Talk:Great War/@comment-38621229-20190224192257/@comment-4010415-20190224214831

I actually have a theory that the weather was due to a Maiden's involvement, specifically Vacuo's leader, who is represented by a feminine silhouette in the WoR video. I didn't think of the King using magic, to be honest. I was more focused on the idea that the sword he was said to have wielded was the Relic of Destruction, hence him being able to lay waste to the two armies.

As for Salem's involvement, I theorize that she had one of her subordinates at the time spark the first battle. It seems suspicious that we were told that no one knows who fired the first shot. It's entirely possible that neither Vale nor Mistral fired the first shot, but rather Salem's subordinate did it in a way where no one was sure which side attacked first, leaving Vale and Mistral able to blame each other. Qrow did say that Salem tends to work from the shadows in a way where, when it comes time to point fingers, everyone just blames each other.

I think, so far, the only story we've heard of that could be about Salem is merely The Girl in the Tower, which Pyrrha mentioned before being suddenly interrupted by Ozpin.