Talk:Grimm/@comment-24.191.22.123-20141127164411/@comment-25555436-20141128020420

The Grimm near the cities are so weak they could expand quickly, but the adult Grimm are the real danger, which is what limits the kingdoms. The problem's not the mooks, it's the bosses. Or at least, that's what they say. With what I've seen, it's hard to believe.

First, there's the Deathstalker and the Nevermore in Vol.1. The DS could have spent many years in that cave, while the Nevermore...hard to say, but it's definitely not a child. The DS gave somewhat a fight but didn't really own JNPR before being killed. The Nevermore wasn't truly tough, being more of a Damage-Sponge Boss that was hard to hit and damage, than a real Wake Up-Call Boss, with RWBY not having much problem against it other than the fact it was hard to hit and they needed to make it stop for a seconds.

However, I think the real reason it's more like why doesn't a government crush North Korea, who has one of the biggest armies in the world, despite being weak in strenght, technology, and experience. Everyone could defeat them, the question is how long it would take. Their numbers are so high, they would still be able to cause some damage before going down.

The Grimm are by the billions apparently. While the 4 kingdoms could take all of them down easily, it would take so long that in the long-term civilians could take some damage and it would probably cost a good amount of resources. The Grimm are not a threat at all, it's just that crushing them would have rather big risks.