Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24076018-20131108010229/@comment-7472785-20131109165027

Well, pawns as a figure of speech are expendable and manipulated (without own strategy or power if unsupported).

Whether Cinder is the 'Queen' remains to be seen - just besause she seems to be the most powerful antagonist character we have seen to date, doesn't automatically make her such. She could as well be a 'pawn' as Roman, his minions and the White Fang (leader) for that matter. The whole of the RWBY story is still in an early stage of unfolding and we simply don't know what or who still lurks in the dark.