Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26854521-20151231173311/@comment-26854521-20160115163557

Edit: I already mentioned at the beginning that those are several theories not one big, so you can look at them independently or not, your choice.

Well it might not be a matter of where you were born, but how you got into the Tower. If you get in yourself you're free from the contracts, regardless of where you were born (that obviously very well might be wrong).

It seems that originally only Irregulars were meant to climb and as I say it might be the case that the Regulars aren't actually there to have a shot at climbing the Tower higher, but to be like a stepping stone for Irregulars to become stronger(I actually think that this might be a big part of the plot, people finding out that they're there to be used by other to become stronger with no real purpose for themselves and that possibly changing and therefore ultimately the Tower changing). Like if there's no competition there's no reason for you to become stronger and it's harder to improve when everyone around you is very weak.

You could see entering the Tower as the first part of the test to conquer the Tower. Something the Regulars from the Tower never did themselves. And also the first floor. Headon collects them and brings them to the 2nd floor, but why don't they have to take a test as well? Is the process of being selected already a replacement for the 1st test or does it ultimately not really matter that they don't pass that test themselves, because they aren't qualified in the first place since they didn't enter the Tower, the Tower didn't chose them or whatever you want to call it. You could say Baam was chosen by the Tower, but he still had to take a test to advance. Also if you think about Rachel and what Headon told her. He said that compared to Baam she wasn't qualified to climb the Tower, but what about all the other Regulars he selects? Compared to Baam most of them are shallow and evil and weak, but he clearly holds Irregulars and Regulars to different standards and not only in regards to strength. Admittedly it seems kind of questionable that Headon would go through that much effort to select Regulars that aren't really meant to climb further, but maybe that was a part that Headon suggested so that he could retain 100% in control over his own floor, without having it look suspicious or so that he can be involved on other floors without looking suspicious. Or maybe there's just not that much to do for him. xP He also seems to be somewhat interested in the ongoing inside of the Tower as he knows Yuri and Evan, as well as what the 13 month series is and he has some sort of relationship with FUG (YHS), which very well might be in case an Irregular entered, so that he could control things better.

If you think about the contract Zahard made there are a couple of things, for example that it doesn't only affect people who were born in/under the Zahard Empire, but also people who already lived inside of the Tower before that. They are sort of being enslaved by it, but their upside is that they can now start climbing the Tower like Irregulars(somewhat similar, not entirely), or at least that's what they think. They could become stronger, but not as strong as Irregulars and even if they did they are still protected by contracts(at least to some degree) and they are also unable to take tests further up, because they are not Irregulars.

Also if you think about what Lero Ro and Yuri say in season 1. Yuri was under the impression that Headon wouldn't want Irregulars inside of the Tower, while Headon was extremly amused after he saw Baam take the test and Lero Ro said that Irregulars violate the laws of the Tower, but it certainly seems more that those are laws of the Zahard Empire rather than the Tower in general, so I don't really think they know a lot about the bigger picture of the Tower.