Heiter

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Heiter
Japanese	ハイター
Romaji	Haitā
Biographical Information
Aliases	Corrupt Priest (Hero Party)
Gender	Male
Age	Around 100
Species	Human
Class	Priest
Rank	Bishop
Affiliation	Hero Party
Relatives	Fern (adoptive daughter)
Status	Deceased
Physical Description
Hair Color	Green
Eye Color	Brown
Series Information
Manga Debut	Chapter 1
Anime Debut	Episode 1
Japanese VA	Hiroki Tochi
English VA	Jason Douglas

Heiter ｢ハイター, Haitā^?｣ was the human priest of the Hero Party. After the Hero Party was dissolved, he returned to the Holy City of Strahl and eventually became a bishop. In his last remaining years, he adopted the orphan Fern and raised her. When Frieren came to visit him twenty years after Himmel's death, he asked Frieren to adopt Fern and train her as her apprentice.

Personality

Heiter was an outwardly cheerful man who often diffused tense situations with his laughter and jokes about his inclination towards alcohol. He was easily moved to tears, both when things happened to the party or when he was hungover. However, inwardly, Heiter was shown to be cynical about circumstances such as the Hero Party's odds of defeating the Demon King, and, as a child, this manifested in jealousy towards Himmel, where he would often outwardly expressed his doubts about being able to defeat monsters or even the Demon King. However, he eventually decided that even if he could not believe in himself, he would believe in Himmel and later, their comrades.

As Himmel notes, from a young age, Heiter has always been very pious regarding Heaven and the Goddess of Creation.

Heiter was known to be a frequent liar and was shown to be shrewd at times, as he was able to leverage Frieren's perception of time to trick her into staying and training Fern long enough for her to become a mage capable of traveling with Frieren.

Appearance

Heiter was a rather tall and bespectacled priest with short green hair that he kept slicked back. Two strands of his hair flew loose over his forehead. Similar to most priests, Heiter wore a long, black robe with gold trims and accents. Underneath his robe, Heiter wore a long black shirt with a white top and gold accents, a gold belt, and a black-and-gold collar alongside black pants and shoes.

Upon becoming a bishop, Heiter switched to a white robe with a shoulder cape and collar that had prominent gold accents on the edges and cuffs. Additionally, he wore a white dress underneath his robe that reached his ankles and was tied with the same gold belt. He paired his bishop attire with white pants and black shoes.

After growing older and retiring, Heiter's hair grew lighter and he gained prominent wrinkles. He wore a long, gray turtle-necked dress, his gold belt, and a long cape clasped at the front. Additionally, he had a hunched back and used a wooden walking stick. When bedridden, he wore a simple nightgown.

Abilities

Heiter is an accomplished priest and a member of the Hero Party, having raised to the rank of bishop in the Holy City.

• Mana detection: Heiter could accurately gauge the mana of other mages, estimating that Frieren's mana was around a fifth of his own mana when he first met her, although he did not appear to realize her mana was restrained at the time. Later, Heiter was also able to detect that Frieren was restraining her mana, a feat that even a Sage of Destruction, Aura the Guillotine, was not able to accomplish. He would later use this knowledge of restraining mana when raising Fern to be a mage.
• Immense mana output: Heiter has a rather large mana pool. Having deemed Frieren, who had restrained her mana, to have around a fifth of his own mana upon first meeting her, he can be estimated to already possess 500 years worth of mana training as a young adult.

Spells

• Goddess's Magic: As a priest, Heiter is capable of utilizing Magic of the Goddess from Holy Scriptures.
  • Blessing of The Goddess: Given that Heiter is a priest, he has a natural resistance to curses. This ability, also known as the "Blessing of the Goddess" or the "Goddess's Divine Grace," was shown when Grausam used his curse on Himmel, Frieren, and Heiter, with Heiter only staggering for a bit before getting back up while the other two were incapacitated. Grausam notes that Heiter must be especially pious to resist his curse, as Heiter is the first priest he has encountered that is capable of withstanding his magic.
  • Healing magic: Heiter is shown to be able to heal wounds using the scriptures.
  • Spell that allows survival without food, water, or oxygen: Heiter can cast a supportive spell that allows the individuals affected to not need food, water, or oxygen to survive. Heiter can maintain this spell for around two months.
  • Spell to prevent trigger of mana detection: Heiter has a stealth spell that makes those affected by the spell unable to be perceived by mana detection. It is cast in a circle around Heiter.

