Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151116021418/@comment-26397825-20160212122021

Monty said it in a livestream. And she was lying about her age so she could be with Mercury and Emerald in a team; you know, because she's the villian and she was infiltrating an knternational event in order to cause chaos and destruction? Lying is a thing villians do.

Also, yes, CFVY are second years. And when they said 'only a few years older than the girls' you have to take the average age, which is 17. Ruby is the only main character who is not 17, therefore the null hypothesis is that when Monty refers to the 'girls' as a group, 17 is the age he was using as a reference when he said 'she's a few years older'.

And furthermore, the age breakdown is like this:

1st years - 17-18

2nd years - 18-19

3rd years - 19-20

4th years - 20-21

Maiden powers don't have a minimum age as far aswe have seen; Pyrrha is 17 and she was going to be given them. So therefore Cinder being a few years older than the cast is not too young be the full Fall Maiden. And the age limit we know of is old crone; I don't know what kind of world you live in, but even 30 is not considered an old crone where I live. Cinder would be some in her early 20s, which puts her at a few years older than the girls and means she has plenty of time to be eligible to be a Maiden.