I, Goodwitch
I, Goodwitch do here affirm my commitment to the education and training of Remnant's next generation of Huntsmen and Huntresses to stand vigil against the darkness beyond the walls. I do this, because for every Grimm which I may slay in open battle, I may train the students of Beacon to slay thousand more, but only if I impart upon them the proper discipline, because it is in discipline that our strength as Huntsmen and Huntresses is found. Any fool can see why our work is necessary, but fear of the Grimm is not enough – it is detrimental even in the practice of our craft – for fear, while a powerful motivator, leads to hasty and sloppy action. Fear has its place, of course, but it cannot be allowed to govern our choices.
We live in a time of peace, this much I still believe, but I would deceive myself and do a disservice upon those whom I have sworn to protect if I were to deny that recent events have… shaken my faith in in foundation on which our peace is built. As we have lived for decades now in a time of peace, I fear that we, as a people, have grown soft; many have come to lack the rigor imparted by a healthy fear of the darkness beyond our kingdoms. If vigilance is the key to our survival in a hostile world, then complacency may be our undoing if we allow it – and how much more so when there are those who would compromise the walls and lead the Grimm to fall upon the helpless people of Remnant? I am thus grateful, if begrudgingly so, that our brothers and sisters in Atlas have never… lost sight of the threat which hangs over us all, but by the same token, an over-eagerness to call up the martial force at their disposal – albeit even for good – troubles me.
I seek to train the next generation of Huntsmen and Huntresses because I believe that the use of power such as we wield – while necessary for the world in which we live – but be guided by calm, reasoning minds, lest we become the architects of our own destruction, and have no further need of the Grimm.
This I believe,
Glynda Goodwitch