This is a list of characters from Frieren: Beyond Journey's End, a Japanese
manga series written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. The character names are all German words.
An elven mage who was a member of the Hero Party. Although she looks young, she was born into a long-lived race of elves and has lived for over a thousand years. Because her sense of time is different from that of humans, she does not mind working for months, if not years, at a time. After the death of Himmel, a member of the party, Frieren regrets not getting to know him better during their ten-year adventure. As a result, she embarks on another journey to learn more about humanity. She also travels with a human wizard apprentice, Fern, after taking her on as an apprentice at Heiter's suggestion.
Over a thousand years ago, the great wizard Flamme saved Frieren when demons attacked her hometown. This experience caused Frieren to develop a deep-seated hatred for demons, fueling her ambition to eliminate them. After the Demon King's death, Frieren dedicated herself to researching demon-slaying magic[c] while continuing to kill them whenever she could. As the wizard who has buried the most demons in recorded history, she has earned the moniker "Frieren the Slayer",[d] and is feared by the demon race. Despite her accomplishments, Frieren has also faced several defeats and struggles. As an elf, she is often perceived as being insensitive to human emotions. Her occasional clumsiness in social interactions leads others to mistakenly label her as aloof, but she is actually kind and caring.
A powerful young mage and Frieren's apprentice. She is a war orphan from a southern country who lost her parents and was about to commit suicide by jumping off a ravine when Heiter rescued her. As a child, she began training in magic under Heiter's tutelage to become more self-sufficient. She later met Frieren, who visited Heiter when she was nine years old, and requested that Frieren teach her magic so she could become a full-fledged mage. After Heiter's death, by which she has turned fifteen, she embarks on a journey as Frieren's apprentice. Later, she becomes a first-class mage after passing the examination. Though she initially treats Stark coldly, she eventually warms up to him as they bond, but still scolds him when he causes trouble.
A young warrior who Eisen raised, who serves as a replacement for him on Frieren's adventure. Since Eisen declines the invitation due to his old age, Stark steps up to be the frontline fighter in battles, a role that Frieren and Fern, being magicians, are unsuited for. Despite his timid nature, Stark is a strong and capable warrior and loyal to his companions. He has a secret crush on Fern, but is often left frustrated by the way she constantly scolds him.
The Hero Party
A group of warriors that Frieren was part of. They journeyed together for ten years until accomplishing their mission of slaying the Demon King, after which they parted ways. Although the group disbanded at the beginning of the story, they appear regularly in flashbacks.
A human member of the Hero Party. He was the hero of the group and a self-proclaimed handsome man. After seeing a meteor shower together, he and Frieren promise to meet again. He dies shortly after their reunion fifty years later, prompting her to embark on a new journey. Several occasions on their journey showed that he and Frieren had feelings for each other, but Frieren's sense of time and understanding of humans at the time left his feelings ambiguous.
A human member of the Hero Party, who was an alcohol-loving priest. He found, adopted, and raised Fern after the party dissolved, and dies near the beginning of the story.
Voiced by:
Yōji Ueda[6] (Japanese); Christopher Guerrero[2] (English)
A member of the Hero Party. He is a dwarf who, although not as long-lived as elves, has a significantly longer lifespan than humans. However, despite his extended lifespan, he is past his prime and has grown old. As a result, he declines Frieren's invitation to embark on a new adventure, choosing to spend his remaining days in peace and recommending that Stark accompany her instead.
Demons
A race of monsters that once terrorized the world under the Demon King's leadership until the Hero Party slew him. Since then, weaker remnants of their forces have waged war against the other races. Demons are individualistic creatures whose societal hierarchy is based on power. While they can feel emotions, they do not feel the same emotions as humans do. As a result, they are incompatible with human ideas of morality, and eventually pretend to display human emotions to deceive them.
Schlacht the Omniscient was a demon who was said to be the Demon King's confidant, who had the ability to see into the future, and was said to be capable of seeing forward up to a thousand years. About ten years before the Demon King was defeated, he fought against the Hero of the South, leading all of the Seven Sages of Destruction. However, in this battle, he was defeated alongside three of the Sages of Destruction.
Seven Sages of Destruction
The Seven Greater Demons of the Demon King's Forces.
A member of the Seven Sages of Destruction, and an old nemesis of Frieren and the Hero Party, who they managed to defeat many years ago, but she was able to escape. She wields the Scales of Obedience, which allow her to dominate her opponents and turn them into puppets to decapitate them, which has earned her the moniker “The Guillotine”. When she attempts to use the Scales of Obedience on Frieren, she falls under her control instead and decapitates herself by Frieren's orders.
Macht, also known as Macht of Golden Land, is a demon and the most powerful of the Demon King's Seven Sages of Destruction. An oddity amongst his race, he grew interested in humans and left his post to learn about them, even swearing allegiance to Lord Glück of Weise. However, his aggressive methods of doing so prompted him to transmute the entire city into gold, causing the Continental Magic Association to seal him inside a barrier, where he remained until he crossed paths with Frieren.
