Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-1599757-20151212162645/@comment-1458758-20151213044255

Talking about other Semblances and things, I think the other fairytales referenced might lead us to some answers. The Two Brothers, the Shallow Sea etc. I think they might be hints for later that might explain the origin of other unusual people we'll be meeting, but moving on.

I think the Schnees might be descendants of Winter and even if they didn't inherit her magic directly, their shared Semblance might be a byproduct of their heritage.

Similarly, given that Qrow mentioned the other two school heads are in on it, is it safe to assume that each school watches over a Maiden, and for Vale that's the Maiden of Autumn? (I refuse to use the Americanism, it's not nearly as pretty)

This leads me to another theory. Atlas has been under scrutiny for combining their Government, Military and Huntsmen into one power. Is anyone else worried that Mr. Well Meaning Extremist Ironwood might've done something reckless and stupid, like maybe try to store the power of Atlas' maiden in an undying machine body that would never fade or fail? Cause it sounds like something he'd do to try and keep it 'safe'.