Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24177652-20140316072117/@comment-71.198.66.82-20140611223759

You know an issue I don't recall anyone addressing about the game of chess in itself is that chess is not a representation of a physical battlefield. On a physical battlefield, there would be perhaps as many knights as pawns, there would basically be no use having a bishop... and what the hell is a rook anyway? Finally, the queen would never be sent into battle to defend her king. That's just ridiculous. Chess represents what chess teaches: mind games. Within the walls of the castle there are pawns (spies) and people of influence who can come at you diagonally and sideways. Among these, the queen holds the most power next to the king. The reason the queen can get away with so much is for politics, appearance sake. If anyone were to suggest she has overreached, she can be punished, even executed, but the king retains deniability thus remains in power. Something that chess doesn't teach is that each of the pieces other than the king can be easily replaced. Replacing a queen may take some politics but it is still achievable. Once a king has been removed: game over. A new dynasty begins.

Anyway, if you think of the king as being useless except for dishing orders, it's possible it's old and frail or too young and/or sickly. But notice also that the "Queen has pawns" message appears just after the battle between Roman and Blake. We're being led to believe this refers to Roman and the White Fang, but what if it is Penny's group. Sure, Penny is sweet and wants to be friends, but we know nothing about those she works for and that voice in the car sounded a bit... suspect to me.