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==Abilities==
==Abilities==
Griffith's greatest strength is his uncanny charisma to induce submission in others just by being around them. The sight of him and the sound of his voice are enough to bend anyone's will and turn them into loyal servants, ready to die at his command.
Griffith's greatest strength is his uncanny charisma to induce submission in others just by being around them. The sight of him and the sound of his voice are enough to bend anyone's will and turn them into loyal servants, ready to die at his command.
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==History==
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As a child of humble-birth meant to someday rule a kingdom of his own, he received a crimson [[Behelit]] from a old woman. Soon after, Griffith formed the Band of the Hawk, alongside the miner [[Pippin]], former bandit [[Corkus]], tumbler [[Judeau]], and 12-year old [[Casca]] whom he saved from her would-be rapists. Griffith's big break came when he and his group were enlisted into the service of [[Chuder]] noble [[Gennon]], subjecting himself to sleep with the deviant for a large amount of his wealth to ensure his soldiers' survival in the battles to come.
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===Golden Age Arc===
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Years later, while defending a fort, Griffith became interested in the mercenary Guts, who killed the famous grey knight [[Bazuso]]. After a failed ambush on Guts, Griffith stabbed him near the heart to incapacitate him. Griffith later challenged Guts to a one-on-one duel and won, winning his servitude among the Band of the Hawk. After the Band of the Hawk defeated the Black Sheep Iron Spear Knight army, they are enlisted by Midland for its war against Chudor. During a siege, the Hawks encountered The Immortal [[Nosferatu Zodd]], who noticed Griffith's Behelit and cryptically warned Guts of its significance in his doom. Griffith's gradual rise in Midland status was ill-received by the noblemen. General [[Julius]] sent an assassin equipped with a crossbow and a bolt dipped in expensive poison. The assassination attempt failed, as the bolt was blocked by Griffith's Behelit. Griffith retaliated by sending Guts to assassinate Julius with instructions to leave no witnesses alive. Later on, Griffith discussed his ideals with Princess [[Charlotte]], saying that he considered equals to be friends. Having overheard the discussion, Guts decided to leave the Band of the Hawk, prompting Griffith to challenge him to a critical duel. Having lost the duel, Griffith fell to his knees in despair and was forced to allow Guts to depart. Soon after the ordeal, Griffith slept with Charlotte in a lapse of judgement, resulting in his imprisonment within the Tower of Rebirth by the [[King of Midland]]. When lectured, Griffith replied by asking if the King lusted after his own daughter. Outraged, the King lashed out at him and ordered for Griffith to be tortured endlessly.
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[[File:Eclipse calling.jpg|thumb|left|Griffith invoking the Eclipse.]]
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By the time Guts and surviving members of the Band of the Hawk rescued him a year later, Griffith had been rendered mute and immobile; his tongue had been cut off along with all his skin and muscles. When Griffith fled by carriage and tried to end his life upon realizing that he can no longer fulfill his dream in his ruined state, he inadvertently triggered his Behelit, which he retrieved in the river where he fell. Griffith, the Band of the Hawk, and the gathered [[Apostle]]s were transported to an [[Interstice]] where the God Hand manifested to welcome Griffith. Griffith was given the choice to be reborn as the last of the God Hand and continue his dream, at the cost of the lives of all his comrades. Griffith accepted the offer and appeared before the [[Idea of Evil|power]] behind the God Hand, as the Band of the Hawk was slaughtered by monsters. Having been told that everything he went through had been leading up to this moment while given an understanding of the inner workings of human nature, Griffith accepted his fate to become a king and began to create his ideal spiritual body.
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[[File:FemtoMovie.png|thumb|right|Griffith transcended into Femto.]]
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By the time Guts and Casca were the last ones alive, Griffith emerged from his metamorphosis. Reborn as Femto, he then proceeded to rape Casca. Guts, enraged, tore his arm off and tried to strike at Femto, only to be pinned down and forced to watch. Fortunately, the [[Skull Knight]] saved Guts and Casca from certain doom. However, they were both severely traumatized; Casca lost her memory and became mentally regressed. In addition to that, Femto's seed mutated Casca and Guts' unborn child into a [[Demon Child|deformed creature]]. Guts swore vengeance on Griffith, saying that he would never forgive him for what he had done.
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==History==
==History==
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[[File:GriffithNewFace.png|left|thumb|Griffith reborn.]]
[[File:GriffithNewFace.png|left|thumb|Griffith reborn.]]
Prior to the conclusion, the Egg-Shaped Apostle swallowed the [[Demon Child]] while climbing up the crumbling [[Tower of Conviction]] to enact the Incarnation Ceremony. As the Egg-Shaped Apostle reached the top and summoned the restless spirits of all who have died in St. Albion to him, the demon child's body fully developed into a human-like form before rapidly maturing into a vessel for Griffith to fully regain his physical presence. Griffith then emerges from the Egg Apostle's body, killing the Apostle as the tower is completely destroyed. Griffith would make his presence known at daybreak, naked while embracing the warmth of the sun as Guts and Casca see him to the former's shock and mixed feelings. When [[Silat]] and his forces were sent to capture him on orders from Ganishka, Griffith flies off on Zodd's back when he arrives.
