Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-28522425-20170408122224/@comment-26018514-20170505063702

My current theory is that the masks are her tribes thing, and that members(or former members) entered the WF's leadership.

now the crazy part I can't pin down(likely isn't true, but is an interesting thought):

I'm of the opinion that Qrow's ability to turn into a bird isn't unique among the tribe... that in fact it is required to be in the tribe, that would be why Yang was abandoned, and how Raven's tribe does so well outside the walls, further, that Adam is either a former member of the tribe or a similar tribe of those who can turn into owls... which would be why the midirect of his horns looking feathery in the series... he may be a bull faunus... but he can become a horned owl.