Berserk

A blacksmith is forging an enormous sword while a dark man with only one eye and one arm stands back and watches.

There is a great battle taking place at a fort. The attackers are doing well, except one thing stands in their way - a grey knight and he states that none shall pass him.

Guts and Griffith begin their sword fight.

Guts reminisces about his childhood.

Guts is now a commander of Griffith's army, taking many risks in battle, Casca takes him to task for it. Griffith is knighted in the Midland court much to the nobles' dismay.

In another raid, Guts and Griffith come across a demon known as Nosferatu Zodd.

Princess Charlotte of Midland strikes up a friendship with Griffith.

Griffith and Guts continue their success in battle and Griffith is made a Count.

Griffith saves Charlotte when her horse bolts during a fox hunt. Yurius, the king's younger brother, attempts to have him assassinated.

Guts, sent by Griffith, assassinates Yurius and his son Adonis. Griffith gets closer to Charlotte. The Hawks depart for yet another mission.

On a stormy battlefield, Casca, Griffith's second in command, is wounded while fighting the leader of an enemy army. Guts runs to her rescue but when she passes out at the edge of a cliff, he cannot catch her in time and they both fall into the river below.

Casca is still unconscious, so Guts shelters them in a cave while the rain pours down. She comes to and tells Guts about her past and about Griffith's.