Griffith

You can't leave the squad because I decide where you fight and where you die for me. He took out his sharp blade, restraint and seriousness were visible in his eyes.

During the early years of the Band of the Falcon, he has a multi-faceted demeanor, sometimes appearing carefree and child-like, while other times showing ferocious killing intent. This juxtaposition attracts people from various walks of life to his mercenary band. As the Band of the Falcon's leader, Griffith shows noticeable compassion for his comrades, expressing regret over their deaths and even selling his body to ensure their survival. The deaths of those fighting for his dream take a toll on Griffith. To cope and ensure their deaths are not in vain, he employs callous logic, prioritizing success over compassion — paradoxically showing compassion by suppressing it. He still questions his own immoral acts, at one point asking Guts if he is a cruel person. Despite his affection for his comrades, Griffith believes they are beneath him, considering them tools for achieving his dream, with none fitting his criteria of a friend. Among the tens of thousands of allies and enemies Griffith encounters, Guts is the only one who stifles his ambition. Griffith explicitly cares for Guts, risking his life on several occasions to save him and losing his composure when Guts is endangered.[10] After Guts' departure, Griffith is deeply shocked and abandons logical reasoning. bringing ruin to himself and the Band of the Falcon. During his year-long torture, the many emotions he harbors for Guts sustain him in the darkness of his solitary confinement. When he invokes the Eclipse and is presented with a reflection of his true self, he accepts the consequences of his ambition, in his last moments of humanity acknowledging Guts as the only person who ever made him forget his dream. Femto is a demonic evolution of Griffith, devoid of humanity yet retaining his memories, ambition, and ego. He claims to be "free" his heart frozen after confronting the suffering of the comrades he sacrificed.[31] Despite this, the residual feelings of the child fused into his vessel occasionally compel him