Board Thread:FAQs/@comment-26261770-20180325002201/@comment-34172579-20180325211149

The way I see it, Salem and Ozpin fought in the past, to a point where they both have a relative understanding of eachother; how both sides take to this war of two sides.

Salem is more for manipulation, she's there to turn people against eachother while Ozpin sits on the side lines only keeping the few who he deems nessecary; worthy of the knowledge of the war between himself and Salem informed with all recent events meanwhile keeping a wall of lies to protect the general public as well as making the schools to give humanity a fighting chance as well as giving people hope.

With how Salem takes to things it's obvious why Ozpin doesn't know what Salem will do next, with how Ozpin took to things Salem relatively knows what Ozpin is going to do.

I kind of see it as, my freind is my enemy as they've both been at it for enough time that they've got this bond of hatred yet they both have this small sense of amazement each time the other person changes their way of thinking.

It's obvious also that Salem has been close to gaining the relics / the maidens in the past because she knows that the maidens are linked to the vaults, the steps needed to open a vault (All be it she's either not very good at finding the Beacon vault or the relic of Choice is elsewhere.) - As well as Ozpin putting the relics into vaults in the first place, although that can be argued because that is just common sense.