In Buddhism Void is considered an element and I do not believe this to be coincidental. Read this please
the godai five elemental manifestations of physical matter. Chi, or the earth, symbolizes solid matter. Sui, the water, symbolizes liquids. Ka, the fire, is the symbol of combustion, or the elements in an energy-releasing state. Fu, the wind, symbolizes gases. Ku, the void, is representative of the formless subatomic energy that is the basis for the structure of all things. This godai symbolism is also used to describe the emotional nature of human beings, and to provide a symbolic structure for the teaching of effective physical combat principles in ninjutsu.
— Stephen K. Hayes[7]
If there were only four elemental kings but this element clearly existed, maybe there was some reason for there to be no spirit to govern it... because that element in itself binds matter, it is the source of human feelings, their soul, or free will which a spirit to be a king of this element would completely support the IOE's 'Do as thou wilt' ideal and Void before he became Void, ideally he probably was that 'Vid' character that was the father of the being that Gaiseric's revenant the Skull Knight spoke with. What does this have to do with the elemental kings though? Its a perfect reason for Vid, which is who I believe Void once was to summon them as tools to empower his own development into a figure on par with one of their own.
I believe it would've taken their power collectively to level that kingdom and the more souls branded during the ceemony the more power the apostle or Godhand. I think well, the elemental kings causing natural disasters left and right wiping out an empire is a hell of a lot of souls therefore Void has a hell of a lot of power. I think the elemental kings don't necessarily align themselves as good or bad and they could of been manipulated into destroying the kingdom since this type of magic would be meddled with. I believe his followers or theoretical cult as he undoubtedly had to have some form of one, which is why there was a set of bodies with the brand burned onto their foreheads as preparation or even failed attempts by Void in the past.
Now here is where my theory slightly delves into the fan fiction ball park so I'll write it a bit more vaguely, I think some experimentation and failed experimentation at that. would've caused Gaiseric to lock Void into the tower. But, here is where I'm being to specific but what if he couldn't create Godhand level beings with this element but some of the earliest apostles formed from individual sacrifices which could be another reason Gaiseric locked him away, Or some negative astral entity doing damage with immense power may have been why they, If they are the elemental kings, were summoned to stop this magic practice but once the kingdom was branded the way it was in the image of the past, they ended up wiping it all out. Void's past life, to some degree could of lead to the summoning of the Elemental kings, and it could of been turned around on Gaiseric big time, and his dear followers as well.
Now, here is how I think this element and his character and I vaguely believe there was a quote by Miura saying, 'It all has to do with Void' which would make sense if he were trying to eradicate the type of magic that enlightens humans and empowers them with the will to control their lives and wisdom of the physical and astral world and the elements that govern it. I think it'd be key piece on the board that could lead to checkmate if the idea of evil had its own element and king of that element Void involved in the world, the IOE's own human emperor to govern mankind directly,
(Femto speaking of that evil and terrifying piece of art, I don't know what it is but when I woke up to the advent and the rape scene as an adult in his early twenties I was scared of his form, but anyway I looked into his name, in a certain language femte means five and he's the fifth member therefore his name is Femto. A lot of people in the forums, and on YouTube don't know why he's called Femto and I'm just lucky to have found out that femte meant five I think in Norwegian or a European language, that was a quick sidenote.)
I was talking about governing mankind directly, or something. Once again, do as thou wilt, IOE picks wisely, Femto wants a kingdom, once again a king, and Guts said he'd only sore higher, an empire over the world on the physical and astral level, perhaps controlling suffering through dictatorship or the world on an elemental level and Void being just that wiping out the place or power of the spirits influence by destroying trees, creating fantasia and then giving the elemental kings less power which why they would of been there to witness his initial status as their equal a Godhand Gaiseric remembers being there to destroy not help his Kingdom that he brought together.
