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Griffith character. ALSO KNOWN AS... Femto, the Blessed King of Longing, the Hawk of Light, the Wings of Darkness, the Hawk of Darkness, the White Hawk. AGE 27 (18+ depending on canonpoint) SPECIES Archangel/Archdemon, or human depending on canonpoint. RELIGION He's the Messiah, so. More a religious figure than a person who is religious. As a human he wasn't really religious. FAMILY Biological family is unknown. The other Godhand are considered his kin, however. HAIR White. EYES Icy blue (with white cat-like pupils, as Neo Griffith). Sometimes red (as Femto). PHYSIQUE (As Griffith/Neo-Griffith) On the low side of all, with an athletic/muscular build. (As Femto) Height varies, quite muscular. NOTABLE FEATURES (As Griffith/Neo-Griffith) Just his superhuman beauty. (As Femto) He's a 12' or so tall demon with black armor for skin, hawk-feet and wings. So. LIKES (As Griffith) Books, research, physical exertion, a good battle, looking to the future, castles, fashion, revolution, possessing things, himself, Guts. Especially that last one. (As NeoGriffith/Femto) Causality. DISLIKES (As Griffith) Nobility, prejudices, himself. (As NeoGriffith/Femto) ...emotions. inventory. Saber Regardless of his canonpoints, Griffith is known for wielding a saber. The fanciness varies from time to time, and the one wielded by NeoGriffith is probably magical, but yeah. [ ✣ ] Hawk Armor Much like his sword, this changes from canonpoint to canonpoint, staring as simple piecemail and turning into ornate full plate during the height of his power as a human. As NeoGriffith, it's so ornate it may as well be ceremonial. [ ✣ ] Behelit (Egg of the King) A red stone that appears to be alive. It has a deformed face, and is known to open its eyes and make noises. At times it reacts to things. The behelit is actually a fetish that opens the gate into the realm of the Godhand and cannot be possessed long-term by anyone who isn't destined to use it. The crimson variety marks one of the Godhand in their human/coccoon form. [ ✣ ] Horse Regalia Never let your horse go unclothed. [ ✣ ] GRAM Available only in Quintad. A gift from Gilgamesh. [ ✣ ] notable quotes. Guts: At that time, he shone before me as something beautiful, noble and larger than life. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: You're honest. ...the way you fight, it's almost as though... you're gambling on your own life. You don't budge an inch against a monster like Bazuso, or multiple opponents like Corkus' group. Instead, you run in recklessly, sword swinging. It's no doubt courageous, but it seems... that while intentionally exposing yourself to the risk of death, you're also struggling to make it out alive. That's how it felt, to me. You're interesting. And I've taken a liking to you. I want you, Guts. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: I don't dislike doing things by force. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: ... My, a discussion from three years ago. You sure can be picky. There's no reason at all. Do I need one? A reason...? Tell me... do I need a reason each time I put myself in harm's way for your sake? ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith:It could certainly be that men possess that savage side. But that is a tool by which they secure and protect a precious thing. I suppose it is a double-edged sword. . . . perhaps he must come upon one other precious thing. For no other's sake. To accomplish it for him... for himself. A dream. One who dreams of world domination. One who devotes his whole life to the thorough tempering of one sword. If there is a dream which takes one his whole life to find... there are also dreams which, like storms, devour tens of thousands of other dreams. With no relation to social status, class, background... whether it suits them or not, people yearn for a dream. Sustained by a dream, hurt by a dream, revived by a dream, killed by a dream. And even after being abandoned by a dream, it continues to smolder from the bottom of one's heart... probably until the verge of death. A man should envision such a lifetime once. A life spent as a martyr to the god named "Dream." Ultimately, to be born... and to then simply live for no better reason... I can't abide such a lifestyle. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: They are excellent troops. Together we have faced death so many times. They are my valuable comrades, devoting themselves to the dream I envision. But... to me a friend is... something else. Someone who would never depend on another's dream... someone who wouldn't be compelled by anyone, but would determine and pursue his own reason to live. And should anyone trample that dream, he would oppose him body and soul... even if that threat were me, myself. What I think a friend is... is one who is my equal. