Bring the child to the altar!
– Conrad
Conrad is a member of the God Hand. He is seen spreading pestilence to the mortal world through diseased rodents.
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Appearance[]
Conrad appears as a puckered human face with the body of a massive wood louse. Like Ubik, he often is seen with his hands clasped together. His expression almost never changes, with his mouth never moving and his eyes never opening except for very rare instances.[2]
Personality[]
Compared to the rest of the God Hand, Conrad is the least developed personality-wise. He is the least talkative member of the group, usually watching events unfold. The only member whom he seems to respond to on a consistent basis is Ubik, sometimes deciding to speak after Ubik does.[3]
Abilities and Skills[]
Transmutation: Conrad creates the mound that lifts Griffith skyward above the rest of the Band of the Falcon during the Eclipse, and then transmutes it into the shape of a hand.[2]
Causal awareness: As a member of the God Hand, Conrad is able to perceive the flow of causality, but only to an extent that barely borders omniscience. This enables him to foresee almost any possibility and influence the course of events to ensure one possibility becomes a reality. He is not omniscient, however, and cannot predict absolutely everything.[4]
Corporealization: Conrad has shown the ability to use rats as a medium and means of spreading disease. Twice he uses the rats to manifest in the physical world. He and the rest of the senior God Hand also manifest rudimentary bodies from the restless spirits running amok in the city during Griffith's revival in the corporeal realm. Conrad and the rest of the God Hand manifest fully during the Great Wave of the Astral World.[5]
Story[]
Golden Age Arc[]
The God Hand influencing Griffith to join them.
Conrad, alongside the other God Hand, first make themselves known to Griffith while he is imprisoned in the Tower of Rebirth.[6] Once the guest of honor and his sacrifices appear in the Interstice for the Eclipse, the God Hand reveal themselves and Conrad uses his power to create the tower that would serve as Griffith's rebirth chamber.[2]
Black Swordsman Arc[]
The God Hand summoned.
Two years after last seeing Guts, Void and the rest of the God Hand appear before him after he fatally wounds the Count and the Apostle summons them to be given new life. Conrad makes comments occasionally, but lets his kinsmen do most of the talking.
Conviction Arc[]
Conrad partially manifested.
As part of preparations for the Incarnation Ceremony at Albion, Conrad manifests himself through the rat population to cause a plague epidemic in Midland and direct all refugees to Albion. Conrad later makes his presence known to Guts during the Incarnation Ceremony when he and the rest of the senior God Hand manifest rudimentary bodies from the corpse mounds running amok in the city.[7] As he cannot truly harm the God Hand, and noting Griffith to not be among them, Guts decides to focus back on saving Casca from the mob who are intent on burning her at the stake.[8]
Millenium Falcon Arc[]
While the Incarnation Ceremony goes as planned with Griffith fully reconstituted, the process separates the senior God Hand members across different layers of the Astral World.[9]
Fantasia Arc[]
Following the Great Wave of the Astral World, Conrad is within his own unique domain during the advent of Fantasia.[5]
Portrayal[]
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Notes[]
- His name comes from Roger Zelazny's And Call Me Conrad.
- His facial features appear to be heavily based on one of the face from H.R. Giger's painting "Landscape XVIII".
References[]
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 12, "Promised Time"
- ^ a b c Berserk :: Volume 12, "All the Inhuman Monsters"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 12, "The Castle"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 13, "Escape"
- ^ a b Berserk :: Volume 34, "Fantasia"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 10, "Infiltration of Wyndham (1)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 20, "Shadow of Idea (2)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 20, "Shadow of Idea (3)"
- ^ Berserk :: Volume 26, "Whore Princess of the Uterine Sea"
Appendices[]
| God Hand
Void · Slan · Ubik · Conrad · Femto · Idea of Evil |
| Apostles
Zodd · Wyald · Unidentified Roaming Apostle · The Count · Borkoff · Rosine · Unidentified Female Apostle · Snake Lord · Egg of the Perfect World · Rakshas · Locus · Grunbeld · Irvine · Ganishka |
| Pseudo-Apostles
Zondark · Elves of Misty Valley · Great Goat · Mozgus · Mozgus' Disciples · Ganishka's Spawn |
| Phenomena
Abyss · Brand of Sacrifice · Sacrificial Ceremony (Eclipse · Incarnation Ceremony) |
| Others
Beherit · Man-Made Beherit · Sea God · Daka · Dead Spirit · Demon Child (in essence) |