- This article contains a list of named monsters, fauna, and flora that appear within the world of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End.
The ecology depicted in the world of the manga features a rich environment and many different living organisms. The anime expands the world-building, showing the life forms and environment the manga draws in animated sequences not necessarily in the same scenes as they are in panels of the source material.
In the world of Frieren species can be categorized into human-like, demons, monsters, fauna and flora. The manga shows various species the protagonists interact with and have names for, but also many that are not further specified and just enrich the world-building so as to not depict a sterile world. Animals and plants are often utilized as resources by characters.
During the travels of the Hero Party and Frieren's Party, the adventurers traverse various landscapes with different kinds of organisms. The world is set up with climate zones in multiple locations that directly influence a biome. Warmer global weather patterns shape the Central Lands and get colder towards the Northern Lands. There are differentiations between local climates in coastal regions for example around the city of Warm or that of high altitude with an example being the Schwer Mountains. This informs a variety of ecological systems like oceans, bogs, forests, alpine regions, underground cavities, snowfields and more. The world of Frieren showcases a large biodiversity that occupies habitats in the water, on land and even species that live all their lives in the sky. With the richness of depiction full food chains can be assumed, with plants at the fundament that are nourishment for insects, herbivore species up to large carnivore creatures.
The beings seem to be adapted to the ecological system they are part of, which is showcased as the seed-rats populate milder climates,[1] and they have perhaps a related species in the northern part of the continent.[2] But also the opposite with a species of tortoise that is not much affected by environmental conditions.[1][3] The fantasy setting makes it possible that species exist, which subvert exactions of the real world, like the Icicle Cherry Blossom Tree that blooms in winter.[3]
Plenty of life has mana as a property, but it can also be infused into nonliving matter like Magic-nullifying Crystals,[4] and seems to be a property of the world itself. Some species can gather mana in their mana-pool that can be trained over the lifetime to become vast,[5] but others do fill in niches as to become very sensible to it and don't have much themselves to not being noticed like Stille birds.[6] As creatures interact with the environment they also have magical properties, that can be used as ingredients for magical rituals such as Shadow Dragon's Horn.[7] Different objects of the environment like Holy Snow Crystals can be used for the magical properties.[8]
Human-like species[]
Under the umbrella term humanity are not only humans summarized, but also elves and dwarfs.
Monsters[]
Monsters are classified as creatures that disintegrate into mana-particle upon death. They often utilize mana and may be aggressive or passive. Some are territorial and others will traverse great distances. They are drawn to objects with magical properties like the monsters that are attracted by the Hero's Sword,[9] or just to consume the mana of their pray like Chaos Flowers.[10]
Demons[]
Demons are defined as "monsters that use the power of words" by the Great Mage Flamme.[11] Due to their prevalence and their classification as a species, they have been excluded from this list.
A list of demons in the world of Frieren: Beyond Journey's End can be found here.
Fauna[]
Under Fauna are notable animal species mentioned in the series. The fauna can be divided into wildlife and domesticated animals. Some are not only used as resources for sustenance but also for tasks like cats for vermin decimation. Horse labor to pull carriages is one of the most depicted interactions with unnamed creatures. Many fauna are depicted in the manga without being directly interacted with and are there to create an illusion of a lived-in world.
Flora[]
Under Flora are notable plant species mentioned in the series. They are the basis of the ecosystems and grow in the wild or are harvested as domesticated species by humans. Humans use plants not only as sustenance or because of the medicinal properties of some but also as flowers to enrich daily life. Many flora are not directly interacted with and serve as depictions for backgrounds but are integral in making the fictional world more believable.
Monsters[]
| Monsters | |
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| Image | Description |
| Mimic ｢ミミック Mimikku?｣ | |
 Frieren is eaten by a mimic.  Frieren falls for the mimic in the Ruins of the King's Tomb. |
A monster that disguises itself as a treasure chest. When opened, its teeth and tongue are revealed. It swallows its prey, but can be defeated from the inside through offensive magic or by externally pushing the trapped victim further into the mimic, which stimulates a gag reflex and stops biting the victim.[12] Chest that appear suspicious can be checked for being a mimic with the spell: Mikheit that has a fail chance of one percent which is why Frieren knowingly gives every chest a try.
