Talk:Vernal/@comment-37541747-20181221003028/@comment-5430952-20181221004535

I'm afraid not, Raven was too old to inherit the Maiden's powers at the time of the Battle of Haven. And notice how Raven had her mask on when "Vernal" demonstrated her powers. Why, you ask? To hide her Maiden eyes.

Miles himself said that a woman must be 30 or younger to become a Maiden, and Raven was definitely past that in Volume 5. So no, Vernal was never the Spring Maiden, if she was then Cinder would've stolen her powers in "Vault of the Spring Maiden," and then the story would've taken a much different route, with Haven falling and probably all the heroes being killed, as Cinder returns to Salem with the lamp, triumphant.