Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-172.114.39.247-20180110024723/@comment-5430952-20180111084443

76.106.90.113 wrote: The real question is when did Raven become the spring maiden and under what circumstance. Qrow says the spring maiden ran away because of the presure. Did Raven track down the lost spring maiden and kill her for her powers? Did she take the maiden in and as a result was in the maiden's last thoughts when she perished? Or did Raven become a maiden, became resentful of Ozpin and leave everyone behind? (Ie, leaving Tai and Yang.) The last one is possible if Qrow never met the Spring maiden and was only told, "We lost her, she buckled under the pressure and ran away." The most sensible theory to date is she encountered the Spring Maiden who fled Mistral a decade before, whom I believe was named Vernal. Now I'm betting she died during one of Raven's raids, for she'd know having a Maiden in her tribe would attract Ozpin and/or Salem's attention before long. Unfortuantely, said Maiden soon died, and Raven inherited her powers. Knowing she couldn't let anyone know her secret, she assigned one of her most trusted underlings with acting as a decoy, and renamed her Vernal. And the ruse worked, until Cinder killed "Vernal" and forced Raven to reveal herself. That's how I see it anyway.