Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-16841151-20130908034455/@comment-10390252-20130908143453

Storm5573 wrote: Glynda and Crimson may have been teamates in beacon It's difficult to theorise when we know so little but my bet is that Glynda was more powerful than Crimson but the latter was smarter and more skilled. Accusing her old Initiation team-mate of 'betraying' her, she either dropped out or vanishes shortly after graduation to seek a way to narrow the power gap, perhaps by developing her near-weaponless aura magic.

Unfortunately, the means she used and the masters she consulted were dark. Using her soul power for selfish ends has twisted her soul and she's become a tool of evil. Only by rediscovering love can she find her way back to the light.

Step up the daughter she abandoned so long ago, promising to return to reclaim her when she had achieved her goals.

QROW: "When I first met your mother, she was already the most skilled dust mage in the world but I was astonished at how strong her aura was.  I took it upon myself to train her; I thought that I could train her as well as my own master did... but I was wrong.  Ruby, when she turned, heart and soul, to the path of the dark, the good woman who was your mother was destroyed by someone... something twisted and evil that had usurped her mind and soul.  So what I told you was the truth... depending on your point of view."