Griffith

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## Evil-doer

* Griffith
* Femto

### Alias

Femto
The Falcon
The White Falcon
Falcon of Light
Falcon of Darkness
The Fifth Angel
Blessed King of Longing
The Absolute
Wings of Darkness
The Fifth Blessed King

### Allies

Band of the Hawk
Guts
Rickert
Casca (all formerly)
Idea of Evil (master)
Void
Slan
Ubik
Conrad
Apostles
Nosferatu Zodd
Egg of the Perfect World
New Band of the Hawk
Kingdom Of Falconia

### Occupation

Leader of the Band of the Hawk (both old and new)
King consort-to-be of Falconia
Member of the God Hand
Ruler of Falconia
Supreme commander of the Midland Regular Army

### Resources

Determination
Genius-level intelligence
Exceptional charisma
Leadership
Manipulation
Swordsmanship
Mastery of battle tactics and strategy
Knowledge of hand-to-hand combat
**After joining the God Hand:**
Flight
Command over Apostles
Meta luck
Reality Warping
Precognition
Inability to be hurt by mortals
Telekinesis
Gravikinesis
Corrupting influence
Casting illusions
Spatial distortion
Communicating with the dead
Inflicting extreme pain on branded victims

### Hobby

Leading
Manipulating
Playing politics towards "blind sheep".

### Goals

Rule his own kingdom (within his grasp; ongoing).
Sacrifice his army so he can gain godlike powers.
Rape Casca out of spite for Guts leaving him (both succeeded).
Kill Guts and his allies.
Take over the human world along the other members of the God Hand (both ongoing).

### Moral Event Horizon

Having his comrades devoured by the Apostles.
 Raping Casca in front of Guts out of spite.
Triggering the Great Roar of the Astral World and unleashing mythical monsters across the world.

### Crimes

Mass murder
Genocide
Treason
Conspiracy
Serial rape
Abuse of power
Kidnapping
Arson
Torture
Brainwashing
Vandalism
Enforced suicide
Assault and battery
Betrayal
Defamation
Public endangerment
Attempted world domination
Child abuse
Hate crimes
Incrimination
Gross negligence
Regicide
Blackmail
Enslavement
Corruption
Terrorism
Possession
Abuse (physical & psychological)

### Type of Villain

Power-Hungry Traitor

**Griffith** is the overall main antagonist of the manga series *Berserk* and its anime adaptations. He is the founder and leader of the mercenary army known as the Band of the Hawk. As a mercenary, Griffith fought in the Hundred Year War and restored peace to the wartorn kingdom of Midland and was once a close friend and ally of Guts. After being tortured, however, he used the eclipse to sacrifice his entire army and later was reborn as **Femto**, the fifth, newest, and final member of the God Hand. He is the arch-nemesis of Guts.

He serves as the deuteragonist of the *Golden Age* arc, the overarching antagonist of the *Black Swordsman* and *Conviction* arcs and a pivotal character in both the *Millennium Falcon* and *Fantasia* arcs.

In the Japanese version, he was voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa and {Takahiro Sakurai as an adult, and Minami Takayama and Junko Takeuchi as a child. In the English version, he was voiced by Kevin T. Collins and Steve Staley as an adult, and Veronica Taylor and Barbara Goodson as a child.

## What Makes Him Pure Evil?

### In General

* Whilst it has been claimed that when someone becomes a God Hand they lose empathy entirely, this does not validate Femto lacking any moral agency as it was his decision to bring this upon himself knowing there would be a dark turn of a payment when going down this path. Furthermore, the behavior of other apostles provide evidence to disprove this: as the Count willingly sacrificed himself to eternal damnation rather than exchange his beloved daughter for being fully healed. Although the God Hand are on a whole other league of evil in comparison to the apostles as their change was more drastic and required more sacrifices than regular apostles.
* While his torture was horrible, he knew the risks in having sex with Princess Charlotte before marriage would get him in serious trouble with his clients and went along with it anyways. Furthermore, he himself worsened his punishment by openly mocking the king and exposing his secret lust for his daughter.
* Another inexcusable backstory is when he was shown to be in poverty as a child which fueled his desire to have a kingdom, but the issues with this making him tragic is how he managed to get wealth and be fond of many who idolize him, which takes away the validation of this motivational tragedy by a wide margin. Furthermore, even without all the glorification he was getting, his past on its own doesn't stand out as well as many other characters, with Guts serving as a prime example of going through a much worse childhood than his and so far hasn't gone down the dark path that he took.
* His true feelings for Charlotte is not real love, making her just as expendable as how he views the Band of the Hawk involving Guts, who in some ways was seen on a more personal level of possessive sacrifice than her. By Femto's own words, he would never betray his dream, meaning if he had to get rid of Charlotte in order to pursue his dream he would do it.
* Even though he is considered to be a complex Pure Evil, it doesn't mean he's morally ambiguous, as all of his desires are above even the most personal people in his life, meaning he has no correlation of any admirable values to be mixed with heinous qualities.

