Characters
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Guts (a.k.a.) The Black Swordsman
Guts, the black swordsman, is the main character of the Berserk series. Guts was a mercenary working for the Band of the Hawk, led by Griffith. Griffith "won" Guts in a duel so that Guts would have to join the Band of the Hawk. After Guts beat Griffith in another duel three years later he left the Band of the Hawk. But one year later when he hear's Griffith is being tortured by the king of Midland he joins with the Hawks again and busts Griffith out. Griffith then summons the God Hand (demons from another dimension.) Griffith then sacrifices all the Hawks to the God Hands so that he can be reborn. All the Hawks are killed by apostles of God Hand except for Guts,Rickert, and Caska, Guts girlfriend from the Band of the Hawk. Griffith is reborn as Femto and rapes Caska in front of Guts and Guts loses his left arm and right eye in the process. Then the Skull Knight rescues Guts and Caska from the demons. Guts now bears a brand of sacrifice on his neck that draws evil spirits to him. The Skull Knight tells Guts his life will be a struggle from now on and that he will meet Guts again in the near future. Guts then gains a robotic arm, built by Rickert, and the Dragon Slayer, a humungous sword built by Godo the Blacksmith. Guts then sets out on his journey to avenge the Hawks and kill Femto/Griffith and the God Hands. |
Femto
Griffith's form as a God Hand. Rapist of Caska. |
Puck
Guts' fairy side kick since volume 1. He provides the comic relief. He isn't in volumes 4-13 and part of 14 because after all, it's a flashback. |