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If Hazel was the scout like Qrow is now, then Hazel likely knows Oz's groups weaknesses as well as Salem knows Oz himself. Maybe he was spying on Salem, got caught, started respecting her, went native. Turned traitor.

I don't think Oz and Salem talking voice only in the first episode is canon. It's more like they're both thinking of each other and their thoughts sync up with what the other would say because they know each other so well. If Salem is the Wicked Witch of the West and Glynda is one too. Then where are the other Oz witches?

Here's how I see it based on what we've seen up till now:

Watts wants power but is all brains no brain. He like uses tech and minions to get things done. He teams up with Salem under the guise of working with her but secretly wants to rub her own when he gets the chance or if he's loyal it's only to Salem and fuck everyone else. Based on his arrogance I can't see him respecting too many of his allies.

Salem is bitter at Oz and is taking that hate out on the world he loves. She's likely a spirit or entity that doesn't need to be on Remnant and will leave once it's reduced to Dust. The Grimm don't see her as human so they don't attack her. And once she put a parasite Grimm in her she likely learned to trick Grimm into being her army. Which explains why she told Cinder to do the same as Cinder basically want to be a faux Salem, as Tyrian implied.

Tyrian is bat-shit insane and lonely and the only person who he's fooled himself into thinking understands him is Salem. Thus he sucks up to her because in his own way they're kindred spirits. He's to Salem what Emerald is to Cinder. If Salem says kill he kills. If Salem says leave the thinking to me, he stops thinking and just waits for orders.

Hazel is an associate of Oz and likely he, Oz and Salem all knew each other way before Qrow was a teenager. I don't doubt whatever Oz became it's something spiritual. He transferred his soul to Oscar without a machine or even being near him. If this was done to Oz himself too, then I think this is a family line descendant thing. Which Salem could be the same but for a female and for evil. Maybe a one point the 3 of them tried to decided how to guide society and couldn't agree so they went their separate ways. Salem started doing her thing, Oz told her to chill the fuck out, she said no. Surprise! She recruited Hazel and Oz basically has to retreat to the comfort of his schools and shore up his defenses with the aid of a group of his own.

If this above isn't what's going on and they don't want to hint at it or tell us because they think even a hint would spoil the whole thing? Then I think it must mean the reveal isn't a big shocker, it's bland, and they know it, so they don't want to lose viewers by hinting at the villains MOs because people would be like "What? That's all? It's just about X? What a rip!"