User blog comment:Xilinoc/Ch. 601 - VERGE ON VERMILLION/@comment-24384892-20141016155504/@comment-1268838-20141016162519

I have a feeling that at least Pernida and Gerard are still alive, somehow. While Kubo does have a tendency to kill off some characters quickly, it'd be odd to wipe two that have had little to no exposition. We at least saw a considerable amount from Lille.