Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-11188061-20140928044657

I thought it pretty obvious but after going through a few different forums, some people still don't seen to realize that the Art Ozpin mentioned in his speech is in fact, referring to the '''Art of Soul. '''It is also what you know as Auras and Semblance.

Hence, to this point 4 Wars have been mentioned to this date.

1) The Grimm War - the War everyone has forgotten. A time when people are just people, and few or no people at all understand about Aura or Dust. Their technology is inferior, and humanity is at the brink of annihilation, until people discovered Dust, which in turns possibly helps unlocking a person's Aura as well, and turned the tides of war.

This is a classic set up for the adventurer/hero/fantasy genre, where a few chosen people with special powers (Aura probably) is set on a quest to save the world from utter destruction. They discovered Dust, and with it help defeated the great evil that is the Grimm.

2) The 'Tyranny and Destruction of Art' War (the one Ozpin mentioned) - the War that happened only 80 years ago.

Mind that Ozpin mentioned oppression and tyranny. I believe that this is a world ruled by divided by who has Aura and who doesn't, where the upper tier/noble class of the Kingdoms are Aura wielders, and the rest are common, normal people. The normal people are discriminated by the noble class because they are weak and aren't 'chosen'.

Ozpin probably fought on the side who wants to end this oppression and inequality. He tipped the favors of the war towards his side, and came very close towards victory.

However, the leader (possibly the Black King) of this side was broken by war, and he wants a literal end to '''everything of the Art. 'He wants all knowledge about the soul, Aura, Semblance, everything ''to be destroyed, and every Aura wielder except those he trusts to be eradicated from existence.

This is because that as long as Aura empowered people exists, they will always be a level above normal people. There will always be a rift.

At the end of it, Ozpin killed his own leader and ended the war. Therefore he does not take a name - he is a person of the old world, and he doesn't take up a new name, nor does he feel that he's worthy of it.

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This is one scenario. The other will be that the tyrant is a tyrant from the beginning, and his policy is to eradicate all Aura empowered users because they represent a threat. Ozpin is originally on his side, but changed his mind later on.

It will be a classic Final Fantasy story though, if the plot goes this way.

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3) The War Against Faunus

What better excuse to unite the human world by telling them that they have a common enemy? We never learn. The point is, regardless who is the starter of this war, the Faunus has inevitably become the sacrifice that will unite the 4 Kingdoms as one.

4) The Current War

With the Black King dead, the Black Queen is freed of her responsibilities and become more powerful and freer than ever. Remnant faces a threat greater than anything they've ever encountered. 