During the SS period, the Sacha Rebellion was an important reason for the decline of the Sanctuary. After the last battle, Tong Hu and Shi Ang, two golden warriors, survived, and later they worked together: Shi Ang served as the Pope, and Tong Hu monitored the Hades army. Originally, the Sanctuary had lost its vitality after the Great War, but Shi Ang worked hard and finally re-cultivated a new generation of Golden Saint Seiya. Among the new generation of Golden Warriors, Aiolos and Zachar emerged as the new candidates for the Pope. Surprisingly, Saga turned black because of his defeat, and as a result, he killed the Pope with one punch, which caused a series of tragedies that followed.
However, this plot also leaves a mystery for everyone: 13 years ago, who was the Pope who attacked Zachar? Because some people say that the pope who was killed was not Shi Ang, but the altar seat silver saint Yaris, but some people say that the person who died was the old Pope Shi Ang. In fact, the Pope who was killed by Zachar was Shion. The reason why these two statements appear is because there is a difference in the plot between the anime version of "Saint Seiya" and the manga version in this area: the anime version has changed to the altar seat Alex, and the original book is Shion.
Under the description of Masami Cheda, the top boss of the Sanctuary is the goddess Athena, and the Pope is the actual manager of the Sanctuary. 243 years ago, the Sage and the White were typical examples, one was the Pope and the other was the altar. Sage was sacrificed, and Bai Li immediately stepped on top and attacked Hades City with other gold and silver. It should be noted that the identity of the altar is only known to Athena, Gold, and important members of the Sanctuary, and the other minions are unaware of his existence.
Because of this, the anime version of "Saint Seiya" specially changed Shi Ang to the altar seat Saint Seiya Alex. According to the setting of the anime version, Shion died of illness before, and this Alex was an altar-seat warrior in place of him, but he was also from the Jamil Plateau and was said to be Shion's younger brother. 13 years ago, Saga was unfortunately blackened because of his defeat, and the first thing he did in a fit of anger was to KO the old Pope. After killing Alex, Sachar put on a papal mask and pretended to be the pope, and then pretended to be the pope for 13 years. It wasn't until Seiya and others broke into the 12th house that the Saga rebellion was put down.
However, Alex is the original character of the anime version, and according to the setting of Masami Sadada's original "Saint Seiya", there is no such Alex character. Thirteen years ago, the Pope was Old Sion. At that time, Sarco, who was already in his 200s, was primarily elected as Pope candidates, and later, after some comparison, Aiolos was finally delineated as the Pope's successor. But what Shi Ang was worried about still happened, Saga was defeated and blackened, and Shi Ang was solved with one punch, which led to the later Saga chaos. In the original book, the Pope who was killed by a sneak attack was Shi Ang.
Later, Masami Cheda, the author of "Saint Seiya", further described the plot of the Saga Rebellion. According to Lao Che's later description, Saga was not deliberately blackened, but possessed by an evil spirit, which lurked in the underworld in order to disturb the holy realm. In other words, Saga's blackening is a tragedy, but it was not his original intention, which also gave Saga a good setting and made his character return to normal. What do you think of Shion and Alex?