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* TheDreaded: Demons fear her, as she has sent thousands of them to their deaths.
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* TheDreaded: Demons fear her, as she has sent thousands of them to their deaths. She's known among demons as "Frieren The Slayer" ("Sousou No Frieren") [[TitleDrop which is a play on words on the manga's title]].
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* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: Frieren looks as if she's around 15 years old, and looked a little more child-like when she met Flamme about 1000 years before the beginning of the story. It's not quite known how old Frieren was before she met Flamme to begin with, hence, she's so old that she's forgotten how old she is. Meeting Flamme is the only benchmark she has, so she knows that she's been alive for at least a millenium.
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* TheStoic: Like Frieren, Fern emotes very little, usually only showing annoyance at Stark's actions and the occasional disappointment on her master's childishness.
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* TheStoic: Like Frieren, Fern emotes very little, usually only showing annoyance at Stark's actions and the occasional disappointment on in her master's childishness.
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* AntiMagic: Frieren possesses strong resistances against mental magic and is in addition to that extremely proficient at figuring out ways to DispelMagic. Her ability to analyze and counter other mages' abilities is so great that she is one of the main contributors of incorporating Qual's killing magic into mankind's magic system and developing a defensive shield against it. She also was able to reverse [[spoiler:two Sages of Destruction's curses, magic that is said to be incomprehensible and uncounterable for mankind]].
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* AntiMagic: Frieren possesses strong resistances against mental magic magic, and is in addition to that extremely proficient at figuring out ways to DispelMagic. Her ability to analyze and counter other mages' abilities is so great that she is one of the main contributors of incorporating Qual's killing magic into mankind's magic system and developing a defensive shield against it. She also was able to reverse [[spoiler:two break Serie's impenetrable barrier during the First-Class Mage exam (which the latter's disciples considered impossible) and [[spoiler:reverse ''two'' Sages of Destruction's curses, magic that is said to be incomprehensible and uncounterable for mankind]].
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: Much like Frieren, Fern doesn't enjoy (or is good at) lying, so she resorts to this to trick others when necessary.
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->''"Once you meet him, tell him this... I promise to blaze a path to the future. I, humanity's greatest hero. The Hero of the South. Even if my great accomplishments are buried and forgotten in the shadows of history."''
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* 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.
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* OldMaster: Justified. The power of a mage depends on how much they have trained, and Frieren has trained for over a millenium.millennium. She also is an experienced adventurer who took down the Demon King.
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* 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.
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* 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 millennium old.
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* EvilCounterpart: Inverted. He is the good counterpart to Schlacht, the Demon King's right hand. Like Schlacht, the Hero of the South was a {{seer|s}} and he was a major contributor to mankind's survival. Schlacht on the other hand tried to ensure demonkind would survive and took measures to make this happen.
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Fern's skill in barriers isn't anything more special than what other mages display.
* AntiMagic: Frieren possesses strong resistances against mental magic and is in addition to that extremely proficient at figuring out ways to DispelMagic. Her ability to analyze and counter other mages' abilities is so great that she is one of the main contributors of incorporating Qual's killing magic into mankind's magic system and developing a defensive shield against it. She also was able to reverse [[spoiler:two Sages of Destruction's curses, magic that is said to be incomprehensible and uncounterable for mankind]].
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* 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.
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* 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. One of Frieren's notable strengths is her ability to [[AwesomenessByAnalysis analyze spells]] and coming up with ways to dispel them.
* ShockAndAwe: One of Frieren's other signature spells before mostly using Zoltraak was Judradjim, a spell with which she sends out several bolts of lightning at her opponent.
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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.
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An orphan girl, girl who was adopted and trained as a pupil by Heiter, Heiter initially. At Heiter's request, she was trained in magic by Frieren. When Heiter passed away, she decided to accompany her master.
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* BarrierWarrior: Fern displays an advanced skill in barrier magic that is able to block Qual's and Lügner's attacks.
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* CombatPragmatist: Fern often resorts to ambushes, making use of the fact that she is extremely difficult to sense by other mages. Since she also has trained in long-range shots and thanks to her incredible cast speed, she can often times snipe opponents from a long distance before they can react.
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* CombatPragmatist: Fern often resorts to ambushes, making use of the fact that she is extremely difficult to sense by other mages. Since she also has trained in long-range long-ranged shots and thanks to her incredible cast speed, she can often times snipe opponents from a long distance before they can react.
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* 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.
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* 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 they spend together, with Frieren becoming a mother figure to her.
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* 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.
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* 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.is and even Serie is smitten with Fern when she realizes that Fern is the first human who [[spoiler:is able to see the instability in Serie's mana]].
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* MeaningfulName: His name means "strong" in German, and despite his cowardice, he is a very powerful warrior.
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* MeaningfulName: His name means "strong" in German, and German and, despite his cowardice, he is a very powerful warrior.
->''"I don't believe doing something like this will change the world. But I won't turn my back on people who need a little help."''
