I'm Griffith. What's your name?
Guts.
Where am I?
The Band of the Hawk.
I will get my own kingdom...
Guts... I'll be the one to decide the place where you'll die.
Isn't there anyone who can stop those black devils of Chuder?
No!
He is my...my...
When his ambition dies within him...
death will come to you!
A death you cannot escape!
A Behelit.
She said it's the destiny of one who holds it to acquire the world...
in exchange for his flesh and blood.
Kill who?
Will you do it?
Just give me an order like you always do.
To simply live a life because one was born into it...
I can't accept that.
A friend is someone who does not cling to another's dream.
He decides his own dream.
and he will stand against anyone...
who dares to trample on it with his body and soul.
Even if that person is me.
A friend to me. is an equal.
To simply live a life because one was born into it...
I can't accept that...
The Band of the Hawk is most impressive.
Yes, they are single-handedly shutting down the enemy's right flank.
Griffith... He was a good find.
If only Count Julius were alive...
Our army is like a bird with only one wing.
The Band of the Hawk will make themselves even more indispensable...
Not at a time like this...!
So you're her!
The woman who commands a thousand of the Band of the Hawk!
A woman playing at being a knight...
Perhaps you got your rank of commander
by crawling into Griffith's bed, right?
You bastard!
The battlefield is the sacred ground of men!
How dare a woman set foot upon it!
I, Adon, head of the Blue Whale Ultra Heavy Armored
Fierce Assault Annihilation Knight Corps
shall teach you the folly of your actions!
Big Sis!
Commander Casca!
Idiots! Stay back!
Spineless fools who allow themselves to be led by a woman!
Can't even put up a fight... Not surprising since you let a woman order you around!
Take this!
What's the matter? Is that all you've got?
It's a joke that they call you the commander of a thousand.
The Band of the Hawk really scraped the bottom of the barrel.
You're not so bad-looking.
I'll overlook your earlier insolence.
What do you say? Come to Chuder.
What?!
You shall have a thousand...
I'll give you a thousand Chuder soldiers,
so you can keep them warm.
You bastard!
No?
Well then, die!
Huh?
Guts!
This isn't like you...
You bastard!
Anyone will do. Come on.
I feel like swinging this as hard as I can.
So you countered, eh kid. Not bad.
But that was just a lucky break!
My ultimate spear technique has been passed down
through the Coborlwitz family for over 140 years!
Take my ultimate secret technique!
Ganzansenpu!
Ganzansenpu... What the hell is that?
What's the matter?
This isn't like you.
If you're not alert...
H-Hey!
Casca!
Hey!
Snap out of it...
Cas...!
Damn!
- Big Sis! - Captain!
Guts!
Casca!
Damn it...
I'm never swimming in this get up again!
She's burning up!
We can't stay in this rain.
Gotta find somewhere...
Guts and Casca?!
From that height, who knows what happened to them.
On top of which, Guts was wounded.
We need to dispatch a search party now!
Count Griffith, we are at war.
I adamantly oppose weakening our formation for two mere soldiers.
They are the highly touted Captain of the Raiders
and the female commander of a thousand, correct?
Surely, they can find their way back on their own.
I am in total agreement.
Well, I'll take off whatever's soaked.
She kept on fighting even though she had a fever.
That's why women are so...
Huh?
The idiot... She's hurt!
So that's it.
Must be rough being a woman.
Wait!
If you have something to protect. take up that sword.
Hey.
Where are we?
A cave by the river.
Luckily, falling into the river saved us.
Uh...river?
Hey! Lie down, stupid!
Your fever hasn't dropped yet.
I had no choice.
You were soaking wet and freezing to death.
Don't look at me like that.
Here...
What the hell was that for?!
Hey, stop!
Hey, you-!
Why you-!
Why you... Cut it out, you bitch!
I risked my life to pull you out of the river!
If you weren't a woman, I'd punch you and knock your jaw out!
A "woman"...
Damn it, flipping out like that.
That's why women don't belong on the battlefield.
Hey!
I didn't ask...to be born a woman.
This is pitiful!
You're the only one I didn't want to be saved by!
You're the only one...
You're still not well.
You really hate me, don't you... damn it?
Do you remember?
What Griffith said to you that day, on the hill?
I want you. Guts.
Yeah.
Griffith has never said that to anyone else.
