Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4010415-20140802105040/@comment-14909251-20140812011904

I think the name Menagerie itself suggests this was no sacred place for the Faunus, but a cage. Aside from Indian reservations one could liken it to the Madagascar solution originally contemplated by the Nazis or the Liberia solution that was pursued by some abolitionists in the United States. One could compare the situation to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict with the humans being the Israelis and the Faunus being the Palestinians. In this scenario the White Fang would essentially be Hamas.

Like I said before, I think the Faunus were the original inhabitants of Remnant and humanity forced them out of their territories. Their struggle with the Faunus may be older than their struggle with the Grimm as a result. Perhaps this is the true meaning of "The Third Crusade" as it may represent a call for reclamation. Basically, it would be a declaration that the Faunus should take back their native lands from the humans occupying them and, potentially, kill the human populations residing there now.

This would explain some of the lyrics in "From Shadows" like "Take back what you stole" and "We'll reclaim our destiny" as being about the goal of regaining the land that was rightfully theirs.