Discussion Official Fanbook

[Gallon]

Oh, now we know why Meliodas beat the crap out of Galan... 27,700 strength, wow. Spirit doesn't increase much, apparently.

And Merlin... her magic is "Infinity"? Wondering what that is. She also wants to lift the curse of the Ten Commandments, which could explain her age (EDIT: or perhaps erasing "Truth," as noted by Spectrum).
Her regret is the same as Escanor's, too. Very interesting.

I laughed at Gowther's line about his most embarrasing experience and Hawk's regret.

EDIT: It's interesting how Nakaba chose birthplace this time. We won't be getting Merlin's race, I guess. :/

 

[Yakkun]

I'm super excited about all the new stuff we learn from this! The bits about Escy and Merlin are already so interesting, I cannot wait to learn more about Merlin! So we now have official confirmation of her magic power's name - Infinity! I wonder what that entails.

 

[SpectrumRay16]

Oh, now we know why Meliodas beat the crap out of Galan... 27,700 strength, wow. Spirit doesn't increase much, apparently.

And Merlin... her magic is "Infinity"? Wondering what that is. She also wants to lift the curse of the Ten Commandments, which could explain her age.
Her regret is the same as Escanor's, too. Very interesting.

I laughed at Gowther's line about his most embarrasing thing.

I'm wondering if Merlin's ability "infinity" is actually a support ability which allows her to use any type of magic as long as it is within her ability to do so. It would explain why she knows so many types of magic, both offensive and defensive as well as demon magic in the first place. Usually such a thing would be impossible. And what could she mean by lift the curse of the ten commandments, could it be referring to Galan's decree which should realistically be cancelled right now? Or is there another curse similar to Meliodas's?
Have you noticed how Nakaba omitted their races from the fanbook? We do sort of know what they all are, but, i find that interesting.
I'd wager we are getting her backstory next because this is basically setting up for her sin.
Though, i'm a little surprised at how strength orientated Meliodas is, but, i'm also interested in who this first lover of Merlin's was and if that might be the reason she no no longer wants it?

Ps: Gowther was totally Merlin's 1st love and when she confessed it blew him into a doll, Boom! 2 sins in 1 backstory, Cause right after she became obsessed with bringing him back and went to extreme lengths.

I do wonder if Merlin might sympathize with Escanor's regret now... the difference between them both is his true regret is ongoing whilst hers has happened, but, she relives it in her mind (probably)

 

[Escanorzoldyck]

Mel is disgusting treating eli like an animal

 

[Theforsakensoul]

I'm super excited about all the new stuff we learn from this! The bits about Escy and Merlin are already so interesting, I cannot wait to learn more about Merlin! So we now have official confirmation of her magic power's name - Infinity! I wonder what that entails.

At first I thought if unity referred to he being able to use an unlimited amount and types of magic but it seems like infinity is what the Mae of her ability is because all the other sins had their peers listed under the same category. Still wondering war infinity let's her do anyways. Would be interesting if it didn't grant her any battle prowess but instead let's her to acquire unlimited knowledge about everything or something along those lines as is her goal.

 

[SpectrumRay16]

Mel is disgusting treating eli like an animal

Lol, to be fair that's probably just Nakaba's was of saying how obsessed he is with her... but, then again the other "demon" Gowther considers humans animals so...

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At first I thought if unity referred to he being able to use an unlimited amount and types of magic but it seems like infinity is what the Mae of her ability is because all the other sins had their peers listed under the same category. Still wondering war infinity let's her do anyways. Would be interesting if it didn't grant her any battle prowess but instead let's her to acquire unlimited knowledge about everything or something along those lines as is her goal.

Maybe it stores information or allows her to use spells that she should not be able to otherwise???
To be honest, i just want a heart to heart between Merlin and Escanor now... especially after seeing Merlin's most embarrassing moment. It's strange how much more relatable they've become.

 

[Gallon]

I'm wondering if Merlin's ability "infinity" is actually a support ability which allows her to use any type of magic as long as it is within her ability to do so. It would explain why she knows so many types of magic, both offensive and defensive as well as demon magic in the first place. Usually such a thing would be impossible. And what could she mean by lift the curse of the ten commandments, could it be referring to Galan's decree which should realistically be cancelled right now? Or is there another curse similar to Meliodas's?
Have you noticed how Nakaba omitted their races from the fanbook? We do sort of know what they all are, but, i find that interesting.
I'd wager we are getting her backstory next because this is basically setting up for her sin.
Though, i'm a little surprised at how strength orientated Meliodas is, but, i'm also interested in who this first lover of Merlin's was and if that might be the reason she no no longer wants it?

