I genuinely hope Irvine makes it out alive somehow. Or at least does something heroic before he goes. There's always been a feeling of goodness in him compared to other Apostles. He doesn't boast about his strength, he doesn't kill needlessly, he doesn't rape, and he stays alone. Not only that but he actually goes out of his way to help some people. Plus, he has a kickass design. Both human and Apostle form.
dont hope that much bud, in the end of the day, he's an apostle, he must have done something fuck up in his previous life, he might be reform, but im sure he deserve to die somehow :'(
I totally agree. He’s the only one that I’ve gotten an inkling of “good” from. Maybe good isn’t the right word but from what I’ve seen of him I’ve felt that he’s the only one that might not be completely evil.
Theory: He was once a hunter and had comrades but his closest companion is a hunting dog. During a hunt, he was badly wounded by a wild beast and was abandoned by his comrades. In his despair, his behelit activates and he chose to sacrifice his loyal hunting dog to become an apostle.
No respectable man would sacrifice his dog. He probably had a nagging wife he really loved and a good boy dog, and his dog was in danger from dangerous prey and to protect his pup he sacrificed his wife. Wifes are a dime a dozen. Good bois, are not. 🤣
One of my thoughts was that Irvine's beast portion wasn't his hunting pet but rather his final prey as a human. I imagined that the beast was something terrorizing a region and Irvine came along to hunt it. It may have even killed a young girl who was close to him in his human life, that might even be why he went from being a musician to being a hunter. When hunting the beast, it starts to get the better of him and he is mortally wounded. As the beast sets in on him, his blood flows into the behelit and his sacrifce, the thing that mattered most to him was this ultimate prey (feelings of revenge). The very creature that is killing him is branded and becomes part of his demonic transformation. He can never truly hunt this hated prey and he must live with the guilt of what it, now his other half, has done causing him to further isolate. This also makes him ideal for keeping the other demons in check, he has a desire to protect people from beasts.
It's a good theory. Major apostles in Griffiths new army were mostly heroic figures who lived honorable lives and became subjects of legends(cought except Rackshas). That's why I thinks its extremely fitting.
@@spellcastergeorgamesh2522 no my friend you are wrong bc he looks JUS ALIKE A NUCKELAVEE😂I think u saying this to start conflict bc it was just a retarded thing to say
I've always seen Irvine as a fusion of Prince Ashitaka and Link! With the stoic nature and easy beheadings of his foes with one blow, this guy is a valuable alley to any army!
I understand Irvine deeply. I am a hunter. My entire youth was spent in the mountains and forests. Running among the predators and prey. I would lose myself for days in those forests. Totally isolated and fully at peace. I would take game and fish. Eat what I could shoot, catch and gather. I miss those times.
I think Irvine may have been a contract hunter in his past life. Like he would hunt invasive and dangerous species like Trolls. Then one day he either took on more than he could handle or maybe was contracted to hunt a apostle. I don’t think his sacrifice was a lover but rather a assistant or apprentice like Isidro is to Guts.
I think irivine came from a family of hunters from a small town. As a young boy, he admired the hunters from his village or guild. Maybe he got a behelit from an older brother or a great hunter as a gift and put it around his trusted wolf hound pup's neck. He then must have followed the great hunters from his village who were tracking a deadly beast and saw it ambush the hunters and kill them. It then set its eyes on him, chasing him for fun, terrorizing him day and night cause it knew he wasn't a threat. Being tired , hungry, and wounded was found by the village and was taken back. That night, he must have heard the beast attack the village and out of despair , anger, and fear the behelit awoke.
That wouldn't explain why he wants to hunt alone, or finds such reverence in hunting... After that i would actually be disgusted by hunting. I think his wish was a bit more... grounded, something about becoming a perfect hunter. Or even the story of robinhood reimangined with a dark twist.
