User blog comment:IamThorn/Ozpin's Semblance, Restarting dicussion/@comment-24901923-20150305005226/@comment-9090085-20150308093323

Uhh... no, IamThorn, the "mistakes" line noes not scream that his lifespan is unnaturally long. While it could be constructed as such(particularly with the points I'll make below), It could be interpreted in multiple ways: It could be hyperbole, instance - in that, for all the good he's done in the world, he sees his life as a long list of failures.

No, the two big hints are Glenda's line in Mountain Glenn that "Ozpin has experience that the rest of us lack"; and the line from World of Remnant:Aura, that "With enough training and focus, a user's Aura can turn them into something much more than just a man," while Ozpin sips from his mug. The most subtle hit, though, is that his name doesn't follow the colour rule, suggesting that he was born before then, or even that he fought on the side of the Conformists in the "Great War".

But enough about how old he is, what do I think his semblance is? Short answer: None of the ones you linked to(no mater how cool they are).

Personally, I think you missed what Ozpin's key strength is - He's not an Orc Warboss who's in charge because he headbutted everyone else into following him; he's a master planner who has never lead people like Peter Port astray. His mind is his best asset - and if he's had a few lifetimes to hone his knowledge and wisdom, that's all the more reason to make him the "king" on the chessboard.

(In fact, I have the nagging suspicion that Oz doesn't have a semblance(or at lest one that's effective in combat); that might have led him to improve his Aura techniques, eventually learning to slow his aging to a crawl.)