Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25574297-20141024020130/@comment-9090085-20141028082723

Krazyfan1 wrote: dark is not neccessarily evil

No, you're right.

But RWBY is a world where Humanity and their civilization are repeated referred to as Lights while their eternal enemies are referred to as creatures of Darkness.

What makes me associate our Mysterious Swordswoman with Darkness isn't her clothes, or the colour of her powers, or just how... life-like her mask is(Though the latter 2 do play into why I think she might be the main antagonist). It's that when she teleports onto the train, the background darkens; and when she leaves, it brightens. Sure, it could just be a dramatic effect; but it could be foreshadowing, or even a literal effect - that darkness surrounds her.

Is there solid evidence? Not really; I even admit that my... fear(for lack of a better term) of her plays into what I think she is.

But it is a possibility, and that's really all we've got right now.