Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-34553226-20180202120254/@comment-35274492-20180413170547

They are ideas that could work with the story and when seeing something like this, Remnant itself sounds like a post-civilization type place where humanity is attempting to survive due to the Grimm. It could be that there was another civilization prior to the formation of the Kingdoms similar to our own where there are multiple nations that had risen and humanity had become the dominant race. Then everything went to hell in a hand basket which would cause scenarios like this to come about, is it 100% certain? No but it certainly sounds plausible given the information we have been presented by the show itself.

The formation of the kingdoms, their advanced technology even in comparison to our own, their difficult situation all of that indicates a previous time when the situation wasn't so dire likely before the Grimm began to attack humanity. Ozpin when we saw the story with the Maidens appeared to be during a time of peace without the Grimm and to be honest, we do not know if Salem predates Ozpin or not and it seems rather strange for the Gods of Remnant to curse Ozpin and task him with the duty to defeat Salem when he is at full power especially when Ozpin said that he was tasked to defeat her. It wouldn't make sense for him to be at full power such a punishment makes sense more after he had created the maidens. It would force the situation that he is in now, to gather allies and resources to defeat her instead of his magical power which, considering how we have seen two maidens fighting, was considerable and possibly even enough to best her.

As for her being an original maiden, that was more if it was a successor had awoken them, that was my bad for swiftly typing. His curse seemed to have come effect after that for when we saw him as the Wizard, that was most likely his first life not a reincarnation and once more during a seeming time of peace in the world. Even to the point that four young women can walk out in the middle of the forest unguarded and without weapons, that doesn't sounds anything like the Remnant we know in the present storyline. It would also have to take into sometime after he had failed to defeat Salem and the only point in time that is most plausible would be after his creation of the Maidens and there is nothing that actually says that she did exist prior to that moment or sometime past that. Unless you are going to take into account this wiki stating that she is thousands of years old but that is not concrete either.

As for the Silver-Eyed Warriors, the question would then be why would their powers be so effective against the Grimm if they were not purposefully made to fight against them? Ozpin is ancient and the God Brothers were clearly active enough to curse him when failing to defeat Salem the first time. So you can say that they are not longer active in the world but they are probably watching the situation but choosing to not intervene in the mess that has been created. Once more, the power for them to be that effective and not have a reason especially storytelling wise doesn't make sense and it wouldn't just manifest out of nowhere, there would be a source for it. We know the God Brothers have an affinity for creating stuff and Ozpin did the same so it's possible that there was some interference going on. Does this mean they are not an ancient race? No, in fact, considering the time frame this idea is based in, it says that they are.

For Faunus, let's take into account of some things, Faunus were not mentioned as a creation of the God Brothers that is humans and humans will advance themselves through genetics or other means to continue maintaining power. The Faunus themselves, given how they are treated for some additions, indicates that they were probably either treated the same in the previous civilization or made from humans to be a form of prey for the Grimm to attack giving humans time. And even in our own reality, differences cause problems even if they are merely cosmetic, so it's not hard to believe that the Faunus were created from humans and changed so that they might be used as fodder during this turbulent period in time.

But once more, all of this is speculation. It could be right or it could be wrong, it's just interesting seeing how much can be inferred when looking at Remnant. Of course, since this is a series and not based in real life, most of this will likely be contradicted when the show continues into the later volumes.