Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-112.201.160.193-20160124193206/@comment-64.233.172.140-20160125022551

In the opening of Volume 3 Ruby said, "I still wonder why Ozpin let me in early. But uh, I guess he tell me one day?" At the time I honestly thought that it was just because she showed talent when she took down the thieves in the very first episode.

Now is a different story, given how Ruby said that specific line in the opening of the Volume that introduces the maidens, I can't help but think it was foreshadowing the fact that Ruby might be a Maiden.

I honestly think that Ozpin has a vested interest in Ruby because he thinks she 'might be a maiden'. Think about it only Atlas has made strides to studying Aura from a scientific stand point and in recent years, the Brotherhood very likely has no scientific tools or data to help Identify the maidens. It's likely that the Brotherhood (by the way is that what we're gonna call Ozpin's secret fraternity?) only has observing possible candidates for showing symptoms of being a Maiden to manifest. Ruby is young and maybe those symptoms have yet to manifest, or maybe she just has as of yet to tap into her powers (if she has them).

Ruby would more likely to tap into her Maiden powers, and easier to observe at Beacon, where she's be boarding as oppose to signal academy where she might go home at the end of everyday.

So the reason Ozpin let Ruby in early is to help determine if she was a Maiden, and even if she wasn't he would have put a talented young girl on the fast track to becoming an amazing Huntress. Something that looks like a win-win.

-Defcon Deceiver.