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: With every battle fought... I lose more troops. . . . I thought about it logically. To got o battle ten times and lose hundreds of soldiers or to seduce one old man... which is the lesser risk? Casca. Listen. I don't feel at all responsible for my comrades who've lost their lives under my command. I guess... it's because they themselves chose to fight. That's just the way I am. But if, for their sakes, for the sake of the dead... if there's something I can do... that thing... is to win. I'll keep winning... to fulfill my dream to which they clung... putting their lives on the line... my dream can only be realized by building upon their corpses. It's a blood-smeared dream, after all. I have neither regret nor remorse about that. But... but... for hundreds, thousands of lives to hang in the balance and myself alone not to be unclean... what I want... won't enter my grasp so easily as that. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: All of you are too accustomed to scheming over things from behind your desks. This is war. There are no spectator seats on the battlefield. . . . The dead are not royalty, nobility or commoners. They are the defeated who die. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: Guts... don't tell the others about this. It's not that I don't trust them. The Hawks are bound by one fate, after all. But I don't want to reveal to them my dirty side. They need only feel as though we're rising up. You're rough enough to share this with. To the end. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: The small battles we fought on the cobblestones when we were still young. The small victories we achieved. The many sparkling junk spoils we plundered. In evening, staring up from the back alley of brothels and taverns where the sun never shines, I saw something. Shimmering against the setting sun, it was the brightest thing I had ever seen. I made my mind up that the junk I would get for myself would be that thing. ...darkness. Deep darkness without even a trace of light. . . . In all this emptiness... only one thing is vivid. Only him. Like lightning on a dark night, he rises up within me, blazing. And again and again, like a tidal wave, an infinite number of feelings surge upon me. Malice. Friendship. Jealousy. Futility. Regret. Tenderness. Sorrow. Pain. Hunger. So many recurring, yearning feelings. That giant swirl of feelings in which none are definite but all are implied. That alone is the bond which keeps my consciousness from vanishing amidst the numbness. I know that I'm different from other people. Those I've met can by no means disregard me. They always view me with either a look of good will or animosity. I know that the good will forms into trust or fellowship and the animosity into awe or possibly dread. Thereby I have grasped... the hearts of so many in these hands. But why is it when it comes to him, I always lose my composure? He was the reason I've been thrown into darkness, and now he's the sole sustenance keeping me alive. Out of so many thousands of comrades and tens of thousands of enemies, why just him...? How long ago did someone I was supposed to have in my hand instead gain such a strong hold on me? That endless play begun so long ago on the cobblestones of the back alley. That pilgrimage to claim what, to me, was the most sacred piece of junk... but now as he shines so glaring within me... the junk grows dull. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: You should have known - this is the man I am. You, of all people. ❋ ❋ ❋ Femto: The one who shoulders the light dwells in the darkest shadow. And... it is, therefore, inside darkness itself... that true light is found. ❋ ❋ ❋ Griffith: Yes... out of thousands of comrades and tens of thousands of enemies... only you. Only you made me forget my dream. I sacrifice.

information. Born within the underclass of Midland, Griffith spent his childhood playing wargames on the cobblestone roads - winning junk as prizes in contests with his friends. As time moved on, he began to look upward - toward the castle at the center of the city, which he found to be the greatest potential prize of all. Eventually, he determined to seize this, the "sacred junk," for himself... and so was born Griffith's great dream: to grasp a Kingdom with his own hands. For one born common, options were few. Griffith determined that military distinguishment was the most effective path to his route, and so he formed the Band of the Hawk, using his personal magnetism and tactical genius to attract others to his cause. He famously accepted anyone and pursued no one, both regardless of background or sex, eventually forging his band into an undefeated mercenary army and earning the nickname "the Grim Reapers of the Battlefield." But while the rise to glory was great, the cost was great as well; in order to fulfill his dream, both for himself and for the followers who believed in him and often died for him, Griffith sometimes became involved in things he considered dirty - prostitution and assassination among them. These things compromised his view of himself, but he kept them silent and hidden, protecting the Hawks' vision of him and themselves as unblemished and shining. Undaunted, he pressed forward. Eventually, this brought him into contact with a 15 year old mercenary called Guts, whose dark fire and seemingly bottomless willpower enthralled him at first sight. For the first