“ In the world of magic, even Heaven and Earth could turn upside down.
—Serie, in Chapter 45
Serie ｢ゼーリエ Zērie?｣ is an elven mage known for her expansive knowledge in the area of magic. She is described as a living grimoire and is the head of the Continental Magic Association. Serie refers to herself as a Great Mage from the Mythical Era.[3]
Personality[]
Like most elves, Serie does not often express emotions, and appears rather cold at times. However, Serie is very fair in her assessment of others and has a sharp intuition when it comes to potential. She is pragmatic when assessing situations, immediately recognizing certain dangers, but still willing to concede to her disciples' wishes.
With her status and her knowledge, she has gained multiple apprentices throughout the years. Serie acts and initially seems ambivalent about her human apprentices. When faced with their limitations due to lifespan, she declares that human apprentices should not be taken after all, and she claims that she merely took Flamme as an apprentice on a whim. Yet, despite this act, even after centuries or millennia passing, it is noted that she has not forgotten any of her disciples' favorite magic nor their personalities; despite claiming that Flamme's favorite magic was a pointless spell, she conducts the third stage of the First-Class Mage Exam amongst a field of flowers generated by this magic.
Like many elves, Serie is not very in touch with her emotions, and as such, she has difficulty properly expressing and identifying her feelings. Serie has admitted that while being disappointed that a vast majority of her apprentices never reached her level nor left a huge mark in history, she never regretted taking them on as her students.
Serie values those with burning ambition. She views magic as merely a tool for killing and disagrees vehemently with Frieren's feelings about how the greatest enjoyment of magic comes only during the pursuit of it.[6] Accordingly, Flamme calls her a warmonger.[7] Despite this, she seems to enjoy meeting and fighting those who are strong, and she finds those that can utilize various applications of magic and possess a wide array of spells fascinating.[8]
Appearance[]
Serie is an elf with golden hair and golden eyes. As an elf, she possesses large pointed ears and a youthful appearance, despite being even older than Frieren. Serie wears her hair loose except for four portions that she has tied at the base. Her bangs, which frame her face, have also been tied off at the bottom. She wears a loose white top with a green brooch and white shorts. When out, she wears a long red cape with gold fastenings and green jewel embellishments hanging from the fastenings. The top of the cape is lined with white fur. Serie is often seen without footwear. She has two bangles or wrappings on her ankles.
In the past, Serie was shown wearing a light colored toga dress in a similar style as Flamme's. She did not wear any ornamentation on her arms or in her hair, but wore two bangles or wrappings on her ankles. She wore a necklace with several pendants.
When she fights Macht, Serie wears footwear and socks that she has tied off with ribbon ornamentation. She also dons a loose fitting jacket. The rest of her outfit remains unchanged from her outfit in the Continental Magic Association.
Gallery[]
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Abilities[]
Due to her unmatched knowledge and skill, Serie is regarded as the mage closest to the omnipotent and omniscient Goddess.[2]
Serie's vast collection of magic.
- "Living Grimoire": Serie knows almost every spell known to humanity, including ancient and long-forgotten spells from the mythical age, and she claims to have knowledge of practically every grimoire written throughout humanity's history, earning her the title of "Living Grimoire."[1]
- Immense mana output: Serie's restrained mana rivals Frieren's unrestrained mana.[9] Serie herself is constantly limiting her mana,[10] and it is unknown what her true mana output is.
- Mana detection: Serie is tremendously skiled at mana detection. During her interview with Land she was able to instantly recognize him as a clone as well as detect his real body in his home village over an incredibly vast distance.[11]
- Mana concealment: Serie is a master at limiting and concealing her mana output. Even mages that are able to detect the instability in Frieren's mana, such as Lernen, are unable to detect any instability in Serie's mana. Fern is the only human mage that has demonstrated the capability to detect any instability with Serie's mana thus far. Serie can also choose to completely suppress her mana output and become effectively invisible to enemies with even the most refined mana detection. She was able to infiltrate Weise without Macht of the Golden Land—who is considered to be the most powerful of the Seven Sages of Destruction[12]—sensing her presence at all,[13] a feat even Frieren could not accomplish.
- Instinct: It was mentioned by Frieren that Serie's instinct has always been correct.[14] During the third stage of the First-Class Mage Exam, Serie is able to determine which participants are worthy of passing based purely on this instinct and intuition. Serie is also able to tell to some extent what the participants are thinking and feeling when meeting her.
Spells[]
- Barrier magic: Serie has the ability to create powerful magical barriers. Over a week before the first stage of the First-Class Mage Exam, she constructed an enormous barrier enclosing the section of the forest where the test would be held, completely blocking water and even the tiniest particles of dust from passing through.[15] Genau, the exam's proctor, along with most of the mages participating in the test, declared it impossible to dismantle. However, after nearly an entire day of analysis, Frieren succeeded in breaking it.
