Talk:Salem/@comment-11453906-20171125120632

My theory is that she and Ozpin were friends at one point, trying to create a better world through the use of the Relics of Knowledge, Creation, Choice, and Destruction. And throughout their journeys I am guessing that while Ozpin came to a great understanding and respect for humanity's struggle against the Creatures of Grimm, Salem did not. She might have seen humanity as waging a pipedream war against an inevitable fate. And mind you, this is still just speculation here. After gaining the final Relic, the two began a battle for the fate of Remnant. The moon itself shattered by Salem's might, Dust forming from the unleashed energies, and much of the older civilizations being wiped out by the fury of their conflict. Despite getting the Relics from her, Salem was rendered ageless at the cost of her soul, and Ozpin was punished with the endless cycle of reincarnation and assigned as a steward of the world to keep the now-immortal Salem in check.