Talk:Escanor/@comment-83.152.205.89-20180506134511/@comment-83.152.205.89-20180506135228

A really good theory to me. Here are the reasons I think Mael's Sunshine did help but wasn't enough to actually seal all demons, including the Demon King, in their respective prisons.
 * 1) 1C Esta's fight against Sar and Tar already proved that 1C Estarossa has no chance in hell beating Mael, the strongest Archangel. Sar and Tar even implied that Estarossa won't beat Mael any time of the day since they know Mael so well. Estarossa didn't even know what Sunshine looks like.
 * 2) Other than Estarossa, Ludoshel, Sariel, and Tarmiel, only Gowther Jr. blatantly mentioned his knowledge of Mael. He even knew that Mael admired Elizabeth's healing ability. Yet, not even Elizabeth, Meliodas, or Merlin recall or mention him.
 * 3) When the Goddesses saw Mael's dead body, Sunshine was missing. If Mael did survive, he was probably in his soul form and possessed the body of a human that became Escanor's ancestor. Estarossa probably "killed" Mael's soulless Goddess body.
 * 4) This would explain why Escanor, a human, can host Sunshine. He was the Mael's descendant strong enough to host it.

He probably helped Gowther Sr. trick the Goddesses to sacrifice their physical bodies to seal up the demons. That way, neither the Demons nor the Goddesses can reign over Britannia (Demons imprisoned in pocket dimensions, Goddesses powerless in ethereal forms).