Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-5430952-20181113061847/@comment-37471367-20181117060213

Yeah, it’s safe to say almost all of them are in trouble to varying degrees. Watts isn’t on the grounds that he actually did what he could to stick to the plan, but to no avail.

Tyrian is likely still under scrutiny for not only failing to capture Ruby, but also couldn’t even deliver on his claim of killing Qrow. We know just receiving disapproval from Salem is enough to wreck his already twisted mental state.

Emerald and Mercury are likely to both to take their fair share of wrath. They did nothing to stick to the original and more tactically sound goal, and couldn’t even prevent anyone else from entering the Vault. All they saw was Yang enter, and only her coming out. However, they will probably get a slap on the wrist compared to others.

Hazel is obviously the only remaining “leader” of the original attack force, so naturally he will bear a significant portion of the blame. The fact that he focused almost solely on Ozpin and abandoned Adam and the White Fang doesn’t help his case. I’m expecting to see torture of some sort.

Which brings us to Cinder. Ironically, Lionheart was correct to blame Cinder for the disaster. Not only did she fail to get the Relic, but now has made an additional enemy of Raven, the Spring Maiden. Because of her alterations, they are missing a Relic, one to two Maidens as Cinder is still MIA to Salem, an informant gone, and otherwise throwing a monkey wrench into the well oiled machine that was Salem’s strategy. She will face severe punishment if she returns to Salem. Of that, I have no doubt. In my mind, the ONLY reason Salem will not kill her is because she still needs the Relic of Choice.