Ok, this theory was actually born of this topic:
http://www.skullknight.net/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=2124;start=25
But it's whole different theory, and i thought it needed it's own topic. I was also hoping that if i gave it it's own topic, it would get responses from more people so i could get more opinions. Sorry if this is considered spamming or something, I wasn't really sure.
As we all know, there are two kinds of "festivals".
1.) Rebirth festival, comes around every 1000 years. A god hand is reborn.
2.) Initiation fesival: (These aren't official names, just what i'm calling them.) A god hand is created, comes around every 216 years.
The only initiation festival we've seen occur in the manga was Griff's. The only rebirth we've seen was Griff's. We know that at least two years passed between these two because of that tiny "two years later" box we see shortly before Gatts meets Jill for the first time. Many other events occured between these two festivals, so we'll estimate it was a passage of 3 years time.
Skullknight told Gatts that a rebirth festival occurs every 1000 years. From this statement, i think we can assume that at least one other rebirth occured in the past. Therefore, the last rebirth came 1000 years before the rebrirth we saw. For a rebirth to occur, at least one god hand must already have existed to be reborn. Counting back by 216, and adding the 3 we get these dates for initiation festivals.
1.) 1083 years before griffith's rebirth.
2.) 867 years before griffith's rebirth.
3.) 651 years before griffith's rebirth.
4.) 435 years before griffith's rebirth.
5.) 219 years before griffith's rebirth.
6.) 3 years before griffith's rebirth.
This gives us 6 total god hand. Go any further back and you would have too may. Don't go back that far and there was no one to be reborn during the first rebirth. If i had to venture which order they went in, i'd say this:
1.) Gaiseric/Skully
2.) Void
3.) Conrad
4.) Ubik
5.) Slann
6.) Griffith
Reason for this? This is 6 total god hand. Two have been reborn. The second of which is Griffith. The first would be Gaiseric. Obviously it couldn't be Void or the others, because they were there. You might ask "Can't a god hand go back after they're reincarnated?" Perhaps they can, but if they did, it would leave us with too many god hand. Gaiseric must have been the one reborn at the first rebirth festival. Why does that make Gaiseric the first god hand? Simple. The second god hand didn't even exist until 867 years before Griffith's rebirth. The first one is the only would that could have been reborn. Therefore, I conclude that Gaiseric, or Skull Knight, was in fact the very first god hand.
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http://www.skullknight.net/yabbse/index.php?board=6;action=display;threadid=2124;start=25
But it's whole different theory, and i thought it needed it's own topic. I was also hoping that if i gave it it's own topic, it would get responses from more people so i could get more opinions. Sorry if this is considered spamming or something, I wasn't really sure.
As we all know, there are two kinds of "festivals".
1.) Rebirth festival, comes around every 1000 years. A god hand is reborn.
2.) Initiation fesival: (These aren't official names, just what i'm calling them.) A god hand is created, comes around every 216 years.
The only initiation festival we've seen occur in the manga was Griff's. The only rebirth we've seen was Griff's. We know that at least two years passed between these two because of that tiny "two years later" box we see shortly before Gatts meets Jill for the first time. Many other events occured between these two festivals, so we'll estimate it was a passage of 3 years time.
Skullknight told Gatts that a rebirth festival occurs every 1000 years. From this statement, i think we can assume that at least one other rebirth occured in the past. Therefore, the last rebirth came 1000 years before the rebrirth we saw. For a rebirth to occur, at least one god hand must already have existed to be reborn. Counting back by 216, and adding the 3 we get these dates for initiation festivals.
1.) 1083 years before griffith's rebirth.
2.) 867 years before griffith's rebirth.
3.) 651 years before griffith's rebirth.
4.) 435 years before griffith's rebirth.
5.) 219 years before griffith's rebirth.
6.) 3 years before griffith's rebirth.
This gives us 6 total god hand. Go any further back and you would have too may. Don't go back that far and there was no one to be reborn during the first rebirth. If i had to venture which order they went in, i'd say this:
1.) Gaiseric/Skully
2.) Void
3.) Conrad
4.) Ubik
5.) Slann
6.) Griffith
Reason for this? This is 6 total god hand. Two have been reborn. The second of which is Griffith. The first would be Gaiseric. Obviously it couldn't be Void or the others, because they were there. You might ask "Can't a god hand go back after they're reincarnated?" Perhaps they can, but if they did, it would leave us with too many god hand. Gaiseric must have been the one reborn at the first rebirth festival. Why does that make Gaiseric the first god hand? Simple. The second god hand didn't even exist until 867 years before Griffith's rebirth. The first one is the only would that could have been reborn. Therefore, I conclude that Gaiseric, or Skull Knight, was in fact the very first god hand.
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