Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161030153351/@comment-26018514-20161102005044

MetallicArcher wrote: 73.Anon.52 wrote: a military man effectively telling the richest guy in his kingdom "F*** off man, I own 1 more council member than you"... effectively reduces their verbal sparring to discussing trading cards in a game... I'd like to think council members are more independent than that, and if they were that fickle, the rich guy would pull a Kaiba and own 3. You would be surprised of how stubborn and fanatical people can be about politics.

73.Anon.52 wrote:

Agreed, Ironwood likely enjoys a few differing technicalities in his current position... He is probably the only one to attain two seats and has done so due to convergent skill-sets...

Wouldn't anyone who graduates from Atlas Academy and joins the Specialist have the possibility to achieve the same at some point of their career? Or do you think Ironwood started the whole think of actively recruiting academy graduates into the military?

1.  No, I'm not surprised, but I would be surprised if a military officer chose to battle on a battlefield he couldn't win... like monetary assets.

2.  I don't think he aquired his status the way presented by the others... I believe he became a talented huntsman in the academy, became a military asset, then earned his title as a general. Then, through possibly an unexpected death or retirement, became the headmaster of Atlas... perhaps was even supposed to be only temporary appointment, but no-one else stepped up.