Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-1429792-20130627104153/@comment-8986886-20130706200515

Will-O-Wisp wrote: One more thing. How many Ritters have died? Kenpachi killed three, Yamamoto killed two (if you count Royd Lloyd, who was actually finished by Yhwach), Quilge is most likely dead, and I think Shaz Domino is toast as well. That makes several letters vacant. Do you think there will be new Stern Ritters with designations J, O, Q, R and Y?

Well, if we assume that all Stern Ritters command their own Soldat forces, like how Quilge commanded the Jagdarme, then the dead Ritters should be replaced by new commanders.

If there is a rank just below Stern Ritter, equivalent to the Shinigami Lieutenant, then the Quincy of this rank should receive promotions to Stern Ritters when their superiors die.

I'm not sure if they will 'inherit' a letter from a previous Stern Ritter, or if they're given a new one by Ywach that fits their personality or powers.

Since both Loyd and Royd shared the letter 'Y' and Ywach and Uryu shares the letter 'A', it means that several Stern Ritters can 'share' the same letter. So my conclusion is that there might be more Stern Ritters unaccounted for than the missing letters C,L,M,N and V.