#couldve also talked about his mask and the possibility of an actual cross being under it

[neapologist873]

So, who the hell is Cross Marian?

Everything under the cut because it includes spoilers from 245!

Now, Wit made the mistake of joking about how Cross might actually be Cyrus Campbell and well. That made a little too much sense.

What prompted this was the scene in Night 245 where Maria stops Cross from hurting Allen, and there you can see a panel of her when she was still alive and she bears a striking resemblance to Caterina.

We've known for a while that Maria is a corpse, but now we know who it was. It's also interesting that he calls her 聖母 (Mary, Maria, Holy Mother) because Caterina fits into all of these roles either literally or narratively.

Of course this is just a theory, but here are a couple reasons why we believe it's true:

1- Starting off with a slightly meta one, but the series has progressed too far for a brand new, important character to be introduced. It makes more sense that it's actually someone we're already familiar with.

Notice how we never get to see Cyrus, not even a silhouette.

2- .... These descriptions fit Cross quite well. We know he's quite skilled with magic, so that might have been what caused the smoke there.

3- Nea claims to hate humans, but he considers working with Cross to be something unavoidable.

Assuming past Allen was a bookman, Cross is the only human Nea's acquainted with. An easy explanation would be that they're family members, but there are other ways to interpret this. Still, Nea clearly doesn't hold either in high regard, so.....

4- This exchange from Komui's Discussion Corner:

there's no real reason to hide his age since we've already seen him in the past, but giving an accurate number might give away how old he was when the betrayal happened.

5- Cross claims to have made Timcanpy, and holds onto the only thing capable of killing it, the thorn of Cornelia.

6- everything leads us to believe Cross was involved in the Campbells' past, but how come he's never mentioned in any flashback, let alone seen? The simplest explanation would be that he's using a different name.

7- Cyrus and Cross are similar names aren't they. Sort of. Guy's not even creative