Talk:Faunus/@comment-85.76.80.74-20140415142915/@comment-64.131.43.22-20140808094914

I had much the same idea, that in the distant past some humans were experimented on, possibly as a way of getting an edge on combating Grimm, and the descendants become the Faunus. In my mind it would explain why this species (or if I'm correct, sub-species) have such a wide variety of different animal traits from individual to individual.

In response to other replies to this theory: I don't see ethical ramifications as being enough to stop anyone...and it'd probably be done by a corrupt government rather then just some random corporation. If I'm right, and these experiments were done to make better warriors, with whatever advantages certain animals have that humans do not, it'd make sense to make enough of them that if given enough time they could be the starting point of a huge group of people. Whatever group that could have done this, government or corporation, could very well have been 'devastated' if responsibility was ever pinned on them. If. It'd also be very likely that much of the facts surrounding such events could be lost to time, possibly dying with whomever was involved.

As to the technology that would be necessary for performing these experiments, we don't know for sure what the limits are where and when in Remnant. Just going by Jaune's sword doesn't seem like a good enough bench mark for what tech was available when. For one thing, I don't find it reasonable to state that Remnant went from pre-industrial (or a similar low tech period) to tech that is far beyond what we have now in only one hundred years. Heck, most of the cast still uses a sword or other bladed weapon, just with something extra attached. Could be a new-ish concept for hunters to make hybrid weapons but wasn't something Jaune's ancestor did in his time. Secondly, Dust and Auras. We don't know that limits of this world's pseudo-magic. I'd be very surprised if such an experiment didn't somehow involve or require one or both. Even with a relatively low tech time period, it could be possible that things like creating hybrids could be achieved with Dust and Aura.

That said, I don't really expect Monty and the crew to bother going into the origins of the Faunus.

TL:DR, Faunus could have been experiments because reasons. Actually, screw that, I worked hard on the above wall of text, read it dammit.