Talk:Vernal/@comment-29933641-20180110023541/@comment-5430952-20180110230035

Because of what we learned in the last episode, "Vernal" might not even be her real name. If she was supposed to be a decoy for Raven, she'd need an appropriate name to pass as the Spring Maiden, hence she became "Vernal" to protect Raven's secret.

My personal headannon is Vernal is the name the last Spring Maiden who fled Mistral over a decade earlier. She was either 1)taken in by the tribe or b)was a victim of one of their raids. And because she thought of Raven before she died, the power was passed to her, whether she wanted it or not. And possibly to honor her, Raven gave her name to her acolyte, something like this anyway.