Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-26397825-20160426074941

Even before the Maiden idea came out, I've always taken the 'list' as people who have the potential to get in their way; Pyrrha is top of the class. She's a recurring combat school tournament champion and highly trained in her weapon, her semblance, and using her weapon and semblance together.

When Mercury fought her in class it could have been a test of 'will this girl be difficult to deal with in a fight when the time comes?' The answer was 'Yes, she is a capable fighter who could put up a serious fight if she was giving it her all, better keep an eye on her and see if there's a way we can nullify or reduce the impact she'll make on our final plans.'

I also sort of headcannon that Yang was on their list as someone to keep an eye on - there is no denying that Yang is a hard hitter, and if she was in a prime position could do a lot of damage to their plan, whatever it was before the Maiden storyline got created. So they got her out of the way, had her confined to her room until it was too late and their plans were too far in motion to be stopped easily. Even though none of them ever specifically said 'Put Yang on the list', it could have been an off screen thing. Or, that's a headcanon of mine anyway.