Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-35455126-20180516182343/@comment-4010415-20180516184244

I mean, there is also the fact that Raven kind of explained her intentions a little bit in A Perfect Storm.

Vernal: Do you... actually believe they'll let us go once they have the Relic?

Raven: Of course not. They'll never leave us alone. Once our purpose has come and gone, we'll be discarded. Salem only uses people until they are no longer useful. If we want to have any chance of defending ourselves against her, then we need this Relic. (she stands up from her bed.) If Qrow and those brats want to follow Ozpin, then let them. When the chaos reaches its peak, we'll grab the Relic and make our escape.

So, basically, she felt that, no matter which side got the Relic, once she and Vernal stopped being useful, Salem was going to kill them. She wanted to use the Relic of Knowledge to keep herself and her tribe safe.