

#GOD HAND BERSERK FREE#
The Skull Knight intervenes, and as a result, Guts is able to free himself from her hold with his cannon arm and pierce the angel with his malice-tempered Dragon Slayer. She then proceeds to tempt him into activating the beherit in his possession and becoming an apostle. During their confrontation, she restrains Guts and slashes open a gash across his chest, both physically and ethereally wounding the swordsman. In the Qliphoth, Slan manifests through the intestines of slain trolls to personally reunite with the Black Swordsman. She later makes her presence known to Guts during the Incarnation Ceremony, when she and the rest of the senior God Hand members manifest rudimentary forms from the restless spirits running amok throughout Albion. Her followers worship her as the "Goddess of Flame" and act in her name when holding cannibalistic orgies outside the city. Conviction Arc Īs part of preparations for the Incarnation Ceremony at Albion, Slan influences a cult among the refugees, making converts out of the disillusioned. When the Count offers the swordsman as a sacrifice, Slan explains to him that only something precious to him will suffice. While standing by, she watches in awe as Guts fights through his multiple injuries toward Femto, expressing her excitement at the idea of him joining her ranks. Two years after the Eclipse, Slan and the rest of the God Hand are summoned by the Count, who having been fatally wounded by Guts, requests new life.

Despite the turn of events, she and her kinsman are left unfazed and welcome the coming of the Age of Darkness following the birth of the fifth. When the Skull Knight intervenes and spirits Guts and Casca back to Physical World, Slan is left surprised and admits that the God Hand cannot foresee every possibility. After Griffith reaffirms his ambition and sacrifices the Band of the Falcon, Slan expresses an interest in Guts' vain attempt to save Griffith, and later sheds a tear while watching her newly reborn kinsman Femto sexually violate Casca, describing it and Guts' violent reaction as a thing of beauty. Using an area of land in the Interstice as a temporary vessel, she manifests a gigantic form of herself. Once the guest of honor and his sacrifices appear before them during the Eclipse, Slan is the first of the God Hand to materialize. Slan and the other members of the God Hand first make themselves known to Griffith during his imprisonment in the Tower of Rebirth, greeting him as their kinsman and foretelling his forthcoming audience with them. A precious sacrifice, so that he may become a demon. I am sure you will make for an excellent sacrifice. However, Slan has actively influenced humanity through the cult of the Goddess of Flame, who have held cannibalistic pagan orgies in her honor without knowing of her role or status as a God Hand member. Much like her fellow God Hand members, Slan's past life as a human is unknown. She notably wants Guts to reincarnate as a demon by way of sacrifice and has directly attempted to provoke him into doing so. She expresses interest in Guts' resilience and fortitude while finding his rage and anguish to be exciting. Specifically, she has admitted to having deeply observed Guts over the course of his post-Eclipse struggles and having desired to meet with him one-on-one in the Qliphoth. Slan harbors a lustful fascination with Guts directly contrary to Femto's claim of Guts' existence being beneath the God Hand's notice. Even being ran through the abdomen with and destabilized by the Dragon Slayer while in one of her manifested forms merely arouses her. She describes Femto's rape of Casca as a thing of beauty. She imparted a "revelation" to the prophet of the cult about how "the falcon" would "repel the barbarians" and lead the people "to be one nation". This "Goddess" can be seen through cannibalistic orgies and drugs that open a person's mind to visions of the future. Slan has influenced the foundation of a pagan cult who know her as the "Goddess of Flame".
