History Characters / FrierenBeyondJourneysEnd

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[[folder:Graf Granat]]
!!Graf Granat
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
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->''"We'll kill all you envoys right here... and reconciliation be damned!"''

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A graf (count) and current ruler of his family's domain, stuck in a war against Aura.
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He doesn't trust Lügner or Aura one bit, and actually accepted any "peace talks" simply so he could kill the demons that are responsible for his son's death. However, even he is affected when Lügner claims he empathizes with Granat and that he is genuinely interested in negotiations.
* FantasticRacism: He hates demons with a passion, as demons [[YouKilledMyFather are responsible for his son's death]].
* HyperAwareness: Granat pays great attention to detail, which makes him a very capable leader. It doesn't take him long to see the holes in Lügner's lies or the fact that Frieren is a powerful yet law-abiding adventurer.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He remains very distrustful of demons and is not stupid at all, as he notices Draht's absence while being aware that Frieren is strong and can't be stupid enough to kill a guard, which would be punishable by death. Seeing that Lügner can't fool Granat any longer, he ends the charade and immediately attacks Granat and his guards.
* YouKilledMyFather: Inverted. Graf Granat has [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlived his son]] because Aura killed him. This is why he has no intention to ever trust demons, let alone find a peaceful solution.
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[[folder:Kraft]]
!!Kraft
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 24
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->''"You understand, don't you, Frieren? It's cruel that nobody remembers the path you've walked."''

A male elf that Frieren's group meets in a cabin in the mountains. He's a monk and believed to be the last elf alive until meeting Frieren.
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* HeavenSeeker: He became a devout believer of the Goddess due to feeling upset at the idea that after all the suffering one goes through in life, there's nothing to come after. He chooses to believe that there must be ''something'' waiting after death.
* LivingLegend: It's implied (later confirmed) he has done many feats in his long life and was once a great hero, though [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold anyone who could remember this is long dead]].
* LongLived: As typical of elves, but it's implied that he is ''particularly'' old, even compared to Frieren and Serie. Even Serie still looks somewhat childlike, but Kraft looks like a full grown man. He is old enough that his deeds that once made him famous are unknown even to Frieren who is over a millenium old.
* MeaningfulName: Kraft is German for virtue, power, force, strength, etc.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's an adult elf, compared to Frieren who is at least over 1000 years old and still looks like a young teenager. He promises to meet her again in a few centuries.
* ReligiousBruiser: As a monk, he's a devout believer in the Goddess, and a strong fighter to boot, at least according to Stark.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Much like Frieren, Kraft struggles with his longevity. He is saddened that anyone that can remember his actions in the world has already passed and became a monk for the purpose that he will be received by the Goddess in Heaven and she will remember his actions.
* WorkoutFanservice: He's introduced shirtless, doing squats in his cabin, and looking quite good doing it.
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!!Main Character's Family and Friends

[[folder:Stolz]]
!!Stolz
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26
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->''"I come from a village of warriors. There was no place for a weakling like me. [...] Now that I think about it, my brother was probably the only one who treated me any differently."''
-->'''Stark''', reminiscing about his brother
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Stark's older brother. He was a prodigy in their village of warriors and the favorite of their father, but he was still very loving towards his little sibling.
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* TheAce: He was such a skilled warrior, that he never suffered an injury and his white cloak was never dirtied, which is why Stolz was believed to be the strongest warrior of his village. It is no wonder that his father [[ParentalFavoritism favored him]] over Stark.
* CoolBigBro: It's initially implied that he's an AloofBigBrother to Stark, but this is quickly revealed to be not true. Stolz loved his little brother, helped him improve on his training as a warrior and secretly cooked a big patty for him on his birthday.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His father is talking up about him to other warriors, talking about how his clean white cloak is the sign of his prowess as a warrior and diminishing his other son, Stark, pointing at his training in the field. Stolz then goes to talk with Stark who accidentally stains his cloak, but Stolz brushes it off, sits in the muddy field by his brother's side, and tutors him about wielding a sword, showing he valued his little brother more than his status.
* HeroicSacrifice: He told Stark to run away from the village to save himself while he stood to fight the demon attacking them, giving him a chance to survive.
* HumbleHero: He didn't really care that Stark dirtied his cloak, which was seemingly something to be proud of.
* MeaningfulName: Stolz is German for pride or proud. His father called him the pride of the village, and [[FamilyThemeNaming it matches Stark's name]], as they sound a bit similar and are both a virtue.

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[[folder:Sein's brother]]
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27

Sein's older brother and the priest of their small town.
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* PromotionToParent: After they lost their parents, he raised Sein himself.
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[[folder:Gorilla]]
!!Gorilla
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27

->''"We won't end up like this. I refuse to be completely forgotten. I'll become an unforgettable hero like Himmel."''
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A warrior and old friend of Sein's, who dreamt of going on an adventure and become a legendary hero. A long time ago, he asked Sein to go off and start adventuring with him, which he refused and regretted since. Now Sein's goal in journeying with Frieren is to find him.
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* ChildhoodFriends: With Sein. Part of Gorilla's dream was to become an unforgettable hero and go on an adventure with Sein.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Gorilla is a nickname based on Kraft, a forgotten legendary warrior from long ago. Thinking that he needed an impactful name to never be forgotten, he told everyone in his village to call him by that name to to the point that even his best friend Sein has forgotten his real name.
* UncertainDoom: Sein believes Gorilla adventuring in solitude and his brashness could have gotten him killed by now, since he promised to return to Sein in three years, but hasn't come back in a decade, which is why Sein heads out to find him.
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[[folder:Hero of the South]]
!!Hero of the South
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 63
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A hero who fought on the frontlines against the demons for mankind before Himmel met Frieren. He was said to be mankind's strongest. His final battle was in the Northern Plateaus, where he faced the Demon King's eight most powerful generals and managed to take down three of them before going down.
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* HundredPercentHeroismRating: He thought he would be forgotten by people, since someone else would eventually defeat the Demon King, but even 90 years after his death people have not forgotten his heroic deeds for mankind.
* DualWielding: He fought with a sword in each hand. Statues of him also feature him with two swords on his waist.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Eisen mentions him as early as Chapter 11. His background story was revealed over 50 chapters later.
* ManlyFacialHair: His face stands out, as he was a middle-aged man who sported a very finely-groomed mustache, in contrast to the young and beardless Himmel.
* NeverFoundTheBody: It is said he died in a battle against the Sages of Destruction and the Demon King's right hand, but his body was never found (which is why some even believe he survived). Frieren finds it very unlikely for him to have survived, though she can't imagine the demons devoured him after his death.
* NoNameGiven: His real name is not known. He was only called "the Hero of the South" or "the strongest of all mankind".
* {{Seers}}: Before he went to the north, he privately revealed to Frieren that he could see the future, including his own death. He was fine with this, though, as he also saw that Himmel and the others would come to Frieren and defeat the Demon King together. Thus, he was ready to go on a SuicideMission to open a path for the Hero's Party.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He was said to be mankind's strongest. Stark thinks it's an exaggeration, but Frieren thinks it was a fitting title, as he managed to eliminate the Demon Army's frontline in only one year and pushed them back to the Northern Plateaus. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome There he faced all Seven Sages of Destruction and the Demon King's right hand and managed to kill three of the Sages of Destruction]] [[UncertainDoom before he]] [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably died]].
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[[folder:Glück]]
The head of the Glück household, and Macht's retainer.
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* OneLastSmoke: [[spoiler:Before Macht turns the whole city into gold, Glück asks him to light his cigarette one last time before [[ItHasBeenAnHonor thanking him for the last three decades.]]]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Unfortunately, his daughter Lekture became very ill in her young adult years, and both he and her recent husband Denken had to watch her pass away.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Glück knows how corrupt the nobles of the city of Weise are, and while he climbs up the ranks politically uses Macht to deal with them physically. Glück knows what he's doing is pretty unethical, but he believed that it would eventually put Weise back on the path of stability.
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!Demons
[[folder:General]]
->''"You demons are savage monsters with no understanding of communication."''
-->--'''Frieren'''

Articulate monsters, who have been at war with every other race in the world. Demons are dangerous creatures who are also very capable mages.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Demons are defined as articulate monsters by the Great Mage Flamme. They are incompatible with other races. Their very ability to speak the language of other races is stated by demons themselves to merely be a tool of manipulation. And they in fact gain absolutely nothing from killing (and eating) humans, they gain no nourishment or pleasure from it and they have no particularly strong feelings towards other sapient races, positive or negative. They simply slaughter them because that's what they've always done.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Demons simply can't understand some human emotions like guilt or empathy. The idea of a human hiding their magic level is anathema to them.
** One of them is marked by a priest pitying him and attempting to understand it... by having two children fight to the death and observing the results to see if it'll happen to him.
* ConsummateLiar: Demons are by their very nature liars and will only talk to humans when they can manipulate them into dropping their guard or sparing them. Aura, for example, feigned a peace mission to destroy Graf Granat's domain, and a young demon girl would cry for her mother whenever cornered in an attempt to gather pity from humans that would kill her otherwise.
-->'''Lügner:''' There's only one reason why man-eating predators would speak human language.\\
'''Frieren:''' They speak not to understand but... to deceive.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Due to the fact that their ranks and identities are defined by displaying their magic power on the open, they cannot fathom that someone would conceal it. As a matter of fact, they find it highly offensive that mages like Frieren and Fern would even do such a thing.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Demons simply cannot understand humans and the other spoken races. Things like "love" and "empathy" and even "hatred" are completely alien concepts to them. [[spoiler:It turns out that a few demons have been trying to learn to understand humanity, but they are so far away from understanding that their primary method of learning is to slaughter humans and try to witness their victims emotions to learn. And it turns out the Demon King that Frieren's party slew was one such demon. It is stated that he ''probably'' could have learned to understand human feelings given enough time, but his experiments would drive humanity extinct long before that day arrived, so he had to die.]]
* EvolutionPowerUp: It's explained that demons are derived from monsters that lured their prey by mimicking their language. They're considerably more powerful now and humanoid to boot, but they're still those tricky, deceitful and ravenous beasts of old.
* FantasticRacism: Played with and subverted. At first, Frieren's attitude towards the "peace-seeking" demons is shown as somewhat callous and prejudiced. However, it's later shown that, in spite of their appearances and condescending words, they are indeed every bit the human-preying beasts Frieren deems them to be.
* FatalFlaw: Since their society is TheMagocracy, demons don't bother to hide their mana level. They in turn expect their enemies to not hide theirs, either. Their pride in magic is what Frieren and Fern fully abuse by making them think they are weaker than they really are.
* HornedHumanoid: Demons all have horns, though every one of them seems to be different, some being smoother, others being more ragged.
* LackOfEmpathy: They are incapable of feeling empathy, but know it well enough to exploit others with it through deceit. Their understanding only goes so far though, as they know that this exploitation works, but they're not really sure ''why'' it works.
* LongLived: Demons are races who can live for at least hundreds of years. Aura is over 500 years old, and Qual perceived the 80 years of his prison as a short time. In terms of the human development of magics, it is not so short.
* TheMagocracy: Demon society is organized by power and all demons can use magic, so this results in this. All demons try to impose their superiority over each other by showcasing their level of mana, and that's how they obtain power in that society, with the rulers of demon society being powerful sorcerers like Aura. Flamme utilizes this to her advantage by predicting that, since demons wouldn't know why anyone would hide their mana levels, they rarely consider the possibility and are easily fooled by those who do.
* MasterOfOneMagic: Demons devote the majority of their lives to one magic that they specialize in and master it.
* NatureVersusNurture: All nature, no nurture. Even demons brought up by humans will bite the hand that feeds.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Demons who die will simply have their body undone and return to the mana.
* PunyEarthlings: Demons look down on humans and only view them as prey. Demons mock human empathy and think they are weak, which is why they constantly underestimate mankind.
* SapientEatSapient: Demons are humanoid creatures who eat humans. They have no CarnivoreConfusion whatsoever, humans are for them prey to eat.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Presenting their mana is inherently tied to their identity, so they cannot fathom why anyone would think of hiding it, and they find the very notion offensive and disrespectful. Flamme and then Frieren dedicate their lives to hide their mana pools precisely to prevent demons from realizing that they're biting more than they can chew by fighting them.
* WouldHurtAChild: Since they have no ability to feel or even understand mercy, demons will kill children without pause, they also know for some odd reason human warriors will often sacrifice their lives to save children and exploit that by threatening and killing children. Demon children meanwhile, are just as capable and willing to kill as adult demons and the only real choice humans have is to kill them when encountered, because they will always eventually kill and eat humans.

!!Sages of Destruction

[[folder:Aura]]
!!Aura the Guillotine
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyanaTaketatsu
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A powerful demon mage and one of the Seven Sages of Destruction for the last 500 years. She likes to use powerful mind control spells and necromancy.
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After the Demon King was defeated, Aura disappeared without a trace but showed up in the northern regions again after Himmel's death. She has been in a bitter war with the humans there since then. Seemingly tired of war, she sends three of her executioners as messengers to sue for peace by the time Frieren's party arrives in Graf Granat's domain.

* ArcVillain: She's the main villain of the Graf Granat's Domain arc, which concludes with her defeat.
* CharmPerson: If Aura possesses more mana than her enemy, she can control their body forever. However, the mind control can be broken by [[{{Determinator}} someone]] with a HeroicSpirit. Aura foregoes this problem by simply [[OffWithHisHead beheading]] the people she controls.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The higher the risk, the stronger one's magic becomes. Aura puts her own life on the line when she uses her Scales of Obedience, with which she weighs her and her target's souls. The soul with more mana can permanently take control of the loser's body.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Like all demons, she cannot comprehend the fact that an extremely powerful mage exists who would limit their mana their entire life just to deceive demons. This leads to Aura losing to her own submission magic, giving Frieren free reign over Aura's body.]]
* EntertaininglyWrong: [[spoiler:She made safe but entirely wrong assumptions regarding the nature and extent of Frieren's powers. She didn't, and couldn't, account for the fact that Frieren is inordinately more powerful that she could ever fathom.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In Chapter 18, Frieren eliminates Aura's puppets by releasing mana to {{dispel|magic}} Aura's control over them. Aura finds this astounding, as Frieren used to blow up her puppets in the past, and using complex dispel magic must be taxing on her mana. Frieren notes that [[MoralityPet Himmel]] got very angry at her afterward, which surprises Aura even more, since now that Himmel is dead, Frieren shouldn't care about how he would react anymore.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Aura has a magical artifact called the Scales of Obedience, which allows her to make anyone submit to her will as long as her mana level is bigger than the other. [[spoiler:This is turned against her when she uses it on Frieren, who has ''much'' more mana than her and just hides it, putting Aura under her control and simply telling her to execute herself.]]
* HornedHumanoid: She has two large horns on top of her head.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She dies when she goes under Frieren's control using the Scales of Obedience, an artifact she used to control the mind and kill multiple other people. Adding insult to injury, when Frieren uses this to tell her to kill herself, Aura [[OffWithHerHead decapitates herself]] with her sword, a technique she used to kill all the bodies that compose her army.]]
* MeaningfulName: In Latin "aura" means "air" or "soul". This can be related to her use of "soul magic".
* NavelWindow: She wears a bodice with a cutout at her navel.
* {{Necromancer}}: She rules over an army of undead bodies, all of which came from previous battles against humans.
* PsychoPink: She's an evil demon with pink hair.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Aura is over 500 years old, which is a respectable age for a demon, yet she looks as if she were in her 20s.
* RedBaron: Aura is widely known as "the Guillotine" for beheading her enemies.
* SmugSuper: Aura is utterly confident and believes herself to be overwhelmingly superior. As her magic weighs the mana of her opponent with her own, she believes she is untouchable, as she has increased her mana for over 500 years. [[spoiler:She initially planned to wear Frieren out with her undead army, but in her arrogance measures Frieren's mana and concludes that Frieren, who has only gained fame 80 years ago, didn't get much stronger and must be either talented in other areas or slacked off. She's utterly wrong. {{Underestimating|Badassery}} Frieren ends up being her downfall.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: She underestimated Frieren as a below average mage based on her magic aura alone, even after she helped defeat the Demon King. She pays for it with her life when Frieren reveals her ''real'' power level.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Aura did not expect Frieren to smoothly limit her mana to such a degree, which led to her making wrong assumptions about Frieren's power. When Aura learns that Frieren has lived and worked on her magic for over a millennium, she sees the power difference between them and realizes that she just sealed her own doom with her submission magic. Right before she beheads herself, she breaks down crying, deep in denial that she lost.]]

[[folder:Macht]]
!!Macht of the Golden Land
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The strongest of the Seven Sages of destruction.

Left alive after the death of the Demon King, Macht turned an entire city into gold and was sealed by a massive barrier in it, though his magic slowly creeped outwards.

