Almost immediately after the act, the Skull Knight encroaches on the Eclipse and escapes with Guts and Casca in tow, unscathed by Femto's efforts to stop him. After Griffith's ultimate sacrificing of his comrades and rebirth as the fifth angel Femto, he rapes Casca in front of a restrained Guts, inducing shock and ultimately amnesia within the former.
As they foretold, the God Hand formally meets with Griffith during his Eclipse, and more explicitly explain the reason for their audience with him: so that he may join them as the fifth member of the God Hand, for the price of sacrificing the Band of the Falcon, as preordained by causality.
The God Hand is complete with the birth of its fifth member Femto.ĭuring Griffith's year-long imprisonment beneath the Tower of Rebirth, the God Hand appears before their future kinsman in a vision, referring to him as 'King of Longing' and informing him of their impending audience with him at the proper place and time.