Manga Appearance

Beyond Journey's End Arc
Chapter 1: The Journey's End	Debut
Chapter 2: The Priest's Lie	Appears
Chapter 3: Blue-Moon Weed	Flashback
Chapter 4: The Mage's Secret	Flashback
Chapter 5: Killing Magic	Flashback
Chapter 6: New Year's Festival	Flashback
Chapter 7: The Land Where Souls Rest	Flashback
Chapter 8: One One-Hundredth	Flashback
Chapter 9: Phantoms of the Dead	Flashback
Chapter 10: Solar Dragon	Absent
Chapter 11: The Hero of the Village	Flashback
Chapter 12: The Northern Checkpoint	Flashback
Chapter 13: Liberation Festival	Flashback

Aura the Guillotine Arc
Chapter 14: Monsters That Speak	Flashback
Chapter 15: Draht	Absent
Chapter 16: The Murder of a Guard	Absent
Chapter 17: Frieren the Slayer	Absent
Chapter 18: The Undead Army	Flashback
Chapter 19: Raid	Absent
Chapter 20: Master's Technique	Flashback
Chapter 21: Coward	Absent
Chapter 22: The Scales of Obedience	Flashback
Chapter 23: A Victory and a Funeral	Mentioned

Travels to Äußerst Arc
Chapter 24: The Elves' Wish	Flashback
Chapter 25: The Village of the Sword	Flashback
Chapter 26: A Gift to a Warrior	Flashback
Chapter 27: A Priest from an Ordinary Village	Flashback
Chapter 28: The Priest and His Regret	Flashback
Chapter 29: Ideal Adult	Flashback
Chapter 30: Mirrored Lotus	Flashback
Chapter 31: Chaos Flower	Flashback
Chapter 32: The Orden Family	Absent
Chapter 33: Old Man Voll	Flashback
Chapter 34: The Statues of Heroes	Flashback
Chapter 35: A Reason to Begin the Journey	Flashback
Chapter 36: Emotional Support	Flashback

First-Class Mage Exam Arc
Chapter 37: The First-Class Exam	Flashback
Chapter 38: Stille—Meteoric Iron Bird	Flashback
Chapter 39: Commence Capture Strategy	Absent
Chapter 40: A Spell to Capture a Bird	Absent
Chapter 41: Time for Resolve	Absent
Chapter 42: A Reason to Fight	Absent
Chapter 43: Privilege	Absent
Chapter 44: Recapture the Stille	Absent
Chapter 45: Water-Manipulation Magic	Absent
Chapter 46: An Even-Better Flavor	Flashback
Chapter 47: Fern and Her Baked Sweets	Flashback
Chapter 48: The Ruin's of the King's Tomb	Flashback
Chapter 49: Dungeons and Magical Items	Flashback
Chapter 50: Spiegel—A Water-Mirror Demon	Absent
Chapter 51: Dungeon Battle	Absent
Chapter 52: Strategy Meeting	Flashback
Chapter 53: An Era of Humans	Absent
Chapter 54: A Spell that Slashes Almost Anything	Absent
Chapter 55: The Second Exam Ends	Absent
Chapter 56: Fern's Staff	Flashback
Chapter 57: The Third Exam	Flashback
Chapter 58: Serie's Intuition	Absent
Chapter 59: With a Little Help	Flashback
Chapter 60: Departure and Farewell	Flashback

Continued Northern Travels Arc
Chapter 61: Magic-Nullifying Crystal	Flashback
Chapter 62: Why I Set Out on This Journey	Absent
Chapter 63: The Hero of the South	Flashback
Chapter 64: The Demon with a Sword	Flashback
Chapter 65: The Secret Hot Spring of the Etwas Mountains	Flashback
Chapter 66: The Places She Would Like	Flashback
Chapter 67: Peaceful Time	Mentioned
Chapter 68: Northern Plateau	Flashback
Chapter 69: Boshaft-The Emperor's Spirit	Flashback
Chapter 70: The Norm Company	Absent

The Golden Land Arc
Chapter 77: A Thunder of Dragons	Flashback
Chapter 78: Lake Korridor	Flashback
Chapter 79: The Great Tor Canyon	Flashback
Chapter 80: Holy Snow Crystals	Flashback
Chapter 81: The Golden Land	Flashback
Chapter 82: Diagoldze—The Spell to Transmute All Creation into Gold	Absent
Chapter 83: The Stone Bracelet of Servitude	Absent
Chapter 84: Daredevil	Absent
Chapter 85: Malice	Absent
Chapter 86: Discussions	Absent
Chapter 87: Affection	Absent
Chapter 88: Solitär	Absent
Chapter 89: Guilt	Absent
Chapter 90: Glück	Absent
Chapter 91: Onstage	Absent
Chapter 92: The End of Weise	Absent
Chapter 93: The Great Barrier	Absent
Chapter 94: Analysis	Absent
Chapter 95: Nameless Great Demon	Absent
Chapter 96: Master and Apprentice	Absent
Chapter 97: Observation	Flashback
Chapter 98: Retribution	Absent
Chapter 99: Offense and Defense	Absent
Chapter 100: The Fundamentals of Mages	Absent
Chapter 101: Breakthrough	Absent
Chapter 102: A Tie	Flashback
Chapter 103: Time for Retribution	Absent
Chapter 104: A Visit to Her Grave	Absent

