Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26073173-20170908222723/@comment-25936766-20170909002054

BossM98 wrote: It's a THEORY, but if I had to guess, Salem was part of the inner circle led by Ozpin and she was told what they were. That's spitballing.

Also, Qrow stated that Amber was young and inexperienced with her powers and I highly doubt that Cinder was a master when she fought Ozpin, if Cinder and co. Cinder already had great combat experience by the time she got the powers, including great control of Dust.

And then she had multiple months to learn how to use the powers, which in practice isn't so different from using Dust via Aura to "do magic".

I mean Cinder killed Ozpin, OZPIN! And we saw what he could do, Yes....and he's just 1 man. Not an army.

Just because you can kill a renowned general, it doesn't mean you can defeat an army by yourself.

I think Maidens are much more dangerous than a school full of trainees. We've seen what Oobleck, Qrow, Glynda, and others, can do.

We've seen what Team RWBY, JNPR, and CFVY can do.

We've seen what Ozpin can do.

Now put them all together.

A single Maiden, or even a pair of Maidens, best case scenario would have a pretty hard time, and worst case scenario would be defeated if not killed.

Not that it matters much because my point was that it would be much smarter to take care of the Maidens first before going after the Relics. If anything, if they really could take a whole school alone, more reason to take care of them first.

The fact that Cinder, Merc and Emerald did it proves it's not an impossible task.