FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions Notice#3 plus some TB FYI
Hello again readers and fans of TBWC,
smcandyAuthoress of Trinity Blood War Continuum (TBWC) here once more.
A 3rd FAQ and also FYI notice to boot on my part. I decided to post again in regards to some more good and lingering questions from current fellow fan, reader, writer herself ObsidianEmpress asked us through email a few days ago from when we updated chapters 25-26 some more questions that were bugging her and she needed to be sure with us that is been explained so far in (TBWC) itself. These are mostly my editor's answer since she comes up with better explanations than me in replying.
Question #1: I know what happens when Cain drank Esther's blood. It helps him keep whatever is left of his body together. However, what will happen to Abel now that he drank Esther's blood, and will the same effects happen to Seth if she does so?
Answer #1 - Esther's blood will have a similar effect on Abel. Since he's never undergone disintegration, he doesn't need to hold his body together; his own DNA and structure are still intact. But...Abel has an essentially doubled Crusnik. They're a lot stronger in his system. What Esther's blood will do, is sort of balance it out, add a little 'human' to the mix as it were. With Cain, her intact DNA supports his, and gives him greater physical stability. With Abel, it's more adding to his mental stability, because it settles his Crusnik down, which makes it easier for Abel to suppress them. And yes, if Seth were to undergo a similar transformation, or just need blood and happen to take Esther's, the result would be about the same.
Question #2: I know that vampires use Aqua Vitae to keep themselves from feeding on human blood. However, how does it slate the thirst and keep their anemia under control? Can a Crusnik take an artificial version of Methuselah blood?
Answer #2 - Aqua Vitae is sort of like an extreme iron pill would be for us. If you've ever been around (or are) one of those people who has anemia, the recommendation is generally, lots of red meat, foods with allot of ion or iron tablets. While I've never seen the exact formula, I'm guessing that the Aqua Vitae are an iron/hemoglobin compound, similar to the kind of iron pills a human would take. Only it's sort of...on steroids? I can tell you it's water soluble, and that illegal manufacturers use human blood as a base (See manga books 2 and 6 I believe). As to what it does...the Bascillus virus eats iron and hemoglobin in the natural course of things, and converts it into energy, for super strength and speed and all that stuff. But...this is dangerous. It's active no matter what you do, and it is always consuming material. Exposed to UV radiation (sunlight) it becomes hyper active and goes haywire. What the Aqua Vitae does is provide a steady nutrient source from outside the host body. The 'water' introduces a high density of the necessary proteins, iron and such into the system. The Bascillus eats that, and has no reason to consume the host tissues. So, no anemia, unless of course, they forget to take it, or suffer severe injury. Or they get exposed to sunlight.
As for whether or not a Crusnik can take artificial vampire blood...well, that's a bit tricky. Crusnik don't need blood for iron, what they eat is the straight up energy in the Bascillus...sort of like...a nuclear power plant eating a high level generator. Theoretically, you could give them the Bascillus virus suspended in a serum, not from a Methuselah. But...the original strains were left behind when the Colonists left Mars, so now the only place to find the Bascillus is in vampire blood. And since the iron in vampire blood is what makes it work, it's pretty darn hard to get it any other way. So theoretically...maybe. But highly unlikely.
* On a side note, Seth doesn't really need to drink. Unlike bascillus, the Crusnik can be suppressed to an extremely low or dormant level. At that point, a slight raise in the metabolism provides energy. You may have noticed, Abel can fight even before he feeds, and he doesn't always take. Usually, yes, but not always. Seth, on the other hand, generally uses fighting skills and cleverness instead of her powers. She's only really used them once, when she had to rescue Abel from Dietrich/Radu. Without the frequent activation Abel uses, she has no need for the frequent feeding. But if she did, well, she is loved and respected by her people, and like Abel, I'm betting she could get a donation.
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Now moving onto some FYI for everyone to be aware about since most Tb fan are not all both anime and manga familiar with their other counterpart.
