Beacon Academy, a prestigious combat school that trained aspiring students who were interested in the occupation known as Huntsmen/Huntress. This academy boasts up-to-date services and all their equipment is just behind Atlas' level of technology. While the building itself is a marvel in and of itself, the staff members that teach in this academy is also nothing to scoff at, seasoned Huntsmen and Huntresses teach aspiring students and even support them in times of need. Leading this prestigious academy is none other than Ozpin.
It was this same person that sat on his seat, at the top of his tower, hands steeple togethers, an expression of deep thought. One little fact that only a handful of people know is that Ozpin isn't who he really is on the surface. Ozpin is an immortal, how long he'd existed, not much is known especially when the people that do know only know so little about his past except for the long war he had with his personal enemy. Salem, the Grimm Witch. The only people who know of his longest fight were Qrow Branwen, James Ironwood and Glynda Goodwitch. It was these same people that stood in the very room he is in right now.
"Qrow, report," Ozpin said.
The old crow took a moment to compose himself and to James and Glynda's surprise, he didn't reach behind his back pocket to indulge in the liquid poison. He took a deep breath before recounting his memories, from the point where he stopped the assailants' objective all the way to his encounter with the robed man who possessed magic unlike, he had seen before – range gauntlets that reminds him of his niece's gauntlets only instead of shooting dust ammo it was ethereal, the ability to summon discs made of water that could cut an entire rock in half and last was the large beam of light that could annihilate an entire highway.
When he was done talking about the man's weapons he then talked about his attitude, from what he could glean on his conversation with one of the assailants, he's very familiar with magic, but then that begs the question of how he knew of it, everyone in the room knows that the existence of magic has been long lost and buried within the dark depths of humanity's history. Perhaps that person had discovered it on their own? But how? And if so, why hasn't he been well known? With the kind of powers, he had displayed when Qrow described his encounter with him, he should have some reputation, if not in Vale then perhaps rumours surrounding outlying villages. It's like he just popped in of existence and went from there.
But that's not all there is to it. No, the entire circle that Ozpin created has a reason to believe that he is an enemy. The catch is that he isn't affiliated with Salem, no, that robed man is from a different faction. How could they have come up with such a conclusion? It's nothing obvious except for the fact that he just took the Fall Maiden away from them! Under the pretence of helping her with her sever condition, the robed man just upped and left Qrow, bringing the Fall Maiden with him! Qrow could do nothing except to go back and report in on what he had just seen.
"Well…" Ozpin began making the members of his inner circle look at him. "On the bright side, we can be sure that the Fall Maiden wouldn't be in any danger any time soon,"
James stepped up. "How is that a 'bright side'? An unknown individual walked up to the Fall Maiden and took her away from us!"
"But at the same time, it would keep the Queen's pieces from knowing her location," Ozpin countered.
"Isn't the situation the same for us?" James quipped making Ozpin furrowed his brow. "I will assemble a special team and look for this individual,"
This time it was Qrow's turn to respond. "And if he's found,"
"You of all people should know what will happen," at this remark, Qrow began to chuckle which made the general narrow his eyes. "What's so funny?'
It took a couple of seconds before the crow's chuckling died down. He looked at James with a serious look. "You think, your little robots could handle someone like him?"
"Atlas' firepower is not one to be underestimated," James said with little pride welling up in his chest.
"Jimmy," Qrow began making the general irritated at the mention of his childish nickname. "That man has the power to obliterate an entire mountain. That large beam of light that I'm talked about earlier is no exaggeration. If he wanted, he could take out Atlas alone,"
Knowing that Qrow doesn't exaggerate, this made the entire room much more tense. It didn't help that they also had to worry about the Fall Maiden's assailants. Even if the Fall Maiden's location became unknown to both parties that doesn't stop Salem's pieces from targeting the other Maidens and perhaps this time around she will not be so discreet about her objective.
James felt irritated at Qrow's answer so he decided to just give him a monotone answer. "All the more reason to take him down,"
The old crow gave the seasoned general a disappointed look before speaking up for the last time. "Whatever, I'm too sober for this. If you need me, I'll be in the nearest bar," he said before turning around and making his way to the tower's elevator.
Silence enveloped the room as the remaining three watched the old crow leave the meeting. Once he was gone, Glynda gave out a long and tired sigh. Another work to add on, it doesn't help that she's a teacher to aspiring huntsmen and huntresses while also dealing with a being that's hellbent on the extinction of mankind and now another unknown appeared that managed to not only take out Amber's attackers but also to be the one who kidnapped Amber. She can already tell that the following days are going to be longer than she wanted.
"Regardless, if we do make contact with Amber's saviour and kidnapper, we have to determine first which side he will take," Ozpin said.
James scoffed, "It's glaringly obvious which side he's already taken,"
"We don't know that yet," Glynda chimed in causing James and Ozpin to look at her. "From what Qrow told us, this individual has the intention of helping us,"
"Kidnapping the Fall Maiden isn't really a sign of good faith," James said.
"And sending a search party with the intention to 'shoot first, questions later' isn't?" Glynda countered. "I don't think I need to remind you how powerful this individual is, general,"
Before James could counter with a reason of his own, a loud thud was heard. Their heads turned to Ozpin, standing up and with a cane on one hand. A look of disappointment was on his face seeing as now he was at an impasse and for them to progress, a decision needs be made. He weighed the pros and cons of James' idea of sending in a search party for the Maiden. After a long minute of thinking, he made his decision.
"James, you may assemble a search party," the general's chest swelled. "But that is what the party is only used for, searching, under no circumstances are you to arrest this individual without confirming his true intentions,"
Not an answer that the general wanted but he'll take it. Eventually, they will see, while he may be the newest addition to Ozpin's circle, he certainly wasn't going to handle situations like this like an amateur. With the meeting adjourned until something new happens, James left the room, leaving only Glynda and Ozpin. Glynda was giving Ozpin a look which wasn't missed by the old headmaster.
"Something on your mind?"
Glynda sighed. "Are we sure about this individual?"
Ozpin turned around and started walking towards the window which overlooked the entire academy. "If the individual said that he was going to help Amber then I'm pretty sure he has good intentions,"
"And if it's all a ruse?"
Ozpin didn't say anything, knowing that Glynda wouldn't get an answer, she gave out a tired sigh before leaving the old wizard alone.
A/N: Most stories that I've read up about Terraria highly underestimate how powerful your character is at the endgame.
