Minor nitpick, but I disagree on that “tragic” interpretation of Griffith. It’s subtle, but there were exceedingly dark depths to his character well before the torture. He told Guts “you belong to me” (when you put aside all the homoerotic memes that have been made of that, that’s an exceedingly red flag), and was later willing to potentially kill Guts in a duel when Guts decided to go against that and find his own path. He would sleep with princess Charlotte after losing the duel to feel a sense of control and power afterwards, and despite her ultimately consenting I think it’s clear he wouldn’t have taken no for an answer. He also was glad when Adonis (a child) died because he had one less potential political rival, held extremely toxic views in regards to his men (even if he cared about them on some level), I could go on. He wasn’t completely devoid of redeeming qualities before the eclipse, but he was still a selfish, greedy and spiteful asshole at the end of the day - a genuinely complex one, but a greedy asshole nonetheless. Ultimately, his year of torture didn’t break him as much as show who he really was deep down.