Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-27404492-20170918133425/@comment-4010415-20170930071320

Pretty much like 73 said.

I think I've actually explained before (err, was it here and Tumblr, or just Tumblr?) that I really don't think that Blake ever lived in Menagerie, at all.

She said herself that she was at every rally and participated in every boycott, while it showed her as a young child holding up a protest sign. This could suggest that, while the White Fang HQ is in the Kingdom of Mistral, she and her parents may have traveled around a bit to spread the White Fang's influence and help Faunus in other regions organize. And, actually, I think that would be a pretty interesting angle for them to use for her backstory - that she was moving around a lot growing up, rather than having a home that she stayed in a lot. If Sun traveled around Vacuo a lot growing up, then that would be something they could connect with each other over.

Anyway, considering that the mansion that Ghira and Kali live in is the chieftan's mansion, I believe that Ghira and Kali began living there after Ghira stepped down as the White Fang's leader and became the chieftan. One of the Albains outright specifically said "since you stepped down as High Leader and became chieftan of Menagerie", which blatantly tells us that Ghira was not the chieftan before he stepped down as the White Fang's leader.

We know that, when Ghira and Kali left the White Fang, Blake did not. In fact, from what Blake said during her heart-to-heart with Ghira, we know that she yelled at her parents and called them cowards when they left. She says "I should have left with you and mom", implying that, when her parents left the White Fang, that was when she parted ways with them.

Blake never lived in the chieftan's mansion. Blake was always with the White Fang and participating with them, since at least early childhood.