Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26822171-20151123094003

I had this thought during the World of Remnant release. The fact that the Kingdom of Mantle is defunct means that Atlas and it's associates probably hold a lot of power over the continent. What if Cinder's goal isn't related to Vale, but to Atlas?

She creates a crisis in Vale knowing that Ironwood would be drawn in, then she thoroughly embarasses him and his military by ruining the Vytal Festival Tournament despite his attendance. Ironwood would be forced to step down and, at this point, it would be easy for her to make a power play in Mantle. With all the dust, stolen machinery and White Fang associates, it'll be quite easy for her to subjugate the entire continent.

Just an idea.  