Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-34633327-20180125034140/@comment-27144409-20180215033457

Crazy theory inbound!

So I'm rewatching V4 with my mom (when I started typing this), who wanted a refresher before V5. We just watched the scene where Qrow was explaining the relics and the gods.

What if Salem was created with relics as an experiment to redeem the Grimm? Oz was in charge of watching the four components of god level power, and he might have been contemplating what set humanity apart from animals, let alone Grimm. The ability to create, knowledge, and the capacity for choice. So he take a Grimm, and imbues it with knowledge, creation, and choice, only for it to turn on him.

Salem probably didn't have control of the Relics for very long. Given their supposed power, they can probably do a lot in a short time. This would sort of explain how she got access to them, and how Oz was able to (presumably) quickly regain control of them.