Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-33754845-20190919204913/@comment-34724302-20190928231131

The time when Salem was content to have a happy existence is long gone, plus it's because of how ruthless and self-centered she had become that Ozma left her and tried to save their daughters which led to their tragic deaths, plus it was her who tried to murder him and didn't try to hold her fire to at least spare their daughters that caused their deaths more than anything else.

Salem has certainely killed more people than all the other antagonists combined whenever it was from her hand or indirectly and it's clear that she doesn't value human or faunus life higher than Cinder or Adam. She's just better at controlling her bestiality and cruelty, Emerald's illusion of her which Ozpin described as accurate, her reaction when Lionheart told her to hurry, her trying to kill Hazel when he took the blame for the failure at Haven despite him still being potentially useful and loyal to her and her infuriated reaction after learning than Ozpin was back tell us than beneath her affable and calm facade Salem is a bestial, cruel and sadistic being who's hungry for destruction and blood similar to how Roose Bolton in ASOIAF is deep down nearly if just as sadistic and violent as his very unhinged and erratic son Ramsay who's just far better at keeping his urges in check than Ramsay.