Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25266931-20161111003308

https://www.watchcartoononline.io/rwby-volume-2-world-of-remnant-episode-1-dust

In volume 2 world of remnant episode 1, dust is discussed.

I believe, due to how Salem manipulates the Grimm, that they are some sort of dark byproduct of Dust. As she says at the end of the video that mankind still doesn't understand it or how it will change Remnant. Either she's some Grimm hive queen or she's a human who's tapped into Dust in some raw dark form. Thus the pools she gives birth to Grimm from. Mankind knows not what it does, as usual. And that lead them to use Dust to fend off the Grimm, not knowing that each time the use Dust the leftover resident make new Grimm. Which is why the Grimm desolve into black ash and soot and ink when they die. Returning to their essence, dark dust. Leftover of "light" dust, if you will. I think that once people finally understand this they'll like have to drop using Dust to keep from making more Grimm. So they once and for all end this humanity vs Grimm war. But Salem is confident they'll never figure it out since people need Dust to beat Grimm as Aura isn't enough.

Let's hash this out here and get to the bottom of it.  