Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27687864-20160127193452

I'm going to write down my thoughts and guesswork & see if you guys can build up or contradict it. Should be fun!

Summer Rose is the Summer Maiden

1) She doesnt show her weapon in th photo with team STRQ - She see's weapons as her second choice to fight with & maiden powers as her first. Amber is seen fighting quite easily without her staff

2) The cloak - Amber wears a similar cloak while riding to hide her identity - I feel Summer would also be just as secretive to hide her maiden identity

3) All the other usual reason flying around - (called Summer, super mom etc etc)

Ravens Involvment

Raven turned jealous of Summer's powers over time. Raven then went to search for her own powers after the birth of Yang. During this period she dons the Grimm mask & learns how to create the evil looking portals & who knows what else. I would relate this to Qrows quote of "developed a twisted view of the world". Summer then goes on the mission she never returns from - Her mission was to find Raven & make her come back.

Based on the definition of a maiden being a "young girl or unmarried" and the Taeyang - Summer relationship being called lovers we can assume Summer still had her powers when going on this mission.

We never got told if Summer actually dies so if we assume this Ozpins secret group would need to consider the following:

A) If Summer has died have her powers gone to Ruby

B) If Summer has died have her powers gone to her assailant (Is this where Cinder/Cinder's boss learnt that Maiden powers could be stolen causing them to search for more powers. We can assume as all 4 powers were held by an old wizard that they could be safely maintained by one person)

C) Is Summer still alive

I feel Ozpin has lost track of one and a half maiden powers

P.S I dont think Ozpin is immortal - the quote everyone references is similar to one of Dumbledore in Harry Potter and means basically he didnt get into his position without making and learning from mistakes.  