Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20151206164217/@comment-26206856-20151208052549

Michael.halpern.52 wrote: I don't think it can be, I think we are taking the "Taking away what power they have" too litterally, with training everyone can use a semblance, so that isn't really 'power' the way Cinder likely sees it, power can be defined as the ability to influence others, now that can be taken away, she wants certain contestants to win a tournament designed to demonstrate the greatest examples of combat skill on Remnant, what happens if those greatest examples are defeated- or worse turn against the world? This was my thought since the first time she uttered that sentence. Cinder is trying to undermine the powers that be without a full on war/confrontation. Sure, you can take it as taking away the hunter/huntress' power by negating their semblances, but I'm thinking more of a global scale. She's trying to turn the top/secret councils against eachother through distrust, and let the kingpins topple to the ground.

I think the idea is to create a doubt in the people's minds that hunters/huntresses can protect them from everything. And what better place to do it than where the strongest of fighters have assembled? It would strengthen their allies with the WF, it would drop Beacon on it's head, leading to it losing it's power over the country, and it would get people behind the idea of Atlas' tech. But wait... what if that tech can't be relied upon either? Fear breaks out, and brings the Grimm; and Cinder gets to watch the world burn. With a major incident during the Vytal festival where citizens of all countries are gathered, the other two countries will point the blame for any casualties and lack of 'security/defenses', causing more distrust/chaos.

She's not out for the notoriety, or blatant displays of victory or power- otherwise she would be the one duking it out to make a statement after she won rather than have her lackeys do the fighting.

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Top key points about the Guardian:

-Becomes a symbol of hope against the lesser of the evils out there. (Grimm are not the worst.)

-Is a maiden; young (virgin or unmarried) girl who chooses to become one. Oddly.... specific...

-Who was the last one?/ Where are they? / How long do they stay guardians?

-Is it just a Beacon thing? (Culture) Or is it an international title? The way it's played, it sounds like the former.

- Probably has something to do with the statue in the Beacon courtyard Jaune stares at in the Vol1 OP.

Though very unlikely, the maiden portion could point to a reason for Summer to keep her last name and not be married, or a reason for Raven to split off on her own; though both would have been older by that time. The key point is that either is a likely candidate since their team was one of the most "well known" back in the day. If that insinuates a good thing, the public would be willing to hail them as guardians, despite any shortcomings on skill.