Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-94.195.53.219-20160728132025

There are four "Kingdoms", however none of them are Kingdoms by defenition, so as I see it there are three possible reasons:

1) The Kingdoms are ruled by the councils, but have a figurehead monarchy (like the UK), however I don't remember that being stated in their WoR episode and it would've been mentioned.

2) The writers made a mistake and called them Kingdoms instead of Republics or the like.

3) This is the exciting part: what if the Kingdoms are in name only because their monarchs were deposed, what if the "Great War" we keep hearing about is not a war against kingdoms, but a planet-wide civil war against the monarchy? Despots love to repress people's cultures and creativity to keep stability so it fits the bill of what Ozpin said about the Great War. His speech mentions trade and borders which presents a slight flaw, however he talks about tyranny and opression as if they weren't the reulst of any single kingdom, as if "the people" couldn't stand for it, that sounds a lot like a civil war/revolution.

I'd like to hear you guys' input on this one, I thik this Great War is fascinating and opens up so many possibilites for storytelling.

P.S If this topic has already come up I'm very sorry.

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