Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-95.94.7.90-20161102223421/@comment-25936766-20161213133559

We also don't know if the powers leave if the Maiden becomes "too old". For all we know, if a girl becomes a Maiden at 20 she'll keep the powers well in her 60s.

The average age people enter a Hunter academy like Beacon is 17, and given they study for 4 years, they leave at around 21. We know Raven left Yang shortly after she was born, and by the time we see her about 17 years have passed. Depending on how much time passed between graduation and abandonment, she's around 39-40 years old.

....But, at the same time, depending on how much time passed between graduation and abandonment, Raven could've left when she was, say, 23-25. Cinder was around that age, and was fully capable of becoming a Maiden (granted, she used outside-the-box methods).

....What if Raven became the Spring Maiden years, if not a decade or more, before we are introduced to her? Like when she was 25-28.