History Characters / BerserkAntagonists

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Actually they all [[spoiler:serve the Idea of Evil and manipulate reality in order to further its goal]]. Each one stands for a negative aspect of reality but none of them can actually appear in the mortal realm. They have to use the best material at hand.

The most philosophical of all Godhand members, he's also the most cynical and scornful. He appears as a more scary version of the aliens from ''MarsAttacks'' with his exposed, [[MyBrainIsBig grotesquely oversized]] brain, his eyes sewn shut and his lips peeled back, displaying teeth and gums.

A more scary version of Mr Potato Head with his mouth on the side of his deformed face, this former [[LonersAreFreaks outcast, shunned for his appearance]], has been turned into a giant Behelit with tentacles. After giving demonic powers to Father Mozgus and [[QuirkyMinibossSquad his mooks]], he remained in the shadows of the Tower of Conviction for a long time and [[TheWatcher contemplated]] the pain humans were willing to inflict themselves in the name of God. His wish was to give birth to a perfect world. Which he eventually achieves [[spoiler: by giving birth to Griffith, after devouring the [[FetusTerrible deformed child of Guts and Casca]] who was lying in the debris of the Tower after using all of its energy to protect his mother from the ghosts. The Nameless Apostle did this as an act of pity for the dying child, and both him and the child died in the process.]] He conveys his story and purpose to Luca, a prostitute who will be the only one to know about his existence.

Actually they all [[spoiler:serve the Idea of Evil and manipulate reality in order to further its goal]]. Each one stands for a negative aspect of reality but none of them can actually appear in the mortal realm. They have to use the best material at hand which often leads to HighOctaneNightmareFuel.

The most philosophical of all Godhand members, he's also the most cynical and scornful. He appears as a HighOctaneNightmareFuel version of the aliens from ''MarsAttacks'' with his exposed, [[MyBrainIsBig grotesquely oversized]] brain, his eyes sewn shut and his lips peeled back, displaying teeth and gums.

[[spoiler:A semi-decanonised character that only appears in the ''Lost Chapter'' at the end of tome 13. It is the true BigBad and a HighOctaneNightmareFuel CosmicHorror that manipulates reality itself. It rules the whole ''Berserk'' world through Causality but no one, save for the Godhand themselves, is aware of its existence. Only exception (apparently) is Schierke who mentioned its name once, hinting that we might eventually get to see it in the main work.]]

* TheFairFolk (Rosine and her elves may look ''[[UncannyValley okay]]''... but they're [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel NOTHING]] like the true elves of the series.)

A HighOctaneNightmareFuel version of Mr Potato Head with his mouth on the side of his deformed face, this former [[LonersAreFreaks outcast, shunned for his appearance]], has been turned into a giant Behelit with tentacles. After giving demonic powers to Father Mozgus and [[QuirkyMinibossSquad his mooks]], he remained in the shadows of the Tower of Conviction for a long time and [[TheWatcher contemplated]] the pain humans were willing to inflict themselves in the name of God. His wish was to give birth to a perfect world. Which he eventually achieves [[spoiler: by giving birth to Griffith, after devouring the [[FetusTerrible deformed child of Guts and Casca]] who was lying in the debris of the Tower after using all of its energy to protect his mother from the ghosts. The Nameless Apostle did this as an act of pity for the dying child, and both him and the child died in the process.]] He conveys his story and purpose to Luca, a prostitute who will be the only one to know about his existence.

* LonersAreFreaks: As a human, he used to lurk in a collective ossuary and got shooed off viciously for his hideous appearance the only time he showed up.
* ManBehindTheMan: He is the man behind Mozgus and his {{Mooks}}.

An Apostle Spawn KnightTemplar, preacher of a ReligionOfEvil and a bishop in a CorruptChurch. Also, he takes in and cares for deformed orphans, [[PetTheDog treating them as his family.]]

