Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20190126081959/@comment-5430952-20190220072816

She won't drop the city immediately, she needs it moderately intact in order for her forces to a) find the Winter Maiden, b) infiltrate Atlas Academy, and c) obtain the Relic of Creation.  And I can imagine eliminating Ironwood will also be one of her goals.  Destroying the city from the get go jeopardizes her overall agenda, and regardless of how enraged Salem may be at the moment, throwing away her master plan in a fit of anger would be seriously OOC for her, at least right now anyway.