Methode

Methode (メトーデ Metōde) is a first-class Mage that participated in the First Class Mage Exam at the same time as Frieren and Fern, and later was assisted by Frieren’s Party in subjugating demons in Rufen region, Northern Plateau.

Personality
Methode possesses a friendly, calm and confident personality, making her a valuable strategist and team player, as demonstrated during the second stage of the First Class Exam when she willingly cooperated and strategized with other mages. Among the First-Class Mages, she is described to be considerably upright by Lernen.

She has an extreme fondness for cuteness and children, especially of Elves like Frieren and Serie. She's notably unfazed by Serie's intimidating presence, focusing solely on how cute the elf is. Ever since becoming a First Class Mage, she frequently asks to pat Serie's head, to Serie's reluctance and annoyance. This pampering is not limited to Serie as she has an easier time giving hugs and pats to Frieren by bribing her with niche grimoires, fuelling Fern’s jealousy. At the end of the Shōgun Subjugation Arc, Methode notes that she also finds Fern’s anger adorable.

Similar to Denken and Frieren, she has a love for magic that she believes separates her from others who only rely on magic to battle.

Appearance
Methode is a tall, young woman of well-proportioned figure. She has mid-back length brown hair that is parted through the middle.

During the First Class Mage Exam, her attire consists of a white top with frills at the top, secured by two crossed straps around her neck. She wears a black corset that is laced with white cords and decorated with white outlines and three stripes on each side, over the top and black shorts. Her outfit also includes dark red leggings and tall, laced boots, all of which are concealed under a long, white collared cape that extends below her knees.

Deeper into the Northern Plateau during the Shōgun Subjugation Arc, she wears a tight-fitting black long sleeve jacket top adorned with thick, black fur at the end of the sleeves and over the collar. She pairs this jacket with a long black waist cape, maroon-red pants, and slim black boots.

Synopsis
Methode is a Second Class Mage who partakes in the First Class Mage Examination in Äußerst. She was in the First Party with Ton and Länge for the first stage of the exam in which they're successful in capturing a Stille in an unknown manner.

In the second stage of the exam, Methode was among the five mages who chose to remain behind, alongside Richter, Denken, Laufen, and Länge, before entering the Tomb of the Ruined King together. Once the presence of Spiegel, the Reflective Water Demon, was revealed, Methode becomes a valuable piece in coordinating against the demon’s imitation of the mages inside the dungeon due to her wide skill set. She was tasked with fighting Fern’s clone, against whom she is confident she could win. As a result, 12 mages, including Methode, passed the second stage of the exam.

The third stage of the exam involved Serie personally interviewing each of the 12 examinees. Methode passed and became a first-class mage immediately when it was revealed that all she could think of was Serie’s cuteness.

As a newly appointed first-class mage, Methode is tasked by Serie to subjugate demons in the Rufen region of Northern Plateau alongside Genau. Genau found this strange as he believed that Methode did not seem to be a person suited to fighting violently in the plateau while she found the former to be unpleasant. The two are stationed at Genau’s hometown which was massacred by the hands of demons, including the presence of an evidently strong demon. At the same time, Frieren’s party was also tasked with the same subjugation mission, leading both parties to work together.

With Stark’s inputs, Methode was able to determine that the said strong demon had to have been a quadruple wielding demon shogun working with three other demons. She later groups up with Frieren and Fern to search for the demons, leaving Stark and Genau to defend the ravaged village. She takes this as an opportunity to caress and hug the elf by bribing her with a grimoire, much to Fern’s annoyance. Their momentary respite was abruptly interrupted by the appearance of two demons: one casting the Nebela'dora Fog Control Magic, and the other, a sword-wielding demon who immediately engaged Methode in combat. Quickly realizing the need to dispel the fog for Fern, she switches to a wild fighting style while successfully analyzing and dispelling the fog; quickly leading to the deaths of the two demons at the hands of Fern.

With Stark’s and Genau’s success in killing the shogun Divine Revolte, the party is successful in subjugating the demons and the two are healed by Methode. The group temporarily resided in the village before Genau and Methode departed to join the escort of the Chivalric Order of Norm. Methode extended her services to Frieren's party before leaving, but was rebuffed due to the party’s willingness to wait for Sein.

Abilities
Methode does not seem to specialize in any magic spells, instead relying on her wide pool of spells to take advantage of a situation. It is implied that she may be related to a race in the Northern Plateau dedicated to killing demons due to her use of a wild, reckless fighting style when necessitated.


 * Restraint and Hypnosis Magic: Methode is a competent user of restraint and hypnosis magic spells. She possesses the ability to accurately gauge a person's resistance to such magic. During the second stage of the First Class Exam, she assessed Frieren's resistance by hugging and attempting to visually penetrate Frieren's mental defenses.


 * Goddess’s Magic: Methode is said to be a special case amongst mages as she is able to utilize the Goddess’s magic. With the help of the scriptures, she is able to cast simple recovery magic to heal injuries. She is also capable of using autopsy magic to determine causes of deaths.


 * Demystification Magic Elil'frät : A Demystification magic utilized by Methode to dispel the Fog Control Magic: Nebela’dora after fully analyzing the fog.

Trivia

 * Methode is German for "method."