Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-3502820-20140331021532/@comment-82.12.156.248-20140331163144

Also of note is that there is no actual breakage of the fourth wall. The narrator never talks directly to the audience. It sounds more like a bard or a prophet re-telling long forgotten stories, potentially to a group of humans or faunus that have become complacent about the Grimm threat. The full narrator speech:

"Legends. Stories scattered through time. Mankind has grown quite fond of recounting the exploits of heroes and villains, forgetting so easily that we are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past. 'Man, born from dust, was strong, wise, and resourceful, but he was born into an unforgiving world. An inevitable darkness - creatures of destruction; the creatures of Grimm - set their sights on man and all of his creations. These forces clashed, and it seemed the darkness was intent on returning man's brief existence to the void. 'However, even the smallest spark of hope is enough to ignite change, and in time, man's passion, resourcefulness, and ingenuity led them to the tools that would help even the odds. This power was appropriately named Dust.'Nature's wrath in hand, man lit their way through the darkness, and in the shadow's absence came strength, civilization, and most importantly, life.' But even the most brilliant lights eventually flicker and die, and when they are gone... darkness will return.'' So you may prepare your guardians, build your monuments to a so-called 'free world', but take heed... there will be no victory in strength.''

Note the seemingly hinted at target. "We are remnants, byproducts, of a forgotten past" that's not the audience's past, I mean sure it's oddly poetic that it apply equally to the real world but in the context it concerns itself with the fact that humans and faunus alike have become complacent, they do not see the Grimm as a threat; I mean why would they? With the Grimm subdued humanity has nothing to worry about, right? They're at the top of the food chain.

Also "So you prepare your guardians, build your monomuents to a so-called 'free world', but take heed... there will be no victory in strength" sounds more like she is concerned that the power accumulated by humanity and faunuskind has led to them believing that they are untouchable, they are too strong, they already defeated the Grimm, therefore they can overpower them again. It sounds like she's not speaking to the audience, but in fact to a crowd.

Looking at the speech as a whole it sounds like a call to arms, a warning, a prophecy, given to those who are willing to listen. Whoever it is is (and we may indeed never find out unless Jen Taylor is willing to record some more dialogue) they are placing those that yet live on notice, one day light will fade and the Grimm will rise once again and no matter how prepared they are they will never win if all they rely upon is sheer brute force. It was their ingenuity that won them the last war, ingenuity that has shrivelled to contentment and technological stagnation over time. When's the last time they discovered something as world-changing as fire or dust?

As for Ozpin... perhaps he was amongst the crowd and spoke up agreeing that strength may not win the beckoning war, but at the same time the speaker has herself forgotten exactly how they survived this long. Honesty, heart, soul, companionship, courage, a retaining of one's innocence amidst the chaos, an absolute lack of fear in the face of destruction. They will be what wins them another war if such a thing comes to pass... they are what Ruby, Team RWBY and Team JNPR do ,or can and will, embody.