After Griffith activated the Behelit and sacrificed the vast majority of the Falcon members, becoming the fifth member of the God's Hand, Femto. A light of hope appears from the eclipse, a skeletal knight riding a skeleton horse appears and manages to rescue you, Captain Guts and Casca Taking the three of them out of the horror dimension...

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The Skull Knight takes you to an area of the normal world between the mountains, the night is approaching and the moon is getting slightly larger... You were in a bad state, with your clothes all ripped apart due to the damage you received, and lots of wounds where bleeding

The dead knight looks at you from his horse and slowly a voice speaks coming from him

Skull Knight: Now, you are the one who will take the path from now on. The fate will join you with the other two i rescued along with you, search for them in Godo's inn on the mountains... And take care with the monsters, now you're cursed with the Brand of the sacrifice.. the night is your enemy now.

He mentioned the new mark on your shoulder, a red brand that slowly started to glow and bleed... The Skull Knight slowly turned around on his horse and started trotting away