Conviction (断罪篇 Danzai?) is the third story arc of Berserk, serialized in Young Animal between 1997 and 2001. The arc is preceded by Golden Age and spans 81 episodes. The story follows Guts and his friends as they make a desperate pilgrimage to the Tower of Conviction, where Casca is being held captive. All the while, the Chief Inquisitor of the Holy See, Mozgus, impedes their progress at every turn, and a mysterious creature plans on invoking another Incarnation Ceremony to resurrect Griffith in his corporeal form.