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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.
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A dwarf dwarvem warrior 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 In his old age, he took Stark as his pupil.
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* 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.
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* CowardlyLion: He admitted to Frieren, 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.
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* 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.
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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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* 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.
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* 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 and since demons devoured him after his death.are maneaters, she thinks he was probably eaten.
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* BareFistedMonk: He’s very strong with only his fists while also being a devout elf.
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* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:''Mana Blast'', Solitär's signature skill which Frieren later easily copies, is used once in its rudimentary form by Frieren's clone against Fern, showing this technique is already possible, which Fern can't even categorize as "magic".]]
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* 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.
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* 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.
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* MerlinAndNimue: MeaningfulName: Frieren is German for "freezing" (as in "feeling cold"). Fittingly, 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.
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** Frieren is an ancient living being, who is over 1000 years old. Her apprentice, Fern, is a normal human who is still in herteens.teens.
** Implied to be inverted with Frieren and her master, Flamme. Frieren looked almost the same a thousand years before the story begins, which means that Flamme was probably actually younger than Frieren when they met.
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** Frieren is an ancient living being, who is over 1000 years old. Her apprentice, Fern, is a normal human who is still in her
** Implied to be inverted with Frieren and her master, Flamme. Frieren looked almost the same a thousand years before the story begins, which means that Flamme was probably actually younger than Frieren when they met.
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* MyGreatestFailure: Failing to cherish the 10 years she spent travelling with the Hero Party, and neglecting to know her party members then. After Himmel's death, she spent the rest of the series trying to make amends.
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* PointyEars: She has the long and pointy ears that all elves have.
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* PointyEars: She has PlayingWithFire: Before resorting to "ordinary attack magic" (variations of Zoltraak) in the long and pointy ears that all elves have.present, Frieren was mostly using fire magic offensively.
* CombatPragmatist: Fern often resorts to ambushes, making use of the fact that she is extremely difficult to sense by other mages. Since she also has trained in long-range shots and thanks to her incredible cast speed, she can often times snipe opponents from a long distance before they can react.
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* ParentalAbandonment: Heiter, Frieren and Eisen lost their family to demons.
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* ChildhoodFriends: With Heiter. They both grew up in the same orphanage and have been close friends ever since.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Himmel. They both grew up in the same orphanage and have been close friends ever since.
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* LastRequest: Asks Frieren to take Fern as her disciple after Heiter passes away. Frieren declines at first because Fern would only be a burden but thanks to Heiter tricking Frieren into teaching Fern while she stayed with them until Heiter passed away, she could no longer refuse his request.
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* LastRequest: Asks Frieren to take Fern as her disciple after Heiter he passes away. Frieren declines at first because Fern would only be a burden burden, but thanks to Heiter tricking Frieren into teaching Fern while she stayed with them until Heiter passed away, she could no longer refuse his request.
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* MeaningfulName: Eisen is German for iron, a very fitting name for a dwarven warrior.
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* LightningBruiser: Just like Stark, Eisen was not only extremely powerful, he was fast and durable. In Chapter 30, Frieren thinks that Stark can easily survive a fall from dozens of meters because Eisen could. Chapter 111 also showcases that ordinary physical attacks from monsters did nothing to hurt him.
* MeaningfulName: Eisen is German for iron, a very fitting name for a dwarven warrior. He also seems to be MadeOfIron.
* MeaningfulName: Eisen is German for iron, a very fitting name for a dwarven warrior. He also seems to be MadeOfIron.
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The head of the Glück household, and Macht's retainer.
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The head of the Glück household, and Macht's retainer.master.
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* 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.
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* TheArchmage: Without a doubt one of the strongest mages that have ever existed.existed, perhaps second only to Serie. In Chapter 45, after the first-class mages recognize her, they realize that she is the final Great Mage.
* BigEater: Despite her size, she can ''really'' eat, once demolishing a mountain of steaks by herself.
* Foreshadowing: [[spoiler:''Mana Blast'', Solitär's signature skill which Frieren later easily copies, is used once in its rudimentary form by Frieren's clone against Fern, showing this technique is already possible, which Fern can't even categorize as "magic".]]
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* 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.
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* 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. [[spoiler:Solitär would've killed her had Fern not arrived in time, since their fight has become a battle of attrition.]]
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* 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.
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* 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 Himmel, Frieren was not aware of the meaning.
* MyGreatestFailure: Failing to cherish the 10 years she spent travelling with the Hero Party, and neglecting to know her party members then. After Himmel's death, she spent the rest of the series trying to make amends.
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* RedBaron: She is widely known as ''[[TitleDrop Sousou no Frieren]]'' - Frieren the Undertaker, for sending thousands of demons to an early grave.
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* 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.
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* FragileSpeedster: She's perhaps [[QuickDraw ''the'' fastest mage in the series 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.below.
* FriendlySniper: Her ''other'' speciality: ultra-long range snipes from outside a mage's perception range.
