Characters of Berserk which have minor roles and as a result do not warrant their own articles are listed here.
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Black Swordsman Arc[]
Koka Thugs[]
Koka thugs toying with a captured Puck.
Under the command of the Snake Lord, these thugs attack Koka a number of times before the town mayor finally makes a deal with them: In exchange for tribute, the thugs agree to cease their raids on the town.[1]
They remain in the town as rogues, however, doing as they please without any regard for town standards. As a group of several thugs are amusing themselves by toying with a captured Puck in a tavern, Guts enters and slaughters most of them, leaving but one alive to deliver a message to the Snake Lord: "The Black Swordsman has come."[1]
Other thugs later ride alongside the Snake Lord, helping their leader lay waste to Koka and the townspeople.[1]
Golden Age Arc[]
Named Band of the Falcon members[]
Dante, Errol, and Riguel[]
Due to Guts' defeat of Bazuso, it is assumed the swordsman is carrying a large sum of gold as reward, which Corkus, Dante, Errol, and Riguel seek to take. Corkus commands Dante and Errol to take care of Guts. Errol has his right arm cut off while Dante is cut down with ease. He then commands Riguel to do the same, but having witnessed Guts' strength, Riguel declines Corkus' command.[2]
Sam[]
After Guts loses to Griffith and becomes a member of the Band of the Falcon, Corkus and six of his underlings plot to kill Guts in his sleep as revenge for Dante. Corkus orders Sam to sneak inside Guts' tent and kill him. However, they are spotted by Casca, who sternly warns them off.[3]
Dillos[]
Dillos was a Band of the Falcon member who, after being ravaged in a failed infiltration of a Tudor-held sanctum, trudges out on the verge of death to warn his comrades about Nosferatu Zodd before succumbing to his injuries.[4]
Nichole[]
Nichole was a Band of the Falcon member whose primary motivation for joining the band was impressing a woman who refused him for being a common soldier. He seeks promotion to lead a hundred men, without a second thought for the dangers of pursuing his lofty goal.[5]
Kim[]
Kim was a Band of the Falcon member who remained behind with Rickert and others while another division of the band rescues Griffith. He is later ensnared by the Count, warning Rickert of an apostle raid on the band's encampment before being devoured.[6]
Old Fortune Teller (Beherit)[]
The old fortune teller is a gypsy who gives Griffith the Crimson Beherit during his childhood, foretelling his conquest of the world.[7]
Hail[]
Hail.
When Griffith begins to become a clear political threat to him and other Midland nobles, General Julius commissions Hail to purchase poison and kill the White Falcon during the annual Autumn Hunt.[8] After Griffith manages to calm Charlotte's frightened horse, hiding in the bushes, Hail fires his crossbow at Griffith's chest. Though the arrow makes its mark, Hail is shocked to find that Griffith's beherit had blocked the arrow.[9] After the Autumn Hunt, Hail begs a furious Julius for forgiveness and suggests a cover story, only to be ordered to leave the general's sight.[10]
Hassan[]
Hassan.
Hassan is Adonis' tutor and guardian. He is the only one who looks after the boy after the overbearing combat training sessions between Adonis and his father, General Julius. After one particularly intense session, he reassures Adonis that ever since the death of the boy's mother, his father has tried desperately to train him into a knight, and to not resent Julius' actions. He later pleads with Julius to be less intense in his sessions with Adonis, reminding the general that the boy is only thirteen years old and misses his late mother, though he is immediately dismissed.[8]
When he is notified of Guts' intrusion and the swordsman's slaying of General Julius and Adonis, he becomes mournful upon acknowledging that not once did Adonis get to make his father smile.[11]
Lustful Nobleman[]
The lustful nobleman eyeing Casca.
