The manga Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End began serialization in Weekly Shonen Sunday in April 2020. Set in a world after the defeat of the Demon King, this “after-story fantasy” gained popularity for its poignant theme of what happens after the hero’s journey, as well as its rich cast of characters — including the elf mage Frieren. This article compiles detailed information about the characters appearing in Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End.

Frieren

■Name
Frieren (JP: フリーレン)

■Voice Actor
Atsumi Tanezaki

■Profile
An elf who has lived for over a thousand years, and a mage who once defeated the Demon Lord as part of a hero’s party. A magic enthusiast with an insatiable curiosity for every kind of spell. Their personality is sloppy and dry, but through journeys with their companions, subtle changes begin to appear in their heart.

Fern

■Name
Fern (JP: フェルン)

■Voice Actor
Kana Ichinose

■Profile
A mage who becomes Frieren’s apprentice and travels with her. A war orphan raised by Heiter. A calm and composed girl who often takes on the role of a mother to the somewhat sloppy Frieren in daily life.

Stark

■Name
Stark (JP: シュタルク)

■Voice Actor
Chiaki Kobayashi

■Profile
A warrior who joins Frieren and Fern on their journey, and a disciple of Eisen. He has a childlike personality. Although timid, he possesses great combat ability and serves as the vanguard.

Sein

■Name
Sein (JP: ザイン)

■Voice Actor
Yuichi Nakamura

■Profile
A priest who wields exceptionally advanced healing magic, a gift that could be called innate talent. Although he had once given up on his dream of becoming an adventurer, he joins Frieren and her companions after meeting them. Despite being a priest, he enjoys alcohol, tobacco, and gambling.

Himmel

■Name
Himmel (JP: ヒンメル)

■Voice Actor
Nobuhiko Okamoto

■Profile
The hero of the party that defeated the Demon King, a self-proclaimed handsome narcissist. He is compassionate toward his companions and cannot ignore people in need. He has a profound influence on Frieren during their ten years of adventuring together.

Heiter

■Name
Heiter (JP: ハイター)

■Voice Actor
Hiroki Tochi

■Profile
The priest of the hero’s party that defeated the Demon King. A childhood friend of Himmel and a skilled cleric who commands advanced healing magic, though fond of alcohol. He is also the foster parent of Fern, who was a war orphan.

Eisen

■Name
Eisen (JP: アイゼン)

■Voice Actor
Yoji Ueda

■Profile
The warrior of the hero’s party that defeated the Demon King. A sturdy dwarf who served as the party’s vanguard. Though taciturn, he often played the straight man within the group. He is also Stark’s mentor.

Demon King

■Name
Demon King (JP: 魔王)

■Profile
At the northernmost tip of the continent, in Ende, the Demon King built his castle. He appointed the all-knowing Shlarcht as his confidant and placed the Seven Sages of Destruction as his executives, thereby launching an all-out war against humanity. In this conflict, the Demon King’s army annihilated numerous nations and peoples, reducing humanity’s sphere of influence to just one-third of its peak.

Schlacht

■Name
Schlacht (JP: シュラハト)

■Profile
(Seven Sages of Destruction)
A demon who wields the magic of foresight, capable of seeing a thousand years into the future, and serves as the Demon King’s confidant. He once fought against the Southern Hero, who was hailed as the strongest of humanity.

Aura

■Name
Aura (JP: アウラ)

■Voice Actor
Ayana Taketatsu

■Profile
(Seven Sages of Destruction)
One of the Demon King’s direct subordinates, known as one of the “Seven Sages of Destruction,” and feared by the title Aura the Guillotine. A demon who wields the spell Subjugate (Auserlese), which allows her to eternally control anyone whose mana is inferior to hers by placing them on the “Scales of Obedience.”

Macht

■Name
Macht (JP: マハト)

■Profile
(Seven Sages of Destruction)
A demon who wields the magic Diagoldze, which transforms all things into gold. He is one of the two surviving members of the group. Considered the demon who came closest to coexistence with humans, he nevertheless stood as the greatest threat to humanity after the Demon King.

Grausam

■Name
Grausam (JP: グラオザーム)

■Profile
(Seven Sages of Destruction)
A wielder of mental magic, feared even by Macht who admitted their abilities were “a terrible match” and avoided battle with him. During the subjugation of the Southern Hero, he appeared alongside Shlarcht to confront Macht and joined the effort to defeat the Southern Hero.

Böse

■Name
Böse (JP: ベーゼ)

■Profile
(Seven Sages of Destruction)
A wielder of barrier magic. Though little is known about him, he once fought against Himmel and his companions and was ultimately defeated.

Qual

■Name
Qual (JP: クヴァール)

■Voice Actor
Hiroki Yasumoto

■Profile
A demon known by the epithet The Corrupt Sage. He uses Zoltraak, a “killing magic” of his own creation, and is regarded as a genius even among demons. After a fierce battle with Himmel, Frieren, and their companions, he was ultimately sealed away.

Lügner

■Name
Lügner (JP: リュグナー)

■Voice Actor
Junichi Suwabe

■Profile
A demon serving under Aura, the foremost of her “Executioners.” Beneath his gentlemanly demeanor lies a ruthless nature. He wields Balterie, a blood-manipulating spell that allows him to freely control and weaponize his own blood.

Linie

■Name
Linie (JP: リーニエ)

■Voice Actor
Manaka Iwami

■Profile
A demon under Aura’s command, one of her “Executioners,” with the appearance of a young girl. She wields Erfassen, a mimicry spell that allows her to memorize the flow of a human’s mana upon seeing it and replicate their movements and techniques.

