Cinder Fall

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### Most Detestable Traits

She destroyed Beacon Academy and killed thousands of people, which led to James Ironwood gaining paranoia and PTSD from the event after his failed attempt to prevent it.
She killed Pyrrha Nikos in cold blood, which led to her infamous rivalries with many of the main characters like Ruby, Jaune and several other people.
She doesn't care about other people and only used Emerald as a disposable pawn rather than seeing her as a best friend.
Her actions led to her getting called out by Arthur Watts, who dislikes her sense of entitlement.

### Type of ED

Power-Hungry Archenemy

**Cinder Fall** is the Fall Maiden, the former best friend of Emerald Sustrai and a member of Salem's Faction, which is a terrorist organization that seeks to destroy Remnant. She is the secondary antagonist of the ongoing American anime-influenced webseries *RWBY.*

She is voiced by Jessica Nigri.

## Her Qualities

### What Makes Her Entertaining?

* She is a rather terrifying villain, as she clearly wants to be strong, feared and powerful. She has also proven multiple times that she will stop at nothing to accomplish her goals. In fact, Jessica Nigri's performance provides Cinder with a cold and condescending voice.
* She has a tragic backstory, as she was abused and enslaved by her stepmother when she was a child, and even when she spent time with her two sisters, Cinder was abused by both of them. This led to Cinder snapping and murdering her stepmother and two sisters.
	+ In fact, Kerry Shawcross stated that Cinder's past is meant to make the audience feel bad for her, but he also stated that we aren't supposed to give Cinder too much sympathy considering that she is not a sympathetic character.
* Despite mostly being cruel and psychopathic, she has a minor sympathetic moment in "Ultimatum" (an episode from Volume 8) where she yells at her rival Arthur Watts after he calls her out on her selfishness and rudeness before walking away while breathing heavily and sitting down and beginning to cry. Even if this is based on her own self-pity, it still proves that Cinder has a bit of emotion inside herself.
* Even if it was merely for selfish reasons, she helped Mercury and Emerald to fight off a team of Grimm.
* Fans have considered Cinder to be somewhat attractive due to her outfit and badass, savage and intimidating personality. This has led to Cinder being a prominent character in *RWBY Chibi*, where she is played for laughs almost all the time and is barely taken seriously. Also, there is a segment in *RWBY Chibi* where she blows a kiss at the camera.

### What Makes Her Detestable?

* She is obviously a cruel and sadistic woman who is bent on killing Ruby Rose and viewing her allies as mere minions rather than genuine friends.
* She brutally murdered Pyrrha Nikos, which frankly gives her a lot of personal villainy towards the heroes since Pyrrha was a fan-favourite character in *RWBY*.
* She destroyed Beacon Academy and caused the deaths of many students and staff members. This also makes her indirectly responsible for James Ironwood becoming a true villain, given that he tried to save Beacon Academy from Cinder but failed miserably.
* She tried to break Jaune's mentality by planning to murder Weiss.
* She killed Raven Branwen's lieutenant Vernal in cold blood to take her Spring Maiden powers.
* She murdered an innocent woman just to steal her clothes, and tried to do the same to a dying elderly Fria to take her Winter Maiden powers.
* She drained Amber of her powers and killed her before exploiting Emerald's illusion powers to make Pyrrha accidentally rip Penny Polendina apart.
* She killed Arthur Watts by using the Staff of Creation to subject him to a fiery death.
* When she was asked about why she serves Salem, she proudly boasts that she is loyal to no one, which basically confirms that she doesn't have genuine care or loyalty for Salem or anyone else for that matter.

## Trivia

* Cinder Fall was originally considered a Hate Sink, but it was later agreed that she doesn't count as a full Hate Sink because the writers wanted the audience and fans to feel bad for her. Thus, Cinder became Entertainingly Detestable instead.

## External Links

* Cinder Fall on the Villains Wiki
* Cinder Fall on the Pure Evil Wiki
* Cinder Fall on the *RWBY* Wiki

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