Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-184.157.23.183-20140208055601/@comment-15374346-20140829233912

65.129.104.244 wrote: Well, Draconic, that is a lot of really good info, but another thing could be that Ironwood is affiliated with Cinder. Ironwood "accidentally" loses a few Paladins, letting a group of terrorists from the White Fang cause destruction while they could learn ways to imporve it, then finally pulling out before anyone can pin it on them, using the White Fang and Torchwick as a scapegoat. It'd seem that Torchwick's plan was to get enough ammunition and power to supply an army, then BAM, terrorism. They'd then lay low, stoping production of the Paladins with the drones still in Vale. Then when all the flaws and bugs are fixed, shut down all of the drones, making Vale a sitting duck as they attack.

But this is only speculation. It's what I'd do anyway. A friend of mine actually had that theory, and while it does make quite a lot of sense, Ironwood seems just too lawful to try something like that.

Then again, Ironwood is based off of the Tinman from The Wizard of Oz, and as in the movie from which his allusion comes from, while Ironwood is strong and intelligent, he doesn't have the heart to choose morality over duty. (Theory)