I dunno why, but Irvine genuinely seems like a rare "neutral" Apostle. I mean, yeah he does mention that he spends all his time hunting and given he's a demon we can only assume that means humans as well as animals, but he never expresses malice and even has a few moments of care when he has no reason to. Even his design leans more into that of a fantasy creature than a lovecraftian monstrosity like most Apostles. Plus, based on what we know of Zod, Grunbeld ,Locus and even Rakhsas, Apostles with no desire to *eat* humans and just prefer minding their own business isn't unheard of. Now, don't get me wrong, it could just be that we haven't seen much of him. The dude is still an Apostle. He sacrificed someone or something that meant a lot to him to crack open his heart and let *pure evil* flood in. Its how these guys are *made* . So its impossible to say whether he has ulterior motives or not.
i like the idea that he had hunting hounds and as a traveling minstrel hunting was a way to provide for himself. as a tip for playing a tune one night at an inn perhaps someone offered him a behelit as they had nothing else. probably had beautiful eyes. and perhaps one day when hunting he was confronted by those who owned the land and they took his eyes as a punishment and then his behelit activates.
It's both...Most English speakers will go with Band of the Hawk first because that's what the majority of translations say. But Falcon is interchangeable in Japanese...
You know his apostle form almost looks like devil man in the face and upper body it’s definitely not a one for one but it’s oddly similar in an almost uncanny valley sort of way which doesn’t help because he does look so damn cool especially compared to everything els we’ve seen in berserk never feels like a single character didn’t have years of thought and detail go into their designs and I love it so much 😁
I feel like with his minstrel outfit, comfort on the battlefield, and preference for going solo he was an assassin (hunter of humans) and idk if it’s possible but maybe instead of sacrificing someone important to him, possibly not having anymore in his life, he sacrificed his eyes something very important to an archer. That’s why he has to have an eye on his bow and wolf head. Meaning he can only see the world if he is killing something
It's also possible that his deepest despair was losing his sight.....And apostlehood gave him back his eye and ability to hunt, at the cost of his humanity and a hunting companion. He is a beast that hunts alone.
The interesting thing about Irvine is that his use of a bow and his apostle form being a union of stag and wolf could very well be an allusion to the archers who conquered under the leadership of Genghis Khan. Folklore states that the Khan was born of the union of a stag and a wolf and the Mongols were renowned for their horse-mounted archery skills, similar to Irvine's apostle form. Just food for thought.
What if Irvine, someone close to him, and his pet were setup/ambushed and irvine gets injured losing his eyes and his dog got mortally wounded which broke Irvine and hearing his dog whimpering as it was dying activated his behelit and Irvine sacrificed the human he was close with to save his dog which then saves his life as a hunter by becoming his new eye (the dog not being an acceptable sacrifice because it defines his darkness and animalistic nature more than his humanity)
Always thought he has a mask on. Lacking pupils and never changing expression feels weird otherwise. The emperor catches him on the rooftop he panics but his face doesn't show any emotion?
saying a composite sketch is the wrong phrase "you can get an idea of who they were prior to becoming an apostle" this is the proper phrasing the way you say it makes me think your gonna draw them human at the end
They are not completely twisted and evil. No one truly is, but if they let that evil consume them, they cannot be redeemed. The door to hell locked from the inside after all. Someone who embraced evil (became an apostle) would doubtfully wanna be a good person out of nowhere.
I get really annoyed by the weird electronic whistle sound you have in the background. It sounds distant and comes out of nowhere for no rhyme or reason. Please choose a different background music.
I want a arc with villain apostles of berserk just the main ones and I want guts to fight the apostate that ate his arm and it is reveal to us that all this time his left arm hurt because it became a phantom limb but when he kill the apostle his left arm doesn’t hurt anymore.
Not really seeing where you're getting "minstrel" from his outfit. Minstrels were far from the only people who wore jackets with puffed sleeves, and the rest of his gear - a bycocket (commonly associated with the bowman, Robin Hood), a bracer on his left arm, plain tights, and long boots - are far more evocative of a hunter.
Not giving guns a run for their money especially since literally anyone can use them with little experience 🤣😂 especially if he got hit with a 30 mm he's not going to keep going 😐
Band of the falcon? Tf are you talking about? Its the band of the hawk and griffith is the hawk of light not falcon smfh you say it sooo much in the video too it drove me nuts haha
I genuinely hope Irvine makes it out alive somehow. Or at least does something heroic before he goes. There's always been a feeling of goodness in him compared to other Apostles.
