Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3257939-20140324020018/@comment-3257939-20140403043152

How about we consider these few ideas:

Think about the existence of some sort of power or weapon that can be a threat to the kingdom of Vytal or even the world itself. Where would be the best place to hide it other than the prestigious and famous academy for young warriors. Almost every student has the ability to fight hordes of Grimm. If this big operation is for attacking Beacon then there must be something in Beacon that Cinder wants so badly to collect massive amounts of dust and hire an army.

Also, all we know about the tournament is that it takes place in the Vytal Festival so we can't assure that Beacon is the stage for the tournament, maybe there is an arena somewhere in Vytal and the tournament is held there. If this was the case, many people would come to the tournament and be distracted by the Vytal Festival so the bad guys can take the advantage and infiltrate Beacon while the students and even the staff are busy with the tournament. We can't also discharge the possibility that if the train had high security technology then Beacon most likely has an even better defenses so there could be someone infiltrated in Beacon who can allow Cinder and her army to get inside.