Geographic Range: Continent-wide, in dungeons |
| Shadow Dragon ｢ | |
| Its horns exude a dark aura and can be used for summoning. It has been difficult to find them since the Demon King's defeat. By the time of Himmel's death, Shadow Dragons had not been seen for twenty to thirty years.[13] Unlike the Solar Dragon's horn seemingly the Shadow Dragon's one doesn't evaporate in mana-particles.
Geographic Range: Unknown | |
| Einsam: Phantom Demon[note 1] ｢ | |
| A monster that exclusively consumes humans. It appears with a naked pale grey upper body, silver-white long strands of hair and a lower body in a dark black clowd. It lures its prey with illusions of the dead. It uses its prey's memories to create illusions of those who are dear to them that can speak. Its illusions can be dispersed with highly concentrated mana, such as offensive spells.
Geographic Range: Wille Region | |
| Solar Dragon ｢ | |
| Large dragons with cat-like body-frame and yellow eyes, large red wings, and tough red scales that can withstand ordinary offense magic without taking any damage.[14] The solar dragon is able to fly and breathe fire. Its claws can cut through buildings like vegetables. They build their nests with objects infused with mana. It is a highly intelligent creature and is cautious with powerful foes.
Geographic Range: Riegel Canyon | |
| Lord of the Mountains ｢ | |
  Frieren's Party faces off against the Lord of the Mountains. |
A wolf-like monster that presides over other monsters attracted to the Hero's Sword. It is a many-eyed creature with a long light blue mane, primarily light-colored fur, and dark legs and arms. It attacks with the sharp claws on its paws. It has been around for less than 80 years.
Geographic Range: Schwer Mountains |
| Chaos Flower ｢ | |
| Chaos flowers curse their prey to sleep and slowly absorb their prey's mana. Subspecies are produced through mating with native plants in the area. The flower attacks with its leaves and vines. The weakness of the chaos flower is its core. The subspecies encountered in the Laub Hills has shiny, mirror-like leaves and petals that reflect magic directed at its core.
Geographic Range: Laub Hills | |
| Geisel ｢ | |
| A light gray colored, bird-like monster with red, pocked eyes and a whip-like tail. It hunts by casting spells on corpses in order to lure in the next targets. The spell allows them to detect when the corpses are moved. The monster attacks its prey with the tail and clenches it afterward with the claws on the feet to pick on it.
Geographic Range: Kühl Region | |
| Gargoyle ｢ガーゴイル Gāgoiru?｣ | |
| A humanoid monster with large spike-tipped wings, two short horns on its forehead and two large horns further back on its head, and long talon-like fingers and claws. It can disguise itself as a statue and is easier to defeat before it starts moving. When attacking it can use physical force but is also capable to fire red magic beams at their prey.
Geographic Range: Ruins of the King's Tomb | |
| Spiegel ｢ | |
| A water-mirror demon and the lord of the Ruins of the King's Tomb. A monster from the mythical era that appears in Ewig the Sage's tales. The Spiegel is able to read the memories of those who enter the dungeon and create perfect clones of its targets that replicate the original physical body's strength, mana, and techniques. The clones do not actually possess minds; they simply imitate the actions of the original. Spiegel itself is a diamond with scroll detailing and crystals protruding from it in a circle. It is frail with a diamond-shaped structure encircled by oblong purple crystals and incapable of attacking. Upon its defeat, all its clones are destroyed.
Geographic Range: Ruins of the King's Tomb | |
| Hell Emperor Dragon / Abyssal Dragon ｢ | |
  The Hero Party fights an Abyssal Dragon. |
Thought to be the strongest of the draconic species in the Northern Plateau. It has a light colored body, dark legs, dark wings, and a dark tail. The Abyssal Dragon can fire a powerful beam of energy from its mouth.
Geographic Range: Northern Plateau |
| Venomous Apex Dragon ｢ | |
  The venomous apex dragon chases after Frieren's Party. |
A monster that has made its lair in a cave of magic-nullifying crystal. It is a large amphibious monster with multiple eyes, fins on its head, catfish-like whiskers, and tentacle-like appendages for the lower half of the body.