* BloodKnight: To an unclear extent. When Macht realized Serie was an opponent he could not easily defeat, he complimented her by stating she is different from daredevils who fought him before. When fighting his student Denken to a stand still without his Di Algoze, he notes he is actually enjoying combat and has to remind himself of his objective as he prepares Di Algoze. He also smiles when he realizes Denken has [[AttackReflector Mystilzia]] ready to counter it.
* TheDragon: Denken reveals Macht used to serve the mayor of city of Weise for 2 whole decades before one day he transmuted it into gold. His memories later reveal this includes doing various types of work, including assassination, swaying nobles, attending parties and the like.
* TheDreaded: Macht is the most powerful of the Seven Sages, and likely the most powerful demon since the Demon King died and his right hand man went missing. Frieren is uncomfortable with the idea of meeting him again and tries to back out of it, noting he is one of only 11 beings that ever defeated her. Even after meeting him a second time, she still feels defeating him as she is would not be possible.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He taught Denken to only use his trump card when he's ascertained the possibility of victory. When they finally duel years later, Denken unleashes his strongest, most condensed Zoltraak when Macht is too busy gawping at his curse's dissolution to properly defend against a spell of that potency. Denken himself quotes Macht's own advice back at him to underscore the point.
* IntriguedByHumanity: Or to be more specific, intrigued by human emotions, particularly guilt and malice which he believes are necessary for coexistence with them.
* LeakingCanOfEvil: Downplayed, he is sealed inside a city by a barrier made by Seiren, but his magic is still powerful enough to turn nearby areas into gold. However, Frieren agrees that this is still the best solution, leaving him to die of old age instead of fighting him, as the leaking magic spreads at an acceptably small degree.
* LogicalWeakness: Di Algoze is an incredibly powerful magic which can transmute just about any object into indestructible gold, and a type of curse which even divine magic used by priests cannot prevent or undo. However, it is not without its limits; it cannot transmute barriers made out of magic (which requires Macht to manually break them), and as a curse, it is useless against the curse counter spell Mystilzia, which can reflect any curse used on the user.
* TheMentor: Denken reveals Macht used to be his master. Unusually for a demon, Macht knows a lot of magical spells used by humans, likely something he learned in his effort to understand human emotions.
* MidasTouch: His personal magic Di Algoze turns objects into gold. After he turned an entire city into gold, a group of first-class mages under Serie sealed him inside a barrier and trapped him there. Still, his magic is powerful enough to still creep out to the point that every 5 years someone has to expand the barrier, but as Frieren observes, the pace is slow and it is likely that he will die of old age if left there before his magic takes over a significant portion of the region. It is later revealed Macht does not need to actually touch objects to turn them into gold, as he can transmute people and buildings outside of his sight or earshot.
* MindControl: After a few years of service to the city of Weise, Macht was given a bracelet which can control the mind of a demon. He was given 2 specific commands — to not bear malice to the people of Weise and to serve their interests. Due to BlueAndOrangeMorality however, neither command particularly affects Macht.
* MockGuffin: Macht's gilded objects and beings are covered/transformed into a gold-like material that cannot be broken or processed. So, adding insult to the injury delivered onto the City of Weise and its inhabitants, said morbid material is effectively useless. However, this is subverted for Macht himself, as he can freely undo the transmutation on both himself and his clothes, allowing him to weaponize his gloves and cape into daggers, swords and shields.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Downplayed. Macht is shown to detest combat with people he considers daredevils — enemies who actually stand no chance against him but still try anyway. He regularly opts not to use Di Algoze and instantly win out of raw boredom.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It is later shown right after he transmuted the entirety of Weise into gold, he was directly confronted by Serie. As she threatened him to undo the magic on the city of Weise, Macht silently looked down — leading Serie to conclude he could not undo his magic on people and thus a monster unable to understand humans. Macht responded aggressively at this provocation to the point he immediately used Di Algoze magic on her; once Serie deflected it back at him and observed his ability to undo his transmutation on himself and his clothes, she once again reiterated he was a monster, and all Macht could say in response was to tell Serie to be silent.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Serie notes Macht is capable of turning the entirety of Northern Plateau (which is half of the continent) into gold should he want to, leading her to conclude it is not worth it to keep him alive.
* ReluctantMonster: It's all relative, but Macht does seem to have a genuine desire to live and co-exist with humanity which makes him seem like an oddity to other demons. He also seems perturbed by the feelings that humans clearly feel but he is unable to such as "guilt" and "malice". However, this doesn't stop him from destroying town after town or killing people for no particular reason (as he thinks killing humans and coexisting with them do not necessarily contradict), and once he began to grasp what guilt even is, he decided the best way to learn about it was to foster a friendship with some humans and then kill them to see if this elusive feeling would strike — which is why he served Weise for 20 whole years before turning it all into gold.
* TechnicalPacifist: Macht views himself as this among demonkind. He does not have any loyalty to the demon king, and he does not particularly enjoy hunting humans despite doing so on regular basis. His conversation with Schlacht, the right hand of demon king, also shows he is effectively being used as a fighting force for the demon king army via coercion.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After his duel with Denken, Macht slinks away clutching his fatal wounds surmising that after all his time among humans, he never overcame his demonic nature and would probably kill anyone he sees to survive. Not only does he not even think to bother the concerned citizens of the fully restored Weise, he unconsciously moves towards his master Gluck and again is by his side for one final smoke. Neither he nor his opponents were able to see he changed, if only a little.

!!Aura's forces
[[folder:Lügner]]
!!Lügner
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe
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->''"We are the executioners--the confidants of Lady Aura."''

A diplomat demon under Aura, sent in a faux peace mission to get a city to bring down their barrier.

* AchillesHeel: His heart is a weak spot, which Fern realizes when that's the only thing he defends. She manages to kill him by shooting Zoltraak through his chest.
* BloodyMurder: His powers regard the use of blood as a weapon. For instance, by opening a wound in his hand, his blood can be solidified and {{shape|shifterweapon}}d into any form he likes, like a whip. He also can use his magic to [[ArtificialLimbs replace the arm]] Fern [[AnArmAndALeg obliterated]] earlier.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demons are notorious for deceiving their prey. After realizing that [[DeathByIrony he was killed because Fern managed to fool him]], he calls Fern and Frieren cowards who have no pride.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Lügner is an elegant man, with long clear hair that gives him a pretty and elegant look.
* ManipulativeBastard: When Graf Granat threatens to kill him for his son's death, he brings up that just as Granat's son was killed by demons, so was Lügner's father, which makes Granat back off. Demons don't understand the concept of family, Lügner merely appealed to family because most humans empathize with it and will then lower their guard.
* MeaningfulName: Lügner means "liar" in German and Lügner is a big, manipulative liar when it comes down to it. In fact, he agrees with Frieren when she points out that demons only know the human language to manipulate them better.
* TheResenter: If there is one thing he loathes, it's prodigies. He absolutely hates Flamme and Frieren, magic prodigies who he thinks [[HardWorkHardlyWorks make a mockery of the hard work demons put in]] to master their magic. He doesn't realize that their power comes from deception and the effort they put in.
* {{Sadist}}: Even after reacting annoyed that he is forced to fight Granat earlier than planned, he notes that he quite enjoys the violence and finds it exciting.
* SmugSuper: In Chapter 19, he [[BondVillainStupidity doesn't kill Fern immediately]], even though he managed to ambush her and then claims that he "missed" and that [[BlatantLies he didn't want to make her suffer]]. Fern correctly notes that he must have been pretty pissed and wanted revenge for Fern's earlier successful attack against him. He belittles Fern and Stark, and only views Frieren as a serious threat until he realizes that Fern is faster than him and has enough power to kill him.
* SoreLoser: After learning why exactly he lost, his final words are full of contempt for Fern and Frieren for holding back their mana to deceive demons.
* TheStoic: Lügner keeps a calm composure almost at all times and rarely shows any expression. However, [[NotSoStoic he can't help but smile]] when Frieren calls demons [[YouMonster irreconcilable man-eating predators]] and reacts very angrily when he learns that he was duped by Frieren and Fern's level in magic.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Stark notes that the only person he never takes his eyes off of is Frieren, which must hint that she is the only one he recognizes as a possible threat. This backfires gravely on him when Fern and Stark turn out to be more than enough to take him out.

[[folder:Linie]]
!!Linie
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ManakaIwami
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One of Lügner's assistants. A female demon with great mana detecting skills.

* DittoFighter: By reading mana, she can copy the technique and moves of her opponents, and even memorizes them. Therefore, she fights against her opponents by turning their techniques against them.
* HalfTheWomanSheUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Stark kills her by baiting her into an attack he can tank, which also leaves her defenseless, and promptly slices her off in the middle from the shoulder down.]]
* LogicalWeakness: She may be prodigious in mimicking and understanding others' fighting styles, but it doesn't mean she can replicate the necessary physical abilities to perform them perfectly. [[spoiler:For instance, Stark outright states had she possessed the same strength as Eisen when she attacked him, he would've been dead already by the first strike. Instead, all she did was [[OnlyAFleshWound cut into his flesh slightly.]]]]
* SensorCharacter: Linie specializes in sensing and reading mana, but this does little to stop a StealthExpert like Fern.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Linie can summon any weapon she likes, depending on the style she wishes to imitate.

[[folder:Draht]]
!!Draht
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kouki Ohsuzu
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_darth.png]]

One of Lügner's assistants. A male demon, skilled in using a magical wire.

* AssassinOutclassin: He is quite skilled, and a normal mage would have fallen to his wire trap, but Frieren is ''far'' from a normal mage and kills him quickly when he attempts to assassinate her.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Draht uses magical [[RazorFloss razor-sharp]] wires that can easily behead a fully armored soldier.
* LeeroyJenkins: Downplayed. After hearing from Lügner that Frieren is the sole danger in town, he [[BullyingADragon visits her prison to kill her]], which quickly ends with his death. This action immediately puts Granat on high alert, ruining any further diplomatic attempts from Aura and her "ambassadors".
* MeaningfulName: His name means wire, which is also the weapon he uses.

!!Other Demons
[[folder:Qual]]
!!Qual, the Elder Sage of Corruption
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 5
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_qual.png]]

A very powerful, strong, and intelligent demon, sealed by Frieren 80 years before, in the meanwhile of the war against the Demon King. He invented a powerful killing spell.

* AffablyEvil: Despite being known as a demon who has killed many adventurers and civilians, Qual doesn't sound overly evil after Frieren breaks his seal. They have a bit of small talk before he engages Frieren and Fern in battle.
* EvilSorcerer: Qual was once one of the most notorious demon sorcerers of the Demon King's army. He was the first mage who invented an ArmorPiercingAttack.
* GlassCannon: Due to being sealed for 80 years, Qual doesn't know that his once OneHitKill spell, while still strong, is now just "ordinary" attack magic, as humanity has developed spells and equipment to defend against it. However, he himself hasn't learned how to do so, and so Frieren [[KarmicDeath kills him]] with [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own spell]].
* HarmlessVillain: Before Qual was sealed by the Hero Party, he was TheDreaded, who killed 40% of all adventurers and 70% of the sorcerers in the region he resided in. Qual went through a VillainDecay, due to humanity rapidly studying his magic and inventing defensive options in the 80 years he was sealed. By the time his seal is undone by Frieren, Fern is confused that his magic to her is "ordinary" offense magic.
* InstantExpert: Despite his magic having no effect initially on Frieren and Fern, he quickly figures out how to bypass their complex protection spell, prompting the duo to finish him off fast.
* MeaningfulName: In German, his name means "torment", "agony" or "torture".
%%* OneHitKill: Qual created a spell called Zoltraak, which could [[ArmorPiercingAttack pierce through any defense]] and kill the target with one hit. After Qual was sealed and the war ended after the Demon King's death, humanity studied his magic, learned how to use it, and how to defend against it.
* SealedEvilInACan: Frieren had to seal him because he was too powerful at that time. In Chapter 5 she willingly breaks the seal to kill him.
* VillainDecay: He used to be near invincible in the past, to the point Frieren's original party couldn't do anything but seal him away temporarily. However during his 80 years of imprisonment humans managed to study and even reverse engineer his magic, [[SoLastSeason to the point his unblockable instant death spell is considered unimpressive by current era's standard]].

[[folder:Schlacht]]
!!Omniscient Schlacht
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The Demon King's confidant. He was capable of using a powerful magic that allowed him to see long into the future.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Faces against the Hero of the South fulling expecting to die. He's content with this, as the fight seemingly has a part in a contingency plan to ensure the long-term survival of the demon race should the Demon King be killed. Whatever said plan is Frieren, and the audience, are not privy to.
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Gives one to Frieren via Macht's stolen memories. He states that somehow the battle between him and the Seven Sages against the [[TheDreaded Hero of the South]] will play a part in the survival of the demon race, and therefore can't allow her to see, so he has Macht's memories of the encounter erased.
* TheOmniscient: As his title suggests, he is stated to be able to see up to a thousand years into the future, and even left a message for Frieren that she wouldn't see until a near century later when she'd read through Macht's memories.
[[/folder]]

!Other
[[folder:Graf Granat]]
!!Graf Granat
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_graf.png]]
->''"We'll kill all you envoys right here... and reconciliation be damned!"''

\\
A graf (count) and current ruler of his family's domain, stuck in a war against Aura.
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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He doesn't trust Lügner or Aura one bit, and actually accepted any "peace talks" simply so he could kill the demons that are responsible for his son's death. However, even he is affected when Lügner claims he empathizes with Granat and that he is genuinely interested in negotiations.
* FantasticRacism: He hates demons with a passion, as demons [[YouKilledMyFather are responsible for his son's death]].
* HyperAwareness: Granat pays great attention to detail, which makes him a very capable leader. It doesn't take him long to see the holes in Lügner's lies or the fact that Frieren is a powerful yet law-abiding adventurer.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He remains very distrustful of demons and is not stupid at all, as he notices Draht's absence while being aware that Frieren is strong and can't be stupid enough to kill a guard, which would be punishable by death. Seeing that Lügner can't fool Granat any longer, he ends the charade and immediately attacks Granat and his guards.
* YouKilledMyFather: Inverted. Graf Granat has [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlived his son]] because Aura killed him. This is why he has no intention to ever trust demons, let alone find a peaceful solution.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kraft]]
!!Kraft
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 24
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_kraft.png]]
->''"You understand, don't you, Frieren? It's cruel that nobody remembers the path you've walked."''

A male elf that Frieren's group meets in a cabin in the mountains. He's a monk and believed to be the last elf alive until meeting Frieren.
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* HeavenSeeker: He became a devout believer of the Goddess due to feeling upset at the idea that after all the suffering one goes through in life, there's nothing to come after. He chooses to believe that there must be ''something'' waiting after death.
* LivingLegend: It's implied (later confirmed) he has done many feats in his long life and was once a great hero, though [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold anyone who could remember this is long dead]].
* LongLived: As typical of elves, but it's implied that he is ''particularly'' old, even compared to Frieren and Serie. Even Serie still looks somewhat childlike, but Kraft looks like a full grown man. He is old enough that his deeds that once made him famous are unknown even to Frieren who is over a millenium old.
* MeaningfulName: Kraft is German for virtue, power, force, strength, etc.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's an adult elf, compared to Frieren who is at least over 1000 years old and still looks like a young teenager. He promises to meet her again in a few centuries.
* ReligiousBruiser: As a monk, he's a devout believer in the Goddess, and a strong fighter to boot, at least according to Stark.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Much like Frieren, Kraft struggles with his longevity. He is saddened that anyone that can remember his actions in the world has already passed and became a monk for the purpose that he will be received by the Goddess in Heaven and she will remember his actions.
* WorkoutFanservice: He's introduced shirtless, doing squats in his cabin, and looking quite good doing it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Serie]]
!!The Great Mage Serie
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 43
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/faje_serie.png]]
->''"Mages spend their lives in pursuit of magic. Name it. I shall grant it."''

An elven mage who is said to possess knowledge about practically every magic spell that exists. She was Flamme's master. She founded the Continental Magic Association around 20 years before Himmel's death. First-class mages get the privilege of meeting her and can ask for any magic they desire.
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* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Doesn't like these at all and limits her rather touchy-feely apprentice to ten minutes of these a day, tops.
* TheArchmage: Serie is called a Great Mage, just like her disciple, Flamme. People claim that she is like a [[AkashicRecords walking encyclopedia of magic]] and can grant any spell one may wish for.
* AttackReflector: One of the many magics she knows; Mystilzia, completely counters any curse right back at the opponent. She notes it is a primitive magic, a “crystallization of mankind’s wisdom” during the Mythical era she hails from. It took her 100 years to learn it.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: During her fight with Macht she systematically analyzes and makes comments on his prowess and limitations on magic, while dealing with each and every one of his attacks.
* BloodKnight: Flamme accused Serie to be one, when Serie was disappointed to see that Flamme's disciple, Frieren, apparently lacked the burning ambition of a warrior. She apparently can't imagine herself living in a peaceful era. When she acts as the final examiner for the first class mage test, she lets people with a fighting spirit like Wirbel, Übel, and Denken pass, even when they know they don't stand a chance against her.
** When confronting Macht after the latter transmutes Weise into gold, she very obviously enjoys fighting him, whom she appraises to be close to the pinnacle of magic. When the fight is interrupted by her disciples — who want Macht sealed in Weise rather than be killed, for a chance to undo his Di Algoze in the future — Serie claims her mood is spoiled and lets her students do what they want.
* CannotSpitItOut: Though she acts aloof towards her human disciples, putting up an air that she doesn't have any particular feelings towards them due to them having extremely short lifespans compared to her and rarely reaching her level of power, in truth she has made sure to remember each of them and their likes and dislikes clearly, long after they have died. She herself seems bemused by this, but she has never regretted taking a disciple.
* DiscardAndDraw: The reason why Serie is referred as a living encyclopedia of magic — Fearvelia, the spell transfer magic, literally cuts away her experiences of learning a specific magic and materializes it into a book which when read, will transfer said magic to the reader perfectly. Serie loses her ability to use said magic as a result, but she notes she can simply re-learn them again.
* TheDreaded: When fighting Macht, Serie claims she was once feared among demons during the Mythical era — so long ago that modern demons like Macht never even heard of her name.
* {{Foil}}: Flamme called Serie a "warmonger", which is why she would not be able to defeat the demon king one day. This is in contrast to Frieren, who Flamme thought is the perfect mage of a peaceful era and indeed eventually managed to do what Serie and Flamme could not, though Frieren herself notes it is because she has good comrades (the Hero party).
* GutFeeling: Frieren notes that Serie often makes decisions purely based on instinct. But she is always right.
* HyperAwareness: Serie has great sensitive skills, which is demonstrated in Chapter 58 when [[spoiler:she is the only one who has noticed that Land's real body is far away from the examination grounds and is just leisurely drinking tea]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: She states that Frieren's practice of deliberately hiding her mana level (which can be used to fool demons who are infamously mana sensitive) is a waste of time and inefficient. However, she herself does it as well (though while exuding a much larger mana level than Frieren), with Fern being the first human to notice it. Possibly justified in that the whole point is to hide your level of power, it would be counter-productive to let others know that you are doing it if they aren't able to tell for themselves.
* ItsPersonal: She has held a grudge against Frieren and Flamme for thousands of years due to their philosophy of magic pursuit contrasting hers. Part of the reason she fails Frieren after the examination is due to the fact that she doesn't like her.
* JerkassToOne: Serie has a personal dislike for Flamme and Frieren. Frieren is clearly overqualified for a first-class mage title, but Serie intentionally fails her because of their different views. She then bans Frieren from any association building for the next 1,000 years.
* LivingLegend: She is said to be a living grimoire, as she apparently knows every magic in the history of mankind. Richter describes Serie as a mage closest to the omniscient and omnipotent Goddess.
* MasterOfAll: ''Literally''. Most, if not all of what her students, and to an extent all of human mages, have learnt about magic comes from her. She's so strong to such an unattainable level ''both'' Frieren and Fern immediately surrendered when asked the rhetorical question of whether they could defeat Serie or not.
%% * MeaningfulName: Her name means series or sequence in German.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She is an elf like Frieren, and Frieren in fact already visited her with Flamme 1,000 years ago. She doesn't seem to have aged at all and still looks like a young woman.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being a BloodKnight who enjoys her fight with Macht, when her disciples propose to have him sealed Serie insists he needs to be killed then and there to protect the continent, showing she does not at all let her personal enjoyment cloud her judgment. Even though she disagrees with her disciples about handling Macht, she ultimately lets them do so despite being entirely authorized to ignore them.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:What her final exam boils down to. Because she wants humans to continue pursuing and developing magic even in the current peaceful era, she only passes those who are still able to maintain their fighting spirit in front of impossible odds--i.e. ''fighting her''. Those who hesitate or outright give up are instantly failed, such as Frieren who no longer pursues combat magic exclusively.]]
* StealthExpert: Serie controls and suppresses her mana so well that the only one who can even tell any instability in her mana is Fern. Macht, whose magic detection is noted by Frieren to be pretty much impossible for her to sneak close to, literally cannot sense Serie until she is already right behind him and had him dead to rights.

