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| “ | In this world, is the destiny of mankind controlled by some transcendental entity or law? Is it like the hand of God hovering above? At least it is true that man has no control, even over his own will. | „ |
| ~ Void on mankinds motives. |
| “ | For what sake do humans come into being? What do humans live for? Why are humans destined to be those who will become important to them? Everything may rely soley upon fate. | „ |
| ~ Void on fate |
Void is the secondary antagonist of the Berserk franchise. He is the leader and oldest member of the God Hand, in charge of branding the sacrifices made by tortured souls in order for them to become Apostles and achieve their dream.
As the most philosophical God Hand member, he is primarily concerned with analyzing and controlling the course of causality. He is also the arch-nemesis of the Skull Knight, whom he may have sacrificed himself in a long past story, similar to Guts and Griffith in the past.
In the 1997 Berserk anime, he was voiced in Japanese by the late Unshō Ishizuka, and by the late Shinji Ogawa in Berserk: The Golden Age Arc III - The Advent, with Jon Avner voicing him in English.
Appearance[]
Like all God Hand members and apostles, Void was once a man with a more human look but soon he started to be getting into the Idea of Evil's deal, his head would soon feature a large, exposed brain, eyes stitched shut and lips peeled back. His cloak and body seem to be distorted, and he has the power to open up a sort of inter dimensional mirror portal at his own will. He also notably has six fingers on each hand.
Personality[]
Being the most philosophical member of the god hand, it is rather apparent that Void has the more important words to say about the matter of how the events of the series unfold and why they do. His perspective is targeted by the uncontrollable set up that is causality of how someone's want, and desire leads from one scenario to the next. The belief he holds in this tied to how no one has control over their will, no matter how hard they try to make sure of that being the case. Descriptions like the butterfly effect may have has some connections to how Void sees destiny, being the inevitability of succumbing to a choice that was deep within a man's heart, being that as it may the butterfly effect in his viewing sees how it adds up to a primary factor, an age where causality flows into a period affecting so much in its sheer magnitude, with Griffith being that example.
The only question to how Voids sees causality is the unpredictable nature of it as well, when Skull Knight saved Guts and Casca's lives from the blood sacrifice of Femto, Slan asked Void if this was all fated to happen with Void not giving a response. This could also indicate Void himself admits that Causality might weave a destiny that he did not prepare for, understand or even embrace as Guts seems to be part of causality that would leave him in an ambiguous state of knowing if causality was ever meant to be solely in anyone's favor, meaning he could be aware that nature of causality does not offer absolute dominance without a limit. Although Void may in fact see Causality as something to be a part of the Idea of Evils big plan, when the Count refused to sacrifice his daughter, Void says the thread of causality has been severed meaning how he sees causality might be more along the lines of how someone would see how a game would be played, thus his perspective on it is mainly for the sake of how man in willing to commit atrocities to be bound with how he sees causality and anything that doesn't apply to it and is not a part of causality, which shows that Void seems to have a warped mentality on what should be aligned with events taking place when the truth of the matter is more complex than what he thinks it is.
The mirror compares and contrast of him and Skull Knight is how when Skull Knight encouraged Guts to get into his goals, he made statements such as struggle on struggler which has a lot to do with Guts draining himself from all the strain and stress in the quest, he wants to be successful in by killing Griffith and has involvement with Guts giving everything about himself including his humanity to do so. This is the opposite for Voids influence on Griffith as he wants Griffith to seize and take other lives to make up for his, sacrificing others to be a prodigy, than to sacrifice oneself for others. What makes Void unique among the God Hand and Apostles is how he sacrifices, unlike the other monsters who see people to be disposed like trash, Void sees their upcoming deaths to have some sort of memorial to be remembered as a follow up for an area of greatness, seeing the bloodshed as an honorable guest of a payoff in the aftermath of becoming a God Hand or Apostle.
Biography[]
Background[]
Millennium years ago, Void used to be a human sage who served as the adviser to King Gaiseric in the ancient Midland. He used to genuiely care about the king and citizens in Midland, but after a conflict between him and the king, he was captured and tortured in tower of rebirth. Chosen by Idea of Evil, Void used his crimson beherit to sacrifice the king and all the citizens in Midland (the ones he cared about most), shredded all his humanity, and became the first known member of God Hand. Although not confirmed, it is heavily implied Skull Knight and King Gaiseric are the same person, and Void's act of sacrificing King and the whole kingdom is possibly the reason why Skull Knight went on his journey of revenge.
