Collette

Slight and childlike in build, Collette wears her hair at a middling length, its shade differing across adaptations from auburn in the 1997 series to blonde in the 2016 one. A straight fringe rests just over her brows, trimmed level from one eye across to the other. Her outfit pairs a flowing dress with a laced bodice up top; the 1997 version starts her in blue that later reads as pale brown, finished with yellow footwear and a yellow vest.

Gentle and even-tempered, Collette takes an immediate liking to Guts and treats Puck with warmth and care. The 1997 adaptation reframes her as a timid child who resists the abuse forced upon her, and it underscores her devotion to family when her grandfather is hurt for trying to shield her from bandits.

During a downpour, Collette rides alongside her father, Adolf, when he coaxes Guts into sharing their wagon. She grows curious about the swordsman's artificial arm and offers him a blanket so the chill will not settle in before he drifts off. His rest breaks when an incubus torments him, and once he destroys the creature he warns the family that spirits will reanimate any nearby corpses.

When the horses panic at the approaching dead, Collette climbs down to calm them despite Guts shouting for her to return. A spear thrust by one of the risen skeletons runs her through and kills her. Her body is then puppeted by the spirits, forced to behead her grieving father and lunge at a frozen Guts, who reflexively cleaves her in two. Sickened, he retches before fighting on until dawn.

The 1997 telling reworks these events considerably, recasting Adolf as her grandfather and settling her in Koka, where she takes over the part Puck plays in the source manga.