Not before, and not since.
Why is that?!
Why did it have to be you?
Why?
I wanted to be...
his sword.
I see...
So that's your dream.
Hey, are you sure they're around here?
Yeah, I'm sure of it.
You sure they're not dead?
They fell off that cliff, after all.
Sir Adon said he'd pay the bounty even for their corpses.
Let's look a little further downstream.
There's no time to waste.
What about you?
Why do you...
fight?
Don't talk. You need to save your strength.
I...
I found you brats!
Hey! You're looking lively, old man!
It's him!
Impudence!
I'm not just going to kill you!
I'll administer the torture technique passed down through the Coborlwitz family
for two hundred years...
The hundred-year convulsive death...
...and show you what hell on earth is all about.
I'll leave the woman here for the mercenary soldiers to feast on!
I don't think that's a good idea.
She's pretty vicious. She'll bite it off!
Such insolence!
Get them!
I'll get up front.
Make a run for it straight into the forest!
Huh?
Now! Move it!
Don't be ridiculous! I'm not going to run off alone!
Don't get me wrong!
The sick will only get in my way!
Archers! Aim for the woman!
Fire!
Guts!
What a fool.
Sacrificing himself not once, but twice for a woman.
Why... Why?!
A sword returns to its sheath.
Huh?
Go home to your sword master.
Go to Griffith.
I'll think about an answer to your question earlier.
Do not fear! There are only two of them!
Surround them and attack at once!
Go!
Don't just stand there! Go!
I swear I'll return with the others.
Until then...
don't die!
Don't let the woman get away!
Kill her!
You can go chase after girls...
after you finish your job.
Don't die!
His left hand is useless!
He won't be able swing that ridiculously big sword anymore!
This is getting interesting...
You sure caused us a lot of trouble, girl.
Why you-!
Just give up.
Why am I so...weak?!
Don't even think about biting your tongue.
I want you to be alive for this.
Go back to your sword master.
I won't bite my tongue.
I won't let you have your way with me either!
Why you-!
You bitch!
Are you all right, Casca?
Hurry!
Guts stayed back with the enemy... so I could escape!
Send every man available!
What the hell am I doing...?
In a stupid place like this...
risking my life...
so cheaply?
A dream he must realize for himself. and himself alone.
To simply live a life because one was born into it...
I can't accept that.
A friend to me...
is...an equal.
You call yourselves men of Chuder?!
There's no time to think...
Right now. all there is... is how to cut...
how to kill...
That's all there is.
I hope we make it in time!
Over here!
Amazing...
Did the Captain do all this?
No way. There must be close to a hundred...
Guts, are you here?
Answer me, Guts!
Guts!
Captain!
Captain Guts!
Hey...
This doesn't look good...
Guts! Hey!
I told you not to die!
Are you breaking your promise to me?!
Guts...!
Shut up!
Don't shake me.
It makes my wounds hurt.
Guts...
Amazing!
Man, the Captain's a monster.
These guys probably didn't think that they could lose.
Ouch! Ouch!
The Band of the Hawk has the "Guts" to slay a hundred men!
Captain Guts who slew a hundred men!
- Hurrah! - Hurrah!
Release!
I can't believe this.
Not a single man can get close.
No wonder Doldrey is so feared.
It's the Holy Purple Rhino Knights! Boscogn is coming!
Their defense is impregnable and any enemy is easily repelled.
Then the exhausted forces come under assault
by the Holy Purple Rhino Knights, reputedly Chuder's strongest.
As a result of this audacious tactic, the loss to our army,
including our elite White Tiger Knights, has climbed to 30%.
Any more losses...
We know that already!
Doldrey was long a stronghold of Midland.
Of course, it cannot be penetrated easily.
There is internal conflict in Chuder over the next succession to the throne.
They do not have the reserves to focus on a battle here...
If this becomes a long, drawn-out battle...
Enough discussion.
Doldrey is Chuder's last foothold.
We must defeat Chuder and end this Hundred Years' War now...
This is the time to do it!
He is right. This is our one-in-a-thousand chance.
But...
Chuder is suffering as well.
My generals, how do you feel about total warfare?
I am opposed.
Morale is low and men are deserting like flies.
With the White Tiger Knights annihilated...
Also, we still have remnant enemy forces to deal with in our territories.
