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GUTS' YOUTH GAMBO VOICED BY: NOR WAKAMOTO (JAPANE, BERSERK (1997)), YASUNOBU IWATA (JAPANE, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC), ROBERT KRAKOVSKI (ENGLISH, BERSERK (1997)), DAVE B. MCHELL (ENGLISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC, AS RSELL NASH), JOAQUíN GóMEZ (SPANISH, BERSERK (1997))HE'LL BE BACK TO KICKG THAT DOG ANY MUTE NOW... "LISTEN, GUTS. IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE ON THE BATTLEFIELD, GET BY WH YOUR OWN BRA AND SKILLS. DON'T PEND ON OTHERS. PEOPLE WILL DO SPIBLE THGS FOR THEIR OWN AMBN, OR TO SURVIVE. THAT'S WHAT BOILS DOWN TO ON THE BATTLEFIELD. THOSE WHO BLDLY FOLLOW OTHERS OUT HERE JT GET CHEWED UP, SPAT OUT, AND KILLED. TAKE AS FATHERLY ADVICE. DON'T EVEN TST YOUR OWN FATHER OUT HERE."GAMBO (ガンビーノ GANBīNO) IS GUTS' ADOPTIVE FATHER. HE HEAD THE MERCENARY BAND GUTS GREW UP BEFORE JOG THE ORIGAL BAND OF THE HAWKS. BEFORE FDG GUTS, GAMBO'S LOVER SYS (シス SHISU) MISRRIED AND HE AGREED TO TAKE GUTS ALONG SCE SEEMED TO BE THE ONLY THG THAT PREVENTED HER OM GOG MAD WH GRIEF.GAMBO THEN TRAED GUTS AND TGHT HIM SWORDSMANSHIP. BUT WHILE HE WAS GOOD AT HIS JOB OF TEACHG THE BOY HOW TO FIGHT, HE HAD NO LOVE FOR GUTS AS A FATHER AND HATED HIM ENOUGH TO SELL HIM AS A CHILD PROSTUTE FOR THREE SILVER S AND ALLOW DONOVAN, ONE OF HIS MEN, TO HAVE HIS WAY WH HIM. HE WOULD ONLY GET WORSE AFTER LOSG HIS LEG TO A NNONBALL DURG A BATTLE, ENDG HIS REER ON THE BATTLEFIELD, AND G HIM TO TAKE TO DRKG AND TO PUT THE BLAME OF EVERYTHG ON GUTS. ONE NIGHT WHEN MASSIVELY DNK, GAMBO ME TO GUTS' TENT ONE NIGHT AND TRIED TO MURR HIM, TELLG HIM THAT SYS SHOULD NEVER HAVE PICKED UP GUTS OM HIS AD MOTHER. HE ADMTED TO HAVG SOLD GUTS TO DONOVAN, AND WHEN ASKED WHY, HE LLED GUTS DISGTG, BLAMG HIM FOR SYS'S ATH AND TELLG HIM THAT THE ONE WHO KILLED HER ULD NOT BE RAISED TO BE LOYAL LIKE A DOG. GUTS KILLED GAMBO SELF-FENSE AND FLED THE MERCENARY MP TO PE THE WRATH OF THE OTHER MERCENARI.THE TRMATIC CHILDHOOD GUTS EXPERIENCED SRRED HIM FOR LIFE AND FOR THAT REASON, GUTS HAT BEG TOUCHED AND IS GENERALLY MISTSTFUL OF STRANGERS. ABIVE DAD: DURG THE ELEVEN YEARS THAT HE WAS GUTS' ADOPTIVE FATHER, GAMBO GAVE THE BOY BEATGS, CUT HIM ON THE NOSE WH A SHARP SWORD, FORCED HIM TO FIGHT AS A CHILD SOLDIER, SOLD HIM TO BE RAPED BY A PEDOPHILE, AND FALLY ATTEMPTED TO MURR HIM, MOST OF WHILE TRYG TO LOOK LIKE HE, GAMBO, WAS THE GOOD ONE. HIS VERBAL AND EMOTNAL ABE HAD A EPLY SRRG EFFECT, AS WELL SCE THE LAST THG HE EVER TOLD HIM WAS THAT HE SERVED TO DIE AND THAT EVERYTHG WAS HIS FLT. ADAPTATNAL HEROISM: DOWNPLAYED BERSERK (1997). SCE DONOVAN IS ADAPTED OUT, GAMBO'S MOST SPIBLE ACT OF SELLG GUTS TO BE RAPED NEVER OCCURS. IN ADDN, THE NNON BLAST ONLY BREAKS HIS LEG THIS TIME AROUND, MEANG HE WASN'T PERMANENTLY RELYG ON GUTS SO WHEN HE DO TRY TO KILL HIM HIS RAGE IS FOCED MORE ON SYS'S ATH RATHER THAN HIS OWN SELF-PY OVER BEG CRIPPLED. ASSHOLE VICTIM: DPE ALL THE GENUE GUILT GUTS HAS FOR KILLG HIM SELF-FENSE, THIS GUY WAS SUCH AN ASSHOLE THAT EVEN IF HE DIDN'T ABE GUTS, HIS THLSNS AS A MERCENARY LEAR AND ON THE BATTLEFIELD WAS SUCH THAT YOU'D WOULDN'T FEEL SORRY FOR HIM AT ALL WHEN GUTS KILLED HIM. BURY YOUR DISABLED: GAMBO WAS HANDIPPED DURG A BATTLE WHEN HIS LEG WAS BLOWN OFF BY A NNON. HE WASN'T KILLED OFF BEE HE WAS DISABLED, BUT HIS DISABILY PROBABLY DID PLAY A ROLE GUTS BEG ABLE TO OVERPOWER HIM. CAREER-ENDG INJURY: HE HAS TO RETIRE AS AN ACTIVE MERCENARY AFTER A MSY LEG JURY. CYNIL MENTOR: HIS PAGE QUOTE PRETTY MUCH SUMS UP THE PHILOSOPHY THAT HE TGHT TO GUTS. DISABILY AS AN EXCE FOR JERKASSERY: IF ANYTHG, HAVG HIS LEG BLOWN OFF JT MA GAMBO HATE GUTS EVEN MORE. DROWNG MY SORROWS: GAMBO TRIED TO GET AWAY OM HIS REER-ENDG AND HUIATG NDN THROUGH ALHOL. EVEN EVIL HAS LOVED ON: DPE BEG AN ABIVE DAD AND A THLS MERCENARY, HE DID SEEM TO GENUELY LOVE SYS. WHEN HE IS REVERG OM HIS CRIPPLG LEG JURY HE LIRLY EXPRS REGRET FOR NOT BEG THERE WH HER ON HER ATH BED, AND A LARGE PART OF HIS HATRED FOR GUTS STEMS OM THE FACT THAT HE THKS GUTS IS RPONSIBLE FOR SYS'S ATH BEE HE'S A BAD OMEN. EVERYONE HAS STANDARDS: DOWNPLAYED, AND PERHAPS SUBVERTED. GAMBO REFERRED TO THE LATE DONOVAN AS A "EAK", SHOWG THAT HE VIEWED A MAN'S SIRE TO RAPE A YOUNG BOY AS SICK AND ABNORMAL. NEVERTHELS, HE MT HAVE AT LEAST TOLERATED DONOVAN'S SORDID TAST DURG THEIR ASSOCIATN, AND SELLG GUTS TO HIM WAS AN TENTNAL ACT OF SPEFUL CELTY. EVIL CRIPPLE: LOSG HIS LEG DID NOTHG TO DIMISH HIS LLONS. EVIL IS PETTY: HE SOLD OUT HIS OWN ADOPTED SON TO A PEDOPHILE MERCENARY FOR ONE SGLE NIGHT, FOR 3 SILVER S. SAID MERCENARY THEN PROCEED TO RAPE HIM OUTRIGHT. GAMBO FAILED TO EXIST FOR LONG AFTER THIS ME OUT. AND WHY DID HE DO THAT? BEE GAMBO BLAMED GUTS FOR HIS GIRLIEND SYS'S UNTIMELY ATHNOTE WHICH WAS DUE TO A PLAGUE. EVIL MENTOR: HE TGHT GUTS HOW TO FIGHT AND KILL ONLY BEE A GOOD CHILD SOLDIER BRGS MORE MONEY THAN A BAD ONE. THE FARMER AND THE VIPER: SAW HIMSELF AS THE FARMER AND GUTS AS THE VIPER, SAYG THAT GUTS GAVE HIM NOTHG BUT EVIL FOR GOOD AFTER HE TOOK HIM . ALTHOUGH BLATANTLY UNTE, THE OTHER MERCENARI WERE NVCED OF WHEN THEY DISVERED THAT GUTS HAD KILLED GAMBO. GONE HORRIBLY RIGHT: GAMBO PUT GUTS THROUGH RELENTLS BAT TRAG PRACTILLY OM THE MOMENT HE ULD WALK SO HE WOULD BE PROFABLE TO HIM AS A MERCENARY. WHEN HE EVENTUALLY TRI TO KILL GUTS, ALL EXPLOS HIS FACE SCE THE TWELVE-YEAR-OLD BOY IS ALREADY A FAR BETTER FIGHTER THAN HE EVER WAS AND GUTS KILLS HIM A REFLEX ACTN. HYPOCRE: WHILE TRAG GUTS, GAMBO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO QUALMS AGAST HTG AND SLICG THE KID. WHEN GUTS ACTUALLY SUCCEEDS CUTTG HIM, HOWEVER, HE REACTS ANGRILY WH A NASTY SLASH ACROSS THE NOSE. JERKASS: GAMBO WAS NEVER NICE TO ANYBODY, PECIALLY NOT TO HIS ADOPTED SON AND EVEN TO SYS, WHO WAS PROBABLY THE ONLY PERSON HE EVER LOVED. UNFORTUNATELY, HE ONLY GOT MEANER AS THE YEARS WENT BY, PECIALLY AFTER HE LOST HIS LEG. JERK WH A HEART OF JERK: INIALLY SEEMS LIKE HE MIGHT HAVE SOME REEMG QUALI BENEATH HIS HARSH MEANOR, BUT 'S GRADUALLY REVEALED THAT HE'S EXACTLY AS CEL AND VDICTIVE AS HE APPEARS TO BE. KARMIC DEATH: THE BOY HE ABED AND TURNED TO A PROFSNAL KILLER EVENTUALLY GO ON TO KILL HIM AN ACT OF SELF-FENSE. KICK THE DOG: COMMS SEVERAL MEMORABLE ACTS OF CELTY AGAST GUTS, SUCH AS THE CINT WHERE HE CUT GUTS ACROSS THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE DURG SWORD PRACTICE. THE WORST MIGHT HAVE BEEN WHEN HE SOLD GUTS TO DONOVAN FOR THREE SILVER S. MASTER SWORDSMAN: AN ABSOLUTELY VILE PERSON, BUT TO HIS CRED HE DO KNOW HOW TO E A SWORD EVEN AGAST HEAVILY ARMORED SOLDIERS. MATERNAL DEATH? BLAME THE CHILD!: WHEN HE TRI TO MURR GUTS, GAMBO SAYS THAT SYS' ATH AND THE LOSS OF HIS LEG WERE ED BY GUT'S CURSED LUCK AND THAT HE SHOULD