Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26207833-20170211182840

I know it's a little dull to do that now since this theory exists since long, but I noticed that on certain topics we end up talking about it, straying about the original topic.

Since this theory is one of the most debated ones of ToG (if not the most), I suggest we talk about it here.

Here is a legend for what will follow :

(?) Debatable point - still unclear or unknown

(!) Sure thing - told numerous times by different characters throughout the story, or told in a manner that doesn't seem like a lie (since many characters lie in ToG, or stay enigmatic - Rachel, Hwa Ryun...)

There are numerous point of views/elements on this theory, so I'll quote the ones I remember :

- Baam could be the Prince (?)

- Ja Wangnan could be the Prince (?)

- There are Princes that are waiting for a chance of revenge against Jahad for a reason X (something like a purge maybe). (?)

- They are the "fatal weakness" Jahad and the 10 Families tried to hide but ultimately survived, they gained a power that they were not supposed to have. (!) However, the nature of this power is unknown (political, fighting, power over the rules of the Tower itself ?) (?)

-  All of them hold a ring with Jahad's crest. It is a part of the "key" to access the 135th floor. It makes them a counterpart of the Princesses who possess the 13 months that are, when gathered, the other half of the key. (!)

- We don't know if they really have Jahad's blood flowing in their veins (?)

To start chatting about it, the elements I want to add on the subject : 

- To me, there is only 1 Prince. When a character talk about the Prince of Jahad there is always a contradiction with a singular and plurals. Look :

"Nice. Gotcha. This is where the real story begins. The boring times are over. Now it's time for them to appear. Soon... the Prince of Jahad... will come back."

There could be 1 Prince but many ring holders. It would explain that. However, how could we make the difference between the "original" one and the fakes ? This is something I can't think off.

Could it be that the "Prince" isn't yet known ? I mean, even by Gustang nor Repelista ? What if the Prince were the one deemed worthy to be one ? The one able to gather the rings on his fingers alone, by killing the others and steal their rings ? That would make them the perfect counterpart of the Princesses who fight for the 13 months.

It could explain Karaka's interest when he discovered that there was one of his "brothers" was alive.

But his next line is by far the most interesting :

"There's someone else... who has this ring !!"

This line could as well reveal us many things. Those things being that if Karaka really cared about his "brother" being alive, he would not say "someone else who has this ring". By using those words, Karaka puts as much difference between him and this "brother" of his.

Well, I might be going to deep for something trivial too ^^'

Then, we arrive to another point of this part of theory : the difference between the Princes and Princesses. SIU said that Jahad had a way (still unknown) to control the Princesses. And then I thought about the "way" the Princesses are given Jahad's Power.

It is said that the Princesses receive Jahad's Power without being given his blood (?)*. We previously saw that, in ToG, power could be assimilated to the spiritual domain. What if the Workshop was involved in this peculiar and unique process ?

Starting from here, it's way more suppositions than before :

If the Workshop was involved in the transmission of Jahad's power to the Princesses, then it might be logically linked to the way Jahad has to control the Princesses (this way could be known by Eurasia Enne Jahad and Garam Jahad, and that's why those events happened).

Then if the ring holders were natural borned heirs of Jahad (the "Red Light District" in Wangnan's name could definitely drive us towards this conclusion), what if they were free of Jahad's control ?

But them being free of Jahad's control wouldn't afraid the King. But if this theory reveals itself true, then we can make a link with Anak Jahad and the taboo of the Princesses. What if the Princesses couldn't have children because it would (logically) produce "Princes" ?

And what if the Status of Irregular could be transmitted by blood ?

Then, Jahad would definitely have a reason to be afraid of those "Princes". Because, we don't know the number of Irregulars. We don't know anything about them except that all known Irregulars were from the Outside World.

But if Jahad discovered, with the Workshop's help, that his status could be transmitted by blood ? It would explain : why the Princesses don't have his blood and yet, they are not allowed to have children (what is, in a way, irrational, since there would not be any risk for Jahad), and why the Prince could have a possible importance in the plot, and why it would have an important role as a "weakness".


 * The issue of Jahad's blood flowing or not in the Princesses's veins is a complicated topic. The wiki page gives us a clear answer, but I still got answers in other topics that it was more complicated than that.

"As for the remainder of the theory, I see a lot of problems. For one, it's contradicting itself, because Princesses are also blood-related to Zahard."

Athanos himself (sorry to quote you without asking ^^)

Tell me what you think about those theory elements in the comments.

And sorry for the misclick. 