Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-37668738-20181130055421/@comment-37727965-20181205205033

I do not believe Cinder is any relation to Salem. As seen in V6E3, Salem was willing to go to any length to get Ozma back, even visiting the God of Darkness. I believe a similar scene played out with Cinder visiting Salem. Salem has an interest in Cinder, Cinder is the youngest, most inexperienced member of Salem's bunch, minus Cinder's "Posse". There was even a sound only scene where Cinder is heard asking to recruit apprentices. The other person was not heard, but I would assume it is Salem. Somehow, I do not see Cinder asking Watts or Tyrian if she can get a few cronies. Salem shows obvious favoritism to Cinder, seeing perhaps a younger version of herself, also as evidenced by the revelations in V6E3. Important question to ask yourself about the Nevermore origami killing when Oz and Salem were doing their floating introduction to the town;  Did Salem already exert control over the Grimm? I saw no dead people in the scene, no way would Oz tolerate that. But a bit of trickery to show off their power to humans to further the mission he had from the God of Light? Perhaps Cinder's backstory is quite similar to Salem's, enough that Salem is willing to tolerate Cinder's own hunger for power.

Also, there is this. My theory on Cinder's semblance. I have looked around at quite a few theories, and not seen anyone catch this.

I think her semblance is heat. Not fire, heat. Cinder just likes to fight with glass weapons because she can heat any sand or dirt nearby into shaped glass to control. Bit more difficult to find ready metal deposits to melt and form. Think about it. Dust in the air, (not Remnant dust), dirt on the floor, dirt falling from the ceiling during the fight with Raven, sand, it is everywhere. Makes perfect sense to fight with glass. During the maiden fight with Amber, before she had her half maiden power, she was using glass projectiles, bow, and swords, yes, but also used the impact points of the arrows near Amber to rapidly raise the temperature of the ground, superheating it into an explosion. I believe her ability extends to the objects she creates from her semblance, allowing her to disintegrate and rebuild an arrow mid flight, cause them to explode, or to heat her glass swords enough to light on fire. If it is not created by her semblance, she has to touch it to affect it, just like with Pyhrra's weapon, and later Pyhrra. Creating a floating fire in her hand would just require her to heat the air. The level of control to use this type of semblance to do the things she does is insane though. Notice how she does not have to use the bow to throw glass projectiles pre Fall maiden power at Amber? The projectiles are just launched, and that is all. All it would take to do that is a massive burst of heat at one end to propel the glass shards at Amber. I think it takes longer for her to "program" her exploding arrows, and the bow gives her the tactile touch with her arrow to do so. Fire is all well and good, but many people overlook why fire does the things it does. Heat.