Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-206.54.199.30-20130719185030/@comment-23784953-20130725083722

BenRG wrote: Why would the Grim want large amounts of dust stolen? I can think of two obvious reasons: 1) They want it for purposes of their own or 2) Recognising that it is the source of the ability to resist them, they wish to cause a shortage to make their attack easier.

Why such poor security? "We are living in an unprecedented time of peace". I don't think that the people are culturally used to having to make things more secure.

I think that the Grim have several different dupes - Roman's organisation is one and White Fang is another - all of which are being used to induce discord, chaos and destruction. This is all intended to weaken and divide humanity so that they will be less able to resist. I think Roman's just a crook, and Crimson's just using him for the Grim's purposes. Roman doesn't seem bright enough to be used directly by the Grim, and basing on his image on the news, he's been caught once or a couple of times. By that, I'd say that Crimson is using Roman as a front for the Grim's true goals.

And given that White Fang went from formerly peaceful to violent, I'd say the Grim just got ahold of them lately.

This is all based on that idea that the Grim is even a sentient entity that is actually influencing everything from behind the scenes, instead of the embodiment of evil being helped by the likes of Crimson.