Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24117358-20140206073407

So this entire Discussion should just be about your theories about some of the "Smaller" characters, as in, have only appeared once or have only been mentioned or alluded to.

I'll start it off with a few of my theories, and hopefully you guys will give your own insight and theories as well.

Ok, so here is my theory about Adam, sorry if it is long, but there is a lot to go over. Adam is most likely a part of The White Fang, which may be the reason for him not caring if the people aboard the train die in Blake's trailer, seeing as normal people apparently treat Fauna badly. This part may be a little out there, but I think that Roman Torchwick may be a leader or affiliate of the White Fang. Maybe he sent Blake and Adam to rob the train and gather Dust crystals as a sort of initiation. This can be suppoted by the fact that Adam was left on a part of the train that still had quite a lot of dust containers on it, and at the end of episode 8 the crate that the henchman brought in resmbled the ones aboard the train. Also, I doubt Roman would give that many (what I'm assuming are the equivalent of) credit/debit cards for just one crate of Dust, and I think there were more crates outside that he also paid for. Also in the Yellow trailer Roman is shown (again I'm just assuming) hiring henchmen from Jr. He could have also done this with the White Fang, this is prettymuch confirmed by the fact that in episode 16, Blake recognises Roman's henchmen as Faunus. Blake broke away from her relationship with Adam (which, according to Monty, was a teacher/apprentice one, further strengthening the initiation idea) at the end of Black trailer because she decided that killing was going too far just to get into White Fang (or to stay a part of White Fang). The reason Blake wants to get into White Fang could be speculated, but I suspect that she wants to join because the Fauna civil rights group maybe does not have as much influence as White Fang, as White Fang seems to be more aggressive in their pursuit of Fauna Rights. Also the idea that Adam is a Grimm is not supported very well. I am convinced that he is Fauna, and that "Seeing Red" is a Semblance ability, which supports the idea that he is not Grimm, as so far only humans and Faunus have shown to have a semblance. I think he wears the mask only when he is on missions for White Fang, or it is a sign of senority. The mask itself bears strong resemblance to the White Fang crest itself, furthering the idea that he is higher up in rank. Another White Fang-member idea is that his gloves have the Greek letter Omega (the final letter of the Greek alphabet) on them, this could be another sign of senority, like in another anime "Kenichi The Mightiest Disciple", where the senior members "The Eight Deadly Fists" of Ragnarok wore roman numerals on their gloves to represent rank. The idea that Ruby and Adam are related is plausible, but not as family as others have suggested, Monty pointed out that the difference between them was the "Scatter and Wilt", I think that there may be a connection, though I can't think of one except maybe being trained by Qrow, but that is very unlikely.

​Also, I'm pretty much convinced at this point that Penny is an android. We've only seen her once, but seriously, no normal person acts like that. And her fighting style is so different from the others, (not to mention giant collapsible swords coming out of her back) that there is really no other possible explanation. Also, Sun is going to be a badass. I hope we see more of him because he has already been a source of character growth for Blake, also, Gunchucks and breakdancing, 'nuff said. Another person that I think deserves an honorable mention is whoever was driving the car that took Penny away. As soon as I heard him speak I knew he would be important, although since we have only heard him speak once, his role could be speculated endlessly. As for Qrow, and Summer Rose for that matter, they are definitely connected. My theory is that they are brother and sister, with Qrow being Ruby's Uncle, and Ruby visiting Summer's "Cliffside Altar", it makes sense that Summer could be Ruby's mother. Considering the lyrics from the full album version of Red Like Roses Part 2, the other singer (Not Casey Williams) seems to be singing from a motherly point of view, and this makes me think that Monty will explain a lot about her, and maybe bring her in as a character if that is possible in whatever scheme he has going for this show. But knowing Monty, he will probably continue to tease us with random stuff that we will not connect until it is explained. All I can hope for right now is that he explains it maybe as soon as Season 1: Volume 2.

Sorry for the long read, but I've been formulating all this in my head for a while, so just let me know what you think and please share your thoughts and theories. 