Ps: Gowther was totally Merlin's 1st love and when she confessed it blew him into a doll, Boom! 2 sins in 1 backstory, Cause right after she became obsessed with bringing him back and went to extreme lengths.

I do wonder if Merlin might sympathize with Escanor's regret now... the difference between them both is his true regret is ongoing whilst hers has happened, but, she relives it in her mind (probably)

Right, it could very well be Galan's decree. Now we know that Galan's being petrified doesn't imply he's "dead" and defeated, and therefore doesn't erase her curse, if that's the case.
Infinity could be some sort of ability which enables her to learn an insane amount of spells, true. She doesn't have the ability to heal, though, so I'm wondering if it's really "infinite," hue.
Yes, I just edited my post regarding their races... Nakaba's doing this on purpose. -_-
It would be interesting if Gowther was the lover. @Demonspeed used that as his theory, and at this point, it is very plausible.

 

[Theforsakensoul]

i looked it up and i found no trace of it anywhere, except for under the name of Sebastian Castellio.
If you look his name up, it may or may not help... but, basically the dude was one of the first reformed Christians... perhaps eluding to this kingdom's connections with the goddess clan? Who knows?
But yeah, other than that... its got nothing on my end!

I looked it up as well but I just found the same guy as you did. I'll have to do a bit more digging to see if there's anything relatable otherwise it's a lost cause.

 

[FKS]

Castellio kind of looks like Castile, the Spain region which used to be a kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Castile

 

[Theforsakensoul]

Maybe it stores information or allows her to use spells that she should not be able to otherwise???
To be honest, i just want a heart to heart between Merlin and Escanor now... especially after seeing Merlin's most embarrassing moment. It's strange how much more relatable they've b

Maybe similar to shirous trace from the fate series in that it allows her to analyze and understand everything about any magic, spell, curse, etc thus allowing her to use it? Maybe her magic stat can rise to infinity which would just be another similarity between her and Escanor.

 

[Escanorzoldyck]

Gowther considers humans animals so

Even lord hawk considers them as animals

 

[SpectrumRay16]

Right, it could very well be Galan's decree. Now we know that Galan's being petrified doesn't imply he's "dead" and defeated, and therefore doesn't erase her curse, if that's the case.
Infinity could be some sort of ability which enables her to learn an insane amount of spells, true. She doesn't have the ability to heal, though, so I'm wondering if it's really "infinite," hue.
Yes, I just edited my post regarding their races... Nakaba's doing this on purpose. -_-
It would be interesting if Gowther was the lover. @Demonspeed used that as his theory, and at this point, it is very plausible.

Basically, on his way back from beating the commandments Escanor's gonna look down and blow up that statue and Merlin's gonna be super happy and then they will finally have a heart to heart.
I'm assuming that 'Infinity' may allude to storing information and with her not looking for information on spells and such she has never bothered in learning them?
Or it could be that this magic is very powerful, but, it has traumatic memories written all over it and thus she rarely uses it?
As for the Gowther lover thing, usually Gowther was supposed to be Merlin's step brother or something along those lines, so i would not be too surprised if Nakaba did that. Especially with regards to having Gowther's backstory basically flushed out and Merlin's is likely to be next.
Watch Escanor's be 10 times worse than everyone else's and he be guilty of committing the deed.

Ps: What if the location that Merlin was born at is referred to in like 10 chapters from now and it happens to be in the goddess clan's realm???

 

[Theforsakensoul]

Castellio kind of looks like Castile, the Spain region which used to be a kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Castile

Could be. I tried looking for its etymological roots and all that came up was Castillo which apparently is the Spanish word for castles and Spain in particular has had a lot of castles and kingdoms so you could be right.

 

[SpectrumRay16]

Even lord hawk considers them as animals

True, but, at least the mighty sun god has a little more respect than that for the commoners! He prefers Cats and Lions, which means he's gonna love Cath XD
I wonder if he likes Lions simply because he is the "lion's sin of Pride"

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Castellio kind of looks like Castile, the Spain region which used to be a kingdom.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Castile

Would make a lot of sense considering Rosa was there and what not!
Although Escanor is considered a french name in Arthurian legend and he does come from a french kingdom (Well, his cousins do)

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Maybe similar to shirous trace from the fate series in that it allows her to analyze and understand everything about any magic, spell, curse, etc thus allowing her to use it? Maybe her magic stat can rise to infinity which would just be another similarity between her and Escanor.

