User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Prediction. Season 2 volume 1/@comment-24198837-20140101023842/@comment-24198837-20140101025736

Well, I'm a big fan of the theory that Cinder is the "Dragon". She brings the lesser people in line, and may be second to a leader who doesn't fight. But hey, we're in the first half of the first season, so anything can happen.

And when I said that Cardin (in this circumstance) was evil, I meant that turning on your friends and fellow students in an attempt to kill them is pretty evil, which it is.