Guts meets Mozgus upon trying to retrieve Casca who had run away from the magical cave he had confined her in before going on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Believed to be "unnatural" due to her [[PoorCommunicationKills speech impairment]] and her unwillingness to curse at other supposed [[TheHeretic heretics]], Mozgus had her tortured in the Tower of Conviction but her FetusTerrible of a child summoned several ghosts to save his mother, draining itself out and convicting poor Casca of witchcraft in the bargain, for which she almost got [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]]. Mozgus and his torturer {{Mooks}} died in the ensuing battle against Guts.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: In Mozgus's worldview, what's even worse than murder, rape and robbery? [[TheHeretic HERESY!]] Unfortunately for the people of St. Albion, the charge of heresy could be as minute as refusing to shun ''other'' people charged with heresy.

* CorruptChurch

* ExaltedTorturer: Torture is GOOD! Especially if the victims are innocent and helpless!
* InsaneTrollLogic: Tons. When given a chance to explain his horrific acts, never misses the opportunity to make it worse.

* KnightTemplar: He thought anything he did was justified in the name of God, especially the most atrocious acts.

* TortureTechnician: His sadism seemed InherentInTheSystem.

* [[{{Antivillain}} Antivillains]]: They're not exactly torturers because they ''want'' to be. They were all outcasts due to their assorted deformities, and only [[KnightTemplar Mozgus]] [[PetTheDog saw them as human]]. Bird in particular stands out.

* FragileSpeedster: Smallest one.

* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: see FanDisservice above.

!!Emperor Ganishka

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-> ''"I am the King of Kings! In this world, I am the one absolute principle!"''

The Kushan Emperor is a [[YouRebelScum rogue]] Apostle, the only one refusing to submit to the Godhand.

Extremely powerful, he began his campaign by holding Charlotte as his prisoner so he could marry her against her will and claim the crown of Midland, since only a pureblood royal could contend for it. Ganishka then launched a genocidal war against Midland so the Godhand would be forced to confront him. Helped by his legions of {{Mooks}}, he has already personally fought Zodd and Guts in one of his many Apostle forms (that of a humanoid mist). [[spoiler:After failing to defeat Griffith in this form, he eventually resorted to changing himself into a gigantic tentacled monster (to the point of being too tall for anyone to see his face) made of demonic flesh known as Shiva and engaged the whole new Band of the Hawk and Midland's army into a massive FinalBattle, which results in his demise as he opens the breach that may fuse the Astral and Natural worlds.]]

He appears as an [[FatBastard overweight]], bearded, turban-wearing Kushan ruler in human form with an unusually wide mouth and sharp teeth (though normally these are hidden by his moustache).

* [[AttackOfThe50FootWhatever Attack of the 1000 Foot Tentacle Apostle Emperor!]]
* BeardOfEvil
* TheCaligula: Ganishka personifies this trope, and even manages to out-monster most of the other {{Complete Monster}}s of the series.
* [[spoiler: DisappearsIntoLight]]
* DevourTheDragon: [[spoiler: all the mooks left in his capital city ]]
* EldritchAbomination: His final form, Shiva, is essentially this.
* TheEmperor: Literally
* EvilOverlord: He rules his endless legions ruthlessly and cares nothing for them.
* EvilSorcerer: Him and Daiba, his elderly henchman, are particularly profuse with Kushan black magic.
* EvilVersusEvil: His goals are just as grisly as those of the Godhand but he still believes his are better than theirs.
* FatBastard
* LargeHam: "I am the King of Kings! In this world, I am the one absolute principle!"
* OminousFog: Whenever this appears, you know Ganishka's up to no good. He can take the form of a giant humanoid mist cloud with lightning powers, and he can also sense anything that happens within his fog, making it very difficult to surprise him.
* RebelliousRebel: He is the only Apostle who stands up to Griffith and refuses his authority. However, he is [[CompleteMonster far, far from good.]]
* RedRightHand: He appears mostly human...until you get a good look at [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily the large, toothy maw]] hidden within that beard.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Due to the above.
* RoyallyScrewedUp His backstory. [[spoiler: As a youth, he was TheUnfavorite, and his mom tried to kill him so his half-brother would rule Kushan. She used poison as her weapon, which horribly messed up with the already unstable Ganishka, therefore "dealing" with these two was just the beginning of his atrocities.]]
* SimSimSalabim: Like all Kushans
* SuperSmoke
* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: His attempts to rebel against the Godhand only brought their agenda to fruition. May also double as YouCantFightFate, since the Godhand have vast power over causality.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether: Not necessarily "rule," but he tries recruiting Guts to his cause, knowing they have a common enemy in Griffith. [[spoiler: Guts adamantly refuses, as he sees him as just as much of a monster as Griffith.]]
* WeHaveReserves: Ganishka almost always uses this tactic.

