Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3146930-20131115230207

So pretty sure I figured out what she is planning. First off I'm convinced that Cinder is not the Big Bad, but is working under some kind of powerful force (either human or other).

Steps
1) Hire someone to do all the dirty work: Roman is obviously working under Cinder, despite Crimson seemingly working for him in the pilot. Anyone, Roman very much seems like the kind of guy that thinks he is a bigger bad then he thinks he is. He always seems so sure of himself, but when things go wrong he blames his underlings. Anyway when Roman's men got beaten up by a small girl, Cinder hired the White Fang to act under Roman. She made them a promise that acted in their interest.

2) Collect Dust: Use this knew alliance to collect as much Dust as possible for the main event.

Ok, this is what we know; the rest is my own speculation

3) Wait for the Festival: Ok, the Vytal Festival is a collection of soon-to-be-Hunters from various locations around the world. Now obviously this isn't just for students, as each group probably has a teacher that is watching over them. Some of the best Hunters in the world and the next generation of Hunters all in one place.

4) The Trap: We've seen Roman's map of the city and he has a lot of X's. I'm thinking that Cinder and her group are planning to use the large amount of Dust Roman collected to cause large explosions around the city. With the Festival going on, there will be chaos all over the city.

5) Taking the Fall: It will be revealed that Cinder only went along with Roman because his plan to destroy the city would aid in her own plan. After the plan goes into motion, Cinder will double-cross Roman and allow the Police to arrest him and take the fall. She will also double-cross the White Fang. In order to get their help, she allowed them to take credit for the destruction of Vale to earn respect for the White Fang. They would be well aware that Roman would eventually be arrested, leaving them to take the credit.

6) True Intentions: Cinder will use the distraction of the chaos caused by Step-4 to retrieve some kind of mystical artifact that will be less guarded now that the police and Hunters will be trying to restore order.

7) Last Step: This device will somehow be able to control the original DUST and Cinder and her organization will be able to control Grimm.

But I don't know, it seems like a good plan based on the show and some cryptic lyrics from the new soundtrack.

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