Most of the Trinity blood cannon characters and themes are based partly or named from Biblical, Historical or well-known fictional figures or places that can be found even taken on the same full names as their real life counterparts. The late Sunao Yoshida possibly got most of his ideas from for created the series. Even in the anime and manga some names and things there are taken and can be seen everywhere within the series.
Such examples are Cardinal Caterina Sforza (by a historical personality, Caterina Sforza, Lady of Forlì and Imola), the Duchess of Milan Cardinal Catherina who's personality and image is more or less based to her real life Italian historical counterpart as most fans have read and see.
Vaclav Havel's might be off the real life Czech playwright, essayist, poet, dissident and politician. William Walter Wordsworth's might be is based on a historic William Wordsworth major English Romantic poet.
The Krusnick/Crunick are based off of Krsnik (vampire hunter) based off of Slavic Mythology being type of vampire hunter, a shaman whose spirit wanders from the body in the form of an animal. The krsnik turns into an animal at night to fight off the kudlak, his evil vampire antithesis, with the krsnik appearing as a white animal and the kudlak as a black one. Also the origin of the name may be from the word krst, which means "cross",= which would make sense since when the mars colonists found the Crusnick or Seth did she named it as such do the nano-machine looking like a cross shape. So far this was shown for how the four test tube babies where when they activated their powers after they each injected the crunsk into their systems being the only ones to manage and survive the prosier anyway. During the time of the human-vampire or vampire-human war 900 years ago.
Esther Blanchett, her name is based on the bilabial book of Esther whom was a Jewish queen of the Persian king Ahasuerus. In many ways like her biblical counterpart it has been shown in the anime and in the near future of the manga that Esther is to be the prophesied to be "the morning star" who will lead the people to peace, meaning her people as being the rightful queen of Albion (England).
The Rosenkreuz Orderen's name and uniforms are based off of the legendary Christian Rosenkreuz and the Nazi SS soldiers uniforms since most of the members names and heritage come from Germany even their leader Cain was created in Germany of the time 2088 AD. Along with the their ranks which was taken from Aleister Crowley'sA∴A∴ Magical order The acronym, A∴A∴, has been attributed many meanings.
Abel and Cain's history, their relationship and names are based partly off of their biblical counterparts. This has been shown many times in the anime and manga from different aspects, points and views in flash backs from both anime and manga versions so far.
[*] Abel's name comes from the biblical Abel, Adam's second son and the first human murdered, as well as being the biblical King of Martyrs. Form what the spoilers say that were not finished by the late Sunao Yoshida, Abel get killed twice by Cain once as shown in the anime, manga and another time in the manga again possibly later on if the manga continues to stick with Sunao Yoshida's unfinished notes that he left. It's also been stated in those notes they (Cain and Abel) will fight again for a third time but the result in this third fight has been left with question as of what will happen and whom will win it Cain or Abel?. The notes say Abel enters the ark for this final confrontation with Cain that's all.
[*] Cain's name comes from the biblical name Cain, Adam's first known son who murdered his brother the biblical Abel.
[*]Seth's name comes from the Biblical Seth, Adam's third known son who 'truly' began humanity. Hence why she called Mother of all methuselah in the Byzantium Empire. She was also the one to name the tow nano-mahcine back form the mars colonization project and thus was also the one to discover and name them. Laos it's been stated in the notes that she does get killed by Cain when she is forced to reactive the Ark again form her palace in the empire.
[*] Lilith's name is from Jewish folklore; Lilith is the name of Adam's first wife, who was created at the same time and from the same earth as Adam. This is some ways make sense because she was a proto-type to the remaining three test tube babes Cain, Abel and Seth and is also older than them by three years making her the first female test tube baby to be made of foe the red mars project which also explaining why she got the lowest military rank of the four.
The ark that is famous vampire moon the second one that is see in the anime and manga hanging in the sky next to our own, as shown in the ending anime last episode credits. It will take part in the third and final showdown for Abel and Cain in the naming of the Ark is based the biblical Noah's ark that was made during the biblical flood.
