User blog comment:Forrestib/Ozpin's age?/@comment-3146930-20131231022242/@comment-3146930-20131231053027

I actually got the idea from playing the new Pokemon game. In it, there is a king that made a terrible mistake in the past and ends up wandering the world for 3000+ years as a result. It reminded me of the intro to the show, showing four kingdoms that eventually faded from existence. Maybe Ozpin made a similar mistake to end the war with the Grimm and as a result, he is cursed to live forever. He now trains students so that they don't make the same mistake he did.