User blog comment:Zolnir/TAIYIN IS DEAD/@comment-3146930-20140927014339/@comment-4010415-20140927101114

Yep, watching through the video from the beginning now. They asked him what influence he draws from for his voicing of Ozpin, and he said when he auditioned for the role, he had just started watching Game of Thrones and drew upon Tywin Lannister.

That's probably where I've heard the name before, to be honest, since I watched a video of a RWBY panel where he and Monty ended up talking about that, and how fans freaked out when the character died and Monty tweeted Shannon about it. Shannon did his impersonation of Capslock!Tumblr going "OMG OZPIN'S GUNNA DIE"