Talk:Great War/@comment-38621229-20190224192257/@comment-38621229-20190225125338

Maybe. However, I would not put too much stock in a fairytale since these would tend to obscure real world motivations. I do think that there is a really interesting story about the origin of the Maidens that will  come out eventually; I'm sure that is the plan for some future episode. After all, if Ozma is telling the truth and he gave them his own power, then he gave away the bulk of his power to four young women who would pass on that power in a highly questionable way. After all, the chances of someone like Cinder or Raven  (or someone unable to handle the power, like the Spring Maiden from whom Raven got her powers) getting the powers were really, really high, given a long enough time. So, I thnk that Ozma must have had a very good reason for doing what he did and for seriously weakening himself in the process that must have gone beyond just his personal emotions. I think there must have been some strategic reason or some long-term plan that he was following. I admit that I cannot figure out what that is now, unless it really does just revolve around protecting the relics by making it impossible for anyone but one person to open the vaults. What is unclear to me is if Ozma can open the vaults. The whole storyline of V5 would seem to indicate he cannot; however, Salem's question to Cinder about whether or not she killed Ozpin seems to indicate that Salem wanted to be sure that Ozpin was dead so that there was no chance he could have taken the Beacon relic away with him. Ozpin's own words on the Beacon relic seem to indicate it is very well-hidden, but still at Beacon. So, why did Salem think he may have had access to it? Anyway, that's a different topic. I'm interested in meeting the Winter and Summer Maidens; I assume the Winter Maiden is in Atlas, under protection, and that we will meet her in the next volume.