[[/folder]]

!!Äußerst First-Class Mage Proctors & Examinees

!!!Second Party
[[folder:Kanne & Lawine]]
!!Kanne & Lawine
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_lawinne_kanne.png]]

Two young third-class mages who both came from the same academy of magic and are paired with Frieren during the first exam.
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* CowardlyLion: Kanne is a bit of a coward and can quickly lose her confidence, partially because she is aware of her inferiority. Lawine is usually the person who can get her back up on her feet though. [[spoiler:This is also the reason why Serie fails Kanne in the final exam. She only sees a part of Serie and immediately gives up ever trying to match Serie.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Kanne is a ditzy, somewhat immature girl most of the time, and because she can't generate her own element, she can be pretty weak sometimes, but if the conditions are right, she can dish out destructive magic.
* FieldPowerEffect: Since both manipulate water, fighting them in a dry area significantly limits their potential. On the other hand, they are much more powerful near water sources or [[WeatherOfWar when it rains]].
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: A notable aversion for Kanne. She is bad at detecting mana, as, unlike Lawine, she cannot see that Frieren has the mana of an elderly mage. She also gets ambushed by a giant bird in Chapter 38 because she didn't listen to Frieren's warning and couldn't sense the bird.
* AnIcePerson: Lawine uses ice magic.
* MakingASplash: Kanne can manipulate water. This is an important distinction, as she can't ''generate'' more water, she needs water to already be around her to use her magic.
* MeaningfulName:
** Kanne is German for pot, jug or can, like in watering can (''Gießkanne''). She's a water mage.
** Lawine is German for avalanche. She's an ice mage.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Kanne has the ability to manipulate water. However, as she cannot ''create'' water with her magic, she is restricted to existing sources of water, which makes her helpless if none are around. However, in the middle of a rainstorm, she is ''extremely'' powerful. Even Frieren states that she can't imagine being able to defeat Kanne under such circumstances.
* {{Tsundere}}: Lawine doesn't like admitting that she thinks highly of the effort Kanne puts in to improve, how she cares about others and how cute Kanne looks WhenSheSmiles.
* VitriolicBestBuds: They don't seem to like each other, yet they view each other as ChildhoodFriends and are a synchronized team, as Lawine can utilize the water Kanne manipulates with her ice magic.
[[/folder]]

!!!Fourth Party
[[folder:Übel]]
!!Übel
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_ubel.png]]

A third-class mage, who is an infamous troublemaker. She is paired with Fern and Land in the first exam.
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* AchievementsInIgnorance: She has a very black and white view of reality in a way. When faced with a powerful mage who had a clearly magical robe that repels all attacks, a fact that any mage would be able to intuitively realize just from being around him, she was able to casually cut the robe, and him, in half simply because in her mind, cloth is able to be cut, regardless of any other qualities. [[spoiler:The first-class mage Sense, whose magic empowers her hair to be extremely sharp and dangerous, states that she'd also be an easy target for Übel as the same principle would apply to her (hair can be and is easily cut), which is proven when Übel easily defeats a doppelganger of Sense.]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Despite the fact that her power relies on her empathizing with her opponent [[spoiler:to copy their magic]], she is a very offputting person who nobody feels particularly comfortable around. It helps that her first appearance has her jumped by bandits only to be "saved" by Kraft who noted that he found the remains of other bandits in the nearby forest who had been chopped to pieces by magic, with the implication she was lethally practicing her magic on any bandits who attack her.
* BloodKnight: In [[EstablishingCharacterMoment her very first scene]], she provokes a group of bandits into attacking her. Kraft shows up and saves ''the bandits'' by beating them up and making them retreat before Übel can kill them, as he earlier buried the remains of some bandits who were chopped to pieces by a very skilled mage. After the bandits flee, Übel immediately glares at Kraft as if she's looking for a fight. She actually failed the exam for second-class because she killed the first-class mage proctor during the exam. [[spoiler:It's ultimately the reason why she passes the first-class test, as she's open to taking on '''[[LivingLegend Serie]]''' in a fight.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Inverted. Übel actively tries to empathize with her opponents because [[spoiler:it allows her to use their magic. If she doesn't understand her opponent, it won't work]].
* MeaningfulName: Übel is German for [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast nasty, obnoxious, or evil]].
* ImaginationBasedPower: Her RazorWind magic can cut anything she can imagine being cut. [[spoiler:She once cut down a man with an enchanted cloak that is considered to be undestructible because she was raised with a seamstress mother and saw cloth being cut down many times. She is the one to defeat a doppleganger of another powerful mage who used her hair as a weapon because she could picture hair being cut.]]
* PowerCopying: [[spoiler:Übel has a unique ability to copy the magic of others. She doesn't need to know how exactly it works, she just needs to understand their feelings and nature.]]
* RazorWind: Übel is proficient in cleaving magic which is invisible and cuts through trees like butter. It only has a range of roughly five meters though.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Land]]
!!Land
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->''"Right from the start. When the first exam began. I never trust anyone, you see."''

A stoic mage that teams up with Übel and Fern. He uses illusion magic.
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* DoppelgangerAttack: He uses illusion magic. This is shown with him creating an illusion of himself to fight against an enemy while he hides, letting him study and understand the enemy to properly take him out. However, he notes that the illusion is technically a clone, since it's a flawless copy of his actual body and possesses the same power. [[spoiler:The fact that he passed the first two exams without his real body ever stepping a foot on the examination grounds impresses Serie enough that she lets him pass.]]
%%* TheParanoiac: He is pretty paranoid about letting other people know about his magic. He in fact had been acting through a clone all through the first days of the exam.
[[/folder]]

!!!Eighth Party
[[folder:Wirbel]]
!!Wirbel
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_wirbel.png]]

A second-class mage and the leader of the eighth party during the examination. He's the captain of the Northern Magic Corps and is thus a very experienced mage.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Wirbel pretends to be a ruthless tough warrior, but he is actually very kind. He is reluctant to kill and will try to make people give up before being forced to kill them. In the first exam, he had every opportunity to instantly paralyze Fern's party and kill them to steal their stille while they were distracted, but he attacked them first and then gave them the chance to surrender.
* CollaredByFashion: He wears a long belt on his neck, which is fashioned to look like he's wearing a dog collar with a leash.
* CombatPragmatist: As an effect of being in the frontlines of fighting demons, his magic is mostly focused on winning in any way he can.
-->'''Ehre:''' The magic he uses is vulgar and cowardly... designed to win at all costs.
* DeclarationOfProtection: His main motivation for fighting in the north was to make it a safe place for a girl he had a crush on, who moved to the central countries with her family 29 years ago. He can't even remember anymore how she looks like, but he has not forgotten the promise he made to her.
* GoodCounterpart: To Übel. While she is a BloodKnight overjoyed at the prospect of a fight to the death, Wirbel doesn't like killing unnecessarily and avoids doing so when he can. Even when he judges killing her to be necessary, he has to buy time to psych himself up to do it.
* MeaningfulName: "Wirbel" is German for "whirl", "vortex", "fuss" or "vertebra".
* TheParalyzer: His target-binding magic allows him to trap any being, as long as he is able to look at their entire body.
* PersonalityPowers: Übel suspects that his target-binding magic is the result of this: he needs this to buy himself time to build the resolve to kill, since he doesn't like killing humans.
* TechnicalPacifist: Bordering on Wirbel being a ReluctantWarrior. He does not like to kill and would rather avoid fights if he can. He gives Fern's party multiple chances to peacefully surrender, and when Fern later tells him that she killed Ehre, he immediately gives up the fight and retreats, as his party can't pass the exam anymore.

[[/folder]]

!!!Thirteenth Party
[[folder:Denken]]
!!Denken
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_denken.png]]

An old second-class mage, who is known for having won a violent power struggle, which earned him the status of an imperial mage.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Denken is quite adept at understanding a situation and formulating a plan very quickly. When Lawine freezes the lake where the stille would appear, he understands the other teams' efforts to melt the lake is a waste of time since it would only further scare the stille away; and that to take such massive, flashy measures, means that Frieren's team must have a surefire plan to get the stille, so they're better off trying to steal it from them.
* BloodKnight: Even at his age, and even when he knows it's futile, he is excited to fight other far more powerful mages like Frieren or Serie. He claims that this thought came to him for a mere instant, but that he even dares to think he could challenge them is impressive enough in the present.
* CoolOldGuy: Denken's comrade, Laufen, takes a liking to him and affectionately calls him "gramps". Denken in turn treats her like a granddaughter.
* {{Determinator}}: After Denken's team is defeated by Frieren, Kanne, and Lawine, Richter gives up since they don't have any mana and there is no time left. Denken tells his comrades that an imperial mage struggles until the bitter end and starts looking for another party. When they find a party that is in possession of a stille, Richter asks Denken how they are supposed to defeat them when they have no mana left. Denken's answer? GoodOldFisticuffs.
* MeaningfulName: "Denken" is German for "think", "thinking" or "thought". Denken is a very thoughtful man that thoroughly analyzes and understands his surroundings.
* MightMakesRight: Subverted. He does not agree with this ideology and rebukes it when his teammate thinks of it because as he points out, first-class mages need to be authorities, and an authority that is feared, rather than a good one, will eventually fall when people no longer want to hear from them.
* OldMaster: He is a powerful mage and even capable of winning a fist fight with someone theoretically in their phyiscal prime despite his age. [[spoiler:And after becoming a first-class mage and gaining a certain spell from Serie as a reward, he is able to go toe to toe with Macht, a ''very'' strong demon lord, and not only (barely) survive, but emerge victorious even.]]
* SeekerArchetype: He and Frieren share a similar thinking. He's not interested in having magic handed to him. Magic should be pursued. Frieren respects him for that.
* SensorCharacter: Denken is good at detecting even minuscule amounts of mana, and understandings the second team's plans by being able to detect the minuscule quantity of mana Kanne has poured in multiple water sources.
%%* TechnicalPacifist: While his reputation makes him look like a violent and cold person, unlike Richter he doesn't see any need to kill others, especially children, for a privilege that he deems meaningless.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: His main motivation for participating in the first-class exam is neither fame nor a desire to obtain a spell from Serie. He just wants to go home and visit the cemetery of his hometown, but since the north is overrun by demons, the passage is only granted to first-class mages.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Richter]]
!!Richter
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A second-class mage that teams up with Denken and uses Earth Manipulation Magic. He is very cold and calculating about his actions.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: When Richter is assigned to fight Kanne and Lawine, he states that he would only need one minute to kill them and complains that he's just babysitting kids. During their whole fight he arrogantly looks down on them and even lectures them about their naive usage of magic. To be fair, he is far more experienced and knows that Kanne practically can't fight and Lawine's ice magic is weak because there are no water sources nearby. Once Frieren breaks the barrier and lets the rain in, he quickly loses his composure and the fight.
* DishingOutDirt: Richter uses earth manipulation magic first and foremost by touching the ground with his hand. He states how this kind of magic, which manipulates physical elements, is the current way mages fight each other, since magic shields are quickly overpowered by pure mass.
* MeaningfulName: Richter is German for judge, and Richter is a pretty judgmental person.

[[/folder]]

!!!Other Examinees
[[folder:Methode]]
!!Methode

A mage that is part of the First Party during the first-class mage exam, she is a rather analytical woman with a variety of talents.

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She has a very analytical mind that helps her assess scenarios faster than others might.
* CutenessProximity: [[spoiler:In the third round of the first class mage's exam, rather than show fear at Serie's presence like all the applicants who failed before her, Methode's only thought is "Well, isn't she just the cutest thing?" Serie ends up passing her.]] A later statement about Frieren makes it seem that Methode just finds elves to be really adorable.
* JackOfAllStats: She has a variety of magical talents from paralysis spells to hypnosis spells to healing magic that requires scripture to be used. However, much of her magic is situational and she doesn't seem to have any single speciality that stands out like many of the other first class mages.
* OutOfFocus: During the first round of the first class mage exam, we do not see how her team succeeded in capturing their bird (though given her paralysis spell, one can imagine pretty easily). She has more focus in the second round and then even bigger focus during the subsequent arc where Frieren and co. have to work with her and the proctor from the first round of the exam to hunt down demons that have been slaughtering villages to the north.

[[/folder]]

!!Main Character's Family and Friends
[[folder:Flamme]]
!!The Great Mage Flamme
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 7
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsukoTanaka
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One of, if not the, most powerful human mage to exist. She lived a millennium before the story and was Frieren's teacher. She was known as mankind's progenitor of magic.
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* TheAnticipator: Flamme set up a grimoire with notes, protected by a sapling that she planted and enchanted, which served as the grimoire's protector until Frieren would return one day. She knew Frieren so well, that she expected Frieren to one day seek guidance after making a grave mistake. She would then want to learn more about people, and the notes Flamme left behind would then guide Frieren.
-->'''Frieren:''' It's been over a thousand years, and yet my master still has me wrapped around her little finger, eh?
* TheArchmage: Flamme was one of the greatest mages that have ever lived. Even a millenium after her death, the barriers she conjured are so strong that demons still cannot break through them in the present.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Flamme also lost everything dear to her to demons, and has a deep love for magic, just like Frieren.
* CombatPragmatist: The first time she met Frieren, she praised her for standing her ground against and defeating a horde of powerful demons, but at the same time told her that it would have been smarter to [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse just run away and hide]] or resort to ambushes. She was also the one who taught Frieren to hide her mana output so that demons underestimate her and get caught off guard, fully aware that it's seen as dirty and cowardly.
* EccentricMentor: Flamme was a young Frieren's teacher with her own quirks, according to Frieren. She was quite cryptic about what she taught her.
* TheMagnificent: She is known as "The Great Mage Flamme", for being one of the most renowned mages that have ever existed, even after over a thousand years have passed.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is the German word for "flame". She was the fire that warmed the "freezing" Frieren's heart.
* MundaneUtility: The ethos of her magic discipline and one of the most important teachings she inculcated on Frieren. The magic of the mundane happens to be the discipline of the craft that has the most variation, and has the virtue of showing the user the sheer beauty of the world around them. This pursuit is Frieren's most precious task, as it has kept her entertained for thousands of years, and it's one of the main reasons she's so good at improvising.
* ParentalSubstitute: Flamme raised a young Frieren until she died of old age.
* PosthumousCharacter: She died a thousand years before the story takes place.
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[[folder:Stolz]]
!!Stolz
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26
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->''"I come from a village of warriors. There was no place for a weakling like me. [...] Now that I think about it, my brother was probably the only one who treated me any differently."''
-->'''Stark''', reminiscing about his brother
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Stark's older brother. He was a prodigy in their village of warriors and the favorite of their father, but he was still very loving towards his little sibling.
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* TheAce: He was such a skilled warrior, that he never suffered an injury and his white cloak was never dirtied, which is why Stolz was believed to be the strongest warrior of his village. It is no wonder that his father [[ParentalFavoritism favored him]] over Stark.
* CoolBigBro: It's initially implied that he's an AloofBigBrother to Stark, but this is quickly revealed to be not true. Stolz loved his little brother, helped him improve on his training as a warrior and secretly cooked a big patty for him on his birthday.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His father is talking up about him to other warriors, talking about how his clean white cloak is the sign of his prowess as a warrior and diminishing his other son, Stark, pointing at his training in the field. Stolz then goes to talk with Stark who accidentally stains his cloak, but Stolz brushes it off, sits in the muddy field by his brother's side, and tutors him about wielding a sword, showing he valued his little brother more than his status.
* HeroicSacrifice: He told Stark to run away from the village to save himself while he stood to fight the demon attacking them, giving him a chance to survive.
* HumbleHero: He didn't really care that Stark dirtied his cloak, which was seemingly something to be proud of.
* MeaningfulName: Stolz is German for pride or proud. His father called him the pride of the village, and [[FamilyThemeNaming it matches Stark's name]], as they sound a bit similar and are both a virtue.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sein's brother]]
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27

Sein's older brother and the priest of their small town.
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* PromotionToParent: After they lost their parents, he raised Sein himself.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Gorilla]]
!!Gorilla
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27

->''"We won't end up like this. I refuse to be completely forgotten. I'll become an unforgettable hero like Himmel."''
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A warrior and old friend of Sein's, who dreamt of going on an adventure and become a legendary hero. A long time ago, he asked Sein to go off and start adventuring with him, which he refused and regretted since. Now Sein's goal in journeying with Frieren is to find him.
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* ChildhoodFriends: With Sein. Part of Gorilla's dream was to become an unforgettable hero and go on an adventure with Sein.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Gorilla is a nickname based on Kraft, a forgotten legendary warrior from long ago. Thinking that he needed an impactful name to never be forgotten, he told everyone in his village to call him by that name to to the point that even his best friend Sein has forgotten his real name.
* UncertainDoom: Sein believes Gorilla adventuring in solitude and his brashness could have gotten him killed by now, since he promised to return to Sein in three years, but hasn't come back in a decade, which is why Sein heads out to find him.
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[[folder:Hero of the South]]
!!Hero of the South
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 63
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A hero who fought on the frontlines against the demons for mankind before Himmel met Frieren. He was said to be mankind's strongest. His final battle was in the Northern Plateaus, where he faced the Demon King's eight most powerful generals and managed to take down three of them before going down.
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* HundredPercentHeroismRating: He thought he would be forgotten by people, since someone else would eventually defeat the Demon King, but even 90 years after his death people have not forgotten his heroic deeds for mankind.
* DualWielding: He fought with a sword in each hand. Statues of him also feature him with two swords on his waist.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Eisen mentions him as early as Chapter 11. His background story was revealed over 50 chapters later.
* ManlyFacialHair: His face stands out, as he was a middle-aged man who sported a very finely-groomed mustache, in contrast to the young and beardless Himmel.
* NeverFoundTheBody: It is said he died in a battle against the Sages of Destruction and the Demon King's right hand, but his body was never found (which is why some even believe he survived). Frieren finds it very unlikely for him to have survived, though she can't imagine the demons devoured him after his death.
* NoNameGiven: His real name is not known. He was only called "the Hero of the South" or "the strongest of all mankind".
* {{Seers}}: Before he went to the north, he privately revealed to Frieren that he could see the future, including his own death. He was fine with this, though, as he also saw that Himmel and the others would come to Frieren and defeat the Demon King together. Thus, he was ready to go on a SuicideMission to open a path for the Hero's Party.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He was said to be mankind's strongest. Stark thinks it's an exaggeration, but Frieren thinks it was a fitting title, as he managed to eliminate the Demon Army's frontline in only one year and pushed them back to the Northern Plateaus. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome There he faced all Seven Sages of Destruction and the Demon King's right hand and managed to kill three of the Sages of Destruction]] [[UncertainDoom before he]] [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably died]].
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[[folder:Glück]]
The head of the Glück household, and Macht's retainer.
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* OneLastSmoke: [[spoiler:Before Macht turns the whole city into gold, Glück asks him to light his cigarette one last time before [[ItHasBeenAnHonor thanking him for the last three decades.]]]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Unfortunately, his daughter Lekture became very ill in her young adult years, and both he and her recent husband Denken had to watch her pass away.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Glück knows how corrupt the nobles of the city of Weise are, and while he climbs up the ranks politically uses Macht to deal with them physically. Glück knows what he's doing is pretty unethical, but he believed that it would eventually put Weise back on the path of stability.
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!Frieren's New Party

* DemonSlaying: Frieren is infamous for being the most dreaded demon hunter in history. She has improved Qual's {{armor piercing|attack}} [[OneHitKill Zoltraak]] to be extremely effective against demons, and, as her master, has taught Fern to do this, too. Stark was trained by the warrior that helped take down the Demon King.
* GenerationXerox: Fern and Stark are the disciples of three of the four heroes that defeated the Demon King. Both resemble their masters in many ways.
** Fern is basically the present generation's Frieren, a stoic-yet-warm woman who lost her family, and was adopted and taught magic by an eccentric archmage. Her relationship with Frieren is much like Frieren's relationship with Flamme used to be.
** Stark is Eisen's SuperiorSuccessor, except for his inexperience, which is why he's a much bigger CowardlyLion than Eisen was.
** Sein is a priest who loves smoking, gambling, and drinking. He is in a way very similar to Heiter.
* KnightErrant: Frieren and Fern [[WalkingTheEarth wander the world]] to help people however they can and acquire magic while doing so. Stark joins them after they push him to learn to fight against monsters. They sometimes coincidentally get rid of dangerous monsters on their way, like when they pass by Graf Granat's town and encounter Aura and her forces.
* ParentalAbandonment: Frieren, Fern and Stark are all the victims of demons and war.
** Frieren's village was obliterated by demons over 1000 years ago. Her foster parent, who raised and trained her, was human, and so Frieren has also long outlived her.
** Fern is a war orphan, whose foster father, Heiter, has passed away.
** Stark abandoned his home village when it was attacked by demons.
** Sein also lost his parents, though he was [[PromotionToParent raised by his big brother]] instead.
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[[folder:Frieren]]
!!Frieren
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese), Creator/MallorieRodak (English)
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->''"I... I hardly knew anything about him... We only traveled together for ten years... I knew human lives were short... Why didn't I try to get to know him better?"''

