Talk:End of the Beginning/@comment-25110963-20160214091550/@comment-26397825-20160214092525

That's because if anyone did attack Vale on the scale of what Cinder did, the other Kingdoms would have stepped in. There's probably been multiple instances of people attacking Vale and the Maidens over the past, but since the Great War brought about unity there hasn't been as many. Strength in numbers, and the other Kingdoms wouldn't even need to know why Vale was being attacked, just that it was.

The only reason Cinder succeeded is because she obviously put in a lot of planning, and had the glove with let her steal half the powers while Amber was not inside a Kingdom. She suceeded because her first attack happened in an isolated area, where there were no witnesses. That gave her a major power boost, even if it was only half the amount she would have gotten otherwise, which then let her attack Vale itself.

The reason why no one thought to get a Maiden on their own...well, they obviously have. Hence, the big coverup on the very existence of Maidens.