I ' m still of the opinion that Ozpin has been projecting himself from a secret location the entire series . His cane , which you rarely see him without , is the focus , and it requires a certain amount of power to keep his false image corporeal . He overtaxed the energy during his fight with Cinder and disappeared in the last scene we see . This makes her believe that she has indeed killed him . Since he can ' t get the cane recharged and maybe Qrow doesn ' t know how , or isn ' t able to , he has to go to his backup plan Contacting a distant blood relative via scrying mirror . I don ' t have much to back this up , it ' s just my gut feeling . <| sep |> Louder with Crowder <| sep |> What an annoying documentary . They make it seem like a reality tv show more than anything .