Berserk: The Golden Age Arc I - The Egg of the King (2012) on Netflix

NR20121h 16mAction Adventure Animation

Guts, a sword-for-hire, kills an enemy champion at a siege, and the Band of the Hawk takes notice. Its leader Griffith beats him in single combat and forces him into the company.

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Guts works as a sword-for-hire, with no aim beyond the next fight. At a siege he cuts down an enemy champion, and the Band of the Hawk notices him. Its leader, Griffith, defeats him in single combat and forces him to join the group. The Kingdom of Midland hires the Band to fight its Hundred Year War with the Tudor Empire, and a victory in battle lifts Griffith higher in the kingdom. Midland's noblemen resent his rise. Casca, the Band's only swordswoman, finds it hard to accept the newcomer and his hold over the men around her.