If the enemy should attack from the rear,
the situation will be irreparable.
If this military expedition continues,
there will be need for additional defense funds.
More taxation will burden the citizens...
- and lead to unrest... - Even you must consider this situation...
a dilemma, Sir Hawk.
If I were so ordered...
Well, that's to be expected.
Even for a genius of warfare such as yourself...
What?
If His Majesty so ordered me...
There is no need for a large force.
The Band of the Hawk will take this on.
- What did you-?! - What?!
Ridiculous!
The Band of the Hawk to recapture Doldrey by themselves?!
Even the White Tiger Knights were annihilated...
Are you in your right mind?!
We are talking about a mere 5,000 on horseback
against an army 30,000 strong!
Ridiculous! This is the foolish talk of a novice!
Over these one hundred years, countless distinguished generals
have attempted and failed to conquer Doldrey.
The Band of the Hawk cannot manage such a feat alone!
Sir Griffith, was that sincere?
I command the Band of the Hawk to capture Doldrey!
The Band of the Hawk?!
Yes. Roughly 5,000 of them are headed this way.
They expect to take Doldrey with a mere 5,000?
What do they...?
General Boscogn...
Yes?
Griffith the White Hawk must not be killed.
Huh?
Bring the Hawk here alive.
Understand?
But...
As long as he is alive, the Band of the Hawk...
Rather, the momentum of Midland cannot be stopped.
General Boscogn!
Understood?
Yes, sir.
Damn it... How are we supposed to attack?
The back of it is a cliff...
They've got 20 of the latest catapults.
On top of that,
we'll be rained upon with arrows, hot oil and rocks.
We have no choice but to attack from the front.
And there's the Holy Purple Rhino Knights too, right?
We can win, can't we?
Guts?
Huh?
The fortress is a little big, so what?
Just do what Griffith says and it will be ours.
Right?
What are they planning?
Setting up formation with the river behind them?
Don't they know anything about military strategy?
Whatever it is, considering the size of their force,
it's just a desperate tactic.
We will take them straight on, nothing else.
Yes, sir!
Griffith...
I've been waiting for you.
General Adon, I'm glad to see you well.
Anything happen in my absence?
Are you ready?
Vanguard...onward!
Draw your swords!
Vanguard, attack!
The enemy is on the move!
Count Griffith himself leads the vanguard.
The rest number roughly 2000.
He's divided his already small army into two?
With the General himself at the fore?
Interesting, let us take him on.
Call up the advance guard! Destroy the enemy's first wave!
Follow the captain!
No way! We can't stop them!
Our Holy Purple Rhino Knights are being pushed back!
The enemy is too fast!
G-General!
The enemy is approaching.
Do not panic!
He's taking advantage of the mobility of a light cavalry
to force through our line.
Put our heavy cavalry directly before the enemy.
And archers, commence attack from both flanks!
What will you do now, Hawk?
The enemy is calm!
They're trying to make us scatter!
Damn Boscogn! What is he doing?
Griffith could very well be killed.
Vanguard! Fall back!
Return to the main force!
Go straight through them!
W-What?
They're coming back!
The enemy is retreating.
I can't figure it out.
He should have anticipated this result from the very start.
This is the Band of the Hawk who knows only victory.
The White Hawk, no less.
What are you doing, General Boscogn...?
Governor General!
The enemy is retreating.
Will you let victory slip out of our hands?
No...well...
Listen, everyone!
A reward of your asking awaits anyone
who captures the enemy general, the White Hawk!
However, he must be taken unharmed!
Understood?
Governor General! It is unwise to make such a lofty promise to soldiers.
They will be uncontroll-
General Boscogn...
Thank you for your service
I, Gennon, will be taking command.
Your Holy Purple Rhino Knights will henceforth
join the Blue Whale, Black Wolf,
and my Scorpion Serpent Assault Knights in pursuing the enemy,
and to swiftly capture Griffith.
But what about defending the fortress?!
What is the matter?
Did you not hear my order, General Boscogn?
General...
We have no choice.
However, kill the Hawks without fail.
We cannot allow them to have free rein any longer.
Yes, sir!
We will begin pursuit of the enemy!
Are we supposed to... take on all of them?
Take formation!
The river is behind us. We have no escape route!
Lay down your lives...
There's no other chance for survival!
If we do survive, we will stand victorious!
