Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24573226-20171012080158/@comment-34633327-20171019051533

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: Something I just thought about is Adam attacking Haven given what it looked like when they showed up. Qrow rightly noted that it was basically abandoned and an easy target, so one wonders why Adam is needed to attack Haven. The other part of this is that we can presume the reason nothing has happened is because they need to find the Spring Maiden in order to unlock the vault. Yet that also raises the question of what happens should they get the Spring Maiden. If Lionheart is still keeping the academy effectively defenseless, Adam would just be marching in unimpeded.

What this gets me around to is that Adam attacking Beacon during the Vytal Festival could be argued to make some sort of sense for him, but essentially occupying a defenseless Haven is a bit of an empty gesture. It also would not give Adam many distractions either. The thing about this is Adam is not exactly a willing participant in Salem's schemes. Sincerely doubt they entrusted him with information about their true objective in attacking the academies and if he were to learn that objective, that would be an opportunity for him to break their hold and gain considerable power in the process. While its a hollow victory, it does send a message across to the humans. The White Fang are responsible for Beacon's Fall in the public eye, alongside the Grimm of course, so the public thinks they took down one of the four prestiguos academies. By pretending to take down Haven, they come across as even more threatening. Two of the worlds four pillars of peace and hope will have fallen by the hands of the White Fang, sending the people into a frenzy of fear.

TL;DR It may not be a literal victory, but it intimidates the public further.