Talk:Divide/@comment-209.93.52.190-20160925234817/@comment-4010415-20160926114215

Well, it certainly wasn't Ruby's fighting prowess that stopped Cinder, and it was Ruby's emotional attachment to Pyrrha that activated her Silver Eye powers.

But to be honest, Ruby didn't win. Vale didn't win. They had tons of Huntsmen and Huntresses in training from various kingdoms all fighting the Grimm, robots, and White Fang, but the CCT still fell, Beacon still fell, and Vale is still in a bad state. They didn't save Beacon, and they barely saved Vale. Ruby simply stopped it from getting worse. Even then, that's just a battle, not the war.

Instead of letting things completely fall apart, Ruby decided "I can help, so I will", gathered the remaining members of JNPR, and set out. She still has a spark of hope, and Jaune, Nora, and Ren are willing to follow her to Haven. From the way they talked, it seems that Ruby went "I'm going to Haven to find who did this" and JNR were like "We wanna go with you!" So, they followed that spark of hope.

Jaune: Hey.

Ruby: Hey, Jaune. Haven's a long way to go.

Jaune: I know. It's the only way we have.

Ruby: Are you sure you want to come along?

Ren: The journey will be perilous, and whether we'll find answers at the end is entirely uncertain.

Nora: But we wouldn't be here if we weren't up for it.