yeah but I really want to see a well written male antagonist. maybe a warlock (male witch)? I would like it if the old hermit gave the girls those powers, NOT, for the sake of doing more, but for the sake of hoping salem doesn't receive them. thinka bout it? why would cinder go out of her way to collect them, and why would an old hermit give 4 girls power that can be used for good or evil? its so that salem has trouble tracking down those girls, and since those powers can be devastating, they were made to defend themselves and if they dies they would just...go to some other girl. so my theory is cinder, emerald and mercury just became her new servants to find those powers because she took advantage of their bad lives promising things and I bet salem will kill cinder who collect all the powers (or the other 4 girls she has) to receive. WHY ELSE WOULD SHE HAVE A STRANGE GRIM GLOVE THAT CAN SUPRISINGLY ABSORB AURA? all this time cinder was actually another pawn to someone else, A GRIM LORD, who is going to kill cinder or cinder and her other FALSE MAIDENS, to attain ultimate power. The power to freeze lands, tamper with nature, burn those who oppose and blow back all that stands before her. the dark maiden.