Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-173.20.10.245-20131101064024/@comment-24019512-20140731043944

I think it's safe to assume at this point that faunus are more distinct from humans than just race. However, they could be a subspecies, and therefore still hypothetically reproduce. (Homo sapiens sapiens reproduced with Homo sapiens neanderthalis, for instance.)

That being said, there's no evidence whatsoever that Torchwick or Weiss are faunus. Even Cinder is probably not one. It's just a radical terrorist group working with a criminal syndicate under, well, whatever Cinder is and what she's up to.

The connection with Pinocchio, however, sounds much more plausible. We'll see what happens with Penny and who her "Gepetto" is.