Damn it!
The enemy force is small.
Mow them down
before they have a chance to pull any cheap tricks!
Damn it! It's no good!
I'd rather die fighting than drown in some river!
Little Rickert's lost it!
You are?
Guts, the Captain of the Raiders, from the Band of the Hawk.
I can't see a thing. What's going on out there?
Don't even bother worrying.
The outcome is obvious.
I'm more interested in when we'll get some booze around here.
The one who snares the enemy general will get any reward he asks for...
and I get stuck with this stupid duty.
What? What's the matter?
Th-That's...
That's a different enemy force!
Hey, something's strange...
Sir Adon, we have intruders in the castle!
Hurry!
All right! Hurry and close the gates!
Do not allow messengers to leave!
The Barbier and Benoit troops will do as planned
and subdue all remaining enemy troops!
Every second counts!
Griffith was right about everything.
You got to hand it to him.
Big Sis!
Such a foolish woman.
You're making a big mistake
if you think things will go your way so easily.
I'll show you no mercy this time!
Commander Casca!
Don't interfere!
I'll deal with him myself!
You fool!
W-Wow...
He's strong...
What is taking Boscogn so long?
Don't let up. Push them back.
Oh...!
H-How?
You're fighting like a different person!
As long as I'm physically sound, I'd never lose to a bastard like you!
Big Sis really is incredible!
I've got this under control.
Hurry with the preparations!
- Right! - Right!
Guts!
Well then, Boscogn...
What happened to the fighting spirit you had earlier?
Hey, your arm is dropping! Is your sword too heavy for you?
You can't even muster a retort.
Hey, it's the Captain of the Raiders!
Just kidding!
How was that?
The Coborlwitz Family Distraction Technique, honed over 1000 years.
You fell right for it!
- Big Sis! - Commander Casca!
Stay out of this!
Such pride!
I wonder if you'll still be proud
when I amuse myself with you before your men.
I'm going to get a good taste of your soft skin.
I shall teach you what true joy is to a woman.
Wha-?!
Get a good taste of this.
Way to go, Commander Casca!
You had us mesmerized!
We lost precious time. Let's hurry!
Captain!
We'll assist!
This side first!
Stop!
He's too much for you guys!
Nuisances!
It's over, Captain of the Raiders!
- General Boscogn was...! - No way!
The strongest knight in Chuder!
Damn, he did it!
B-Boscogn!
Do not panic. He is completely outnumbered!
Get into formation!
What is...that banner?!
Impossible! The fortress couldn't have...
No, that can't be!
Idiots, haven't you figured it out yet?
Your general is dead. Your fortress has fallen.
Isn't it obvious what that spells?
You lost.
Cry out!
Cry out for victory!
I was waiting for that!
Show no mercy if the enemy offers opposition!
Fools! Who ordered you to retreat?!
I am your Supreme Commander!
Stop, I say!
Follow my orders!
Hey, you! Come back! Come back!
It's been a long time, Lord Gennon.
Oh!
Griffith! How I have waited for this moment.
Come...let me have a closer look at your face.
Those eyes...
That gaze has not changed since that time.
What's the matter? Why are you so quiet?
We may have parted foes,
but I never forgot about you for a second.
I always looked for your shadow...
Right? Griffi...
Griffith!
Why do you look at me like that?
Don't tell me you resent me?
I do not resent you, Excellency.
In fact, just the opposite.
By using you, I was able to provide for hundreds of my subordinates.
Without having to send them onto a treacherous battlefield.
We all owe you our lives.
Griffith, you...!
I can only do one thing for my subordinates who share my dream...
That is to continue winning.
That's why I do not choose the method.
You were like a stone lying by the side of the path I walk.
You bastard!
Three cheers for the Band of the Hawk!
The savior of Midland!
Thank you! We are grateful for your efforts!
Lord Griffith!
- Lord Griffith! - How handsome!
Will you look at this?!
I didn't know so many people lived in Windham.
Whoa!
No fair, Corkus!
One at a time. One at a time!
Me too!
Miss Casca! Look this way!
Oh! It's the Raiders!
I see Captain Guts too!
He's the strongest warrior in the Hawks!
Wow... This is amazing!
How about it, Captain? Wave to the crowd.
You're the hero of this battle, after all.
Captain?
Hmm?
