Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-69.138.248.186-20170111152805/@comment-28522425-20170329041937

1) My reasoning is that Qrow could only effectively use her as bait if she didn't know that he was following close behind. If RNJR knew that he was following them, they would have met with him some times, and would have al least acknowledged his presence. This could have alerted any potential minion of Salem that there was someone nearby watching over them. Of course, Qrow counted that they would not discover that he was close by.

2) His main objective was to protect Ruby during the journey, but he knew of the chance of someone coming after her, and he decidrd that it would be best if they weren't expecting him there. He used her as bait just in case.

3) I know that Ruby would have helped in any case, and I know they are as good as dead without her, but they are still using her (I know they don't have much of a choice). Anyway, I doubt that she would mind being used if it meant stopping Salem.

I'm not sure of how necessary the Silver Eyes were, though. Sure, they were lucky that they had them during the Fall of Beacon, but was it always their plan to use them against Salem? Did they plan on asking Ruby to join them? If Hazel is to be believed, Silver-Eyed Warriors are a slight annoyance to them at most, and are only really useful now because Cinder is a Maiden.