Talk:Rak Wraithraiser/@comment-34005261-20180619065618

The Native One's (네이티브 원) are one of SIU's newer additions to the world of TOG, and there isn't a lot of information about them. In [https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/tower-of-god/season-2-ep-287/viewer?title_no=95&episode_no=377 Season 2 Ep. 296], SIU introduces Native One's. I'll summarise some of the main points relevant to this topic: However, just a few chapters earlier, in [https://www.webtoons.com/en/fantasy/tower-of-god/season-2-ep-287/viewer?title_no=95&episode_no=368 Season 2 Ep. 287], there was conversation about Yura Ha's father, and how he was a mixed-blood member of a 'cursed species/race/tribe'. And in this dialogue, sneakily enough, SIU has most likely already told us the story of Native One's. Here is a link to an image of the relevant conversation if anyone is interested in recapping (NOTE: LINE's translation is not that great. where it says 'people' really means race/species/tribe and the 'and either' should just be 'and'): https://imgur.com/0ugszge
 * There was originally a giant who split himself into 5 beings which were called Native One's.
 * The Native One's pure-blood descendants were extremely powerful and aided Zahard and the Great Warrior's in their climb of the Tower.
 * At some point, Zahard killed what was thought to be all pure-blood Native One's and cursed the rest of their descendants.
 * Rak is said to be a pure-blood descendant who should be powerful like those that helped in the climb (although he shouldn't exist, and he's weak compared to them). However, there also exist mixed-blood descendants like Hesse who have a more limited form of elemental abilities (these are the cursed people).

For those who don't want to re-read this part, to summarise, here's the main points brought up relevant to this topic: Interestingly enough, in the image, there are two important features to recognise: When we connect the two pieces of information, it becomes likely that the Native One's and and Cursed Race are one and the same. Native One's descendants were killed and cursed because they sided with V & Grace against Zahard. The cursed people that remain today are the mixed-blood descendants like Hesse, Aka & Yura's father. They are the cursed people that were being spoken about throughout the story and yet I had never seen it be connected it to Eduan's explanation of Native One.
 * After the 10 Family Leaders & Zahard finished their climb, an unspecified race betrayed them.
 * NOTE: We now know that V & Grace went against Zahard at this point in time, and so this race must have been allied with V & Grace against Zahard.
 * They were cursed, and became the 'Cursed Race' (저주받은 종족), with side effects including:
 * Being born both male & female at the same time and losing reproductive ability entirely (Aka had this)
 * Power being sealed off (Rak has/had this?)
 * High chance of having stillbirth offspring (Yura Ha's father had this)
 * Because of this curse, their species was rapidly declining in number and the members of this species have to keep their identities secret (probably in fear of death).
 * Yura Ha's father is a mixed-blood descendant of this race/species that had the side-effect of stillbirth offspring.
 * 1) A picture of someone who looks very similar to Aka Williams. Aka Williams was the huge regular on the Hell Train that had the unique defender position. He also looked like he was both female and male at the same time, which fits the curse perfectly. Given the similarity to the person in the image, and the fact he appears to be both male & female it is highly likely he's one of the cursed people that were talked about.
 * 2) A shadow/silhouette of what looks to be a Native One. Now, this is definitely an important part of the image, yet it's pretty hard to see. The fact it has an image of what seems to be a Native One right here in the description of a 'Cursed Race' makes it very, very likely that Native One's are the 'Cursed Race' that is being talked about. Here's an image that makes the shadow a bit easier to see: https://imgur.com/ZWNswt9

Below are some possible/theoretical implications: Anyways, this post was made after seeing discussion about this topic in the TOG Discord. If anyone has any other evidence or more implications of this, please post below.
 * It means that Rak meeting Baam on the test of floor is some sort of destined moment in TOG. The man who is destined to kill Zahard becomes besties with a Gator whose race has been killed and cursed by Zahard, because they supported his father V against the locking of the Tower. Actually, it could have actually even been Headon's / FUG's plan from the beginning to make sure Rak would meet and befriend Baam on the floor of tests.
 * It means that some of the known-yet-unseen characters like Grace Mirchea Luslec may actually be a Native One pure-blood descendant, just like Rak. Yes, Eduan said all pure-bloods were thought to be killed, but Rak's existence proves that this isn't entirely true. Even if Luslec is not a Native One, I have a feeling that a higher-up in FUG is indeed a pure-blood Native One just like Rak.

EDIT: Brought to my attention is the fact that LINE's translation was not very good here. It doesn't affect the post much at all, just want to make sure people don't get confused by the logical error made in the dialogue.