Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-92.238.198.248-20160620192523

Personally, I feel that due to her appearence, the nature of Cinder's Glove and the fact that most of Cinder's plans include releasing Grimm into the city. I solidly beleive that Salem has some connection to the Grimm.

So, let's say that Ozpin is the Wizard from the Maiden story. If so, that would mean that Ozpin must be centuries old. This could be supported by his semblance apparently having some connection to Time. If that is true then whos to say he isn't even older, perhaps even old enough to remember the arrival of the Grimm (As it is mentioned in the intro to episode 1 that the Grimm appeared after man-kind and Faunus) In fact, this may be a stretch, but what if Ozpin was one of the first humans to have appeared on Remnant and as the Aura races (Humans and Faunus) Begin to spread across the globe, taking resources and building cities, Salem and the Grimm are created as a kind of balance, Man's only natural predator. Then, as the Aura races are being slaughtered, they come across Dust. This allows them to push the Grimm back and construct their Kingdoms. This has lead to a stalemate: The Aura users can't really expand and the Grimm can't break into the Kingdoms: In enters Cinder, a Human willing to allow the Grimm to destory her species in order to serve her Mistress: Salem, the Queen Grimm. 