In the embers of a bloody battel a tall man clad in black armor, stands heavily breathing only supported by his massive sword acting as a crutch. the man's face is bloody with multiple lacerations stared vacantly at the ground as he tries to collect his thought, the most prominent feature on his face is an old scar that runs across the bridge of his nose, his right eye shut closed, his ears pointy and his short white spikey hair.
The man was known as the branded swordsman, the black swordsman, the struggler but he is simply known as Guts, his life mission has been accomplished exacting revenge on those who wrong him.
Years ago, the eclipse happened a man named Griffith was a celebrated leader and warrior, who led a group of mercenaries called the band of the hawk, selected to be a new member of the god hand. Five demon sovereigns who act as executors of the will, by virtue of their desires being intrinsic to the entity. As the most powerful of demon kind, they reign over as their masters, and are responsible for granting normal bearers their reincarnated status of being, in exchange for a sacrifice.
Griffith by chance was elect as the fifth member of the god hand ever since at a young age, he longed for a kingdom of his own and when given the chance to see it come true, in exchange of sacrificing his own men. he promptly accepts this and all but three, were sacrificed. Guts was marked with the brand of sacrifice among the with the other members of the band of the hawk and fought off the onslaught of demons trying to kill him. In the climax Guts and Casca, the band "big sister" were the last ones alive, Guts saw that Casca was in trouble, but his left arm was trap in the teeth of a demon prompting him to hack off his own arm however it was in vain when another demon pinned him down from his head.
During these event Griffith was completing his transformation into a higher lifeform akin to a deity. as he confronted the survivors, Griffith now known as Femto forced himself on Casca with Guts watching the heinous act transpire, with guts witnessing this tried to get up but said demon push him down harder into the ground in doing so the demon's claw digged into guts' eye, the thing he saw in that eye was Griffith on top of Casca.
when all seems lost a mysterious figure in black armor with a helm shaped as a skull saved both Guts and Casca, seeing that they both oppose fate despite the odds. after being saved, Casca has seemingly lost her memory and speaking abilities due to the trauma in the eclipse and realizing that they both are beacons for evil to be drawn near them, Guts made a declaration of war, to fight and hunt the evil that is drawn to him. he sets off branding a large sword called the dragon slayer so call because it was made to kill dragon however it was laughed off for its weight and size to be impossible to wield, as well as wearing all black armor and cloak, accompanied with a false hand which features a hidden canon. he spends his time wandering around the land in search of a way to reach the god hand as well as fighting the evil entities that haunt him every night.
in his exploits he began to grow a reputation known as the black swordsman, an inhuman man that leaves towns in ruin after he leaves. in the two years that past he realized after a lecture from Godo the blacksmith that made his equipment and the dragon slayer, that he abandons the one person some matter the most to him, Casca.
So now with a new drive he ventures off to reunite with Casca and find a way to bring her to her normal self. along the journey he starts forming a party that is there to help him with his objective as well as him helping them in some shape and form. in one of his exploits Guts learned that in the two years slaying demons that the sword was soaked in so much demon blood that it can do harm in the spiritual realm mean it could do harm towards the living soul
in their endeavors guts realize that his strength alone cannot protect those that he cares so he is given the berserk armor, an enchanted armor that pushes the human limits to its fullest, the armor's power comes with significant drawbacks, If the wearer does not actively check their negative emotions, the armor consumes the wearer's psyche, turning them into a feral, bloodthirsty monster that can no longer differentiate between friend and foe. If this state is entered repeatedly, the wearer's senses will begin to deteriorate until they are lost completely. It can also cause chronic mental deterioration, providing a hotbed for its wearer's inner darkness to fester. The armor's ability to suppress pain could also be considered a drawback, as it allows the wearer to harm themselves through overexertion. In the same vein, the armor's reinforcement of broken bones or other debilitating injuries can lead to death through blood loss.
with guts time as the black swordsman, he develops an evil persona dub the beast of darkness which looks like a demonic black hound. it manifested itself it the armor, forcing guts to give in to his darker ambitions.
after finally restoring Casca there was a moment of peace, however during all of this Griffith has return to the mortal world to claim what he desires, a kingdom. in his pursuit he runs across guts and the others in a final effort's guts allowed himself to be taken over by the armor getting as much strength it could offer. with this Griffith opens a portal enter himself along with guts to the realm of the god hand and from that their fierce battel begins. after 7 day and 7 nights in the moral realm the battel concluded, all members of the god hand slain, Guts is the victor in this bout.
as the world around Guts began to flicker, he is phase into the mortal realm once more from there he sees his comrades. after spotting him they run towards him seeing clearly, He's not all right, with that Guts falls back laying on the ground, his armor retracted back however he can't feel anything no pain or anything He's not even tired he just feels at peace. he continues to look at the sky unit familiar faces surround him they promptly sat him up, one was a young man with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eye, with a green cloak most distinguish feature was his squinting eye this was Serpico.
Gabbing on guts left side and to his opposite side was a boy with short red hair with a small frame, Isidro was also supporting Guts up, guts look at both of them and sees the looks of dread on both of their faces clearly trying to talk to him but not getting a responds. Infront of him stood two individual's one was a short girl wearing a purple gown with a pointy hat and a shoulder length green hair, and the other was a young woman in a pink gown with blue eyes and short blonde hair, this was Schierke and Farnese and both are chanting a spell, however Farnese was tearing up her, hands shaking at the sight all the while Schierke was barley keeping her composure her eye threatening to cry.
above guts there are two winged elf's one has spiky blue hair named puck and the other had pink curly hair named Ivalera both hastily flapping there wing dropping as much of their healing dust on him. as he could feel his eye getting heavy, he looks upon the last member of his party Casca with short brown hair, brown eyes, dark skin appearance and a fairly muscular build. her eye red from all the crying but adopted a soft smile, there eye locked into each other, blacking out everything around them, no word was spoken but both understood each other. she came closer drawing everyone's attention as she crouches down near guts, she places her hand on the center of his armor feel the faintest heartbeat she then gives a sorrowful smile. all this time guts lost his hearing not able to hear his party's worries, however despite all that he could hear the last voice he ever hear, as Casca utter her final word to him.
"it ok, we'll be fine... you can rest now." she said softly knowing that he can hear her just fine. with that Guts let off a relieving sigh as he gives in, relaxing his eye for the last time as his struggles have come to an end.