Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161023154654/@comment-27648673-20161025000352

On another topic, I'm going with the theory that Raven is connected to Salem in some way, possibly being one of the two missing seats, for the following reasons:

- Qrow said Raven had let some info slip when he last talked to her, which was after Volume 2 but before the end of Volume 3, and that he could help Yang track her down. This implies that Qrow knows something about her whereabouts or plans, or where she could possibly be going.

- He also mentioned that their enemy's trail leads to Haven. However, he doesn't (to our knowledge) have any connections with Emerald, Mercury, Roman, Neo, or Cinder, apart from his brief interaction with E, M, and C. If Cinder had run away, even if she had left some sort of trail, he couldn't say she was going to another continent because said trail or trace leads in that general direction. And even if he could follow said trail, he wasn't able to because he had to care for Ruby. His only possible connection could be Raven, when she let something slip the last time she talked to him.

- At the end of Volumes 1 and 3, a new antagonist/s was revealed - Cinder/Emerald/Mercury, and Salem. Both Cinder and Salem either appeared or spoke at some point before they were fully visible to the audience. I believe they did the same with Volume 2, teasing Raven when she rescues Yang, and fully revealing her in the Post-Credits Scene.

- Qrow said she was dangerous, with a worldwide view he disagrees with. Not many dangerous characters with negative worldwide views have been described as... not a villain. Qrow could arguably be an exception, but he strikes me as more of a "I've endured and seen some scarring stuff, but I know victory and peace is possible" person as opposed to "Humanity is an infectuous disease that pagues this earth" or something of that sort.

- She wears a Grimm Mask. The only other characters known to do this are the White Fang, and the White Fang aren't all that great. In fact, with the feathers in her outfit, she resembles a Nevermore.

- The portals she creates strongly resembles the one created by Cinder/Salem's glove when the Grimm Bug was spawned.