OnS Theories (21S). Third Theory - All paths lead to Rome (Special Theory)
Hello everyone, I hope you’ve been doing well, this week I’ve felt inspired a lot by talking a lot with friends along discussing the latest chapter and I must say, the inspiration of the theory’s title is thanks to a game I’ve been enjoying as of late... yes, Fate/Grand Order. In fact, the theory title itself is something a character states within the game dialogue but nevertheless, you might wonder why I chose it, therefore, before I start, I must credit a dear anon since we were talking about Greece and then the idea came as a burst but well, in a way, it was something that at first was dismissed yesterday but bothered me, therefore, let’s begin!
P.S: Theories are held within a neutral view and ships are excluded!
It is well known that Rome holds a deep meaning to Christianity since it was the set point on which the Church was technically born, but how does this relate with Owari since Shikama has wandered around Greece for a quite good time?
The answer lies to this:
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 103
You might wonder, how exactly a wall like could even do within Mika’s deepest part of his heart, ironically, as I was speaking with an anon, we held a conversation about how Mika could have ties to Greece and here comes the unexpected. Such huge place actually doesn’t belong to Greece but Rome:
Image taken from BBC media
The big wall that Mika was able to see asides the houses in there are in fact parts of what it was once the Roman Colosseum.
While it’s true Shikama Doji took part of his experiments in Greece, it is exactly unknown what parts he started reaching afterwards with time, and specifically after his constant movement with the Progenitors within the time he spent with them.
And, of course, considering the lifespawn Krul, Ashera, Rigr and Urd had at such time, it could be said that one of the Progenitor’s destination was Rome.
Back in chapter 79, after he saw results within Ashera after he survived Yu’s attack and slowly started to become a vampire, he stated the next thing:
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 79
He stated it has taken over 600 years to find the first result of his long experiments to finally give results, but now, returning to the main point of the theory, why does the title implies that all paths lead to Rome?
It is well known in religion that Rome was the pinacle of Christianity, along with its founder being St. Peter since his name literally meant Rock, giving at the very end of his life the settlings to build the very first Church along the birth of Christianity.
But before that, before religion even took place within Rome, Rome was a mere thought of existance, Rome itself at those years didn’t exist. But rather, the main pinacle of wisdom was Greece, therefore, let’s take an insight to the main event, but what event do I mean?
Correct. The Dark Ages of Greece
According to history, the reason why it was the Dark Ages was due to the fall of a civilization which was the Mycenaean civilization; said civilization literally collapsed and faced its down due to constant conflicts and the inbalance of economy and social stability which in fact would answer why Krul and Ashera, as nobles, were the main objective of citizens along the rage they carried out
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 69
It is said that during the collapse of said civilization, inestability took place, which of course would lead to the eventual discomfort of society, which would explain the destruction and the common practice of buying and selling slaves, but now, the only difficult point to state is where exactly Ashera was taken after such events occurred.
But it could be said, that Ashera was a member of said collapsed civilization and needless to say, Greece started to find other alternatives to recover its stability without giving a care of the collapsed system and society that faced its doom.
Thus giving an insight that Ashera and Krul belonged to the years near 1200 B.C and considering that Rigr and Urd were vampires at such time:
Image taken from Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign - Chapter 79
It could be said that Urd and Rigr could have a possible outcome just like Ashera and Krul.
And of course, it is to say that with time, Shikama kept experimenting on and testing his results which would take 2 000 years until he decided to leave the Progenitor Council to reach his final destination which was the Land of the Rising Sun.
For more information about the Dark Ages of Greece, here’s the source:
https://www.worldhistory.org/Greek_Dark_Age/
But now, what does exactly take before such time?
If we consider that Shikama was wandering around the year 1 800 B.C with the practice of his experiments, it could be said that his final time with the Vampire Council was around the year 200 A.C
But before that, before he aimed to walk his path with his First Apostle Ashera Tepes, one big question comes and that is, when exactly did he start using such word?
If many might know, in religion, everything broke loose after Christ’s dead and the future of the 12 apostles that followed him, and of course, as I stated before, the very first pinacle of everything, the rock that would be the settling of Christianity would be St. Peter, who of coursse died at the year 64 A.C. thus leading to a very interesting fact and that is the possibility that Shikama might have faced or might have seen the development of such events within the final times he spent with the Progenitors, furthermore, it’s unknown to which places he traveled afterwards.
But now, how could this relate with Mikaela if the experiments were taking place in Greece?
There’s a possible answer to this, and that is the fact that the Black Suns Mika managed to recall briefly along the fact that he and Yu were born or came from the same source or origin, could have been practiced within Rome after religion finally settled it, but how can I state this?
First of all, knowing that Shikama is the closest representation of the devil, it could be said he slowly awaited for the moment on which God would make his movement so he could prepare everything he planned for his stage of revenge.
But, within this, there’s a rather curious question, which is, how is the Rome Colosseum a relation to one of the countries where christian religion takes place?
In fact, it is to say that, according to religion, the one who ordered its construction was no other than the one very sole tyrant or rather the figure that was seen as the beast at such time, and of course, that was no other than Emperor Nero, the very figure that was seen as the worst being that humanity could have presenced in religious texts, specially since his crawling to power was one distorted and catastrophic with constant death and a path of blood.
Which would in fact partake that there would have been a small possibility that Shikama might have met such figure and have taken place the very first time he tried to clone Mikaela on such place as a protest against God and Heaven.
Therefore, it could be concluded that Mikaela or at least the very first attempt of cloning was taken place on the Roman Colosseum which would give an insight as to why he was shocked to see the fake souls which I’ll speak later on.
What do you think dear readers?
Let me know!
I must thank @mikaisyuudere @roxxy-ll along the dear anon that took part on the development of this theory, along my friends over discord that were an essential part for the development as well!
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