Summary
Constituting the vanguard of a party tasked with leading offensives against monsters, demons, or other powerful adversaries, warriors are a special class of combatants who are essential to the success of any adventure. Relying primarily on their superhuman strength, endurance, and superior fighting abilities,warriors play a prominent role in the worldof Kanehito Yamada’sFrieren: Beyond Journey’s End.
Most parties on any sort of quest would seldom survive without a warrior among their ranks, as their proficiency in close-quarters fights iscritical to protecting a party’s mages, who generally rely on long-range attacks to affect the tide of a battle. There are quite a few extremely powerful warriors that have made appearances throughout the story ofFrieren: Beyond Journey’s End, with each one of them displaying a different approach to their role. On this note, here is a ranking of the strongest warriors in the series.
Chapter 27 (mentioned)
Anime Debut
Episode 13 (mentioned)
Very little is known about the true extent of Gorilla’s abilities, but he must possess a fair amount of combat proficiency, since he fared quite well on his travels for nearly a decade after departing his home village in the Alt Woods. Gorilla was responsible for exterminating all the monsters around a town along the Rohr Road in the Northern Lands. Many of the locals remembered his unique name, and even Sein referred to him as such, not knowing what his actual name was despite being childhood friends with him.
The young warrior was inspired to become a legendary hero afterseeing the statues of the Great Heroes, one of whom was the elf named Kraft. When asked by Heiter about whom the statues resembled, Gorilla noted that they looked very similar to Sein and himself, and chose to adopt the bold name of “Gorilla Warrior,” pledging to become a hero that would never be forgotten. Gorilla’s last known location was the commercial town of Tur.
Episode 12
Hailing from one of the Warrior Villages of the Klee Region, Stoltz was the older brother of Stark and the hero of his village. Respected by his father and comrades, Stoltz wasan incredibly strong swordsman and warrior, renowned for how his spotless white cape was never tainted by scratches or even a speck of dirt during any of his battles. Despite this, he remained kind to his younger brother Stark, who did not display the same innate talent he did at an early age.
Stoltzacknowledged his brother as a warrioreven in the face of his father’s disdain for his younger son. Even when the village was attacked by a powerful demon, Stoltz urged Stark to flee and continue living, showing how much he valued his younger brother’s well-being. On seeing Stark rushing to find safety, Stoltz remained behind to defend the village, but was presumably killed along with the rest of his fellow warriors.
Episode 5
Growing up in a Warrior Village in the Klee Region, Stark lived in the shadow of his elder brother Stoltz, who was the hero of his people. Undeterred, he continued to train and apply himself, which earned Stoltz’s respect, and he took it upon himself to train the young Stark after noticing his potential to be a warrior. After fleeing the village when it was attacked by demons, Stark was taken in by Eisen, the warrior of the Hero’s Party, who taught him everything he knew and trained him to be a powerful warrior in his own image.
As a teen, Stark is quite powerful for his age and is even capable of performing Eisen’s signature attack: Lightning Strike. He mainly fights using a large double-headed axe like his mentor. Even though he initially struggled in battlesdue to his innately cowardly nature— as seen in his fight against the dragon that attacked the Wille Region — Stark learned to confront his fears and blossomed into an exemplary warrior during the course of his journey with Frieren and Fern, although he still has a ways to go before he can compete on Eisen’s level.
Episode 16
Residing in the Klar Region, Old Man Voll is a dwarf warrior in his twilight years,who has been protecting his villagefor nearly four centuries. He is well-acquainted with Frieren, who often visits him on her travels through the Northern Lands. Perpetually seated on a rock at the entrance to the village, garbed in armor with a flowing red cape and a helmet featuring a visor, Voll’s weapon of choice is a broadsword which he keeps by his side, and he is very adept at wielding it.
In a flashback to when the Hero’s Party visited the village, Voll revealed that he had stood guard over it for so long to honor the memory of his late wife, who was a human and cared deeply about the place. When Frieren visits the village again on her way to Aureole with Fern and Stark,Voll teaches Stark a lesson in not lettinghis guard down and uses the time to train him by performing various tasks ranging from lifting heavy boulders, to fishing and slaying bear-like creatures. It is easy to discern that the elder warrior is more skilled than the younger Stark, which makes one wonder how powerful he must have been in his prime.
A Demon General And One Of His Race’s Strongest Warriors
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Revolte was a Demon General also known as “Divine Revolte,” and his unique physiology, which featured four arms as well as a lower half that resembled the body of a snake, was integral to his fighting style. As one of the most powerful warriors among the forces of demonkind, Revolte was a distinguished swordsman who was capable of wielding four swords at once, with which he could execute a variety of attacks and outmaneuver his foes in combat.
In addition, Revoltecould also apply magic to his magicallyforged blades to alter their weight and supplement his swordplay. From making them as heavy as a boulder, to changing their mass to be lighter and sharper than a feather, Revolte’s techniques permitted him to adjust the force and purpose of his attacks depending on the opponent as well as his objective in battle. Unfortunately, depriving him of the ability to imbue his swords with magic made them brittle and quite susceptible to breaking under the strain of powerful blows.
Episode 1
One of the most powerful and respected warriors in the world ofFrieren: Beyond Journey’s End, and easily the most powerful among them so far, Eisen was a member of the fabled Hero’s Party who defeated the Demon King. Eisen was the one who led most of the party’s offensives as its vanguard, making full use of his superhuman endurance, strength, and durability, and he was also the one who adopted Stark and trained him to be a warrior.
Just like his apprentice, he also fights with a double-headed axe, which he wields with great power and precision, as seen in his signature move: Lightning Strike. The sheer speed with which he brings down the blade, coupled with the force behind it, unleashes a beam of light that can cleave anything in its path, including the rocky face of an entire cliff side. He has also displayed considerable agility, being able to leap to great heights, and fought on equal ground with Rivale, a demon mage said tobe the strongest warrior of demonkind.
