User blog comment:FairyRaven/Fairy Tail Chapter 453: A Father's Job, Review and Commentary/@comment-3285005-20150919114009/@comment-5894890-20150920061806

@Nick I think the intent of B214's comment was whether they will be the first to help Fairy tail (or something like that)? considering they're also mages who are in the same town... unless they were too pussy and evacuated with the citizens (pardon my language ;P). Or perhaps they gained slightly more status and power over the year Fairy tail was absent again? maybe they disbanded? or as you said, they were dealt a blow from Plutogrim?