What's the matter? You've been in a daze.
And you've been so quiet, lately.
No, it's nothing.
Nobody would've thought of something like this three years ago.
I'll say.
I will get my own kingdom...
Nobody but him.
Thank you.
This is amazing!
Oh my, look.
Aren't they from the Band of the Hawk?
Oh, the guardians of Midland!
We have to look sharp, or they'll make fun of us.
Welcome home, Lord Griffith.
We were very worried about you.
I prayed for you every day.
Do you have a dance partner?
I'd love to hear the exploits of the Band of the Hawk.
Won't you get bored listening to barbaric tales of battle?
Not at all!
They're very stimulating.
He's a natural!
Jeez!
He could at least send one our way!
You're the captains of the Band of the Hawk, aren't you?
Huh?
I'd love to hear your heroic tales of battle.
You must be so strong.
Oh well, yes...
Oh, do regale us.
Oh, I couldn't finish in a single night... Do you have the time?
All the time in the world.
You're the Captain of the Raiders?
He slew one hundred of the enemy by himself.
Really?
He's the one who brought down General Boscogn too.
Oh my... Who's stronger? You or Lord Griffith?
- Amazing muscles! - Oh, so hard!
I could fall in love!
Oh, how cute...
Do you belong to the Band of the Hawk too?
Y-Yes, I do.
Then, who should attack but...
The knights led by General Boscogn!
- Give me a break... - None other than...
- Hey! No fair, Guts! - The Holy Purple Rhino...
You've got to be kidding...
No, I...
Did someone else already ask?
Y-Yes...
No man could possibly ignore a woman like you.
How about after him then?
No, no... I am after him.
But...
I would love to sing for you.
Oh, just a minute...
This is why I hate nobility.
Hey, help me.
Those guys won't leave me alone.
Please!
Hey!
It's so much easier just to swing around a sword.
I agree.
We shouldn't do things we're not used to.
I haven't worn a skirt in years.
And I have all these muscles now.
I look funny, don't I?
Not at all.
You look pretty good.
Really?
Yeah.
Why don't you go and ask Griffith for a dance?
I'd only step on his toes.
So what made you change?
You never used to show up at these stuffy functions.
I thought I'd see it for myself...
Huh?
I wanted to see just what Griffith and the Band of the Hawk have accomplished.
All the things he's managed to get so far...
and everything he's going to try to get from here on out.
Guts, are you...?
I've had enough...
of being part of his dream and looking up at him.
He's the only one...
I can't allow to take me for granted.
You're...not...
Your Excellency!
Everyone, you have endured well over these many months of tribulation.
You have my sincerest thanks.
As you are aware, this victory was all due
to the work of the Band of the Hawk led by Count Griffith.
For nearly 100 years,
the capture of Doldrey had been considered an impossible task.
But with great daring and courage, they accomplished it.
Thus, I am bestowing the name, the White Phoenix Knights,
to Count Griffith and his Band of the Hawk,
the first time such a rank and honor has been granted.
The White Phoenix General!
The White Phoenix Knights!
Oh my!
Ridiculous...
At this rate, they will...
Ouch...
I'm not dreaming, after all.
We're nobles!
Hurrah for the Band of the Hawk...!
It's cold...
Guts, we've argued many times, but we've braved death together.
All the hardship the Band of the Hawk endured is finally paying off.
This is only the beginning. Why would you...?
I've already made up my mind.
But...!
Guts!
You intend on quitting the Band of the Hawk?
I'm sorry.
That's not an explanation.
The Band of the Hawk is your family!
What reason could you possibly have to abandon us?
We can be nobles!
We'll be able to live a life that's straight out of a dream.
What misgivings could you have?!
A grown man made the decision, so let's respect it.
But... But...!
You're all against it, aren't you?!
Guts is vital to the Band of the Hawk!
The Band of the Hawk isn't strong just because of him!
But...
Shut the hell up!
This is as good an occasion as any to say this!
I've hated you from the very start.
And I finally figured out why you irritate the hell outta me.
It's that face of yours!
Looking so smug...
like you're the only one who's got serious troubles.
You really make me sick!
He's something else!
All that we had to endure to get here means nothing to him.
So let him throw it all away like yesterday's trash.
Walk the path of suffering as much as you want!
I don't know what you're looking for, but you'll never be Griffith.