I would not be surprised if it was the ability analyze the magic of other people to study and manipulate it, but, that last sentence made me laugh!
Merlin would need to rise beyond infinity for her to be in the same league as Escanor (Jokes)

Despite that, it would be interesting if when she activated it she had access to everything she knew at the time, could use all the spells she had researched and did in fact increase her magic to ungodly levels (Though, Escanor could likely still trounce her)

 

[Theforsakensoul]

Right, it could very well be Galan's decree. Now we know that Galan's being petrified doesn't imply he's "dead" and defeated, and therefore doesn't erase her curse, if that's the case.
Infinity could be some sort of ability which enables her to learn an insane amount of spells, true. She doesn't have the ability to heal, though, so I'm wondering if it's really "infinite," hue.
Yes, I just edited my post regarding their races... Nakaba's doing this on purpose. -_-
It would be interesting if Gowther was the lover. @Demonspeed used that as his theory, and at this point, it is very plausible.

That's what I was thinking as well. Without going into the whole curse debate (had a long discussion about them with a friend of mine) I just thought it might be referring to her bodies current physical state since it was talking about her desires right now. I realize that's not really strong evidence (if you can even call it that) since other characters like Mel for instance has his goal as lifting his curse when it makes more sense for his current goal to be getting revived and stopping the TC.

 

[Gallon]

Basically, on his way back from beating the commandments Escanor's gonna look down and blow up that statue and Merlin's gonna be super happy and then they will finally have a heart to heart.
I'm assuming that 'Infinity' may allude to storing information and with her not looking for information on spells and such she has never bothered in learning them?
Or it could be that this magic is very powerful, but, it has traumatic memories written all over it and thus she rarely uses it?
As for the Gowther lover thing, usually Gowther was supposed to be Merlin's step brother or something along those lines, so i would not be too surprised if Nakaba did that. Especially with regards to having Gowther's backstory basically flushed out and Merlin's is likely to be next.
Watch Escanor's be 10 times worse than everyone else's and he be guilty of committing the deed.

Ps: What if the location that Merlin was born at is referred to in like 10 chapters from now and it happens to be in the goddess clan's realm???

Your dream is more vivid than Escanor's, haha.
Judging by the name, it could be anything which spans a large scope of... anything. It is likely related to knowledge, since that's her wish, and magic derives from one's spirit, mentality, wishes.
As for Gowther, we'll have to see. Nakaba could very well go with the stepbrother option.

Beliaruin's confirmation of being the goddess realm/in the goddess' realm would be pretty interesting, to say the least.

 

[SpectrumRay16]

That's what I was thinking as well. Without going into the whole curse debate (had a long discussion about them with a friend of mine) I just thought it might be referring to her bodies current physical state since it was talking about her desires right now. I realize that's not really strong evidence (if you can even call it that) since other characters like Mel for instance has his goal as lifting his curse when it makes more sense for his current goal to be getting revived and stopping the TC.

I'd say it has way more evidence to support it, because the other commandments (the ones killed by Meliodas in the past and Scylla, did not go to purgatory)
So it could just be Merlin's wish of being able to counteract even the Demon king;s magic, by removing the commandments and making their opponents safer to deal with?

 

[FKS]

More on Castellio/Castile:
http://nightbringer.se/a_castile.html

So the kingdom is allied with Camelot. That'll be interesting once Escanor sees Arthur.

 

[Gallon]

That's what I was thinking as well. Without going into the whole curse debate (had a long discussion about them with a friend of mine) I just thought it might be referring to her bodies current physical state since it was talking about her desires right now. I realize that's not really strong evidence (if you can even call it that) since other characters like Mel for instance has his goal as lifting his curse when it makes more sense for his current goal to be getting revived and stopping the TC.

Yeah, it's just a vague description of their desires. The others' seem to be a bit more general and ambitious, while hers is lifting a curse she just got. What about her other, lifetime wish?

 

[Theforsakensoul]

True, but, at least the mighty sun god has a little more respect than that for the commoners! He prefers Cats and Lions, which means he's gonna love Cath XD
I wonder if he likes Lions simply because he is the "lion's sin of Pride"

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Would make a lot of sense considering Rosa was there and what not!
Although Escanor is considered a french name in Arthurian legend and he does come from a french kingdom (Well, his cousins do)

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I would not be surprised if it was the ability analyze the magic of other people to study and manipulate it, but, that last sentence made me laugh!
Merlin would need to rise beyond infinity for her to be in the same league as Escanor (Jokes)

Despite that, it would be interesting if when she activated it she had access to everything she knew at the time, could use all the spells she had researched and did in fact increase her magic to ungodly levels (Though, Escanor could likely still trounce her)

I know it's not perfect but just interesting to think about. I mean cmon it's Merlin lol.

Btw they messed up the part about escys weakness. It ain't his noon self, they should've changed it to extreme thirst if you know what I mean