time, Griffith was driven to pursue someone rather than letting them come to him and, with some difficulty, he managed to recruit Guts into the Hawks as part of a bet. Over the next three years, Griffith became increasingly fixated and dependent on Guts, even as he rose through the social ranks to become a viscount, and then a Count, as well as a suitor for the hand of Midland's sole heir, princess Charlotte. Eventually Guts chose to leave the Hawks, and Griffith shattered. Despondent, Griffith buried his woes in Charlotte's bed and, captured leaving her bedroom window, was charged with treason and sentenced to torture... while the Hawks were driven from the city and branded as outlaws. One year later, the remaining Hawks, including the returned Guts, rescued him only to find him crippled and broken - his tongue, his muscles, his tendons cut or removed such that he could no longer speak, fight, stand or even feed himself. Having lost everything, and finding himself once more on the edge of abandonment by Guts, Griffith began a tumble into a pit so deep he soon found himself attempting suicide. And it was in that moment - the moment of his truest despair - that his destiny was revealed. Griffith was reborn that night, formed in the shadow of an eclipse from the blood and bone and suffering of the followers he chose to sacrifice - along with his humanity - in order to rise again. And so was born Femto, The Blessed King of Longing. In transformation, he shed his last tear, his heart "frozen" and forever changed. He spent the subsequent two years among his kin - the Godhand, five near omnipotent demon-angels in the service of their world's God, The Idea of Evil, and in the "service" of man. Ultimately, he was reborn for a second time - reincarnated into the world as "the Absolute," a messianic figure of peerless power and beauty. As a being both defining and defined by the desires of humanity, Griffith encompasses the light and darkness of mankind. It is said he is destined to bring on the Age of Darkness, though the specifics of what that means remains unknown. Griffith himself continues to pursue his human goal of attaining a Kingdom, though the nature of that kingdom has been elevated in keeping with his standing. Ultimately, he was responsible for merging the physical and astral planes, bringing magic and monsters back into the physical world... as well as the birth of Falconia, humanity's sole haven, and his personal kingdom. personality. Griffith's personality is somewhat difficult to pin. Even as a human, he was mysterious to those around him - he's noted as being terrifying with a stare that causes men to shake with fear, at times... while at other times, he's childlike and innocent, with a simple way of speaking and thinking. What is known is this: he was ambitious, he was ruthless, he was idealistic, and he was brilliant beyond compare. A genius in tactics, strategy, sword technique, physical combat in general, he also possessed a keen insight into human nature, which allowed him to become a genius manipulator as well. He was always one step ahead of everything, always had everything within the palm of his hand - people were frequently shocked by the perfection of his plans, as they seemed to encompass every potential variable, including everything from the direction of the wind to the emotional reactions of his allies and enemies alike. As a result, Griffith became a larger than life figure to th ose around him, for good or for ill. And really, it could be either. Griffith's idealistic vision had a high cost, after all - it forced him to compromise himself and his ethics, and he became willing to do more or less anything in pursuit of those goals. At times, this meant prostituting himself - at other times, it meant assassinations. In any case, his machiavellian mind brought him far socially and politically, but wore him down emotionally and spiritually - he developed self-esteem problems, he doubted himself, and considered himself dirty, wondered if he was terrible, or cruel. During the times of greatest stress, Griffith would fall into self-harm habits, clawing his skin until he bled. But, while he often considered his mission a burden and questioned his own worth as he compromised more and more of himself, he also felt obligated to the spirits of those who died to support him, and felt he owed it to them to "keep winning." In the end, Griffith became emotionally isolated and thus overly dependent on Guts - the only person he let close to him, and considered a true friend. His feelings for Guts were... complicated, baffling even to Griffith himself, who found he was unable to articulate them even after ruminating on them for a year in the silence of his cell. Griffith's own description of those feelings encompasses everything from malice and envy to tenderness, friendship and hunger. Both he and Casca recognize, however, that Guts was the most important thing in his life - compared to him, even Griffith's dreams grew dim. Casca even states that Griffith "can't do anything" without Guts, or is no good without him - and indeed, without Guts, Griffith simply collapses into self-destructive