Talk:Great War/@comment-10390252-20140808091054/@comment-24891101-20140928015819

[Old comment, didn't realize when I typed it, shame for it to go to waste.]

Basically, yes. The Great War was of similar nature to ours: Technology had advanced before tactics, and previous conflicts were small potatos in comparison to the destruction wrought here. There had to have been previous wars, and wih only four viable nations, any number of belligerents greater than two would qualify it as a world war. Aftermath of the war is mostly comparable to WWII. It'd have been only four generations ago, though [Yes, yes, the date. Preserved for the sake of the tangent.]. (I wonder how long a generation on Remnant is? With the historical threat of the Grimm, early parenthood might have been a cultural thing, to ensure hitting replacemen rate. While modern tech has reduced the threat of the Grimm, almost to complacency level, it may be culturally ingrained.)

The FFR springs up gradually in the aftermath of the Great War, as Faunus assert their individuality. Localized protests and discontent eventually lead to terrorism, insurrection, and new, self-declared nation-states in the wilds. The world, sovereignty threatened, unified as never before, but reluctant to go to war, drags their feet until they can justify doing so no longer, and decide to crack down, but the asymmetrical nature of the conflict leads to quagmire, like in Vietnam. This finally ends about a generation and a half ago.