User blog comment:WhiteArmor/Anything Espada/@comment-1712587-20100413142341

Nnorita is the only Espada you see actually get a promotion from a lower rank. Sayzel and Luppi were never espada before and you never know what aaroneiro's previous rank was. i wonder how that works? did nnorita kill the previous number 5? if he was number 8 before does that mean Aaroniero was still 9 or was he a higher level and got dropped down? do they do it on reatsu levels? is that why ulqui was quarta but had extra power that he hadn't ever shown? the espada ranking system and how long they've been around has always really confused me.