Geographic Range: Saum Marshes |
| Kraken ｢クラーケン Kurāken?｣ | |
  The kraken of Lake Korridor. |
A giant sea monster with tentacles that dwells in large bodies of water. It resembles a squid and an octopus and has large black eyes. It is large enough to pick up rowboats and humans with its tentacles.
Geographic Range: Lake Korridor |
| Sky-Mountain Dragon ｢ | |
| An enormous dragon that is gentle and dislikes conflict. It resembles a turtle and its slightly arched back stretches as large as an island. It spends its entire life in the sky, usually higher than flight magic is able to reach, and only descends when it dies. Its back is covered with vegetation that often cannot be found on the ground, and it forms unique ecosystems that have been isolated from the world for tens of thousands of years.
Geographic Range: Extremely high altitudes in the sky | |
Unnamed Monsters[]
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| Geographic Range: Central Lands | |
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A giant dog-like monster encountered by the original Hero Party on the way to see the meteor shower in the Central Lands. |
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A many horned monster that was resistant to fire and attacked the herbalist's village in the Turk Region. Defeated by the Hero Himmel. The appearance is in a flashback of the herbalist. |
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A two-legged monster with 3-fingered hands that end in purple claws. It has 2 horns on its head. It has an impressive mane. The body is gray colored with dark-reddish tribalistic patterns. The appearance is in a flashback of Fern. |
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A monster with two faces in a ghoulish expression, multiple arms, and long white hair. The first monster Fern ever fought. The appearance was in a flashback of Fern.
First Appearance: Episode 6 (anime), Chapter 11 (manga) |
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A cow-like monster, with two horns and tusks on the left and right side of the lower jar. The ribcage is on the outside. They were defeated by Frieren and Fern in a flashback.
First Appearance: Episode 9 (anime), Chapter 19 (manga) |
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A large boar-like monster, that has multiple eyes and tusks is defeated by Stoltz in the past near the Warrior Villages of the Klee Region.
First Appearance: Episode 12 (anime), Chapter 26 (manga) |
| Geographic Range: Northern Lands | |
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A earthen colored two-horned flying monster with gargoyle-like appearance featuring two wings and tail. It has claws on all four extremities, which are two arms and two hind legs. It is stopped by a barrier over Graf Granat's town.
First Appearance: Episode 8 |
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A four-legged monster with canid appearances and long, gray manes. They answer to the Lord of the Mountain and are similar in appearance to it. They attack in packs. Found in the Schwer Mountains.
First Appearance: Episode 12 (anime), Chapter 25 (manga) |
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A bird-like monster with lime-green colored feathers and sharp claws. It hunts by slamming its prey against the ground.[15] Frieren's Party was accosted by this creature in the Bande Woods.
First Appearance: Episode 14 (anime), Chapter 30 (manga) |
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A large light brown colored chimera monster with two distinct heads. One head resembles a goat-like appearance with a long face and prominent horns protruding out of it. The other head looks more lion-like, with a mane and sharp teeth visible. It has four sturdy legs with paws. Stark and Sein fight it in the region near the Rohr Road.
First Appearance: Episode 16 (anime), Chapter 34 (manga) |
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A three-headed dragon with angular head and jagged fangs. The sturdy body is covered in spiked armor plates and the tail ends in three overlaying leaf-like plates. Its territory encompasses the route to the secret hot springs. Frieren's Party fight this creature in the Etwas Mountains
First Appearance: Chapter 65 |
| Geographic Range: Northern Plateau | |
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A bipedal reptilian-like creature with claws and a tail. It has three spikey and backward-directed horns with a central larger one on its head. It hunts in groups and surrounds its prey. Encountered in the Nachricht Region.
First Appearance: Chapter 68 |
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A colossal golem-like creature with a bulky humanoid body, long arms covered in bumps that hang down past its knees and two horns protruding out of the head over the ears. Encountered in the Nachricht Region.
First Appearance: Chapter 68 |
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A dragon with large, bat-like wings. It has a large, pointed head with two massive up and inward-bent horns and more spikes at bot sides down to the neck. Encountered in the Nachricht Region.
