Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27082610-20160429173411/@comment-26397825-20160502035803

@Shadowfiend

I suppose that works, if they're traditionally bodyguards fo the council. Though that implies severe nepotism, keeping it in the family when there could be much better bodyguards out there.

@Ray

Smaller villages and settlements outside the Kingdoms do exist in Remnant, as Blake offered the excuse of "I grew up outside the Kingdom" to Ozpin as to where she learnt to fight rather than telling him she had been part of the White Fang. They also imply that the village Ren really wanted to go to for the mission which got subverted into helping out with Breach is outside the Kingdoms.

But as Phantom said, they are much smaller than the Kingdoms and at constant risk, as Grimm are almost single mindedly focused on destroying what humanity builds wherever they can. This is also why growing up outside the Kingdom excuses you from attending a combat school if you want to attend a Huntsmen Academy; they assume that since you grew up in such a dangerous area you already know as much about fighting for your life as the combat school students do. Possibly even more, since you were quite possibly actually in dangerous situations, whereas combat schools have simulations and spars that pose no actual life threats.