See, they would slowly after this point lose their influence on humanity and as spirits humans could rely on they were destroyed by Void if this idea is remotely correct, not necessarily violently, but destroy belief in their own significance. distort the history of the events so people will see them as destructive beings angry beings. He can then replace elemental kings with kings of plagues, desires and all of these different aspects of Void. Femto with Falconia, just like void the element brings matter together he is bringing humans into one place. and replace each of the others in their own unique way. On one physical body, a peninsula, no boats, no windy days over those walls if it can save them from dragons then I doubt it can be burned down and with his army he's following not only the character Void but building human emotions and affecting their souls directly with the cause of being trapped by force therefore more negative feelings
The aspect in which it explains the binding of matter itself and the emotional nature of human beings completely consist with the nature of the eclipse and any other ceremony in which the Godhand form. if Void was a magician who wanted to delve deeper into another element that would enable the Godhand to better control the cause and effect nature of human suffering then this element would be perfect, therefore in his ascension he would have sacrificed his followers, and then branded the entire kingdom and the beings that comprise the vortex of souls from the beginning, in which it looks as if it were being created during Gaiseric's memory not like an eclipse, the summoning of the elemental kings would be a great method to wipe it off the face of the earth and directly use their elemental magic to eradicate the center of human order, and an empire built on blood but brought upon peace. These four elemental kings would have been summoned as Void ascended and the sacrifice of the branded city would complete his transcendental form, due to the fact that he and Gaiseric ideally were close at some point and the empire would have mattered to him at one point or another.
What would of caused Void in his previous life to reach despair and the end of his ambitions? Similar to Griffith he may be the being in the story told during the conviction arch, the mage locked in the tower and tortured His work would of been taken away from him and his previous contact with the IOE which through influence on Void's past life he lead to more cause resulting in the effect of misery, suffering and evil. This all leads me to believe Void is a member of the Godhand who is the most powerful due to the number of sacrifices, his innovation of this type of magic and attempt to become the elemental king of Void itself. In the way that Schierke can summon a water Spirit or Serpico uses wind spirits, those are lesser powerful spirits compared to the elemental king of that spirit. Apostles and their varying power are astral beings who were once human that are much less powerful than their elemental king equivalent, Void and his creation of the Godhand to further the agenda of the IOE
the godai five elemental manifestations of physical matter. Chi, or the earth, symbolizes solid matter. Sui, the water, symbolizes liquids. Ka, the fire, is the symbol of combustion, or the elements in an energy-releasing state. Fu, the wind, symbolizes gases. Ku, the void, is representative of the formless subatomic energy that is the basis for the structure of all things. This godai symbolism is also used to describe the emotional nature of human beings, and to provide a symbolic structure for the teaching of effective physical combat principles in ninjutsu.
— Stephen K. Hayes[7]
If there were only four elemental kings but this element clearly existed, maybe there was some reason for there to be no spirit to govern it... because that element in itself binds matter, it is the source of human feelings, their soul, or free will which a spirit to be a king of this element would completely support the IOE's 'Do as thou wilt' ideal and Void before he became Void, ideally he probably was that 'Vid' character that was the father of the being that Gaiseric's revenant the Skull Knight spoke with. What does this have to do with the elemental kings though? Its a perfect reason for Vid, which is who I believe Void once was to summon them as tools to empower his own development into a figure on par with one of their own.
I believe it would've taken their power collectively to level that kingdom and the more souls branded during the ceemony the more power the apostle or Godhand. I think well, the elemental kings causing natural disasters left and right wiping out an empire is a hell of a lot of souls therefore Void has a hell of a lot of power. I think the elemental kings don't necessarily align themselves as good or bad and they could of been manipulated into destroying the kingdom since this type of magic would be meddled with. I believe his followers or theoretical cult as he undoubtedly had to have some form of one, which is why there was a set of bodies with the brand burned onto their foreheads as preparation or even failed attempts by Void in the past.
