Donovan (Berserk)

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Evil-doer
Full Name	Donovan
Alias	None
Origin	Berserk
Occupation	Mercenary
Powers / Skills	Brutish strength Proficient with bludgeoning weapons
Hobby	Having rough sex with underage boys
Goals	Make more money through wars. Kill, rape, and plunder for trophies. Molest children.
Crimes	Mass murder Pedophilia Pillaging Torture Rape War crimes
Type of Villain	Brutish Rapist

“	Gambino sold your ass out!	„
	~ Donovan to Guts.

Donovan is a minor antagonist in Berserk. He is a mercenary and war criminal who served under Gambino and his mercenary unit.

Biography

Donovan was a mercenary in Gambino's band to whom Gambino sold Guts as a child prostitute for one night for three silver coins. During the night, Donovan, a notorious pederast, appeared in Guts's tent with intent to rape him, and although Guts attempted to fight the brute off, he could not reach his sword and was eventually sodomized when Donovan told him that Gambino had sold him to the mercenary for the night, paralyzing Guts with disbelief and allowing Donovan to overpower him.

In the following battle, Guts took violent revenge on Donovan by shooting him in the back with a crossbow before savagely attacking him with his sword, demanding to know who had sold him. As Donovan died, he attempted to tell Guts that Gambino was the one who sold him, but died before he could answer successfully. During Gambino's later attempt to kill Guts in a drunken rage, Gambino confirmed that he was the one who sold him to Donovan, just before Guts killed him in self-defense.

A figure similar to Donovan appeared in a nightmare that Guts had right after his first battle with Griffith, while Casca slept by him to keep him warm. In this nightmare Guts as a child is being chased by a huge bald man with claws for hands whose face is not visible but whose eyes glow; Guts tries to attack him with his sword but with no effect. He then runs to Gambino and asks for help but Gambino refuses him. Next Guts is caught from behind and the face of the man chasing him becomes visible and it's Donovan's. The whole scene begins to twist and Guts wakes up.

Impact

The rape of young Guts by Donovan left Guts with an extreme aversion to being touched that would continue into adulthood, as well as an inner conflict over Gambino selling him out. It also leads to a flashback years later as Guts is making love to Casca for the first time, resulting in her almost getting strangled to death.

Appearance

Donovan was a large build muscular man with dark skin and a bald head. He had a scar running through his left eye. He had a very stout build and broad shoulders, with large hands and long legs.

Personality

Donovan was arrogant and did not hesitate to kill enemies fleeing from the battlefield. He was a notorious pedophile as shown when he rapes Guts when he was still at a young age. He showed no remorse in any of his actions, and could be characterized by actions of excessive cruelty.

Trivia

• Donovan did not appear in the anime series, but he did briefly appear in the Berserk Golden Age Arc I: Egg of the Supreme Ruler as a traumatic flashback when Guts was unconscious due to his first encounter with Griffith, in which it is briefly referenced that he was raped. The scene only shows a black screen, with audio that implies the rape.
• Donovan has become a meme in the online Berserk community (in particular in the subreddit "r/Berserklejerk") due to his acts of sexual deviancy, with him being given the nickname of "Daddy Donny" due to this.