Ken said:when we do get a Gaiseric flashback, how long do you guys think it will be?
It could go from only a few pages to, at most, a few episodes.
Feeblecursedone said:So if Void was the first scholar/sorcerer who experimented with souls, particulary evil ones, perhaps he's the one who came up with the sacrifical brand and beherits themselves. Maybe beherits are made from dead human souls as well, particulary ones filled with dark emotions? Maybe the reason why Beherits react the way they do when the time is right and ascension to apostlehood/godhandhood is about to begin because of the very material that is made of, entrapped souls reacting to a person's soul in distress, which then opens up a portal to God Hand, because of that human connection and connection to IOE.
We know how beherits are made and where they come from. It is shown to us when Griffith's soul descends into the Abyss in volume 13, where they rise up as droplets of ideas towards the "surface". It's further explained by Flora in volume 24, when she tells Guts that the beherits are sent to the corporeal world by a "higher being" (the Idea of Evil) and that it is It who controls them. Therefore, no man can "activate" them, for it is their true master who decides when and where they must be used. That aside, the idea that the Brand itself may have been Void's creation has indeed crossed my mind.
On a side note, I was telling Walter yesterday that it would be cool to see Miura reinterpret episode 83 in the future, during Void's flashback. We could see his descent to the Abyss, his meeting with God and get some juicy details. It'd end like this:
"What do you desire, Albion?"
- Knowledge
Feeblecursedone said:If Void was the first God Hand member, who's the angel?
Like I said in my post, that tale is quite obviously unreliable. There doesn't need to be an angel. Maybe his own transformation made him pass as one for example.
Wenliinvictus said:the Eclipse ceremony world was forged out of souls, apostles are forged out of souls
We don't know how the location the Eclipse ceremony took place in was created, but I doubt it was "forged". And apostles aren't "forged" either, they're humans whose souls are infused with evil power.