Flamme

Flamme (フランメ) was a human Mage and the mentor of Frieren. She is regarded as a heroine from ages past, and she appears in modern chronicles of magic.

Personality
Frieren thought of Flamme as an unpleasant person, and commented that Flamme "playing her like a fiddle" was the usual. She also called Flamme someone who was known to exaggerate.

However, Flamme appeared to have a gentle personality; she saved Frieren when she was orphaned and raised her. She appeared to understand Frieren well, and predicted that Frieren would make a grave mistake and wish to revisit someone she had lost—this came true in the form of Himmel's death. She also had great trust in her disciple, declaring to Serie that Frieren, as a Mage of a peaceful era, would be the one to kill the Demon King.

Appearance
Flamme had orange hair styled into a long, thick braid that reached to her knees with sideswept bangs and two strands of hair that reached her chest, framing her face. She commonly wore loose fitting clothing in the styles of tunics or togas. Her shoes were dark brown and had criss-crossing straps that reached below her knees. Flamme also wore numerous accessories, including a dark brown band on her upper left arm, thick gold bracelets, and a gold choker with a teardrop-shaped, red jewel.

History
Flamme is known as "The Great Mage Flamme" for being one of the most renowned mages that have ever existed, even after over a thousand years have passed. Additionally, the barriers she conjured are so strong that Demon still cannot break through them in the present.

Flamme was the pupil of Serie, who raised her on a whim. When Frieren lost her elven village to Demons, Flamme took her in and taught her magic. She knew Frieren so well that she expected Frieren to one day seek guidance and desire to learn more about humans after making a grave mistake. Flamme set up a grimoire with notes meant to guide Frieren in the future, protected by a sapling that she planted and enchanted, which served as the grimoire's protector until Frieren would return one day.

Frieren
Flamme was able to empathize with Frieren upon their initial encounter, having also lost everything dear to her to Demons. They both share a deep love for magic despite their animosity towards the Demons.

The first time she met Frieren, Flamme praised her for standing her ground against and defeating a horde of powerful Demons, but at the same time told her that it would have been smarter to just run away and hide or resort to ambushes. She was also the one who taught Frieren to hide her mana output so that Demons would underestimate her and get caught off guard, fully aware that it was seen as a dirty and cowardly strategy. Flamme was a young Frieren's teacher with her own quirks, according to Frieren. She was quite cryptic about what she taught her.

Flamme raised a young Frieren until she died of old age.

Trivia

 * Her name is the German word for "flame." This is juxtaposed with Frieren's name, which is the German word for "freezing."