Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-24032889-20180128082951/@comment-5430952-20180429070822

74.88.239.196 wrote: Speaking of the Spring Maiden, will Salem assume she's dead (since they believed her to be Vernal and Cinder may have told Merc and Emerald of her plans to double-cross her after they've opened the relic door). Or Cinder may survive and tell Salem who Spring really is... Qrow and Oz may also try to locate Spring again, I wonder how long it'll take them to realize Raven is Spring? I doubt Qrow and Oz will go looking for Spring now, they have to secure the Relic first. And since they both believed Vernal was the Spring Maiden, I can see them thinking the power went to a random host, hence they'll have no clue about how "inherited" Spring's power. At best, I can see Qrow going after the tribe alone, looking for Raven. Though when he learns she never returned, it only infuriates him further, and he either leaves or starts a big enough riot to draw in the Grimm, and then leaves them to die while he escapes. Since they're just "killers and thieves," I doubt he'll actually mourn them.

As for Salem, she won't know for sure unless Cinder survived and told her. Otherwise, she'll be in the dark about what happened, for the time being.