Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14909251-20131004050309/@comment-22580009-20131005015622

The Devil's Advocate WP wrote: Angren Túrë wrote: Interesting, but Jen Taylor (Cortana) as the Big Bad? sorry, but that doesn't really resonate with me*. That aside, that's a good point, especially about Ozpin's character break in EP3. Also, good LOTR reference. Maybe Ozpin is putting on a show of force to intimidate the big bad, but he has Ruby and Jaune (or Frodo and Sam) as secret weapons.

That conversation at the beginning of the first episode strikes me as rather significant and I do not think Crimson is that significant. As I said, the narrator could just be an emmissary, but her character seems too important to be someone who is piloting the getaway jet for a Dust heist. Crimson is undoubtedly more than a pilot, but I don't think she is on that level.
 * That is not to say she still can't be evil. Crimson, perhaps...?

I think Crimson is far more than she appears. I sorta got that feeling of the side-kick who is far stronger than the leader. I think she is working with Roman because it serves her needs, but as soon as she gets what she wants or Roman comes close to failing she reveals her true power and, kind of like Yang when you hurt her hair, she becomes far far stronger. Everyone attempts to get away, name characters succeed (possible exception of Roman), and Crimson gets elevated to current big bad.