An elven mage who has lived for over a thousand years. She was part of the Hero Party that defeated the Demon King. After separating from the party, she spent the next 50 years wandering the world to study magic. After the deaths of Heiter and Himmel, she took in a human girl, Fern. Together with Fern and Stark, she is on her way to find Aureole, the land where souls rest.

* TheAce: Frieren is a gifted master of all kinds of magic. Be it DispelMagic, [[MindOverMatter flight/telekinesis]], offensive and defensive magic, or mundane UtilityMagic, she can do this all, and she has a mana reservoir that has increased in the span of over 1000 years.
* TheAgeless: She's at least a thousand years old, and nary a hint of growth has gone through her at all. She's so profoundly old while not looking like it that she's also an example of an OxymoronicBeing.
* ACupAngst: She has been flat-chested for centuries. She seems a bit jealous to see Fern has grown breasts.
* AlmightyJanitor: Technically, Frieren is just an unregistered, drifting mage, unqualified in the eyes of the Continental Magic Association. There's no system that recognizes her prowess since she doesn't care for any registry, as she thinks these rules change too fast for her to bother.
* TheArchmage: Without a doubt one of the strongest mages that have ever existed. In Chapter 45, after the first-class mages recognize her, they realize that she is the final Great Mage.
* BadassBookworm: One of Frieren's favorite hobbies is to gather and read books, especially about magic. She also is one of the strongest mages in the world.
* BadLiar: Frieren is really bad at hiding things since she'll make weird faces when it comes time for her to lie. Fern will see it instantly in her face when Frieren is lying.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Frieren has lost her family and home to demons, much like her predecessor Flamme and her apprentice Fern. What they all have in common and bond over is their love and talent for magic.
* BrilliantButLazy: Frieren would love nothing more than just relax, study magic, and not leave her bed at all because she hates the cold and quickly gets tired. She visibly is disappointed when, instead of leisurely studying magic for a year or two until the gate is opened, the guards recognize her and, [[EntertaininglyWrong under the assumption]] that she is on the way north to help fight off the Demon King's remnants, let her pass immediately.
* BrutalHonesty: Frieren isn't the type of woman who lies very well, her words are often blunt and straight to the point. For instance, she refuses to take in Fern initially, because Fern isn't strong enough, would only burden Frieren and unnecessarily risk her own life.
* ChasteHero: Due to elves lacking romantic and sexual attraction, Frieren has very little to no understanding of romance. She didn't understand the implications of Himmel putting a ring on her finger and also, she doesn't seem to perceive the UnresolvedSexualTension between Fern and Stark.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Frieren has a different sense of time, so she loves to waste a few years on something because for her it's a fleeting moment, which frequently clashes with Fern and Stark's views, as they are human and a year is a very long time in their lives. Fern is usually the one who has to keep Frieren in check.
* CollectorOfTheStrange: Frieren has a hobby of collecting all kinds of strange objects, like the skull of a monster or a drug that melts clothes. She also collects weird UtilityMagic which produces tea or shaved ice, or magic that can de-rust bronze statues. She earnestly started collecting all kinds of magic as a hobby after her comrades praised her for casting mundane spells.
* CombatPragmatist: In battle, Frieren is ruthless. If she sees a demon on sight, she will immediately try to attack them, and she has no patience to listen to their fake mercy begging.
* TheCutie: Part of the reason why her parties put up with her eccentricities lies on the fact that they find her to be cute beyond compare.
* TheDreaded: Demons fear her, as she has sent thousands of them to their deaths.
* TheDrifter: At the start of the story, Frieren has no set goal and just goes wherever she wants to study magic. After meeting Eisen again, she sets out on a journey with Fern to find Aureole.
* EmotionlessGirl: Subverted. Frieren appears to be this, but it's not really the case. One of the themes of the story is the fact that her incredible lifespan has drastically affected how she recognizes and processes emotions.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Frieren is a mage that has already studied magic for a thousand years and is one of the most well-respected mages in the world.
* FantasticRacism: She loathes demons, and is trying to kill them on sight. This is justified though, as demons have tried to exterminate the entire elven race, and they are also incompatible to live in peace with mankind.
* GirlishPigtails: Even though she's much older than she appears, her pigtail hairstyle suits her youthful appearance.
* HairstyleInertia: She has kept the same pigtails-hairstyle for hundreds of years.
* HatesBeingTouched: Complains every time Fern pats her on the head, and refuses to let Methode do so, until Methode bribes her with a tome that lets one crack eggs without any eggshell getting in the batter. Upon receiving it, she lets Methode pat her head and even hug her, to Fern's annoyance.
* HeavenSeeker: Her current journey is to find the apparent location of heaven. Though not totally convinced that it even exists, she does so for the possibility of meeting Himmel again.
* HumanizingTears: She seemed completely emotionless and detached from those around her, until she cried at Himmel's funeral, which was when she felt grief for possibly the first time in her very long life.
* HumbleHeroine: Despite being one of the four legendary heroes that defeated the Demon King, Frieren is mostly forgotten, and while there are statues of her around the world, [[RecognitionFailure few are able to recognize her]]. This suits Frieren, who has stayed hidden for the majority of her life and followed her master's wish to live a modest and humble life. She doesn't need the attention, she already made her mark in history when she defeated the Demon King.
* ImmortalImmaturity: Downplayed. While Frieren isn't that childish, she isn't particularly mature, either, to the point that Fern often acts in a more proper manner than Frieren, and Sein thinks of her as a very child-like person. This seems to be justified as she might still be a young girl by elf standards, and she doesn't really have the same amount of maturing experiences that a human would have, like having to take care of younger people, keeping a job, etc., making her come across as less of an adult than Sein.
* InvincibleHero: Frieren is miles ahead in power than almost anyone in the world, having spent a thousand years collecting magic, fighting, honing her skill, and was trained by the greatest mage to ever live. Even extremely powerful enemies can be easily overwhelmed by her. This is justified since she had more time to train her powers than almost anyone alive, and she even mentions that Fern will simply never catch up to her since she just has too much experience on her. However, Frieren notes in Chapter 37 that, while her mana is great, there are many other factors that determine the strength of a mage like willpower, talent, technique and experience. She has been beaten by eleven mages that had less mana than her of which four were demons, one was an elf and the other six were humans.
* IronicName: Frieren is German for "freezing" (as in "feeling cold"). Funnily, she doesn't like cold weather at all. Also, Frieren doesn't know it, but she seeks the warmth of social interaction with other people.
* ItsTheJourneyThatCounts: When offered by Flamme's master, Serie, any magic she desires, Frieren refuses. What she enjoys most is pursuing magic on her own. Mages of older generations like Denken seem to agree with her.
* ItWasAGift: In Chapter 30, Frieren loses a ring she is very attached to. It was a gift from Himmel that she picked out. The ring has a mirrored lotus design, which stands for "eternal love", though unlike Himmel Frieren was not aware of the meaning.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Exaggerated. She comes off as if she has a LackOfEmpathy, but she does care about her friends in her own way and just has trouble showing it.
* TheLeader: The levelheaded kind. Due to her old age, Frieren is the most experienced and strongest adventurer and fighter in her group who has SeenItAll already.
* LonerTurnedFriend: Before she joined Himmel's party, Frieren was a loner who lived completely isolated from society in the woods. After traveling with Himmel, Heiter and Eisen for a decade, she learned to value bonds and friendship, leading her to form a party of her own many years later.
* LongLived: Elves are virtually immortal, and Frieren has been alive for over a thousand years. One of the major conflicts of the manga is how having so much time on her hands made time meaningless for her, and harder to relate to humans, whose lives are so short that they make much more in shorter amounts of time than her, and to whom time means much more.
* MaamShock: Albeit subtly, Frieren has expressed that she dislikes being referred to as old, and has never quite gotten over Stark calling her a "hag". She doesn't act upon it, but she brings it up frequently enough for Stark to not forget that she's still slighted by him.
* MagneticHero: She's so charismatic that both parties she's belonged to have made a priority to keep her entertained and cater to her whims, even when she's the least pushy and most chill individual in said parties. If Frieren is having fun, everyone around her is too.
* MayflyDecemberFriendship: As an elf, Frieren is by far one of the oldest existences in the story. She has or will outlive all the friends she has made in her very long life.
* MerlinAndNimue: Frieren is an ancient living being, who is over 1000 years old. Her apprentice, Fern, is a normal human who is still in her teens.
* MinidressOfPower: She's an extremely powerful sorceress whose standard outfit is a white minidress.
* MyGreatestFailure: Frieren regrets at Himmel's funeral how she didn't spend more time with him when she had the chance, having only gone to see him to fulfill a promise they made to see the Era Meteors. It's implied to be why she stays with Heiter in his final years and the purpose of her new quest is to reach Aureole to hopefully talk to Himmel again.
* MysticalWhiteHair: She's an [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld ancient]] and highly magically powerful elf with silver hair.
* NoSocialSkills: Isolating herself and barely interacting with society for a long time will do that, which is why she may sometimes say [[InnocentlyInsensitive really rude things without realizing it]]. She wants to improve on that with Fern.
* NotAMorningPerson: She has trouble waking up early. [[spoiler:This might be related to her constantly limiting her powers, though, which tires her out.]]
* NotGrowingUpSucks: Her body hasn't developed past preadolescence in over a thousand years. She laments this when she sees Fern grow bigger breasts than her in a few years.
* NotSoStoic: As early as the first chapter, Frieren demonstrates she does have emotions behind her stoic facade when she cries at Himmel's funeral.
* ObliviousToLove: Frieren has a general understanding of emotions, but she's incredibly dense when it comes to romantic affection directed at herself. She spent a decade in Himmel's party and never understood that he was pining for her the whole time, and that it was more mutual than she ever realized.
* TheOlderImmortal: She's over a thousand years old, making her several centuries older than any other member of a long-lived species in the setting, such as dwarves and demons.
* OldMaster: Justified. The power of a mage depends on how much they have trained, and Frieren has trained for over a millenium. She also is an experienced adventurer who took down the Demon King.
* OnceAnEpisode: If the party has to search for anything, you can near-entirely be assured that Frieren is going to end up stuck in something from the head down to the waist due to her curiosity and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} habits. From bushes, to holes in the wall, to ''being stuck in a mimic's mouth.''
* ParentalSubstitute: She is both Fern's foster mother and master.
* PointyEars: She has the long and pointy ears that all elves have.
* ProperlyParanoid: When she sees a human with a demon who is supposedly trying to negotiate peace, Frieren immediately tries to attack the demon as if he was a bloodthirsty beast. The villagers think she's being paranoid and lock her up in a prison. Turns out Frieren was right and the demons are just deceiving the humans in an attempt to take over the town.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears black tights with her white minidress, fitting her composed and controlled personality.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Frieren looks maybe 13 or 14 years old at most, but in truth is over 1000 years old, having been trained by the world's greatest mage Flamme over 1000 years before the start of the story. In flashbacks to her training, she looks only a couple of years younger than she does at present.
* RedBaron: She is widely known as ''[[TitleDrop Sousou no Frieren]]'' - Frieren the Undertaker, for sending thousands of demons to an early grave.
* SeekerArchetype: Frieren is constantly traveling to explore the world, to learn more about the region, vegetation and magic. She collects all kinds of spells, be it XRayVision or some useless UtilityMagic like a spell that turns sweet grapes into sour ones.
* SeenItAll: Thanks to being a millennia old veteran mage and seasoned adventurer, there's almost nothing that can surprise her. Strange magics and SecretTestOfCharacter were simply met with her usual deadpan acceptance.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Fern and Stark, as she subtly nudges them together as much as she can.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: Can easily fall asleep, even in the middle of the day. It's very difficult to wake her up then. [[spoiler:Though this is probably HeroicRROD, as Frieren is constantly limiting her mana, which is very tiring.]]
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She was the only female member of Himmel's party.
* SolitarySorceress: Frieren used to live for many years in the same forest where she lived with Flamme. She was sought out by Heiter and Himmel, after they heard rumors about a powerful mage living nearby.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She has the same apathetic expression most of the time, but very rarely reveals strong emotional outbursts and shows a smile once in a while when she's happy.
* TalentedButTrained: Frieren was a prodigy in magic, but still trained under one of the greatest mages that have ever lived. She has honed her strength over more than 1000 years and still seeks to learn and improve her magic to this day.
* TeamMom: Frieren has some difficulty understanding human relationships and emotions, but she's hundreds of years older than anyone in her current party and tends to assume a motherly role towards them, even to Sein who is an adult. She especially acts this way towards Fern, whom she helped raise.
* TimeDissonance: She's so LongLived that she perceives time completely differently from everyone else. She often talks about decades as if they were weeks.
* TokenImmortal: In both of the parties she has joined, Frieren is the only member whose lifespan can extend to millennia. After her old comrade Himmel dies of old age, Frieren wants to try and understand how fleeting life is for her human companions.
* TokenMiniMoe: In both Himmel's party and her current party, Frieren looks much younger than her teammates, due to having the body of a preteen girl despite being [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld hundreds of years old]].
* TooMuchAlike: After meeting Sein in Chapter 27, Frieren notices that he and her are very similar, which she notes is probably the reason she doesn't like him.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Despite being a sorceress with incredible magical power and a thousand years of world experience, Frieren is easily tricked by mimics. Whenever she runs into one disguised as a coffin chest, she gets fooled and trapped by it.
* WillfullyWeak: [[spoiler:Frieren has held back her mana for over 1000 years to the point that it's second nature to her, even when she sleeps. She does this explicitly to deceive demons to make them underestimate her. When she meets an opponent who can match her restrained self, she can just release more power.]]

[[folder:Fern]]
!!Fern
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 2
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaIchinose (Japanese), Creator/JillHarris (English)
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->''"It doesn't matter whether I'm a mage or not. Learning how to survive on my own will be the way I return his kindness. 'She was worth saving,' and 'She'll be fine on her own.' That's what I want him to feel."''
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An orphan girl, who was adopted and trained as a pupil by Heiter, initially. At Heiter's request, she was trained in magic by Frieren. When Heiter passed away, she decided to accompany her master.

* AlwaysAChildToParent: Fern sometimes gets annoyed with Frieren for treating her like she's still a child. While Frieren does acknowledge her as a full-fledged mage, she can't help but still see Fern as a little girl at times, since to her, [[TimeDissonance Fern was a child just the day before]].
* TheApprentice: Fern was at first Heiter's disciple, and then becomes Frieren's apprentice, as she has shown potential as a mage.
* BarrierWarrior: Fern displays an advanced skill in barrier magic that is able to block Qual's and Lügner's attacks.
* BoobBasedGag: Frieren tries having Fern give her a LapPillow when she wants to lay down in a carriage, but ends up changing her mind because Fern's breasts blocked the view of the sky.
* BoringButPractical: Her strategy in fights is to use simple basic offensive magic. However, she is an extremely powerful and fast mage, and that is enough to overwhelm her enemies.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Frieren is a bit envious of Fern's well-endowed breasts.
* CharacterTic: She visibly pouts when she's upset and sulking, then usually [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale hits Stark repeatedly.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: When introduced, Fern is shown to have an unusual capacity to go under the radar of anyone that can detect mana, even someone as well trained as Frieren. This comes in handy when she manages to be stealth support for Stark when they fight Linie and Lügner, the former being a demon with very good detecting skills.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Fern is the kind of woman who would not be able to just stand by if an entity is endangering innocent people around her. In Chapter 9, a nearby town is terrorized by a phantom demon that lures in and kills unwitting wanderers. Frieren wanted to avoid an encounter with the demon, while Fern is concerned for the villagers and wants to clear the mountain pass.
-->'''Fern:''' Mistress Frieren, the villagers need your help.\\
'''Frieren:''' You sound like [[KnightInShiningArmor Himmel]] now.\\
'''Fern:''' [[DeadpanSnarker You see, unlike you, I'm a good girl.]]
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: By far the least eccentric of her party, and reins over other member's childishness.
* DeadpanSnarker: Amongst the {{cowardly|lion}} Stark and the [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} eccentric]] Frieren, Fern appears to be the OnlySaneWoman in the group, and she frequently makes snide remarks about them.
* EmotionlessGirl: When Frieren meets her, she's a little girl who barely expresses emotions and maintains a cold look at all times. She gets better over the course of the manga, and while she's still quite stoic, she is open to express her feelings.
* FamilyOfChoice: For all intents and purposes, Heiter and Frieren are her parents.
* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: Fern speaks in very formal linguistics at all times and uses the extremely respectful [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics "-sama" honorific]] for everyone, including her closest friends, to convey her ultra-polite nature.
* FragileSpeedster: She's perhaps ''the'' fastest mage in the series in regards to casting time, with even experienced opponents unable to defend properly while they're ''staring right at her'', since they can't even read her preparatory movements and magic build-up. However, she's as physically strong and durable as she looks, as per SquishyWizard below.
* HappilyAdopted: After she lost her parents in a war, she was adopted by Heiter. She was happy in her time as his daughter, and she still sees him as a beloved father figure. She also comes to warm up to Frieren over the years the spend together, with Frieren becoming a mother figure to her.
* HiddenDepths:
** Fern is considerably moodier than she looks, but she's just as kind to boot.
** Albeit Frieren makes most of the decisions in the party, Fern is the one who imparts discipline.
* HimeCut: She has blunt bangs, bra strap length sidelocks, and waist length straight hair, and she's a polite girl with a very refined manner of speech.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Frieren notes that Fern should really not criticize Stark for being a coward, as he has no experience fighting monsters. Fern was much the same and ran away when she encountered her first monster, despite being more than powerful enough.
* InterruptedSuicide: As a small child, she was about to jump off a cliff after the death of her parents, but Heiter stopped her and convinced her to live on.
* LegacyCharacter: Of Flamme's magic doctrine, as taught to her by Frieren.
* MeaningfulName: Fern in German means distant, aloof, or far(away). Like Frieren, as a war orphan, she is a bit aloof, though not as much as her master.
* MerlinAndNimue: Frieren is an ancient living being, who is at least 1000 years old. Her apprentice, Fern, is a normal human who is still in her teens.
* NiceGirl:
** Fern is always driven to help people unlike Frieren. She also is very polite and uses formal speech for everyone, probably because she was raised this way by Heiter.
** Fern craves being pampered by both Frieren and Stark, as she expects them to be as pampering towards her as she is to them. However, Frieren is almost always at the receiving end of the equation, while Stark is eager, but muscle-headed to a fault.
* NervesOfSteel: Zigzagged. Fern can keep her emotions in check very well, but even she falters sometimes.
** In Chapter 9, the phantom that takes on the appearance of a beloved person (in her case Heiter) still affects her. While she immediately recognizes that the phantom is a fake and read her memories, she hesitates to shoot it because she misses Heiter.
** In Chapter 10, Frieren and Fern encounter a dragon, who [[AntiMagic proves resistant]] to Fern's magic, forcing them to run away. The still scared Fern refuses to fight the dragon again.
** Chapter 19 is a prime example of how calm and composed Fern stays, even when she is pinned down by Lügner and at his mercy. She doesn't show any pain reaction after being stabbed in the shoulder, nor does she react to his taunt attempts, and she [[DefiantCaptive immediately tries to get her staff back]] the moment he shows his back to her.
* SquishyWizard: In her battle with Lügner, she's able to overwhelm him simply by attacking too fast for him to properly attack her back. [[spoiler:She takes him down when he gets distracted for a brief moment.]] On the other hand, she is physically as strong as she looks.
* StealthExpert: Even Frieren has trouble in Chapter 2 to locate a 9-year-old Fern. Fern was already near undetectable at that age, which is a testament to her talent. She uses this skill in battle, going under the detection of other mages and even demon SensorCharacter Linie.
-->'''Fern:''' So it was hard even for you to find me, Mistress Frieren. Master Heiter also tells me I don't have much of a presence. I believe that's a great thing.
* TheStoic: Like Frieren, Fern emotes very little, usually only showing annoyance at Stark's actions and the occasional disappointment on her master's childishness.
* SwordAndSorcerer: She has this dynamic with Stark. She's a mage and he's an axe-wielding warrior.
* TeenGenius: Frieren immediately notices Fern's talent in magic, and her dedication to honing her skills. What would have taken an average mage 10 years, she learned in 4. Two years later, she became strong enough to travel with Frieren. First-Class Mage Proctor Sense even admits that she's never seen a mage at Fern's age as talented as she is.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Stark. She often gives him a disgusted look and gets angry with him, but she cares about him a lot.
* WackyParentSeriousChild: She has some of this dynamic with Frieren, who is basically an adoptive mother to her. Fern is very serious and no-nonsense, often acting as a CloudcuckoolandersMinder for the more eccentric and lazy Frieren.
* WeakButSkilled: Due to lack of training from her young age, Fern's mana does not hold a candle to someone like Frieren. However, Fern is faster than even Frieren in magic casting. Her spells are also refined enough that they pose a serious threat to demons like Lügner.
* WillfullyWeak: [[spoiler:Flamme and Frieren's habit to limit their mana to deceive their opponents was passed on to Fern.]]

