Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27276671-20160214220907/@comment-28288412-20160805123630

SomeoneYouUsedToKnow wrote:

1-Convenient things like that never happen. Never.

2-That would be an assumption though. And remember, the Internet is down, the best they can do is local-level communication, and in Vale's case, which is where they were at that moment, not even at that level.

So even if they told, say, Glynda, there's nothing they can do. Vale is in ruins and swarmed by Grimm, so Port and Oobleck need to stay for defense. Glynda is busy rebuilding Vale as well, so she cannot go. Same with other Hunters in Vale. And if they tried telling Ironwood, even if they succedeed in that, no one will trust his words' anyway.

So again, they face no risks by going to Atlas.

3-Last time they tried to take a Maiden, they left her comatose, no one found out about the attackers for months or maybe even years, they attracted 0 attention afterwards, and their plan went ahead perfectly.

The "all-out Battle" that you speak of, has little to do with the actual Maiden, and no one outside a few people in Vale that cannot leave for reasons, actually knows about the Maiden's "participation" in that battle.

In the eyes of the world, the Grimm invaded, Atlas backstabbed, no Maidens involved.

4-Are you freaking serious? A fucking MAIDEN. Did you even see what Cinder was able to do with those powers, what Amber was able to do with them? They got multiple reasons to deal with her.

A) Take her powers, either via Glove or via "last person thought about".

B) Take away what power their enemies have. Disabling, if not downright killing, what is esentially a Demigod, achieves that excellently. Best case scenario, the kingdom will have to find who is the new Maiden, which they don't exactly have much time for. Worst case scenario, another comatose Maiden. 1. Ain't impossible.

2. She said the name Cinder to his face, I have little doubt that he inquired further later. And if she told others (she killed Pyrrha which is an important enough event to explain to people) they could themselves tell other people or travel to Atlas later (escape to family homes and other such reasons).

3-4. Presuming you that you think I am referring to Pyrrha, I'm not. I am referring solely to the Amber battle, yes they comatose her but not before a drawn out battle. The only reason they got away with it was because of the secluded location (empty road outside the kingdoms, confirmed in the commentaries it was outside them anyway). If they tried the same shit in a militarised Kingdom likely going into lockdown after what happened their job gets a hell of a lot harder.

Also presuming a Maiden is actually there, if there was considering Ironwood and if he knew then that girl is in the most heavily guarded place on Remnant.