Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-166.182.85.155-20171001235816/@comment-4010415-20171002001730

166.182.85.155 wrote: So im i the only one thinking that the headmasters of the 4 schools are all from the wizard of Oz or is it just not talked about. Ozpin=Oz, duh Ironwood=tin man (because his school is very militaristic and heartless) Lionhardt=cowardly lion (he just surrendered to salems group in the end of volume 4 without even trying to resist.) So the last headmaster is from Vacuo, which according to the WoR:Vacuo. Their nation is very underdeveloped and unorganized probably due to the headmaster not using his brain, just like the scarecrow from wizard of Oz. Ozpin - Plus, the initials for the Wizard of Oz's full name spell OZPINHEAD, which is where Ozpin got his name from. And he wears green. And the forest next to Beacon is the Emerald Forest.

Ironwood - Plus, half his body is robotic, and Qrow said "Sometimes I wonder if he even has a heart."

Lionheart - Plus, his name, Leo Lionheart, is basically just Lion Lionheart. Very lion. Wow.

The state of Vacuo has absolutely nothing to do with the headmaster. It's because the other kingdoms moved in and started doing a lot of mining and ruined Vacuo's oasis, turning it into nothing but harsh desert with very few resources. This most likely happened before the Great War, and the Great War ended about 80 years before Volume 2. Plus, in WoR: The Great War, Qrow said there was a whole century of tension leading up to the war, so the other kingdoms ruining Vacuo's oasis could've happened decades or even 100 years before the Great War even happened.

I believe that the writers have said there is a Dorothy character, so Vacuo's headmaster might allude to Dorothy. That is, if I'm remembering correctly.