Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.212.150.137-20171014022757/@comment-26830881-20171127194748

The answer to the latest question could honestly be 50-50. If it's a like-minded man that always becomes host to Ozpin's soul, then I think it would be quite well expected that eventually both consciousnesses become one and the same, working in tandem and with full cooperation. In that sense, Ozpin could easily come to identify as Oscar, but Oscar could also just as easily choose to take on Ozpin as a namesake.

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*SPOILER ALERT - For those that wait for YouTube Release*

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In Rest and Resolutions (released on 11/25/2017), Ozpin also states that he sacrificed a great much of his magical power to instill it in 4 young women who he hoped would use those powers for good, the 4 original maidens. This essentially implies that Ozpin was the wizard from that fairytale. Now another question: Was the Wizard the first reincarnation of Ozpin prior to his final showdown and failure against Salem, and his curse from the gods, or was the Wizard yet another reincarnation?

On one hand, I'd say it would have to be quite early in Ozpin's existence as such a move to create the Maidens arguably could be a risky move that in hindsight possibly shouldn't have ever been done, and if the Wizard lived alone and kept to himself before this, then it is possible that he initially lived a quiet life before taking on the task to square off against Salem and fail, not to mention that the hermit Wizard is a far departure from the current Ozpin who believes well in the value of teamwork.

On another hand, There's no telling WHAT Ozpin and Salem's original forms could have been. They could have been demigods themselves before manifesting into humans (Ozpin forcibly so), furthermore the conflict between Ozpin and Salem could be timeless and far longer than the "Centuries ago" that Ozpin stated he had bestowed his power on the maidens.