First Appearance: Chapter 68 |
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An enormous, serpentine monster with multiple eyes, fangs in the mouth and a three-forked tongue. The body has forearm-long protuberance that run along each side. Encountered in the Nachricht Region.
First Appearance: Chapter 68 |
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A muscular, monster of humanoid shape with 2 up and inward-bent horns, hair that reaches the ground, a beard, and reptilian feet. It wears a simple garment that wraps around its waist and a one-sided shoulder pauldron. It wields a sword and has been terrorizing the settlement in the Nachricht Region. Frieren's Party defeats it.
First Appearance: Chapter 68 |
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A dragon-like monster with two straight back-protruding horns, a large body and a pair of wings on the back. The creature appears in a flashback of Frieren who remembers its demise by the Hero Party at the start of the travel through the Northern Plateau.
First Appearance: Chapter 68 |
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Small dragons with sleak bodies, wings, elongated necks and pointy snouts with spiked occiputs. The tail is thin and end in leaf-like shape. They gather in a large thunder. Frieren's Party defeats a thunder of these dragons in the Drachen Region.
First Appearance: Chapter 77 |
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Large bird-like monsters with robust bodies, sharp beaks and long talons. They use their wings to create strong gusts of wind to blow their prey from high places into their doom. The creatures are found in the Great Tor Canyon.
First Appearance: Chapter 79 |
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A large wolf-like monster with a hefty body, long whiskers and a mane at the back which appears to have a grey-dark accent. Its fluffy tail is split in two. The creature prowls in regions with Holy Snow Crystals and can be encountered on the Schmal Snowfield.
First Appearance: Chapter 80 |
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An anthropomorphized canin-like monster. The head is distinctly wolfish, with a pointed snout, erect ears, and a mane of fur encircling the neck. They wear tunics with straps and buckles and utilize human weaponry and tactics. The Hero Party fought packs of them in the Kino Pass.
First Appearance: Chapter 111 |
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Giant, black canine monsters with spiral eyes and white stripes that hunt together in a pack. Encountered by the Hero Party.
First Appearance: Chapter 115 |
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A dragon with two long horns, a slender torso, a spike covered back, four long legs and two bat-like wings. It has the dragon breath and likes to toss its prey through the air. Encountered by the Hero Party.
First Appearance: Chapter 115 |
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A large feline-like monster with dark stripes on the back and markings on the upper legs. It has sharp long claws on the paws. It was slain by Himmel the Hero on his visit to the goddess monument in the Kino Pass.
First Appearance: Chapter 119 |
| Geographic Range: Imperial Territory | |
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A ten-meter long serpent that Himmel originally defeated in Bohne Village. The tale has become more exaggerated over time, with Stark hearing that the serpent was a thousand meters long.
First Appearance: Chapter 120 |
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A pack of large felid monsters that have been causing trouble on the roads in the Farbe Region. A villager gives Frieren's Party a vase that causes nightmares to subjugate the monsters.
First Appearance: Chapter 121 |
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A wolf-like creature with a sharp snout filled with sharp teeth. Its mane around the neck and the fur looks bristly. It has a long sweeping ponytail. Frieren's Party encounters Count Armée wrestling it near the Titan Fortress Ruins.
First Appearance: Chapter 122 |
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A lizard-like creature with a long snout filled with sharp teeth. The head has frill-like protrusions covering a part of the neck. It has long claws on the front paws. Deeming it too dangerous, Frieren's Party and Count Armée run from it in the Titan Fortress Ruins.
First Appearance: Chapter 122 |
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A colossal snake-like creature with incredible mana. The scaled body ends in a head with a single enormous horn. It has a single left eye but six eyes on the right side. Its mouth features two arm-long fangs. Frieren's Party and Count Armée fight it in the Titan Fortress Ruins.
First Appearance: Chapter 122 |
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A huge rodent-like monster with two up and front-bent goat-like horns. In the snout, it has sharp teeth and 2 large upward fangs. The fur on the head is short and coarse with light and dark patches. A weapons master compliments Stark for defeating it in the Hören Region.
