User blog comment:Project Predacon/Theory Time - Queen has Pawns/@comment-25555436-20160213224201

I feel more like the "she" is the King in this scenario (Let's call her Saber for now). To a King, especially an Evil King, everyone under them are their pawns. Notice that Qrow says Cinder isn't just another pawn. Which means Cinder is special.

This could be how she is the Queen of Saber, her strongest pawn. No King would try to kill their Queen, since the Queen is the most powerful piece they have. Plus, unless Cinder is outrageously loyal, why would she give up such strong power? One thing is to follow someone. Another thing is to die at their command and give up the powers of a physical god. Plus, Cinder seems to have a fetish for destruction and pain, and her powers give her both, even less reason to give them up.

So, there's 2 possibilities that I can think of:

1-Saber has a method to keep Cinder in place and prevent her from becoming a Starscream.

2-Saber possesses Cinder with all her powers once she is powerful enough.

Or a third possibility, which requires an extra explanation:

Something I haven't seen anyone ask: WHO would want this? Who would want to destroy an entire kingdom and cause international panic and political conflict, knowing of the Grimm and what they can do? Saber the King is that who, yet who is she? For that, we need to think: What do we know that would want that? I say, a Grimm.

But, not just any Grimm. A Reaper-wannabe, one old and powerful enough to plan all this. The King is definitely a person of some sort. The Grimm Reaper, would have brainwashed the King, indoctrinated her, which is the only way someone, anyone, would plan all that destruction and conflict for no apparently-good reason.

So what am I saying? The King is an Ilusive Woman. Indoctrinated, possibly looking more "Grimm" because of it. And as such, here's the Third possibility:

3-Saber extends the indoctrination on Cinder, to make her more "effective" and prevent any backstabbing. This causes Cinder to look more "Grimm". When she dies, she'll start vanishing like a Grimm as a result.

Of course, we could also assume that 4-Preda is right. The King kills Cinder after indoctrination to gain the maiden powers. A Grimm would not be able to get it, but a person can. Which is why the Reaper is using the King as a Proxy for it's goals, to "gain" the powers of Aura, Semblance, and Maiden.