Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-4830106-20130810030606/@comment-14909251-20140706031444

MetallicArcher wrote: I think the difference between the White Fang child soldiers and the hunters in training is that:

a) up until they arrive at Beacon (age 17) all they seem to do is spar with each other. You could say it's not so different from studying martial arts.

b) they are taught to kill monsters. And they ain't actually sent to fight them until they have acquired a certain combal level.

The child soldiers are just kids that are being sent to kill people regardless of their own combat level. I agree the Huntsman and Huntresses are not quite like child soldiers in the White Fang, but the fact hunters go through training at a very early age does suggest a culture that would be more accepting of it. For them it would be like going through basic training at the same time they are going through junior high and beginning high school and then being sent into combat as they finish high school and go to college. Given that this is going on during a period of relative peace and prosperity, one can only imagine what it was like in more uncertain times. The White Fang using kids in their early teens and even a little younger would probably not be seen with the same level of shock as it is in our society, even if it would still have damaging on the pysche of such young individuals.