Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4441317-20180131155608/@comment-25936766-20180131191944

Zxankou14 wrote: I just thought of a little theory. It's about Raven killing the Spring Maiden. While it's implied that Raven killed her out of pure greed

.....Let me quote what Raven herself said about Spring:

Raven: ''She was scared when we found her! Weak. No matter how much training I put her through, she never learned! She wasn’t cut out for this world! And with those powers, she would’ve been hunted her entire life! What I did-It was mercy!''

So I think you misinterpreted everything. See:

Raven wanted the powers, one way or another, but Spring was a crybaby for perfectly-understandable reasons, and Raven and Sympathy are pretty much antonyms of each other.

So when Spring didn't "grow a pair" in 3 seconds like Raven wanted, Raven killed her to get the powers. And let me tell you something: Remember the powers go to whoever is in the Maiden's last thoughts.

If Raven wanted to be merciful, she would've killed Spring in her sleep, a quick, painless and quiet death. But that wouldn't guarantee that she got the powers. Instead, Raven killed her in a way that made sure that she would get the powers.

Personally, it's because of precisely that fact, that the whole thing about "It was mercy", ends up sounding like she's just making excuses to convince herself. And it wouldn't be the first time, many things she says sound less like statements and more like trying to convince herself.

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Also, her fear of Salem doesn't mean anything because you're looking at it in the wrong direction. Yes, having/being a Maiden would attract her attention, getting the Relic would attract her attention, but that's ignoring what Raven was planning, as short-sighted as it was.

Raven came up with the plan to backstab Team CAME and take the Relic for themselves. Why? So her tribe stood a chance against Salem. Naturally, the same can be said for a Maiden; Sure, more attention, but a Maiden is still a powerful being with control over the elements and even the weather.