Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-207.161.191.84-20130902041122

So, "Crimson" seems to be a fairly hot topic when it comes to speculation. I think I may have her mostly figured out, so I'd just like to give my two cents based on what we've seen from the show, as well as statements made in interviews, panels, etc.

First off, what we know about her. Crimson is powerful. As we've seen from episode 1, she seems to be powerful enough to match or possibly surpass Glynda Goodwitch. As well, unless there's another place to have learned her techniques, "Crimson" appears to have Huntress training. Glynda also seems to be familiar with her, if the look she gave her is any indication. She's also important enough that in the intro, she is one of three antagonists shown, and the final one at that. The other two, shown seperately from her, are the Grimm and Roman Torchwick, despite her affiliation with him.

A few more facts to note. In an interview, Monty said, "the main antagonist for me has been a character in my mind again for the longest time but now we have a name for her, now we have a design for her." At the RWBY panel at RTX, Miles and Kerry talked about before recording Jennifer Taylor's opening narration, they were incredibly excited to find that she was playing "a character." In this same opening narration, this character seems to be having a conversation or disagreement with Professor Ozpin.

Now, for my theory. "Crimson," played by Jen Taylor, is a graduate of Beacon Academy, and was previously a professor there. Something, maybe seeing children killed, the Grimm returning, humans killing each other, or some shocking realization, caused her to lose faith in the world. After a fallout with Professor Ozpin, she left the school. Her replacement was Glynda Goodwitch.

How she ended up with Torchwick, why they seem to be so interested in dust, or what her intentions are, I don't know. However, I'm almost totally certain that she's going to wind up being the main antagonist. That would make her a worse threat than the Grimm, which, according to her monologue, may be why she turned in the first place.

I'd love to hear what you guys think with regards to my connecting the dots, and the pieces I'm still missing from the puzzle, assuming I've put it together right. 