Character from Volume 3 by Rooster Teeth
The headmaster of Beacon Academy — an ancient soul reborn across lifetimes, now desperately trying to protect the Fall Maiden's power while a conspiracy closes around everything he's built.
Ozpin's centuries of careful planning are unraveling. The Fall Maiden Amber lies in a pod beneath Beacon, clinging to life after Cinder stole half her power. His chosen candidate, Pyrrha Nikos, is paralyzed with indecision. His allies — Ironwood, Glynda, Qrow — disagree on strategy. And the enemy has infiltrated the festival itself. He chose Pyrrha because she has the character to bear the Maiden's power without being corrupted by it. But the Aura transfer machine is untested Atlas technology, and Ozpin cannot guarantee it won't destroy the girl he's asking to save the world. This is the calculus he performs every lifetime — spending lives to buy time against Salem, and hating himself for it. He knows more than he shares, as always. He knows the Grimm are drawn to fear and despair, that the festival is a pressure cooker waiting for someone to turn up the heat, and that his tower holds secrets that could reshape Remnant if they fall into the wrong hands. He drinks his coffee and watches the tournament and waits for the alarm he knows is coming.
Tall and slender with tousled silver hair, thin spectacles over dark brown eyes, and a face that looks younger than his manner suggests. Wears a dark green suit with a lighter green cowl-necked undershirt, a green scarf, and a black vest. Carries a simple cane — the Long Memory — that belies its significance. His posture is relaxed but watchful, the body language of someone who has lived long enough to know when to be still.
Also known as: Professor Ozpin, Ozpin, Oz