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[[folder: Apostle Spawn]]

Many Apostles have the ability [[TouchedByVorlons to taint other life with their demonic powers.]] Some have even been known to raise the dead. While the typical transformation process gives the entity more strength, other methods are also known.

!!Bishop Mozgus

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-> ''"How dare you stand in the way of God's will!!"''

An Apostle Spawn KnightTemplar, preacher of a ReligionOfEvil and a bishop in a CorruptChurch. Also, he takes in and cares for deformed orphans, [[PetTheDog treating them as his family.]]

Guts meets Mozgus upon trying to retrieve Casca who had run away from the magical cave he had confined her in before going on his RoaringRampageOfRevenge. Believed to be "unnatural" due to her [[PoorCommunicationKills speech impairment]] and her unwillingness to curse at other supposed [[TheHeretic heretics]], Mozgus had her tortured in the Tower of Conviction but her FetusTerrible of a child summoned several ghosts to save his mother, draining itself out and convicting poor Casca of witchcraft in the bargain, for which she almost got [[BurnTheWitch burned at the stake]]. Mozgus and his torturer {{Mooks}} died in the ensuing battle against Guts.

Appearing as a square-jawed hulking priest in white robes, he eventually gains the ability to [[ShapeShifter transform himself]] [[OneWingedAngel into a stone angel]].

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* DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Much like Apostles, every Godhand is born by making one of these with the previous Godhand]].

* DealWithTheDevil: Every Apostle is born by making one of these with the Godhand. [[spoiler:Every Godhand too]].

* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:Until its revealed that they are led by a being known as [[GodIsEvil The Idea of Evil]]]]

* EverythingsPrettierWithButterflies (She's not a butterfly, but Rosaline's apostle form takes on a that of a luna moth, which makes her one of the more pleasant-looking apostles.)

* ImAHumanitarian: Many Apostles are not above chowing down on their own species.

All of them used to be humans before becoming Godhands and are all [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld unbelievably ancient]]. Their powers are of course of godlike level. All Apostles refer to them as their masters.

* PowersThatBe: The ones who are responsible for pulling the strings of Causality upon the world.

-> ''"If fate is a principle beyond Human comprehension which capriciously torments man, then it is karma that man confront fate by embracing sorcery."''

-> ''"Love, hate, pleasure, pain, life, death. Everything is here! The true nature of Man. The true nature of Evil."''

-> ''Ubik: "When you sacrifice, you must cut yourself from Humanity...''

-> ''Conrad: "...so Causality can ruin your heart and possess your mind."''

* DemotedToExtra: She has a minor role in the first anime

* StarterVillain

* StarterVillain

He is the only Apostle so far whose death has not been brutal, and one of the rare sympathetic Apostles along with Rosine, Locus and Irvine.

