Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140815002519/@comment-14909251-20140819031337

Mercen-X wrote: Vytal is the name of a whole continent. Ozpin mentioned Ironwood coming across the continent (halfway to be exact) but he said nothing of seas or any other part of the world. Atlas may be part of Mantle but there's nothing saying that Mantle isn't part of Vytal. Atlas and Vale may both be cities within larger regions. This would mean we have yet to learn the name of the region Vale is in if Mantle is indeed part of Vytal.

If Mantle is part of Vytal, it's possible Atlas and Vale have allied against other regions. The only other kingdom on Vytal is in the desert region, which just plain does not fit for Atlas for a whole host of reasons. Most likely Atlas lies on the northern icy continent as it fits best with what we know of the kingdom. You can check my most recent blog post for my detailed reasoning on that one. I think you have to consider that "halfway across the continent" is not meant to be taken too literally. Ozpin is expressing his displeasure at Ironwood bringing a massive armed fleet all the way from Atlas over various population centers. People would, you know, be kind of freaked seeing that crap flying by their houses when it is a "time of peace" and all that. He may have sightly overstated the distance traversed, seeing how most of Vytal is likely Grimm territory and no one cares about upsetting them.