First Appearance: Chapter 123 |
| Geographic Range: Unknown | |
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A monster with a reptilian-like appearance, two horns, scaly and rough skin chases the Hero Party in a flashback of Frieren's memory. |
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A bulky monster with two thick downwards curling horns coming out of a canine-like skull. The lower jaw carries four long fangs. The monster wears leather clothing held by a strap over his shoulder. Around both wrists, it wears sleeves with thick spikes. The monster was fought by the Hero Party in the past, where Heiter has a memory of it.
First Appearance: Chapter 2 |
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An imagination by Frieren of Undead as a general term to refer to corpses controlled by magic like Zombies or animated Skeletons to educate Fern about the difference to Ghosts. |
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A quadruped monster with a long, flowing mane and tail and 3 large horns. Fought by the Hero Party in the past, where Eisen readily admitted his fear of it. The appearance was in a flashback of Frieren.
First Appearance: Episode 6 (anime), Chapter 11 (manga) |
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An enormous eagle-like monster, which the young Himmel defeats near his hometown to save a peddler, for which he is rewarded with a replica of the Sword of the Hero as a token of gratitude.[16] The aerial monster has dark feathers, a downwards-bend pointy beak, and wears very dark feathers as a comb on its head.[note 2]
First Appearance: Chapter 25 (manga) |
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A grey dragon, with large wings and two big back and upwards bent horns, that is capable of shooting blasts out of the mouth, is a memory of Frieren of the Hero Party escaping in a flashback.
First Appearance: Episode 16 (anime), Chapter 34 (manga) |
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A monster with dark gray skin and a shaggy white pelt. It has two large ox-like horns on its head. Frieren recalls that the Hero Party saved a young girl from this monster.
First Appearance: Episode 22 (anime), Chapter 47 (manga) |
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An amphibious looking monster with crystals on its back. The Hero Party discusses strategies to defeat it in a flashback.
First Appearance: Episode 25 (anime), Chapter 52 (manga) |
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A grey bulky dragon with thick scales and wings imagined by Sense that an ant can't visualize crushing it as a representation of how an ordinary mind would work instead of Übel's mind.
First Appearance: Episode 26 (anime), Chapter 54 (manga) |
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A hyena-like monster with a robust, muscular body and a muzzle with sharp teeth. The fur has a shaggy texture. The creature gathers in packs and scavenges including cemetery graves. It stands as an example Genau gives why human bodies can not just be buried in the north.
First Appearance: Chapter 72 |
Fauna[]
| Fauna | |
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| Image | Description |
| Seed Rats ｢シードラット Shīdoratto?｣ | |
| Vermin that eat seeds. A squirrel-like rodent with uniform muted-grey fur covering the body and the long thick bushy tail. They bury their food in safe places to store it but often forget where they buried it, causing flora to grow in unexpected places. Seed rats are sometimes used as messengers.[17]
Geographic Range: Turk Region, continent-wide (as messengers) | |
| Stille: Meteoric Iron Bird ｢ | |
| A small species of bird made of meteoric iron.[18] The bird has warm, sandy orange colored feathers. The head features a small creast of feathers at the top, a small concal pointed beak and eyes with a prominent yellow ring around them. It is as tough as a dragon defensively and is not affected by offense magic.[14] Stilles can fly faster than the speed of sound and are hyper-sensitive to mana. They possess very little mana themselves, and thus cannot be easily detected.[14]
Geographic Range: Kühl Region | |
| Fresser: Lion-Pig ｢ | |
| A lion-pig. It is also referred to as a lion-bear.[19] The Fresser are very large boar-like creatures that feature dark brown fur and a mane of light brown fur around the neck. The set of teeth is jagged with bigger-than-hand-sized fangs that grow out of the lower jaw. It will sometimes lay waste to fields. Its flesh can be eaten and is described as delicious.[20]
Geographic Range: Kühl Region | |
Unnamed Fauna[]
| Unnamed Fauna | |
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| Geographic Range: Continent-wide | |
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A blue feathered bird with a brown pointy beak. Used to deliver messages and parcels throughout the continent. |
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Fishes with greyish scales in a stream are found by Frieren during her travel in between the Era Meteors.