Now here is where my theory slightly delves into the fan fiction ball park so I'll write it a bit more vaguely, I think some experimentation and failed experimentation at that. would've caused Gaiseric to lock Void into the tower. But, here is where I'm being to specific but what if he couldn't create Godhand level beings with this element but some of the earliest apostles formed from individual sacrifices which could be another reason Gaiseric locked him away, Or some negative astral entity doing damage with immense power may have been why they, If they are the elemental kings, were summoned to stop this magic practice but once the kingdom was branded the way it was in the image of the past, they ended up wiping it all out. Void's past life, to some degree could of lead to the summoning of the Elemental kings, and it could of been turned around on Gaiseric big time, and his dear followers as well.
Now, here is how I think this element and his character and I vaguely believe there was a quote by Miura saying, 'It all has to do with Void' which would make sense if he were trying to eradicate the type of magic that enlightens humans and empowers them with the will to control their lives and wisdom of the physical and astral world and the elements that govern it. I think it'd be key piece on the board that could lead to checkmate if the idea of evil had its own element and king of that element Void involved in the world, the IOE's own human emperor to govern mankind directly,
(Femto speaking of that evil and terrifying piece of art, I don't know what it is but when I woke up to the advent and the rape scene as an adult in his early twenties I was scared of his form, but anyway I looked into his name, in a certain language femte means five and he's the fifth member therefore his name is Femto. A lot of people in the forums, and on YouTube don't know why he's called Femto and I'm just lucky to have found out that femte meant five I think in Norwegian or a European language, that was a quick sidenote.)
I was talking about governing mankind directly, or something. Once again, do as thou wilt, IOE picks wisely, Femto wants a kingdom, once again a king, and Guts said he'd only sore higher, an empire over the world on the physical and astral level, perhaps controlling suffering through dictatorship or the world on an elemental level and Void being just that wiping out the place or power of the spirits influence by destroying trees, creating fantasia and then giving the elemental kings less power which why they would of been there to witness his initial status as their equal a Godhand Gaiseric remembers being there to destroy not help his Kingdom that he brought together.
See, they would slowly after this point lose their influence on humanity and as spirits humans could rely on they were destroyed by Void if this idea is remotely correct, not necessarily violently, but destroy belief in their own significance. distort the history of the events so people will see them as destructive beings angry beings. He can then replace elemental kings with kings of plagues, desires and all of these different aspects of Void. Femto with Falconia, just like void the element brings matter together he is bringing humans into one place. and replace each of the others in their own unique way. On one physical body, a peninsula, no boats, no windy days over those walls if it can save them from dragons then I doubt it can be burned down and with his army he's following not only the character Void but building human emotions and affecting their souls directly with the cause of being trapped by force therefore more negative feelings
The aspect in which it explains the binding of matter itself and the emotional nature of human beings completely consist with the nature of the eclipse and any other ceremony in which the Godhand form. if Void was a magician who wanted to delve deeper into another element that would enable the Godhand to better control the cause and effect nature of human suffering then this element would be perfect, therefore in his ascension he would have sacrificed his followers, and then branded the entire kingdom and the beings that comprise the vortex of souls from the beginning, in which it looks as if it were being created during Gaiseric's memory not like an eclipse, the summoning of the elemental kings would be a great method to wipe it off the face of the earth and directly use their elemental magic to eradicate the center of human order, and an empire built on blood but brought upon peace. These four elemental kings would have been summoned as Void ascended and the sacrifice of the branded city would complete his transcendental form, due to the fact that he and Gaiseric ideally were close at some point and the empire would have mattered to him at one point or another.
What would of caused Void in his previous life to reach despair and the end of his ambitions? Similar to Griffith he may be the being in the story told during the conviction arch, the mage locked in the tower and tortured His work would of been taken away from him and his previous contact with the IOE which through influence on Void's past life he lead to more cause resulting in the effect of misery, suffering and evil. This all leads me to believe Void is a member of the Godhand who is the most powerful due to the number of sacrifices, his innovation of this type of magic and attempt to become the elemental king of Void itself. In the way that Schierke can summon a water Spirit or Serpico uses wind spirits, those are lesser powerful spirits compared to the elemental king of that spirit. Apostles and their varying power are astral beings who were once human that are much less powerful than their elemental king equivalent, Void and his creation of the Godhand to further the agenda of the IOE