Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-26417457-20190905232433/@comment-29684190-20190905233209

All AThe members of Salem's faction seem to be inspired by fictional characters that took a dark turn due to someone close to them. Hazel is Hansel and Gretel, but went bad because he lost his sister. Watts is Watson, if he left Sherlock and joined Moriarti. Cinder is is probably Cinderella if she didn't have the Fairy Godmother to help her, or Salem is her evil Fairy Godmother.

Also it's most likely that she was born into nothing, her semblance was weak and she resented people with power, so she strives to grow as powerful as she can, to never be weak again.