[[folder:Stark]]
!!Stark
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 10
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiakiKobayashi (Japanese), Creator/JordanDashCruz (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11_1_8.jpg]]

A young and extremely powerful man, who hails from a village of warriors. After his village was attacked by demons, he fled and was found and trained by Eisen. He left Eisen behind after the two had a fallout.\\\
Frieren finds him in a quiet village, where he is celebrated as a hero for driving a dragon away. Despite this, he's actually a coward who just lucked out that the dragon ran away when he appeared and is initially terrified of fighting. He joins Frieren's party after defeating the dragon.

* BadassNormal: The only member of the new party with no magical power. He's still ''really'' good in a fight, though.
* TheBigGuy: Stark serves as the party's frontline who protects the mages in the backline.
* BrutishCharacterBrutishWeapon: He's the [[TheBigGuy physically strongest member of Frieren's party]], powerful enough to singlehandedly defeat a dragon, and his weapon is a large axe.
* CowardlyLion: Despite having a massive natural power, Stark lacks conviction and has a hard time fighting monsters because he's scared of them. Curiously, it's this fear that makes him persist.
* {{Determinator}}: Stark will never permanently go down in a fight as long as he has a HeroicResolve to protect the people around him. In Chapter 20, despite going down against Linie multiple times, he gets up every time.
* DistinguishingMark: Stark has a major scar on his face. The wound was inflicted by Eisen. Stark believes he was hit because Eisen got fed up with his cowardice. In truth, Eisen was too scared of Stark's inherent power.
* FaceOfAThug: Fern notes in Chapter 12 that he has a really evil-looking face. In the same chapter, Stark makes use of his scarred face to intimidate people into giving him information.
* FakeUltimateHero: Subverted. Stark is hailed by the village he protects as a hero, who scared away a dragon and whose presence prevents the dragon from attacking the village. As it turns out, he is an inexperienced coward who was too scared to move until the dragon eventually flew away. However, he actually ''is'' [[CowardlyLion unbelievably strong]] and the dragon realized this, which is why it ran away in the first place.
* HandwrapsOfAwesome: Stark's arms are bandaged, which makes sense, as he is the physical fighter of the group and swings a large battle-ax around.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: His childhood has put a major dent in his confidence, as he was constantly compared to his extremely talented elder brother. He knows he's a coward and feels guilty that he fled when his village was attacked, leaving even his big brother, the only person who cared about him, behind. Fern thinks what's in the past is in the past, and that [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre the man she has seen has never fled]].
* HiddenDepths: While being a hard-raised warrior who's thus completely at a loss in those particular struggles, he takes special consideration towards being affectionate towards Fern, with many hiccups in between.
* IdenticalStranger: He's the spitting image of Wirth, a long-dead young knight. Wirth's father Orden mentions that they're descended from a Warrior village, like Stark, which was likely why they look so similar.
* KillingIntent: Stark has such a massive reserve of power, he seems unaware of the fact that he uses this when he is completely terrified. The dragon he ran off from the village was actually afraid of him and ran away when feeling just how powerful its opponent was.
* LightningBruiser: Stark is not only physically strong and fast, but he also is MadeOfIron. No matter how often he goes down, he always gets up. In Chapter 20, he directly takes an ax to his ribs from a demon who copied his master's technique without even flinching and calling her weak.
* ManChild: Despite being the same age as Fern, he is considerably more childish.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "strong" in German, and despite his cowardice, he is a very powerful warrior.
* TheOneGuy: Although Sein is technically the other male member of Frieren's party, he gets separated from the group for a good portion of the story and Stark ends up as the only male in the party for most of the journey.
* OnlyAFleshWound: Overlapping with MajorInjuryUnderreaction. Stark can take the punishment equivalent to someone with the defensive role of a tank, but he's a relentless attacker. Be it axe blows to the chest, the young man goes through the grinder while never losing his footing. He can even be bleeding profusely, only to state that this is normal for him. He's proverbially a wall.
* OutOfFocus: During the First-Class Mage Exam, a TournamentArc focusing on Fern and Frieren trying to heighten their rank, he is nowhere to be seen, and a cover implies he's just been hanging out in the town waiting for them.
* RaisedByDudes: For his entire childhood, he was raised by tough and manly warriors. A lot of his conflicts with Fern come from him not knowing how to handle interactions with a girl of his age.
* RedIsHeroic: Stark is clad in red clothes, has red hair, and is a very heroic figure even if held back by his fear of monsters at the start.
* ReplacementGoldfish: When he is hired to play the part of the son of a noble who must hide said son is dead, he is offered to stay in the castle to keep playing the role, but he refuses on the grounds that he doesn't want to become this. The castle's lord agrees since he also wouldn't like to become this for Stark's father.
* RookieRedRanger: Stark is physically strong enough to take down a dragon with one hit. Yet, he has absolutely no live experience in fighting monsters, which is why he lacks resolve and would rather run away and ask for help than fight someone. He also is still very naive, as he initially believes that humans can negotiate peace with demons.
* TheSoCalledCoward: Just like his master Eisen, Stark operates in function of his own fear. As such, he pushes himself to achieve such strength as to render said fear inoffensive. Lash with enough ape power and dexterity, and just about every fear can be conquered.
* SwordAndSorcerer: He has this dynamic with Fern. He's an axe-wielding warrior and she's a mage.
* TheUnfavourite: Stark received ParentalNeglect because he wasn't as good of a warrior as his elder brother, Stolz. His father outright called him a reject.

[[folder:Sein]]
!!Sein
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frieren_sein_v4_ch31.jpg]]

A talented but apathetic priest Frieren's party encounters near a village in the Northern Countries. He refuses Frieren's offer to join them initially, because he feels obligated to stay by his brother's side and because he promised his friend to wait for him and then go adventuring with him together. Frieren and his big brother eventually manage to convince him.

* AntiMagic: Being blessed with the Goddess' magic, Sein shows strong resistances to curses and he can also use DispelMagic to cancel the effects of strong curses temporarily.
* BigBrotherWorship: He loves his big brother, who is the local priest of the village. As his brother once refused Heiter's offer to come to the Holy City for the sake of Sein, so does Sein refuse to go with anyone who asks him to go on an adventure because he doesn't want to leave his big brother.
* TheConfidant: He acts this way towards Fern and her relationship troubles with Stark. Due to being raised by Heiter, Fern has a lot of respect for priests and sees how similar Sein is to Heiter, which is why she quickly trusts him and asks for advice.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: It's [[MyGreatestFailure his biggest regret]]. His apathy stems from the fact that he [[RefusalOfTheCall refused to go on an adventure]] with his {{Childhood Friend|s}}, who promised to come back three years later and never came back, which means that he's likely dead.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: The foolish one compared to his big brother. Sein has many vices and is rather apathetic, his brother on the other hand is a very serious and responsible man.
* TheGamblingAddict: Right in his introductory chapter, he is shown gambling off all his possessions except for his underwear.
* GuestStarPartyMember: Sein joins Frieren's party to find his BestFriend Gorilla. Should their paths no longer align, he would leave the party to go his own way. [[spoiler:This happens in Chapter 35.]]
* HonoraryTrueCompanion: He has to part ways with Frieren's party to look for his missing friend, but it would seem that Frieren is adamant on having Sein as her party healer, since she implies on more than one occasion that she has one spot in the group reserved.
* IWillWaitForYou:
** Platonic version. One of the reasons he doesn't want to leave the village is because he wants to wait for his friend, who promised to return one day and ask Sein again to come with him for an adventure. Ten years have passed since then and his friend is likely dead, so Sein is resigned to stay in his village. Frieren persuades him to go with her to find his friend.
** When a talented young mage woman offers to join Frieren's party, she politely refuses, as the privilege is reserved for Sein alone.
* LikesOlderWomen: The entire reason he apparently wanted to become an adventurer as a kid was so he could hook up with older women. He likes ''mature'' women, not just women who are older than him, though, which is why Frieren's attempt to seduce him doesn't work.
* MeaningfulName: In German "sein" means "to be" or "being/existence".
* MrViceGuy: Sein is a good-natured priest, but still corrupt in his own way. Among the things he likes is [[TheAlcoholic drinking]], smoking, [[TheGamblingAddict gambling]], and [[LikesOlderWomen older women]].
* NotSoSimilar: He believes to be similar to his brother, in the sense that both of them sacrificed their opportunities and goals for each other: Much like his brother sacrificed a higher position in the church to let his brother stay on his home village, Sein sacrificed his dream of becoming an adventurer to not let his brother be alone. His brother is furious at this comparison, because unlike Sein, who unnecessarily resigned himself to unfulfillment and regret in a sacrifice he was never asked to do, his brother never regretted his lot in life and did what he did out of a selfless desire to raise his brother in the best environment for him.
* ShipperOnDeck: Sein sees the UnresolvedSexualTension between Fern and Stark, and at some point gets tired of playing the relationship counselor, frustratingly yelling that they should just get together already.
* SiblingYinYang: His big brother [[IRegretNothing never regretted]] staying in a rural village for the sake of his little brother, while Sein is living a life full of regrets. A slap from his angry brother (who [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness never raised his hand before]]) is what finally convinces Sein to go with Frieren.
* TheSocialExpert: Sein is very capable in dealing with people and is more insightful about the relationship between his party members than any other. For instance, he quickly knows what would be the ideal birthday gift for Fern (which she notices is a sign he is experienced with women) and instantly understands why she is mad at Stark. Without knowing her past, Sein figures out that she must have been raised by someone who resembles him, which is why she comes to him for advice instead of Frieren.
* TeamDad: As the only human adult in the team, Sein is more mature and savvy about relationships than anyone in the team. Fern and Stark often go to him for advice and rely on him to act as mediator whenever they have an argument.
* TookALevelInCynic: Initially a CheerfulChild who once wanted to become an adventurer, he gave up on his dream to stay with his brother, but his BestFriend nonetheless asked him once to accompany him. Sein refused, and his friend promised to return three years later. When Frieren arrives in his village, ten years have already passed, which means it's likely that his friend passed away.
* WhiteMage: Sein is a very talented priest who has HealingHands. He demonstrates his skill in Chapter 27, when he instantly heals Stark from a poison that his big brother, who is supposedly the best priest in the region, deemed incurable.

!Former Hero Party

[[folder:General]]
[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frieren_hero_party.png]]
[[caption-width-right:350:The Hero Party[[labelnote:Characters]]'''Left to right:''' Heiter, Frieren, Himmel and Eisen[[/labelnote]]]]

The legendary group of adventurers, consisting of the human hero Himmel, dwarven warrior Eisen, human priest Heiter, and elven mage Frieren, who defeated the Demon King after a ten-year-long journey.\\\

The party was dissolved after they returned to the capital, though they reunited fifty years later for one final adventure to see the Era Meteors together.

* DamagerHealerTank: Frieren was the damager of the party, Heiter the healer and Eisen the tank. As a swordfighter, Himmel was also at the frontline.
* LivingLegend: All four survived the adventure and made it safely back to the capital, where they were hailed as heroes.
* ParentalAbandonment: Heiter, Frieren and Eisen lost their family to demons.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The party that saved the world and defeated the Demon King consisted of an anti-social elven mage, an alcoholic priest, a somewhat narcissistic hero, and a grumpy dwarf. The latter two almost even got executed by the king because they were very rude.
* TrueCompanions: The party spent 10 years together adventuring and facing great challenges together, getting to know one another and fighting together made them a really close-knit group of friends that really care for each other as friends. Even years later, all of them are still friends that readily help when one of them needs, like Frieren caring for Heiter in his twilight years and Eisen wanting Frieren to get to Himmel one last time by helping her obtain Flamme's notes and telling her where to find his pupil. At one point, Stark points out that, despite being LongLived himself, Eisen treasures the 10 years he spent adventuring with his friends more than any other period of his life.
%%* VitriolicBestBuds:

[[folder:Himmel]]
!!Himmel
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (Japanese), Creator/CliffordChapin (English)
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_himmel.png]]
[[caption-width-right:300:Young Himmel]]

The legendary hero that led Frieren's party into fighting the Demon King. Fifty years after their adventure, he died shortly after Frieren took them to see a meteor shower, which prompted a mourning Frieren to take up a journey to learn about humans.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: When he was a kid, he got lost in a forest and Frieren helped him find his way back to civilization. He asked her to join his party to return the favor.
* BlueIsHeroic: Himmel had blue hair and wore blue clothes mostly. The color emphasizes [[HeavenlyBlue his kind heart]], and his connection to heaven.
* CannotSpitItOut: While he is visibly smitten with Frieren, he never gets the chance to tell her. The few times when she is willing to listen, he intentionally brushes the matter aside.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: He could never turn his back on people who needed his help.
* ColorMotif: Himmel is heavily associated with the color blue. Not only was his entire outfit and hair blue, his name means "[[HeavenlyBlue sky/heaven]]" and his favorite flower was blue as well.
* ContagiousHeroism: His heroic, kind-hearted nature would influence the other party members into becoming more heroic versions of themselves. Heiter even says his reason to save Fern was partly due to the fact that that's what Himmel would have done if he was still alive.
* TheDefroster: It was his influence and friendship which caused the originally aloof Frieren to eventually open up to emotions and seek to form meaningful relationships with humans.
* FriendToAllChildren: He was very good with children.
* FunPersonified: His easygoing, positive leadership made their adventure a fun journey. This is why Eisen still fondly remembers the time he spent with his comrades.
-->'''Himmel:''' As for me... I want this journey to be one we can look back on and laugh at how silly it was in the end.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Himmel was the one in the party who wielded a sword, while Eisen wielded an axe and Frieren had her staff. Himmel's sword is said to be a legendary sword, only given to TheChosenOne, [[spoiler:though as it turns out Himmel couldn't pull that legendary sword out of the stone either. He nonetheless strived to be the hero the people needed]].
* HiddenDepths: Himmel is well-acquainted with the language of flowers. He requests to have a specific type of flower put at his statues, and he understood right away what the lotus on the ring Frieren wanted to buy meant.
* HopelessSuitor: It's heavily implied he had feelings for Frieren, who was both oblivious and too emotionally dissociated from mortals to reciprocate.
* IdealHero: Himmel was a very honorable man, who was still concerned about the commonfolk and visited every year the village where Qual was sealed to check the condition of the seal. He also strongly believed in diplomacy and that sentient, talking creatures can live in peace. He took it back regarding demons, after seeing that demonkind and mankind are completely incompatible.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: It's ambiguous whether Himmel and Frieren were in love with each other and simply never acted upon their feelings, or if they truly were just friends who cared deeply about each other.
* IWasQuiteALooker: He was a classic PrettyBoy in his youth. As an old man, he turned [[MiniatureSeniorCitizen short]], stooped and bald.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Himmel was a very honorable, compassionate, and brave man who was devoted to helping the people. He also seemingly became the archetypal shining knight within the continent because of him successfully defeating the Demon King.
* LightningBruiser: Despite wielding a heavy, broad longsword [[spoiler:(which is actually an inferior replica)]], he can FlashStep all over the place, cutting his opponents to bits before they even realize what's going on. This, combined with the swordsmanship and fighting ability he's honed since he's a kid killing monsters, makes him undoubtedly the foremost fighter of his generation.
* TheLostLenore: The romantic aspect of his relationship with Frieren is [[ImpliedLoveInterest up to interpretation]], but regardless, Himmel fulfills this role in Frieren's story, as she still thinks about him thirty years after his passing, and even when facing a demon that shows your most beloved person, the demon shows her Himmel. After finding Eisen, Frieren's quest even becomes to try to get to the spirit realm to talk with him once more.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: It's implied he had romantic feelings for Frieren, who is so LongLived that the ten years they spent together felt like a short time to her. It's unknown whether it was one-sided or Frieren did reciprocate, but never realized her own feelings.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "[[StellarName sky]]" or "heaven" in German, fitting his blue-themed design. He also dies after the first chapter, and Frieren and her party are on the way to Aureole, the place where souls rest, also known as heaven.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizen: In his old age, Himmel went from a rather tall man to a senior even smaller than the already short Frieren.
* MoralityPet: To Frieren. She was completely isolated and detached from people until Himmel made her go on a journey with him. His death was the first time she ever felt grief for a human.
* NiceGuy: He was a kindhearted, caring and idealistic guy.
* TheParagon: Despite not being the Hero of legend, Himmel's influence encouraged many others to become heroes themselves.
* PlotTriggeringDeath: His death makes Frieren realize how ephemeral human life is, how little time she spent with him, and set off on a journey to try to understand humans better.
* PosthumousCharacter: He dies in the first chapter. His character and relationship with Frieren is mainly explored through flashbacks.
* PresentAbsence: The story starts with Himmel dying of old age, but Frieren makes him her main motivation to set in new journey and remembers him almost every chapter.
* ProudBeauty: Himmel was aware that he was a good looking man, and was quite proud of it. Whenever people wanted to make statues of him as gratitude for him saving them, it seemed to be a recurring occurrence that he'd be very over the top with the way he was portrayed so he could look good. Notably, he still had these tendencies as an old man.
* TheUnchosenOne: [[spoiler:He actually failed to pull out the Hero's Blade from the stone, signifying that he wasn't the hero of legends, but that didn't stop him from defeating the demon king.]]
* UnrequitedLoveLastsForever: It's very implied that Himmel was in love with Frieren, who couldn't understand nor reciprocate his feelings due to how emotionally stunted she was at the time, and he never married because he was pining after her until he died from old age. Frieren ''may'' have reciprocated his feelings to some extent, but she still hasn't realized it even decades after his death.

