Thread:KNN005/@comment-25266931-20170304160915/@comment-26397825-20170314172203

If Cinder simply attacked Beacon, then the four Kingdoms would know someone attacked who is not affiliated with any of their Kingdoms and would band together to protect the world against the threat. Which is exactly what Salem doesn't want to happen.

By attacking during the Vytal festival, Cinder was able to cast blame on pretty much everyone but Vacuo, and only minor blame on Mistral. Atlas was in charge of security, yet their robot forces were attacking civilians and they snuck an AI into a human competition. Beacon is meant to be a premiere school, and yet they teach their students it's okay to shot a guy in the knee when you've already won and dismember someone when it looks like you might lose. And that last one goes back on Mistral too; she was Mistral's champion for 4 years before she was Beacon's student; why didn't Mistral teach her to uphold her morals and not succumb to the terrible teaching Beacon offers? And the White Fang is based out of Mistral, and they were helping the Grimm attack Vale.

The way it happened now, the Kingdoms aren't sure who to trust, or if they have any allies left. Atlas is retreating and closing it's borders. Vale is dead in the water and struggling to stay afloat. istral is next on the list of targets and the Headmaster of their Academy is working with Salem (or so it appears). Again, the only ones who aren't directly impacted by this are Vacuo, but even they lose out indirectly.

The world is divided. Salem's plans are progressing exactly as she needs them to.