Talk:Witch Hunts/@comment-3969618-20150223012800/@comment-1661895-20150223114436

Probably not, no. The Lumen Sages were destroyed during the Clan Wars rather than a Hunt because the Umbra Witches were better at using their abilities for combat. Their proficiency in the dark arts meant that they were much more secretive about it, hence the narrator's description of there being assassinations. The Witch Hunts were mainly carried out by humans who feared the Witches' connections to the darkness and believed in the same heavenly realm as the Lumen, meaning they would never turn against the Sages even if any did survive (heck, Balder was able to create an entire company using that faith as a manipulating tool).

The Clan Wars are one of the main things that have not been explored in the series so far, though it's safe to assume that Bayonetta was either kept away from the fighting because of her lineage or she was allowed to fight after proving herself against Jeanne. There's no real way to know at the moment.