### As Griffith

#### Golden Age

* He was rather possessive of Guts, openly saying Guts was his and having him join his mercenary group through a duel.
* When conversing with Charlotte, he reveals that he doesn't really see any of the Band of Hawk members as his friends nor does he regard any of them as equals, but instead as subordinates. This demonstrates his arrogance and desire for control.
* Upon hearing that both Julius and his son Adonis had been killed, Griffith devilishly smiles, pleased to know that a potential suitor for Charlotte had been eliminated despite Adonis only being a child.
* He has the child of Minister Foss kidnapped to force him to cooperate with Griffith and assassinate the Queen of Midland and all her conspirators. He then has Guts murder the thieves who'd kidnapped the daughter to tie up all the loose ends.
* When Guts decided to leave the Band of Hawk, Griffith attempted to force Guts to stay for his own desires, even though he's said before that he only viewed people as friends if they followed their own dreams, showing his massive hypocrisy. During their duel, Griffith was even prepared to kill him if necessary, believing if he couldn't have Guts, then no one could.
* His selfish actions of having sex with the princess ended up getting the Band of the Hawk turned into criminals and more than half of them killed.
	+ It's heavily implied from Griffith's behavior he would have had sex with her even if she resisted him.
* During his time being physically disabled and incapacitated, his deep psychological contemplation on his humility of Guts beating and leaving him and his band left him with great hatred over his former friend, viewing him as a stain in the heart of his life than someone he's formed a bond to. When Guts found and rescued him, he attempted to strangle Guts by the throat that even shocked Judeau, a loyal follower of Griffith and possibly broke his respect for him.
* After being rescued, he forces himself onto Casca after seeing how she started a relationship with Guts and simply because he wanted to feel dominant again.
* Griffith gets hundreds of the Band of the Hawk members on a sacrificial death brand, having them all devoured by Apostles and having their souls sent to the Abyss.

### As Femto

* Rapes Casca out of revenge on Guts for leaving him and obscuring his dream, which horrified Guts to the point of sacrificing his left arm by slicing it off one of the Apostles to save Casca and psychologically broke Casca for years, and even when she recovered, she was still horribly traumatized to the point that even seeing Guts caused her to pass out from the horrors of the Eclipse. What's more, while the sacrifice of the Hawks members was necessary for his transformation, there was no reason to rape Casca beyond sheer sadism and spite towards Guts and to assert his dominance*.*
	+ What makes this even more horrific is anyone with the marked brand experiences intense pain whenever in the vicinity of the God Hand, meaning Casca was put through horrendous physical pain throughout the entire ordeal.
* Kills some Apostles with his new powers in an attempt to stop Skull Knight's assault. This underlines the indifference of him towards those who are inferior to him in spite of the fidelity and respect that they may feel for him (fidelity and respect that the Apostles had shown, in fact, welcoming his rebirth with a bow).
* He makes Guts and Casca's Eclipse survival a fate worse than death due to how their marked brand attracts demons to attack them at night, placing their lives in a cursed danger every night until they die.
* He corrupts Guts and Casca's conceived child, who is then made as part of his vessel to be reborn into the physical plane.

#### Black Swordsman and Conviction Arcs

* Upon reuniting with Guts, he mocks him as beneath the God Hand's notice and callously dismisses his presence, genuinely hurting then enraging the swordsman. He then attempts to convince The Count to sacrifice his daughter to rejuvenate himself after the battle with Guts.
* He reincarnates into the physical world using thousands of people as sacrifices for the Reincarnation Ceremony.
* When Guts confronts him over his feelings for the atrocious crimes and betrayals he committed, he merely replies that he won't ever betray his dream, remarking that he is free from all moral restraints and showing no remorse whatsoever for any of his evil deeds.
* While he did save Casca from falling rocks and has not made any attempts to kill either her or Guts despite the swordsman opposing Femto, it is heavily implied this is due to the influence of the demon child, who holds a strong bond with both of its parents.

#### Millennium Falcon Arc

* He sends his apostles to kill Flora due to seeing her magic power as a threat to his future plans.
* He triggers the Great Roar of the Astral World, unleashing several astral creatures onto the world which kill countless people and forces all of humanity into Falconia under his rule.
* Despite defeating the Kushans and liberating the people of Midland from the evil Emperor Ganishka, this was done out of pragmatic reasons as his conflict with the apostle was little more than a means to achieve his own kingdom and ensure the loyalty of the human race. Additionally, it is somewhat implied that he, alongside the other members of the God Hand, were responsible for the Kushan invasions to begin with as a means of achieving their evil agenda.

#### Fantasia Arc

* Upon regaining control of his body, he mockingly smiles at Guts while he dodges the attempts to kill Femto with the Dragonslayer.
* He causes more danger to Gut's band by sending Zodd to attack Guts.
* His presence causes the island to break apart, sending Farnese, Schierke and Guts falling down the crevices. Femto also shows no concern over Farnese or Schierke being put in danger.
* He kidnaps Casca out of sadism. Though he does hold her gently and cradles her unconscious body in his arms while he takes her hand, this is very likely to be due to the influence of the Moonlight Child and the bond he and Casca created while the child was on the island and takes her to the World Tree.
* He severed the other connections of the World Tree, causing all of the spirit creatures on Elfheim to disappear, including Guts' newest companion, Isma. This was likely done to prevent any of the magical creatures or magic users from interfering with his plans and to allow only magical creatures that he permitted.