Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24198837-20140606231111

BenRG wrote:

The exercises in the Emerald Forest don't really count as I suspect it's a Grimm reservation maintained for the explicit purpose of giving the students something on which to practice their live-fire drills. I didn't think Humanity had enough control over the world to have "Grimm reservations". I thought that the Emerald Forest was just a place outside the city walls (Assuming that there are walls, but it's the same idea), and thus, Grimm roam free. I mean, they do need airships to get to Beacon, so I had always assumed that it was both outside the city (and it is, on Torchwick's map) and was protected by natural structures (or the hundreds of hunters there tought the Grimm to stay away). Plus, the Giant Deathstalker had been around for much longer than beacon, with there being cave-paintings of it and all.

About the current subject - I know that I've (and I'm sure a lot of people have) made the comparison before, but Ozpin is a lot like Dumbledore - the wise old headmaster who is respected world-round for both his skill and knowledge, who, of course, regularly counsoles the hero and offers eerily prophetic advice (and knows way more than he should). So I doubt that he has political sway... outside of people respecting him more than all of their elected officials combined, of course.