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I sacrifice.
~ Griffith's short two words that sealed the fate of the old Band of the Hawk.
You are our progeny, our newest kingsman, our wing of darkness, arise Femto.
~ Void on the birth of Femto.
I'll not... betray my dream. That is all.
~ Femto upon being confronted about his feelings for his deeds, which also shows that he has absolutely no remorse for all that he's done.
In this world, some people born are like keys that move the world and exist having no connection to the social hierarchy established by man.
~ Griffith speaks to Guts.

Griffith, later known as Femto, is the secondary antagonist of the Berserk franchise.

He is the founder and leader of the mercenary band known as the Band of the Hawk. As a mercenary, Griffith fought in the Hundred Year War and restored peace to the war-torn 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 band and later was reborn as Femto, the fifth and final member of the God Hand. He is the arch-nemesis of Guts and Casca.

In Japanese, he has been voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa who had also voiced Naraku and Takahiro Sakurai who also voiced Kenjaku and Shogo Makishima (as an adult) , with Minami Takayama and Junko Takeuchi voicing them as a child. In English, he has been voiced by 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[]

  • While it has been said that when someone becomes a God Hand member, they lose their humanity, this does not validate Femto lacking any moral agency, as it was his choice to bring this upon himself knowing there would be a dark turn of a payment when going down this path.
    • Furthermore, the behavior of some apostles provides evidence to disprove this, as the Count willingly accepted eternal damnation rather than sacrifice his beloved daughter for being fully healed. Although the God Hand are on a whole other league of evil in comparison to the apostles, their transformation was more drastic and required more sacrifices than regular apostles.
  • While his torture was horrible, he knew that having sex with Princess Charlotte before marriage would get him in serious trouble, so he did it anyway. Furthermore, he himself worsened his punishment by openly mocking the king and exposing his secret lust for his daughter.
  • His backstory of living in poverty as a child, which fueled his desire to have a kingdom, doesn't make him tragic, as 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 as he went through a much worse childhood than his and so far hasn't gone down the dark path he took.
  • He has no love for Charlotte, viewing her just as expendable as how he views the Band of the Hawk involving Guts, whom he sacrificed in order to pursue his dream. In his own words, he will never betray his dream, meaning if he had to get rid of Charlotte in order to achieve his dream, he would do it.
  • While he genuinely cared about his friend Guts, he subverted this redeeming quality when he sacrificed him and his other comrades in order to become a God Hand member.
  • Even though he is considered to be a complex Pure Evil, that doesn't mean he's morally ambiguous, as he puts his desires above even the ones closest to him.
  • Overall, his actions and atrocities are the reason for the high baseline in the dark fantasy genre and why the heinous standard in those stories almost always outweigh the low admirable standards in said works.

As Griffith[]

Golden Age[]

  • He was rather possessive of Guts, having him join his mercenary band through a duel and openly saying Guts was his.
  • He ordered Casca, explicitly against her wishes, to sleep with Guts to keep him warm, claiming that this was "a woman's duty".
  • 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 his belief in his superiority.
  • He ordered Guts to assassinate Count Julius as retaliation for his attempt to kill him.
  • 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 Minister Foss's daughter kidnapped to force him to cooperate with Griffith in the assassination of 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 initiated a duel to force Guts to stay with him, even though he'd 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, thinking that if he couldn't have Guts, then he didn’t care.
  • His selfish actions of having sex with the princess ended up getting the Band of the Hawk turned into outlaws, and more than half of them were killed.
    • It's heavily implied from Griffith's behavior that 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 humiliation of being defeated by Guts and the latter leaving him and his band left him with great hatred towards his former friend. When Guts found and rescued him, he attempted to strangle Guts by the throat, which shocked Judeau, a loyal follower of Griffith, and possibly broke his respect for him.
  • After being rescued, he tried to force himself on Casca after seeing how she started a relationship with Guts and simply because he wanted to feel dominant again.
  • He sacrifices scores of the Band of the Hawk members, 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 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 Band of the Hawk 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 that 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 his indifference towards those who are inferior to him in spite of the fidelity and respect that they may feel for him (the fidelity and respect that the Apostles had shown, in fact, by 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 and the souls of the dead to attack them at night, placing their lives in danger every night until they die.
  • He corrupts Guts and Casca's conceived child's nature, who is then made part of his vessel to be reborn into the physical plane.

Black Swordsman and Conviction[]

  • Upon reuniting with Guts, he mocks him as beneath the God Hand's notice and callously dismisses his presence, genuinely hurting and then enraging the swordsman. He then attempts to convince the Count to sacrifice his daughter to rejuvenate himself after the battle with Guts.
  • He shows no regard for the Apostles who serve him, as when the Count pointed out how many of them Guts have killed, Femto replies with indifference that all of those deaths were merely a drop in the bucket.
  • 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 replied that he will not 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 that this is due to the influence of the demon child, who holds a strong bond with both of its parents.

Millennium Falcon[]

  • He sends his apostles to kill Flora because he sees her magical power as an obstacle 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 force the survivors to seek refuge in Falconia under his rule.
  • Despite defeating the Kushans and liberating the people of Midland from the evil Emperor Ganishka, this was done for pragmatic reasons, as his conflict with the apostle was little more than a means to get 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.at the very least,

Fantasia[]

  • He sheds tears when speaking to Guts, but it is most likely that the Moonlight Child caused this because he is the reincarnation of Casca's unborn child with Guts, who resides within Femto's body and possesses his consciousness during a full moon.
  • Upon regaining control of his body, he mockingly smiles at Guts while he dodges his 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. He also shows no concern over Farnese or Schierke being put in danger.
  • He kidnaps Casca while grabbing her breast and takes her to the World Tree. 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 taking her to the World Tree.
    • Furthermore, Casca's kidnapping and Guts' inability to land even a single blow on Femto would push Guts to the edge of despair and allow the Beast of Darkness to take over.
  • 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 the magical creatures he permitted to exist.
  • Once he brings Casca to Falconia, he keeps her trapped in a prolonged slumber where she's forced to experience dreams of a life loyal to Femto in Falconia, possibly to brainwash her into subservience later on due to the Moonlight Boy's attachment to Casca.

Trivia[]

  • The reason why he's called by his God Hand name on this wiki instead of his human name is because Femto serves as Griffith's evilest self, being an entity that he chose to become, devoid of any humane respect for even the ones closest to him. Even though during post-eclipse he has mostly been called as Griffith, that is only because many of the people in the story only see who he is on the surface and none of them have any knowledge on who he really is on the inside. Indeed, assuming that Griffith was always destined to become Femto due to causality, then indeed Femto is not only his evilest self, but also his true self, with Griffith being only his human vessel before his rebirth.
  • Some say that Femto never had any redeeming qualities to shed, which disqualifies him as wholly debased. However, he did have redeeming qualities in the past, as he saved Casca from being raped, once felt remorse for the soldiers who died under his command, showing deep dread over what happened to them, showed sorrow over the death of a young boy in his band, had respect for the Band of the Hawk members, openly asked Guts if he viewed Griffith as a bad person, questioned if his actions were morally right, tried to save Guts from falling during the Eclipse right before his sacrifice, and his choice to sacrifice his comrades was driven out of deep internal dread over the horrors that have surrounded him in his past, only to lead to him getting rid of all these qualities down the drain. It's important to note that both the God Hand and Apostles have to be debased in order to obtain their powers, meaning they had to have a redeeming quality at one point.
  • Though Femto apparently allows Rickert to leave peacefully after the latter slaps him, it's unclear whether it is because he thought Rickert's existence to be too insignificant or if he believed killing Rickert out in the open would damage his reputation.

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