Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20141223120240/@comment-70.72.38.180-20150606234311

^Gotcha. I thought it was three years. I've watched the scene and she said "our leader stepped down." I guess this means it's open to debate. Chose or forced?

As to why the last leader stepped down, I can only think of one idea.

They did something that went against their code even though it got them results. In other words, he/she did something or came very close to doing something violent towards humans.....and it worked

Like I said, the White Fang were said to be an organization that only did non-violent forms of protesting. I imagine that after years and years of getting little to no results on the equality they were promised, FL (former leader) snapped and did something terrible towards humans (perhaps they hurt/killed a Schnee). Even if the group got what they wanted out of it, FL still felt terrible about it because everything they've worked for, believed in what they thought was the right thing do did not work. The only thing that worked for them in the end was violence, proving to humanity that they are monsters. That's enough for FL to step down and possibly leave. But little did they know, their successor (could it be Adam?) 'continued' where FL left off because the violent path was the first thing that ever worked for them in a long time. The more violent acts they committed the more they lost sight of the original goals of the White Fang. Peace and unity.