Talk:Salem/@comment-26073173-20170319013007/@comment-26073173-20170319185758

Chishiokunrin: Oscar and Ozpin are now merged but Oscar still retains his identity. Assuming my theory has merit, Ozpin has had the Wizards soul in him for years and while he has his memories, he still identifies himself as a different person. Salem still sees him as her former brother and wants both his relic and his head. The Ozpin we knew from volumes 1-3 was mortal just like any other human, he only knows Salem because of the wizards memories and I assume Oscar will be the same way. Anyway, the four maidens fairy tale (and I emphasize fairy tale) might have been created by Ozpin's predecessor before he died to protect the maidens when he was most likely about Oscars age. The fairy tale might not have depicted exactly what had really happened. Only a few people knew of the fairy tale's reality and that was the intention. It could have been made just after the Great War to keep them mostly hidden. Qrow said that Ozpin said that they couldn't tell the public because they couldn't cause a panic. But I think it was to keep away other people like Cinder from the maidens and the relics