Most of the countries shown in in Trinity Blood universe are in Europe since that is the only livable country left from after the Armageddon war, the rest of world except for Europe and the Empire are the only places that have not become wastelands by the nuclear pollutions and things that have been used and done from the time of the Armageddon war. Seth restored the lands she used to make the Byzantium Empire. And the names of most of the countries are taken from old names that were used for them in past such as Albion, Byzantium and so on even for the titles of many Methuselah nobles they are based off kingdoms or places that used to exist in real life historical or mythological but are not longer present. Well some anyways.
The term Methuselah is taken from the name from the oldest person whose age is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Extra-biblical tradition maintains that he died on the 11th of Cheshvan of the year 1656 (Anno Mundi, after Creation), at the age of 969, seven days before the beginning of the Great Flood. According to Rashi on Genesis 7:4, God delayed the Flood specifically because of the seven days of mourning in honor of the righteous Methuselah. Methuselah was the son of Enoch and the grandfather of Noah. Also because to form the Bascillus that is in their blood system they live much longer lives than humans since their awakening comes about the age they reach puberty form what the TB infos say, Ashta mentioned in the manga that the oldest of her kind are around 300 years but they are probably just as immortal as they Crusnick's unless they are blood deprived, killed with silver or sunlight or in any of their vial spots. As shown in the anime and manga they do have weaknesses to more than just Sunlight and silver.
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Also here is list of the names of places that are seen within the TB anime and manga:
Istvan - series' name for Budapest- Esther; home country to where she taken as a baby from the Albion 15 year ago after her birth.
Bohemia - A historical name of the Czech state, now known as the Czech Republic. Father Valclave's home country.
Erin - The ancient Irish name for Ireland. Judith Jane Joycline's home country.
Hispania - The ancient Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula (comprising modern Portugal and Spain). Leon's home country.
Albion - An alternative and archaic name for Great Britain or England. Esther's true place of birth and home country along with Abel's he was created there in year 2088.
Londinium - The name London, England during the Roman period. The Capital of Albion.
Byzantium - An ancient Greek city, which was founded by Greek colonists from Megara in 667 BC and named after their king Byzas or Byzantas. The capital city of the Empire is Byzantium (otherwise known as Constantinople). The Empire lies in Far Eastern Europe and stretches to where Turkey once was and the outer Middle East (Israel, Syria and a small part of north-western Iraq). Home of the Methuselah Empire. Where Ashta, Ion, Mika, Radu and many other more notableMethuselah nobles are from.
Germanicus - series' name for the countery Germany. King Ludwig II, Dietrich, Helga along with few more RCO members are from this country along with Cain whom was created there the same time as Abel in the year 2088 from that country.
Antwerp, Four City State Alliance (modern Belgium) Father Huge's home country.
Kraków - The second largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Sister Paula's home country.
[*] Timisoara -Second largest city of the Empire. Sharazard use do guard and have home/tuff location there before she had to run after her uncle Sulyman was killed.
[*] Serai- The Imperial palace of the Empress. "Sarai", a word of Turkish origin meaning "fort" or "harem" or inn. It occurs in some place names. Ion Fortuna mentioned this to Esther as the Imperial palace of the Empress to where the empress lives and is located in the anime from episode 17 to 18 I think.
These places below where mentioned by both Ashta and Mika whom was posing at the time as the empress.
[*] Heraklion – Heraklionor Iraklion is the largest city and capital of Crete. It is also the fourth largest city in Greece. It is one of four Empire cities and borders within the Trinity Blood Manga Universe with a human (terran) country the others, being Alexander, Athena and Timişoara (Being the second largest city of the Empire)
[*] Alexander - Alexander is a common male first name, and less common surname. It is one of four Empire cities and borders within the Trinity Blood Manga Universe with a human (terran) country the others, beingHeraklion, Athena and Timişoara (Being the second largest city of the Empire.)
[*] Athena – Athena in Greek Mythology or Atheneis the goddess of wisdom, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, crafts, justice and skill. Athena is also a shrewd companion of heroes and the goddess of heroic endeavor. She is the virgin patron of Athens. It is one of four Empire cities and borders within the Trinity Blood Manga Universe with a human (terran) country the others, being Alexander, Heraklion and Timişoara (Being the second largest city of the Empire)