This will be a very long and also my first theory, so bear with me
When i read Volume 34 way back, i always wondered about the significance on showing the God Hand after the birth of Fantasia. At that point, what did Miura mean? Was it a sign of showing that the God Hand finally can move around freely due to the astral and physical layer merging? This was what i assumed initially, but with the information we got on Elfhelm regarding the Blast of the World, the spirit trees and the world tree i started thinking about how all this connects together. But the biggest factor on all this speculation comes from the reveals of the latest episode.
In episode 358, we finally get to learn that Griffith wants to build an empire. Not just an empire, but more specifically an empire for humans.
This detail is very important as it goes hand in hand with what we have been seeing in the missions that the Demon army has been undertaking. Territories are taken over, Giants are getting wiped out. Ultimately this goal means the exterminations of astral creatures.
The more i thought about this, the more it made perfect sense. As much as the God Hand and Apostles are demonic, at their core they come from human desire. And at some point, be it a God Hand member or an apostle, they were human. Beyond that, we also know that the Idea of Evil was born through such desire.
The astral creatures on the other end? Be it dragons, trolls, giants or even the other side of the spectrum like elfs and brownies, they are all inhuman.
In episode 345 we get to know that in ancient times, the worlds were intermingled at some point. Something happened back in the day which led to the world we used to know before the event on top of Ganishka.
As we know around 1000 years ago, there was another conqueror like Griffith who had created the first big empire of the Berserk world. Now why is Gaiseric important in all of this?
We know that the Skull Knight has connections to witches such as Flora, but even to places such as Elfhelm. This detail is important as even though Griffith puts his goal in creating an empire in juxtaposition to what Gaiseric did, the difference lies in Gaiseric working together with witches and astral creatures, not against them.
Now to the speculation part. My thoughts on this is that in ancient times when Gaiseric was conquering the world, he was cooperating alongside witches. Ultimately at some point, Gaiseric had to make a decision about astral creatures and their longing in the world, as certain creatures like Giants, Dragons and so forth were causing too much chaos for humanity. But instead of trying to exterminate them like Griffith did, Gaiseric decided to hetch a plan with the witches out of respect for them and their connection to nature. With that perspective in mind, mages started setting up spirit trees all around the world. Something that most likely bugged a certain wise man who had other values on astral creatures.
But why?
This gets explained in Volume 39, as we know of a certain witch who did the same. In volume 26, Griffith sends a portion of his army to go after Flora and burn down her spirit tree. As Shierke asks the mages on the significance of this mission, they answer the question by explaining that witches did this to maintain the balance between the physical and the astral world. They get into further detail by making it clear that the spirit trees were sucking off the power of the world tree, thus holding the balance between the world.
Now after Ganishkas defeat a big portion of the astral and physical world were merged. Alongside with that, Griffith was preparing to further strengthen the world tree by putting the spirit trees around the world to ashes. Why would he do this?
The answer is pretty self explanatory after episode 358. We know that Griffith wants to build an empire for humans, we also established how this makes sense from the perspective of a God Hand member, but most importantly, by further merging the worlds, the end goal of exterminating astral creatures gets easier. But beyond that, you set up something greater.
We know that Griffith will most likely end up at Elfhelm after his transformation to the moonlight boy. We saw the moonlight boy using the branches of the world tree as means of transportation in episode 331, but besides Griffith and the Boy there is another character said to be able to navigate through the world tree. That character being Sonia.
My ultimate speculation is that we will have Griffith emerging on the Island and sending a signal to Sonia to bring the demon army to Elfhelm through the use of fast travel. The end goal in all of this will be the destruction of the cherry blossom tree to fully intermingle the physical and astral world, causing the appearance of the God Hand in Fantasia.
With the arrival of the God Hand, and the further merging of the worlds by destroying the biggest spirit tree out there, we will enter the most critical and cruel phase of Berserk. The age of Darkness.
When i read Volume 34 way back, i always wondered about the significance on showing the God Hand after the birth of Fantasia. At that point, what did Miura mean? Was it a sign of showing that the God Hand finally can move around freely due to the astral and physical layer merging? This was what i assumed initially, but with the information we got on Elfhelm regarding the Blast of the World, the spirit trees and the world tree i started thinking about how all this connects together. But the biggest factor on all this speculation comes from the reveals of the latest episode.
In episode 358, we finally get to learn that Griffith wants to build an empire. Not just an empire, but more specifically an empire for humans.
This detail is very important as it goes hand in hand with what we have been seeing in the missions that the Demon army has been undertaking. Territories are taken over, Giants are getting wiped out. Ultimately this goal means the exterminations of astral creatures.
The more i thought about this, the more it made perfect sense. As much as the God Hand and Apostles are demonic, at their core they come from human desire. And at some point, be it a God Hand member or an apostle, they were human. Beyond that, we also know that the Idea of Evil was born through such desire.
The astral creatures on the other end? Be it dragons, trolls, giants or even the other side of the spectrum like elfs and brownies, they are all inhuman.
In episode 345 we get to know that in ancient times, the worlds were intermingled at some point. Something happened back in the day which led to the world we used to know before the event on top of Ganishka.
As we know around 1000 years ago, there was another conqueror like Griffith who had created the first big empire of the Berserk world. Now why is Gaiseric important in all of this?
We know that the Skull Knight has connections to witches such as Flora, but even to places such as Elfhelm. This detail is important as even though Griffith puts his goal in creating an empire in juxtaposition to what Gaiseric did, the difference lies in Gaiseric working together with witches and astral creatures, not against them.
Now to the speculation part. My thoughts on this is that in ancient times when Gaiseric was conquering the world, he was cooperating alongside witches. Ultimately at some point, Gaiseric had to make a decision about astral creatures and their longing in the world, as certain creatures like Giants, Dragons and so forth were causing too much chaos for humanity. But instead of trying to exterminate them like Griffith did, Gaiseric decided to hetch a plan with the witches out of respect for them and their connection to nature. With that perspective in mind, mages started setting up spirit trees all around the world. Something that most likely bugged a certain wise man who had other values on astral creatures.
But why?
This gets explained in Volume 39, as we know of a certain witch who did the same. In volume 26, Griffith sends a portion of his army to go after Flora and burn down her spirit tree. As Shierke asks the mages on the significance of this mission, they answer the question by explaining that witches did this to maintain the balance between the physical and the astral world. They get into further detail by making it clear that the spirit trees were sucking off the power of the world tree, thus holding the balance between the world.
Now after Ganishkas defeat a big portion of the astral and physical world were merged. Alongside with that, Griffith was preparing to further strengthen the world tree by putting the spirit trees around the world to ashes. Why would he do this?
The answer is pretty self explanatory after episode 358. We know that Griffith wants to build an empire for humans, we also established how this makes sense from the perspective of a God Hand member, but most importantly, by further merging the worlds, the end goal of exterminating astral creatures gets easier. But beyond that, you set up something greater.
We know that Griffith will most likely end up at Elfhelm after his transformation to the moonlight boy. We saw the moonlight boy using the branches of the world tree as means of transportation in episode 331, but besides Griffith and the Boy there is another character said to be able to navigate through the world tree. That character being Sonia.
My ultimate speculation is that we will have Griffith emerging on the Island and sending a signal to Sonia to bring the demon army to Elfhelm through the use of fast travel. The end goal in all of this will be the destruction of the cherry blossom tree to fully intermingle the physical and astral world, causing the appearance of the God Hand in Fantasia.
With the arrival of the God Hand, and the further merging of the worlds by destroying the biggest spirit tree out there, we will enter the most critical and cruel phase of Berserk. The age of Darkness.
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