Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-6920530-20131125175119/@comment-10390252-20131220093644

No, I understand what you are saying. It's just that Cinder is so high up the chain in terms of usefulness that she's a Queen, not a Pawn.

Of course, a pawn can also be an ascended pawn in the hands of a skilled player, so there's no reason why she couldn't have started out as a pawn.