Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20161231141844/@comment-28288412-20161231210651

ChishioKunrin wrote: MiniDaggers wrote: Atlas is likely the most powerful kingdom, this being down to the good decisions they made.

Vacuo meanwhile has had a populace that has made nothing but poor choices, leading to exploitation from other kingdoms. This makes it reasonable to assume that it held the Destruction relic with there being so much destruction there, Atlas' luck being a sign of the Choice relic.

Edit: Good points Chish. But I still think Atlas' strength and current success and influence is a consequence of good choices. Vacuo's current landscape being a product of exploitation and for most of the desert before kingdom influence, destruction. Atlas is where they are today thanks to being fortunate enough to discover a huge Dust mine, not necessarily through choices they made.

And if Atlas was the instigator of the anti-expression part of the Great War like people theorize, then them having the Choice Relic doesn't make sense. Freedom of expression involves freedom of choice.

Meanwhile, Vacuo is where people are free to be who they want to be, and they welcome anyone who has what it takes to survive there.

They were fortunate, but their advanement and current dominance and influence extends past just luck. Just look at Vacuo, they were fortunate enough to find a perfect place to surivve and instead of taking advantage of their new home to be better prepared against Grimm and other invaders, they grew complacent. Meanwhile Mantle grew and Atlas became what it is today due to their choices and hard work in addition to luck.

If they are, which as unlikely as it might be Mistral could've been the one to instigate it. Even if Atlas did it wouldn't be too much of a hit against it.

But eh, if there was any places I would swap relic positions, like I said, it would be Atlas and Vacuo. They have similarities and depending on how you interpret it both could fit destruction and choice.