Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-1292715-20181223044830/@comment-1292715-20190325103832

I can understand Salem wanting to experiment with the silver eyes. Although I find it hard to believe they could alter whats basically anti-destruction powers in an evil way.

But when was it ever implied that she knows the Summer Maiden? She only ever suggested that the Sword was going to be their next target(until Hazel informed them about the heroes taking the Lamp to Atlas). We shouldn't automatically assume she knows who the Maiden is at this time. And it's a stretch to assume Summer Rose is the Summer Maiden just because of her name, especially when the Maiden concept was only thought up after Volume 2 when Summer Rose was referred to by name.

Maiden business aside, if Summer Rose is alive despite RT constantly implying she's dead, I wouldn't be surprised if Salem wanted to use Ruby just to draw her out of hiding. Though I'm personally still betting on her being dead.