Talk:Maidens/@comment-124.82.112.179-20160209151048/@comment-410526-20160209155805

I do think that it's possible the Schnees were influential before the founding of the Company, due to their hereditary Semblance. It's probably the most versatile and powerful Semblance we've seen so far, and in a world where a lot depends on how good a fighter you are, I can see their Glyphs alone giving them a fair amount of influence. I can imagine that being powerful and influential already, they already had an advantage on other Dust mining companies and that's how they became the main producer today.

Not that this has anything to do with the Maidens. I like the theory that the Schnees are descended from the original Winter Maiden, just because it's kind of a cool theory to think about, but I don't think it's directly linked to them being influential today.