Kind of an old topic, but in reading through older threads I saw a lot of old speculation that Ganishka was a sorcerer in addition to being an apostle. This would explain a lot of his more unique qualities, as well as knowledge. Perhaps this will never be clearly defined as the series goes on but I was wondering what the consensus is.
Reasons why he might be a magic user seem to be as follows:
-He had a form of astral projection at Vrittanis (After Guts and Zodd hit him, he suddenly reverts back to his carriage)
-He seemed to be in the fog that Daiba used when controlling pischacha and Makara. We see little Ganishka sprites come out of Kushan monks when Serpico kills them at the beach.
-The Pichacha, in general, seem to be either a spell used on animals or some form of pseudo-apostle ability. It's a bit unclear.
-His knowledge of the astral realm, in general, allows him to create the artificial beherit that he uses to create Daka as well as use it on himself to become Shiva. Run of the mill apostles don't seem to know this level of the inner workings of God Hand blood magic.
Perhaps it was simply the alliance between he and Daiba that allowed all this to happen with Ganishka supplying the means to Daiba's methods. Perhaps his unique fog properties in combination with an Empire's resources are all the explanation that we need. Still, the idea of an Apostle magic-user was an interesting one. Perhaps an imitator of what Aaz speculates Void's origins to be.
Reasons why he might be a magic user seem to be as follows:
-He had a form of astral projection at Vrittanis (After Guts and Zodd hit him, he suddenly reverts back to his carriage)
-He seemed to be in the fog that Daiba used when controlling pischacha and Makara. We see little Ganishka sprites come out of Kushan monks when Serpico kills them at the beach.
-The Pichacha, in general, seem to be either a spell used on animals or some form of pseudo-apostle ability. It's a bit unclear.
-His knowledge of the astral realm, in general, allows him to create the artificial beherit that he uses to create Daka as well as use it on himself to become Shiva. Run of the mill apostles don't seem to know this level of the inner workings of God Hand blood magic.
Perhaps it was simply the alliance between he and Daiba that allowed all this to happen with Ganishka supplying the means to Daiba's methods. Perhaps his unique fog properties in combination with an Empire's resources are all the explanation that we need. Still, the idea of an Apostle magic-user was an interesting one. Perhaps an imitator of what Aaz speculates Void's origins to be.