Also known as Grausam the Miraculous, he was one of the Seven Sages of Destruction that served the Demon King. Along with the other Sages and the Omniscient Schlacht, he battled the Hero of the South, but survived. According to Frieren, Grausam was later defeated by the Hero Party during their journey.
The Immortal Böse was one of the Seven Sages of Destruction. Böse, along with the other Sages of Destruction, fought against Hero of the South, though he survived the encounter with him. Eventually, he was defeated by the Hero Party, after Frieren helped Himmel visualize how to break his nigh impenetrable barrier magic.
Solitär is a Greater Demon who conducts research on living creatures, including humans, and an acquaintance of Macht, sharing an interest in humankind. Beneath her nonchalant attitude, however, lies an extremely dangerous demon, comparable to the members of the Seven Sages of Destruction.
Also known as the Saint of the End, she is a Greater Demon, she is developing a curse powerful enough to will envelop the entire planet. Solitär recruits her to fight Himmel's Party in the past, but she retreats, claiming that she is no good at fighting and wants to live peacefully and quietly until completion of her own curse magic.
Rivale, also known as the Bloody God of War, is a Greater Demon. He is recruited by Solitär to fight the Hero Party. His personal magic is to generate any weapon he wishes to fight with, using this to create an axe to face Eisen with. He survived the encounter and later attacked Stark's village.
Also Known as the "Elder Sage of Corruption", the Hero Party sealed him away as he was too strong to defeat. Several decades later, Frieren unseals him and destroys him with Fern's assistance. Qual is the creator of "Zoltraak", a powerful offensive magic which becomes the mages' standard attack spell after human researchers studied and deciphered it while he was sealed.
A demon serving under Aura who is tasked with having a town's anti-demon barrier put down under the guise of being a “peace envoy.” Fern later kills him when they fight in a duel.
One of Lügner‘s assistants. She is a demon capable of reading her opponent's mana to use it against them. Stark later kills her when they fight in a duel.
Zart, also known as The Lingering Shadow was one of Grausam's servants with a very powerful personal magic called Spacial Transferrence Magic, allowing him to teleport his opponents high into the sky, which would prove lethal in the era of the Demon King, when mankind's magic had not yet learned flight magic from studying demons.
An elven woman who has lived since ancient times. She is an influential wizard and Flamme's instructor. She met Frieren about 1,000 years prior to the story's events. She is dubbed a living grimoire, as she is believed to possess nearly all of human history's magic and many consider her to be the closest wizard to the Almighty Goddess.
Two decades before Himmel's death, Serie established the Continental Magic Association, an organization responsible for governing and teaching magic across the realm. She is a dedicated mentor who helps to teach future generation of remarkable wizards. However, her affinity for warmongering strains her relationship with the peace-seeking Flamme and Frieren, as she believes their potential is wasted as they fixate on defeating demons and advocating for peace.
A tall, confident and intelligent second-class mage, who participates in the exam, using strategy and various spells instead of specialized magic. Following her ascension to a first-class mage in the exam, she joins the association.
The first mage to ascend to the rank of first-class after the foundation of the Continental Magic Association and an apprentice of the Great Mage Serie.
Lineal is a first-class mage who has been undercover as a spy in the Northern Empire for 15 years, under orders from Serie, due to the Empire being hostile towards the Continental Magic Association.
A psychopathic third-class mage who was disqualified from the previous second-class mage exam for killing an exam proctor, and later ends up on Fern's team. Her specialty is cleaving magic, which is invisible, but can cut through solid objects with ease, and she also has another powerful unique spell.
Fern's other teammate, who is cool, calculated and weary of others. He specializes in creating perfect clones of himself, using them to take the exam in his place while he remains safe in his home.
A second-class mage with lots of live combat experience, who takes part in the exam to become first-class, and is the captain of the Northern Magic Corps.
A timid third-class mage who can control water and is one of Frieren's teammates during the First-Class Mage Examination. She has a confrontational relationship with Lawine, as they grew up together and Lawine both belittled and supported her.
Frieren's other teammate during the First-Class Mage Examination. She is a third-class mage who can turn water into ice and works well alongside Kanne, as they grew close despite her negative attitude.
A powerful second-class mage who is in Wirbel's team with Scharf, whose specialized magic allows her to control rocks. She is the granddaughter of Lernen.
Phrase is the captain of the Special Forces of Magic, who is a considerably powerful mage, given that Macht suggested that she was a threat only he could handle, when she visited the city of his master.
Kanone is a member of the Empire's Special Forces of Magic. She and her partner Neu are assigned to patrol a major social gathering that Land and Übel are sent to infiltrate.