* TheCollectorOfTheStrange (What he calls his "garden" is actually the well aligned decaying corpses of the tortured from the Tower of Conviction.)
* DarkIsNotEvil (Probably the less straight example, but his wish for the creation of a perfect world as well as a far less malign personality than the vast majority of the apostles probably make him at least much less evil than other dark based supernatural creatures in the series [sans perhaps the Skull Knight])

* LonersAreFreaks (As a human, he used to lurk in a collective ossuary and got shooed off viciously for his hideous appearance the only time he showed up.)
* ManBehindTheMan (He is the man behind Mozgus and his {{Mooks}})
* MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning (His death was the condition for Griffith's resurrection...)
* TheWatcher (He used to remain in the shadows of the Tower and watch the events unfold without interfering)

* DevourTheDragon - [[spoiler: all the mooks left in his capital city ]]
* EldritchAbomination (His final form, Shiva, is essentially this)
* TheEmperor (Literally)
* EvilOverlord (He rules his endless legions ruthlessly and cares nothing for them)

* LargeHam ("I am the King of Kings! In this world, I am the one absolute principle!")

* RebelliousRebel (He is the only Apostle standing up to Griffith and refusing his authority.)
* RedRightHand (He appears mostly human...until you get a good look at [[MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily the large, toothy maw]] hidden within that beard.)

* RoyallyScrewedUp (His backstory. [[spoiler: As a youth, he was TheUnfavorite, and his mom tried to kill him so his half-brother would rule Kushan. She used poison as her weapon, which horribly messed up with the already unstable Ganishka, therefore "dealing" with these two was just the beginning of his atrocities.]])
* SimSimSalabim (Like all Kushans)

* [[spoiler: UnwittingPawn: His attempts to rebel against the Godhand only brought their agenda to fruition. May also double as YouCantFightFate, since the GodHand have vast power over causality.]]
* WeCanRuleTogether (Not necessarily "rule," but he tries recruiting Guts to his cause, knowing they have a common enemy in Griffith. [[spoiler: Guts adamantly refuses.]])
* WeHaveReserves (Ganishka almost always uses this tactic)

Guts might have taken much longer getting rid of him if Zondrak [[WhatAnIdiot hadn't told him how to destroy him]].

* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: Was stupid enough to tell Guts of his one weak points.

* DealWithTheDevil
* DevilButNoGod
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* PowersThatBe (The ones who are responsible for pulling the strings of causality upon the world.)

The leader of the group, he also seems to be the Skull Knight's ArchNemesis. Able to control dimensions and void ([[MeaningfulName as his name implies]]), he presides every ritual involving the instatement of a new Apostle and dispatches the cursed brand on the sacrificed beings.

The most philosophical of all Godhand members, he's also the most cynical and scornful. He appears as a HighOctaneNightmareFuel version of ''MarsAttacks!'' aliens with his exposed, [[MyBrainIsBig grotesquely oversized]] brain, his eyes sewn shut and his lips peeled back, displaying teeth and gums.

* NightmareFace (Eep.)

* BadAss: Someone able to withstand a point blank thrust from Guts's {{BFS}} owns the title, ''especially'' if they're female, yes!

* FetishFuelStationAttendant (Holy shit!)

* TenderTears: In a very twisted way, [[spoiler:she found beauty in the brutal rape of Caska at Femto's hands while Guts was forced to watch helplessly]]. She found the scene magnificent.

* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Apostles were a major threat early in the series, with Guts needing to fight with everything he had to kill one, and Guts probably would have died fighting the Count if the Count's daughter hadn't conveniently burst into the room for Guts to use as a hostage. Now that all the Apostles in the world are serving Griffith, they've been demoted to Elite Mooks. Justified, since Guts has the Berserker's Armor, which makes him much stronger and brings out his Superpowered Evil Side.
* DealWithTheDevil
* DespairEventHorizon (In order to become an Apostle, you have to have reached the lowest epitome of your life in order to activate that [[ArtifactOfDoom neato Behelit]].)
* HumanoidAbomination (Each one has a form that's generally more human-like in appearance, but there's often something very ''off'' about it.)
* ImAHumanitarian
* TheJuggernaut
* OneWingedAngel
* OurDemonsAreDifferent
* ThisWasHisTrueForm
* TragicVillain: Regardless of whether they are {{Complete Monster}}s now, one of the scariest things about them is that they ''couldn't'' have been {{Complete Monster}}s as humans, since the only way to become an apostle is to sacrifice someone you ''genuinely'' care about, and therefore, someone who doesn't care about anyone couldn't become one.
* WasOnceAMan

* GroinAttack: At the end of his second fight with Wyald, Guts "[[SinCity takes his weapon away from him]]" in order to stop him from having his way with Casca and put an end to Wyald's raping days for good. It is ''[[LaserGuidedKarma very satisfying]]''.

