Berserk The Golden Age Arc I The Egg of the King 2012 This arc is a flashback showing Guts youth and what led him to become the Black Swordsman Guts grows up as a young mercenary until his enrollment in the Band of the Hawk He develops complex relationships with Casca and Griffith, the Bands charismatic leader and holder of the mystical artifact known as the Crimson Behelit, who leads the Band to its rise to prominence within the Midland army