User blog comment:Godisme/Double Feature: Bond Behind Blast and March of the StarCross/@comment-44061-20120418183930

Ok so it was quite apparent that the Vandenreich are former Quincy. Why they apparently fear Ichigo is yet to be determined. But there is obvious issues going on within the Gotei 13, Mayuri is basically acting on his own and his information about previous events he wasnt even present for is odd. The other captain's not being surpised by the new enemy being quincy also seems odd. To stablize the souls he had a number of souls executed to restablish the balance.

The general story is that the Quincy were wiped out 200 yrs ago. It is mentioned that this wouldnt have taken place if not for Yamamoto sparring the life of what can only be considered the Vandenreich leader about 1000 years ago. 1,000 years is way beyond a lifespan any human can live, this and the augmented powers and shadow teleportation, would lead me to believe these Quincy arent normal human's or at least something is up. I also would agree that there is apparently more to the Shinigami-Quincy situation then we know. This would lead me to believe that it started long before we know and maybe the 200 yr ago is when it ended. There is something not right about this entire situation, i cant put my finger on it.