How did the Beherit apostle's sacrifice work?

Hello everyone, I've been lurking for some time but this is my first post here :sweatdrop:

I've been re-reading the Conviction arc recently and I was wondering, how did the Beherit apostle gain his apostle form and powers? When he explains his backstory he talks about how he met the God Hand at the bottom of the hole he was hiding/being buried in, and that they said that in exchange for "something" they would grant his wish, so he chooses to sacrifice "the world that surrounds him" to "hatch the perfect world".

What confuses me is that this sacrifice is for Femto's incarnation, but the Beherit apostle had already gained his own apostle form before the actual sacrifice took place. How does this fit into what we know about how sacrificial ceremonies work? (evil pouring through a fissure in your heart and all that, as Conrad put it) Is it possible for a would-be apostle to gain powers just by promising to make a sacrifice at a later time?
 
What confuses me is that this sacrifice is for Femto's incarnation, but the Beherit apostle had already gained his own apostle form before the actual sacrifice took place. How does this fit into what we know about how sacrificial ceremonies work? (evil pouring through a fissure in your heart and all that, as Conrad put it) Is it possible for a would-be apostle to gain powers just by promising to make a sacrifice at a later time?

The sacrifice is the act of offering someone to the God Hand in exchange for evil power. The deal is sealed when the Brand of Sacrifice is applied on the victim(s). The Beherit apostle is a special case, unique in a number of ways, but he did make his sacrifice during the ceremony. Not only did he pledge "the world around him", as you correctly stated (which is why we see a giant brand appear as fire spreads through the refugee camp), but he also bears the Brand on his tongue, indicating that he sacrificed himself alongside the rest. That is enough in both cases, there's no need for someone to be killed during the ceremony in order for it to be valid.
 
That is enough in both cases, there's no need for someone to be killed during the ceremony in order for it to be valid.
Ah, I think I misunderstood the requirements because in all other ceremonies that we see the sacrifices are killed during the ceremony, and also Griffith thinking the Band's deaths are "piercing through him" as his human body is being disintegrated; granted, the Eclipse is a different ceremony but I assumed the sacrifices all work the same way. Thanks for clarifying.
 
Ah, I think I misunderstood the requirements because in all other ceremonies that we see the sacrifices are killed during the ceremony, and also Griffith thinking the Band's deaths are "piercing through him" as his human body is being disintegrated; granted, the Eclipse is a different ceremony but I assumed the sacrifices all work the same way. Thanks for clarifying.

Yeah they're usually killed right away, but it's not a requirement. In the same way, Guts and Casca count just as much for Griffith's sacrifice as the people who died during the Eclipse. The fact they survived is inconsequential.
 
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