User blog comment:FutureEeveeKing13/Origins of the Sternritter/@comment-29183117-20151007123005

An update with 646's release: welp, my theory on Lille just got a bit more confused. While some of the last chapter seemed to indicate Lille could have come from Spain, a lot of this chapter gives greater evidence to something else. Specifically, the usage of the fleur-de-lis. The flower symbol was seen upon the activation of Lille's Vollständig. As a symbol the fleur-de-lis is most closely associated with France, though it has been utilized by various European kingdoms, including Spain.

Here's the REALLY interesting bit though: when I looked up the fleur-de-lis, it was noted that it is used in the symbolism of various French cities. The first city that's listed? "Lille". Yep. Lille, as it turns out, is the name of a city in northern France.

Now here's where it gets even MORE muddled: since there was a place named "Lille", I decided to look up if there was also one named "Barro". And there is. It's a municipality. In Spain. To say this is giving mixed signals would be an understatement.

So what should be made of all of this? With the last two chapters in mind, is it more likely that Lille comes from Spain or France? Given the symbolism associated with both, I'd say he could be a mixture of the two. Again, there could be more to this, and the puzzle might get even more complicated next chapter. If anyone has additional thoughts on this, I'd love to hear them.