Apostle

*This article is about **Ehit's creations**. You may be looking for **the Manga chapter from the "Zero" series**.*

**Apostles** (使徒（しと）, *Shito*?) were a race of artificial beings from Tortus that were created by the pseudo-god Ehit. Their function was to monitor their creator's game board (Tortus) and ensure that all of the pieces (people) behave accordingly. They were based on the appearance of one of Ehit's former companions.

They would eventually become extinct following their defeat by Hajime Nagumo and his companions during the war against Ehit, but several of them had transferred their conciseness's into Hajime's *"Arachnae"* golems after he killed their creator.

## Physiology

All of Ehit's apostles appear identically as a beautiful woman with long silver hair and silver eyes. They have retractible silver-feathered wings. Their heart is a special crystal that gives them access to unlimited reserves of mana. An apostle’s core, and the flesh surrounding it, was much tougher than the rest of their body.

They have no souls or emotions and are only focused on carrying out their master's commands. They are biologically immortal and can only be killed if their head or heart is destroyed.

### Apostle Hybrids

An apostle hybrid is originally an individual of another race that has apostle flesh imbued into their bodies under Ehit's supervision, thus being granted the physical abilities and skills of the real thing. A apostle hybrids's hair color changes to white as a result of undergoing the transformation.

The individual retains any abilities that were bound to its soul, including the skills that were a result of the individual possessing a job or unique magic. Their abilities are more powerful than normal mana-blessed mortals. However, they're consider weaker than true apostles. Also due to the hybrid nature, they have a complete soul in all respects.

## Powers & Abilities

As they were created by the false god Ehit, apostles were granted a variety of physical enhancements and magic abilities to enable them to carry out their master's will unimpeded. They were the strongest race in Tortus, with their abilities surpassing those of dragonmen and vampires, two races that were feared due to their might. They were even capable of using "*Limit Break*", which temporarily raised their stats by three times.

Thanks to their artificial hearts, Apostles were granted unlimited mana reserves, but did not grant them unlimited stamina.

All apostles possessed twin greatswords, and were expert combatants with them.

As apostles were a creation of Ehit, they possessed the "*Mana Manipulation*" skill that allowed them to freely control the flow of mana within their own bodies without the need of a magic circle or incarnation. They also had a high affinity for every form of magic, and were capable of creating composite spells.

Due to the apostles being created to help carry out Ehit's plans, they possessed the special magic "*Charm*", which enabled them to hypnotize someone via eye contact in order to amplify their victims's religious faith towards their creator. However, it only works on Ehit's worshippers.

The most unique and destructive skill of an apostle was their "*Disintegration*" ability that was enchanted on the feathers of their wings. It was capable of instantly melting away most substances, with the exception of someone or something with a defense akin to "*Diamond Skin*". This was a more recent ability granted to the apostles during the age of the Liberators.

## Known Apostles

* Hearst
* Zweit
* Dritter
* Vierte
* Funfte
* Sext
* Siebente
* Ahat
* Noint
* Twent
* Elft

### Known Apostle Hybrids

* Lucifer Slaine Elbard
* Kaime Barn
* Selm Barn
* Ajeen
* Seys
* Fira
* Besshu
* Sone
* Torres
* Mulm Allridge
* Lilith Arkind
* Strauss Malkyrion
* Morcus Greant
* Lelaie Argeson
* Kimaris Simtail
* Vapla
* Habeel
* Niety
* Outar
* Eddy Marker
* Diese
* Bittle
* Eri Nakamura
* Kouki Amanogawa
* Freid Bagwa
* Kaori Shirasaki

## Trivia

* In real life, an "*apostle*" refers to an individual that acts as an emissary on behalf of a higher authority (typically of a religious nature). The term derives from the Greek of the New Testament and was used for Jesus' original Twelve Apostles , as well as a wider group of early Christian figures. Some other religions use the term for comparable figures in their history, including Islam, Baháʼí, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
* The apostles' appearance is based on the valkyries from Norse mythology. According to legend, it was their duty to determine who lives and dies in battle, and to send the souls of the dead to the afterlife (which was either "*Fólkvangr*" or "*Valhalla*"). Furthermore, the apostles' job of manipulating the people Tortus to serve Ehit's wishes is similar to that of the norns from Norse mythology as well, who's duties were to help alter the course of human destinies.
* All of the apostles's names are based on German numbers.
* Despite being artificially-created beings, apostles possess a navel.
* It is very difficult to imbue an apostle's disintegration magic into an artifact due to the many complex magical links baked into it that were created by Ehit as a safeguard to prevent anyone from analyzing it.
* Although no further apostle was make follow the slaying of Ehit, the knowledge and ability to make apostle is inherited by Yue. As such, she could make others into apostle form, transcend from mortality as a result. The only known case so far is Karoi, thus even as Karoi's soul returned to her original human body at the end of main story arc, she can still use the apostle skillset obtained while using Noint's body.
* During the battle for Tortus, initially the 5000-strong apostle warhost committed into the fight only consist of half of the total apostles, the other half held as reserve for the invasion of Earth; but as the battle ground to a stalemate, and due to Miledi Reisen joined in the fight, that said reserve was committed. It could have turned the tide but as Ehit was slain in the Sanctuary, all apostles were shut down as and where they were.

## References

1. ↑ 2nd Season Blu-ray Short Story
2. ↑ Web Novel - Chapter 380
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Light Novel Volume 12