Talk:Huntsmen/@comment-30975241-20190403072826/@comment-24018437-20190403220304

I think that the Mountain Glenn situation wasn't so much born out of a formal hierarchy among the Hunters, rather then just for educational reasons. Not all colleges will have internships programms availeble for first year students, for example. Its more so because of educational reasons, rather then part of a military hierarchy of some sort.

And I honestly imagine that (excluding Atlas) no formal hierachy or ranking system exists. Hunters, after graduating, are pretty much free to do as they please. They're pretty much just glorified mercenaries, not some sort of badass order like, say, the Grey Wardens from Dragon Age. Heck, they can even choose to split up after graduation, meaning the team-based ranking system itself also become's irrelevent.

Having an official ranking system would kind of contradict all of that. If there was such a hierarchy, the Hunters would be more akin to a military orginsation of special order. But the show made it clear that being a Huntsman or Huntress is pretty much just being a highly-trained and glorified mercenary who specialises in killing Grimm, who can do as they please in terms of what jobs they take or where they operate. They're not allied to a single kingdom...Except for Atlas, considering they pressure graduates into joining the military. But I personally don't consider those to be true Huntsmen.