HAVE LEFT HIM TO DIE BENEATH HIS MOTHER'S RPSE ELEVEN YEARS AGO. MOR INJURY OVERREACTN: WHEN GAMBO GOT CUT ACROSS THE CHEEK WHILE TRAG GUTS WH SHARP SWORDS, HE GOT SO PISSED THAT HE LIBERATELY SLASHED GUTS ACROSS THE BRIDGE OF HIS NOSE, PACATG HIM FOR QUE A WHILE AND GIVG HIM THE FIRST OF THE MANY SRS THAT HE WOULD RRY AS AN ADULT. MY GREATT FAILURE: NOPE. NOT KIDDG. WAY AT THE BEGNG OF THE GOLN AGE ARC, SYS WAS DYG OF TUBERCULOSIS WH GUTS AT HER SI. THE OTHER WOMEN WHO WERE ATTENDG HER WERE SHOCKED AND ASHAMED THAT GAMBO WENT OFF TO FIGHT A BATTLE RATHER THAN BE BY SYS' SI HER TIME OF NEED. AS GUTS GREW UP, GAMBO BSHED OFF SYS' ABSENCE; HOWEVER, GAMBO LATER REVEALED HIS LIR SLEEP THAT HE DID TRY TO GET BACK TO SYS TIME, BUT HE WAS TOO LATE. IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT AFTER THIS HAPPENED TO GAMBO, HE BEGAN WALLOWG GUILT AT NOT BEG ABLE TO GET BACK TO SYS BEFORE HER ATH, AND TOOK OUT HIS FEELGS ON THE ONLY PERSON NEARBY: HIS ADOPTED SON, GUTS. HIS MISPLACED HATRED TOWARDS GUTS WOULD ULTIMATELY LEAD TO HIS DOWNFALL. OFFG THE OFFSPRG: TRIED TO KILL HIS ADOPTIVE SON WHILE RAGG DNK, BUT HE HAD TRAED THE BOY TOO WELL AND STEAD WAS KILLED HIMSELF. PET THE DOG: SHORTLY AFTER THE PRACTICE WHERE HE LOST HIS TEMPER AND CUT GUTS ON THE NOSE, HE GAVE GUTS A SEASHELL NTAG MEDICE TO B ON HIS WOUND. EVEN IF WAS ONLY TO EASE HIS GUILTY NSCIENCE, WAS ONE OF THE ONLY NICE THGS THAT HE EVER DID FOR GUTS, WHO REMEMBERS DURG HIS FIRST TIME WH CAS. ANOTHER WAS WHEN GAMBO REVEALED HIS SLEEP THAT HE TRIED TO E BACK TO SYS WHEN SHE WAS DYG BUT ARRIVED TOO LATE, SHOWG THAT HE REALLY LOVED HER AFTER ALL AND MISS HER TERRIBLY. SATELLE FAY MEMBER: GAMBO ONLY APPEARS FLASHBACK TO SHOW WHAT'S LIKE TO GROW WH ABIVE PARENTS AND WHY GUTS HAT BEG TOUCHED. SMALL ROLE, BIG IMPACT: HE ONLY APPEARS FOR A UPLE OF CHAPTERS, BUT HIS CRAPPY PARENTG WOULD SHAPE GUTS' PERSONALY FOR YEARS TO E AND START A CHA REACTN THAT LED UP TO THE ECLIPSE. HIS NSTANT ABE, LACK OF VALIDATN, AND SELLG GUTS FOR SEX ENSURED THAT GUTS HAD NO SELF-TEEM AND AN ABILY TO TST AND NNECT WH OTHER PEOPLE. THIS WOULD LEAD TO GUTS SEEG HIMSELF AS GRIFFH'S FERR AFTER HE OVERHEARD GRIFFH TALKG ABOUT WHOM HE NSIRS HIS EQUAL, AND LEAVG THE BAND OF THE HAWK AND CAS PURSU OF THAT DREAM BEE HE DIDN'T REALIZE HIS PLACE WAS WH THEM ALL ALONG. THIS LEADS TO GRIFFH'S BREAKDOWN AND THE FIRST CHA OF EVENTS LEADG TO THE ECLIPSE. ONCE GUTS LOST ALL OF HIS LOVED ON, HE REVERTED BACK TO HOW HE WAS AFTER HE KILLED GAMBO, EXCEPT EVEN MORE ISOLATED AND ANGRY. THE SOCPATH: HE'S ALL OF GUTS' WORST, MOST BARBARIC, AND SADISTIC TRAS ROLLED TO ONE, M ANYTHG REMOTELY POSIVE OR REEMABLE, EXPLAG WHERE HE GOT THEM OM THE FIRST PLACE. UNGRATEFUL BASTARD: AFTER HE WAS CRIPPLED, GAMBO WAS LARGELY FED AND RED FOR BY GUTS SCE HE ULD NO LONGER FIGHT. GUTS, FACT, DID WH MORE EAGERNS FOR GAMBO THAN GAMBO EVER DID FOR GUTS. GAMBO DIDN'T RE. HE WAS STILL ABIVE AND EVENTUALLY ATTEMPTED TO KILL GUTS, BLAMG HIM FOR EVERYTHG. HAVG TO RELY ON GUTS WAS UTTERLY HUIATG FOR GAMBO AND LIKELY FURTHER CREASED HIS ANGER AND HATE TOWARD GUTS. WE HAVE RERV: A FAVORE TACTIC OF HIS ON THE BATTLEFIELD WAS TO SEND THE ROOKI AND H RECS FIRST TO TRIGGER THE ENEMY ARCHERS. INCLUDG HIS ADOPTED SON. YOU SHOULD HAVE DIED INSTEAD: WHEN HE TRI TO MURR GUTS, GAMBO SAYS THAT SYS' ATH AND THE LOSS OF HIS LEG WERE ED BY GUT'S CURSED LUCK AND THAT HE SHOULD HAVE LEFT HIM TO DIE BENEATH HIS MOTHER'S RPSE ELEVEN YEARS AGO. DONOVAN VOICED BY: TSASA HIRAI (JAPANE, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC), CHRIS JAI ALEX (ENGLISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC) NOT A CREEPY GUY AT ALL. "QU STGGL'! I A'T HERE TO EAT YA. C'MON, RELAX AND 'LL ALL BE OVER SOON."DONOVAN (ドノバン DONOBAN) WAS A BTISH AND SADISTIC MERCENARY GAMBO'S BAND TO WHOM GAMBO SOLD A NE-YEAR-OLD GUTS AS A CHILD PROSTUTE FOR ONE NIGHT FOR THREE SILVER S. DPE GUTS' BT EFFORTS TO FIGHT THE BIG MAN OFF, DONOVAN OVERPOWERED AND RAPED HIM, RULTG SER ISSU LATER ON GUTS' LIFE. DURG THE NEXT BATTLE, GUTS TOOK VLENT REVENGE UPON HIM, SHOOTG HIM WH A CROSSBOW BEFORE G HIS SWORD TO FISH HIM OFF. ADAPTED OUT: LEFT OUT OF GUTS' CHILDHOOD THE 1997-98 ANIME, APPARENTLY SPARG GUTS OM THE RAPE THAT HAPPENED THE MANGA. BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC I PUTS HIM BACK AS GUTS' RAPIST, ALBE AS PART OF A RATHER NFG FLASHBACK. ALL GAYS ARE PEDOPHIL: THE ONLY MALE CHARACTER BIS GENNON THE GOLN AGE ARC GUILTY OF RAPG PRE-PUBCENT BOYS. DUE TO HIS LIMED CHARACTERIZATN, 'S QUTNABLE WHETHER HE'S ACTUALLY GAY OR IF TARGETG YOUNG BOYS IS JT MORE NVENIENT FOR HIM. ASSHOLE VICTIM: AS A CHILD-RAPIST WHO IS KILLED AN UNDIGNIFIED WAY. BALD OF EVIL: HE IS A BALD PEDOPHILE. ET TU, BTE?: HE SEEMED HONTLY SHOCKED WHEN GUTS AMBHED AND KILLED HIM. BELIEVE OR NOT, THIS IS TTH TELEVISN, AS MANY REAL-LIFE PEDOPHIL NEVER EVEN PREHEND HOW MUCH MISERY THEIR "GAM" E. FISH EY: HIS RIGHT EYE ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE DRIFTG OFF TO THE SI. THE REASONS BEHD THIS ARE NEVER ELABORATED, BUT DO SERVE TO MAKE HIM LOOK EVEN MORE UNSETTLG AND HUMAN. FLAT CHARACTER: NO TIME OR EFFORT IS TAKEN ON ELABORATG HIS PERSONALY; HIS ONLY IMPORTANCE THE STORY IS THAT HE WAS A BAD MAN, AND HE LEFT GUTS WH A PERMANENT TRMA. THE FRIEND NOBODY LIK: IMPLIED; GAMBO LLS DONOVAN A "EAK" DURG HIS NFSG TO SELLG GUTS TO THE S.O.B. THE FIRST PLACE, DITG THAT WHILE THE LATTER WAS TOLERATED, NOBODY ELSE THE BAND FELT MUCH AT HIS ATH. HATE SK: DONOVAN IS A MERCENARY AND SADISTIC PEDOPHILE WHO RAP GUTS, FOR A MEAGER SUM OF THREE SILVER S EVEN, EARLY HIS LIFE. THIS ACT TRMATIZ GUTS FOR THE RT OF HIS LIFE AND NOBODY SPAR A GLANCE WHEN GUTS KILLS HIM ON THE BATTLEFIELD A MERE DAY LATER. IN-UNIVERSE, GAMBO EVEN REFERRED TO THE MAN AS A EAK... ALBE WHEN HE NFSED TO SELLG GUTS THE FIRST PLACE. PSYCHO FOR HIRE: IMPLIED. