Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161221232930/@comment-26397825-20161221233938

I'm fairly certain we all just assumed Cinder was the Queen but in reality she was the pawn Qrow was speaking of and Salem was the Queen all along. Tyrian does call Salem his Queen in the teaser preview for the Arow vs Tyrian fight, and Qrow responds with Salem.

Though yes, that does still beg the question of 'who's the King'.