Guts

The protagonist of Berserk is a very tall, broad-shouldered man with heavily developed muscles. Although he looks thirty years old, he is only in his twenties. He has been hardened and aged by life during the war. During the events of the Eclipse, Guts lost his left arm up to the elbow and his right eye. His right eyelid is permanently closed, hiding the gouged out eye; only in the Prototype manga is Guts shown wearing an eyepatch. He is covered from head to toe in scars and burns - the most noticeable of which is on Guts's nose, from a blow he suffered from Gambino as a child. The largest scar is a horizontal one across his chest, left by his encounter with Slan in Qliphoth. The brand of sacrifice on the back right side of his neck is more than a scar - it is a witchcraft mark (the brand of sacrifice) that attracts demons to the hero and makes Guts aware of their approach: it begins to ache and bleed when evil is near.

Guts has brown eyes and coarse black hair; upon acquiring the Berserker Armor, Guts gained a streak of gray above his forehead, likely from the strain of wearing the ominous armor. Guts' penchant for wearing black clothing and armor during his apostle hunts earned him the nickname "The Black Swordsman", a tradition that continued upon acquiring the Berserker Armor. During his Golden Age, Guts wore a distinctive helmet with a massive visor protecting the upper part of his face. Guts abandoned this helmet when he left the Falcons, and did not wear any helmets again until acquiring the Berserker Armor.