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW HIM LONG ENOUGH TO LEARN ABOUT HIS MOTIVATNS, BUT BASED ON HOW HE WAS CKLG WH GLEE WHILE CHOPPG DOWN FLEEG ENEMI, HE JT PLA ENJOYS KILLG PEOPLE. RAPE AND REVENGE: AFTER THE RAPE, GUTS TOOK REVENGE ON DONOVAN BY KILLG HIM DURG A BATTLE WH UNIENDLY FIRE. RAPE IS A SPECIAL KD OF EVIL: HIS RAPE OF GUTS, BED WH A LACK OF ANY REEMG CHARACTERIZATN, IS MEANT TO SHOW THAT HE IS A TOTALLY EVIL HUMAN BEG WHO SERV HIS ATH AT THE HANDS OF HIS VICTIM. SRY BLACK MAN: ENJOYS RAPG AND MURRG PEOPLE AND LOOKS QUE TIMIDATG. SPARED BY THE ADAPTATN: IN BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC I, THE FLASHBACK HAS HIM RAPG GUTS BUT LEAV OUT THE PART WHERE GUTS KILLED HIM REVENGE. WHILE THAT DON'T NECSARILY MEAN THAT GUTS DIDN'T KILL HIM OFF-SCREEN, THERE IS NO EVINCE THE FILM SELF THAT HE DIED; FOR OUR PURPOS, HE'S LIKE SCHRODGER'S T WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE AD. UNIENDLY FIRE: IN THE NEXT BATTLE AFTER HE HAD RAPED GUTS, GUTS SHOOTS HIM THE BACK WH A CROSSBOW AND STABS HIM AD A SECLUD SPOT OF WOODLAND WHERE WILL LOOK LIKE THE ENEMY GOT HIM. WOULD HURT A CHILD: US VLENCE TO RTRA GUTS BEFORE HE RAP HIM, CLUDG A BTAL KICK AND A NECK LIFT. BAZO VOICED BY: IKUYA SAWAKI (JAPANE, BERSERK (1997)), KENDO KOBAYASHI (JAPANE, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC AND BERSERK AND THE BAND OF THE HAWK), PATRICK TANSOR (ENGLISH, BERSERK (1997)), DAVE B. MCHELL (ENGLISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC, AS RSELL NASH), RAMóN CANALS (SPANISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC)CLICK HERE TO SEE HIM BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC. "NO ONE'S GONNA GET PAST ME! ANYONE WHO WANTS THEIR HEAD SMASHED , STEP RIGHT UP!"BAZO (バズソ BAZO) IS ONE OF THE EARLIT NAMED ADVERSARI FACED BY A YOUNG GUTS AT THE BEGNG OF THE GOLN AGE STORY ARC. HE'S A ROTUND KNIGHT WH AN EQUALLY ROUND HELMET, WHICH MAK GUTS LL HIM A "TEAPOT".HE IS SUPPOSEDLY VCIBLE BUT GUTS MAK A QUICK BS OF HIM. WATCHG HIM GET FEATED BY GUTS IS WHAT MA GRIFFH WANT GUTS TO JO THE BAND OF THE HAWKS. A'T TOO PROUD TO BEG: SWALLOWS HIS PRI AND BEGS FOR MERCY WHEN GUTS FEATS HIM. IT FALLS UPON AF EARS. BRG IT: DAR ANYONE ON THE ENEMY SI TO CHALLENGE HIM. BAZO: SO?! WHO WANTS TO FEEL MY LEGENDARY AX?!? COME ON! DEFEATG THE UNFEATABLE: NONE OF THE OTHER MERCENARI BELIEVED THAT BAZO ULD BE FEATED, SO WHEN GUTS MANAG EVERYONE IS MIGHTY IMPRSED. THE DREAD: ALL THE OTHER MERCENARI THE SIEGE KNOW HIS FEARSOME REPUTATN, AND NOT A SGLE ONE OF THEM IS BRAVE ENOUGH TO STEP FORWARD AND FIGHT HIM EXCEPT FOR GUTS. THE FACELS: WE NEVER DO SEE WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE UNR THAT HELMET. NOT THAT MATTERS BEE GUTS VERY QUICKLY SPLS TWO. EYE SCREAM: WHEN GUTS SLAMS HIS SWORD DOWN ON BAZO'S HEAD, THE FORCE OF THE BLOW DISLODG HIS RIGHT EYE OM HIS SOCKET. FOIL: TO GUTS, BELIEVE OR NOT. BOTH ARE STOCKIER THAN YOU TYPIL SOLDIER AND EXPERTLY-WIELD HEAVY WEAPONS, ALTHOUGH BAZO IS LARGE AND PORTLY ENOUGH THAT HIS AXE SEEMS PROPORTNATELY NORMAL-SIZED WHILE GUTS' SWORDS ARE CLEARLY IMPRACTILLY OVERSIZED. BAZO IS KNOWN THROUGHOUT MIDLAND AS THE 'THIRTY-MAN SLAYER' AND THE 'GREY KNIGHT'; GUTS WOULD LATER GARNER HIS OWN REPUTATN AS THE 'HUNDRED MAN SLAYER' AND THE 'BLACK SWORDSMAN.' BOTH HAVE AN ANIMAL MOTIF — BAZO'S IS BEARS, BEG AS STRONG AND AS FIERCE AS ONE AND HAVG KILLED ONE HIMSELF WH HIS BARE HANDS (NO PUN TEND); GUTS' IS WOLV, GIVEN HOW HE EMBODI THE CLASSIC 'LONE WOLF' CHARACTER AND HAVG ONCE SLA AN ENTIRE PACK HIMSELF. GIANT MOOK: HE'S A GOOD HEAD OR TWO TALLER THAN THE OTHER MOOKS, AND MUCH HEAVIER BIS. HEAVILY ARMORED MOOK: HE'S GOT SOME IMPRSIVE FULL PLATE ARMOR, ALTHOUGH DON'T PROTECT HIM OM GUTS' BFS. KILLED MID-SENTENCE: WAS THE MIDDLE OF BEGGG FOR MERCY WHEN GUTS SLICED HIS HEAD TWO, A MOVE THAT MONSTRAT GUTS' LACK OF HATN ABOUT KILLG.BAZO: (RAIS HIS HAND) NO, WA... I YIELD TO THE BETTER MAN. PLEASE HAVE... MERCY ON—! (GUTS' SWORD IS LODGED HIS HEAD.) ONE-MAN ARMY: GIVEN HOW GUTS EARNED HIS OWN TLE LATER ON, BAZO IS PRUMABLY LLED THE 'THIRTY-MAN SLAYER' BEE HE TOOK ON THIRTY MEN AT ONCE AND WON. THEY ALSO SAY HE KILLED A BEAR UNARMED. WHILE WE DO SEE ENOUGH OF HIS SKILL AND POWER TO MAKE THE FEAT SOMEWHAT PLSIBLE, DON'T DO ANYTHG TO SAVE HIM OM GUTS. RED BARON: KNOWN AS THE "GREY KNIGHT" FOR HIS GREY ARMOR, THE "BEAR SLGHTERER" FOR SUPPOSEDLY KILLG A BEAR WH HIS BARE HANDS, AND THE "THIRTY-MAN SLAYER" FOR SLAYG THIRTY MEN. STARTER VILLA: HE IS THE FIRST ENEMY OF NOTE THAT GUTS FIGHTS AFTER LEAVG GAMBO'S MERCENARY PANY. CERTALY NOTHG PARED TO AN APOSTLE OR SOME FAMO WARRRS SUCH AS BOSNE, BUT HE'S WAY TOUGHER THAN YOUR AVERAGE MOOK. HE IS ALSO THE FIRST ENEMY FOUGHT BY GUTS THE FIRST GOLN AGE MOVIE. STOUT STRENGTH: HE'S BIG, ROUND, AND STRONG ENOUGH TO SEND MEN FLYG WH HIS AXE. SUPPOSEDLY HE KILLED A BEAR G HIS BARE HANDS. THE WORF EFFECT: BAZO'S ENTIRE PURPOSE FOR HIS BRIEF EXISTENCE THE STORY. HE IS TRODUCED AS AN UNBEATABLE WARRR AND FAMO MANSLAYER, TOWERG OVER HIS ENEMI HIS IMPERABLE BLOOD-STAED ARMOR AS THEY WER BEFORE HIM AND TELL STORI OF HIS MANY FEATS. DPE ALL OF THIS, GUTS FEARLSLY DISPATCH HIM WH LTLE DIFFICULTY, EFFECTIVELY MONSTRATG HIS PRTIG PROWS EVEN YOUTH. THE VISUNT "FIGHT WELL, SON! NOW, THERE'S NO NEED TO GET TOO WORKED UP. SLAYG A MAN IS THE SAME AS HUNTG. JT AL WH HIM AS YOU WOULD SOME WILD BOAR."A NOBLEMAN WH A LOUTISH, VLENT SON WHOM HE IS OVERLY PROUD OF, THE VISUNT (子爵 SHISHAKU) IS NOTHG IF NOT A DOTG FATHER. GUTS ENDS UP IMPRISONED BY HIM A STORY OM BEFORE HE MET THE BAND OF THE HAWK. BELIEVG THAT HIS SON SHOULD GET SOME PRACTICE BEFORE GOG TO ACTUAL WARFARE, THE VISUNT PLAC GUTS A DUNGEON CELL AND RMS HIM THAT HE WILL BE DUELG HIS SON A FOOT BAT TO THE ATH—GUTS' ATH THAT IS. AT FIRST HE ENJOYS THE SPECTACLE THE URTYARD, BUT THGS DO NOT GO ACRDG TO HIS PLAN. ADIPOSE REX: IF NOT ROYALTY HE IS AT LEAST HIGH NOBILY, AND IS RATHER FAT. JUDGG BY HIS SON NS THE FAY, ALTHOUGH THE BOY POSSS STOUT STRENGTH. AFFABLY EVIL: UNFLAPPABLY JOLLY, AND EVEN WHEN GUTS SPS HIS FACE HE TAK AS A GOOD SIGN THAT HE'S FULL OF VIGOR STEAD OF GETTG OFFEND. BLUE BLOOD: HE IS VERY RICH AND PRUMABLY OF AN OLD AND NOBLE BLOODLE. DOTG PARENT: HE THKS HIS SON IS THE BT, MOST TALENTED BOY THE UNIVERSE AND NNOT BE NVCED OTHERWISE. AS A RULT, HE HAS SPOILED THE BOY AND FAILED TO CURB HIS VLENT TENNCI. THIS IS LAMPSHAD WHEN GUTS LLS HIM A "DOTTARD DADDY", WHICH THE VISUNT MISHEARS AS "DOTG DADDY". EVEN EVIL HAS STANDARDS: WHILE HE SE NO PROBLEM THROWG AWAY THE LIFE OF A PTURED ENEMY SOLDIER TO HIS VLENT SON WHEN HIS SON ATTEMPTED TO MURR A PEASANT, THE VISUNT IS NOTED TO HAVE STEPPED ON THE PEASANT'S BEHALF. PRAGMATIC VILLAY: THE VISUNT BS MEDICE ON GUTS' WOUNDS AND TELLS HIS GUARDS TO STOP HTG THE PRISONER BEE HE NEEDS GUTS STRONG ENOUGH FOR THE FIGHT. SCE HE N'T BE TOO STRONG, HOWEVER, HE DO NOT GIVE HIM FOOD OR WATER AND LEAV HIM A LD CELL WH ONLY STRAW FOR BEDDG. A REAL MAN IS A KILLER: HE SUBSCRIB TO THIS IA, AND 'S THE REASON HE HAS ARRANGED FOR HIS SON TO KILL GUTS AS A WARM-UP FOR BATTLE. VILLAO BREAKDOWN: HE TOTALLY EAKS OUT WHEN GUTS PUTS OUT HIS SON'S EYE AND TAK HIM HOSTAGE, AND SIMPLY FATS WHEN HIS SON GETS H WH A CROSSBOW BOLT AIMED AT GUTS.TUDOR EMPIRE COMMON TROP THE TUDOR EMPIRE (チューダー帝国 CHUUDA TEIKOKU) IS A POWERFUL STATE WH THE HOLY SEE TERRORI TO THE EAST OF MIDLAND. THEY STIGATED THE ONGOG WAR WH MIDLAND A HUNDRED YEARS AGO BY VADG S TERRORY AND PTURG THE FORTRS OF DOLDREY. THEY ARE ABLE TO FIELD MORE HEAVY KNIGHT BRIGAS THAN ANY OTHER STATE. THE TUDOR EMPIRE IS ALSO PROMENT BERSERK: THE FLAME DRAGON KNIGHT, WHICH PICTS S WAR OF NQUT AGAST THE GRAND DUCHY OF GRANT. IN