Chakravartin, the one behind the curtain, quite literally has a hand in everything that you do in this game. The game, including all four main parts (and excluding the animated and Street Fighter DLC), has exactly 22 episodes. If you look closely, either in game or at his artwork, he has exactly 22 arms.
More than likely, that predecessor died in combat with the Gohma, as Kalrow is the oldest of the Seven Deities, and Augus, when unaffiliated with the Eight Guardian Generals, called them all weak. Nothing has ever stated what happened to the last possessor of the Wrath mantra.
Well, Vlitra is actually Gaia's Vengeance personified, and the Gohma were created by the Golden Spider in the first place.Could it be that Vlitra used to be a Guardian General that used the Wrath mantra prior to Asura and lost himself to his wrath but never got out of it, and in the end becoming the Golden Spiders pawn? Then it starts entering Fridge Horror territory.It also makes sense because in the original mythology, Vritra IS an Asura.They possess similar forms because they share the same mantra affinity: Wrath. But then you remember that Vlitra is the will of the planet driven mad by rage at Humanity and Demigods, and Asura's Mantra affinity is Wrath. The similarities between Berserker Asura and Vlithra's Core seem to just make the latter a Mirror Boss.Sergei's Halo comes of as a bit unusual due to it being shaped like a lunar crescent.To some, Deus' weapon of choice might seem a bit odd, but that's until you realise that they are based of the Vajra which can mean thunderbolt.Warning: Spoilers Off applies to this page.