Conrad

Conrad is a major antagonist in the Berserk franchise. He is a member of the God Hand, whom is tasked with spreading diseases, plagues and disasters through vermin. Appearance Conrad is a wide and slightly overweight creature with a puckered face that resembles a look of a human baby. He has his mouth opened all the time, with his eyes closed thus making his expression the same, most of the time. He is the second smallest member of the God Hand, with Ubik being the smallest. Personality Out of all the members of God Hand, Conrad is the most enigmatic and least talkative one. Though it's clear that he is stoic and impassive, he prefers when other God Hand members do the talking during rituals. His desire is to spread pestilence through diseased creatures (usually rodents) to the mortal world. He is completely indifferent to both humans and apostles' death and suffering, even laughing at The Count when the latter claimed Guts is God Hand's hated enemy for killing many apostles. Powers and Abilities Corporealization: He has demonstrated the ability to use rats as a means of spreading disease and manifesting in the physical plane of existence. Casualty Awareness: Like every other member of the God Hand, Conrad is able to perceive the flow of causality, enabling him to foresee nearly any possibility and manipulate the course of efffects to ensure possibilities become a reality. However this is not to the point of omniscience, as he and all the four other God Hand cannot predict absolutely everything nor everything completely correctly. Transmutation: Conrad was able to create the mound that lifts Griffith skyward above the rest of the Band of the Falcon during the Eclipse, and then was able to transform it into the shape of a giant hand, which would all serve as the basis for Griffith’s rebirth into Femto. Biography In the distant past, Conrad obtained a crimson Behelit and would be chosen by causality and the Idea of Evil to become a member of the God Hand, committing a sacrifice via the Eclipse to ascend. Conrad along with the rest of the God Hand arrived at the Eclipse. Conrad uses his powers to create a giant hand lifting Griffith to the sky, which would serve as Griffith's rebirth chamber. He along with Conrad disguised as the forture teller to convince Griffith into sacrificing his comrades. Conrad appears when the God Hand is summoned by the Count in order to prevent his own impending death. Together with other God Hand members, Conrad tries to convince The Count to sacrifice Theresia to rejuvenate himself. n order to prepare for Femto's Incarnation Ceremony, Conrad manifests himself through the rat population to spread a plague epidemic in Midland and He later makes his presence by manifesting rudimentary forms from the restless spirits running amok in the city gathered in order to witness Femto's rebirth. As Femto unleashed Great Wave of Astral World, Conrad and other three members gained corporeal forms within the new world of Fantasia. Conrad and the God Hand appear as apparitions to Griffith within his Falconian Castle, with the sight of them causing a nearby Casca to bleed out of her brand as Griffith shields her presence with his cape. While remaining silent, the others reveal they are here to check on his progress in the physical world only to mock Griffith for releasing apostles out into the world just to defeat them. They decry these acts of playing at being a conqueror and a hero false heroics are unsightly comparing it to child like make believe that can be blown away and dismantled easily. The God Hand collectively conclude Griffith is nothing more than a king of his own doll house. Before departing they leave some final words, reiterating Griffith ultimately got what he wished for, a cold self made prison known as Falconia.