He doesn't boast about his strength, he doesn't kill needlessly, he doesn't rape, and he stays alone. Not only that but he actually goes out of his way to help some people.
Plus, he has a kickass design. Both human and Apostle form.
I agree
dont hope that much bud, in the end of the day, he's an apostle, he must have done something fuck up in his previous life, he might be reform, but im sure he deserve to die somehow :'(
Totally agree
Fuck that demon.
I totally agree. He’s the only one that I’ve gotten an inkling of “good” from. Maybe good isn’t the right word but from what I’ve seen of him I’ve felt that he’s the only one that might not be completely evil.
Ngl, Irvine’s design both human and other looks cool. His bow and arrow as well.
❤️❤️❤️ yall are covering my favorite story ever! Thank you
Theory: He was once a hunter and had comrades but his closest companion is a hunting dog. During a hunt, he was badly wounded by a wild beast and was abandoned by his comrades. In his despair, his behelit activates and he chose to sacrifice his loyal hunting dog to become an apostle.
This makes sense actually, good theory
the form is actually a Nuckelavee.
No respectable man would sacrifice his dog. He probably had a nagging wife he really loved and a good boy dog, and his dog was in danger from dangerous prey and to protect his pup he sacrificed his wife.
Wifes are a dime a dozen.
Good bois, are not.
🤣
@@imgrindin Joker: We'll see how loyal a hungry dog really is.
@@bursegsardaukar no respectable man let's his dog go hungry.
One of my thoughts was that Irvine's beast portion wasn't his hunting pet but rather his final prey as a human. I imagined that the beast was something terrorizing a region and Irvine came along to hunt it. It may have even killed a young girl who was close to him in his human life, that might even be why he went from being a musician to being a hunter. When hunting the beast, it starts to get the better of him and he is mortally wounded. As the beast sets in on him, his blood flows into the behelit and his sacrifce, the thing that mattered most to him was this ultimate prey (feelings of revenge). The very creature that is killing him is branded and becomes part of his demonic transformation. He can never truly hunt this hated prey and he must live with the guilt of what it, now his other half, has done causing him to further isolate. This also makes him ideal for keeping the other demons in check, he has a desire to protect people from beasts.
Like this theory. It seems very fitting for Irvine's character.
It's a good theory. Major apostles in Griffiths new army were mostly heroic figures who lived honorable lives and became subjects of legends(cought except Rackshas). That's why I thinks its extremely fitting.
he was blinded by the beast, now his hunted prey is now his seeing eye dog/ new eyes
Thanks for introducing me to this Berserk character the Berserk universe is such a fascinating and brutal universe.
Irvines Apostle form is actually that of a Nuckelavee , a daemon from Scottish folklore, not a Centaur.
Nah it’s a centaur
Pretty nasty looking aint it
Demon *
Has nothing to do with a Nuckelavee. Doesnt look anything like it either.
@@spellcastergeorgamesh2522 no my friend you are wrong bc he looks JUS ALIKE A NUCKELAVEE😂I think u saying this to start conflict bc it was just a retarded thing to say
I've always seen Irvine as a fusion of Prince Ashitaka and Link! With the stoic nature and easy beheadings of his foes with one blow, this guy is a valuable alley to any army!
I understand Irvine deeply. I am a hunter. My entire youth was spent in the mountains and forests. Running among the predators and prey. I would lose myself for days in those forests. Totally isolated and fully at peace. I would take game and fish. Eat what I could shoot, catch and gather. I miss those times.
Our natural state
That sounds heavenly
I should not be aroused right now. 🖤😳🖤
This whole thread is a bunch of weirdoes who'd last about 5 seconds in the world of Berserk
@@nbyrne2914 dude, I could not have said it any better.
It does not matter if he is cool or strong or the best archer. He is an apostle and finally the black swordsman will come for him
Irvine is my favorite berserk character ever but sadly you are right. Guts will hunt and kill every apostle without second thoughts.