* FriendlySniper: Her ''other'' speciality: ultra-long range snipes from outside a mage's perception range.
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* 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.
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* HimeCut: She has blunt bangs, bra strap length strap-length sidelocks, and waist length straight hair, and she's a polite girl with a very refined manner of speech.
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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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* 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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* 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. He welcomes Macht’s attempted murder of him as judgement for what he did, which gains him the demon’s interest as Macht was interested in learning about guilt and malice.
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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. When he and his city is restored back to normal, he offers the dying Macht a smoke with the demon accepting it.]]]]
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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. ]] When he and his city is restored back to normal, he offers the dying Macht a smoke with the demon accepting it.]]]]]]
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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.]]]]
* OddFriendship: While both parties knew it was only a matter of time before Macht killed Glück, their relationship was the closest thing there was to a genuine friendship between human and demon. [[spoiler:So much so that Macht was close to feeling something when he killed Glück and was thanked for demon’s service by the man.]]
* OddFriendship: While both parties knew it was only a matter of time before Macht killed Glück, their relationship was the closest thing there was to a genuine friendship between human and demon. [[spoiler:So much so that Macht was close to feeling something when he killed Glück and was thanked for demon’s service by the man.]]
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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. When he and his city is restored back to normal, he offers the dying Macht a smoke with the demon accepting it.]]]]
* OddFriendship: While both parties knew it was only a matter of time before Macht killed Glück, their relationship was the closest thing there was to a genuine friendship between human and demon. [[spoiler:So much so that Macht was close to feeling something when hekilled turned Glück and into gold but was thanked for demon’s service by the man.man. Even when Glück was restored to normal and saw Macht with a gaping hole in his chest, he offers the demon a smoke while apologizing for being unable to go with him to hell.]]
* OddFriendship: While both parties knew it was only a matter of time before Macht killed Glück, their relationship was the closest thing there was to a genuine friendship between human and demon. [[spoiler:So much so that Macht was close to feeling something when he
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* 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.
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* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: In Japanese, 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 straight-laced and ultra-polite nature.
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* LivingLegend: All four survived the adventure and made it safely back to the capital, where they were hailed as heroes.
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* LivingLegend: All four survived the adventure and made it safely back to the capital, where they were hailed as heroes. In the present day, only Frieren and Eisen are still alive, Himmel and Heiter both passing away to old age.
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* LastRequest: Asks Frieren to take Fern as her disciple after Heiter passes away. Frieren declines at first because Fern would only be a burden but thanks to Heiter tricking Frieren into teaching Fern while she stayed with them until Heiter passed away, she could no longer refuse his request.
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* 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.
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* StaringDownCthulhu: Macht has just attacked his convoy, easily ripping his well-trained guards to shreds, so what does Glück do? He calmly gets Macht to light his cigarette and convinces him to join Glück as his retainer.
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* PromotedToParent: Played for laughs. When Heiter perished and she began traveling with Frieren, she didn't realize that she basically became her master's carer, to the point that Frieren waking up on her own is a cause for celebration for Fern. She even comes to lament that it's like she's Frieren's mom.
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! Friends & Allies
[[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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[[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.
! Friends & Allies
[[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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[[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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!Frieren's New Party
[[folder:General]]
* 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?"''
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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.
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* 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.]]
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[[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.
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* 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.]]
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[[folder:Stark]]
!!Stark
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 10
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiakiKobayashi (Japanese), Creator/JordanDashCruz (English)
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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.
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* 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.
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[[folder:Sein]]
!!Sein
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27
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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.
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* 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.
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!Former Hero Party
[[folder:General]]
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[[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.
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* 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]]
[[folder:Himmel]]
!!Himmel
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (Japanese), Creator/CliffordChapin (English)
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[folder:Heiter]]
!!Heiter
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi (Japanese), Creator/JasonDouglas (English)
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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."''
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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.
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%%* 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.
[[/folder]]
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!Frieren's New Party
[[folder:General]]
* 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.
[[/folder]]
[[folder:Frieren]]
!!Frieren
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsumiTanezaki (Japanese), Creator/MallorieRodak (English)
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frieren_mage_cover.png]]
->''"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?"''
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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.
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* 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.]]
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[[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.
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* 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.]]
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[[folder:Stark]]
!!Stark
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 10
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChiakiKobayashi (Japanese), Creator/JordanDashCruz (English)
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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.
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* 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.
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[[folder:Sein]]
!!Sein
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 27
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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.
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* 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.
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!Former Hero Party
[[folder:General]]
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[[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.
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* 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]]
[[folder:Himmel]]
!!Himmel
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (Japanese), Creator/CliffordChapin (English)
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[folder:Heiter]]
!!Heiter
!!!'''Debut:''' Chapter 1
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTochi (Japanese), Creator/JasonDouglas (English)
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[[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.
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* 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.
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[[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."''
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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.
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%%* 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.
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