Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-46.116.232.171-20160105155516

What is the purpose of Amber staff? Why would she need it when she have the Fall Maiden's powers?

It's actually pretty simple.

The Maidens are supposed to remain secret! so Amber need a way to defend herself from all danger she might run into without exposing her status as a Maiden.

Amber only started to use her Maiden's powers (well, aside from the bullet blocking, which can also be masked as a semblance) after the staff was knocked out of her hands and she had no other way to defend herself.

And after exposing herself she was ready to apparently kill Emerald, and probably the rest, not only to keep herself safe but probably also to keep the secret. the Guardians probably instructed her to do so in the case her identity is exposes by someone who's clearly malevolent. the trio of attackers knew too much. that might also be the reason why Amber didn't just run away. when she started using her Maiden's powers escaping wouldn't have been a problem, but if she had to silence her attackers she would have no choice but to stay and try to silence them untill reinforcement arrived.

It would also work well for Cinder's planning, the knowledge Amber wouldn't run away... 