But they have completely different origin (as you said, another species), they are born from the union of humans and apostles, so they cannot be called familiars in the sense Schierke describes them.Istvan wrote:I actually think that the half-men are also familiars. Because they're also being controlled by other magicians, and they stop moving if you kill their controllers, as we saw in the escape from the city. I don't really see on the face of it why a half-human half-demon couldn't be used seen as a "living animal" in a way, and they really do seem identicle to all the other beasties the Kushan's have (except that they're a different species, obviously).
That theory can be correct, especially if you remember that Duke apostle. When he implanted a piece of himself inside that captain it was that piece of the Duke that was actually in controll. And those Kushan controllers all look like that magician from vol30, so they might be a real deal.Istvan wrote:As to the mist that rises from the dead magicians, while that could easily be the emperor giving them power, I wonder if it might also be the way that he controls them. I mean, he wouldn't want to risk them breaking away from him, so it wouldn't be surprising if he implanted a part of his power into them to make that impossible.
But it was also that piece that gave the captain apostle-like powers, so it is not unredonable to suggest that controllers to get some power from the mist...
and there too goes the principle of one master - one familiar, tight bond, magical creature, etc. But this is Miura's world, and who are we to tell him what should be and what shouldn't?