I think Irvine may have been a contract hunter in his past life. Like he would hunt invasive and dangerous species like Trolls. Then one day he either took on more than he could handle or maybe was contracted to hunt a apostle. I don’t think his sacrifice was a lover but rather a assistant or apprentice like Isidro is to Guts.
Zod & Irvine is my favorite apostle
Zod & Irvine are my favorite apostles.
@@sethsmith7831 The grammar police is here
😂😂
Hands down my favorite apostle. Irvine is so sick.
I think irivine came from a family of hunters from a small town. As a young boy, he admired the hunters from his village or guild.
Maybe he got a behelit from an older brother or a great hunter as a gift and put it around his trusted wolf hound pup's neck.
He then must have followed the great hunters from his village who were tracking a deadly beast and saw it ambush the hunters and kill them.
It then set its eyes on him, chasing him for fun, terrorizing him day and night cause it knew he wasn't a threat.
Being tired , hungry, and wounded was found by the village and was taken back. That night, he must have heard the beast attack the village and out of despair , anger, and fear the behelit awoke.
That wouldn't explain why he wants to hunt alone, or finds such reverence in hunting...
After that i would actually be disgusted by hunting. I think his wish was a bit more... grounded, something about becoming a perfect hunter.
Or even the story of robinhood reimangined with a dark twist.
I dunno why, but Irvine genuinely seems like a rare "neutral" Apostle. I mean, yeah he does mention that he spends all his time hunting and given he's a demon we can only assume that means humans as well as animals, but he never expresses malice and even has a few moments of care when he has no reason to.
Even his design leans more into that of a fantasy creature than a lovecraftian monstrosity like most Apostles.
Plus, based on what we know of Zod, Grunbeld ,Locus and even Rakhsas, Apostles with no desire to *eat* humans and just prefer minding their own business isn't unheard of.
Now, don't get me wrong, it could just be that we haven't seen much of him. The dude is still an Apostle. He sacrificed someone or something that meant a lot to him to crack open his heart and let *pure evil* flood in. Its how these guys are *made* . So its impossible to say whether he has ulterior motives or not.
I hope you guys make a video about WYALD.
Ehh, Wyald is boring and gross. I could honestly do without. I'd hope for other smaller characters
i like the idea that he had hunting hounds and as a traveling minstrel hunting was a way to provide for himself. as a tip for playing a tune one night at an inn perhaps someone offered him a behelit as they had nothing else. probably had beautiful eyes. and perhaps one day when hunting he was confronted by those who owned the land and they took his eyes as a punishment and then his behelit activates.
You’re kinda reaching like a mf lmaoo
Your channel is lit 🔥. I love this video and the information you gave is you cannon to me .
Irvine was dope. Awesome video.
I believe the group is called The Band of The Hawk
It's both...Most English speakers will go with Band of the Hawk first because that's what the majority of translations say. But Falcon is interchangeable in Japanese...
You know his apostle form almost looks like devil man in the face and upper body it’s definitely not a one for one but it’s oddly similar in an almost uncanny valley sort of way which doesn’t help because he does look so damn cool especially compared to everything els we’ve seen in berserk never feels like a single character didn’t have years of thought and detail go into their designs and I love it so much 😁
I feel like with his minstrel outfit, comfort on the battlefield, and preference for going solo he was an assassin (hunter of humans) and idk if it’s possible but maybe instead of sacrificing someone important to him, possibly not having anymore in his life, he sacrificed his eyes something very important to an archer. That’s why he has to have an eye on his bow and wolf head. Meaning he can only see the world if he is killing something
The bad guys are looking more like good guys and the good guys are like just rebels now.
Ah yes irvine my favorite from the new band
I believe that Our excellent archer, start to lose or lost his eyesight, and that drove him to despair. And that is why he has "external" eye now.
Is it possible he somehow became blind, and then he fell into disrepair?
But who did he sacrifice? It must've been someone close.
Maybe someone who found and took care of him when he was blind, maybe a seeing eye dog or someone who found him while wondering the woods?
@@edwardgaines6561maybe the entire forest that he inhabited or hunted in. Now he can only hunt humans
It's also possible that his deepest despair was losing his sight.....And apostlehood gave him back his eye and ability to hunt, at the cost of his humanity and a hunting companion. He is a beast that hunts alone.