The lustful nobleman was a Midland noble who bought a twelve-year-old Casca from her parents for use as a castle maid. En route to his castle, the noble revealed his lustful intentions, chasing Casca from their carriage and pinning her down in an attempt of rape. Just as she began submitting to her attacker, Griffith appeared on horseback and sliced off the noble's ear, subsequently extending his sword to Casca. As the nobleman lunged for her neck, Casca took up the sword and placed it inline with her attacker's chest, piercing through and killing him.[12]
The character reference included in BERSERK Film Artbook Characters alludes to him as Verneau.
Charlotte's Mother[]
The late Queen of Midland.
Charlotte's mother is the late Queen of Midland. She was the first wife of the King of Midland and mother of his only heir, Charlotte. When she died an early death, the king took a second wife. However, he never held the same affection for his new wife as he did Charlotte's mother, who was said to have been the only woman he ever truly loved.[13]
Mary[]
Mary is a woman who Corkus flirts with when Judeau tries to convince Guts not to leave the Band of the Falcon in a tavern.[14]
Tower of Rebirth Jailer[]
The jailer summoned by the King of Midland.
A servant of the King of Midland, the jailer of the Tower of Rebirth is instructed to do whatever he wishes to Griffith as punishment for the White Falcon's bedding of Princess Charlotte, only excepting that which would cause the death of the former mercenary leader.[15] Thus, Griffith is subjected to a myriad of torture methods by the jailer, ranging from elinguation and tendon laceration to flaying and scalding. A deformed man with a severe sigmatism and stutter, the torturer gleefully reminisces about his time with his "pretty" captive, having taken his tongue as a lucky charm. When Guts learns of the jailer's work while rescuing Griffith, the man admits to his actions under the impression that the door to Griffith's cell will protect him from retribution. However, Guts breaks through the door, piercing the torturer's chest and cutting his tongue out before sending him downward toward the ruins of Gaiseric's lost city, killing him.[16]
Valancia[]
Valancia, also known as the "King of Massacre", is a veteran mercenary who loses against Silat in a tournament held to rally soldiers for a large scale robber hunt. He is said to have slain one hundred and thirty Midland soldiers during the Hundred-Year War.[17]
Wyndham's Border Murdered Family[]
A farmer family who live in Wyndham's border helps the Band of the Falcon members during Griffith's rescue. They gave them lodging that night and even give some suplies for their departure the next morning. They trusted in the Band of the Falcon's innocence, feeling it was an honorable deed. However, shortly after, the Black Dog Knights appears asking about the Band of the Falcon's whereabouts, raping the women and murdering all of them in gruesome ways.[18] After that, the Black Dog Knights pursue the Band of the Falcon members with their impaled and mutilated corpses.[19]
Street-Artist Company[]
A company of street artist takes Rickert to the Midland's border few moments before the Eclipse. Having noticed the ill apareance of the boy, the leader gifts him an Elf's Dust sack. Meanwhile, the company's fortune teller old woman discuss with Puck about Rickert's future, concluding that the elf and boy meeting probably was predestinated.[20]
Judeau was a member of this company few years pior the Eclipse, getting an Elf's Dust by Puck after he accidentaly gets injured.[21] This dust ends healing Guts's wounds after his battle with the one hundred Tudor mercenaries and after the Eclipse.[5][22]
Two years later (in the Black Swordsman Arc), Puck tells to Guts that all of them were murdered by the Koka Thugs.[1]
Wool Spinner Old Woman[]
During the Eclipse, Ubik takes Griffith to the deepest recesses of his conscious self, where a phantasm bearing an elderly woman's image reminds him of his dream and influences him into sacrificing his comrades.[23]
Conviction Arc[]
Thomas[]
Thomas used as bait.
