Board Thread:News and Announcements/@comment-28288412-20161017170813/@comment-4010415-20161018133030

BenRG wrote: I think that the only significant revelation in this WoR is that we know now why Vale was targetted first. As well as being Ozpin's base of operations, it was also probably the single most favourably-placed and secure of the Kingdoms. By hitting Vale with such devastating force, Salem has made it clear that nowhere is safe from her machinations. Uh... That, and the tournament.

I've been thinking that the tournament is the reason why Vale was targeted.

Think about it: The tournament was broadcast live to the entire world of Remnant. When Yang "broke" Mercury's leg and when Pyrrha cut Penny up, Vale was not the only settlement of people who were reacting to all of that with negative emotions - the entire world was watching, and the entire world reacted to it with negativity.

On top of that, the entire rest of the world got to hear Cinder's speech, hear the Level 9 Grimm Invasion sirens start going off, and see Mercury's live broadcast of the chaos between the Grimm invading and Atlas' robots attacking civilians.

The tournament is why. Vale's placement and relative security, probably not as much.