Talk:Maidens/@comment-201.97.242.173-20170502005508/@comment-4010415-20170502013441

Ah. So far, it does seem that only Maidens can control elements without Dust, and we haven't seen anyone with a Semblance that actually involves controlling or creating elements out of thin air. I mean, Nora's is just that she lets electricity flow through her body to strengthen her muscles. Cinder... just seemed to be controlling the Dust that she had sewn into her clothes, and that particular Dust (bright orange Dust) could also be manipulated into turning into black glass. She could also use that Dust to melt sand into glass.

As for weather... The only other instance we've seen regarding control of weather was Glynda in the first episode of volume 1, and that appeared to just be Glynda using her telekinesis Semblance to throw Dust into the air and manipulate it. That was pretty minor "weather". Even then, V1E1 was back when they apparently still weren't 100% set on how certain things worked, but they worked it out shortly afterward.