- Spell to make things float: Serie demonstrated the usage of a telekinetic spell when she pulled Flamme's will to her hand.[16]
- Spell to transfer a spell: Fürwehrer: A spell that allows Serie to transfer spells she has learned to other mages. It generates a grimoire containing her knowledge of the spell which, when read, allows the reader to instantly learn the spell even if it would be impossible for them to learn normally. The spell transfers Serie's knowledge, thus she forgets the spells once she grants them to others. However, it is possible for Serie to relearn them.
- Spatial magic: When battling Macht, Serie avoided a strike from his great sword by using a form of spatial magic to distort the point of impact and prevent the blade from hitting her.[17]
- Offensive magic: Serie uses a Zoltraak-like offensive spell in the form of white beams of energy. Instead of firing it from a staff like most mages, she can generate it directly from her hands.[17][18]
- Defensive magic: Like most modern mages, Serie is capable of casting defensive magic in the form of hexagonal protective barriers. Serie demonstrated this spell in her battle against Macht, where she blocked his offensive magic, Zoltraak.[18]
- Flight magic: Allows the caster to levitate and maneuver through the air. Serie can fly while maintaining and casting other spells.[18]
- Simulacra and illusion magic: Serie states she once used illusions and simulacra, clones, to avoid her assassination in a prophetic dream.[19]
- Clairvoyance ｢
未 来 視 Mirai-shi?｣: A general term for spells related to seeing the future. According to Serie, what people call “clairvoyance” is usually a forecast produced from multiple spells to maximize accuracy, rather than true clairvoyance.[20]- Prophetic dream spell: Serie possesses a spell from the Mythical Era that manifests as prophetic dreams. Serie distinguishes this magic from true clairvoyance, describing it instead as a means to experience one possible future shaped by her own choices within a dream.[21] These visions are confined to Serie's first-person perspective. She learns only what she herself experiences along that path, and details outside her view, such as an unseen cause of death, remain unknown.[22] The magic is also limited to the caster's lifetime, so anything beyond the user's death is not shown.[23] Before her endpoint was set, the spell's activation was rare, and its timing and duration were random.[24] After the endpoint became fixed, the randomness drawback disappeared, making the magic sufficiently practical.[25]
Former Spells[]
- Spell to make clothes clean and spotless ｢
服 の汚 れをきれいさっぱり落 とす魔 法 Fuku no yogore o kirei sappari otosu mahō?｣: A legendary spell from the mythical era that was granted to Fern for passing the First-Class Mage Exam. Any clothing that the user casts the spell on is rendered clean, spotless, and infused with a pleasant floral scent. - Curse Reversal Spell: Mistilziela: A primitive magic that reflects any magic it perceives to be a "curse" back to its source. It takes a hundred years to learn[26] and requires a colossal amount of mana to cast.[27] Twenty-nine years after Himmel’s death,[28] Serie granted this spell to Denken as part of his privilege.[26]
- Spell to locate family's remains: A spell that was granted to Land by Serie for passing the First-Class Mage Exam. It presumably enables him to find the location of the bodies of his family members.[29]
- Spell to find your sister: A spell that was granted by Serie to Übel to find her sister as part of her privilege.[29]
- Spell to change your voice freely: After passing the First-Class Mage Exam, Falsch requested a voice changing spell from Serie. The spell allows the user to mimic the voice of any person they desire.[30]
- Spell to sleep soundly: A spell that was granted to Sense by Serie after passing the First-Class Mage Exam. The spell allows the user to sleep soundly even after killing someone.[30]
- Clairvoyance ｢
未 来 視 Mirai-shi?｣: An umbrella term for spells related to predicting the future.- Spells to see the future: In the past, Serie kept multiple future-sight spells at her disposal, each with distinct limitations and imperfections. She later granted these spells as privileges to first-class mages, starting with the most useful.[31]
Manga Appearance[]
| Chapter 71: Subjugation Request | Mentioned |
| Chapter 72: The General | Flashback |
| Chapter 73: Encounter Battle | Flashback |
| Chapter 74: Divine Revolte | Flashback |
| Chapter 75: Erilfrachte-The Spell to Dispel Fog | Absent |
| Chapter 76: Settling | Absent |
| Chapter 77: A Thunder of Dragons | Mentioned |
| Chapter 78: Lake Korridor | Absent |
| Chapter 79: The Great Tor Canyon | Absent |
| Chapter 80: Holy Snow Crystals | Absent |
| Chapter 81: The Golden Land | Mentioned |
| Chapter 82: Diagoldze—The Spell to Transmute All Creation into Gold | Mentioned |
| 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 | Memory |
| Chapter 94: Analysis | Absent |
| Chapter 95: Nameless Great Demon | Absent |
| Chapter 96: Master and Apprentice | Flashback |
| Chapter 97: Observation | Absent |
| Chapter 98: Retribution | Flashback |
