Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-16277621-20130823040543/@comment-16502426-20131004041646

69.132.163.13 wrote: In that case, she very well might be coming to Beacon to escape her past, and layng low as a human to detract attention not just from other students - although she seems like the type who just doesn't like attention of any kind - but so that White Fang won't find her. Pretty much my thinking exactly. She doesn't have to avoid being seen as a Faunus, but she chooses to for the sake of not having to deal with her past, her heritage, and everything that comes with it.

She may have originally worn the bow in the White Fang for whatever reason, but now she just wants to be a 'normal girl with normal... ears.'

Not entirely sure why the White Fang would be masking their identity. There's certainly no shortage of reasons why a radical group would want to hide their race, but to name a specific reason would be pure guessing.

My thought on Adam's mask is that he's hiding some sort of beak-like part of his face.