Draht

■Name
Draht (JP: ドラート)

■Voice Actor
Koki Osuzu

■Profile
A demon under Aura’s command, one of her “Executioners.” He uses magic that manipulates threads of mana to slice through his targets.

Granat

■Name
Count Granat (JP: グラナト伯爵)

■Voice Actor
Shunsuke Sakuya

■Profile
The lord who governs the Granat territory in the Northern Nations. Even after the Demon King was defeated, he continues to maintain a tense standoff with the demon “Aura the Guillotine.”

Flamme

■Name
Flamme (JP: フランメ)

■Voice Actor
Atsuko Tanaka

■Profile
A legendary human archmage who lived over a thousand years ago and is revered in history as a hero. She is Frieren’s master and teacher.

Serie

■Name
Serie (JP: ゼーリエ)

■Voice Actor
Mariya Ise

■Profile
An elven archmage of overwhelming knowledge and power, said to have mastered nearly every form of magic. She is the founder of the Continental Magic Association, the mentor of Flamme, and thus Frieren’s grandmaster.

Kanne

■Name
Kanne (JP: カンネ)

■Voice Actor
Azumi Waki

■Profile
A third-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. Though timid and a bit scatterbrained, she is a hardworking and considerate person beneath the surface. She is childhood friends with fellow examinee Lawine, and both attended the same magic academy. Kanne uses “Water Manipulation Magic (Lehmstroeher),” which allows her to freely control water.

Lawine

■Name
Lawine (JP: ラヴィーネ)

■Voice Actor
Sayumi Suzushiro

■Profile
A third-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. Though her tone is rough, she is caring and dependable. She is childhood friends with fellow examinee Kanne, and both graduated from the same magic academy. Lawine uses ice-based spells, including “Ice Arrow Magic (Nephthia),” which creates and fires multiple sharp icicles at her target.

Wirbel

■Name
Wirbel (JP: ヴィアベル)

■Voice Actor
Kishō Taniyama

■Profile
A second-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. He is also the captain of the Northern Magic Corps, who have been fighting the remnants of the Demon King’s army. Though cold and unhesitant to kill when necessary, he is kind at heart and deeply cares for his comrades. Wirbel uses “Binding Magic (Solganiel),” which restrains anyone caught within his gaze.

Übel

■Name
Übel (JP: ユーベル)

■Voice Actor
Ikumi Hasegawa

■Profile
A third-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. Talkative and always wearing a faint smile, she shows no hesitation or remorse when it comes to killing. Übel possesses the ability to use the preferred magic of those she empathizes with, as well as “Spell that slashes almost anything (Reelseiden).”

Denken

■Name
Denken (JP: デンケン)

■Voice Actor
Jiro Saito

■Profile
A second-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. After a fierce power struggle, he rose to the position of court mage. His abilities rival those of a first-class mage, and he commands a wide array of spells, including “Tornado Winds (Waldgose,)” “Wind becomes Hellfire (Daosdorg,)” and “Lights of Judgement (Catastravia.)”

Land

■Name
Land (JP: ラント)

■Voice Actor
Shohei Komatsu

■Profile
A second-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. A cool and unsociable young man who neither trusts others nor tries to open up to them. Land specializes in illusion magic and can create highly advanced duplicates of himself.

Richter

■Name
Richter (JP: リヒター)

■Voice Actor
Eiji Hanawa

■Profile
A second-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. A skilled and knowledgeable magician who does not hesitate to kill if it serves his purpose. Richter specializes in “Earth Control (Bargland,)” which allows him to control the ground at will.

Laufen

■Name
Laufen (JP: ラオフェン)

■Voice Actor
Shizuka Ishigami

■Profile
A third-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. Though still inexperienced as a mage, she is honest, kind-hearted, and cared for by Denken. Laufen specializes in “High-Speed Movement Magic (Jilwer),” which allows her to move swiftly across short distances.

Ehre

■Name
Ehre (JP: エーレ)

■Voice Actor
Kanae Ito

■Profile
A second-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. A top graduate of her magic academy with exceptional skill. Ehre uses “Change rocks into bullets (Doragate),” which transforms countless stones into projectiles to attack her enemies.

Sense

■Name
Sense (JP: ゼンゼ)

■Voice Actor
Haruka Terui

■Profile
A first-class mage who serves as an examiner in the First-Class Mage Exam. Though she has the appearance of a young girl and calls herself a “pacifist,” her expression is emotionless and her tone harsh. Sense can freely control her own hair, using it like blades to attack.

Genau

■Name
Genau (JP: ゲナウ)

■Voice Actor
Tarusuke Shingaki

■Profile
A first-class mage who serves as an examiner in the First-Class Mage Exam. Always calm and composed, he rarely shows any change in expression.

Scharf

■Name
Scharf (JP: シャルフ)

■Voice Actor
Yuji Murai

■Profile
A third-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. He uses “Transform flower petals into steel (Jubelade),” which allows him to freely control countless petals and transform them into steel.

Edel

■Name
Edel (JP: エーデル)

■Voice Actor
Tomoyo Kurosawa

■Profile
A second-class mage and an examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam. She refers to herself as “washi” and speaks like an old man. Edel specializes in mental manipulation magic.

Methode

■Name
Methode (JP: メトーデ)

■Voice Actor
Reina Ueda

■Profile
An examinee in the First-Class Mage Exam who commands a wide variety of spells. Calm and composed at all times, yet she has a soft spot for little girls. Methode uses both binding and mental manipulation magic.

Lernen

■Name
Lernen (JP: レルネン)

■Voice Actor
Atsushi Miyauchi

■Profile
A first-class mage of the Continental Magic Association. A disciple of Serie and the very first person to attain the rank of first-class mage.

Source : ORICON NEWS