Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-64.113.177.152-20150121173112/@comment-26206856-20150316082329

Shadow at Morning wrote: Raven intervening to save Yang is easily explainable by the going theory. Though she is White Fang, she does not want her daughter to be killed and thus interferes, and damn the consequences. She's not acting on orders; this is a purely personal intervention. Oh of course. By the going theory she is Yang's mother it's completely understandable why she intervenes, but I'm pointing out that to any outsider like Neo or the WF, it's a highly suspicious move that may pinpoint or reveal who she is and get her in trouble down the line. If the theory is she's a spy within the WF, there would've been other ways to handle the situation to avoid blowing her cover so much. The unannounced ruthless and primal show of power to make Neo back off screams lone wolf mercenary to me whether it's a mother's protection or not.

The masks follow a similar theme in that you don them to take on the visage of a beast - a scare and intimidation tactic that jives with a mercenary. Doubly so when you consider it like a badge of honor/accomplishment to wear a defeated foe's skull- the bigger the better. The only snag being they have to create the masks since grimm skulls disappear when the creature is killed.