Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-14138255-20161106163624/@comment-25266931-20161111030050

Yeah the Grimm are running into Vale to get to Beacon. But Vale is keeping the city from being overrun. While Beacon is already overrun since Grimm have been swarming it since Adam dropped some in and the Griffon and Nevermores came 6 months ago.

I don't think the artifact is Ozpin's care. It seem the most important stuff in Beacon is in the Vault not out in the open. If it was Oz's cane, Cinder wouldn't snapped it from him after winning the fight.