Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-28288412-20160606190439/@comment-25936766-20160606192701

MiniDaggers wrote: Now just give me a shot here. BANG. Done. Kill-Confirmed.

Now, this is all assuming they existed prior to the Grimm, or at least prior to humanity discovering them. And thus prior to Dust's discovery.

If we assumed they came to be after Dust, then it would make more sense. We could say they use Dust to defend themselves, or that the Wizard was close enough to a kingdom and as such the Grimm nearby were the mooks, meaning not much danger.

More likely though, is that the fairy tale is in itself BS without relation to the real thing. That while Maidens, and possibly the Wizard, exist, their origins are not like the tale says. That the original 4 didn't visit some old hikkikomori who gave them their powers out-of-nowhere for helping him.

Plus, regardless of everything fairy tales skip many logical details and even common sense for the sake of the story. Little Red Riding Hood: An old woman lives in a forest. Alone. And the version we are told, is the tale version, not the real version. There may well have been lots of fighting back then, or the maidens had company.