User blog comment:Maki Kuronami/Lesson 24: Why the Naming Rule of Remnant Exists/@comment-11188061-20140926022058/@comment-10390252-20140926092506

I think that the White Fang base in the south-east is a red herring. Cinder's plan possibly calls for or at least allows for it to be attacked and destroyed. After all, if every person who can carry a weapon in Vale is busy pounding the base down into faunus paste, who is defending the city from Cinder's next phase?

So, yeah, the more I think about it, the more I'm still thinking that Ironwood is in at least an alliance-of-convenience with Cinder.