Board Thread:Fanon Canon/@comment-2089817-20160819203005/@comment-2089817-20160830194841

So, my thinking for the cause is that the Coven is behind this, but nobody quite knows that yet. What happens is they contract Vengeance into somehow setting off Grimmjow, in order to purposely draw Grimmjow and his Espada into a full-fledged attack on the Gotei 13. Vengeance, of course, also assisting in the slaughter. This could eventually set the stage for some kind of ceasefire agreement where the Gotei and Espada decide to cooperate against the