Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160704021457/@comment-5430952-20160704093907

Bringing down the CCT was only the beginning, as Salem herself said at the end of S3E12. I'd say her next move will be escalalting global tensions until a Second Great War breaks out. And once the whole world has been all but brought to ruin, that's when Salem will unleash her own armada, the "things she has built," as Qrow put it, to eradicate what's left of mankind. And she'll make Ozpin watch all of it, and once the world has been laid to waste, he will perish with it, thus her victory will be complete.

Of course it won't be that easy, Ruby is still fighting, as are the remainder of Team JNPR, so all hope is not lost. And in time, Qrow will have to tell his niece about "her," the real mastermind behind this dark plot. Oh yes, by the time she faces off against Queen of Hatred, she'll realize how minute Torchwick was in comparison.

So in conclusion, phase one of Salem's plan is complete. Phase Two will begin in Volume 4, what it entails remains to be seen.