THE MILLENNIUM FALN ARC, TUDOR SENDS FORC TO JO THE HOLY ALLIANCE AGAST THE KHAN EMPIRE. ANIMAL MOTIFS: LIKE MIDLAND, EACH OF S ARY UNS IS NAMED AFTER A LOR AND SOME FEARSOME ANIMAL, WHICH IS OFTEN REFLECTED THE RATN OF THEIR ARMOR. THERE'S THE BLACK RAM IRON LANCE HEAVY CAVALRY, ADON'S BLUE WHALE ULTRA HEAVY ASSLT ANNIHILATN KNIGHT CORPS, AND BOSGN'S PURPLE RHO KNIGHTS. THE ANIMALS ARE UALLY REPRENTED THEIR HIGHLY SCULPTED ARMOR. BLG OF WAR: TUDOR'S KNIGHTS ARE MUCH ENAMORED OF EXOTILLY-SHAPED ARMOR, OSTRICH-PLUMED HELMETS, LORFUL HORSE TRAPPGS, ETC. CORPT CHURCH: THE EMPIRE THE MISSN OF SPREADG THE MONOTHEISTIC RELIGN OF THE HOLY SEE TO JTIFY S NQUT OF THE GRAND DUCHY OF GRANT, AND FORC "CONVERSN TN" ON PTURED YOUTHS. THE EMPIRE: WHILE MIDLAND IS A KGDOM WHOSE KG IS JT AND WHOSE PEOPLE ARE GOOD EVEN IF THE NOBL ARE ROTTEN, TUDOR IS LLED AN EMPIRE AND PICTED AS NOTHG BUT AN OPPRSIVE, WARMONGERG BAD NEIGHBOR. HELLHOLE PRISON: FORT CHTER IS A SE OF DOCTRATN, TORTURE, AND ATH FOR PTURED GRANTIAN YOUTH. LARGE HAM TLE: AS THE LIGHT NOVEL'S NARRATN NOT OF THE AMPHIB RAID WILD BEAST KNIGHTS, 'S TYPIL FOR GROUPS OF TUDOR KNIGHTS TO SPORT AN EXCSIVELY EMBELLISHED TLE. NAMED AFTER SOMEONE FAMO: THEY'RE NAMED AFTER THE HOE OF TUDOR, THE LG DYNASTY OF ENGLAND, WAL, AND IRELAND OM 1485 UNTIL 1603. THE ORIGAL DARK HORSE TRANSLATN OF THE MANGA RENRS THEIR NAME AS "CHUR", BUT IS UPDATED TO "TUDOR" THE FLAME DRAGON KNIGHT. POW CAMP: THE AFOREMENTNED FORT CHTER. RAPE, PILLAGE, AND BURN: GNBELD HAS WNSED THE EMPIRE'S EQUENT ATROCI GRANT, CLUDG RAPE, TORTURE, AND MASSACR. RAPE IS A SPECIAL KD OF EVIL: A CLEAR SIGN OF THE EMPIRE'S EVILNS IS THAT THERE ARE SO MANY RAPISTS THEIR ARMY, OM UNNAMED SOLDIERS TO ADON, GENNON, AND ABESSIS. SUCCSN CRISIS: A SUDN CRISIS OVER THE SUCCSN OF THE THRONE TI UP THEIR FORC, GIVG MIDLAND'S MANRS AND GRIFFH A WDOW OF OPPORTUNY TO RETAKE DOLDREY. ADON COBORLWZ GENERAL ADON COBORLWZ (アドン ADON) VOICED BY: TSHō GENDA (JAPANE, BERSERK (1997)), RIKIYA KOYAMA (JAPANE, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC AND BERSERK AND THE BAND OF THE HAWK), MIKE POLLOCK (ENGLISH, BERSERK (1997) & BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC), ALFONSO VALLéS (SPANISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC)ADON, A FEW MOMENTS BEFORE HIS PLANS GO TO HELL. CLICK HERE TO SEE HIM BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC. "THE BATTLEFIELD IS A SACRED GROUND OF MEN! I, ADON, HEAD OF THE BLUE WHALE ULTRA-HEAVY ARMORED FIERCE ASSLT ANNIHILATN KNIGHT CORPSNOTE B.W.U.H.A.F.A.A.K.C FOR SHORT, SHALL TEACH YOU THE FOLLY OF YOUR IVOLY SETTG FOOT UPON !!"ADON CORBOLWZ IS THE BIG AND BRAGGG LEAR OF THE TUDOR EMPIRE'S BLUE WHALE KNIGHTS. A STRAW MISOGYNIST WHO THKS THAT ALL WOMEN SHOULD STAY THE KCHEN, HE SLANRS CAS BY LLG HER A WHORE WHO GOT HER POSN BY SLEEPG WH GRIFFH AND CLAIMS THAT HE WILL TEACH HER WHY WOMEN SHOULDN'T BE ALLOWED ON THE BATTLEFIELD. ADON MAK MUCH OF HIS SELF-SCRIBED ARY CUNNG AND THE "SECRET TECHNIQU" HE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN HIS FAY FOR GENERATNS, BUT REALY, HE'S A DIRTY COWARD AND MIL GLORS WHO DON'T LIVE UP TO HIS BOASTS. ALSO A DISASTER AS A LEAR AND STRATEGIST, HE'S STILL SOMEWHAT DANGERO TO THE PROTAGONISTS IF ONLY BEE OF HIS NSIRABLE BTE STRENGTH AND THE FACT THAT HE LACKS ANY SENSE OF SHAME ABOUT STOOPG TO THE LOWT OF DIRTY TRICKS.WHILE HE MANAG TO OVERWHELM CAS WH HIS ATTACKS BEE SHE IS ON HER PERD AND SUFFERG OM FATIGUE, GUTS TERVEN AND SERV HIM A HUIATG FEAT BY CUTTG OFF A LARGE PART OF HIS FACE AND HIS RIGHT EYE. UNFORTUNATELY AT THIS MOMENT, CAS LLAPS OM HER EXHSTN AND ADON SHOOTS GUTS THE SI WHILE HE'S REACHG TO SAVE HER, SENDG BOTH OF THEM FALLG OVER A CLIFF TO A RIVER. WHEN THE TWO OF THEM PULL THEMSELV TOGETHER AND TRY TO REJO THE HAWKS, ADON TERCEPTS THEM A FORT AND ATTACKS WH AT LEAST ONE HUNDRED MERCENARI AND HIS OWN GIANT YOUNGER BROTHER SAMSON HIS VA ATTEMPTS TO KILL THEM. CHASTENED AFTER THIS CINT AND STRIPPED OF FIELD MAND BY GENERAL BOSNE, HE STANDS CAS'S WAY FOR THE LAST TIME DURG THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY. BEG FAR THE BETTER FIGHTER AT HER FULL STRENGTH, CAS FEATS THE SLIMY ADON ONCE AND FOR ALL AND RAIS THE HAWKS' FLAG OVER THE STLE. ANIMAL MOTIFS: SEA CREATUR. AT FIRST, 'S WHAL; HE'S THE LEAR OF THE BLUE WHALE KNIGHTS, AND HIS ARMOR AND HELM ARE ALL SIGNED AFTER WHAL. IN HIS LAST BATTLE WH CAS, HE WEARS SHARK-THEMED ARMOR WHILE HIS BROTHER'S ARMOR IS SIGNED AFTER AN ANGLER FISH. ASCEND EXTRA: HE GOT A UPLE OF EXTRA APPEARANC AS A RECURRG MOR ANTAGONIST THE 1997-98 ANIME. CALLG YOUR ATTACKS: HE FEELS THE NEED TO DO THIS WHEN FACG OFF AGAST GUTS, AND ALL OF HIS TECHNIQU HAVE FANCY NAM LIKE "ROCK-CUTTG WHIRLWD/GANZAN SENPUU" OR "FUR ATTACK THUNRCLAP BURST/RSHA JRAI". IT... DON'T WORK TOO WELL. CLGY COMEDY VILLA: GETS EASILY FEATED BY THE HERO EACH TIME BUT KEEPS SURVIVG LIKE A CKROACH AND G BACK FOR MORE, PECIALLY THE 1997-98 ANIME WHERE HIS ROLE IS EXPAND. COMBAT PRAGMATIST: A WARDLY AND VILLAO EXAMPLE WHO KEEPS A CROSSBOW ON HIS PERSON FOR CHEAP SHOTS, AND ISN'T TOO PROUD TO PLAY AD OR MAKE A PERFID SURRENR. DI DIFFERENTLY ADAPTATN: ADON IS KILLED BY THE SAME PERSON — CAS — ALL TERPRETATNS OF THE GOLN AGE, BUT THE METHODS ON HOW CAS KILLS HIM IS DIFFERENT. IN THE MANGA, CAS HER SWORD TO VLT OVER ADON'S HEAD AS HE'S CHARGG. THEN AS HE'S TURNG TO FACE HER, SHE LANDS AND CUTS ADON A GLASGOW GR WH A SGLE SWEEP. THE SLICE CUTS TO HIS SKULL AND HE FALLS AD ALMOST SILENTLY. IN THE 1997 ANIME, CAS PERFORMS THE SAME ACTN, ONLY SHE SLIC HIGHER AND BIFURT ADON'S HEAD HORIZONTALLY, CUTTG A NICE HAIRLE UNR HIS EY AND ABOVE HIS NOSE. ADON STUMBL BACKWARD SCREAMG BEFORE FALLG FLAT ON HIS BACK. SCE DON'T SHOW ADON'S HEAD AFTERWARD, 'S IMPLIED THAT CAS CUT CLEAN THROUGH HIS HEAD, AND HIS BRAS SPILLED ON THE GROUND. IN THE SEND GOLN AGE MOVIE, CAS MANAG TO SNATCH A LONGSWORD OM HIS BELT AND IMPAL HIM THROUGH THE MOUTH WH , KILLG HIM STANTLY. DIRTY COWARD: PREFERS TO ATTACK TARGETS WHO ARE AT A DISADVANTAGE, AND WHEN THE TABL TURN HE VARIABLY DIRTY TRICKS OR ABANDONS HIS MEN ORR TO SAVE HIS OWN LIFE. ESTABLISHG CHARACTER MOMENT: HIS VERY FIRST APPEARANCE SHOWS HIM MAKG AN ING HAM ANNOUNCEMENT STATG HIS CHVIST PRCIPL AND BOASTG OF HIS POWER, BUT THEN GUTS CURB STOMPS HIM AND HE HAS TO RORT TO SHOOTG GUTS WHILE HE'S RCUG CAS. ALREADY WE KNOW WE'RE ALG WH A LARGE HAM, STRAW MISOGYNIST, MIL GLORS DIRTY COWARD. EVEN EVIL HAS LOVED ON: IMPLIED WHEN HE WATCH GUTS KILL SAMSON. HE LOOKS SHOCKED AND HORRIFIED AS HIS BROTHER FALLS AD OM A CSHG BLOW TO THE HEAD, IMPLYG THAT HE GENUELY RED FOR SAMSON... OF URSE, NOT ENOUGH TO ACTIVELY DO ANYTHG ABOUT . THOUGH HE AT LEAST GOT ON THE MERCENARI WHO SHGGED OFF SAMSON'S ATH AS JT ANOTHER SUALTY. EYEPATCH OF