At first I really didn't like Vernal - actually, I still don't - but she didn't deserve to die. She was a bandit and a bitch to Weiss, but I suppose she really believed in Raven and trusted her to look out for her and their tribe. I have a theory that Raven was, in fact, very close to Vernal, like she was the daughter Raven wished Yang could have been. Raven certainly tried her best to avenge Vernal's death, even though we all know she failed.







I wonder how Raven would react if she heard that Cinder is still alive. Would she be mad at herself for not checking whether Cinder had really died, afraid of Salem's revenge or concerned for Yang and her friends? Vernal didn't get a lot of screentime and pretty much no development at all, but if Raven really cared about her, would she be willing to come out of hiding and help her real family before what happened to Vernal happens to them? She did say she was sorry to Yang, after all.

