Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-5996974-20141002153206/@comment-5551986-20141004162917

Behold the power of the infamous.. Cloth clone! Regardless of a clone or not, you can clearly tell that these Sternritter or "Elite Guards" are on a different level to the others. Something about who they are seems to just say "They don't f*** around" they are serious, calculating, clever and powerful, normal Sternritter are shown to be able to easily fight a Captain, or easily overpower them in Mask's case and these guys are the Elite, I always knew Yhwach would have an Elite among his Elites, Yhwach wouldn't have summoned them if he thought that they didn't have a chance of beating the Zero Division, he is far from an idiot using his pawns to perfectly execute his plans and defeat irritating Shinigami, Haschwalth went to "fight" Shunsui to tip the balance, he used Quilge to hold Ichigo back, Royd to hold off Yamamoto. The difference between Yhwach and Aizen is true Aizen was brilliant, but overconfident, and both have been great villains, Yhwach has shown to be the one on top, having yet to make a plan that fails, yet to make a mistake, he knew Ichigo would return from the Palace and leave the "door" open, he knew Yamamoto would fall for his tricks, he is brilliant and compared to Aizen who was near enough a God who wanted to usurp the Soul King, whatever Yhwach's goal is it seems as though hes about to succeed! But with his Elite Guards as strong as they seem to be he expressed a touch of doubt, saying they will be opponents, instead of saying that they are more than enough to handle the Royal Guard. It wouldn't surprise me if Senjumaru died as a show of force, there are 4 Guards to the 4 remaining Royal Guard, I am under the impression though that if Senjumaru survived we might see Haschwalth actually do something O.O!