Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-95.94.7.90-20161102223421/@comment-4010415-20161203042711

SpiritedDreaming wrote: The Maidens weren't actually created until after V2, so Summer's first name and Cinder's last name have nothing to do with maidenhood and whether they are Maidens or not. We can extend this to Winter as well.

Names are not indicative of whether the person is a Maiden or not. ^^^^^ Like Spirited said.

Since Monty didn't come up with the idea for the Maidens until after they finished volume 2, everything from before volume 3 had nothing to do with the Maidens. Winter was already a planned character before volume 2 ended, so we know she wasn't planned to be a Maiden either.

What made Summer Rose special is that she was a Silver-Eyed Warrior, and she passed those genes down to Ruby. Just like Qrow said.