Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-24993958-20170114144645/@comment-28522425-20170115191146

While I think Ozpin's cane might have been Ozking's, I doubt that it is a relic.

If it is the relic then tell me: How is it that he lost to Cinder?, and most importantly, why didn't she take it?

I admit, there could be any number of reasons, maybe the shape of the relic changed, maybe Cinder didn't know what it looked like, maybe they are only useful if the four are together, maybe Maiden powers are stronger than the relics, or maybe Ozpin let himself be killed as part of an elaborate plan to take Salem by surprise, who knows.

Anyway, we've only been told that the cane "stores time", so maybe when Qrow hands over the cane to Oscar he will see the past, and maybe then we'll know if it is a relic or not.