Adon Coborlwitz

Adon wears his blond hair beneath a striking shark-themed suit of plate, the trappings of a Tudor officer who imagines himself far grander than he truly is. The film trilogy strips away the shark armor entirely and reworks his role.

Adon treats war as something sacred and reserved for men, and he never tires of praising his own supposed brilliance as a knight of Tudor. That bravado collapses the instant real danger appears, at which point he gladly spends his soldiers' lives to shield his own. His contempt for women runs deep: he insists Casca defiles the battlefield merely by standing on it, assumes she earned her rank in Griffith's bed, and swears to reduce her to his army's plaything, partly to avenge his slain brother Samson. After Guts maims him, he degenerates into a scheming buffoon, feigning death, begging for mercy, and striking from behind.

Adon first meets the Band of the Falcon when he corners Casca, whose fever and menstrual pain leave her weakened. He taunts her, demands she serve as a camp harlot, and readies one of his family's antique techniques to finish her, only for Guts to block the strike and shear away the right side of his face. Badly hurt, he manages a parting crossbow shot as Guts and Casca tumble off a cliff into the river below. He sends his men to recover the pair, meaning to torture Guts and hand Casca to his troops, but the plan falls apart: Guts holds the line, kills the brother Samson, and Adon saves himself by playing dead. Back at Doldrey he is dressed down by Boscogn and demoted. When Casca later leads the raid on the fortress, a healthy and vengeful Adon confronts her and finds himself outmatched, so he resorts to an arrow dipped in a potent narcotic. Luring her to lower her guard, he fires again, but Casca vaults over him and lands the killing stroke. He is remembered as much for the ludicrous hereditary tricks he claims, from centuries-old feints to poisoned crossbow bolts, as for any real prowess.