[[folder:Heiter]]
!!Heiter
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi (Japanese), Creator/JasonDouglas (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_heiter.jpg]]
[[caption-width-right:250:Young Heiter]]

The alcohol-loving priest of the Hero Party. After the Hero Party was dissolved, he returned to the Holy City and eventually became a bishop.\\\

In his last remaining years, he took in and raised a war orphan he found, Fern. When Frieren came to visit him 20 years after Himmel's death, he asked Frieren to adopt Fern and train her.

* TheAlcoholic: Heiter is known as a drunkard, which is why Frieren calls him "Corrupt Priest". He eventually stops, as he realizes that his body can't take it anymore.
* ImmortalitySeeker: Subverted. He asks Frieren to help him translate a book that might have the secret to let him live forever or be resurrected, though he is fine with just having more time on earth. However, it's later revealed this was just a ploy to keep her around and have her train Fern until she could protect herself when he was gone, and subsequently, have Frieren take her under her wing when he's dead.
* ManipulativeBastard: Frieren refused to take Fern with her because she'd be a burden, so Heiter asks her to at least train Fern while she is translating a book. Over the course of four years, Frieren becomes Fern's mentor and trains her in magic. By the time the training is over, Fern is good enough that Frieren has no excuse to not take her with her, and she realizes [[BatmanGambit this was his plan all along]].
* MeaningfulName: Heiter can mean bright, cheerful, or merry/slightly drunk in German, which fits a priest who is known for being TheAlcoholic.
* ParentalSubstitute: Heiter was a good father figure to Fern. She became strong so he would not have to worry about her anymore and could pass away in peace, and to this day she still misses him.
* StepfordSmiler: Frieren notes that it seemed like he was NotAfraidToDie, but he admits that was [[BeneathTheMask a mask he wore]] beneath his smiling appearance to show off. In his final days, he wished for Fern to be strong enough so that he could pass in peace without regret.
* VitriolicBestBuds: He has this relationship with Frieren. She constantly calls him a corrupt priest for his love of drinking, but that just rolls off his back. As seen in his final years where she lived with him, the two really do deeply care about each other.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Heiter felt his approaching death a long time ago. Since he didn't have much time left to protect or train Fern, he gladly welcomed Frieren when she came to visit him.

[[folder:Eisen]]
!!Eisen
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YojiUeda (Japanese), Creator/ChrisGuerrero (English)
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[[caption-width-right:250:Young Eisen]]

->''"I'll teach you the secret to winning against a strong opponent. It's simple. Keep getting back up over and over and use your moves to strike them. The last warrior standing wins."''

\\
A dwarf that was part of Himmel's party. While much shorter when compared to an elf, dwarves live long so he is still alive, but he has aged and can no longer go on adventures like Frieren. On his old age, he took Stark as his pupil.

%%* TheBigGuy: Being a dwarf, Eisen is actually the shortest of the party. However he still fulfillls this trope as he was the party frontline warrior.
* CowardlyLion: He admitted to Frieren, that he was always scared in battle. He doesn't think fear is a bad thing, though, quite the opposite. This is a trait that would eventually pass on to his pupil Stark.
* TheEeyore: In a [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits group full of weirdos]], Eisen appeared to be the OnlySaneMan in the Hero Party. However, he changed his outlook for the journey when Himmel asked him [[ArmorPiercingQuestion whether he wants their journey to be painful and bitter then]]. In retrospect, while Eisen found their journey to be deplorable, he still had a lot of fun.
* FasterThanTheyLook: In contrast to his dwarven appearance, he's fast enough to run ''across water'', {{Manga/Naruto}}-style.
* MeaningfulName: Eisen is German for iron, a very fitting name for a dwarven warrior.
* OurDwarvesAreAllTheSame: Eisen looks like a stereotypical dwarf. He is a small, axe-wielding warrior with a [[HornyVikings horned helmet]] and a thick beard, who served as TheBigGuy of the party. He does seem to get along with an elf like Frieren, though. Also unlike the stereotypical dwarf he isn't boisterous and not a particularly big drinker. Those two traits were instead given to Himmel and Heiter respectively.
* ParentalSubstitute: Eisen served as the master and a positive father figure for Stark.
* PassingTheTorch: Stark fills up his former position as the vanguard in Frieren's current party, as he has become too old to accompany her.
* RetiredBadass: Eisen is already too old to go adventuring, but he was a member of the party that took down the demon king and is a good enough teacher to mentor Stark into greatness.
%%* WorldsBestWarrior: Hailed as such after defeating the Demon King.

!Demons
[[folder:General]]
->''"You demons are savage monsters with no understanding of communication."''
-->--'''Frieren'''

Articulate monsters, who have been at war with every other race in the world. Demons are dangerous creatures who are also very capable mages.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Demons are defined as articulate monsters by the Great Mage Flamme. They are incompatible with other races. Their very ability to speak the language of other races is stated by demons themselves to merely be a tool of manipulation. And they in fact gain absolutely nothing from killing (and eating) humans, they gain no nourishment or pleasure from it and they have no particularly strong feelings towards other sapient races, positive or negative. They simply slaughter them because that's what they've always done.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Demons simply can't understand some human emotions like guilt or empathy. The idea of a human hiding their magic level is anathema to them.
** One of them is marked by a priest pitying him and attempting to understand it... by having two children fight to the death and observing the results to see if it'll happen to him.
* ConsummateLiar: Demons are by their very nature liars and will only talk to humans when they can manipulate them into dropping their guard or sparing them. Aura, for example, feigned a peace mission to destroy Graf Granat's domain, and a young demon girl would cry for her mother whenever cornered in an attempt to gather pity from humans that would kill her otherwise.
-->'''Lügner:''' There's only one reason why man-eating predators would speak human language.\\
'''Frieren:''' They speak not to understand but... to deceive.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Due to the fact that their ranks and identities are defined by displaying their magic power on the open, they cannot fathom that someone would conceal it. As a matter of fact, they find it highly offensive that mages like Frieren and Fern would even do such a thing.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Demons simply cannot understand humans and the other spoken races. Things like "love" and "empathy" and even "hatred" are completely alien concepts to them. [[spoiler:It turns out that a few demons have been trying to learn to understand humanity, but they are so far away from understanding that their primary method of learning is to slaughter humans and try to witness their victims emotions to learn. And it turns out the Demon King that Frieren's party slew was one such demon. It is stated that he ''probably'' could have learned to understand human feelings given enough time, but his experiments would drive humanity extinct long before that day arrived, so he had to die.]]
* EvolutionPowerUp: It's explained that demons are derived from monsters that lured their prey by mimicking their language. They're considerably more powerful now and humanoid to boot, but they're still those tricky, deceitful and ravenous beasts of old.
* FantasticRacism: Played with and subverted. At first, Frieren's attitude towards the "peace-seeking" demons is shown as somewhat callous and prejudiced. However, it's later shown that, in spite of their appearances and condescending words, they are indeed every bit the human-preying beasts Frieren deems them to be.
* FatalFlaw: Since their society is TheMagocracy, demons don't bother to hide their mana level. They in turn expect their enemies to not hide theirs, either. Their pride in magic is what Frieren and Fern fully abuse by making them think they are weaker than they really are.
* HornedHumanoid: Demons all have horns, though every one of them seems to be different, some being smoother, others being more ragged.
* LackOfEmpathy: They are incapable of feeling empathy, but know it well enough to exploit others with it through deceit. Their understanding only goes so far though, as they know that this exploitation works, but they're not really sure ''why'' it works.
* LongLived: Demons are races who can live for at least hundreds of years. Aura is over 500 years old, and Qual perceived the 80 years of his prison as a short time. In terms of the human development of magics, it is not so short.
* TheMagocracy: Demon society is organized by power and all demons can use magic, so this results in this. All demons try to impose their superiority over each other by showcasing their level of mana, and that's how they obtain power in that society, with the rulers of demon society being powerful sorcerers like Aura. Flamme utilizes this to her advantage by predicting that, since demons wouldn't know why anyone would hide their mana levels, they rarely consider the possibility and are easily fooled by those who do.
* MasterOfOneMagic: Demons devote the majority of their lives to one magic that they specialize in and master it.
* NatureVersusNurture: All nature, no nurture. Even demons brought up by humans will bite the hand that feeds.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: Demons who die will simply have their body undone and return to the mana.
* PunyEarthlings: Demons look down on humans and only view them as prey. Demons mock human empathy and think they are weak, which is why they constantly underestimate mankind.
* SapientEatSapient: Demons are humanoid creatures who eat humans. They have no CarnivoreConfusion whatsoever, humans are for them prey to eat.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Presenting their mana is inherently tied to their identity, so they cannot fathom why anyone would think of hiding it, and they find the very notion offensive and disrespectful. Flamme and then Frieren dedicate their lives to hide their mana pools precisely to prevent demons from realizing that they're biting more than they can chew by fighting them.
* WouldHurtAChild: Since they have no ability to feel or even understand mercy, demons will kill children without pause, they also know for some odd reason human warriors will often sacrifice their lives to save children and exploit that by threatening and killing children. Demon children meanwhile, are just as capable and willing to kill as adult demons and the only real choice humans have is to kill them when encountered, because they will always eventually kill and eat humans.

!!Sages of Destruction

[[folder:Aura]]
!!Aura the Guillotine
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyanaTaketatsu
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A powerful demon mage and one of the Seven Sages of Destruction for the last 500 years. She likes to use powerful mind control spells and necromancy.
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After the Demon King was defeated, Aura disappeared without a trace but showed up in the northern regions again after Himmel's death. She has been in a bitter war with the humans there since then. Seemingly tired of war, she sends three of her executioners as messengers to sue for peace by the time Frieren's party arrives in Graf Granat's domain.

* ArcVillain: She's the main villain of the Graf Granat's Domain arc, which concludes with her defeat.
* CharmPerson: If Aura possesses more mana than her enemy, she can control their body forever. However, the mind control can be broken by [[{{Determinator}} someone]] with a HeroicSpirit. Aura foregoes this problem by simply [[OffWithHisHead beheading]] the people she controls.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: The higher the risk, the stronger one's magic becomes. Aura puts her own life on the line when she uses her Scales of Obedience, with which she weighs her and her target's souls. The soul with more mana can permanently take control of the loser's body.
* DidntSeeThatComing: [[spoiler:Like all demons, she cannot comprehend the fact that an extremely powerful mage exists who would limit their mana their entire life just to deceive demons. This leads to Aura losing to her own submission magic, giving Frieren free reign over Aura's body.]]
* EntertaininglyWrong: [[spoiler:She made safe but entirely wrong assumptions regarding the nature and extent of Frieren's powers. She didn't, and couldn't, account for the fact that Frieren is inordinately more powerful that she could ever fathom.]]
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: In Chapter 18, Frieren eliminates Aura's puppets by releasing mana to {{dispel|magic}} Aura's control over them. Aura finds this astounding, as Frieren used to blow up her puppets in the past, and using complex dispel magic must be taxing on her mana. Frieren notes that [[MoralityPet Himmel]] got very angry at her afterward, which surprises Aura even more, since now that Himmel is dead, Frieren shouldn't care about how he would react anymore.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Aura has a magical artifact called the Scales of Obedience, which allows her to make anyone submit to her will as long as her mana level is bigger than the other. [[spoiler:This is turned against her when she uses it on Frieren, who has ''much'' more mana than her and just hides it, putting Aura under her control and simply telling her to execute herself.]]
* HornedHumanoid: She has two large horns on top of her head.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She dies when she goes under Frieren's control using the Scales of Obedience, an artifact she used to control the mind and kill multiple other people. Adding insult to injury, when Frieren uses this to tell her to kill herself, Aura [[OffWithHerHead decapitates herself]] with her sword, a technique she used to kill all the bodies that compose her army.]]
* MeaningfulName: In Latin "aura" means "air" or "soul". This can be related to her use of "soul magic".
* NavelWindow: She wears a bodice with a cutout at her navel.
* {{Necromancer}}: She rules over an army of undead bodies, all of which came from previous battles against humans.
* PsychoPink: She's an evil demon with pink hair.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Aura is over 500 years old, which is a respectable age for a demon, yet she looks as if she were in her 20s.
* RedBaron: Aura is widely known as "the Guillotine" for beheading her enemies.
* SmugSuper: Aura is utterly confident and believes herself to be overwhelmingly superior. As her magic weighs the mana of her opponent with her own, she believes she is untouchable, as she has increased her mana for over 500 years. [[spoiler:She initially planned to wear Frieren out with her undead army, but in her arrogance measures Frieren's mana and concludes that Frieren, who has only gained fame 80 years ago, didn't get much stronger and must be either talented in other areas or slacked off. She's utterly wrong. {{Underestimating|Badassery}} Frieren ends up being her downfall.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: She underestimated Frieren as a below average mage based on her magic aura alone, even after she helped defeat the Demon King. She pays for it with her life when Frieren reveals her ''real'' power level.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Aura did not expect Frieren to smoothly limit her mana to such a degree, which led to her making wrong assumptions about Frieren's power. When Aura learns that Frieren has lived and worked on her magic for over a millennium, she sees the power difference between them and realizes that she just sealed her own doom with her submission magic. Right before she beheads herself, she breaks down crying, deep in denial that she lost.]]

[[folder:Macht]]
!!Macht of the Golden Land
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The strongest of the Seven Sages of destruction.

Left alive after the death of the Demon King, Macht turned an entire city into gold and was sealed by a massive barrier in it, though his magic slowly creeped outwards.

* BloodKnight: To an unclear extent. When Macht realized Serie was an opponent he could not easily defeat, he complimented her by stating she is different from daredevils who fought him before. When fighting his student Denken to a stand still without his Di Algoze, he notes he is actually enjoying combat and has to remind himself of his objective as he prepares Di Algoze. He also smiles when he realizes Denken has [[AttackReflector Mystilzia]] ready to counter it.
* TheDragon: Denken reveals Macht used to serve the mayor of city of Weise for 2 whole decades before one day he transmuted it into gold. His memories later reveal this includes doing various types of work, including assassination, swaying nobles, attending parties and the like.
* TheDreaded: Macht is the most powerful of the Seven Sages, and likely the most powerful demon since the Demon King died and his right hand man went missing. Frieren is uncomfortable with the idea of meeting him again and tries to back out of it, noting he is one of only 11 beings that ever defeated her. Even after meeting him a second time, she still feels defeating him as she is would not be possible.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: He taught Denken to only use his trump card when he's ascertained the possibility of victory. When they finally duel years later, Denken unleashes his strongest, most condensed Zoltraak when Macht is too busy gawping at his curse's dissolution to properly defend against a spell of that potency. Denken himself quotes Macht's own advice back at him to underscore the point.
* IntriguedByHumanity: Or to be more specific, intrigued by human emotions, particularly guilt and malice which he believes are necessary for coexistence with them.
* LeakingCanOfEvil: Downplayed, he is sealed inside a city by a barrier made by Seiren, but his magic is still powerful enough to turn nearby areas into gold. However, Frieren agrees that this is still the best solution, leaving him to die of old age instead of fighting him, as the leaking magic spreads at an acceptably small degree.
* LogicalWeakness: Di Algoze is an incredibly powerful magic which can transmute just about any object into indestructible gold, and a type of curse which even divine magic used by priests cannot prevent or undo. However, it is not without its limits; it cannot transmute barriers made out of magic (which requires Macht to manually break them), and as a curse, it is useless against the curse counter spell Mystilzia, which can reflect any curse used on the user.
* TheMentor: Denken reveals Macht used to be his master. Unusually for a demon, Macht knows a lot of magical spells used by humans, likely something he learned in his effort to understand human emotions.
* MidasTouch: His personal magic Di Algoze turns objects into gold. After he turned an entire city into gold, a group of first-class mages under Serie sealed him inside a barrier and trapped him there. Still, his magic is powerful enough to still creep out to the point that every 5 years someone has to expand the barrier, but as Frieren observes, the pace is slow and it is likely that he will die of old age if left there before his magic takes over a significant portion of the region. It is later revealed Macht does not need to actually touch objects to turn them into gold, as he can transmute people and buildings outside of his sight or earshot.
* MindControl: After a few years of service to the city of Weise, Macht was given a bracelet which can control the mind of a demon. He was given 2 specific commands — to not bear malice to the people of Weise and to serve their interests. Due to BlueAndOrangeMorality however, neither command particularly affects Macht.
* MockGuffin: Macht's gilded objects and beings are covered/transformed into a gold-like material that cannot be broken or processed. So, adding insult to the injury delivered onto the City of Weise and its inhabitants, said morbid material is effectively useless. However, this is subverted for Macht himself, as he can freely undo the transmutation on both himself and his clothes, allowing him to weaponize his gloves and cape into daggers, swords and shields.
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Downplayed. Macht is shown to detest combat with people he considers daredevils — enemies who actually stand no chance against him but still try anyway. He regularly opts not to use Di Algoze and instantly win out of raw boredom.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It is later shown right after he transmuted the entirety of Weise into gold, he was directly confronted by Serie. As she threatened him to undo the magic on the city of Weise, Macht silently looked down — leading Serie to conclude he could not undo his magic on people and thus a monster unable to understand humans. Macht responded aggressively at this provocation to the point he immediately used Di Algoze magic on her; once Serie deflected it back at him and observed his ability to undo his transmutation on himself and his clothes, she once again reiterated he was a monster, and all Macht could say in response was to tell Serie to be silent.
* PersonOfMassDestruction: Serie notes Macht is capable of turning the entirety of Northern Plateau (which is half of the continent) into gold should he want to, leading her to conclude it is not worth it to keep him alive.
* ReluctantMonster: It's all relative, but Macht does seem to have a genuine desire to live and co-exist with humanity which makes him seem like an oddity to other demons. He also seems perturbed by the feelings that humans clearly feel but he is unable to such as "guilt" and "malice". However, this doesn't stop him from destroying town after town or killing people for no particular reason (as he thinks killing humans and coexisting with them do not necessarily contradict), and once he began to grasp what guilt even is, he decided the best way to learn about it was to foster a friendship with some humans and then kill them to see if this elusive feeling would strike — which is why he served Weise for 20 whole years before turning it all into gold.
* TechnicalPacifist: Macht views himself as this among demonkind. He does not have any loyalty to the demon king, and he does not particularly enjoy hunting humans despite doing so on regular basis. His conversation with Schlacht, the right hand of demon king, also shows he is effectively being used as a fighting force for the demon king army via coercion.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: After his duel with Denken, Macht slinks away clutching his fatal wounds surmising that after all his time among humans, he never overcame his demonic nature and would probably kill anyone he sees to survive. Not only does he not even think to bother the concerned citizens of the fully restored Weise, he unconsciously moves towards his master Gluck and again is by his side for one final smoke. Neither he nor his opponents were able to see he changed, if only a little.

