Board Thread:Fanmade/@comment-30439574-20180809212346/@comment-26912075-20180812023140

I don’t think that the pillar men will be that much of a threat to humanity or have the capabilities of taking over the past world. It’s important to note that without the invention of the stone mask, the pillar men would not possess the supernatural powers they did in Part 2. While they were inferred to be more physically gifted than humans even without the mask, the fact that the sun can destroy them and that they seem to be limited to very specific areas of the planet means that humanity’s hegemony will likely not be challenged. Even if they are stronger than humans, humanities greatest skill is the ability to adapt to any situation and to construct highly sophisticated tools. Even then, the Hamon tribes may still be created of the pillar men attempt to take over the planet, and there is nothing suggesting they would be able to stop or overcome this without the powers granted by the stone mask. Overall, without the powers of the mask, they are too few in number and too limited in both area and operational time to be a major threat to humanity. Likely they would instead be a very potent regional power base if they don’t eventually make peace with the humans.