Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-72.213.41.227-20161023053623/@comment-68.110.19.20-20161029091635

Well this is just my assumption, but consider what we know about the story so far. Firstly we have Cinder's injuries; caused by Ruby's 'silver-eyes' power. Salem explained that her powers came with a weakness and given the evidence and stated reason for her injury, i think it's likely that the powers of the maidens might have some connection to the Grimm.

Considering this, we go to the next bit of compelling evidence. The fact that Cinder used a Grimm summoned from a symbol on her glove to absorb Amber's powers. This leads me to believe that the Grimm and the Maiden powers have the same root: Magic.

Now for the next question; what if the Grimm aren't living creatures but are Familiars? It certainly explains why they disappear when killed and don't last long in captivity.

If we consider this, then we have to consider who controls these Familiars? Traditionally Familiars are controlled by Witches who create them often to perform a specific task. In this case, they are being created to persecute the humans.

So why do this? Because the humans perpetuated a crime against this witch many years ago. A crime their descendants yet perpetuate. Namely keeping the Witch's power locked away from her.

So let's now consider the most vital piece of evidence: the Legend of the Four Maidens. Never once do we see any mention of the Grimm. One could say this is due to it being a fairy tale and was done to keep it light hearted, but what if we consider the possibility that the reason we don't see any Grimm is because they didn't exist at that point in time?

What if the Maidens stole the magic from the 'Wizard' and kept it for themselves? What if with what little power she had left, she created the Grimm to hunt down the ones who had stolen her magic? Now consider who would stand ot gain from changing the story? What if all of this is just one woman's quest to reclaim that which was stolen from her?

We don't know the whole details of Salem's past or her connection to Ozpin, but what we do know is she knew how to take the power from a Maiden. We know she wants the power for some end. And we know she can create and no doubt control the Grimm. And if a Silver-Eyed Warrior can decimate a Maiden and a Grimm as powerful as the Dragon in one go, then we have to consider that they are in fact connected.