Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-1599757-20151212162645/@comment-10390252-20151212182332

I'm wondering if the identity of the Maiden is never known in advance. All the Brotherhood can do is use a previous formula to identify most likely candidates. In which case, Winter could be the current holder of that power and neither her nor the Brotherhood know about it.

Here's what I've been thinking: Cinder is systematically hunting down the Potentials in an attempt to get the powers into a group of her choosing. Eventually, it's going to end up being gathered in members of RWBY and maybe JNPR.