Never!
If we ever meet up on the battlefield, watch your back!
Man, that felt good!
Thanks for everything, guys.
Wait, Guts!
I thought I told you that day... that you belong to me.
If you insist on leaving...
wrest yourself away by your sword.
Griffith...
So I can't just leave with a smile and a "take care"?
I guess you mean business.
Wait!
You're comrades! Are you really going to fight?
Griffith, if you want to stop him, talk it through!
Casca, don't get in our way.
Pippin, what're you doing? Let go!
There's no other way.
Maybe if he gets an arm cut off, he'll come to his senses.
What's wrong with all of you? Stop them!
Did the good life in a real army make you forget?
If you're taken with a sword, you take yourself back with a sword.
That's the rule for mercenaries like us.
But...!
But...
...stand against anyone who dares to trample on it with his body and soul.
Even if that person is me.
Are you so determined...
to leave my grasp?
You can't...
You can't!
I won't allow it!
Griffith!
Take care.
Griffith...
Guts!
Guts...
Absolutely not!
A princess of a kingdom going out to meet a gentleman of common birth...?!
Lord Griffith now is the General of the White Phoenix!
It is the highest rank in the Midland army!
That is only after next month's installation.
Anna, do keep an eye on her.
I haven't seen him in six months.
At least...
Just when we finally have peace...
Who's there?!
Lord Griffith...
Pardon me...
What is the matter?
If anyone discovers you, there will be such a terrible uproar!
Forgive me...
I suppose this breach of etiquette is unforgivable.
I'll leave...
I've longed to see you.
From the moment you left, I've been so afraid...
Every day, I dreaded getting word about you from the battlefield...
I prayed so hard for your well-being.
God has answered my prayers.
Forgive me...
I'm so overcome with relief that I can't help my tears...
No!
Are you afraid?
Yes... There is nothing to be afraid of.
All the frightening things... All the sad things...
Just cast them into the fire.
It's pouring.
Have you seen Griffith?
Nah, I haven't seen him since then.
I see.
Take care...
Well, well... If it isn't His Lordship, the future White Phoenix General.
What brings you here at this early hour?
You do realize whose palace this is?
There may even be cause to charge you
with treason against the Midland's Royal House.
Take him away!
What's up with Griffith?
Making us assemble like this.
It's probably a surprise drill.
But we were told not to bring any weapons.
It's probably just a jaunt.
Since we beat Chuder, we haven't been in a decent battle.
But of all days...
He didn't return at all yesterday.
It must've been a shock to Griffith, after all.
Stupid! Something like that wouldn't bother Griffith.
But...
Just shut up!
Who cares if we lose a fool like him?!
Griffith is a hero who rescued a nation!
He has no time to bother with one subordinate!
That's ridiculous.
But...
"But...but!" Stop it!
You just keep your mouth shut!
Ever since that guy left, everyone's been so depressed!
I'm sick of it!
Still, Griffith is late.
We're being attacked!
Is this an ambush?!
Damn!
Remnants from Chuder?
No, hold on...
They're...!
The Midland Army!
I should have known.
Common birth is something you cannot change.
After I favored you, this is how you pay me back?!
It's over for you and your comrades! It's all over!
I see. I thought it was strange.
Political marriages are common during wartime.
But there was never talk about Princess Charlotte getting married.
What are you saying...?
You wanted to have Charlotte for yourself.
No...
You want her to have you, isn't that right?
Silence!
Damn it, we can't die until we find out what the hell is going on!
Hey, what's happening?!
Tell us... Griffith...!
Don't stay together. They're aiming for us.
Wait, Corkus!
Don't scatter!
There's no way we'll break through them alone!
Get into formation! Don't give the enemy any chances!
We'll attack together and make a run for it!
- Right! - Gotcha!
Everyone, get into wedge formation!
Attack!
Griffith!
Torturer!
Yes!
Do whatever you wish to this man.
He has sinned gravely against Midland's Royal House.
Y-You're certain?
However, you must not kill him.
He shall be made to see the gravity of his crime while he still breathes.
Yes!
The hawk has fallen to earth.
It will never take flight again.
You are something else.
You've been beaten to a pulp, yet you haven't uttered a single cry.
I-I'm really impressed.
Huh?
What's this?
That's great! I want it.
Ah, what a waste... I dropped it.