Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170217011737/@comment-25266931-20170225235333

Beyond the Grimm, Salem's main drives seem to be gathering info on the relics and where they are, finding and stealing/converting Maidens, and building her ranks up. Beyond that, I wonder if the generals working under her are able to make their own gut judgement calls as long as it's within the confines of her getting what she wants. Like, I doubt she told Cinder exactly word for word how to topple Beacon and kill Oz. Likely told her what would work best and Cinder used her own cunning to pull it off.

Now following that idea, could Watts be acting alone? Maybe Salem told him to topple Haven but he CHOSE to do it via the Headmaster. Maybe it was Cinder that said Leo was "hospitable". Not Salem. For had Salem met Leo, would the cowardly lion roller over and give her what she wanted that very second. And even if Oz was needed to lay hand on the relic in Haven, wouldn't it have made more sense for Leo to tell Cinder that before forging her credentials and sending her on her way to Beacon.

And Salem definitely didn't tell Tyrian to off a hot kind waitress just to get info. That's just his MO.

So then, what can we infer from Hazel? If Cinder, Watts and Tyrian all have their own approach I'm better Hazel just walks into a place and lays down what he wants and it's hell to pay otherwise. Not because he's dumb, but he knows he doesn't have to be subtle with the WF. They're criminals now after Beacon and so if Hazel is told to head out there and get their leader to join Salem like Adam, then likely he can just say it flat out. And if Sienna doesn't "bow down", he'll end up "laying down."