Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27587790-20160321183825

Everyone had in mind since the reveal of the four maiden stories that Ozpin is the Old wizard from the tale. With the volume 3 finally, it become increasingly clear for everyone that he is the wizard, everyone just assume that now… but not me…. Let me explain, I promise it will make sense.

First Ozpin just can’t be the wizard, he actually say it himself. Volume 3, chapter 6, 4:05: ‘’would you believe me if I told you that story was around since I was a boy?’’ and then he insist ‘’would you believe me if I told you it was true?’’ how could he be the old wizard if he was a boy when the story was already being told? I can’t understand why people didn’t realize that one. Not only is that, but the way the wizard drawn in the world of remnant: four maidens, he appears to be really old, instead of Ozpin.

Then in Volume 3, chapter 6, 7:05 Goodwitch says: at First, the only thing that was certain was that the powers were specifically passed onto young women, but as time went on,  it was discovered  that the selection process was much more intimate’’ The key word: discovered, if Ozpin was in fact the Old wizard, he would know how the maidens power is transfer, I would have told Glinda, this would not have been ‘’discovered’’ just known.

In the brief fight between Cinder an Ozpin, Ozpin show a really strong set of power. In the story tell by Ozpin (we would assume, because same voice actor, because he and Salem are both the narrator of Rwby and world of remnant) in the Wolrd of remnant: the four maidens, at 5:45 he says:  ‘’the wizard summon his magic,  every ounce  he could muster, and bestowed it upon the sisters. ‘’ This implied he gives all of his power to the four maidens, and Ozpin is still Op (not enough to win against cinder, but still).

So there is many evidence that Ozpin isn’t the Wizard from the Four maidens story, so who he is? Now we go in the Theory part,  warning: assumption ahead .

To define who is Ozpin, we have to define who is Salem, not only a character is always judge by his enemy, but they seem to be connected in some form (both narrator of World of remnant, and intro of Rwby volume 1 chapter 1, they seem to talk to one another  and Salem is determine to destroy him). My belief is they are brother and sister; maybe even twin (no evidence to back that) with the cliché scenario of an evil twin who wants to destroy the world.

Many people have pointed the fact that Salem looks very like the winter maiden from the World of remnant, and this is true, but like Glinda says: ‘’when a maiden die, the power leave the body and seek a new host, ensuring the seasons are never lost and that no individual can hold onto the power forever. ‘’ Salem could not be the winter maiden, at least not the first one, because the 4 initial maidens aren’t the kind of ‘’I  will destroys the world and hold my power forever!’’ kind of persons, and the Old wizard make sure that no one can hold the power (at least at first).

So Salem isn’t the Winter maiden, but what if she is her child, or more precisely the child of the first Winter maiden and the Wizard (yeah he is an old man, and she was a young women, but the wizard seems to be immortal (at least until he gives his power) and the first winter maiden could have age before a romance started between the two… or not… kind of gross thinking about it.

Ozpin could too be the child from this union. For a character would undoubtedly live thousands of years, isn’t odd that the story of the four maidens is been around since he was a boy, a child? For an immortal man, he his adult a very long time, but the time he is a child is really specific, so he was born when the story of the 4 maidens should have begins, very likely to be the children of the wizard and the winter maiden.

One dialogue that convinces me of this is in Volume 3, chapter 7 at 12:18: Cinder tells to someone, who we can assume at this point this was Salem: ‘’ yes, I will claim what is ours.’’ Cinder just got the half of the fall maidens power, and her goals seem to be de destruction of humanity, but there is nothing to claim in that, she must talk about the other half of the power, maybe all maidens power. So Salem consider the maidens power belong to her, maybe because, she is the daughter of the old wizard and should have got in heritage  the power, but didn’t cause the Wizards give them to 4 strangers (an one who could be her mother).

And last thing, maybe isn’t important at all, but isn’t a big coincidence that the two being who have seems to have lives thousands of years (Salem and Ozpin, duh) look young, but both have white hair? In a world with a large variety of hairs color?  