![]() The witches Flora and Schierke are able to mitigate the effects of the Brands by inscribing temporary seals over them. When the two traveled together, they attracted an unusual amount of evil spirits, causing catastrophe to every human settlement that they passed by. Guts and Casca are the only known branded survivors to date. Second, Guts had already been branded in a previous ceremony and could not be sacrificed a second time. Two factors can cause an intended sacrifice to be refused: Guts was refused as the Count's sacrifice on both of these, the first being that his importance to the God Hand was irrelevant it was his importance to the Count that could have made him a viable sacrifice, and Guts was merely an enemy who sought his destruction. What matters is the value or importance of the sacrificed to the apostle-to-be. ![]() In addition, a Brand presents itself in the form of fires as the Egg's wishes come true. The Egg of the Perfect World sacrificed his "world" interestingly, his own body seems to have become branded. Griffith, whose camaraderie with them was questionable, sacrificed the Band of the Falcon to become Femto. However, the sacrifice need not necessarily be someone that the ascending loves, nor must it necessarily even be a specific living human or humans. However, in the special case of the Eclipse, the sacrifice demanded could be much greater, and apostles are drawn to arrive, closing in even before the ceremony begins. These are usually family members or other loved ones, and the number of apostles present to feast is unknown. In the case of a human being reborn as an apostle, the sacrifice required is determined by its importance to the ascending. So far, Void is the only individual who has been seen administering a Brand of Sacrifice. If the evil is too great, it can supposedly kill the Branded. Around a member of the God Hand, the brand will shoot blood out in huge gushes, and the pain inflicted will be agonizing. Around ordinary evil spirits or apostles, the blood will only trickle out, and the pain will be relatively minimal. In response to these fell entities, the brand will bleed and cause pain. Branded humans who survive these ceremonies reside in the Interstice between the physical and astral worlds, forced to fend for themselves against creatures of darkness and the nightly attacks by the restless souls of the dead who desire flesh.
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