Inspired by Aazealh's Who will be the first to die among Griffith's lieutenants? poll, I think there was a thread like this a few months ago, but I don't think it was put to poll.
To recap some current affairs in the Berserk world - right now, Guts and company are on a lone vessel in the middle of the ocean, heading towards the mysterious (elf island) Skellig. Recently, elves all over the world have been dissapearing - even more recently, has more or less rent a hole in the fabric of reality directly to 'hell', so tremendously that it's astrally visible to Schierke even at her distance from the event. Guts has recently been dreaming about , who has suggested to Guts that he's merely dormant, and on next awakening plans to slaughter everyone - to repeat, in a way, the slaughter of the previous Band of the Falcon during the Eclipse. Griffith himself is accelerating his taking of power in this plane of reality, and has recently commanded the apostles to show their true selves in the fight against Ganishka's... 'spores' I suppose is a good a word for them as any.
So that's just a few of the things going on in their world right now. Sure, everything's... seemingly calm on the boat, at the moment, but when has that ever lasted? And the last good many EPISODES have been pretty light, compared to the good bulk of the Berserk story so far. One might even say that, aside from having to deal with , life for Guts now is overall pretty comfortable - and we know that can't last. Personally, my best total guess idea for the near future of his group, is that the ship will be wrecked, and the surviving members of the crew will wash up on shore, seperated - but that's purely speculation based on nothing more than the 'shipwrecked and scattered party must regroup' storytelling device, which is a great way to put party members together in stressful and relationship-building scenarios.
Got sidetracked there - basic question: Who will be the first to die among Griffith's current companions?
For the purposes of this poll, I'm leaving out recent party members such as Roderick, Magnifico, and Azan, as I personally feel their death would have a less emotional impact on the Guts himself and the story in general, and they're not quite 'part of the main group' just yet.
To recap some current affairs in the Berserk world - right now, Guts and company are on a lone vessel in the middle of the ocean, heading towards the mysterious (elf island) Skellig. Recently, elves all over the world have been dissapearing - even more recently, has more or less rent a hole in the fabric of reality directly to 'hell', so tremendously that it's astrally visible to Schierke even at her distance from the event. Guts has recently been dreaming about , who has suggested to Guts that he's merely dormant, and on next awakening plans to slaughter everyone - to repeat, in a way, the slaughter of the previous Band of the Falcon during the Eclipse. Griffith himself is accelerating his taking of power in this plane of reality, and has recently commanded the apostles to show their true selves in the fight against Ganishka's... 'spores' I suppose is a good a word for them as any.
So that's just a few of the things going on in their world right now. Sure, everything's... seemingly calm on the boat, at the moment, but when has that ever lasted? And the last good many EPISODES have been pretty light, compared to the good bulk of the Berserk story so far. One might even say that, aside from having to deal with , life for Guts now is overall pretty comfortable - and we know that can't last. Personally, my best total guess idea for the near future of his group, is that the ship will be wrecked, and the surviving members of the crew will wash up on shore, seperated - but that's purely speculation based on nothing more than the 'shipwrecked and scattered party must regroup' storytelling device, which is a great way to put party members together in stressful and relationship-building scenarios.
Got sidetracked there - basic question: Who will be the first to die among Griffith's current companions?
For the purposes of this poll, I'm leaving out recent party members such as Roderick, Magnifico, and Azan, as I personally feel their death would have a less emotional impact on the Guts himself and the story in general, and they're not quite 'part of the main group' just yet.