And Irvine is fiercely independent lest someone else he cares for dies in his presence.
The faithful that worship the godhand weaken them...and guts gives them power by defying them
Pulling back a bow is at least as hard as lifting up a 6 pack of water 1 handed, depending on the bow
The interesting thing about Irvine is that his use of a bow and his apostle form being a union of stag and wolf could very well be an allusion to the archers who conquered under the leadership of Genghis Khan. Folklore states that the Khan was born of the union of a stag and a wolf and the Mongols were renowned for their horse-mounted archery skills, similar to Irvine's apostle form.
Just food for thought.
What if Irvine, someone close to him, and his pet were setup/ambushed and irvine gets injured losing his eyes and his dog got mortally wounded which broke Irvine and hearing his dog whimpering as it was dying activated his behelit and Irvine sacrificed the human he was close with to save his dog which then saves his life as a hunter by becoming his new eye (the dog not being an acceptable sacrifice because it defines his darkness and animalistic nature more than his humanity)
Irvine is blind and his bow is his eyes.
Your Warhammer lore is going to cause earthquakes
Does anyone think Irvine is not a actually evil apostle?
Evil or not, he'll meet the Dragonslayer like all the others.
@@edwardgaines6561 funny, since dragonslayer can't even touch griffin
@stefthorman8548 griffith* and rickert was able to hit him, but not out of anger. maybe what it takes to hit him, is not raw power.
He has to be evil, he can fight it and try to better himself but that won’t mean his base instincts to subjugate and cause harm won’t return
Other than his dorky outfit, he's a cool character
Always thought he has a mask on. Lacking pupils and never changing expression feels weird otherwise. The emperor catches him on the rooftop he panics but his face doesn't show any emotion?
😁👍
Zodd is like Akaza
saying a composite sketch is the wrong phrase "you can get an idea of who they were prior to becoming an apostle" this is the proper phrasing the way you say it makes me think your gonna draw them human at the end
I really hope there will be redemption for Apostles like Irvine and Locus. Obviously they are not completely twisted and evil.
The slug count did have his moment
They are not completely twisted and evil. No one truly is, but if they let that evil consume them, they cannot be redeemed.
The door to hell locked from the inside after all.
Someone who embraced evil (became an apostle) would doubtfully wanna be a good person out of nowhere.
I'm just starting to get deeper into the Berserk world, came across this video and I'm puzzled why is Apostles is fighting along side human?
"Berserk tradition vs myth. Apostle's rival their origins
never forget this people sacrifice other people's souls to eternal hell, dont feel compassion for this demons
I get really annoyed by the weird electronic whistle sound you have in the background. It sounds distant and comes out of nowhere for no rhyme or reason. Please choose a different background music.
I want a arc with villain apostles of berserk just the main ones and I want guts to fight the apostate that ate his arm and it is reveal to us that all this time his left arm hurt because it became a phantom limb but when he kill the apostle his left arm doesn’t hurt anymore.
Bro how come noone is talking about the fact that Skull Knight basically killed Ganishka, PLUS he didn't answer Griffiths call
Wanting to see some AI art like those dark souls 80s fantasy slideshows
Not really seeing where you're getting "minstrel" from his outfit. Minstrels were far from the only people who wore jackets with puffed sleeves, and the rest of his gear - a bycocket (commonly associated with the bowman, Robin Hood), a bracer on his left arm, plain tights, and long boots - are far more evocative of a hunter.
...cud it be he wanted to hunt a...dragon? In times there was no dragon's?
Not giving guns a run for their money especially since literally anyone can use them with little experience 🤣😂 especially if he got hit with a 30 mm he's not going to keep going 😐
Archers are cowards. (- Daemon Blackfyre. Killed by archers.)
Band of the falcon? Tf are you talking about? Its the band of the hawk and griffith is the hawk of light not falcon smfh you say it sooo much in the video too it drove me nuts haha
Its a translation thing. Look it it up. Its interchangable. In japanese it would be falcon.
How does one cook a demon with thunder?
Band of the falcon 😆