Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20131004004930/@comment-14909251-20131006171543

WC-83 wrote: As for why the Faunus live in other countries as well, some may have been slaves or indentured servants, while at the same time, Vale and other nations were lands of oppurtunity for the newborn Menagirie. I don't think that makes a whole lot of sense. The very name Menagerie suggests it is a place of imprisonment for the Faunus. Consider the lyrics of From Shadows, which we can presume are about the Faunus. "We'll descend upon the world, take back what you stole" suggests to me they were removed from their true ancestral lands and forced into this other territory with their desire being to "reclaim their destiny" by restoring themselves in those lands. Consider Oobleck's words as well that humankind was adamant about "centralizing Faunus population" in Menagerie, which doesn't sound like they were simply from that area. I believe the Faunus lived in the territories of the kingdoms before humans and the Faunus we see in Vale either are from there or were part of a sort of Aliyah.