I have a couple crazy theories for the partygoers apparently turning into Nanase:

Crazy theory #1

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It's not Nanase they resemble, but Tedd in his female form. Could be something Lord Tedd is trying to pull, as he is also the only character I can think of that anyone's called a Lord. He could be using the excess magic to push himself through in some complicated manner that a crazy amount of exposition would have to explain.


Crazy theory #2

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It's not Nanase, it's Terra that they resemble - The mage Magus was fighting before he transferred over to the EGS world where he's incorporeal and trying to get Ellen to V5 Elliot. He claims to be Ellen's father, which would tie into the name of this particular plot arc. This could be a side-effect of Magus trying another way to revive himself.


The figure that just landed infront of them in the latest comic:

Beats me. In this comic, it could be anything from Vlad to another summoned creature.