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THEORY: What is Elias Ainsworth?

I don’t know has anyone come up with this theory yet (i don’t read theories for this series because spoilers) but I wanna bring it up;

Many in this fandom have assumed our beloved Elias might be a perfect/succeed chimera. There has even been some “evidence” between lines that this could be the case, it could even work very well with the plot in my opinion.

BUT(T), I was reading some Native American mythologies and came across a very known beast you might have heard of; Wendigo.

What is Wendigo? It is a monster, usually pictured to have a face of an elk/reindeer. They are pretty much immortal and were born from humans when a person submitted to cannibalism.

A picture of Wendigo:

Looking familiar?

Back to our dear Elias;

- The first memories he got is that HE ATE HUMANS. He still has this lust, since he kinda wanted to eat his waifu and a jerky brad earlier.

- He has been around a very long time and doesn’t seem to age.

- If he was a human earlier (maybe even a wizard) it would explain how he kinda has human emotions and he understands what they mean even thought “he can’t feel/understand them”.

i.e he shows a lot of affection towards Chise, he confessed he felt annoyed and frustrated about people asking him to have apprentice, he can feel anger and even get lonely and be afraid (< when chise mentioned Elias’ lust for flesh or when chise saw his “true” form).

Magic might also go with this but since there’s creatures that can do magic I wouldn’t make it as a main point, although he doesn’t need others to boost his magic and his powers are very VERY impressive.

- He obviously isn’t even near a human, at least not anymore, but his anatomy is somewhat similar.

- His other forms do fit with chimera description but also as an Wendigo; reindeer/ox looking head, skeleton/skinny body and some fur/hair. Wings and tail can be explained as the fact Wendigos are considered as demons… or that he is a wizard and can change his appearance.

- Many also fear Elias and tell Chise not to trust him. They also say he’s a monster who tries to play human or “a good, loving husband”.

Don’t get me wrong, I support both theories Elias being a chimera or a wendigo. As I said, being a chimera would be more lore-wise since they have been mentioned couple of times, like as hints. I just happened to be reading of these creatures and simply couldn’t not see the similarities! There might even be more but I was too lazy to bring everything up.

I hope it’s not confirmed Elias is a chimera, otherwise this is awkward, the fox chapter is the last one I’ve read!

EDIT: also, forgot one more detail; Wendigos are known to live in cooler areas, like mines/caves and snowy forests/mountains and they hunt mostly at night. And where did Lindel meet Elias? One winter night, in the middle of snowy tundra.

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Id like to add on to this!

I was re-reading the manga. And I actually found exactly WHAT is Elia’s whole head made of.

It’s on Volume 2 in the afterword. Kore makes a sort of Magus Bride Trivia.

and she confirms that Elias Skull is a skull of a “Huge Dog” and his horns are “Goat Horns”

We can confirm this is accurate because if u look up Dog Skull, it’s Elias! XD

I’ll copy and paste everything she said:

“Elias Head!

[shows picture]

Huge Dog Skull . Goat Horns.

That’s pretty much what its made of. It feels less like solid bone and more like a taut membrane, if you touch it. With sort of a matte texture, not slick.”

ALSO to add to the theory there is a book mentioned in manga called “The Testament of Carnmagos.” (Chapter 39) it was written by an AMERICAN author and its said to contain demonic spells and entities. There might be a link from the book to this theory. So for all we know Wendigo just might be in there. Or maybe something else that Elias is?

Guess we can all agree the TAMB is getting good

#Tamb #the ancient magus bride #theory