Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-1292715-20181223044830/@comment-1292715-20190416003741

Geez louis, you act as though getting information is supposed to be incredibly difficult, when in reality, it's not that hard, especially while the CCT was still operational. We also have no way of knowing how much Summer knew of her heritage (for all we know she could've been just as oblivious to it as Ruby was upon entering Beacon) or of anyone hunting down SEWs. After all, Maria herself stated that information about silver eyes was incredibly scarce. So she most likely never thought to actively hide her identity. Also, I think you're underestimating Salem's connections. If Lionheart is any indication, she could have informants in the most unexpected places. Maybe even professional spies.

Anyway, if you want my take on why Ruby hadn't been on Salem's radar until now, I can actually see that the reason for that could be because there may not have been any public file on her at the time of Summer's 'disappearance', not until she was registered at Signal, by which point they weren't even looking for an offspring of Summer. So whether Summer's dead or alive, it doesn't surprise me that Salem probably didn't know Summer had a daughter until the Vytal Tournament. However, based on what we know about Summer, I'm pretty sure that if she were alive, she would've come out of hiding the moment Beacon Tower was destroyed, for she would KNOW that Ruby is no longer safe from Salem.