Black Clover Elf Tragedy Explanation | Part 1

**SPOILER ALERT, POST BASED ON MANGA**

This is my first text post in Tumblr. I will try my best to express my findings, conclusions and understanding of the whole Black Clover Elf part responsible for the current arc’s hatred and revenge. The author, Yūki Tabata has portrayed in the best way possible and brought in so many coincidences which have led to increase in complexity and confusion. Starting directly from Chapter 148,

We go back to the times when elves coexisted with humans, even before the first Magic Emperor. There was a noble elf named Licht who possessed rare sword magic. He was also chosen by the Four Clover Grimoire.

Afterwards in the chapter, POV of different elves has been shown without any prior information, which also contributes to the confusion. The interchange of dialogue below is for POV of a boy named Patry, who is close to Licht as a friend.

Liar and Licht are talking to Patry in this part. Licht seems to be bright and positive unlike the Licht shown in the current Arc. Licht does not discriminate Humans, rather believes humans to be same as elves as both are bestowed Grimoires by the same Earth.

Licht encounters Humans for the first time and falls in love with a noblewoman named Tetia. He also meets Tetia’s brother who is also a holder of a Four Clovered Grimoire.

We know that the first Magic Emperor possessed Light Magic and a four clovered Grimoire. Tetia’s brother also had the same. Maybe he was the first Magic Emperor.

As humans were developing and growing, they started growing afraid of the elves. As humans as always feared being weaker. So they were growing hostile against Elves. But Tetia’s brother took a stand and used to explain the possibility of coexistence of humans and elves, same belief as Licht.

Soon Tetia was pregnant with Licht’s child. And they were about to get married.

In the above panel Licht was talking to the boy Patry. But the worst thing happened next during the wedding, Humans attacked the elves. It was some kind of Light Magic (remember Tetia’s brother and First Magic Emperor, maybe) that locked and trapped all the elves. Somehow, Licht initiated a forbidden spell of Reincarnation. Due to the limited time and mana, the boy Patry was reincarnated into a human body who somehow looked similar to Licht. It was not that Patry was in complete control of the human body as he was not able to call the human body’s Grimoire. ( According to me, the human body is of William, Captain of Golden Dawn who looked just like Licht. Maybe because of which his face was burned and he was discarded from his family. But this logic has a flaw, as William would not have been surviving since the Elf Tragedy or the Reincarnation by Licht took a lot of time to complete, maybe a whole generation late worth of time). As soon as Patry got reincarnated, he fell into deep revenge against Humans for what they did to his Elf clan. He took the name of Licht to take revenge in his new body.

Note: To be able to use magic, he need a grimoire. If you remember correctly, Patry never had his own grimoire. It was the day next to Licht’s wedding when Patry was supposed to get his own grimoire. So he rushes to get his own grimoire using the new human body. With luck on this side (and the confusing coincidence) he is chosen by a Four Clovered Grimoire with Light Magic.

I know it is quite confusing, the Licht we know isn’t the real Licht. But he is a boy named Patry who was close to Licht and envied him.

Many questions that appear only because of the above part. I will list some below and let you all think on them.

Why was Patry the one who got reincarnated?

As we come to know that for Reincarnation spell to actually initiate, one need a lot of mana and sacrifice. Who was sacrificed by original Licht for the reincarnation of Patry?

Who was the Light Magic Holder that trapped all the Elves and helped in the Elf Tragedy? Was he Tetia’s brother or the first Magic Emperor?

What happened to Tetia and her child/children :) ? (Yuno and Asta?)

This is end of Part 1. I will write down Part 2 which includes panels Liar’s Dream and Patry’s first set of reincarnation who help him reach the bigger goal.

Part will cover Liar’s dream from chapter 134. Bonus:In the panel above, Patry is the boy standing left to Licht, with Tetia sitting next to Licht. Do let me know if you find mistakes and flaws. Comment to discuss.