Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26830922-20150829155234/@comment-26091912-20150920043952

Aita666 wrote: Simply because quincies originated as humans does not necessarily mean they should be discounted as a separate race. After all, all spiritual races both in Bleach canon and filler (Shingami, Hollows, Visoreds, Arrancars, Bounts, Quincies and Fullbringers) at one point originated as humans. Furthermore, Yhwach's statements throughout the arc leave it ambiguous as to whether or not his Quincy are human any longer. When introducing Uryu to his Sternritter, Yhwach states he is "the last quincy living in this world." Later, when Orihime tries to use her powers to try and revive the king only to fail, Yhwach scolds her for thinking she, "a human," could do so. This suggests that after they lost the war 1000 years ago, the quincy of the Wandenreich lost their human selves.

Ok first of all, the Quincy are still human, they didn't die and become Souls; though some of the Quincy in the Wandenreich seem to possess extreme longevity. Second, Uryu is called 'the Last Quincy' because he was the only mixed-blood Quincy that survived Auswählen in the world of the living. Third, Yhwach never insinuated that Quincy lost their "human selves" as you put it, he used a fixed expression "likes of a human's power" referring to Orihime; the context of which meant that someone like her couldn't possibly resurrect the Soul King.

Pernida being able to use Quincy powers doesn't mean anything, because it's capable of more than that. In fact, during the battle with Mayuri, it seldom used any Quincy powers at all; except for Helig Bogen/Pfeil and possibly Blut.