User blog comment:RPGsrule/The Chess Motif Speculation/@comment-15586611-20131203045455

I'm unsure about all this, But I do have one thing to say:

One interpreptation of the king piece in chess I've come across is that he is just as powerful as the queen, but moves only one space at a time due to caution and paranoia, being fully aware of just how big a target he is.

If one goes by that interpreptation, perhaps the king would be Ozpin or Qrow. Of course, this might make all the students pawns for being (relatively) quite weak, but with the potential to become far greater.

Just as I finished typing that, I realized that would make Qrow's message far more ominous.