Talk:Salem/@comment-76.70.52.136-20160216044059

So here's my take on who Salem is (based heavily on some other fans speculation):

I think Salem is a half-Grimm Winter Maiden(she clearly doesn't consider herself as apart of mankind). As a lot of people have pointed out, she looks a lot like the original Winter Maiden and I believe she is. I think that after she and her sisters got their powers they were treated as witches (hence her name, Salem) and people went on a witch hunt(Salem Witch Trials anybody?) She demanded Ozpin's help but he probably got scared off, thought he would be killed or something and he didn't help them. In the end, her sisters were killed and in one last attempt to survive, Salem tried to fuse with a Grimm or maybe she used some kind of dark magic to try to bring her sisters back. Anyway, the darkness she came in contact with made her what she is now and she's now some kind of Grimm Queen. The reason she hates mankind is because of what they did to her sisters and the reason she wants to see Ozpin burn is because she blames him for everything and wants to see him die the same way her sisters died...burned like a witch. She probably lost the Maiden's power due to darkness and she's sending her pawns to get back what she believes belongs to her and her sisters. Maybe she wants to bring them back with that. Her sisters aura might be tied to the Maiden powers.

BTW, I also think the Schnees are descendants of the Winter Maiden which is why their semblance is so powerful and close to magic. I mean, the Schnees glyphs are really powerful, it can't just come from nowhere.