Talk:Salem/@comment-174.61.65.179-20160215181519

" The name "Salem" comes from the Hebrew word שלם ( shalém ), which means the state of being whole or intact. "

Just going to call it...Salem is going to bring all of the powers of the maidens together and become the evil super-maiden at the end and super-silver-eyed-warrior-princess Ruby will battle it out with her in the end.

I also do believe Salem is the original "winter" - just becuase the fairytale calls them winter, spring, summer, and fall doesn't mean those were their actual names. Their real names were irrelevant to the story and thus they were given the names of the seasons to which their powers were supposed related. That being said, its quite possible that the seasons existed before the maidens, and the metaphor was drawn after their inception...Thats the problem with legends and time, facts don't stay facts, they get jumbled up as the story is told and retold...

And, while I see what they kinda did there with Salem - witch => wicked witch of the West...it doesn't make too much sense  if she IS the winter maiden  , because winter is associated with the Northern cardinal direction. Unless, they are alluding to her now having the fall maiden's power, in which case fall is associated with the Western cardinal direction - which is possible since Cinder's fate is unknown.

But hey, who knows...