Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-27312496-20181106221259/@comment-33287020-20181107205148

Personally, I think the guy in armor is the first Ozpin who died after whatever happened happened, and blue guy is the second Ozpin reincarnation, the first one post the event that changed Remnant. You can see people bowing in reverence to him as he floats in the air, and I don't think people would bow in reverence to some guy floating in the air if everyone still had magic.

Semblances are probably called that because a person's special ability in current Remnant is literally a fraction, or a semblance, of the magic they once possessed. Dust is probably just magic that the gods took from humanity and remade in crystallized form. That black orb with a purple aura was giving me serious gravity dust vibes.