First Appearance: Episode 1 |
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Giant tortoise-like land-dwelling reptile. Has a vegetation-covered shell. Eats flowers. Found in the Turk Region and Offen Mountain Range. |
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Sea gull-like birds can be found near large bodies of water. These specimens have brown legs, white feathers with the wingtip and the tip of the tail black-colored. Be found at the port in the city of Warm.
First Appearance: Episode 3 |
| Domesticated horses are common in all human places and are used for rids. Frieren's Party often travels on carriages dragged by horses to traverse far distances. | |
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Domesticated geese can be found in many human settlements. They can be found for example in the Royal Capital or the Turk Region. This variety has brown feathered wings with a shift to a darker tone towards the tips. It has a brown strip over the belly and brown feathers on the upper neck and head. The beak is dark brown. Other varieties are shown to have white feathers. |
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Domesticated cats are common in human settlements since they help out in keeping vermin down. This variety has a fully dark fur. Other cats are shown to have stripes or patches with white or brown colors. |
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Domesticated dogs are common in human settlements as companions and help to guard property. This variety has a brown and white spotted fur. It is docile to the kids that play with the dog. It appears in the Appetit Region.
First Appearance: Episode 12 |
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Domesticated cattle are raised in many places like in the region around the Royal Capital, the Appetit Region or the Offen Mountain Range. Cows in Frieren are brown and white spotted or have only brown cowhide. They are also used to pull carriages. |
| Geographic Range: Central Lands | |
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White pigon-like birds found in the region around Royal Capital.
First Appearance: Episode 1 |
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A butterfly-like insect with triangular white wings and yellow wingtips found in the region around Royal Capital.
First Appearance: Episode 1 |
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A butterfly-like insect with triangular yellow wings that become spots on the brown wingtips found in the Turk Region.
First Appearance: Episode 2 |
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A lizard-like reptile with a long tail, a dark brown body and a light brown underside found in the Voll Basin as part of the Bredt Region.
First Appearance: Episode 4 |
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Water strider-like insects with 6 legs and brown color floating on a standing water body. Appear in Frieren's flashback of Flamme.
First Appearance: Episode 10 |
| Geographic Range: Northern Lands | |
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A hare-like creature with long ears and a light brown fur. Appears in the Decke Region.
First Appearance: Episode 11, (anime) Chapter 24 (manga) |
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A creature with a similar appearance to seed rats. The ears and tail are fluffy. It eats seeds and berries and sleeps in tree nooks. Found in the Decke Region.
First Appearance: Episode 11, (anime) Chapter 24 (manga) |
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A fox-like creature with brown fur and a light cream-colored underbelly and tail tip. It has dark brown ears and paws. Appears in the Decke Region.
First Appearance: Episode 11 |
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A snake-like creature with primarily a deep shade of green or gray as scales. Behind the head, it has larger scales forming a collar. Like most venomous snakes, it has prominent, sharp fangs to inject venom into prey. Its venom causes the brain to melt. It can only be cured by a highly skilled Priest. Found in the Alt Woods.
First Appearance: Episode 13, (anime) Chapter 27) |
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The fish appears to be a type of trout, likely a rainbow trout judging by the pink stripe along its side and the spots on its body. It has a silvery-white underbelly and its back fades from a greenish-brown to a lighter yellow. Caught in the river near the village in the Alt Woods.
First Appearance: Episode 13, (anime) Chapter 27 (manga) |
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A boar like creature with dusky brown fur and two white tusks curving upwards from its lower jaw. It is part of the wildlife in the Bande Woods.
First Appearance: Episode 14, (anime) Chapter 30 (manga) |
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A large bear-like beast with a muscular body and dark brown fur. It has a long snout and a spiky mane of fur running down its back to the short tail. It was slain bei old man Voll near his village in the Klar Region.
First Appearance: Episode 16, (anime) Chapter 33 (manga) |
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A giant rooster-like bird with white fluffy feathers, distinctive red wattles and comb, an angular beak and feet with sharp talons. Its eggs are cream-colored with multicolored spots. It is found near the Rohr Road.
First Appearance: Episode 16, (anime) Chapter 34 (manga) |
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A massive boar-like beast with a large muscular body that is covered in bristly fur and its mouth is filled with numerous sharp, jagged teeth. Frieren's Party fights it in the Etwas Mountains.