despair. After his transformation to Femto, his heart is "frozen," leaving him incapable of anything like normal human emotions. In this form, as well as his reincarnated messianic form, Griffith is largely without regret or empathy - he is singularly focused on his goals, making him (as described by former Hawk Rickert), "different, but at the same time more Griffith than ever." He becomes, essentially, what he tried to portray himself to be as a human but could never quite live up to, and he posses an odd tranquility, and the kind of absolute confidence that can only exist in one of absolute power. That said, his feelings for the few Hawks still living remain ambiguous, as does the source of those emotions. Shortly after his rebirth as Femto, he displays an uncharacteristic malice toward Guts by raping his lover, Casca, while forcing him to watch... yet he is unwilling to risk physically harming him, and allows Skull Knight to escape carrying Guts. Even so, he repeatedly goes out of his way to dismiss Guts' significance, which is the one thing Guts cannot tolerate from him. In short, when it comes to Guts he is unwilling to engage in physical violence, but all too ready to engage in emotional violence... even if it involves inflicting physical violence on someone who isn't With those exceptions, however, Griffith's new form remains calm and seemingly immune to panic or emotional arousal. His strategic mind continues to plan ahead at all times, but his plans have unsurprisingly grown larger, and more complex as his vision has come to encompass the world itself, and all the dimensions surrounding it, rather than simply a single kingdom or title. Ultimately, in his last appearance in the unfinished series, Griffith appears on Elfhelm in the form of the Moonlight child, only to be found crying as he returns to his form, mourning the warmth that he feels in his dreams, only to disappear once he awakens. powers. ❋HUMAN GRIFFITH As a human, Griffith had no particular superhuman powers within the context of the Berserk world. However, he does have the following notable points around him: "SUPERHUMAN" PHYSICAL CAPABILITIES Within Berserk's world, his physical abilities are extraordinary, but not superhuman. However, in Berserk, one does not need to have superhuman strength lift a ship's mast on one's own. He is noted as moving quicker than the eye can follow, and shows the ability to physically overpower a young Guts, who is strong enough to casually swing a two-handed sword with one hand. THE BEHELIT It isn't a power, but it may as well be. As long as Griffith wears the behelit, it will not permit him to die or suffer except in ways that bring him closer to his ultimate destiny. You could say he lives a charmed life, until he doesn't. Even if he removes it, it will return to him when needed no matter how unlikely that may seem. All powers that follow are limited to post-Eclipse Griffith/Femto. ❋READING AND MANIPULATION OF CAUSALITY Any of Godhand can read the flow of causality in a way that mimics high level precognition, as well as manipulate those flows. The Godhand can use this ability to incredible effect, manipulating events years or even decades or centuries in advance in order to arrive at whatever point they need to reach. It also means they are rarely surprised and are often actively waiting for whatever happens to happen, even if it should have been impossible to predict. Notably, this does not equal true omniscience, as their vision and control can be blocked by the Idea, or by special circumstances or creatures such as extraordinarily powerful adherents to the old religions (e.g. Flora). ❋TIME/SPACE MANIPULATION The Godhand are roundly capable of manipulating and controlling dimensions, time and space - for example, a sword aimed at Griffith's head might disappear into a hole in space and strike the person holding it in the head instead. Griffith has, in particular, been shown to warp space to cause the Skull Knight's dimension rending sword to miss him - particularly notable since the sword was designed to cut through the Godhand's defenses. He also demonstrated this ability by merging the physical and spiritual planes, changing the nature of reality itself. Furthermore, the Godhand are shown to open windows into the past to replay events from other times, though they do not show the ability to alter the past necessarily. ❋PSYCHOKINESIS Griffith has demonstrated high levels of psychokinesis including, but not limited to, the following: TELEKINESIS He can toss things around with his mind. He does this to Guts sometimes. CRUSHING FORCE It's basically just telekinetic force applied from all angles and thus crushing whatever it is he's trying to demolish. Early on, he signaled this with hand gestures (closing his fist), but he seems to have outgrown the need for gesticulation. LIGHT GENERATION AND MANIPULATION Most often used to project a massive bird of light over himself in battle. He is also shown to generate light/heat that soothes others. NATURE CONTROL It's unknown whether he can control earth, fire, etc, however he is shown to manipulate air and can effortlessly summon gusts strong enough