Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151213162620/@comment-14138255-20151213171957

RedBack 12 wrote:

In other ideas, does anyone else suspect that Yang's mother inherited these "Seasonal maiden" powers, I mean that portal sort of came out of no where, Raven knew when Yang was in trouble automatically and now we're talking about magic... so yeah. Something to think about. I was thinking the exact same thing, and it would be a great reason for why she's gone. Taiyang has to deal with the fact that she left him with a baby to take care of and Qrow has to pretend he knows nothing along with the fact that he might not see his sister again because of her duties (thus forcing him to be the alcoholic he is).

OR, the only reason Qrow is on the Maiden Council is because of Raven. Either he was selected, or he personally investigated her disappearence for Taiyang and when he found out, he was told to keep it secret, and is ashamed for going back to Taiyang empty handed.