Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-35941743-20190304195312/@comment-26018514-20190401034124

The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: Glitchee123z wrote: Maybeeeeee.....Emerald? People suggested that in Volume 5 when they thought Cinder might be dead, but it isn't a very plausible choice. She doesn't work well as a villain with all her wide-eyed astonishment at every horrible thing that happens. We already have Cinder's revenge-seeking on top of Hazel's. Making Emerald a revenge-seeker for Cinder's death, which is pretty much the only thing that could get her into that role, would be tedious. Personally I don't agree with this assertion because Cinder's baggage is about as large as her contribution, while her backstory is still lacking.

Thus all we need to establish a new Cinder is to establish her powers were transferred and the new Maiden's combat ability in relation to Cinder.

Yes we lose some personal antagonism between Cinder and the heroes, but tbh she doesn't really give a shit about anyone but Ruby, and their own hatred is really not the kind of plot the writing seems intent on following, unless a hero murders her after the others forgive her or something. Anyone on Salem's team with maiden powers NEEDS(talking about heroes motive, not story direction) to die, regardless of individual feelings the heroes might have, so any sort of conflict this might have on/with the protags morality stays intact without Cinder.