Neu is a member of the Empire's Special Forces of Magic. He and his partner Kanone are assigned to patrol a major social gathering, where he barges in on Land and Übel, who are undercover and pretending to be fooling around in a storage room.
Radar is an elderly village chief in the Northern Plateau, who upon encountering Frieren's party, reveals himself to be a member of the Shadow Warriors, an assassin organization commisioned by the Northern Empire decades prior to eliminate designated targets in secret, as such they are adept at concealing mana.
A legendary human wizard and the originator of humanity's magic. She is considered a mythological figure, and her existence is often questioned. Many grimoires attributed to her are believed to be fake, but she did exist around a millennium prior to the story's events. She was the mentor of Frieren and the apprentice of the great wizard, Serie.
In the past, Flamme rescued Frieren after the Demon King's forces attacked an elf village. She taught Frieren a fighting method that included concealing her magical strength to catch opponents off guard. Flamme's favorite spell was one that created a "beautiful flower garden." After Flamme dies of old age, Frieren uses this magic to decorate Flamme's grave and fulfill her last wish.
The current graf of the town of Granat, which his long line of ancestors also led. He tries to encourage peace talks with the demons, specifically with Aura's executioners, but he secretly harbors hate towards them and seeks vengeance for the death of his son.
An elven monk who is several thousand years old. Frieren and her party meet him while seeking shelter from a blizzard and he is trapped in a cabin in the Schwer Mountains. They stay with him for six months to ride out the storm before they part ways.
The young chief of a secluded village, which protects a holy sword that is destined for a legendary hero to wield. She is the granddaughter of the previous village chief, who greeted Himmel and his party during their journey to defeat the Demon King.
Stark's older brother. Unlike the other villagers, who view Stark as a failure. Stoltz treats him kindly and helps him train. He is killed when a demon legion invades their village and he sacrifices himself so Stark can escape.
A village priest who joins Frieren's party on her journey after they meet. Despite being a talented priest, Sein has several vices, including a love for alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, and older women. He travels with Frieren's group for some time, but eventually leaves to search for his best friend, who embarked on his own adventure a long time ago.
Gorilla Warrior is a Warrior and Sein's childhood best friend, who dreamed of going on an adventure and becoming a legendary hero. As a child, he asked Sein to go on an adventure together, but when the latter refused, Gorilla went out into the world and proclaimed he will return in three years, but has been missing for ten years, so Sein joins Frieren's party initially to find him.
A nobleman presiding over the Vorig Fortified City and the current head of the Orden family, one of the Three Great Knightly Houses of the Northern Lands. He pays Frieren's party so Stark can assume the role of his deceased son for a few months in an effort to avoid scaring the citizens.
A 400-year old dwarf and Frieren's old friend, who outlived the average dwarf life expectancy and stands guard to protect his long-passed human wife's hometown, following his promise to her that he would always protect it.
Lecker is a highly talented cook based in Äußerst, who hired Himmel's party in the past to retrieve a family heirloom knife from a demon, and in return promised to make tasty food for centuries to come, so that Frieren could enjoy it.
The Hero of the South
The Hero of the South is a Hero who fought on the front lines against the demons for mankind before Himmel met Frieren, said to be mankind's strongest. His final battle was in the Northern Plateau, where he faced all of the Demon King's Seven Sages of Destruction as well as his confidant, Schlacht the Omniscient. He managed to take down three of the Sages of Destruction as well as the Omniscient Schlacht before going down.
Fass is a Dwarf Himmel's Party encountered, and later Frieren's Party as well, who has been looking for the Emperor Alcohol brewed by the once renowned "Boshaft Empire" for over two centuries.
Milliarde is an old acquaintance and fellow elf of Frieren, who carved an inscription in ancient Elvish that described the "Boshaft" spirit as the "finest spirit", despite it tasting horrid on a whim.
Glück was the feudal lord of the Fortified City of Weise. The death of his son at the hands of political rivals motivated him to rule of the city. After encountering Macht when the latter attacked his carriage, he was able to convince the latter to become his personal servant. Thanks to Macht's power and deception, Glück managed to assume control of the Fortified City of Weise and the city flourished under his administration.
Lektüre is the daughter of Glück and the late wife of Denken. She was a childhood friend of Denken and had a frail body which eventually resulted in her succumbing to her death.
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abcdeIn German, the verb form and present continuous form are the same, so e.g. "frieren" literally translates to "freezing", even if it would be meant as the verb form "to freeze".
^Hito o Korosu Mahō (人を殺す魔法) in Japanese, literally translates as "Human Slaying Magic." However, the author intentionally made up the reading as "Zoltraak". It is a form of offensive magic developed by a powerful demon specifically for killing humans. Later, Zoltraak was studied by humanity and eventually incorporated into the foundational magic taught to all modern human mages, where it has been altered into a demon-slaying art.
^Sōsō no Furīren (葬送のフリーレン) in Japanese, as the series' title. It could also be translated as "Frieren the Undertaker".