Board Thread:Episode Discussion/@comment-4141313-20181110034633/@comment-32850419-20181110172823

I don't think Ozpin's children were the original Maidens. I'm fairly sure Salem killed them all.

Instead, when Ozpin, who was a wizard, saw the four girls outside, he thought of his children, and that is why he was moved to tears and gave them the powers, like his children once had - they were the inspiration for the Maidens, but not the original ones. Most interesting.

There are a few other things though. How does the myth of the Silver Eyes fit into this? And what about Dust? Where did the Faunus come from? Mysteries remain. For now, I'm under the impression Dust was the moon's impact stuff landing into Remnant, and now it is being dug up from where it was left there many millenia before, but Silver Eyes and Dust - and how Silver Eyes interact with Maidens/Grimm specifically?

Though, the fact that Ozpin believes Salem is unstoppable is probably what he was hiding. He doesn't want anyone else to know that Salem can't be stopped. Whether or not this is 100% true is debatable in context of RWBY, it burdens him greatly. And those mistakes he talked about making? Many of those were him serving with Salem as gods over the humans from long ago.

Hell, most of this stuff was thousands of years ago, well before the current kingdoms we have now formed.

Now all I have to say is I wonder what the next question will be. It will be used up at some point.