Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-73.220.28.111-20161208023543/@comment-25936766-20161208125518

73.220.28.111 wrote: In the show we can see that Qrow is obviously protecting the fall maiden. As Qrow, Goodwitch, Ozpin, and Ironwood are all part of the group, they might each protect a certain maiden. Doubtful. Ironwood makes perfect sense to protect another one, and in fact if he doesn't I'm calling bullshit. But he is in another kingdom.

Goodwitch and Ozpin are both located at Beacon, in Vale. So the only Maiden within their reach that they can protect, is whatever Maiden is in Vale or close by. For any of them to protect another one would require them to regularly leave to another place, which they clearly never do.

And Qrow, I don't know if he sticks in Vale when not on any missions. Probably does.

As General Ironwood is the boss of Winter and since each maden's name seems to have the name of the season intertwined (Fall = Cinder Fall / Amber(Autumn by Qrow)) I would think that he sees over Winter. True, Cinder's last name is Fall, like the Fall Maiden. And with Amber I do believe her last name was Autumn (it does explain why Qrow said back then "Autumn's condition" instead of "the Fall Maiden's condition", if he was refering to her by her last name).

Now, I'm 100% sure someone will come and say that "Winter and Summer's names mean nothing since their names were planned before Maidens were introduced". And to that, I'll point out beforehand, that point means nothing.

When Maidens were introduced, there were big changes done to the plan, some short-term, others long-term. So, Winter and Summer can easily be like Cinder; while originally they were not Maidens (Since they didn't exist), after the plans were changed they could have been made Maidens, or may become Maidens.