdoms, not schools.

Now, I don't know how it is in the USA, but over here schools and universities tend to have their own emblem that they display alongside the country's coat of arms and the flag. But with Beacon, we only have seen one emblem displayed everywhere.

Now, when Ozpin spoke with Blake he explains students train at any of the many Combat Schools around the world to apply to Beacon (Yang and Ruby went to Signal, Pyrrha went to Sanctum). It is possible Beacon is the only Upper Level Combat Academy of Vale, explaining why the entry exam is a "pass or die" and why their emblem is the kingdom's.

Ironwood's robots displaying Atlas emblem would be explained by the fact that he is not simply a manufacturer, he is a General (note that the SDC has a family crest as logo) and headmaster of an Academy as well (probably of the same academic level as Beacon).

Now, Vale's emblem has laurel (which typically signify victory) and a pair of axes (the huntress in the statue in front of the academy has an axe). It is possible Vale's main contribution to Remnant are hunters, hence students being willing to travel from other kingdoms to study at Vale. [I find it unclear by the dialogue between Ironwood and Ozpin if Ironwood's academy also trains hunters or Ozpin's "we" refereed to Beacon's staff.]

Atlas' emblem looks like "clockwork" and "mechanical" for calling it somehow, which works for a kingdom dedicated to robotics.

The other two symbols, then... What do you think the kingdoms they belong to specialise in? We have hunters [Vale] and robotics [Atlas].

We also know another of the Kingdoms is Vacuo that, going by the Game of Remnant, it is largely deserted.

Top right: swords with wings?

Bottom right: a crowned circle with rays of light and fire in the center? 