Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-6192846-20130913170916/@comment-6192846-20140601011652

It's possible descendants inherit the powers. Gast was described as being ridiculously fast that it was like he was a monster. It's possible this was, in part, because the Demon of Lust's magic specializes in "speed" (I wonder if that power's associated with the "impulsiveness" of Lust) so his wicked fast attacks were because of his blood, as well as his sword talent.

As for the resurrection thing, I honestly think the liquid falling on the corpse was just a variation of what Ney does. It's the same concept. Poor it on the corpse or the ground near it. The specifics were probably done to add to the "horror factor" (suspense).

In Banica's case, she could've resurrected the army beforehand. Keep in mind, I don't have a full translation so any amount of meaning could be getting lost. I'd have an easier time with a transcription (but there's no way we can get a whole novel transcribed in  a relatively quick period).

I am concerned by the fact the Gula disease may or may not be needed for the original demon, but it's needed when Banica is the demon 200 years later. Granted, we don't see how any of these characters die so it's possible Gula is involved off-screen.

But even then, a 10 year limit was never indicated in Praeludium and if regularly eating was the only requirement, than Queen Anne should've been fine (unless the palace refused to satiate her awful appetite).

If we go by the DoE PV, Anne was bed-ridden for three years before succumbing. It's something I wish mothy was asked in the Waltz interview, just so we could get clarification.

(By the by, we don't have page 85 of Praeludium (how inconvenient) so I can't confirm if the dots appear there or not).

As for Banica's baby... I said before that it was just fan speculation that she saved the baby due to a connection of Meta. That said, it doesn't change the fact she was refusing to eat the child and she does point out to the demon there was something, besides the child, for her to eat.

Also, I think we can confirm "I wonder what you taste like" is her favorite phrase. She nearly always asks it when she's about to eat something (even herself).