Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-37586100-20181122020248/@comment-27745396-20190120195509

I don't think that Maria is going to die. She has yet to "fill her purpose" aka train Ruby to use her eyes. Sure, she gave Ruby a little talk, but she promised to teach Ruby how to go on the right mental state to use her eyes in the battle.

Personally, if someone has to die in the next episode, my money is on Qrow. The whole volume 6 has been pretty much been about how Ruby and others don't need him anymore so killing him off or making him to leave the group wouldn't be that big surprise.