Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24994749-20140808215337/@comment-24994749-20141211125608

BenRG wrote: No, I don't think that I buy that. FAunus and humans are similar enough (right down to both having aura and semblances) and their artefacts similar enough that I can't see how the Grimm could possibly differentiate between them. I just thought I would give the theory a shot, see if it could develop into something. We lose nothing if we are wrong, we entertain ourself in the meanwhile.

@The Devil's Advocate

While I agree that Ozpin is well aware that Blake got her training at the WF, for her to go with "I grew up outside of the kingdoms" rather than falsified transcripts and Ozpin not to feel the need to push her to further detail on it, it must be an acceptable explanation used by candidates before, even. BenRG wrote: Yes, let's talk about the White Fang. Isn't it odd that the White Fang had to have guards aware of possible Grimm threats on the surface of Mountain Glen? Isn't it odd that so few Faunus got out of those Grimm-infested tunnels? At least some must have been killed by falling off a fast-moving train but the Paladins should have protected at least some and we know that aura makes Remnant life-forms incredibly tough and resistent to injury. So, what did kill the others? Answer: The Grimm.

Conclusion: Grimm target Faunus as much as humans.

Again, just to see how likely this theory is:

1) I don't think that at that point Emerald, Mercury or Cinder had gone back to count casualties.

2) Glynda sealed the tunnels on whatever WF faunus might have been on their way out.

3) The Grimm on the tunnels were on a stampede. While we saw few Grimm running amok the city streets, most of them small (save for the King Taijitu and the Flying Type) you have to think that the hole of the wall was very small in comparison to the tunnel the Grimm were using to advance, that would have created a bottleneck effect. Whatever faunus on the tunnels survived being thrown from the moving train, rolled over/against the wall, the cars explosions and the ceiling debris, would have been run over by the massive amount of Grimm and, if they tried to defend themselves they would have been attacked.