Playing through this masterpiece for the 10th time and have a few questions I'm hoping someone can answer.
1. Are there ever any hints given as to what monsters each captain got their powers from?
2. Of the five captains, is it ever explained or hinted at how Bernhardt is so absurdly powerful even compared to S+ monsters?
3. Is Bramon Xanthe a superhuman himself? Got curious after Henri mentions that Xanthe can directly put knowledge from his brain into books, though Klaus says he isn't.
4. What is the difference between a pure spawn and a greater spawn?
1. Not much. Nico says that Bernhardt's and Malik's monsters are pretty common species when talking about how personal effort matters more to growth than monster parent. And Eisheth says something about Bernhardt's monster being a "wind imp". But that's it, as far as I remember.
2. Nope. The best we've got is the Eye saying in one of its Dead Ends that Bernhardt is "old, but somehow unbound". Nyx said he got his powers later in life than the rest of the captains, so he likely is the oldest superhuman alive, but how that translates into greater strength is anyone's guess.
3. I don't think so. Henri says that Bramon's mind-to-printing ability is from an "augmentation", not a superhuman power. Some sort of cybernetic interface, maybe.
4. Going by Eisheth's comments, "greater spawn" is likely a term for a level 5 superhuman. A pure spawn is a superhuman who got their powers from an Apostle.
