Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24068166-20131109015207/@comment-25135203-20140703141257

I just had a thought.

Given the chess thing, and the pieces the teams chose, I think I can get a vague picture of Ozpin's side of the board.

Ozpin - King

Glynda - Queen

Team RWBY - Knights

Team JNPR - Rooks

Velvet's Team - Bishops

That last one is a bit of a stretch, but seems plausible as Velvet herself is already confirmed as a Mage. I think it's safe to assume, in this setup, that Ozpin is king, and maybe Glynda is Queen. As has already been pointed out, the Queen is the strongest piece in terms of moves, and Glynda certainly seems capable in combat.

In this scenario, I think Cinder is the queen that Qrow referred to. Here's the crazy theory part: what if Qrow is her king? Her board might look something like this:

Qrow - King

Cinder - Queen

Mercury and Emerald - Knights

Roman - Either Bishop or Rook. It might be stretch, but I don't see him being a pawn, especially as he's sort of Blake's arch-enemy now.

Junior and the Malachites - Maybe one Rook between them, althought I guess the Malachites could be their own unit.

Pawns - The White Fang and Junior's henchmen.

So this is all speculation, and we don't know if all of these alleigences will remain, or if some of them even exist, but I personally like it as a theory.

Sorry for the long post.