* GagPenis: A really {{Squick}}y version of this that looks like a cross between a penis and a tongue (since it comes from his second mouth).

* GroinAttack: At the end of their fight, Guts "[[SinCity takes Wyald's weapon away from him]]" in order to stop him from having his way with Casca. It is ''[[LaserGuidedKarma very satisfying]]''.

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Oddly enough, it sorta plays out as a way more disturbing KingKong scene if King Kong were to do what he usually did with the [[spoiler: dark-skinned]] [[UnfortunateImplications native girls used as sacrifices]]. When Wyald knocks the shit out of Guts while in his apostle form - which is a giant ape-like monster - Wyald takes some time aside from his murdering rampage in order to give Casca the "privilege" of feeling like a virgin again with his squicky GagPenis, since she was "[[{{Squick}} just the right size]]" (after [[ClothingDamage tearing off her clothes]], of course).

** He also has two in such quick succession they count as one when he realises that (A) [[spoiler: Griffith does not have the behelit on him, and so there is no way to summon the Godhand and save himself from the wounds Guts gave him]] and (B) [[spoiler: Nosferatu Zodd has just landed right behind him, and he is ''not'' happy]]. See it [[http://www.mangareader.net/96-1131-203/berserk/chapter-11.html here]], [[KickTheSonOfABitch it's very enjoyable]].

* GroinAttack: Guts pulls a move right out of ''SinCity'' and ''TheStreetFighter'' on this guy in order to save Casca.

His Apostle form is that of an enormous three-eyed ape monster. [[spoiler: Ironically, his human form is that of a frail old man, as shown after Zodd comes personally to rip him in half in order to stop him from interfering with the imminence of the Eclipse.]]

* BadBoss: Taken to [[{{StupidEvil}} outright retarded]] extremes and he reason why the black dogs are so evil. Wyalds minions fear their boss so much they prefer to throw themselves head first on Guts' sword.

* GagPenis: A really {{Squick}}y version of [[http://www.mangareader.net/96-1131-112/berserk/chapter-11.html This]]...

* RapePillageAndBurn (His modus operandi of choice.)

* WeaponOfChoice (A very crude [[CarryABigStick block of wood]].)

* CatchPhrase ("Excitement! Enjoyment!")
* CardCarryingVillain (He's evil and he LOOOOVES it)
* DeadGuyOnDisplay (Not only does he [[spoiler:rape and murder a woman who helped the Hawks]], but he also [[spoiler: kills every one of the innocents with her, and then carries their naked dismembered bodies on poles into battle with the Hawks]].)

* DueToTheDead (See above. Very much the evil version.)
* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys (Averted to an extremely squicky level.)

* GagPenis (A really {{Squick}}y version of [[http://www.mangareader.net/96-1131-112/berserk/chapter-11.html This]]...)

* HornyDevils (When he's not fighting, he is having sex with women at random. Willing or not.)

* LeeroyJenkins (Plan? What Plan? Screw the Plan! I WANT TO KIIILLL!!)
* OhCrap He has a very abrupt and extremely satisfying one [[spoiler:when Guts pulls off the mother of all cockblocks on him to save Casca ]] [[CrowningMomentOfFunny It's hysterical.]]

* TheHedonist (His motto is "Enjoyment and Excitement!" And doesn't much care how he gets it.)

See above.

* EvilOldFolks: Before becoming an apostle, Wyald was an old man. After [[spoiler: Zodd]] kills him, he turns back to his original form.

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