Talk:Shadow Hand/@comment-37076256-20190907234439/@comment-4010415-20190908000709

1. The Shadow Hands use the same exact model as a Geist's arm, though this page exists because the crew said they're called Shadow Hands and we don't know if they're derived from Geists. Similarly, the crew gave the Sphinx a separate name, and we don't know for certain if they are meant to be elder Manticores.

2. If a Manticore grows into a Sphinx, that means that


 * It has to lose a toe on each paw, considering Manticores have 4 toes while Sphinxes have 3


 * Its snout would have to become narrower and drastically shorten


 * Its tail would have to transform from a scorpion tail into a snake


 * It would have to lose the bone spikes that make up its mane


 * Its neck would have to become longer, and its body would have to become more slender

3. "which would only make sense if it was once made of external bone" Um, no? Not when we have the King Taijitu as an example of a Grimm that's partially white without it being bone.

Regardless, it doesn't make sense for a scorpion tail to transform into a snake just through the Grimm getting older.