Over decades, Void kept being Idea of Evil's servant to fulfill its purpose to give reason for human's suffering. Void hosted many brand of sacrifices, and convinced multiple humans to sacrifice their loved ones and become God Hand or Apostles. The other God Hand members were often replaced (possibly killed by Skull Knight), but Void kept being the common member and was never been replaced by others.
Golden Age Arc[]
| “ | You are our progeny, our newest kingsman, our wing of darkness, arise Femto. | „ |
| ~ Void on the birth of Femto. |
Void and other God Hand members were summoned when the Eclipse begun, during which he persuaded Griffith to sacrifice his comrades of Band of Hawk in order to achieve his dream. After Void announced the Brand of Sacrifice, all members of Band of Hawk except Guts and Casca were slaughtered with Griffith successfully incarnated as Femto. Suddenly his arch-nemesis Skull Knight arrived at the spot and trying to kill him, but Void countered the attack by spatial manipulation. Later Skull Knight managed to take Guts and Casca back to the Physical World.
Black Swordman Arc[]
| “ | The thread of causality has been severed. | „ |
| ~ Void as the Count dies refusing to sacrifice his daughter. |
When the count was defeated and fatally injured by Guts, he summoned Void, Femto and other God Hand members through the beherit in the temporal junction point. The count desperately begged Void to kill Guts to revenge him, but Void refused to do it, claiming they were arrived by the count's biggest desire, which was obsession of survive and fear of death, instead of revenge. Void and other God Hand members then tried to convince the count to sacrifice his own daughter Theresia, but the count couldn't give up his care for his daughter, leading himself to be dragged into vortex of souls.
Conviction Arc[]
When Femto started his Incarnation Ceremony in order to rebirth as Griffith, Void and other three members arrived and helped him manifest rudimentary forms from the restless spirits running amok in the city. Guts tried to stop this by striking Void with his sword, but soon found that Void and other God Hand members were not corporeal. When the Ceremony finished, Femto successfully became the only Hod Hand that exists in physical form of Griffith, and started his plan to take over the world and pursue his dream of a shiny castle.
Millenium Falcon Arc[]
As Femto unleashed Great Wave of Astral World, Void and other three members gained corporeal forms within the new world of Fantasia.
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Quotes[]
| “ | The thread bundled by the laws of causality have now been bound. | „ |
| ~ Void as Griffith submits his troops as sacrifices. |
| “ | You have now been marked with the Brand of Sacrifice. The lives of those who bear the Brand, from the last drop of blood, to the last moment of your agonizing deaths, will feed life to the new Child of Darkness. | „ |
| ~ Void marks Brand of Sacrifice to Band of the Hawk, sentencing them to death. |
| “ | The promised time has come! | „ |
| ~ Void as he brands sacrificial victims. |
| “ | The story has begun while they are entwine by strings spun by fate, a boy cries and a girl feels "I want you for the one care about", a young man who has fought for survival with a sword embarks on his journey, where will destiny take him? | „ |
| ~ Void describing Griffith, Casca and Guts. |
| “ | If it be reason that destiny transcend human intellect and make playthings of children, it is cause and effect that a child bear his evil and confront destiny. | „ |
| ~ Void |
Trivia[]
- In the first adaptation of the series, Void serves as the series narrator, introducing each episode and previewing the next.
- When asked about the ultimate goal of the God Hand in an interview for the Berserk Illustrations File, Kentarou Miura stated it was too early to reveal their goal, but gave a clue to speculate over: "The key is 'void'." Though the katakana for Void the God Hand member (ボイド) is used in the interview, ボイド also refers to the English word for the general concept of void (i.e. a completely empty space).
- Void's speech during the birth of Femto was sampled in the beginning of the song "The Fifth Angel" by the band Beast in Black. A song inspired by the series, detailing Griffith's betrayal of the Band of the Hawk during the Eclipse.
External Links[]
- Void on the Berserk Wiki
- Void on the Pure Evil Wiki
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