Prior to the conclusion, the Egg-Shaped Apostle swallowed the [[Demon Child]] while climbing up the crumbling [[Tower of Conviction]] to enact the Incarnation Ceremony. As the Egg-Shaped Apostle reached the top and summoned the restless spirits of all who have died in St. Albion to him, the demon child's body fully developed into a human-like form before rapidly maturing into a vessel for Griffith to fully regain his physical presence. Griffith then emerges from the Egg Apostle's body, killing the Apostle as the tower is completely destroyed. Griffith would make his presence known at daybreak, naked while embracing the warmth of the sun as Guts and Casca see him to the former's shock and mixed feelings. When [[Silat]] and his forces were sent to capture him on orders from Ganishka, Griffith flies off on Zodd's back when he arrives.
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===Falcon of the Millenium Empire Arc===
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[[file:GriffithHillOfSwords2.png|thumb|right]]
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Later explaining that he left St. Albion as he felt it was not an ideal place for a reunion for the surviving members of the Band of Hawks, Griffith meets Guts again on the [[Hill of Swords]] while meeting with Rickert to offer the boy a chance in aiding him in his dream once more. While Griffith felt no remorse seeing the grave markers from those he sacrificed, he realized the Demon Child's influence made him concerned for Casca's wellbeing during Guts' fight with Zodd as he orders the Apostle to cease when they leave to enact his destiny. As Guts begins his journey to [[Elfhelm]] with [[Guts' New Party|a fellowship]], Griffith has begun to orchestrate becoming Midland's sole military leader through a [[Neo Band of the Hawk|new Band of the Hawk]] with Zodd and other numerous Apostles, along with human members like [[Sonia]] and [[Mule Wolflame]]. After leading his army to force Ganishka and his forces back to [[Windham]], Griffith cements his right to lead by revealing his betrothal to Charlotte after rescuing her from Ganshika's custody while the Holy See's [[Pontiff]] confirms him the Hawk of Light and ordains the union.
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[[file:FemtoManipulatesTear.png|thumb|left]]
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When Ganshika transcended his existence as an Apostle by entering the [[Man-Made Behelit]] and offering his forces in exchange, Griffith has his forces fight off the emperor's familiars while he rides Zodd to the core of the giant where Ganshika's physical body is. As he draws near Ganshika, Griffith assumes his Femto form as the Skull Knight attempts to strike him from behind with his [[Sword of Actuation]]. But Griffith reveals he was hoping for the Skull Knight's appearance and uses his power to redirect the dimensional-ripping slash from his would-be assassin's sword at Ganshika's human face. This causes a chain reaction with Ganshika's god form that results in the [[World Transformation]] with the entire world now in a global [[Interstice]] with Astral creatures now fully manifested in the physical world. Griffith also used the event to create his city of [[Falconia]], a utopian society that curbs the Apostles' bloodlust with gladiatorial combat so they can serve as humanity's protectors from the monsters now lurking outside Falconia's walls.
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[[File:RickertGriffithOnBridge.png|thumb]]
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When learning that Rickert had come to Falconia, Griffith welcomes the youth when he comes to his palace and once more makes the offer. But Rickert, having now learned the truth of the Eclipse while being conflicted about the good that his former leader has done since Falconia's creation, slaps Griffith for asking him again. While Rickert could not truly hate him, the youth tells Griffith that he is a follower of the man he once was and the original Band of the Hawk. Griffith stops his guards, allowing Rickert to leave the palace while reassuring those present that it was a simple rejection. But weeks later, when the youth resolved to leave Falconia, Rickert finds himself being targeted by [[Raksas]] and believes that Griffith sent the Apostle to assassinate him out of retaliation.
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[[File:HawkOfLightKOM.png|right|thumb|The Hawk of Light in the Midland King's vision.]]
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Soon after siring the [[Egg-Shaped Apostle]] to carry out a special task, the God Hand orchestrated a series of events from a plague to the [[Kushan]] invasion of Midland by [[Ganishka]] while the now-maddened King spent his final hours having his army search for Griffith. The God Hand placed a dream inside everyone of the coming of what the [[Holy See Religious Order]] deemed their savior: The Hawk of Light. But what no one realized besides the Skull Knight and Nosferatu Zodd, was that the refugees were all being lead to the city of St. Albion to serve in a mass sacrifice known as the [[Incarnation Ceremony]] that would reconstitute Griffith into the physical realm. Though Guts was told of the significance of the visions, he was more focused on protecting Casca despite the fact they both played a role in gathering the vast amount of restless spirits that consumed the living before converging towards the Egg-Shaped Apostle as he offered his life to complete the ritual.
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[[File:GriffithNewFace.png|left|thumb|Griffith reborn.]]
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Prior to the conclusion, the Egg-Shaped Apostle swallowed the [[Demon Child]] while climbing up the crumbling [[Tower of Conviction]] to enact the Incarnation Ceremony. As the Egg-Shaped Apostle reached the top and summoned the restless spirits of all who have died in St. Albion to him, the demon child's body fully developed into a human-like form before rapidly maturing into a vessel for Griffith to fully regain his physical presence. Griffith then emerged from the Egg Apostle's body, killing the Apostle as the tower is completely destroyed. Griffith would make his presence known at daybreak, naked while embracing the warmth of the sun as Guts and Casca saw him to the former's shock and mixed feelings. When [[Silat]] and his forces were sent to capture him on orders from Ganishka, Griffith flew off on Zodd's back when he arrived.
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