Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-87.102.2.235-20160720090052/@comment-68.36.13.17-20170721234914

I think Summer died when STRQ fought Salem. In Family, Qrow says: "The only way we beat her was by working together." As Salem was the previously mentioned female this should be referring to Salem and it IS confirmed Salem is female. Qrow also said in Lessons Learned that: "We were pretty well known back in the day." (referring to Team STRQ), possibly because Ozpin took interest in Team STRQ/Summer. Salem might hate Ozpin/STRQ because he sent STRQ after her, and Qrow said they beat her (Salem), probably meaning they destroyed whatever project she had, but sacrificing Summer to do it. In Red like Roses Pt. 2 Summer (Voice 2) said: " I made a sacrifice but forced a bigger sacrifice on you!" proving this (if true). This may also explain why Qrow said: "I thought you weren't interested in that anymore." (The stigma around The Chaos Syndicate) to Raven. Possibly because Raven blamed herself (or Taiyang/Qrow) for Summer's death. I don't necessarily think Raven  murdered  Summer, because that definitely  would have been brought up in Family if Raven did, or at least it would have been hinted to. This may explain why Salem wants RWBY, to bring Raven, Taiyang, and Qrow to them, considering they don't know of Raven's 'one save' ideal and it has been used, but maybe Qrow and Taiyang would force her, or tell her she could avenge Summer.