Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24068166-20131109015207/@comment-918376-20131109020926

Well, most people think the "Queen" is Cinder -- after all, if it was Ruby, there would be no reason for Qrow to tell Ozpin, who admitted Ruby into Beacon and knows who her teammates are, that she had pawns. Sun Wukong and Penny are too unfamiliar with Ruby to be considered pawns; usually, having pawns implies that the person controlling them has a position of absolute power (in both battling ability and leadership ability). Ruby was clearly awed by Penny's fighting ability, and she didn't get to see Sun fight. I wouldn't say that she could be considered in a position of power over either of them, nor is she in an position of absolute power over her teammates.

Cinder has been set up for a while as the "big bad" (so far; we don't know what roles the Schnee Company's and the White Fang's leaders will play), so it would most logically mean that she is the Queen -- at least so far, most of the reveals aren't ridiculously far-stretched and have been "hiding in plain view". The fact that Glynda did not acknowledge Cinder could mean that in fact, there is no relation between the two. On the other hand, she could simply have been masking her emotions, then reported her findings to Ozpin. As Roman himself notes, they're aren't "the most inconspicuous bunch of thieves," in neither their first appearance nor their latest. It would be easy for Ozpin to contact Qrow, telling him that Cinder was in cahoots with Roman. Then, after one of Roman's raids (perhaps like one in Episode 15), Qrow trailed Roman back to their headquarters and found out about Cinder.