Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27276671-20160214220907/@comment-10390252-20160531134636

@Gastropod,

Plot device, basically.

I'm thinking  that the Silver Eyed Warrior (for there is only ever One Girl in Every Generation) is the central crux of the maidens' powers, able to weild the power of all four seasons in the protection of humanity against the strongest of evils. However, the Maidens must willingly surrender their powers to her (some sort of ritual not unlike Pyrrha's unlocking of Jaune's aura), knowing that they will never get them back.

Oh, and she will take the Fall Maiden's powers over Cinder's dead body. I am hoping that, before she decapitates the witch, she asks "Do you believe in destiny?"

When it's all over, she'll then chose four new Maidens to take the powers (for power corrupts and Ruby has learned enough wisdom, or is advised by Ozpin or Qrow, that keeping these powers will ultimately distort her judgement and morality) and use the same ritual to divest herself of them.

I'm thinking that I'd also like for Salem to be Ruby's exact diametrical opposite in terms of power and the two cannot defeat each other or even easily harm each other because of how perfectly their abilities cancel each other out. I think it would be cool if Salem meets her fate at Jaune's hands. The shield-bearer for the champion, as many fans had long assumed he would be.