Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20160214165601/@comment-26397825-20160217045036

For all you people who are crying out that everyone with red eyes must be connected to Salem in some way: Emerald has red eyes. If it weren't for her nifty semblance that made her really useful to Cinder, she wouldn't have been included in any plans whatsoever. So not all people are connected to Salem simply because they have red eyes, which means that there is every reason to say that the Branwen's aren't connected to her either.

I mean, there's every chance that they are, but red eyes don't mean that it's guaranteed.