Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20160110165745/@comment-26206856-20160112054757

MetallicArcher wrote: @ Spiegelmeister

I see your point about the Portal, but my main issue to it being Raven's doing is why nobody reacted when it appeared.

It could be that Cinder was too absorbed by the power transfer to notice her surroundings... but what about Emerald and Mercury? Did they not know what the mark was and assumed it was Cinder's doing? That I can't really answer unfortunately. Merc and Em seem to be focused on Cinder and her face, while Cinder is absorbed in absorbing power. (She hardly noticed/heard Qrow running at them until he was on top of them).

Then there's the fact that it could be some effect of the process, essentially showing the black hole that Amber's powers are getting sucked into, but then why does it disappear from a different angle?

It doesn't seem to be Cinder related since Cinder's effect is always orange. This leaves Raven and (more fuel for the Raven Queen fans I guess) the Black Queen's magic which created the glove (from what I can gather to be the truth). Or it could be a generic portal effect. It could be that the queen didn't want Cinder to get all the power and was going to put an end to it when it happened, who knows? I just find it very very odd to see at that time, and it's bugging me.