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!!Aura's forces
[[folder:Lügner]]
!!Lügner
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe
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->''"We are the executioners--the confidants of Lady Aura."''

A diplomat demon under Aura, sent in a faux peace mission to get a city to bring down their barrier.

* AchillesHeel: His heart is a weak spot, which Fern realizes when that's the only thing he defends. She manages to kill him by shooting Zoltraak through his chest.
* BloodyMurder: His powers regard the use of blood as a weapon. For instance, by opening a wound in his hand, his blood can be solidified and {{shape|shifterweapon}}d into any form he likes, like a whip. He also can use his magic to [[ArtificialLimbs replace the arm]] Fern [[AnArmAndALeg obliterated]] earlier.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Demons are notorious for deceiving their prey. After realizing that [[DeathByIrony he was killed because Fern managed to fool him]], he calls Fern and Frieren cowards who have no pride.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Lügner is an elegant man, with long clear hair that gives him a pretty and elegant look.
* ManipulativeBastard: When Graf Granat threatens to kill him for his son's death, he brings up that just as Granat's son was killed by demons, so was Lügner's father, which makes Granat back off. Demons don't understand the concept of family, Lügner merely appealed to family because most humans empathize with it and will then lower their guard.
* MeaningfulName: Lügner means "liar" in German and Lügner is a big, manipulative liar when it comes down to it. In fact, he agrees with Frieren when she points out that demons only know the human language to manipulate them better.
* TheResenter: If there is one thing he loathes, it's prodigies. He absolutely hates Flamme and Frieren, magic prodigies who he thinks [[HardWorkHardlyWorks make a mockery of the hard work demons put in]] to master their magic. He doesn't realize that their power comes from deception and the effort they put in.
* {{Sadist}}: Even after reacting annoyed that he is forced to fight Granat earlier than planned, he notes that he quite enjoys the violence and finds it exciting.
* SmugSuper: In Chapter 19, he [[BondVillainStupidity doesn't kill Fern immediately]], even though he managed to ambush her and then claims that he "missed" and that [[BlatantLies he didn't want to make her suffer]]. Fern correctly notes that he must have been pretty pissed and wanted revenge for Fern's earlier successful attack against him. He belittles Fern and Stark, and only views Frieren as a serious threat until he realizes that Fern is faster than him and has enough power to kill him.
* SoreLoser: After learning why exactly he lost, his final words are full of contempt for Fern and Frieren for holding back their mana to deceive demons.
* TheStoic: Lügner keeps a calm composure almost at all times and rarely shows any expression. However, [[NotSoStoic he can't help but smile]] when Frieren calls demons [[YouMonster irreconcilable man-eating predators]] and reacts very angrily when he learns that he was duped by Frieren and Fern's level in magic.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Stark notes that the only person he never takes his eyes off of is Frieren, which must hint that she is the only one he recognizes as a possible threat. This backfires gravely on him when Fern and Stark turn out to be more than enough to take him out.

[[folder:Linie]]
!!Linie
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ManakaIwami
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_linie.png]]

One of Lügner's assistants. A female demon with great mana detecting skills.

* DittoFighter: By reading mana, she can copy the technique and moves of her opponents, and even memorizes them. Therefore, she fights against her opponents by turning their techniques against them.
* HalfTheWomanSheUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Stark kills her by baiting her into an attack he can tank, which also leaves her defenseless, and promptly slices her off in the middle from the shoulder down.]]
* LogicalWeakness: She may be prodigious in mimicking and understanding others' fighting styles, but it doesn't mean she can replicate the necessary physical abilities to perform them perfectly. [[spoiler:For instance, Stark outright states had she possessed the same strength as Eisen when she attacked him, he would've been dead already by the first strike. Instead, all she did was [[OnlyAFleshWound cut into his flesh slightly.]]]]
* SensorCharacter: Linie specializes in sensing and reading mana, but this does little to stop a StealthExpert like Fern.
* SpontaneousWeaponCreation: Linie can summon any weapon she likes, depending on the style she wishes to imitate.

[[folder:Draht]]
!!Draht
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kouki Ohsuzu
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_darth.png]]

One of Lügner's assistants. A male demon, skilled in using a magical wire.

* AssassinOutclassin: He is quite skilled, and a normal mage would have fallen to his wire trap, but Frieren is ''far'' from a normal mage and kills him quickly when he attempts to assassinate her.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Draht uses magical [[RazorFloss razor-sharp]] wires that can easily behead a fully armored soldier.
* LeeroyJenkins: Downplayed. After hearing from Lügner that Frieren is the sole danger in town, he [[BullyingADragon visits her prison to kill her]], which quickly ends with his death. This action immediately puts Granat on high alert, ruining any further diplomatic attempts from Aura and her "ambassadors".
* MeaningfulName: His name means wire, which is also the weapon he uses.

!!Other Demons
[[folder:Qual]]
!!Qual, the Elder Sage of Corruption
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 5
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiYasumoto
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_qual.png]]

A very powerful, strong, and intelligent demon, sealed by Frieren 80 years before, in the meanwhile of the war against the Demon King. He invented a powerful killing spell.

* AffablyEvil: Despite being known as a demon who has killed many adventurers and civilians, Qual doesn't sound overly evil after Frieren breaks his seal. They have a bit of small talk before he engages Frieren and Fern in battle.
* EvilSorcerer: Qual was once one of the most notorious demon sorcerers of the Demon King's army. He was the first mage who invented an ArmorPiercingAttack.
* GlassCannon: Due to being sealed for 80 years, Qual doesn't know that his once OneHitKill spell, while still strong, is now just "ordinary" attack magic, as humanity has developed spells and equipment to defend against it. However, he himself hasn't learned how to do so, and so Frieren [[KarmicDeath kills him]] with [[HoistByHisOwnPetard his own spell]].
* HarmlessVillain: Before Qual was sealed by the Hero Party, he was TheDreaded, who killed 40% of all adventurers and 70% of the sorcerers in the region he resided in. Qual went through a VillainDecay, due to humanity rapidly studying his magic and inventing defensive options in the 80 years he was sealed. By the time his seal is undone by Frieren, Fern is confused that his magic to her is "ordinary" offense magic.
* InstantExpert: Despite his magic having no effect initially on Frieren and Fern, he quickly figures out how to bypass their complex protection spell, prompting the duo to finish him off fast.
* MeaningfulName: In German, his name means "torment", "agony" or "torture".
%%* OneHitKill: Qual created a spell called Zoltraak, which could [[ArmorPiercingAttack pierce through any defense]] and kill the target with one hit. After Qual was sealed and the war ended after the Demon King's death, humanity studied his magic, learned how to use it, and how to defend against it.
* SealedEvilInACan: Frieren had to seal him because he was too powerful at that time. In Chapter 5 she willingly breaks the seal to kill him.
* VillainDecay: He used to be near invincible in the past, to the point Frieren's original party couldn't do anything but seal him away temporarily. However during his 80 years of imprisonment humans managed to study and even reverse engineer his magic, [[SoLastSeason to the point his unblockable instant death spell is considered unimpressive by current era's standard]].

[[folder:Schlacht]]
!!Omniscient Schlacht
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The Demon King's confidant. He was capable of using a powerful magic that allowed him to see long into the future.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: Faces against the Hero of the South fulling expecting to die. He's content with this, as the fight seemingly has a part in a contingency plan to ensure the long-term survival of the demon race should the Demon King be killed. Whatever said plan is Frieren, and the audience, are not privy to.
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: Gives one to Frieren via Macht's stolen memories. He states that somehow the battle between him and the Seven Sages against the [[TheDreaded Hero of the South]] will play a part in the survival of the demon race, and therefore can't allow her to see, so he has Macht's memories of the encounter erased.
* TheOmniscient: As his title suggests, he is stated to be able to see up to a thousand years into the future, and even left a message for Frieren that she wouldn't see until a near century later when she'd read through Macht's memories.

!Other
[[folder:Graf Granat]]
!!Graf Granat
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 14
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_graf.png]]
->''"We'll kill all you envoys right here... and reconciliation be damned!"''

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A graf (count) and current ruler of his family's domain, stuck in a war against Aura.

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He doesn't trust Lügner or Aura one bit, and actually accepted any "peace talks" simply so he could kill the demons that are responsible for his son's death. However, even he is affected when Lügner claims he empathizes with Granat and that he is genuinely interested in negotiations.
* FantasticRacism: He hates demons with a passion, as demons [[YouKilledMyFather are responsible for his son's death]].
* HyperAwareness: Granat pays great attention to detail, which makes him a very capable leader. It doesn't take him long to see the holes in Lügner's lies or the fact that Frieren is a powerful yet law-abiding adventurer.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He remains very distrustful of demons and is not stupid at all, as he notices Draht's absence while being aware that Frieren is strong and can't be stupid enough to kill a guard, which would be punishable by death. Seeing that Lügner can't fool Granat any longer, he ends the charade and immediately attacks Granat and his guards.
* YouKilledMyFather: Inverted. Graf Granat has [[OutlivingOnesOffspring outlived his son]] because Aura killed him. This is why he has no intention to ever trust demons, let alone find a peaceful solution.

[[folder:Kraft]]
!!Kraft
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 24
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/snf_kraft.png]]
->''"You understand, don't you, Frieren? It's cruel that nobody remembers the path you've walked."''

A male elf that Frieren's group meets in a cabin in the mountains. He's a monk and believed to be the last elf alive until meeting Frieren.

* HeavenSeeker: He became a devout believer of the Goddess due to feeling upset at the idea that after all the suffering one goes through in life, there's nothing to come after. He chooses to believe that there must be ''something'' waiting after death.
* LivingLegend: It's implied (later confirmed) he has done many feats in his long life and was once a great hero, though [[TheGreatestStoryNeverTold anyone who could remember this is long dead]].
* LongLived: As typical of elves, but it's implied that he is ''particularly'' old, even compared to Frieren and Serie. Even Serie still looks somewhat childlike, but Kraft looks like a full grown man. He is old enough that his deeds that once made him famous are unknown even to Frieren who is over a millenium old.
* MeaningfulName: Kraft is German for virtue, power, force, strength, etc.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: He's an adult elf, compared to Frieren who is at least over 1000 years old and still looks like a young teenager. He promises to meet her again in a few centuries.
* ReligiousBruiser: As a monk, he's a devout believer in the Goddess, and a strong fighter to boot, at least according to Stark.
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: Much like Frieren, Kraft struggles with his longevity. He is saddened that anyone that can remember his actions in the world has already passed and became a monk for the purpose that he will be received by the Goddess in Heaven and she will remember his actions.
* WorkoutFanservice: He's introduced shirtless, doing squats in his cabin, and looking quite good doing it.

[[folder:Serie]]
!!The Great Mage Serie
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 43
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->''"Mages spend their lives in pursuit of magic. Name it. I shall grant it."''

An elven mage who is said to possess knowledge about practically every magic spell that exists. She was Flamme's master. She founded the Continental Magic Association around 20 years before Himmel's death. First-class mages get the privilege of meeting her and can ask for any magic they desire.

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Doesn't like these at all and limits her rather touchy-feely apprentice to ten minutes of these a day, tops.
* TheArchmage: Serie is called a Great Mage, just like her disciple, Flamme. People claim that she is like a [[AkashicRecords walking encyclopedia of magic]] and can grant any spell one may wish for.
* AttackReflector: One of the many magics she knows; Mystilzia, completely counters any curse right back at the opponent. She notes it is a primitive magic, a “crystallization of mankind’s wisdom” during the Mythical era she hails from. It took her 100 years to learn it.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: During her fight with Macht she systematically analyzes and makes comments on his prowess and limitations on magic, while dealing with each and every one of his attacks.
* BloodKnight: Flamme accused Serie to be one, when Serie was disappointed to see that Flamme's disciple, Frieren, apparently lacked the burning ambition of a warrior. She apparently can't imagine herself living in a peaceful era. When she acts as the final examiner for the first class mage test, she lets people with a fighting spirit like Wirbel, Übel, and Denken pass, even when they know they don't stand a chance against her.
** When confronting Macht after the latter transmutes Weise into gold, she very obviously enjoys fighting him, whom she appraises to be close to the pinnacle of magic. When the fight is interrupted by her disciples — who want Macht sealed in Weise rather than be killed, for a chance to undo his Di Algoze in the future — Serie claims her mood is spoiled and lets her students do what they want.
* CannotSpitItOut: Though she acts aloof towards her human disciples, putting up an air that she doesn't have any particular feelings towards them due to them having extremely short lifespans compared to her and rarely reaching her level of power, in truth she has made sure to remember each of them and their likes and dislikes clearly, long after they have died. She herself seems bemused by this, but she has never regretted taking a disciple.
* DiscardAndDraw: The reason why Serie is referred as a living encyclopedia of magic — Fearvelia, the spell transfer magic, literally cuts away her experiences of learning a specific magic and materializes it into a book which when read, will transfer said magic to the reader perfectly. Serie loses her ability to use said magic as a result, but she notes she can simply re-learn them again.
* TheDreaded: When fighting Macht, Serie claims she was once feared among demons during the Mythical era — so long ago that modern demons like Macht never even heard of her name.
* {{Foil}}: Flamme called Serie a "warmonger", which is why she would not be able to defeat the demon king one day. This is in contrast to Frieren, who Flamme thought is the perfect mage of a peaceful era and indeed eventually managed to do what Serie and Flamme could not, though Frieren herself notes it is because she has good comrades (the Hero party).
* GutFeeling: Frieren notes that Serie often makes decisions purely based on instinct. But she is always right.
* HyperAwareness: Serie has great sensitive skills, which is demonstrated in Chapter 58 when [[spoiler:she is the only one who has noticed that Land's real body is far away from the examination grounds and is just leisurely drinking tea]].
* {{Hypocrite}}: She states that Frieren's practice of deliberately hiding her mana level (which can be used to fool demons who are infamously mana sensitive) is a waste of time and inefficient. However, she herself does it as well (though while exuding a much larger mana level than Frieren), with Fern being the first human to notice it. Possibly justified in that the whole point is to hide your level of power, it would be counter-productive to let others know that you are doing it if they aren't able to tell for themselves.
* ItsPersonal: She has held a grudge against Frieren and Flamme for thousands of years due to their philosophy of magic pursuit contrasting hers. Part of the reason she fails Frieren after the examination is due to the fact that she doesn't like her.
* JerkassToOne: Serie has a personal dislike for Flamme and Frieren. Frieren is clearly overqualified for a first-class mage title, but Serie intentionally fails her because of their different views. She then bans Frieren from any association building for the next 1,000 years.
* LivingLegend: She is said to be a living grimoire, as she apparently knows every magic in the history of mankind. Richter describes Serie as a mage closest to the omniscient and omnipotent Goddess.
* MasterOfAll: ''Literally''. Most, if not all of what her students, and to an extent all of human mages, have learnt about magic comes from her. She's so strong to such an unattainable level ''both'' Frieren and Fern immediately surrendered when asked the rhetorical question of whether they could defeat Serie or not.
%% * MeaningfulName: Her name means series or sequence in German.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She is an elf like Frieren, and Frieren in fact already visited her with Flamme 1,000 years ago. She doesn't seem to have aged at all and still looks like a young woman.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being a BloodKnight who enjoys her fight with Macht, when her disciples propose to have him sealed Serie insists he needs to be killed then and there to protect the continent, showing she does not at all let her personal enjoyment cloud her judgment. Even though she disagrees with her disciples about handling Macht, she ultimately lets them do so despite being entirely authorized to ignore them.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:What her final exam boils down to. Because she wants humans to continue pursuing and developing magic even in the current peaceful era, she only passes those who are still able to maintain their fighting spirit in front of impossible odds--i.e. ''fighting her''. Those who hesitate or outright give up are instantly failed, such as Frieren who no longer pursues combat magic exclusively.]]
* StealthExpert: Serie controls and suppresses her mana so well that the only one who can even tell any instability in her mana is Fern. Macht, whose magic detection is noted by Frieren to be pretty much impossible for her to sneak close to, literally cannot sense Serie until she is already right behind him and had him dead to rights.

[[/folder]]

!!Äußerst First-Class Mage Proctors & Examinees

!!!Second Party
[[folder:Kanne & Lawine]]
!!Kanne & Lawine
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
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Two young third-class mages who both came from the same academy of magic and are paired with Frieren during the first exam.

* CowardlyLion: Kanne is a bit of a coward and can quickly lose her confidence, partially because she is aware of her inferiority. Lawine is usually the person who can get her back up on her feet though. [[spoiler:This is also the reason why Serie fails Kanne in the final exam. She only sees a part of Serie and immediately gives up ever trying to match Serie.]]
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Kanne is a ditzy, somewhat immature girl most of the time, and because she can't generate her own element, she can be pretty weak sometimes, but if the conditions are right, she can dish out destructive magic.
* FieldPowerEffect: Since both manipulate water, fighting them in a dry area significantly limits their potential. On the other hand, they are much more powerful near water sources or [[WeatherOfWar when it rains]].
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: A notable aversion for Kanne. She is bad at detecting mana, as, unlike Lawine, she cannot see that Frieren has the mana of an elderly mage. She also gets ambushed by a giant bird in Chapter 38 because she didn't listen to Frieren's warning and couldn't sense the bird.
* AnIcePerson: Lawine uses ice magic.
* MakingASplash: Kanne can manipulate water. This is an important distinction, as she can't ''generate'' more water, she needs water to already be around her to use her magic.
* MeaningfulName:
** Kanne is German for pot, jug or can, like in watering can (''Gießkanne''). She's a water mage.
** Lawine is German for avalanche. She's an ice mage.
* ThisLooksLikeAJobForAquaman: Kanne has the ability to manipulate water. However, as she cannot ''create'' water with her magic, she is restricted to existing sources of water, which makes her helpless if none are around. However, in the middle of a rainstorm, she is ''extremely'' powerful. Even Frieren states that she can't imagine being able to defeat Kanne under such circumstances.
* {{Tsundere}}: Lawine doesn't like admitting that she thinks highly of the effort Kanne puts in to improve, how she cares about others and how cute Kanne looks WhenSheSmiles.
* VitriolicBestBuds: They don't seem to like each other, yet they view each other as ChildhoodFriends and are a synchronized team, as Lawine can utilize the water Kanne manipulates with her ice magic.

!!!Fourth Party
[[folder:Übel]]
!!Übel
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
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A third-class mage, who is an infamous troublemaker. She is paired with Fern and Land in the first exam.

