vlad said:His sacrifice was the whole world, he said it himself
xfool said:I dun quite understand how he can be an apostle(not exactly a pure one but he has apostle powers)
xfool said:btw if someone else have no one(eg. a hermit) to sacrifice,could they still become apostle with any sacrifice?
Aazealh said:To be exact, what he said is that he sacrificed the world around him. Which is why in volume 20, Guts sees a Brand formed by fire on the land, burning through the refugee camp.
Additionally, he was branded himself like you said, and he sports a Brand on his tongue.
The beherit-apostle is as pure as you get. He's very special, but he's still a real apostle and his powers were actually quite great. He found a beherit, met the God Hand, made a sacrifice, and became an apostle.
You obligatorily need to sacrifice something in order to become an apostle. There's no way to bypass it. If someone had really nothing to sacrifice then it's unlikely that a beherit would come his way in the first place.
xfool said:thx for the reply, so does the world around him meant a lot to him?
xfool said:I thought the sacrifice(s) must be someone he cared about but he does not know anyone at all isn't it?
Aazealh said:It's all he had, all he knew. You should read what he says about it in the manga yourself if you can, it's really self-explanatory.
The sacrifice must be something (or usually someone) very precious to you. The technicalities of sacrificing ceremonies haven't really been explained beyond this.
Donald Shimoda said:So if a possession were very precious to you, you could sacrifice it to the God Hand and technially become an Apostle?
Locus of Agony said:Am I correct in assuming that wat the Godhand are after as their sacrifice is the one thing that defines your humanity?
Locus of Agony said:(what is the difference between a disciple and apostle anyway?)
Locus of Agony said:Am I right in assuming that without these things, the human in question wouldn't be able to live as a human anyway?
Locus of Agony said:I mean Griffith sacrificed the entire band of the hawk not all of which meant much (arguably nothing) to him.