Thomas is a young commoner boy residing in Jill's village. When a swarm of Rosine's "elves" eat Thomas's parents and seek to steal him away, Guts saves him.[24] Thomas is suspended by his tunic on the tip of the Dragon Slayer and used as bait to lure the swarm to a barn. Swinging the Dragon Slayer about his head, Guts breaks the supports of the barn's loft, which causes the ceiling to cave in and the hay above to fall. Guts then throws a small bottle of gunpowder into it and fires his cannon, triggering a large explosion which incinerates the swarm, but leaves he and Thomas unharmed.[25] The boy attempts to return to the rest of the villagers with Jill, but is separated from her when Guts takes her hostage and flees the village.[26][27]
Father Hobbes[]
Hobbes is the priest in charge of Jill's village. He blesses the burned children (the corpses of former elves of Misty Valley returned to normalcy) before the burial. Shortly after, he recives the Holy Iron Chain Knights, who were in a miracle recognition mission. He sent Farnese, Serpico and Azan to the village's chapel in order to discuss what happened in the village during the fight between Guts and the pseudo-apostles. He then explains that the place where Guts is supposed to head to, the Misty Valley, is an extraordinary dangerous place where no man have returned from, so he won't send any villager to guide them to the place. However, Zepek, who had been eavesdropping the conversation, offers himself for that duty.[28]
Heretic High Priest[]
The heretic high priest was an elderly pagan who served under the Great Goat within the cult of the Goddess of Flame, and was the only member to be clothed while conducting their ritual. When the cult learns of the "black witch" in Albion, the high priest intends to marry Casca to the Great Goat, having Nina serve as a celebratory sacrifice for supposedly keeping Casca to herself.[29] However, pandemonium breaks out when the Holy Iron Chain Knights reach the pagans' location as some of them are possessed by the flesh-eating spirits of those they killed for food. The high priest attempts to escape with the Great Goat, only to be killed by his master when the Egg of the Perfect World sires the Great Goat into a pseudo-apostle.[30]
Abbot of the Tower[]
The abbot informs Farnese.
The abbot of the tower is an elderly, zucchetto-wearing abbot of the Holy See, who serves and oversees religious duties in the Tower of Conviction. He calls Farnese to his office to relay to her the papal edict sent through the influence of her father requesting her transferal away from the tower effective immediately out of concern for her well-being.[31]
Millennium Falcon Arc[]
Nico and Toma[]
Nico and Toma are common born children, as well as younger and older brothers to one another, respectively. While wandering around a forest, the brothers along with three of Toma's friends witness Zodd flying to meet Griffith atop the Hill of Swords.[32]
Serpico's Mother[]
Serpico's mother with a young Federico de Vandimion.
As a young woman, Serpico's mother worked as a maid in the Vandimion family mansion, and had an affair with Federico III. Federico eventually discarded her, but she later gave birth to his illegitimate son: Serpico. Living in poverty thereafter, she never accepted the end of their affair, and developed a severe illness, which rendered her bedridden, forcing Serpico to become her caregiver. When Serpico gained employment in the Vandimion mansion as a servant and Farnese's companion, she believed this would lead to his recognition by Federico.[33]
As her body and mind became further ravaged by illness, Serpico's mother no longer recognized her son and saw him only as her "husband" Federico; unable to take care of her, Serpico placed her in a sanitarium. Several years later, she was labeled a heretic due to her senility. At the site of her execution, Serpico inadvertently called her "mother", which cast suspicion upon him. Farnese ordered him to set her stake alight, and he reluctantly did so to avoid association with a supposed sinner.[34]
Hannah, Horace, and Ted[]
Residents of Enoch Village, Horace and Ted were the brother and husband, respectively, of Hannah. Ted is ambushed by a troll while standing guard at the livestock barn. Hannah comes across a troll as it tears into Ted's stomach and begins to eat him. She throws a stone to get its attention before trying to kill it with a pitchfork. The troll grabs it and pushes her down before ripping off her clothing and proceeding to rape her. Horace picks up the pitchfork and stabs the troll in its nose, causing it to flee into the barn. Intending to finish it off, Horace follows it, only to be ambushed and beaten to mincemeat by a group of trolls. Hannah is taken back to the troll's lair in Qliphoth. Horace and Ted are soon after buried by the other villagers.[35]
Later, when Farnese and Casca stumble upon a group of trolls raping captured female villagers, Hannah crawls up to the two women and begs for help. Soon after, she begins to convulse as a newly born troll rips its way out from inside her belly, killing her.[36]
Vandimion Family[]
Poliziano (left) and Giorgio (right).
