[Davitz]

Originally Posted by heebo

Spoiler for Manga:

When the fifth and awakened Nel started to fight. The fifth espada stated that Nel was third espada many years ago before she was castaway. But Aizen has been around less than a year. And there has been espadas only as long as Aizen has been around. So the time line doesn't match.
How is it possible that there were espadas before Aizen came to the Hueco Mondo? Or am I misunderstanding something here?

Natural occuring espadas ...
there was order in HM before aizen came, he just took over