POWER: AT THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY HE SHOWS UP WEARG AN EYE PATCH, AND ED LOOKS VERY DASTARDLY AND MENACG, BUT THE TROPE IS SUBVERTED WHEN HE GETS HIS ASS HAND TO HIM EVEN HARR THAN BEFORE BY CAS. GLASGOW GR: IN THE MANGA, CAS KILLS HIM BY SLICG THROUGH BOTH HIS CHEEKS WH HER SWORD, CUTTG TO HIS SKULL. THIS IS A RARE SE WHERE THIS IS FLICTED THE HEAT OF BATTLE RATHER THAN ON A HELPLS VICTIM. HATE SK: WHILE THE HUNDRED YEAR WAR IS STRICTLY BS OM THE POT OF VIEW OF THE MERCENARY PROTAGONISTS, AND TUDOR AS A WHOLE ISN'T REALLY PATED A VILLAO LIGHT, ADON IS SUCH AN OBNOX, WARDLY AND MISOGYNIST DIVIDUAL, THAT 'S EASY TO ROOT FOR THE HAWKS AND MIDLAND'S VICTORY OVER THE EMPIRE WHEN HE'S THE MOST RECURRG ANTAGONIST THEY HAVE TO FACE. OF URSE, HE'S NOT GENNON, BUT... IMPALED WH EXTREME PREJUDICE: IN THE SEND GOLN AGE MOVIE, CAS KILLS HIM THIS WAY BY SNATCHG A SWORD OM HIS BELT AND STABBG HIM WH ... RIGHT HIS BRAGGG MOUTH. CAS: CHEW ON THAT, BASTARD. ING HAM: ADON IS NSTUTNALLY UNABLE TO ENTER A SCENE WHOUT TMPETG THE SIZE OF HIS EGO: UPON MEETG CAS ON THE BATTLEFIELD, HE BELLOWS THE CHALLENGE QUOTED ABOVE AT THE TOP OF HIS VOICE WHILE TWIRLG HIS TRINT ABOVE HIS HEAD. THE FACT THAT HE HAS SUCH AN OUTRAGEOLY LONG TLE FOR HIS KNIGHT DIVISN TELLS YOU WHAT KD OF BRAGGART HE IS. DURG THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY, WHEN CAS IS ABOUT TO REACH THE STLE'S BATTLEMENTS, HE REVEALS HIMSELF AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS WEARG ELABORATELY VILLAO ARMOR AND EXCLAIMS, "SHA-SHA-SHOCK!!! ADONNN!!!" CAS'S ANNOYED EXPRSN SEEMS TO SAY, "OH NO, NOT THIS LOSER AGA." INSIGNIA RIP-OFF RUAL: GENERAL BOSGN DON'T LERALLY RIP HIS SIGNIA OFF, BUT HE SENDS A PRETTY CLEAR MSAGE WHEN HE PUTS AN AX AN CH ONT OF ADON'S FACE, LLS HIM A DISGRACE FOR HIS PETENCE AND WARDICE THE HUNDRED MAN FIGHT FIAS, AND REVOK HIS MAND THORY FOR THE REMAR OF THE WAR, ALL THE PRENCE OF HIS LACKEYS AND WH EARSHOT OF GOVERNOR GENNON. KARMIC DEATH: ADON GETS HIS REPEATEDLY PROVOKED AND RICHLY SERVED PPANCE WHEN CAS VICLY CURB-STOMPS AND SLAYS HIM A VERY ONE-SID DUEL. LARGE HAM: LOUDLY BOASTS ABOUT HIS PURPORTED BAT PROWS, AND OFTEN OVERPLAYS HIS ANTICS TO THE POT OF LOOKG OUTRIGHT BUFFOONISH. LGHABLY EVIL: ONE OF THE MOST HILAR VILLAS THE SERI, ALTHOUGH HIS SE WE'RE FELY LGHG AT HIM, NOT WH HIM. LTLE BIG BROTHER: ADON IS A LARGE MAN, BUT STILL SMALLER THAN HIS HUMONGO YOUNGER BROTHER SAMSON. MIL GLORS: PRENTS HIMSELF BOISTEROLY AS THE WNER OF MANY BATTL BUT IS QUICK TO RETREAT WHEN HE MEETS AN OPPONENT STRONG ENOUGH TO STAND AGAST HIM. NICE JOB FIXG IT, VILLA: IF HE HADN'T LET CAS'S DIVISN SI THE STLE ORR TO AMBH THEM, DOLDREY MIGHT NOT HAVE FALLEN TO THE HAWKS THE MANGA AND THE 1997-98 ANIME. AS CRAZY AS SOUNDS, HAD ADON NEVER PULLED THAT DIRTY STUNT ON THE CLIFF, AND LATER BROUGHT 100 MEN TO TRACK AND KILL THEM, GUTS AND CAS MIGHT NOT HAVE EVER HAD RENCILED WH EACH OTHER. NOT-SO-HARMLS VILLA: MORE NOTABLE THE ANIME WHERE HIS RECURRG ROLE LENDS HIM TO EDIC BUFFOONERY. AFTER TWO PREV ENUNTERS ENDG WH ADON SCREWG UP AND NNG AWAY, HE'S ABLE TO UNHORSE CAS WHEN HE FALLY HAS A HEAD-TO-HEAD NONTATN WH THE HAWKS. EVEN THOUGH CAS HAD A SE OF WORF HAD THE FLU AT THE TIME, HE ALSO TAK ON A SQUADRON OF HAWKS BY HIMSELF AND TEARS THROUGH THEM WH EASE. ADON MAY BE A WARDLY BUTT-MONKEY BUT THAT DON'T MEAN HE N'T BE A THREAT. PRONGS OF POSEIDON: THE TRINT IS HIS WEAPON OF CHOICE, KEEPG WH HIS ARMY'S SEA CREATURE THEME. AT THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY, HE TRAS FOR A RANSR. RANGED EMERGENCY WEAPON: WHILE HE MALY HIS TRINT, HE KEEPS A CROSSBOW HANDY FOR CHEAP SHOTS. IRONILLY HE DO MORE DAMAGE TO GUTS AND CAS THIS WAY. REASSIGNED TO ANTARCTI: HE WAS MAND BY GENERAL BOSNE TO STAY THE STLE DURG THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY SO HE WOULDN'T SCREW ANYTHG UP ANY MORE THAN HE ALREADY DID. HOWEVER, ADON'S PACY FOR FAILURE MA EVEN THAT A FIAS. RUNNG GAG: HIS BRAGGG ABOUT THE VAR "SECRET" BATTLE TECHNIQU THAT HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN TO HIM THROUGH THE CORBOLWZ FAY, CREMENTS THAT KEEP GETTG BIGGER OM 140 TO 200, 700, AND EVENTUALLY 1,000 YEARS. AND HOW ALMOST NONE OF THEM ACTUALLY DO HIM ANY GOOD. THE ONLY ONE THAT ACTUALLY HELPS HIM IS THE SIMPLE ACT OF PLAYG AD. STAY THE KCHEN: CONSTANTLY TELLS CAS THAT WOMEN ARE UNF FOR BATTLE. SHE EVENTUALLY SHOWS HIM UP. STRAW MISOGYNIST: A NASTY MISOGYNIST WHO ALWAYS BRGS UP CAS'S SEX AS A REASON WHY SHE SHOULDN'T BE VOLVED A BATTLE AT ALL, BUT OF URSE HE GETS PROVEN WRONG. I SURRENR, SUCKERS: WHILE FIGHTG CAS SI THE STLE AND FDG HIMSELF OUTMATCHED, HE SUDNLY KNEELS ONT OF CAS AND BEGS TO BE SPARED. CAS AND EVEN ADON'S OWN MEN ARE DISGTED BY THIS SHAMELS GROVELG, BUT DISTRACTS CAS ENOUGH FOR HIM TO SHOOT HER WH A POISONED CROSSBOW BOLT THAT WILL QUICKLY PARALYZE HER. TALKG IS A FREE ACTN: HE ACTS AS IF THIS IS TE, BUT B HIM THE BUTT WHENEVER HE OPENS HIS MOUTH TO BOAST TO CAS OR GUTS ABOUT HOW AWOME HE IS AND HOW EACH OF HIS ATTACKS WAS PASSED DOWN THROUGH THE CORBOLWZ LE FOR HOWEVER MANY YEARS, AS THEY E AS AN OPPORTUNY TO ATTACK HIM WHEN HE'S NOT PAYG ATTENTN. ADON (AS CAS ATTACKS HIM AS HE'S TALKG): AT LEAST WAIT UNTIL I'M FINISHED SPEAKING! CAS: (POTS HER SWORD AT ADON'S THROAT) HOW ABOUT SHUTTG YOUR MOUTH?! THIS CANNOT BE!: HIS LAST WORDS ARE LAN WH THIS AS CAS PREPARE TO LAND THE FATAL BLOW ON HIM. ADON: WHAT...?! IMPOSSIBLE...! THREATENG SHARK: WHEN CAS'S TEAM SECRETLY VAS DOLDREY UNR THE MA ARMY'S NOSE, HE AND HIS MEN AMBH HER, WH HIM CLAD ELABORATELY EMBOSSED SHARK-THEMED ARMOR. ULTIMATELY SUBVERTED, AS HE IS OF ABSOLUTELY NO THREAT TO HER. VILLA DEY: AS FAR AS THE MANGA IMAGERY GO, ADON'S FIRST APPEARANCE IS ACTUALLY PRETTY TIMIDATG, AS HE KILLS A FEW OF THE HAWKS AND MANAG TO GET CAS A VULNERABLE POSN. AFTER HIS FIRST FEAT BY GUTS, WELL, THE RT IS HISTORY. VILLA: EX, STAGE LEFT: HE SUCCSFULLY PED ATH SUATNS THAT HE BLATANTLY GOT HIMSELF AND HIS MEN TO, UALLY BY PLAYG AD. I WAS BEATEN BY A GIRL: ADON HAD BOASTED THAT NO MERE WOMAN ULD BEAT HIM A FIGHT UNTIL HE WAS UTTERLY TRASHED HIS FAL DUEL WH CAS. WE HAVE RERV: SENDS WAVE AFTER WAVE AFTER WAVE OF MERCENARI (NUMBERG ABOUT A HUNDRED TOTAL) ON GUTS. THERE ARE NO SURVIVORS EXCEPT ADON HIMSELF. SAMSON COBORLWZ SAMSON COBORLWZ (サムソン, SAMON) VOICED BY: YUTAKA AOYAMA (JAPANE, BERSERK (1997)), JEFF WARD (ENGLISH, BERSERK 1997) "FAS-" "ORAAAH! OUDDA DA WAY!!"SEND--MAND OF THE BLUE WHALE KNIGHTS AND ADON'S BIG LTLE BROTHER, SAMSON IS A HULKG GIANT WHOSE WEAPON IS A MASSIVE FLAIL. ADAPTED OUT: HE WAS LEFT OUT OF THE GOLN AGE ARC TRILOGY LIKELY DUE TO NNG TIME. BIG LTLE BROTHER: ALTHOUGH YOUNGER THAN ADON AND SUBSERVIENT TO HIM RANK, SAMSON IS BY FAR THE BIGGER AND STRONGER OF THE TWO. DUMB MCLE: SEEMS