Corkus

Corkus (コルカス, Korukasu) is a secondary character in Berserk and a non-playable character in Berserk and the Band of the Hawk.

Sometime before the main setting, Corkus led a small group of bandits. Like many others before him, he challenges Griffith and loses. Accepting the youth's potential, Corkus joins the Band of the Hawk soon after, with the hopes of gaining wealth, women, and fame through his sword alone. He commands his own unit which is famed to always come back alive from any battlefield. He hangs around Guts as the grumpy realist.

After Guts leaves, Corkus stays with the Band of the Hawk but becomes disillusioned with the hope of recovery. He assists Griffith's rescue and is subsequently sacrificed to the God Hand shortly after. During the Eclipse, he tries to run from the Apostles, the demonic monstrosities that are eating his comrades; realizing that there is no escape, Corkus is in shock and begins to deny the horrific massacre around him. In his daze, he spots a nude woman's body and tries to convince himself that he is dreaming by embracing her. The nude woman is actually bait used by an Apostle which kills Corkus soon afterwards; Guts later sees his decapitated head within its jaws.