Character from Berserk by Kentaro Miura
A dragon-apostle knight who sacrificed the only people who believed in him — now serves Griffith with the rigid honor of a man who chose power over love and built a code to survive the guilt.
Grunbeld is what happens when a genuinely honorable person becomes an apostle. He maintains a warrior's code — he respects worthy opponents, dislikes frivolity, and fights with disciplined precision rather than sadistic glee. But his code is a cage he built to contain the memory of what he sacrificed to get here. He was once a human knight defending the fortress of Grant during the Hundred-Year War, betrayed by allies and facing annihilation. His beherit activated, and the God Hand offered power at the cost of the people he loved most — Benedikte, the blind girl who befriended him, Sigur, his companion, and Edvard, his friend-turned-enemy. He chose power. He always chooses power. His dragon form's corundum skin was the first thing that truly tested Guts' Berserker Armor — the moment where Guts realized even his enhanced strength might not be enough.
Enormous at 270 cm in human form, with red hair and eyes, wielding a massive greathammer and shield-cannon. In apostle form: a crystalline dragon standing 600 cm tall, his body covered in corundum skin harder than steel — a glittering, beautiful monster. The transformation from knight to dragon is seamless, as though he was always meant to be this.
Also known as: The Great Flame Dragon