to blow the walls off a mobile palace from the inside out. He also appears to control plants in some form, or rather his presence draws plantlife to his area. ❋TELEPATHY Griffith has been shown to casually respond to thoughts as though they were spoken aloud. While it's unclear whether his telepathy permits him to explore a person's deeper thoughts, considering all of the other Godhand can, it's a good bet that he's capable of this as well. ❋DREAM/VISION MANIPULATION Griffith can communicate with people in their dreams, often through visions or metaphor, though there's no reason to assume he couldn't be more direct if he preferred to. ❋REALITY WARPING He is able to create country-sized cities (Falconia), as well as apparently create armor and weaponry from thin air. No one knows where his horse came from, either. ❋COMMUNICATION WITH AND CONTROL OF SOULS Ghosts and the souls of the fallen are drawn to him, and when they arrive, Griffith is able to serve as the bridge through which they communicate with their loved ones, and is able to release them into the afterlife. ❋UNEARTHLY DRAW Griffith's presence is so charismatic and appealing that it causes those around him to feel the urge to serve and trust in him simply by being near him. This is not irresistable, though it takes a greater measure of willpower to deny than most have. For demons and other supernatural beings, the urge is considerably stronger than it is for humans. Indeed, damned souls have been known to come to him in supplication even before his transformation. ❋IMMUNITY TO VIOLENCE In D&D terms, he is immune to nonmagical weapons. Yeah. Basically any weapons or violence aimed at him automatically misses unless it is backed by sufficient will or magic to break through his low level defenses. Note: these things are not deflected as with telekinesis or such, they simply fail to connect. Arrows will fall from the air or swerve offcourse, for example. ❋FLIGHT In his Femto form, he has black wings and the ability of true flight. Otherwise he can probably move around via telekinesis but nevermind that. ❋INCORPOREAL STATE/MATERIAL POSSESSION Griffith's natural state is a noncorporeal spiritual entity, described as being 'everywhere and nowhere' by his 'sister' Slan. In a world where spirit and physical forms co-reside, or when incarnated into a flesh body as he currently is, he can move freely by default. In any case, all Godhand can choose to "possess" materials - stone, flesh, whatever's on hand - forming them into a replica of the Godhand's body. ❋SHAPE-SHIFTING Between his humanesque and his archangel form (Femto). Also, while in Femto form, his size can be changed at will, from smaller than a normal human to larger than a mountain. Arguably, he also becomes a kid with long black hair, but that's a bit more mysterious. Griffith's abilities are, by and large, vast and vague simultaneously. It should also be noted that he is not limited to using his powers separately from one another. Rather, he can combine them to often terrifying effect - for example, he once sent Nosferatu Zodd a dream in which they fought and he cut the horn from Zodd's head. When Zodd awoke, the horn was lying on the ground at his feet, and his apostle form has been permanently altered as a result of that dream. abilities. ❋GENIUS IN ALL THINGS Griffith is what one calls a Jack of all Trades genius. He is good at everything, he learns everything extremely quickly, and he is capable of being among the greatest in the world at... multiple things at once. The downside of this is that someone who is an extreme genius in a more limited area can surpass him in that area (e.g. Guts), but it does leave him extremely well-rounded and formidable in basically any area he looks to conquer. ❋TACTICS AND MANIPULATION Despite the above, his greatest asset is his strategic mind, which he uses to turn certain defeat into victory on a regular basis both in combat and socially. Griffith takes everything into account, and rarely leaves any possibility unaccounted for, if it is at all possible to foresee. ❋COMBAT SKILLS He is an expert in both armed and unarmed combat, with a particular focus on the saber. He is also shown wielding a javelin and is a demonstrably excellent wrestler. Within the world of Berserk, only Guts surpasses the physical prowess of his human self. ❋KNOWLEDGE OF POISONS Don't ask too much about how he knows this. But he recognizes a particularly rare poison by its scent and appearance, and he's known to deal in darker paths to power, so. Well, anyway, just don't think about it too much. ❋ABILITY TO READ AND MANIPULATE PEOPLE Griffith is more or less unparalleled at this particular skill - his understanding of the way people think and behave is a little freakish and allows him to do things like determine who is behind a complicated plot against him with a single look at their face or eyes. It also serves him very well in his tendency toward seduction as a key to progress, as he can tell what a person needs or wants very easily. It should be noted that he's terrible at this when his personal emotions are involved.

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