Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-4485275-20140704202430

I really doubt the militant shift was all that slow.

The change in leadership could have been a legit "Stepping down" or it could, more likely, be a simple silent coup. We also know that there was a war with the faunus as one of the two sides, this gives us veterans with a belief in the same ideals that the white fang have, who are already fine with fighting and killing for that cause, and have the experience and very likely, the equipment, to act as a militant arm, as well as train more troops.