Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130802021443/@comment-8207536-20130805205319

BenRG wrote: Angren Túrë wrote: That makes me wonder, where exactly do Hunters go when they aren't staff members at Beacon? I imagine that the 'Ranger' parallel is somewhat accurate, as would the concept of the wandering lawman from the US old West.

After graduation, Hunters become wandering keepers of law and order and protectors of the innocent. In practice, all Hunters have territories - areas where they have jurisdiction transcending even that of the police (for a Hunter may find themself acting as judge, jury and executioner in the most dangerous of confrontations). However, they will also travel to where they are needed and to reinforce their brothers and sisters in the places where the peace is threatened the most.

For all they have great power, Hunters are also aware that they bear the greatest responsibility. The penalties for abusing your powers and, worse, for failing those whose safety is entrusted to you are severe beyond words.

Ozpin's speech suggests very strongly that there is no 'retirement' for Hunters in the way we think of it. For them is the life of duty for the rest of their days. There may be a family somewhere along the way but the sacred vocation must always come first. The very best older Hunters become instructors, either at Beacon or the feeder schools like Signal. However, for most it is the Good Fight until your name is on a memorial stone like that of the late Summer Rose or, when you feel your powers beginning to fade, you simply choose the Long Walk into the Wild, bringing Light to all the Dark places in the world until your dying breath. And now I have a picture in my head of Weiss, wearing a mask, and riding on a white horse through the desert.