LIMED TO A TWO-SYLLABLE VOBULARY, AND RELI ON BTE STRENGTH TO CSH HIS FO. EPIC FLAIL: HIS WEAPON IS A SPIKED BALL ON A LONG CHA, WHICH HE SPS SO FAST THAT ONE N BARELY KEEP TRACK OF . ADON BOASTS THAT SAMSON'S IRON BALL N CSH THE SKULL OF A WATER BUFFALO ONE STRIKE, AND WHEN GUTS FIRST FLECTS THE RICHET CSH THE HEAD OF A HAPLS TUDOR MERCENARY SI HIS HELMET. HEAVILY ARMORED MOOK: HIS FULL PLATE ARMOR IS THREE TIM THICKER THAN NORMAL, AND ADON CLAIMS THAT SAMSON ULD GET BURIED BY A ROCK SLI WHOUT EVEN BEG NTED. UNFORTUNATELY, HIS OPPONENT HAPPENS TO BE GUTS, AGAST WHOM ARMOR IS USELS. KILLED MID-SENTENCE: WHEN GUTS SHATTERS THE BALL OF HIS FLAIL AND SHG TOWARD HIM, HE DON'T EVEN HAVE TIME TO FISH SAYG "FAST" BEFORE GUTS CLEAV HIS HEAD TWO. SHIELDS ARE USELS: CARRI A STOUT SHIELD FOR PROTECTN, WH THREE WAVY BLAS ATTACHED TO FOR GOOD MEASURE, BUT PUTTG UP DON'T SAVE HIM OM GUTS, WHO CHOPS RIGHT THROUGH . SPIK OF VILLAY: WEARS SPIKE-STUDD ARMOR FOR EXTRA TIMIDATN. GENERAL BOSNE/BOSGN VOICED BY: IKUYA SAWAKI (JAPANE, BERSERK (1997)), TAKAYI SUGO (JAPANE, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC AND BERSERK AND THE BAND OF THE HAWK), RICHARD SPRGLE (ENGLISH, BERSERK (1997)), T.J. STORM (ENGLISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC), SANTI LORENZ (SPANISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC) THE GREATT WARRR TUDOR.CLICK HERE TO SEE HIM BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC. "I HAVEN'T THE TIME TO AL WH THE GOVERNOR'S PETTY, VULGAR TAST. I AM NO MORE THAN A MAN OF ARMS, AND MY MISSN IS SIMPLY TO FEAT THE ENEMY!!"THE HIGHT-RANKG GENERAL TUDOR, AND MANR OF THE EMPIRES MOST POWERFUL ARMY, THE PURPLE RHO KNIGHTS, GENERAL BOSNE (ボスコーン BOSōN) IS BOTH AN EXPERT BATTLEFIELD MANR AND A ONE-MAN ARMY HIS OWN RIGHT. HE LEADS THE FENSE FORCE AT DOLDREY AND IS ONE OF SEVERAL REASONS WHY THE FORTRS REMAS IMPREGNABLE. HE IS FIRST SEEN NONTG ADON ABOUT THE FIAS WHICH HE LOST A HUNDRED MEN TO GUTS, DISPLAYG HIS TOLERANCE OF IRRPONSIBILY AND WARDICE. PLACED UNR THE THORY OF LORD GENNON, BOSNE TREATS THE GOVERNOR WH POLE FERENCE BUT IS PRIVATELY DISGTED BY GENNON'S SEXUAL TAST AND TRATED BY HIS MASTER'S ILL-ADVISED TERFERENCE WH STRATEGY.DURG THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY, BOSNE SPECTS OM THE START THAT GRIFFH IS UP TO SOMETHG. NOTG THAT EVEN A PLETE AMATR WOULDN'T MAKE THE MISTAKE OF ATTACKG WH SUCH A SMALL NUMBER OF TROOPS ON TERRA WHERE THEY N'T RETREAT, AND WHAT'S MORE DIVI HIS ALREADY SMALL FORCE TWO WH THE LEAR AT THE ONT, HE NNOT UNRSTAND WHAT GRIFFH IS PLANNG RIGHT AWAY, EVEN THOUGH HE STILL TENDS TO FIGHT AGAST HIM FULL FORCE. IN THE MEANTIME, CAS'S VALRY SH THE UNFEND ENTRANCE OF THE STLE AND FIGHTS THE FENRS SI. BOSNE NONTS GUTS A CLIMACTIC DUEL WHICH HE MANAG TO UNHORSE THE HUNDRED MAN SLAYER AND SUNR HIS WEAPON, BUT JT AS BOSNE IS ABOUT TO GIVE THE FISHG BLOW, NOSFERATU ZODD THROWS GUTS A GIANT SWORD OUT OF THE BLUE WH WHICH GUTS PAT BOSNE AND HIS HORSE ONE STROKE. WHOUT THEIR GENERAL, AND SEEG THAT THE STLE HAS BEEN TAKEN, THE TUDOR FORC STTER AND ARE DRIVEN OM THE FIELD. ADAPTATNAL WIMP: NOT THE BIGGT DOWNGRA, BUT STILL NOTICEABLE: IN THE MANGA AND 1997 ANIME, GUTS ONLY MANAG TO FEAT BOSNE THANKS TO NOSFERATU ZODD THROWG HIM A SWORD TO REPLACE HIS SHATTERED ONE. IN THE GOLN AGE MOVI, GUTS MANAGE TO FEAT HIM WHOUT THAT HELP. ANIMAL MOTIFS: RHOS, NATURALLY. BOSNE HOWEVER FS THE MORE REALISTIC PORTRAYAL OF THE ANIMAL AS NOT NEARLY AS AGGRSIVE OR ENZIED AS MEDIA TENDS TO MAKE OUT AS. HE ALSO MOST CERTALY EMBODI THAT ONCE RHOS DO GET HOSTILE AND GA MOMENTUM, THERE'S LTLE TO NOTHG THAT N STOP THEIR CHARGE. ASCEND EXTRA: HE GETS TWO MORE APPEARANC THE 1997 ANIME PRR TO THE ASSLT ON DOLRY THAT BOTH HAVE HIM CHEW OUT ADON FOR HIS WARDLS AND EPTU. BALD OF EVIL: HIS SHY PATE SIGNIFI THAT, WHILE NOT POTLSLY EVIL, HE IS A BIG SRY PERSON ON THE BAD GUY TEAM. BIG OL' EYEBROWS: NOT ONLY ARE HIS EYEBROWS HUGE, BUT THEY'RE ALSO KD OF SHAPED LIKE BATARANGS. APPROPRIATELY, THEY MAKE HIM LOOK MACHO AND SER. CONSUMMATE PROFSNAL: HE BELIEV THAT A SOLDIER SHOULD NEVER LET PERSONAL FEELGS IMPE THEIR DUTI, AND REF TO LET ADON'S IRRPONSIBLE ACTNS GO UNPUNISHED. HE IS ALSO TRATED WH GENNON'S TENNCY TO LET HIS OWN PRIVATE WHIMS DICTATE STRATEGY. COOL HELMET: HIS ELABORATE HELMET IS SHAPED LIKE A CROSS BETWEEN A RHOCEROS AND A TRICERATOPS. DA CHIEF: HE REVOK ADON'S MAND PRIVILEG AND REASSIGNS HIM TO THE GARRISON AS PUNISHMENT FOR HIS RECKLSNS. DEFEATG THE UNFEATABLE: WHEN GUTS BEHEADS BOSNE, TUDOR'S SOLDIERS GAWK DISBELIEF THAT THE UNFEATED BOSNE MET HIS END. AFTERWARD, GUTS IS HAILED AS A HERO FOR FEATG TUDOR'S STRONGT GENERAL. THE DRAGON: GENNON IS THE ARC VILLA, AND BOSNE HIS SEND--MAND. IN ORR TO TOPPLE GENNON, THE HERO HAVE TO FEAT BOSNE FIRST. DRAGON--CHIEF: EVERYONE KNOWS THAT BOSNE IS THE MOST FORMIDABLE FIGHTER AND TACTICIAN DOLDREY, WHILE LORD GENNON IS CLEARLY OUT OF HIS PTH. EVEN THOUGH HE HAS NO CHOICE BUT TO ACQUICE WHEN GENNON TAK OVER PERSONAL MAND OF THE BATTLE, IS HIS ATH THAT CSH THE MORALE OF THE ARMY AND WS THE BATTLE FOR THE HAWKS. THE DREAD: THE WHOLE MIDLAND ARMY FEARS HIM AS AN UNBEATABLE OPPONENT, AND EVEN GUTS GETS SRED WHILE FIGHTG HIM. ESTABLISHG CHARACTER MOMENT: WHEN WE FIRST SEE HIM, HE LLS ADON A DISGRACE FOR GETTG ONE HUNDRED MERCENARI AND HIS OWN BROTHER KILLED PURSU OF A PERSONAL GDGE AND G BACK ALONE. HE PRACTILLY SR THE PANTS OFF ADON WH HIS AX AND ANGRILY REASSIGNS HIM TO ANTARCTI BEFORE APOLOGIZG TO GENNON FOR MAKG A SCENE. THIS TABLISH THAT HE IS BOTH A SRY GUY AND A NSUMMATE PROFSNAL VOTED TO HONOR AND DISCIPLE. EVEN EVIL HAS STANDARDS: WHILE HE DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM FOLLOWG GENNON'S ORRS, HE IS PRIVATELY DISGTED BY GENNON'S PERASTY. FOUR-STAR BADASS: HE IS BOTH THE HIGHT-RANKG GENERAL AND ONE OF TUDOR'S STRONGT WARRRS. GENI BISER: COLOSSAL AND MIGHTY, HE IS ALSO TUDOR'S ARY MASTERMD. HOMAGE: IN KEEPG WH KENTARO MIURA'S LOVE OF CLASSIC SCIENCE FICTN, HIS NAME IS ONE TO THE EVIL CIVILIZATN OF BOSKONE OM THE LENSMAN NOVELS. MY COUNTRY, RIGHT OR WRONG: HIS LOYALTY TO HIS UNTRY AND HIS DUTY IS WHAT MOTIVAT HIM, AND HE MERELY OBEYS GENNON BEE SPE HIS PETENCE AND LOATHSOMENS HE STILL REPRENTS THAT THORY. OFF WH HIS HEAD!: GUTS SPECTACULARLY PAT BOTH BOSNE AND HIS HORSE ONE SWG. ONE-MAN ARMY: DURG THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY, GUTS HAS TO ADM THAT FIGHTG BOSNE BY HIMSELF FEELS WORSE THAN FACG ADON'S HUNDRED MERCS, AND THAT THERE IS A VERY REAL POSSIBILY THAT HE WILL DIE THIS TIME. OVERSHADOWED BY AWOME: DOWNPLAYED, AS WHILE HE'S MOST CERTALY BADASS BY MORTAL STANDARDS, GUTS ADMS THAT HE'S STILL NOTHG PARED TO ZODD. IRONILLY, 'S ZODD WHO AIDS GUTS HIS FEAT. PUNCH-CLOCK VILLA: THERE DON'T APPEAR TO BE ANY FLT HIS PERSONAL