Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-9058532-20130807182204/@comment-10390252-20140525101604

Ever since Monty confirmed that Yang wasn't looking for Blake, I've been certain that she was looking for Cinder. The only question that remains to be answered is 'why'.

I'm pretty sure she's the only survivor of Summer Rose's team and Yang is trying to find out the truth of what happened to their mother. My preferred 'background' theory is that Cinder is Ruby and Yang's maternal aunt and went bad after Summer and the rest of the team were killed on an unofficial covert mission, possibly at Ozpin's orders or possibly assigned by someone in Remnant's government who didn't want the mission on the official record. The lyrics of 'Time to Say Goodbye' suggest that there is a serious corruption in the heart of Remnant's society which might give insight into Cinder's motives. Maybe she is now out to get her revenge on the society that fills novice Hunters' and Huntresses' minds with lies and then uses them as expendable soldiers to maintain the social status quo. She's going to do this the 'V for Vendetta' way (the graphic novel, not the movie) by bringing society crashing down into ruins and forcing humans and faunus alike to rebuild from square one.

Maybe Ruby and Yang will be faced with a choice: will they join their aunt in seeking to avenge Summer's death on all of society, remain loyal to the existing order or try to find a third path by destroying the dark core but trying to prevent widespread destruction and suffering?