User blog comment:Zathronas/Analysis by an author: Prediction. Modus Operandi and the past/@comment-3387274-20131229211807/@comment-24218038-20131230013936

I agree, the RWBY generation is the one who has not seen war yet but certainly felt it. We know Ruby's mom is dead, probably Blake's parent too and we have not heard about, Weiss mother. Not to mention Yang's. If all of them are dead that would pretty much confirm a recent war. But as of now we don't know.