MORAL CHARACTER, AND HE IS SIMPLY FIGHTG FOR HIS UNTRYS TERTS. PURPLE IS POWERFUL: HE AND HIS PURPLE RHO KNIGHTS ARE TUDOR'S MOST POWERFUL WARRRS. RANK SL WH ASSKICKG: HES THE MOST SKILLED AND TEEMED GENERAL TUDOR, AND IS EASILY A MATCH FOR GUTS! RHO RAMPAGE: THE THEME OF HIS ARMOR AND ARMY. SPELL MY NAME WH AN S: HIS NAME IS VARLY SPELLED BOSNE, BOSGN, OR BOSGNE. SPIK OF VILLAY: HIS PLDRONS AND UTERS END POTS MUCH LIKE THE HORNS OF A RHO. THIS IS UNFIVABLE!: HE LLS ADON'S BEHAVR THE 100 MAN FIGHT EXCABLE, AND SWGS DOWN HIS AX AS IF TO KILL ADON BEFORE STOPPG SHORT AND REVOKG HIS MAND THORY. T TYRANT: HE'S THE CHIEF ANTAGONIST THE BATTLE AND WEARS THE HEAVIT, SRIT-LOOKG SU OF ARMOR THE TUDOR FORC. JTIFIED BEE A MEDIEVAL BATTLE THAT'S WHAT YOU'D EXPECT THE MANR TO BE WEARG. WORTHY OPPONENT: WHEN HE ENUNTERS GUTS ON THE BATTLEFIELD HE IS FORCED TO ADM THAT THE MORS OF HIS PROWS MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN FAR OM THE TTH, AND REGNIZ THAT HE WILL BE A WORTHY CHALLENGE. LORD GENNON VOICED BY: SHOJI OKI (JAPANE, BERSERK (1997)), KAZI YAO (JAPANE, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC), FRED VEL (ENGLISH, BERSERK (1997)), STEVE KRAMER (ENGLISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC)AND YOU THOUGHT DONOVAN ULDN'T BE OUTDONE. "THE WHE HAWK... TO THK THAT I WOULD LIVE TO MEET HIM BY CHANCE ONCE MORE, WHAT SPLENDID FORTUNE. THAT ONE NIGHT... EVEN NOW I N'T FET. HE IS FE WE, WORTH THE VALUE OF HIS WEIGHT GOLD, AN TOXITG PHANTOM. THE BURNS OF THAT NIGHT STILL DO NOT HEAL. I SWEAR I WILL HAVE YOU ONCE MORE, LOVER."GENNON (ゲノン GENON) IS AN EXTREMELY WEALTHY HIGH-RANKG NOBLE OF THE TUDOR EMPIRE. A HOMOSEXUAL AND NOTOR PERAST, HE KEEPS MANY YOUNG MALE SEX SLAV. DURG THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BAND OF THE HAWK HE HIRED THEM FOR A NUMBER OF JOBS, DURG WHICH HE VELOPED A LT FOR GRIFFH THAT CULMATED WHEN GRIFFH AGREED TO SLEEP WH HIM FOR A NIGHT EXCHANGE FOR FUNDS TO SUPPORT THE GROWG BAND.SOME YEARS LATER, GENNON MANAG TO RISE THROUGH BRIBERY RATHER THAN MER TO THE POSN OF GOVERNOR-GENERAL AND SUPREME COMMANR OF THE TUDOR ARMY'S NORTHERN BATTLEONT, PLACG HIM CHARGE OF THE FENSE OF DOLDREY AND BOSNE'S PURPLE RHO KNIGHTS. HE IS TRIGUED WHEN SPI RM HIM THAT THE BAND OF THE HAWK WILL BE ATTACKG DOLDREY, AND SE THIS AS AN OPPORTUNY TO W THE PRIZE HE HAS LTED FOREVER SCE THEIR PARTG. GENNON ORRS BOSNE TO TAKE GRIFFH ALIVE, BUT DURG THE BATTLE, HE FEARS THAT BOSNE WILL DISOBEY HIS ORRS AND PERSONALLY TAK MAND. GRIFFH'S PLAN ALL ALONG WAS TO E GENNON'S PREDICTABILY TO LURE THE ARMY AWAY OM DOLDREY SO THAT CAS'S FORCE ULD TAKE BY STORM, AND AFTER HIS ARMI ARE ROUTED GENNON IS KILLED BY GRIFFH SO THAT HE NNOT TELL ANYONE OF THE NIGHT THAT GRIFFH SOLD HIS BODY TO HIM. ADAPTATNAL NICE GUY: BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC MAK HIM LS OF A SEXUAL PREDATOR. RATHER THAN KEEPG CLEARLY UNRAGE BOYS AS SEX SLAV, HE HAS A PAID HAREM OF ATTRACTIVE YOUNG MEN WHO SEEM TO GENUELY ENJOY THE LIFE OF LUXURY HE OFFERS THEM. ADAPTATN DYE-JOB: WHILE HE HAS BLACK HAIR THE MANGA AND THE 1997-98 ANIME, HE'S PICTED AS WHE-HAIRED BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC II. ALL GAYS ARE PEDOPHIL: LIKE MOST VILLAO GAY CHARACTERS THE STORY, HE IS ONLY ATTRACTED TO YOUNG BOYS AND ADOLCENTS. ANTAGONISTIC GOVERNOR: SERV AS THE ERNOR OF DOLDREY AND IS NOT ONLY AN ENEMY OF THE BAND OF THE HAWK BUT IS SEXUALLY PRAVED TO BOOT. ARISTOCRATS ARE EVIL: A VERY POWERFUL, VERY MALIC NOBLEMAN. BATHE HER AND BRG HER TO ME: THIS IS WHAT HE TENDS TO DO WHEN HE GETS HIS HANDS ON GRIFFH THE BATTLE OF DOLDREY, EXCEPT HE NEVER GETS THE CHANCE. BALD OF EVIL: BEG BALD AND HAVG A LARGE BEARD ARE PLAYED FOR SISTER UNATTRACTIVENS. BEARD OF EVIL: SEE ABOVE. BLUE BLOOD: HE'S HIGH NOBILY AND OBSCENELY WEALTHY, WHICH IS PROBABLY WHAT ALLOWS HIM TO GET AWAY WH THGS LIKE BRIBERY AND PEDOPHILIA. DEPRAVED HOMOSEXUAL: HE KEEPS BOYS OM NEARBY VILLAG SEXUAL SLAVERY, AND HOP TO PTURE GRIFFH AND MAKE HIM HIS BY ANY MEANS. DIRTY OLD MAN: DPE HIS ADVANCED AGE HIS SEXUAL APPETE IS SATIABLE. UNLIKE MOST EXAMPL, HE IS ONLY ATTRACTED TO LTLE BOYS AND IS FELY VILLAO. EVIL OLD FOLKS: AN OLD MAN WHOSE EVIL EDS ONLY MULTIPLY WH AGE. EYE SCREAM: GRIFFH DISPOS OF HIM BY THSTG HIS SWORD THROUGH HIS EYE. GENERAL FAILURE: NO ARY CRENTIALS, BUT HE SISTS ON IGNORG THE STCTS OF HIS WORLD FAMO GENERAL AND ORRS A DISANIZED PURSU. SCE HE HAS BOTH CIVILIAN AND ARY THORY THIS OVERLAPS WH POTY-HAIRED BOSS. A GLASS OF CHIANTI: SIPS LECHEROLY OM A WE GOBLET AS HE GIV BOSNE HIS ORRS. HAS A TYPE: IN BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC II HE HAS A PAID HAREM POSED OF YOUNG MEN WHO BEAR A REMARKABLE REMBLANCE TO GRIFFH. THE HEDONIST: WHAT HE R ABOUT MOST IS HIS OWN PLEASURE, AND PECIALLY SEX. THIS IS EMPHASIZED MORE BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC WHERE HE HAS AN ENORMO HOT SPRG STALLED ON TOP OF THE FORTRS, AND OLICS THERE WH LARGE NUMBERS OF ISKY, ATTRACTIVE YOUNG MEN. HE KNOWS TOO MUCH: GRIFFH KILLS GENNON PARTLY BEE HE DON'T WANT HIM BLABBG ABOUT THEIR NIGHT TOGETHER. LOVE MAK YOU DUMB: DUE TO HIS LTFUL FEELGS FOR GRIFFH, HE DO EVERYTHG HE N TO PREVENT THE PURPLE RHOS OM G THEIR FULL MIGHT ON THE HAWKS, GOG SO FAR AS TO TAKE MAND DURG THE BATTLE SPE BOSNE BEG A MUCH MORE PETENT ARY LEAR. GRIFFH HIMSELF UNTED ON THIS TROPE AS PART OF HIS BATTLE PLAN. PAID HAREM: BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC PICTS HIM WH WHAT LOOKS LIKE ONE OF THE; WHILE THE MANGA PORTRAYS HIM WH BOYS THEIR EARLY TEENS OR BELOW WHO ARE OBVLY ABED SEX SLAV, HIS PANNS THE MOVIE ARE GRIFFH LOOK-ALIK AT LEAST THEIR LATE TEENS WHO SEEM TO BE ENJOYG (OR AT LEAST PRETENDG TO ENJOY) THE LIFE OF LUXURY THAT GENNON OFFERS THEM EXCHANGE FOR THEIR SEXUAL FAVORS. THEY ALL END UP AD BY THE TIME THE BATTLE'S OVER. POTY-HAIRED BOSS: AS A ERNOR, GENNON IS AS PETENT AS HE IS EVIL. HE WOULD PROBABLY BE AN UPPER-CLASS TW EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT HE HAS ACTUAL RPONSIBILI, UNFORTUNATELY FOR HIS UNRLGS. SCREW THE RUL, I HAVE MONEY!: HE PROMOTED HIMSELF TO THE STAT OF SUPREME COMMANR OF THE ONT L OF TUDOR THROUGH HIS FANCIAL ASSETS - NOT THAT THAT MEANS HE ACTUALLY KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOG. SERIAL RAPIST: MOST OF HIS SERVANT BOYS HAVE BEEN RAPED BY HIM SO MANY TIM THAT THEY'VE BEE NUMB WH RIGNATN. SMUG SNAKE: HE THKS THAT HE'S UNASSAILABLE BEE HE HAS A MIGHTY FORTRS, A POWERFUL ARMY, AND AN ENORMO FORTUNE, BUT HE DIDN'T EARN ANY OF THE THGS HIMSELF, FAILS TO MAKE PROPER E OF THEM, AND ENDS UP LOSG THEM BEE OF HIS FLATED VIEW OF HIS ABILI. T TYRANT: HE GO TO BATTLE WEARG SOME FANCY ARMOR PATTERNED AFTER FASHNABLE CLOTH, BUT THIS DO HIM LTLE GOOD BIS SHOWG HIS VANY. UNWTG PAWN: DOLDREY WAS PTURED