Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-87.123.162.38-20160109123644/@comment-4010415-20160109123907

Dude. They explained this in Fall.

Every time a Maiden dies, her powers move on to someone else.

There are still four Maidens - Summer, Winter, Spring, and Fall.

Each time one of them dies, the last person she thought of will receive her Maiden powers, as long as the person she thought of was a young female. If she thought of a male or an elderly woman, then her Maiden powers go to a random young female.

It's not a matter of descendants.