Talk:Raven Branwen/@comment-26499992-20160802131126/@comment-4010415-20160802134900

That's what I thought, too, but now we know that the Maidens weren't added to the plan until after volume 2 was finished. In other words, the Maidens didn't exist in the original plan. They didn't exist before volume 3. Monty came up with the idea after they finished with volume 2, and he was really, really excited about it, so Miles and Kerry decided to add it even though it meant changing details about the plot.

This means that they had some other reason in mind for Raven to leave, and I doubt they would change her reason for leaving just because of the Maidens idea.