Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27143816-20160225024520/@comment-107.194.134.87-20160304040944

Wow. A very lively debate! I have my own theories on Pyrha, which I won't bring into this conversation, but since a debate's purpose is to strengthen one argument against others, I will lend my views toward supporting the argument that there is nothing as specific as eye color dictaing who becomes a maiden.

1. The only specific mention of eye color imbuing someone with special gifts is the silver eyes, which are "very rare".

2. Before we see Salem for the first time, we hear Cinder mention her indirectly when speaking to Oz, when she says to him "She was right, you  are arrogant". I only bring up Salem here because she shares the same color eyes as Cinder, and we have been shown that a mother daughter pair (Yang and Mom) look very much alike. I'm not saying they are mother daughter, or that Oz is her dad. Well, maybe I am. Sorry to get off topic there.

3. The method which Oz uses to transfer the Fall Maiden's aura was untested. They were not sure that it would even work. What they were trying to do is force the aura from one host into another, suggesting very strongly that it was unatural for Pyrha to be the successor under the existing circumstances.