Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-1599757-20151212162645/@comment-25086632-20151219031340

Not to tangent, but my counter-theory for Raven leaving has always been the Raven is a Faunus theory.

Probably grew up experiencing racism and didn't want her human daughter to be mistreated because her mother was a faunus. So left and joined the White Fang.

Anyways Raven being a Maiden would also be a pretty cool explanation (though it'd leave me sad for wanting the White Fang plot actually becoming important to more than just Blake (and sorta Weiss? though just barely there))

Hell, maybe it's both