Skull Knight Origins – Enigmatic “Struggler” Who is Berserk’s Biggest Mystery – Explored

Skull Knight Origins – Enigmatic “Struggler” Who is Berserk’s Biggest Mystery – Explored

#anime #berserk

[spacemanspiralcatzero]

Hated that the Knight was taken out of the first animated series we got. This will always be one of my favorite fantasy series of all time.

[dabaruknemuhar]

I agree with the theory that King Gaiserc used the Berserker Armor and Elven magic during his conquest to unite Midland. There is a high possibility that he had encountered several Apostles thousands of years ago disguised as feudal lords of Midland. The godhand existed at the time, so it makes sense that Midland kings and warlords must've been Apostles and Pseudo Apostles as well. And King Gaiserc's use of Berserker Armor and Elven magic allowed him to kill the apostles easily during his conquest.

[MrMementoMori]

Berserk helped me get through one of the most difficult and stressful times in my life during my early teens and I always love Skull Knight.

[lavatun]

He's so damn cool and the mystery surrounding him makes him all the more cooler..

[azazelsiad]

I mean just look at SKs design, Miura is known for conveying things through visual as well as textual, Skull Knights helm looks ominously like a skull with a jagged crown imbedded in his head. Now why would a priest or high ranking soldier wear a crown. It makes the most sense that a ruler would. I love storytelling like this. It leaves it up to the reader to come to their own conclusions. Which is why I love Miyazaki for somewhat taking up that storytelling mantel and applying it to games like Dark Souls, Bloodborne and Elden Ring. He in a way pays his respects to Miura every time he makes another game with the inspirations from Berserk.

[garyhall]

Been a huge fan since 2010, Skull Knight is King Gaiseric. The five elemental angels that came to destroy his city were Void and the rest of his group that was the first God hand after Void's induction. I think King Gaiseric's kingdom failed and was destroyed due to the fact he wanted to marry the elf queen. The priest who became Void for forbid it. That is what jump-started the events that are occurring in Beserk today.

[XtremeSuperJason]

Show and not tell. Perfectly put. That's why this series gets everyone who picks it up hooked.

[Lloyd_J_RiSpark]

Well the Berserker Armour blood memory pretty much implies he's a former king (Gaiseric) that lost himself to it & died fighting the previous incarnation of the God Hand hench his connection to Void. How he came back hasn't really been addressed though Flora may of had some spell to cast his soul to his current armour somehow? Plus his horse, that clearly he was close to or perhaps a gift given to him. He seems to forsee things & may of known of Guts before he was born like The God Hand knew Griffith would be Femto before his existence likely explaining why he helps Guts at upcoming junction points or tries to intervene not knowing what will happen for sure. I believe Dannan has some connection to him as she resembles the woman he had in his arms during the memory... Maybe a relative? Guts now wears the very armour that killed him & potentially could do the same, is why he overseeing Guts knowing long ago another would tread a similar path but to not let the same outcome happen again? I don't believe Skull Knight is connected to Guts by being a future version or a unknown family member, he's a man that faced a similar situation & died & now he's found someone with the same goals that could either eliminate them once and for all (unlikely scenario) or sacrifice themselves to stop the God hands schemes one and for all. I think Rickert will be a defining addition to that situation knowing full well he could touch what no one else could! The face of evil Femto

[killmosely]

“The brief moment she shares with skull knight is like two lovers who forgot eachother due to the sands of time recalling a memory as faint as a star on a cloudy night” bro that was poetry 🥲

[ChaseHendersonWV]

The King as Skull Knight and the Scholar as Void seems pretty plausible. Though I’m not sure if I buy the idea of the old city as debauched since the source is the Holy See. While Griffith did not deserve that torture, he was a monster well before that.

[KuroReisho]

I like the theory that skull night is king gaiseric and that void is the priest that sacrificed the city the first time

[GothicXlightning]

Hands down my dearest character from the BERSERK universe
aside of the BLACK SWORDSMAN as well of course
Skull Knight is not just one of my personal dearest Dark fantasy characters of all times
but one of the greatest Dark Hero ever written

much love Kentaro Miura
thank you for the Knight, for Guts and for BERSERK

may your soul live forever somehow

[ComposedSage]

As I remember, Skull Knight was believed to be a former King and Puck said that he “felt like an Elf.” I assume he’s either Elfkin or is using some manner of Elf magic or something. To me, Skull Knight was great in watching and sometimes aiding in the battles Guts and company went on.

[AnotherMotorist]

Void: Lips cut off seemingly but all skin flaps pulled back revealing all intact teeth. Maybe jaw closed shut and forced that way. Nose cut off. Eyes sewn shut but perhaps eyeballs are still back there as they're not sunken. Skull was slowly/somehow removed to expose swelling brain while trying to be kept alive assumingly. Interesting.

[Soulcrushers]

Perhaps Guts is a descendant of Skull Knight, which is why he always goes out of his way to save him...

[arskas]

I don't think Void was ever made. Seeing how he is in the center, makes me believe he was the actual devil himself or the proxy of devil. Rest of the god hand members may come and go or probably be killed over time or void eats them up so that's why the beheilt is spread around the world in all times so void can find new god hand members. I guess the skull knight might've killed a few god hand members too in an extreme battle and the only one he can't kill is the void. Thus he's focused on killing void at all cost because he's the Actual Heart of the Dark Realm.

[Frozirra]

RIP miura I wonder what could’ve been if he was still alive

[derausmpark]

Zodd and Skully being "eternal Rivals" is a nice symbolism for guts' future. Two possible paths lead to apparently similar outcomes, but on different sides of the same coin.
They both chose their 'destined' path and are now stuck in an eternal struggle against the other side.
Guts may one day have to flip that coin for himself and maybe it will land on its edge for him, unveiling a new path nobody has traveled so far.

[ghyslainabel]

- Skull Knight knew Guts would be a sacrifice, but he did not stick around to kill the owner of the crimson behelit.
- The presence of the 2 people with the brand of sacrifice at Albion brought forth the mass of ghosts that killed everybody, allowing for the reincarnation of Griffith. Skull Knight saved these 2 people, allowing them to be present at the right place at the right time.
- Skull Knight intervention allowed the merging of the astral and physical worlds.

Is it just me, or Skull Knight sucks at his job of opposing the God Hand? I sometime feel he is working for the God Hand, not against them.

A teory that i have is that zodd was another strugler that was a Ally of skull Knight. But different of guts he used his behelit and become an apostle.