First Appearance: Chapter 65 |
| Geographic Range: Imperial Territory | |
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A raging bull that Stark stops in a town in the Hören Region.
First Appearance: Chapter 123 |
| Geographic Range: Unknown | |
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A brown ant imagined by Sense that can't visualize itself crushing a dragon as representation of how an ordinary mind would work instead of Übel's mind.
First Appearance: Episode 26 |
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Solitär investigates the remains of this creature. Most likely an orca.
First Appearance: Chapter 88 |
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Solitär shows Macht a skeleton of this creature. Most likely a shark.
First Appearance: Chapter 88 |
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Various anatomical preparations and preserved specimens of water creatures such as fishbone preparations, amphibians, starfish and cephalopods are preserved in a glass. Solitär collects them in her house.
First Appearance: Chapter 88 |
Flora[]
| Flora | |
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| Image | Description |
| Blue-Moon Weed ｢ | |
| A blue flower native to Himmel's hometown. Up until several decades ago, it was found in the forests of the Turk Region. A closely related species with medicinal properties also grows in the area.[21] It has five petals with gradation from darker blue at the tips of the petals to lighter blue in the center. The flower has blue anthers and yellow filaments.
Geographic Range: Himmel's Hometown, Turk Region | |
| Flamme's thousand year old tree | |
| A huge tree set up with a protective barrier as a sapling by the Great Mage Flamme. Frieren questions the reliability, but gets assured by Flamme that the tree will be a guardian even in a thousand years.[22] The deciduous tree has grown a protruding tree crown held high above with branches as thick as a person's chest measurement going over into the trunk, which measures dozens of feet in diameter. The roots are sticking partly out of the ground.
Geographic Range: Voll Basin in the Bredt Region | |
| Icicle Cherry Blossom Tree ｢ | |
| A tree with poisonous flowers that blooms in the winter. Smaller tree branches are bent downwards ending in conical rachis growing out heart-shaped leaves with near white to rose color tone. The mushrooms that grow on the roots at the base of the tree have medicinal properties.[23]
Geographic Range: Offen Mountain Range | |
Unnamed Flora[]
| Unnamed Flora | |
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| Geographic Range: Central Lands | |
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Varieties of Grapes with most times violet color are shown in Frieren. The first time grapes appear in the anime is on a plate in the kitchen of Heiter's home in Episode 1. In Episode 2 (Chapter 3) Fern comments on spells that Frieren gathers, which one of them is to turn sweet grapes sour and is also the first time grapes are shown in the manga in the flashback with Fern tasting them. In Frieren's flashback in Episode 3 (Chapter 4) the Hero Party member tell their favorite dishes, with Eisen saying that he likes grapes: "The sourer, the better." Eisen is pleased to taste the sour grapes in Episode 4 (Chapter 7) when Frieren uses the obtained spell to turn sweet grapes sour at a camp they have. |
| Geographic Range: Northern Lands | |
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Found in the Klar Region in Episode 16 (Chapter 33). A large bioluminescent mushroom grows from a leafy surface at the base of a tree. The mushroom has an umbrella-like cap that glows in a pale green color. The cap has a scalloped edge and fine with gills underneath. The stem is thick and sturdy, supporting the sizeable cap. There are small, glowing particles which could be spores floating in the air. It is gathered by Frieren's Party in a forest near old man Voll's village. |
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Found in the Offen Mountain Range in Episode 17 (Chapter 36). A large mushroom that grow on the roots of the icicle cherry blossom tree. The mushroom has a light blue umbrella-like cap that is ruffled on the edge with a delicate pinkish-purple underside. At the top of the cap, a flower-like ornament grows out and at half height dotted protrusions are ring-like arranged. The stems is thick and in a darker shade of blue. It can be used as a medicinal ingredient to treat colds. |
Themes[]
Behaviorism[]
An influence on the behavior of creatures is their variation in life expectance and the experiences they make while interacting with species of their own kind and the environment. Certain species are depicted to form a society like humans down to small groups, like animals that hunt together as a pack and demons who live their lives solitarily minding only their individual needs.
