Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-24994749-20140705162247

I think the difference between the White Fang child soldiers and the hunyers in trainers is that:

a) up until they arrive at Beacon (age 17) all they seem to do is spar with each other. You could say it's not so different from studying martial arts.

b) they are taught to kill monsters. And they ain't actually sent to fight them until they have acquired a certain combal level.

The child soldiers are just kids that are being sent to kill people regardless of their own combat level.