Berserk #4

In the aftermath of a brutal battlefield encounter, Guts confronts the man who abused him as a child, only to learn a devastating truth: his adoptive father, Gambino, may have sold him into slavery. Years later, broken and scarred, Guts still carries the weight of that revelation—until a storm-lashed night in drunken confession, he finally forces the truth from the man who betrayed him.

In the aftermath of his adoptive father Gambino’s death and the burning of their camp, Guts flees for his life, falsely accused by Gambino’s men of murder. Haunted and broken, he survives a fall into a treacherous gorge, fights off a pack of wolves, and is rescued by a traveling troupe—only to carry on as a lone mercenary four years later, still chasing battles across a merciless world.

In the aftermath of Guts’ brutal victory over the burgher’s champion Basooso, the fortress’s defenses crumble and its defenders scatter. With the siege intensifying and no future for himself in the fragile peace that follows, Guts leaves the crumbling walls behind. Later, on a windswept hill, he crosses paths with a band of mercenaries known as the Hawks—led by the enigmatic Griffith—whose presence stirs old tensions. When one of their members, Korcas, challenges Guts to battle, the fight escalates quickly, forcing Griffith to intervene, sending Kjaskar into the fray before stepping in himself.

In "Das Goldene Zeitalter (5)," Guts awakens in the Falcon camp after surviving a brutal clash with Griffith, his mind haunted by fevered visions of Donovan and abandoned by Gambino. Though the young falcons still look to him with wary eyes, Guts is torn between the fragile safety of the camp and his desperate need for freedom—until Griffith himself intervenes, demanding he stay and fight, not as a warrior, but as one of them.

In "Das Goldene Zeitalter (6)," Griffith stands triumphant over a fallen Guts, blade at his throat—but Guts refuses to yield, even as he’s dragged down a hill, teeth locked on the sword. The brutal clash escalates into a savage fistfight, ending with Griffith’s victory. Now bound to the Falcon Tribe, Guts is thrust into their ranks, forced to prove himself as they prepare for their next march into battle.