Convergent Evolution[]
In Chapter 88 two demons have a conversation about the topic of convergent evolution. One was taught about it by the Demon King and explains it pointing at the examples of the skeletal structures of a "shark" as a fish and an "orca" as a mammal that share similar appearance and the ocean as habitat.
Coexistence[]
While human-like species are the dominant lifeform in the biosphere interacting with the environment and also changing it, they are antagonized by the other apex predator the demons that compete over territorial influence. Humanity has conquered many domains of the world but has to guard their living space. Both sides are engaged in warfare with equal utilization of magic for offensive and defensive purposes. A first exploration of the theme of coexistence is done in Chapter 14 where a naïve man wants to overcome the prejudice and takes in a young demon child. However, he is killed. In later chapters, it is explained that the Demon King wished for coexistence but it ended in the decimation down to one-third of humankind.[24] Furthermore another demon explores his way to coexistence,[25] but the actions he takes are to the detriment of humans.[26]
Environmentalism[]
In Chapter 80 the exploitation of the environment, to gather resources, is a plot point that leads Frieren to accept a quest to set up a protective barrier against people. The request is given by an adventurer who has grown up in the region. He wants to preserve the sight of a large deposit of Holy Snow Crystals.
Creationism[]
The world of Frieren was brought into existence by the Goddess of Creation.
Trivia[]
- The unnamed cow-dog creature that Fern recalls defeating when fighting Lügner is depicted as fauna in the manga, as it does not dissolve into mana particles upon defeat. However, in the anime, the creature is shown to start dissipating into mana, thus it has been classified as a monster.
- Frieren states that the icicle cherry blossom may be her favorite winter flower.[27]
- The monster / dragon that chases the Hero Party in the flashback of Frieren in Chapter 1 and Chapter 34 should resemble the same dragon, is animated into two different creatures in Episode 1 and Episode 16 in the anime adaptation. It appears also in flashback in Chapter 61.
- Though the official Viz English translation calls the Fresser both a lion-pig[28] and a lion-bear,[19] the second is likely a mistake and may have been intended to be "lion-boar" instead.
- Wirbel first mentions that the Hero Party fought the Hell Emperor Dragon in Chapter 59. The Hero Party actually encounter this dragon in Chapter 113, though it is translated in this chapter as the Abyssal Dragon by Viz.
- Mimic ranked the following in the official popularity polls:
- 3rd in the first popularity contest with 8,701,779 points.
- 10th in the second popularity contest with 341,347 votes, where multiple votes per character were counted.
- In this same contest, Mimic ranked 4th when counting only unique votes (one vote per character per person).
Etymology[]
- "Einsam" is German for "lonely / lonesome".
- "Geisel" is German for "hostage", possibly referring to the corpse the monster uses as bait.
- Furthermore, the identically pronounced word "Geißel" / "Geissel" is German for "flagellum / scourge", which might refer to the monster's whip-like tail.
- "Fresser" is German for "devourer / glutton / feeder".
- "Stille" is German for "silence / calmness".
Notes[]
- ↑ While the Einsam are referred to as "Phantom Demons," they are considered monsters and do not fall under the category of the human-like demons evolved from monsters. The kanji of "demon" in "Phantom Demon" is "鬼" (oni), while the kanji for the evolved-from-monsters demons is "
魔 族 " (mazoku). - ↑ The anime did not adopt the flashback of the young Himmel defeating the eagle-like monster. The scene in the flashback is extended upon in anthology: The Adventures of the Hero Himmel to the Frieren manga.
- ↑ In Episode 14, the anime features an original addition in its adaptation of Chapter 30, where the creature Stark defeats for one of the party's meals has a boar-like appearance and appears to have a lion's tail. This may be the first instance of a Fresser in the anime
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 3.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Anime: Episode 11.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 36.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 61.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 22.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 39.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 1.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 80.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 25.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 31.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 14.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 49 (p. 7).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 1 (p. 14).
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 14.2 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 39 (p. 2).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 30 (p. 7).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 25 (p. 3).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 81 (p. 2).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 38 (p. 2).
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 62 (p. 11).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 47 (p. 18).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 3 (p. 21).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 7 (p. 15f).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 36 (p. 10).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 98.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 88.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 94.
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 36 (p. 11).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 47 (p. 11).