Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20140801004849/@comment-24994749-20140803024940

What we can take from Blake's excuse to Ozpin is that there are societies outside of the Kingdoms otherwise she wouldn't attemp to use it as a justification of her skill despite lack of formal education.

It is possible that she did spend part of her time outside the kingdoms, specially after the White Fang went violent, whereas it was their way of training or because it was easier to hide from the police as they planned their attacks.

Pacific White Fang would have acted inside the kingdoms as to who if not the authority and companies of human civilisation they would be reclaiming for equality?

I now have the impression, given the opening narration spoke of humanity when describing the founding of civilisation, that the kingdoms have always been human while faunus lived in tribal societies in the wild. The faunus war and the humans decision to try to push the faunus to Menagerie might have come from the kingdoms expanding their territories and trying to take the lands of faumus tribes. It could also explain why both species differ: humans survival depended on their ability to learn to use dust and build city fortresses. Faunus, on the other hand, with traits like night vision, increased hearing, etc were better adapted to survive in the wild in small, maybe even, nomad units. Actually, the different types of faunus might have to do with the traits more useful to survive y he Grimm and nature in general of different ecosystems. Humans prejudice of faunus as animals might have been born not solely of their traits but also of the way they lived in the wild.