Iyashikei app

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Player Information

Player Name: Chris
Pronouns: she/they
Age: more than twice 18
Preferred Means of Contact: millennialfalcon, objectpermanence @ Discord
Invitation: Link
Other Characters In Game: N/A
Do you have any plans for this character in the game? Frieren's focus would be on forming connections with people and collecting as much new magic as she can.

Character Information

Character's Full Name: Frieren
Character's Pronouns: she/her
Character's Canon: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End
Character's Canon Point: End of Season 1, after leaving Äußerst
Character's Age: over 1000
Did your character willingly come to Iyashikei? If yes, why? Frieren would come willingly, as soon as she learned that there were new spells to be learned there. Even though she is in the middle of a very personal quest, being a nearly-immortal elf, Frieren has a very skewed sense of time and would have no problem taking a sojourn in Iyashikei for a few weeks, or months, or years.
Will they need any special accommodations upon arrival? no

Character's History: wiki link

Character's Personality:

Questions:

1. Tell us about who your character is and what someone’s first impression would be upon meeting them. How would your character act once someone got to know them?

Frieren gives off a very understated first impression. She is relatively soft-spoken and when she does speak, her words are straightforward and somewhat blunt. She has a hard time connecting with others, seeming to care only about her own interests, however if someone takes the time to get to know her, they will find her to be a dedicated and loyal friend, who takes notes of things like her friends' birthdays, traditions, and favorite foods. Given her long lifespan, Frieren can go 80 years without seeing someone, and upon reuniting with them will pick up right where they left off, talking and reminiscing late into the night.

In reality, Frieren is not as standoffish, nor as familiar as people may think. She is somewhere in the middle. She feels affection for her closest friends, but has a hard time showing it. Despite her advanced age, she doesn't really understand how to "people" well, and can act very self-servingly, although she really isn't all that selfish. She will do what she can to support and protect people around her, despite keeping most of them at arms' length.

2. What is something unique and interesting about them, or what is a fun little tidbit that sets them apart from the crowd?

Despite being a powerful and accomplished mage with a supreme analytical mind, Frieren will fall prey to a mimic's trap 99.999% of the time. Yes, she knows that most treasure chests found in dungeons are mimics, and not actual treasure chests. But if there's even a shred of a possibility that there is a rare grimoire inside, she will open the chest anyway, thereby finding herself stuck halfway in a mimic's gullet.

As such, she has intimate knowledge of how best to defeat and/or extract a person from a mimic's mouth. The secret is to push, instead of pull, which chokes the mimic and makes them spit out their prey. If one happens to find themselves being eaten by a mimic without anyone on the outside to assist in their escape, they can always destroy the mimic from the inside with a powerful enough mana blast straight into its stomach. Frieren doesn't like doing this, though, because it makes her hair get all frizzy.

3. What does your character think their flaws are? What do they think their strengths are? What are their actual flaws and strengths?

Frieren is pretty knowledgeable about her own strengths and flaws, when it comes to magical ability. She knows she is resistant to hypnosis and mind control, and that she can have a delayed reaction time when defending against incoming mana blasts.

Outside of magical ability, though, Frieren is less knowledgeable about her own strengths and weaknesses. She has little confidence in her ability to socialize or connect to people one-on-one, and often doesn't know how to react when someone is upset with her, begging a third party to come in and mediate.

In actuality, Frieren is a lot better at making friends and allies than she thinks she is. Having a lot of lived experience gives her many opportunities to empathize with people, even if she doesn't always notice those opportunities when they arise. She is personable around shopkeepers and inn workers, enough to talk her way into using a tavern kitchen to cook a birthday meal for her friends. She often will perform menial tasks for strangers in exchange for lodgings, food, or the chance to discover a new spell. Yes, conversation is somewhat strained and awkward, but she can sometimes know the right thing to say to cheer someone up when they are feeling down. She does not make close friends easily, but once made, those friendships will last forever.

4. What is a common misconception other characters have about your character?

The biggest misconception people have about Frieren is that she is just a run-of-the-mill mage. Elves are not very common in Frieren's world anymore— most of them have long since died out— and Frieren still looks relatively young, so many people don't realize just how long she has lived. Even after learning her name, many young people won't recognize her as the mage of the famous party of legendary heroes who defeated the Demon King 80 years ago.

Part of this is due to Frieren's deliberate efforts to conceal her mana levels. By concealing her mana output, she deceives her opponents (namely demons) into thinking she is less powerful than she truly is, which tricks them into underestimating her, allowing her to get close enough to deal a killing blow. Frieren has dedicated her life to the long con of killing as many demons as possible, seeking revenge for how demons killed her entire village when she was a child. Is it an underhanded tactic that a lot of other mages would frown upon? Yes, but it is what has led Frieren to kill more demons than anyone else who has ever lived, earning her the moniker "Frieren the Slayer" among demonkind.

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Any comments or questions you would like us to know? A funny meme is also welcome! I will take the funny meme option.