Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26822171-20151216132821/@comment-4010415-20160106052007

Spiegelmeister wrote: It's just a thought to speculate on, and may have more backing to it than Ruby being one.

1. This is true. But then why is she suddenly keeping an eye on her when she left all those years ago and hasn't been seen since. (Possibly even avoiding Yang who has been searching for her)

2. Also true. Keep in mind that he is often out on missions, and is one of the Hunters meant to specifically protect the maidens. If he was anywhere nearby, it wouldn't have taken him so long to snatch them up and keep the grimm encounter from happening. If he wasn't nearby, Taiyang would have had to realize they were missing, search, get in contact with Qrow, and then have Qrow conveniently come find them in the middle of nowhere Patch which is an isolated island. Taiyang should've been there first.

3. Possibly. I can't say my argument is any more valid than yours here. She's a good fighter. Ozpin's motivations to move her up could be anything. 1. We still don't know for sure why Raven left. I've had a hunch since Volume 2 that Qrow knows why Raven left, where she's been, and what she's been up to. Qrow gathers info for Ozpin, who apparently has hidden cameras all over the place, so he must have some special way to find things out if Ozpin can't get that info himself with his cameras. It could be that Qrow knew Yang was in danger, but there was no way he'd be able to get there. He knew Raven could, with her portals, so he contacted her.

2. Unless Taiyang wasn't on Patch or was busy at Signal. Yang said that she waited for Taiyang to leave, before she set out with Ruby. Once again, I'll bring up that Qrow may have some special way of gathering info. In the Volume 2 Director's Commentary, they said that the sound of flapping wings when Qrow saves Yang and Ruby is important. Perhaps he somehow uses his crows to know what's going on in various places. One of his crows saw Yang wandering into a particularly dangerous area of the forest, so he got there as quickly as he could and arrived just in time to save her. Also, don't forget, he was late saving Amber. He was nearby, but not near enough, and one of his jobs is protecting Maidens.