Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-25266931-20170206193307/@comment-27265101-20170217072235

And yet it's only the beginning! Volume's 1-3 were only the first book of this story, the very damned start of the heroes journey, and I'm going to tell you right now, not a single hero comes out onto of the main villain in the first book. They bring their plans to a halt, they make a win out of a loss and they KEEP MOVING FORWARD. So the Salem is untouchable, her henchmen sure as hell aren't. And then you have to take into effect Salem believes Qrow is dead or dying, that Ozpin is gone and that the relic is still sitting comfortably at Beacon, when in fact Qrow alive, Is is training his successor and the Relic is in their hands, add on to that that the Spring Maiden may be in safe yet somewhat dangerous hands and you see a few monkey wrenches being thrown into her grand plan. Not enough to truly slow it down...not enough to really make a big difference but the wrenches are there, and they're becoming more numerous.