Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24994749-20140808215337/@comment-24994749-20140809044430

Ozpin told Ironwood the Vytal Festival was "A time to celebrate unity and peace." Weiss said it is "A festival dedicated to the cultures of the world."

Maybe the Vytal Festival is to Remnant what the Eurovision Song Contest is to the EU?

Weiss said the Cross Continental Transmit System was a "gift to the world after the Great War." from Atlas.

This is something I posted in the thread for Volume 2, Episode 2:

"Given the opening narration spoke of humanity when describing the founding of civilisation, that the kingdoms have always been human while faunus lived in tribal societies in the wild. The Faunus War and the humans decision to try to push the faunus to Menagerie might have come from the kingdoms expanding their territories and trying to take the lands of faumus tribes. It could also explain why both species differ: humans survival depended on their ability to learn to use dust and build city fortresses. Faunus, on the other hand, with traits like night vision, increased hearing, etc were better adapted to survive in the wild in small, maybe even, nomad units. Actually, the different types of faunus might have to do with the traits more useful to survive the Grimm and nature in general of different ecosystems. Humans prejudice of faunus as animals might have been born not solely of their traits but also of the way they lived in the wild."

Now, what if first came the "Great War" among the human kingdoms that were trying to expand and reclaim natural resources from each other? In the middle of it, they "discover" the faunus tribes. I mean, there are at least 2 kingdoms that are in the same continent, and Vacuo is implied to be a dessert so it wouldn't be illogical for them to be looking for off shore more fertile lands.

The human kingdoms decide it's more productive and less morally conflictive (as in easier to get the general population to support a war against) to expand by taking the lands of the faunus who were living in "the wild" either in nomad tribes or in Inca/Azteca/Maya styled empires. Atlas builds the Cross Continental Transmit System to enable humanity ally. And the Faunus Rights Revolution begins.