Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20151115174306/@comment-14909251-20151122220853

The World of Remnant episode suggested Hunstmen and Huntresses arose in response to the Great War. It could mean that no one actually "lost" the war, but that they reached some conclusion out of necessity. Perhaps as they became distracted the Grimm started assaulting areas and claiming territory and, faced with an existential threat to all Kingdoms, ended the war to mount a united front against the Grimm. Maybe a coup played a role in that, but it would only be because the military leaders thought their leadership was not putting as high a priority on fighting the Grimm. Since Atlas is situated in an icy continent, they might not have been under the threat of the Grimm and thus the leadership felt safe in that mindset. Maybe it is even like how the Galactic Republic under Palpatine was nearly toppled by the Jedi Order once they realized he was a Sith controlling both sides in the Clone Wars, only in this case the coup was successful.