Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-14909251-20141103063112

Definitely, the fact Cinder, Mercury, and Emerald, went to fight the Grimm and personally handed over Roman suggests they never intended to win the battle. It may have at least been partly about winning their trust, though with Emerald's obvious forced smiles it is hard to say how long anyone will buy it, and also about setting Roman up for some other action.