Griffith (Berserk Abriged)

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## Magnificent Baddie

### Allies

The Band of the Hawk
Guts
Casca
Judeau
Rickert
Corkus
Pippin
Princess Charlotte

### Powers/Skills

Exceptional intelligence
Exceptional charisma
Leadership
Manipulation
Swordsmanship

### Goals

Rule his own kingdom (ongoing)
Stay with Guts (abandoned)

### Crimes

Mass Murder
Pseudocide
Regicide
Arson
Blackmail

### Type of MB

Charismatic Soldier

**Griffith** is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Casca) of the parody fandub series *Berserk: The Abridged Series*. It is an alternate version of the character of the same name, being the leader and founder of the Band of the Hawk but who in the end chose his friends before his dream.

## What Makes Him Magnificent?

* Unlike his canon counterpart, he is never portrayed as a sadist, viewing having to kill as business and even criticizing Corkus for his obsession with killing.
* Also unlike his canon counterpart, this version of Griffith never joined the God Hand or committed heinous acts of rape For the Evulz.
* He seduced gennon into funding the Band of the Hawk
* He fought and won a sword fight against Guts who had been trained since childhood.
* He convinced Guts, who was there against his will, to join the Band of the Hawk and be genuinely loyal.
* He created and executed plan to invade and burn down an enemy base.
* He planned where the Band of the Hawk should invade to destroy or capture their enemies' pornography supplies to damage their morale.
* Although he also said that Guts is his because, he also said it was by some alien logic, showing that even he didn't understand how winning in a sword fight made Guts his.
* Though he says he considers the Band of the Hawk expendable, he still shows honor to them by rewarding thema after the battles and steadfastly refuses to sacrifice them.
* He managed to teach Charlotte to whistle, when in this version Charlotte's main characteristic is being unintelligent.
* He managed to storm Doldrey Castle and end a hundred year war.
* He devised a plan that involved faking his death and burning the Queen of Midland alive.
* Although he also fought Guts when he wanted out of the Band of the Hawk, it is made clear that it is mercenary norm that for someone to leave a group they have to beat the leader.
* Although is said that he have sexual fantasies that make even Slan consider him a sick, it is never said exactly what these thoughts were and they were used more as a joke than anything else.

## What Makes Him a Baddie?

* As a mercenary, he has killed numerous people both on and off screen.
* He dislocated Guts' arm during a fight
* He had the brother of the king of Midland killed for having a similar hairstyle to him, although he tried to kill him first, the main reason was because of his hairstyle.
* He killed the Queen of Midland and her men by burning them alive.
* He blackmailed a man to help him to kill the queen
* He killed a group of people who helped him get the man's information because they knew too much and found them annoying.

## Trivia

* He along with the canonical version of Guts is one of two Berserk characters to be Magnificent Baddies.