Frieren: Beyond Journey's End

Summary

After defeating the Demon King, the heroes return to peaceful, solitary lives. Years later, the elven mage Frieren confronts the reality of human mortality, takes on an apprentice, and sets out to fulfill her departed friends' wishes, grappling with life and death along the way.

Synopsis

Centuries after a group of heroes, including the powerful elven mage Frieren, vanquishes the Demon King, bringing peace to the land, they each return to their separate lives. The passage of time forces Frieren to confront the concept of mortality, a concept foreign to her long lifespan. Witnessing the deaths of her close friends, she is spurred to action, deciding to fulfill their final wishes. Frieren embarks on a new journey, taking on a young human apprentice named Fern, who helps her navigate a world grappling with life and death and a society she no longer fully comprehends. This new adventure forces Frieren to confront her own feelings about the fleeting nature of human life and how her extended life impacts her relationships with those around her. The journey is not merely one of fulfilling her friends' wishes but also one of self-discovery and acceptance.

Characters

Frieren

Frieren was a mage in Hero Himmel's party. They travelled along with Priest Heiter and Warrior Eisen in a ten-year journey to defeat the Demon King. She was the last member to be recruited to the party and, despite Heiter's initial impression of her mana being average, Himmel had a hunch she was the most powerful mage he had ever met. Being an elf that has lived for over a thousand years, Frieren has a hard time forming meaningful relationships with humans because of the difference in their lifespans and how they perceive the passage of time. This generally manifests itself as laziness, since missing an important event is of no importance as she will have plenty of opportunities to relive it in the future, or as a nearly sociopathic inability to comprehend human's feelings. For instance, she tends to not notice how her lack of impatience or cold statements can affect humans around her. Her party members have also frequently stated that they can't comprehend her feelings or read what goes on in her head. Despite being an extremely powerful mage, Frieren has the habit of collecting rare and daily usage centered magic, like magic that can polish a bronze statue or make flowers bloom. She always asks for a grimoire as a reward even if she already knows its contents or when it comes to The Great Mage Flamme's lost grimoires knows they are fakes. After the deaths of Hero Himmel and Priest Heiter, Frieren decided she wants to learn more about humans. She is currently traveling with Fern her pupil who was a war refugee left in her care by Priest Heiter in a quest to Ende, the place where souls reside in the northernmost tip of the continent and where the Demon King's Castle was built to try and speak to Himmel's soul. In her new journey, Frieren visits many places her old party travelled through in the past and relives memories, slowly understanding more about their meaning and her feelings. Ironically, Fern is generally the one to take care of Frieren in daily activities despite being far younger. >! Around a thousand years ago, Frieren lost her village and family to demons. She was found by Flamme after defeating the demons and became her pupil. Flamme taught her to constrict her magic for her entire life to conceal her true power, a tactic used to deceive demons in lowering their guard. Flamme seemed to be the only one who truly understood Frieren's psyche, as she left notes protected by a barrier knowing Frieren would seek them in the future after committing a mistake. (Source: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Wiki)

Fern

Heiter's adopted daughter. After his death, she came under the care of Frieren. Fern grew up to be a strict and mature person beyond her age. Acts as a mother for the members of the squad. She constantly helps Frieren perform simple daily tasks, such as waking her up, dressing her, cooking. She behaves condescendingly with Stark, although they are about the same age, for example, scolds when he goes to bed late. Despite her outward steadfastness, Fern easily gets upset and can behave like a child if she is offended by something.

Stark

Carefree young man. He can easily make friendship with others. He is cowardly, but he has the determination to put aside his fears in order to protect the people dear to him. >! At an early age, he was orphaned and was raised by Eisen. At the request of his mentor, he joined the Frieren's party as a warrior.

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