Bleach: All You Need To Know About The Sternritter
After years of waiting, the fans of Bleach will finally see the anime adaptation of the last arc of the series, The Thousand-Year Blood War. This will be the biggest arc in the series and will feature an all-out war between the Shinigami and Quincy. So it’s safe to say that this is the most ambitious story arc in Bleach, by far.
Similar to the previous arcs, the main enemy of this arc is also a group of strong people, such as the Shinigami captains of the Gotei 13 for the Soul Society arc, and the Arrancar from Hueco Mundo for the Arrancar arc. For the Thousand-Year Blood War, the main enemy is a group of Quincy who called themselves The Sternritter. There are a lot of interesting things about this group that makes them different from other groups from the previous arcs. So here’s everything that you need to know about The Sternritter.
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The Sternritter is a group of elite Quincy warriors that are highly specialized in subjugating shinigami. Because the power of every Sternritter is at least on par, and may even be greater than the captains of the Gotei 13. As such, they are the most powerful Quincy in the Wandernreich, the homeland of Quincy.
Every Sternritter can command other low-level Quincy, but the rank between each Sternritter themselves is actually equal, with the exception being Jugram Haschwalth, the leader of the Sternritter. That being said, there is still another special group within the Sternritter called the Schutzstaffel. They are the Royal Guard of the leader of Quincy himself, Yhwach.
Every member of the Sternritter is handpicked by Yhwach himself. And when he decides to promote a regular Quincy into a Sternritter, he will have them drink his blood.
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