Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161222164303/@comment-25936766-20161227174701

Eh, Salem is the one character with whom the "she's evil just because" can actually work, just like with Grimm.

The rest are the ones that need actual reasons to side with her, even if cheap ones. Merc and Emerald at least are sided with Salem only because Cinder is.