Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-158.125.243.29-20150329080244/@comment-25857155-20150417153523

He is not just a businessman. Recall, Weiss states that her family has been at war with the White Fang, as in "actual killing," if I remember her words correctly. It seems entirely plausible to me that Mr. Schnee is quite a capable combatant in his own right - though perhaps, similar to Goodwitch, he is fairly useless without his semblance or Dust.

I believe his semblance is the ability to summon a guardian made from his Aura, strengthened by will, and shaped by personality - and possibly augmented by Dust. Well, given who he is, almost certainly augmented by Dust. The drawback would be how much Aura it takes to produce, stripping him of all but his most basic defense, and likely his own combat weaknesses. Mr. Schnee, in my mind, is less of a combatant and more of a chessmaster, so his semblance seems fitting to me.