His mother favored his younger brother and attempted to poison a six-year-old Ganishka to ensure his brother's ascendance to the throne. Ganishka was born the eldest son of a Kushan king. Ganishka spent his formative years overcoming the schemes of those who sought his death. In the deep recesses of his turbulent mind, however, Ganishka reflected on his lifelong darkened reality and expressed melancholy upon acknowledging the seeming lightlessness of life. When crushing his army under his footsteps, he expressed glee and likened the resulting gore to blooming red flowers. Initially, he was able to recognize Daiba, but he gradually became disoriented and lost himself in his own immense power. In his twice reincarnated form, Ganishka lost his capacity for rational thought and sense of self, perceiving everyone around him as insects. His resulting humiliation was so great that the emperor lowered himself into the Man-Made Beherit to reincarnate again, in an attempt to surpass the God Hand. During the Kushan attack on Vritannis, when he finally met Griffith face-to-face, he was disabled by the White Falcon and forced into retreat thereafter, he acknowledged the immense difference in his and Griffith's power and was left disturbed, exhausted, and humiliated. As such, he fostered strong enmity toward Griffith when the White Falcon began thwarting his invasion of Midland. Unique among apostles, Ganishka refused to submit to the God Hand, believing himself to be the sole individual worthy of reigning over the world. He found Guts agreeable, and deemed the swordsman's inner malevolence and madness appropriate for the bloodstained world of man. When he met Guts, Ganishka was impressed by the swordsman's skill, grit, and ability to survive as one who is branded. He became increasingly obsessed with reigning supreme over the entire world, all in a vain attempt to quell his own fears. In order to survive and thrive as a young monarch, Ganishka devoted himself to the art of war, and became convinced that inspiring fear was the only way to progress, all while harboring many unshakable fears of his own. Surviving the ploys of the ever-scheming Kushan royalty and aristocracy throughout his youth hardened Ganishka into a callous, calculated prince, one who brought about the deaths of his younger brother, mother, and father. In the all-engulfing darkness, you fear, you instill fear, you writhe and creep.
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