Giorgio[]
Giorgio de Vandimion is the joint manager of the Vandimion Bank, his father Federico III's right-hand man, and very likely the next head of the Vandimion family.[37]
Poliziano[]
Poliziano de Vandimion is the Grand Governor-General of the Holy See realm, and recognized as the leading candidate for the successor to the current pontiff.[37]
Ganishka's Son[]
Ganishka's son.
Emperor Ganishka conceived one child with his wife, though his military campaigns left little time for him spend with his family, whom he secretly feared. Upon reaching adulthood, Ganishka's son orchestrated a coup d'état and attempted to have his father assassinated. The emperor was able to activate his beherit, however, and sacrificed his son in exchange for being reborn as an apostle.[38]
Fantasia Arc[]
Sea God's Island inhabitants[]
They were a small civilization in a isolated island, apparently without the Holy See's influence.[39] After the Sea God was confined in an island's cave by merrows, the inhabitants started demonizing them because the Sea God's attacks during the full moon nights. At some point, they rejected Isma by her origins as a child from a human and a merrow.[40] After the Great Wave of the Astral World, all of them were consumed by the Sea God, becoming its tentacles.[41]. When Guts and his party come to the island, altough they already had became the Sea God's tentacles, they wouldn't attack them until they discovered the trap in an inn.[42]
Unnamed Isma's Father[]
Isma's Father was a fisherman from the same island. He had an affair with a merrow, resulting in the birth of Isma. Due to the islanders reject, Isma's mother left the island, and he refused to talk about the relationship after that. Four years prior to the Great Wave of the Astral World, Isma's father's boat capsized, but he lived long enough to tell Isma that her mother would return for her one day.[40]
Notes[]
- In episode 20 of the 1997 Berserk anime, rather than face off against Silat initially, Valancia faces Guts in a friendly competition to determine which of the two will fight Silat. Ultimately, Guts triumphs over Valancia, who yields, kneeling in defeat.
References[]
- ^ a b c d Berserk :: Volume 1, "Black Swordsman"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 4, "Golden Age (4)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 4, "Golden Age (6)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 5, "Nosferatu Zodd (1)"
- ^ a b Berserk :: Volume 7, "Bonfire of Dreams"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 10, "The Eve (2)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 5, "Golden Age (8)"
- ^ a b Berserk :: Volume 6, "Assassin (3)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 6, "Assassin (1)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 6, "Assassin (2)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 6, "Assassin (4)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 6, "Casca (2)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 8, "Triumphant Return"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 8, "Snowy Evening..."
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 9, "Fallen Falcon"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 10, "Reunion in the Abyss"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 9, "Tournament"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 11, "Demon Dog (1)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 11, "Demon Dog (2)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 12, "Promised Time"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 7, "Returning Alive"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 13, "Escape"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 12, "The Castle"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 14, "Coming By Flight"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 14, "Evil Insect"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 15, "Queen"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 15, "Will-o'-the-Wisp"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 15, "Pursuers"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 19, "Ambitious Boy"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 19, "Monsters' Cave"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 19, "Iron Maiden"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 22, "Ruptured World"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 22, "Snow, Flames, and ... (1)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 22, "Snow, Flames, and ... (2)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 24, "Enoch Village"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 25, "Corruption"
- ^ a b Berserk :: Volume 29, "Ball"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 34, "Backlighting"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 35, "Girl of the Roaring Shallows"
- ^ a b Berserk :: Volume 35, "Denizens of the Sinister Sea"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 35, "Tentacled Ship"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 35, "Human Tentacles"