Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160216033644/@comment-27082610-20160611001818

Ironwood:  'We can't transfer Amber's power to you, but we can give you what those powers are bound to. '

Pyrrha: ... Her Aura.

For the fourth, freaking time, they explicitly said they'd be transferring her Aura. It's the only thing they knew how to do. It's not unreasonable to assume Cinder's little Glovebug pefrormed a similar trick, which would explain her emitting the same glow when her powers activated. Or maybe that's just the color all Fall maidens have by default. We don't know enough on that to be sure, but we do know it was Aura that was being given to Pyrrha, the Maiden abilities just happened to be attached.

The Emerald Forest was an entirely different situation compared to the nightmarish wasteland Beacon has become. We know nothing about the concentration of Grimm in the Forest versus the literal ever-growing horde that resides at Beacon. Again, not saying Amber can't evade them, just saying that the one thing making sounds that aren't like theirs is probably going to draw some red-eyed attention.

And while there may be abandoned boats, would they have keys on board? Because I kinda feel like the sailboat would be more or less extinct in a world where airships exist.