Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27397283-20160214182542/@comment-27404453-20160411053228

76.227.101.186 wrote: Ruby is not a maiden. She is a silver eyed warrior. Someone who predates the maidens. Has anyone thought to think that silver eyed warriors existed in a time where magic was prevailant? And that these silver eyed warriors were destined to defeat the grimm and magic? The reason for them being extremely rare is because during peace there is no need for them. Fate and destiny always has a way of balancing itself out. During the time of the maidens, silver eyed warriors may have been commonplace, keeping magic in check. When the maidens began to hide and the grimm began to wait, the silver eyed warriors were no longer needed and therefore faded. Now that turmoil has returned, we may see new characters with silver eyes. One the Maidens never went away. Two we have no backstory for what the world of Remnant was like prior to the modern era than some vague comments by Salem at the beginning of the series and the behind the scenes looks from those short episodes we got, which in no way present an overview of what was happening at the time.

Additionally, we have no idea what the SE's role was so to speculate on them being some kind of balancing force against magic is premature. Saying that they're against magic in the first place is extremely premature. All we know about them is that they were said to be so dangerous that even the Grimm feared them. And that they have some kind of unspecified power which Ruby tapped into to freeze the dragon. Nothing else.

There has been literally nothing to say that they're not Maidens. We only have knowledge of two of them, Ruby and Summer. Now I'm not saying that Ruby is a Maiden. You might be right about everything you wrote. But then, we can't know that with any degree of certainty until volume 4 comes out, and possibly not even then.