Board Thread:Improvements and Issues/@comment-1970092-20160407132922/@comment-11051098-20160408220523

We know that Yhwach granted the Sternritters power by having them drink his blood, but that's pretty much it. Pernida and Gerard, already possessing their powers, could have received the ability to use Quincy techniques through the process of getting their Schrift, we don't really know how it works beside carving the letter into their very soul.

We don't really know how he grants someone power, he could easily have given Pernida and Gerard a few specific abilities like creating spirit weapons through the ritual of giving them a Schrift.