Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-16502426-20140525052751/@comment-10390252-20140616102112

I'm thining four distinct sides:

1) Reactionary/Status Quo - Mostly represented by the government and 'official' Hunters like Glynda; feel that this is the best of all possible worlds and that a Hunter's job is to keep things as they are;

2) Reformers - Led by or following the example of Ozpin, these are mostly Hunters who believe in the old tales of chivalry and feel society can be reformed by powerful enough examples to improve the treatment of faunus and the poor. Before the radical Triumverate took over, White Fang was part of the Reformer faction;

3) Radicals - Exemplified by the current White Fang, this faction has decided to use extreme methods to change society. Usually this comes in the form of armed terrorism with the intent of forcing the government to carry out wide-scale reforms or face mass casualty events;

4) Anarchists - My head-canon of Cinder is the leader of this faction; they are a borderline-cultist group who believe society has become irredeemably corrupt and needs to be burned to the ground so that something new and better can rise in its place. The 'cult' element comes in because this faction does not really care what happens to them personally so long as they succeed in their goals.

I suspect that Roman, Junior and the other criminal gangs are neutrals and will aid any of the four factions whose current activities benefit them personally. I wonder if Roman may have a deeper connection with Cinder that will make him tolerate losses in carrying out her business but I can easily see Junior's gang jumping ship from the Anarchists to the Reformers if it becomes clear that the Radicals and Anarchists are "bad for business".