I could be completely blanking here because Its been a while since I reread a lot of berserk, but is it not possible that the world spiral tree has "roots" which are connected to elfhelm, or at least the cherry blossom trees?
I thought that if this was the case, Danann could be referring to something (apostles? New band of the hawk?) coming from these "roots", causing the island to break apart as it did.
Edit: Or was it the spirit trees which withheld the growth of the world spiral tree? In which case disregard everything I said.
Of course maybe the island breaking apart was simply Griffith's doing alone. It's hard for me to tell.
Please let me know if I'm just misunderstanding some things here.
I thought that if this was the case, Danann could be referring to something (apostles? New band of the hawk?) coming from these "roots", causing the island to break apart as it did.
Edit: Or was it the spirit trees which withheld the growth of the world spiral tree? In which case disregard everything I said.
Of course maybe the island breaking apart was simply Griffith's doing alone. It's hard for me to tell.
Please let me know if I'm just misunderstanding some things here.