The Hawks were later employed by the Kingdom of Midland for its Hundred Year War against the Tudor Empire, with Griffith raising up the kingdom's hierarchy after his group decimated the Black Ram Iron Lance Cavalry. Plot summary The Egg of the King Ī mercenary named Guts attracts the attention of the Band of the Hawk when he killed Bazuso during a siege, forced into joining the group after being defeated by its leader Griffith twice.