(W/A/CA) Kentaro Miura. Griffith* charismatic leader of the elite mercenary Band of the Hawk* has seen better days. His fearless champion* Guts* has left the Band* defeating Griffith in personal combat as his ticket out. With his judgment clouded by this unthinkable humiliation* Griffith eases his pain in the arms of the daughter of Midland's king. But the King doesn't take kindly to an employee picking the royal flowers* and the next stop for Griffith is the dungeon and the torture rack! Without Griffith and Guts* the Hawks become easy prey for Midland's army* and the AWOL Guts may be the only answer to the Hawks'-and Griffith's-lethal problems.