| Chapter 99: Offense and Defense | Absent |
| Chapter 100: The Fundamentals of Mages | Absent |
| Chapter 101: Breakthrough | Absent |
| Chapter 102: A Tie | Absent |
| Chapter 103: Time for Retribution | Absent |
| Chapter 104: A Visit to Her Grave | Absent |
| Chapter 126: A New Mission | Flashback |
| Chapter 127: Retrieval Mission | Flashback |
| Chapter 128: Magic Special Forces | Absent |
| Chapter 129: Shadow of the Empire | Appears |
| Chapter 130: Beneath the Water's Surface | Absent |
| Chapter 131: Escape | Absent |
| Chapter 132: Chase | Mentioned |
| Chapter 133: Silver Coins | Mentioned |
| Chapter 134: Trace Back | Absent |
| Chapter 135: Prelude | Absent |
| Chapter 136: Reunion | Absent |
| Chapter 137: Repel | Appears |
| Chapter 138: Traitor | Appears |
| Chapter 139: Kreis the Blacksmith | Flashback |
| Chapter 140: Ballroom | Appears |
| Chapter 141: Symbol of Peace | Appears |
| Chapter 142: Enemy Encounter | Flashback |
| Chapter 143: Mind Games | Appears |
| Chapter 144: Prophetic Dream | Appears |
| Chapter 145: Clairvoyance | Appears |
| Chapter 146: The Strongest Warrior | Mentioned |
| Chapter 147: The Land with No Hero | Absent |
Anime Appearance[]
| Episode 1: The Journey's End | Absent |
| Episode 2: It Didn't Have to Be Magic... | Absent |
| Episode 3: Killing Magic | Absent |
| Episode 4: The Land Where Souls Rest | Absent |
| Episode 5: Phantoms of the Dead | Absent |
| Episode 6: The Hero of the Village | Absent |
| Episode 7: Like a Fairy Tale | Absent |
| Episode 8: Frieren the Slayer | Absent |
| Episode 9: Aura the Guillotine | Absent |
| Episode 10: A Powerful Mage | Absent |
| Episode 11: Winter in the Northern Lands | Absent |
| Episode 12: A Real Hero | Absent |
| Episode 13: Aversion to One's Own Kind | Absent |
| Episode 14: Privilege of the Young | Absent |
| Episode 15: Smells like Trouble | Absent |
| Episode 16: Long-Lived Friends | Absent |
| Episode 17: Take Care | Absent |
| Episode 18: First-Class Mage Exam | Cameo |
| Episode 19: Well-Laid Plans | Absent |
| Episode 20: Necessary Killing | Flashback Debut |
| Episode 21: The World of Magic | Appears |
| Episode 22: Future Enemies | Absent |
| Episode 23: Conquering the Labyrinth | Absent |
| Episode 24: Perfect Replicas | Absent |
| Episode 25: A Fatal Vulnerability | Flashback |
| Episode 26: The Height of Magic | Flashback |
| Episode 27: An Era of Humans | Appears |
| Episode 28: It Would Be Embarrassing When We Met Again | Appears |
Trivia[]
- Serie is a German loan word from the Latin "serere" (meaning "to join in a series" or "string together") and means "series."
- Serie ranked the following in the official popularity polls:
- 15th in the first popularity contest.
- 14th in the second popularity contest, where multiple votes per character were counted.
- In this same contest, Serie ranked 16th when counting only unique votes (one vote per character per person).
Notes[]
- ↑ Serie is a Great Mage from the Mythical Era.[3] While the exact timeline of this era remains unclear, it is confirmed[4] to have occurred at least 1500 years prior to the present.[5]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 43 (p. 11).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 43 (p. 12).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 93 (p. 8).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 24 (p. 13).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 116 (p. 8).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 43 (p. 19).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 42 (p. 20).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 93 (pp. 9-12).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 57 (p. 4).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 57 (p. 9).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 58 (p. 17).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 82 (p. 7).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 93 (p. 4).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 57 (p. 10).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 39 (p. 10).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 53 (p. 10).
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 93 (p. 9).
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 18.2 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 93 (p. 11).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 10).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 6).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 144 (p. 9).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 144 (p. 17).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 5).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 4).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 145 (p. 7).
- ↑ 26.0 26.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 96 (pp. 14-15).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 96 (p. 17).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 37 (p. 2).
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 140 (p. 15).
- ↑ 30.0 30.1 Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 140 (p. 16).
- ↑ Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Manga: Chapter 145 (pp. 5-6).