by Twiler » Sat Jan 21, 2006 7:07 am
The idea has been raised that 'The Girl' in Dream Estrana is actually Serena. I initially thought this was impossible as she died when Rhue was nowhere near her, but I think I've worked out a way for it to work. If the auras absorbed by the bearers of the Shadow Swords are contained within THEM rather than their swords, then Jeruh would still have all the auras he absorbed even after losing his Shadow Sword. After 'Rhue' killed Jeruh with his Shadow Sword, then he would have gained all the auras contained within him, including Serena's.
Also, Serena is similar in appearance to Chasta during the flashback, which supports the idea that Scatha and Slade are Serena's siblings, (Scatha=Chasta). How she's grown up in aura form, I don't know.
I also think that the theory that Gaius has the last Illuminati is correct; 'Rhue' couldn't hurt him with the Shadow Sword. While this may be due to the supposed 'hurt only the innocent, not the guilty' nature of the Shadow Sword, the only other person 'Rhue' can't hurt is the harbinger, so I think this idea must be incorrect. Rather, I think that while the Shadow Swords attract each other (in a hostile way; 'Rhue' fighting Kalmar and knocking the Night Reaper into the pit) Illuminati and Shadow Swords repel each other, meaning that Gaius and 'Rhue' couldn't use them to fight. This also explains why Gaius never tries knocking the sword away from Rhue with his own.
If the Harbinger is Gaius or has another Illuminati, then this explains why 'Rhue' couldn't hurt him either. Also, if the Illuminati really can't hurt the innocent, then they're the perfect weapon to use to perform an execution.
Conversely, Kalmar wouldn't have been able to perform Kloe's execution if his Shadow Sword would only harm the innocent, so either he planned to use another weapon (would his sword allow that?) or, as I said above, that idea is incorrect.
(Hmm... Cetsa is sentenced for death because of an exaggaration of her crimes and is going to be killed by a man with an Illuminati, and Kloe is sentenced to death because of a crime she committed but almost noone knows about, and is going to be killed by a man with a Shadow Sword...)
As for the thing about 'Rhue' absorbing auras with the sword, I imagine that most of the memories he gains remain at the back of his mind, while those that the sword particularly 'likes' take him over so that he gains the identity of their original owner. I think the quality that the sword likes is a strong purpose; Midian REALLY wanted to kill Jeruh, while Jeruh REALLY wanted to find Serena.
This could also explain why 'Rhue' wanted to watch Kloe's execution.(assuming he wasn't going to rescue her; He didn't really have a good reason to.) The sword may have been attracted to her aura and compelled 'Rhue' to get close enough to absorb it. Perhaps it sensed her wish to find Gaius.
Actually, what happens if the bearer of a Shadow Sword is taken over by the memories of someone of the opposite gender?
Conversely, killing Jed in episode 3 felt wrong to 'Rhue' because he didn't have a strong purpose. He was just a wanderer.
I resign my destiny. I've come to believe that such a thing does not exist. -Taikoubou, Soul Hunter.