#but i feel like whatever togashi has in store is going to be big

[rebellionmoon]

What Happened to Zigg Zoldyck? (THEORY)

Does anyone else wonder what ever happened to Zigg Zoldyck? As far as we know, he's the only Zoldyck that traveled to the dark continent and lived to tell the tale.

But he didn't come back alone.

When the Zoldycks discovered the existence of Nanika inside Alluka it was many, many years after Zigg ventured to the dark continent. This entity lived inside its host (Zigg) and was undetected by the Zoldycks for years, until finally gaining consciousness and made its presence known within Alluka. Hypothetically, if my child was possessed by a dangerous spirit the first thing i'd want to do is exorcise it and separate it from my kid, but the Zoldycks haven't figured out how to do that and neither expressed the intention of doing so. Whether its because they have a limited amount of knowledge of Nanika or its theoretically impossible to actually separate them. Everything the Zoldycks know about Nanika and its wish granting ability was initially through Killua and then later on through trial and error experiments. Basically, nothing came from Zigg. The guy who unknowingly, yet presumably brought this entity back with him from the dark continent. There was never 'Zigg said...' or 'Zigg encountered this creature and then...' In fact, no one in the family ever mentions Zigg by name or mentions anything he has done, just as how they never mentioned Alluka and kept her in the dark.

Zigg isn't mentioned in the zoldyck family tree except this one told to us to us by Zeno. Zeno is talking about Maha in this case, but he acknowledges Zigg's existence, his own father.

Which we don't get in this tree.

NOR IN THIS SCREEN SHOT

If Maha is still alive, then i'm going to assume Zigg still is too. Which begs the question, where is he? And here is my theory!

We know Zigg traveled from the Dark Continent with Nanika, but he could have come back with other things that jeopardized him, and potentially his family. We know of the five threats, and Ai is one of them, the gaseous life form that desires codependence (nanika). One, Zigg is still alive but has gone insane as the years progressed (due to factors such as being the host for Nanika.) If he is insane, and is incapable of communicating with his family, then that's why they had to find things out on their own without his help. Two, Zigg was affected by another one of the five threats and they trapped him under Kukuroo Mountain just like they did with Alluka. Hellbell is a creature that infects its prey with homicidal desire, if it infected Zigg then Zigg would be the threat to his own family, and many more. Without knowing how the hellbell affects his sanity, he would be placed in solitary confinement without means of escape for everyone's protection. Three, the simplest and unlikeliest theory, he left the family of his own volition and marches to the beat of his own drum!

In conclusion, we're working with a small amount of info, but i don't think Zigg left the dark continent unscathed and is possibly confined in a similar situation like Alluka was in. But him not being addressed by his family, nor in the family tree seems like they don't acknowledge his presence, or don't look favorably on him. For whatever reason. With Alluka, yes she was a threat, but the family still saw her as something to gain/to take advantage of. With Zigg, the cons may outweigh the pros. And he may be a bigger threat to the family than Alluka.