Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-25396609-20191214150938/@comment-14909251-20191224023132

Anonymously 20 wrote: From Lil-Red-Reaper on tumblr: =Callows, Tyrian= '''Male. Faunus (Scorpion - Poisonous Tail). Age: Presumed Mid-to-Late Thirties. Wanted for murder, assault, kidnapping, [section truncated - see attached criminal record]. Considered armed and extremely dangerous.'''

Following is an excerpt from Incident Report ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️:

Apprehended by Atlas and Mistral officers in joint operation [see attached Mission Report A_812] with Mistral Huntsman, F. Pickerel. Prior to transport from Mistral to Atlas, Pickerel was insistent that additional units were necessary in guarding the prisoner. This request was denied. It is obvious Pickerel believed Callows would attempt to escape. Pickerel was removed from the transport team after failing to cooperate.⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️. At 0331 on the day of transport, a distress call from pilot T. Cornetto was received. Cornetto reported a “swarm of Grimm” had engaged their ship. Grimm activity in the area had been declared “minimal to none” 12 hours prior to the event [See GR_12]. Audio continued to transmit for another 6 minutes and 13 seconds. Over the course of the encounter the ship suffered damage and was eventually split in two. The bodies of ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️ were never found and it is presumed they were ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️. Cornetto continues to speak despite clearly suffering severe injuries from the crash. Most notable was his repeated phrase “What are you? What are you?” It is unclear to whom or what Cornetto was directing this question at. Immediately following this moment, Cornetto is fatally attacked by a Grimm. Callows’ voice is the last recorded. The suspect seems to be weeping before stating the word “beautiful”. Transmission ends immediately. No survivors were found. Tyrian Callows’ body was never found. He is presumed dead. [UPDATE] The body of F. Pickerel has been found in his home. We are now declaring Callows’ ‘missing’. [Additional reading information: FA_01, MO_01, ⬛️⬛️⬛️⬛️, WR_01-27]

Dudes.

Pickerel is a type of frog.

Tyrian is a scorpion

scorpion and the frog

Also, the pilot asking 'what are you?' and Tyrian saying 'beautiful'?

Yeah, that's gotta be Salem So, originally the scorpion was supposed to travel across a body of water with the frog, but instead they got the frog pulled from the transport job. Given Pickerel's unease about Tyrian, it likely meant he would have ended up killing Tyrian or they would have gone down in the ocean. Salem attacking the transport en route makes one wonder if Salem was seeking Tyrian out herself. Were Leo already with Salem at that time he may have actually pulled Pickerel on her orders.

That could lend credence to the theory that each member of WTCH had their story turn out differently due to Salem's intervention, though it means she isn't taking on the role of key characters in their narratives. However, given we now have two instances where the key character was removed from a WTCH member's life and killed, it raises the likelihood the person who would be Sherlock is dead as well as the person who would have been Cinder's Fairy Godmother and that Salem eliminated all of them.

It also really makes Cinder's story tragic if we assume this is true. Hazel, Watts, and Tyrian, all had clearly desirable skill sets for Salem to utilize in her plans. Given Cinder was likely just a hopeless and abused young woman there is only one plausible conclusion as to why Salem would care enough about Cinder to kill someone who would have given her a better life: she was a woman of the proper age and desperate enough to go along with Salem without her Fairy Godmother rescuing her from that wretched life.