Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-31.16.242.212-20151214165154/@comment-226878-20151215155122

Ah, right the names mean those things. I missed that.

They would still need them if his power was permanently passed onto them. If the old hermit wasn't Ozpin, then it's likely he died giving his power to the sisters. Avatar powers were never inherited genetically, it was always passed on at random just like the Maidens powers.