Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4010415-20191004020642/@comment-25337617-20191004060624

ChishioKunrin wrote: Plot twist, the guys are actually specialists who work for Ironwood, and they apprehended RNJRWBY because they're technically not supposed to be in the Kingdom of Atlas and arrived in a stolen Manta. They may or may not actually know that that lamp is a magical Relic. They're just capturing intruders, and that's how RNJRWBY meet up with Ironwood.

... also where is Maria?

Maria stayed behind in Argus to take more verbal jabs at Cordovin.