Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27276671-20160214220907/@comment-10390252-20160727092715

WC-83 wrote: Another theory of sorts: both Salem and Ozpin are "rulers of the world" as it were, fighting for control of the world. Both used to use Grimm to fight, but Ozpin thought they were stagnant and decided to counteract the Grimm's near cosmic initial power and trade it for humaity's adaptability. More specifically, Salem is the avatar of Chaos and Ozpin is the avatar of Order. Not by inherent nature but these are simply the positions in which their lives, choices and personalities have left them sitting.

I'm suddenly reminded of the overarching meta-plot frequently used in the Wonder Woman comics of the various characters and antagonists pieces on the chessboard of the Gods. Are Ozpin and Salem really playing chess with each other over the millennia and history is how the pieces remember the moves of the game?

It will be interesting if Salem starts drip-feeding hints about her underlying motives to Cinder. Maybe the mortal woman reminds her of her own younger self and they get talking about their mutual resentments and vendettas against civilisation.