Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-26872876-20151213214111

MetallicArcher wrote:

Grimmstride wrote:

MetallicArcher wrote: I wonder what would happen if a new maiden ever refused to accept the Order's protection, keep her powers in secret or something along those lines.... how far is the Order willing to go to keep the secret? Would THEY kill a maiden if she acted unreasonably to keep the secret? I mean, if they do, the power would just go to one of them or someone random.

___ The "MY Dust" expression is canon, now I can use it without guilt in fanfiction.

Good question. I feel like if they refused protection, they wouldn't get a choice and you would have people like Qrow tailing them in the shadows.

If you abused your power... I could see them maybe taking you down. I don't know about killing at this point. Ironwood I definitely could see killing. But I feel like they'd go with Isolate before killing. Assuming they could isolate.

But if someone like Cinder has it and cannot be stopped... I  Could see elimination as an option. I wasn't precisely thinking about the maiden turning out evil, more like wanting to openly use her powers to help people like the original madens.

Though Qrow did say sometimes the people that hunted the maidens in hope to get their power succeeded. .. so I would think an evil maiden must have happened in the past. Ah gotcha.

In that case, I can't see them stopping them. I could see them trying to persuade her to work in the shadows. Still helping others but allowing them to do so in a way that keeps them quiet.

Ironwood and maybe a surprise twist in Ozpin would be the only way I see the protectors killing a Maiden who wishes to operate in the light known to all.