ONLY BEE THIS MORON HONTLY SAW GRIFFH AS THE LOVE OF HIS LIFE AND HE THOUGHT THE FEELG WAS MUTUAL. SOMETHG GRIFFH WAS PLETELY AWARE OF AND DIDN'T HATE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF. WHEN YOU THK OF , THAT DO E OFF AS A LTLE SAD. (BUT NOT TOO MUCH) I WANT THEM ALIVE!: HIS NUMBER ONE ORR TO BOSNE IS TO PTURE GRIFFH ALIVE SCE GRIFFH IS HIS LT OBJECT. GENERAL GIEN VOICED BY: FUMIHIKO TACHIKI (JAPANE, BERSERK (1997)), SHGO EGAMI (JAPANE, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC), MICHAEL STERNIKLAAS (ENGLISH, BERSERK (1997)), SEAN SCHEMMEL (ENGLISH, BERSERK: THE GOLN AGE ARC)THE BLACK DEVILS OF TUDOR THEIR FAL BATTLE. "WE WILL TAKE THE KG'S HEAD THE NAME OF THE BLACK RAM IRON LANCE HEAVY CAVALRY!!"THE GENERAL OF THE BLACK RAM IRON LANCE HEAVY CAVALRY. HE LEADS HIS TROOPS AGAST MIDLAND, G HIGH SUALTI THAT MORALIZE THE KG AND HIS OWN GENERALS. THE BLACK RAMS ARE TERCEPTED BY A DISOBEDIENT GUTS WHO CHARG GIEN AND HIS MEN HEAD-ON, WH GIEN BEG THE FIRST TO BE CUT DOWN. ANIMAL MOTIFS: HIS BLACK RAM IRON LANCE HEAVY CAVALRY HAVE HELMETS WH CURVED HORNS, SIAR TO BIGHORN SHEEP. ATTACK! ATTACK! ATTACK!: ALL WE SEE OF THE BLACK RAMS BASILLY SHOWS THAT THIS IS THEIR MA STRATEGY FOR ALG WH MIDLAND. FOR WHAT 'S WORTH, SEEMED TO BE EFFECTIVE UNTIL THE BAND OF THE HAWK GOT GUTS BREAKG FORMATN AND NONTG THE RAMS ALL ON HIS OWN, WHICH RULTS GIEN'S ATH. BADASS BOAST: HIS QUOTE ABOVE WOULD TECHNILLY UNT NSIRG HE AND THE OTHER RAMS WERE EASILY CIMATG MIDLAND'S OWN SOLDIERS. BUT THEN GUTS ME ALONG... DARK IS EVIL: WEARS BLACK ARMOR AND FIGHTS ON THE SI OF TUDOR, THOUGH WE DON'T SEE ENOUGH OF GIEN HIMSELF TO NFIRM ANYTHG ON HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER. THE DREAD: TO MIDLAND, CLUDG THE KG HIMSELF, GIEN AND HIS MEN ARE "TUDOR'S BLACK DEVILS", BUT TO THE BAND OF THE HAWK, THEY'RE NOTHG TO WRE HOME ABOUT. HELL, GUTS WAS ABLE TO KILL GIEN HIMSELF EASILY ALL ON HIS OWN SPE DISOBEYG GRIFFH'S ORRS TO DO SO. FLAT CHARACTER: HE AND HIS ARMY EXIST ONLY TO GIVE GRIFFH AND THE BAND OF THE HAWK A BADASS TRODUCTN TO THE KG OF MIDLAND'S ARMY BY CUTTG MOST OF THEM DOWN. THE HAWKS ARE FORMALLY ADMTED TO THE REGULAR ARMY SOON AFTERWARD. NAMED BY THE ADAPTATN: GIEN ONLY RECEIVED A NAME THE FIRST GOLN AGE FILM AND 'S ONLY MENTNED ONCE BY ONE OF HIS MEN JT AFTER HE'S SLA. NO NAME GIVEN: IN BOTH THE MANGA AND THE 1997 ANIME. OVERSHADOWED BY AWOME: THE SAD THG IS THAT THE BLACK RAM IRON LANCE HEAVY CAVALRY ARE GENUELY SOME OF TUDOR'S FT KNIGHTS. COMPARED TO THAT OF THE PURPLE RHO KNIGHTS AS WELL AS THE BAND OF THE HAWK, THEY NEVER HAD MUCH OF A CHANCE. EVEN ADON AND HIS BLUE WHALE KNIGHTS HAD MORE RILIENCE AGAST THE HAWKS THAT LASTED TO THE BATTLE OF DOLRY. SGLE-STROKE BATTLE: GIEN BUYS THE FARM OM GUTS THIS WAY. SEVERAL OF HIS MEN SOON FOLLOW WH GRIFFH AND THE OTHERS HANDLG THE CLEAN-UP. VILLAO VALOUR: JUDGG OM WHAT LTLE WE SEE OF HIM, GIEN APPEARS URAGEO AND STEADFAST WHILE ON THE BATTLEFIELD. IT IS A PY THAT DIDN'T PREPARE HIM FOR FACG DOWN GUTS. THE WORF EFFECT: HAS NO PROBLEM MOWG DOWN MIDLAND'S ARMY, BUT MEETS HIS MATCH AGAST GUTS, WHO KILLS HIM FIRST BEFORE GETTG TO HIS MEN. SAID MEN WERE SOON AFTER HAND THEIR ASS BY THE RT OF THE HAWKS. WHO WOULD BE STUPID ENOUGH?: EXPRS DISBELIEF WHEN HE SE GUTS CHARGG HIS ARMY SOLO AND VOWS TO CSH HIM UTTERLY. IT DO NOT END WELL FOR THE BLACK RAM GENERAL. GENERAL ABESSIS A POSTHUMO ANTAGONIST OM BERSERK: THE FLAME DRAGON KNIGHT. FX AFFABLY EVIL: HE SPEAKS WH FEIGNED PATERNALISTIC NCERN TO THE PTIVE CHILDREN WHOM HE BTALIZ. HIS TCHPHRASE WHENEVER HE'S ABOUT TO HORRIBLY PUNISH SOMEBODY IS "OH NO... NOW YOUR TEACHER'S SAD." HOPE SPOT: INVOKED BY HIM WHEN HE SETS UP GNBELD, EDVARD, AND SIGURD'S FIGHT WH THE TIGER. HE MERELY GIV THEM WOON SWORDS BEE HE N'T LET THEM HAVE A REAL CHANCE OF WNG, BUT SCE 'S NO FUN IF THEY WON'T PUT UP A STGGLE, HE ALSO LEAV AN ENORMO 200 POUND WARHAMMER THE ARENA TO GIVE THEM A FALSE SENSE OF HOPE. IT WOULD SURELY KILL THE TIGER IF ANYONE WERE ABLE TO ACTUALLY SWG , BUT ABESSIS KNOWS THAT EVEN GNBELD ISN'T STRONG ENOUGH TO DO SO. IT'LL BE FUN TO SEE GNBELD TRY AND FAIL, HE THKS. THE PROBLEM IS THAT GNBELD ACTUALLY PULLS OFF! I WILL PUNISH YOUR FRIEND FOR YOUR FAILURE: GNBELD WAS THE MOST DISOBEDIENT AND FIANT OF THE CHILDREN FORT CHTER FOR "CONVERSN EDUTN," BUT ABESSIS DON'T WANT TO KILL HIM BEE OF WHAT A SPLENDID SOLDIER HE WOULD MAKE IF NVERTED. IT WOULD ALSO BE UNSIRABLE TO MAKE A MARTYR OF HIM, AS LONG AS HE ULD POTENTIALLY BE TURNED TO A ROLE MOL OF SUBMISSN FOR THE OTHER CHILDREN. THIS STILL LEAV THE PROBLEM OF HOW TO PUNISH HIM, PECIALLY BEE HE STOILLY IGNOR ANY PHYSIL PA. ABESSIS EVENTUALLY WIS UP AND TAK SIGURD AWAY TO BE GANG-RAPED, REFG GNBELD'S PLEAS TO SPARE HER ON THE GROUNDS THAT HURTG HIS IEND IS THE ONLY PUNISHMENT HE WILL UNRSTAND. MAKE AN EXAMPLE OF THEM: ABESSIS WILL KILL OR TORTURE ANY GRANT CHILD WHO DISRPECTS HIS THORY ORR TO KEEP THE OTHERS LE. HE PAYS PARTICULAR ATTENTN TO GNBELD SCE ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN LOOK UP TO HIM AS A SYMBOL OF FIANCE. NECK LIFT: WHEN SIR ABESSIS OVERHEARS A GRANTIAN BOY MUTTER "SHOVE YOUR ONE GOD AND YOUR EMPEROR UP YOUR ASS", HE LIFTS THE CHILD TO THE AIR BY HIS NECK AND SNAPS . PANTHERA AWOME: AFTER FOUR YEARS ABESSIS FALLY CIS HE NEEDS TO GET RID OF GNBELD, SO HE BRGS A MAN-EATG KHAN TIGER THAT'S ABOUT NE FEET LONG AND OVER SIX HUNDRED POUNDS. BAD NEWS FOR GNBELD AND IENDS, BUT THE RULTG FIGHT IS AWOME. POSTHUMO CHARACTER: BY THE TIME THE SERI BEGAN, ABESSIS HAS BEEN AD.KHAN EMPIRE AND BAKIRAKA CLAN
EDIT: After readg some of the ments, I jt want to make clear I'm g the word "homosexual" as an umbrella term regards to romantic and sexual relatnships between people of the same sex, not jt one or the other. Explic Homosexualy In Berserk. In Berserk, there are only two explicly homosexual characters, and both of them make short appearanc the Goln Age, although the effect they have is undoubtedly enormo.
The send explicly homosexual character is Gennon, a wealthy ernor who keeps young boys as sexual playthgs. This is an obv example of the “All Gays are Pedophil” trope (lk) The obv thg to say about this is that Miura is drawg a lk between the two characters and providg sight to how each of them work, as well as givg pse for thought on how the events changed the characters. Implic Homosexualy Berserk.
When I say that, I mean appears to me that some people on this sub do not believe that the implitn of homosexualy exists the Goln Age arc and that some do. Griffh’s numero ments about not havg “any particular reason” for savg Guts mak seem as if he has somethg he don’t want to adm, which is unrstandable as the world of Berserk don’t appear to be particular acceptg or knowledgeable of homosexual relatnships.