* AchievementsInIgnorance: She has a very black and white view of reality in a way. When faced with a powerful mage who had a clearly magical robe that repels all attacks, a fact that any mage would be able to intuitively realize just from being around him, she was able to casually cut the robe, and him, in half simply because in her mind, cloth is able to be cut, regardless of any other qualities. [[spoiler:The first-class mage Sense, whose magic empowers her hair to be extremely sharp and dangerous, states that she'd also be an easy target for Übel as the same principle would apply to her (hair can be and is easily cut), which is proven when Übel easily defeats a doppelganger of Sense.]]
* AmbiguouslyEvil: Despite the fact that her power relies on her empathizing with her opponent [[spoiler:to copy their magic]], she is a very offputting person who nobody feels particularly comfortable around. It helps that her first appearance has her jumped by bandits only to be "saved" by Kraft who noted that he found the remains of other bandits in the nearby forest who had been chopped to pieces by magic, with the implication she was lethally practicing her magic on any bandits who attack her.
* BloodKnight: In [[EstablishingCharacterMoment her very first scene]], she provokes a group of bandits into attacking her. Kraft shows up and saves ''the bandits'' by beating them up and making them retreat before Übel can kill them, as he earlier buried the remains of some bandits who were chopped to pieces by a very skilled mage. After the bandits flee, Übel immediately glares at Kraft as if she's looking for a fight. She actually failed the exam for second-class because she killed the first-class mage proctor during the exam. [[spoiler:It's ultimately the reason why she passes the first-class test, as she's open to taking on '''[[LivingLegend Serie]]''' in a fight.]]
* LackOfEmpathy: Inverted. Übel actively tries to empathize with her opponents because [[spoiler:it allows her to use their magic. If she doesn't understand her opponent, it won't work]].
* MeaningfulName: Übel is German for [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast nasty, obnoxious, or evil]].
* ImaginationBasedPower: Her RazorWind magic can cut anything she can imagine being cut. [[spoiler:She once cut down a man with an enchanted cloak that is considered to be undestructible because she was raised with a seamstress mother and saw cloth being cut down many times. She is the one to defeat a doppleganger of another powerful mage who used her hair as a weapon because she could picture hair being cut.]]
* PowerCopying: [[spoiler:Übel has a unique ability to copy the magic of others. She doesn't need to know how exactly it works, she just needs to understand their feelings and nature.]]
* RazorWind: Übel is proficient in cleaving magic which is invisible and cuts through trees like butter. It only has a range of roughly five meters though.

[[folder:Land]]
!!Land
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->''"Right from the start. When the first exam began. I never trust anyone, you see."''

A stoic mage that teams up with Übel and Fern. He uses illusion magic.

* DoppelgangerAttack: He uses illusion magic. This is shown with him creating an illusion of himself to fight against an enemy while he hides, letting him study and understand the enemy to properly take him out. However, he notes that the illusion is technically a clone, since it's a flawless copy of his actual body and possesses the same power. [[spoiler:The fact that he passed the first two exams without his real body ever stepping a foot on the examination grounds impresses Serie enough that she lets him pass.]]
%%* TheParanoiac: He is pretty paranoid about letting other people know about his magic. He in fact had been acting through a clone all through the first days of the exam.

!!!Eighth Party
[[folder:Wirbel]]
!!Wirbel
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
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A second-class mage and the leader of the eighth party during the examination. He's the captain of the Northern Magic Corps and is thus a very experienced mage.

* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Wirbel pretends to be a ruthless tough warrior, but he is actually very kind. He is reluctant to kill and will try to make people give up before being forced to kill them. In the first exam, he had every opportunity to instantly paralyze Fern's party and kill them to steal their stille while they were distracted, but he attacked them first and then gave them the chance to surrender.
* CollaredByFashion: He wears a long belt on his neck, which is fashioned to look like he's wearing a dog collar with a leash.
* CombatPragmatist: As an effect of being in the frontlines of fighting demons, his magic is mostly focused on winning in any way he can.
-->'''Ehre:''' The magic he uses is vulgar and cowardly... designed to win at all costs.
* DeclarationOfProtection: His main motivation for fighting in the north was to make it a safe place for a girl he had a crush on, who moved to the central countries with her family 29 years ago. He can't even remember anymore how she looks like, but he has not forgotten the promise he made to her.
* GoodCounterpart: To Übel. While she is a BloodKnight overjoyed at the prospect of a fight to the death, Wirbel doesn't like killing unnecessarily and avoids doing so when he can. Even when he judges killing her to be necessary, he has to buy time to psych himself up to do it.
* MeaningfulName: "Wirbel" is German for "whirl", "vortex", "fuss" or "vertebra".
* TheParalyzer: His target-binding magic allows him to trap any being, as long as he is able to look at their entire body.
* PersonalityPowers: Übel suspects that his target-binding magic is the result of this: he needs this to buy himself time to build the resolve to kill, since he doesn't like killing humans.
* TechnicalPacifist: Bordering on Wirbel being a ReluctantWarrior. He does not like to kill and would rather avoid fights if he can. He gives Fern's party multiple chances to peacefully surrender, and when Fern later tells him that she killed Ehre, he immediately gives up the fight and retreats, as his party can't pass the exam anymore.

!!!Thirteenth Party
[[folder:Denken]]
!!Denken
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 37
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An old second-class mage, who is known for having won a violent power struggle, which earned him the status of an imperial mage.

* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Denken is quite adept at understanding a situation and formulating a plan very quickly. When Lawine freezes the lake where the stille would appear, he understands the other teams' efforts to melt the lake is a waste of time since it would only further scare the stille away; and that to take such massive, flashy measures, means that Frieren's team must have a surefire plan to get the stille, so they're better off trying to steal it from them.
* BloodKnight: Even at his age, and even when he knows it's futile, he is excited to fight other far more powerful mages like Frieren or Serie. He claims that this thought came to him for a mere instant, but that he even dares to think he could challenge them is impressive enough in the present.
* CoolOldGuy: Denken's comrade, Laufen, takes a liking to him and affectionately calls him "gramps". Denken in turn treats her like a granddaughter.
* {{Determinator}}: After Denken's team is defeated by Frieren, Kanne, and Lawine, Richter gives up since they don't have any mana and there is no time left. Denken tells his comrades that an imperial mage struggles until the bitter end and starts looking for another party. When they find a party that is in possession of a stille, Richter asks Denken how they are supposed to defeat them when they have no mana left. Denken's answer? GoodOldFisticuffs.
* MeaningfulName: "Denken" is German for "think", "thinking" or "thought". Denken is a very thoughtful man that thoroughly analyzes and understands his surroundings.
* MightMakesRight: Subverted. He does not agree with this ideology and rebukes it when his teammate thinks of it because as he points out, first-class mages need to be authorities, and an authority that is feared, rather than a good one, will eventually fall when people no longer want to hear from them.
* OldMaster: He is a powerful mage and even capable of winning a fist fight with someone theoretically in their phyiscal prime despite his age. [[spoiler:And after becoming a first-class mage and gaining a certain spell from Serie as a reward, he is able to go toe to toe with Macht, a ''very'' strong demon lord, and not only (barely) survive, but emerge victorious even.]]
* SeekerArchetype: He and Frieren share a similar thinking. He's not interested in having magic handed to him. Magic should be pursued. Frieren respects him for that.
* SensorCharacter: Denken is good at detecting even minuscule amounts of mana, and understandings the second team's plans by being able to detect the minuscule quantity of mana Kanne has poured in multiple water sources.
%%* TechnicalPacifist: While his reputation makes him look like a violent and cold person, unlike Richter he doesn't see any need to kill others, especially children, for a privilege that he deems meaningless.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: His main motivation for participating in the first-class exam is neither fame nor a desire to obtain a spell from Serie. He just wants to go home and visit the cemetery of his hometown, but since the north is overrun by demons, the passage is only granted to first-class mages.

[[folder:Richter]]
!!Richter
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A second-class mage that teams up with Denken and uses Earth Manipulation Magic. He is very cold and calculating about his actions.
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* ArrogantKungFuGuy: When Richter is assigned to fight Kanne and Lawine, he states that he would only need one minute to kill them and complains that he's just babysitting kids. During their whole fight he arrogantly looks down on them and even lectures them about their naive usage of magic. To be fair, he is far more experienced and knows that Kanne practically can't fight and Lawine's ice magic is weak because there are no water sources nearby. Once Frieren breaks the barrier and lets the rain in, he quickly loses his composure and the fight.
* DishingOutDirt: Richter uses earth manipulation magic first and foremost by touching the ground with his hand. He states how this kind of magic, which manipulates physical elements, is the current way mages fight each other, since magic shields are quickly overpowered by pure mass.
* MeaningfulName: Richter is German for judge, and Richter is a pretty judgmental person.

[[/folder]]

!!!Other Examinees
[[folder:Methode]]
!!Methode

A mage that is part of the First Party during the first-class mage exam, she is a rather analytical woman with a variety of talents.

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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She has a very analytical mind that helps her assess scenarios faster than others might.
* CutenessProximity: [[spoiler:In the third round of the first class mage's exam, rather than show fear at Serie's presence like all the applicants who failed before her, Methode's only thought is "Well, isn't she just the cutest thing?" Serie ends up passing her.]] A later statement about Frieren makes it seem that Methode just finds elves to be really adorable.
* JackOfAllStats: She has a variety of magical talents from paralysis spells to hypnosis spells to healing magic that requires scripture to be used. However, much of her magic is situational and she doesn't seem to have any single speciality that stands out like many of the other first class mages.
* OutOfFocus: During the first round of the first class mage exam, we do not see how her team succeeded in capturing their bird (though given her paralysis spell, one can imagine pretty easily). She has more focus in the second round and then even bigger focus during the subsequent arc where Frieren and co. have to work with her and the proctor from the first round of the exam to hunt down demons that have been slaughtering villages to the north.

[[/folder]]

!!Main Character's Family and Friends
[[folder:Flamme]]
!!The Great Mage Flamme
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 7
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsukoTanaka
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One of, if not the, most powerful human mage to exist. She lived a millennium before the story and was Frieren's teacher. She was known as mankind's progenitor of magic.
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* TheAnticipator: Flamme set up a grimoire with notes, protected by a sapling that she planted and enchanted, which served as the grimoire's protector until Frieren would return one day. She knew Frieren so well, that she expected Frieren to one day seek guidance after making a grave mistake. She would then want to learn more about people, and the notes Flamme left behind would then guide Frieren.
-->'''Frieren:''' It's been over a thousand years, and yet my master still has me wrapped around her little finger, eh?
* TheArchmage: Flamme was one of the greatest mages that have ever lived. Even a millenium after her death, the barriers she conjured are so strong that demons still cannot break through them in the present.
* BirdsOfAFeather: Flamme also lost everything dear to her to demons, and has a deep love for magic, just like Frieren.
* CombatPragmatist: The first time she met Frieren, she praised her for standing her ground against and defeating a horde of powerful demons, but at the same time told her that it would have been smarter to [[FearIsTheAppropriateResponse just run away and hide]] or resort to ambushes. She was also the one who taught Frieren to hide her mana output so that demons underestimate her and get caught off guard, fully aware that it's seen as dirty and cowardly.
* EccentricMentor: Flamme was a young Frieren's teacher with her own quirks, according to Frieren. She was quite cryptic about what she taught her.
* TheMagnificent: She is known as "The Great Mage Flamme", for being one of the most renowned mages that have ever existed, even after over a thousand years have passed.
* MeaningfulName: Her name is the German word for "flame". She was the fire that warmed the "freezing" Frieren's heart.
* MundaneUtility: The ethos of her magic discipline and one of the most important teachings she inculcated on Frieren. The magic of the mundane happens to be the discipline of the craft that has the most variation, and has the virtue of showing the user the sheer beauty of the world around them. This pursuit is Frieren's most precious task, as it has kept her entertained for thousands of years, and it's one of the main reasons she's so good at improvising.
* ParentalSubstitute: Flamme raised a young Frieren until she died of old age.
* PosthumousCharacter: She died a thousand years before the story takes place.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Stolz]]
!!Stolz
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 26
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->''"I come from a village of warriors. There was no place for a weakling like me. [...] Now that I think about it, my brother was probably the only one who treated me any differently."''
-->'''Stark''', reminiscing about his brother
\\
Stark's older brother. He was a prodigy in their village of warriors and the favorite of their father, but he was still very loving towards his little sibling.
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* TheAce: He was such a skilled warrior, that he never suffered an injury and his white cloak was never dirtied, which is why Stolz was believed to be the strongest warrior of his village. It is no wonder that his father [[ParentalFavoritism favored him]] over Stark.
* CoolBigBro: It's initially implied that he's an AloofBigBrother to Stark, but this is quickly revealed to be not true. Stolz loved his little brother, helped him improve on his training as a warrior and secretly cooked a big patty for him on his birthday.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: His father is talking up about him to other warriors, talking about how his clean white cloak is the sign of his prowess as a warrior and diminishing his other son, Stark, pointing at his training in the field. Stolz then goes to talk with Stark who accidentally stains his cloak, but Stolz brushes it off, sits in the muddy field by his brother's side, and tutors him about wielding a sword, showing he valued his little brother more than his status.
* HeroicSacrifice: He told Stark to run away from the village to save himself while he stood to fight the demon attacking them, giving him a chance to survive.
* HumbleHero: He didn't really care that Stark dirtied his cloak, which was seemingly something to be proud of.
* MeaningfulName: Stolz is German for pride or proud. His father called him the pride of the village, and [[FamilyThemeNaming it matches Stark's name]], as they sound a bit similar and are both a virtue.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sein's brother]]
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27

Sein's older brother and the priest of their small town.
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* PromotionToParent: After they lost their parents, he raised Sein himself.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Gorilla]]
!!Gorilla
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27

->''"We won't end up like this. I refuse to be completely forgotten. I'll become an unforgettable hero like Himmel."''
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A warrior and old friend of Sein's, who dreamt of going on an adventure and become a legendary hero. A long time ago, he asked Sein to go off and start adventuring with him, which he refused and regretted since. Now Sein's goal in journeying with Frieren is to find him.
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* ChildhoodFriends: With Sein. Part of Gorilla's dream was to become an unforgettable hero and go on an adventure with Sein.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Gorilla is a nickname based on Kraft, a forgotten legendary warrior from long ago. Thinking that he needed an impactful name to never be forgotten, he told everyone in his village to call him by that name to to the point that even his best friend Sein has forgotten his real name.
* UncertainDoom: Sein believes Gorilla adventuring in solitude and his brashness could have gotten him killed by now, since he promised to return to Sein in three years, but hasn't come back in a decade, which is why Sein heads out to find him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hero of the South]]
!!Hero of the South
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 63
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A hero who fought on the frontlines against the demons for mankind before Himmel met Frieren. He was said to be mankind's strongest. His final battle was in the Northern Plateaus, where he faced the Demon King's eight most powerful generals and managed to take down three of them before going down.
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* HundredPercentHeroismRating: He thought he would be forgotten by people, since someone else would eventually defeat the Demon King, but even 90 years after his death people have not forgotten his heroic deeds for mankind.
* DualWielding: He fought with a sword in each hand. Statues of him also feature him with two swords on his waist.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Eisen mentions him as early as Chapter 11. His background story was revealed over 50 chapters later.
* ManlyFacialHair: His face stands out, as he was a middle-aged man who sported a very finely-groomed mustache, in contrast to the young and beardless Himmel.
* NeverFoundTheBody: It is said he died in a battle against the Sages of Destruction and the Demon King's right hand, but his body was never found (which is why some even believe he survived). Frieren finds it very unlikely for him to have survived, though she can't imagine the demons devoured him after his death.
* NoNameGiven: His real name is not known. He was only called "the Hero of the South" or "the strongest of all mankind".
* {{Seers}}: Before he went to the north, he privately revealed to Frieren that he could see the future, including his own death. He was fine with this, though, as he also saw that Himmel and the others would come to Frieren and defeat the Demon King together. Thus, he was ready to go on a SuicideMission to open a path for the Hero's Party.
* WorldsStrongestMan: He was said to be mankind's strongest. Stark thinks it's an exaggeration, but Frieren thinks it was a fitting title, as he managed to eliminate the Demon Army's frontline in only one year and pushed them back to the Northern Plateaus. [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome There he faced all Seven Sages of Destruction and the Demon King's right hand and managed to kill three of the Sages of Destruction]] [[UncertainDoom before he]] [[NeverFoundTheBody presumably died]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Glück]]
The head of the Glück household, and Macht's retainer.
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* OneLastSmoke: [[spoiler:Before Macht turns the whole city into gold, Glück asks him to light his cigarette one last time before [[ItHasBeenAnHonor thanking him for the last three decades.]]]]
* OutlivingOnesOffspring: Unfortunately, his daughter Lekture became very ill in her young adult years, and both he and her recent husband Denken had to watch her pass away.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Glück knows how corrupt the nobles of the city of Weise are, and while he climbs up the ranks politically uses Macht to deal with them physically. Glück knows what he's doing is pretty unethical, but he believed that it would eventually put Weise back on the path of stability.
[[/folder]]

!!Macht of El Dorado

* TheDrifter: Initially is this. At the start of the story, Frieren has no set goal and just goes wherever she wants to study magic. After meeting Eisen again, she sets out on a journey with Fern to find Aureole.

* HonoraryTrueCompanion: [[spoiler:It would seem that Frieren is adamant on having Sein as her party healer, since she implies on more than one occasion that she has one spot in the group reserved.]]

* SecretJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:What her final exam boils down to. Because she wants humans to continue pursuing and developing magic even in the current peaceful era, she only passes those who are still able to maintain their fighting spirit in front of impossible odds--i.e. ''fighting her''. Those who hesitate or outright give up are instantly failed, such as Frieren who no longer pursues combat magic exclusively.]]

* ReiAyanamiExpy: Frieren is a 1000-year-old young-looking elf with silver hair. She's very stoic and doesn't understand emotions very well, but she still wants to become closer to humans and learn to value the relationships she forms with those with much shorter lifespans than hers.

* TheArchmage: Flamme was one of the greatest mages that have ever lived. Even a millenium after her death, the barriers she conjured are so strong that demons still cannot break through them in the present.

-->'''Himmel:''' I want to have a fun journey that we can laugh at in retrospect, even if turned out to be deplorable.

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaIchinose

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto

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->''"I... I hardly knew anything about him... We only traveled together for ten years... I knew human lives where short... Why didn't I try to get to know him better?"''

* TheDreaded: Macht is the most powerful of the Seven Sages, and likely the most powerful demon since the Demon King died and his right hand man went missing. Frieren is uncomfortable with the idea of meeting him again and tries to back out of it, noting he is one of only 11 beings that ever defeated her. Even after meeting him a second time, she still feels defeating him at she is would not be possible.

->''"We're not going to end up like this. I refuse to be completely forgotten. I'm going to become an unforgettable hero like Hero Himmel."''

->''"Since the beginning. Since the first exam began. Because I can't trust anyone."''

-->'''Ehre:''' The magic he uses is largely inelegant, cowardly, and is used just for the sake of winning.

-->'''Frieren:''' Even though it was more than a thousand years ago, in the end, I'm getting played like a fiddle by my master, aren't I?

->''"I was simply never valued highly. I came from a town of warriors. It was no place for weaklings. Come to think of it, my Big Brother was the only one who differed."''