Goddess's Monument Arc
Chapter 105: Golem	Absent
Chapter 106: Sky-Mountain Dragon	Flashback
Chapter 107: The Monument of the Goddess	Appears
Chapter 108: Reunion	Appears
Chapter 109: Zart the Remnant	Appears
Chapter 110: The Party of Heroes	Appears
Chapter 111: Escort Mission	Appears
Chapter 112: Faith	Appears
Chapter 113: Abyssal Dragon	Appears
Chapter 114: The Sword of the Hero	Appears
Chapter 115: Best Friend	Appears
Chapter 116: Spell to Return	Appears
Chapter 117: Miraculous Illusion	Appears
Chapter 118: Vialathor	Appears
Chapter 119: Memories	Absent

Imperial Territory Travels Arc
Chapter 120: False Image of a Hero	Flashback
Chapter 121: Monsters on the Road	Absent
Chapter 122: The Titan Fortress Ruins	Absent
Chapter 123: Proof of Perseverance	Flashback
Chapter 124: Shadow Warrior	Absent
Chapter 125: Family	Absent

Foundation Festival Arc
Chapter 126: A New Mission	Absent
Chapter 127: Retrieval Mission	Absent
Chapter 128: Magic Special Forces	Absent
Chapter 129: Shadow of the Empire	Absent
Chapter 130: Beneath the Water's Surface	Absent
Chapter 131: Escape	Absent
Chapter 132: Chase	Mentioned
Chapter 133: Silver Coins	Absent
Chapter 134: Trace Back	Absent
Chapter 135: Prelude	Absent
Chapter 136: Reunion	Absent
Chapter 137: Repel	Absent
Chapter 138: Traitor	Absent
Chapter 139: Kreis the Blacksmith	Absent
Chapter 140: Ballroom	Absent

Anime Appearance

Season 1
Episode 1: The Journey's End	Debut
Episode 2: It Didn't Have to Be Magic...	Appears
Episode 3: Killing Magic	Flashback
Episode 4: The Land Where Souls Rest	Flashback
Episode 5: Phantoms of the Dead	Flashback
Episode 6: The Hero of the Village	Flashback
Episode 7: Like a Fairy Tale	Flashback
Episode 8: Frieren the Slayer	Absent
Episode 9: Aura the Guillotine	Flashback
Episode 10: A Powerful Mage	Flashback
Episode 11: Winter in the Northern Lands	Flashback
Episode 12: A Real Hero	Flashback
Episode 13: Aversion to One's Own Kind	Flashback
Episode 14: Privilege of the Young	Flashback
Episode 15: Smells like Trouble	Flashback
Episode 16: Long-Lived Friends	Flashback
Episode 17: Take Care	Flashback
Episode 18: First-Class Mage Exam	Flashback
Episode 19: Well-Laid Plans	Flashback
Episode 20: Necessary Killing	Absent
Episode 21: The World of Magic	Absent
Episode 22: Future Enemies	Flashback
Episode 23: Conquering the Labyrinth	Flashback
Episode 24: Perfect Replicas	Absent
Episode 25: A Fatal Vulnerability	Flashback
Episode 26: The Height of Magic	Absent
Episode 27: An Era of Humans	Flashback
Episode 28: It Would Be Embarrassing When We Met Again	Flashback

Trivia

• "Heiter" in German means "cheerful," but it can also mean "one quarter cloudy" (in the context of sky/weather) and "tipsy, slightly drunk." This may allude to three aspects of his character: his outer personality, his friendship with Himmel, and his love for alcohol.
• The Hero Party's nickname for Heiter was "corrupt priest," as he loved drinking alcohol despite being a priest.
• Heiter is a picky eater, often giving his vegetables to Frieren.
• According to the spin-off The Adventures of the Hero Himmel, Heiter can cast "Three Spears of the Goddess." However, this has not been exhibited in the official manga.
• Heiter ranked the following in the official popularity polls:
  • 11th in the first popularity contest.
  • 34th in the second popularity contest, where multiple votes per character were counted.
    • In this same contest, Heiter ranked 17th when counting only unique votes (one vote per character per person).