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Kim Turner (Universe ZZ02ZSC)

*This is an article about the technical agent who lost her life in 1996, Kim Turner. For the head of the New Connections Division, see Kim Turner*

**Kim Minh Turner** (born May 11, 1971 in Wilmington, Delaware, Universe ZZ02ZSC; died October 15, 1996 in Ft. Meade, Maryland, Universe ZZ02ZSC) was a covert operative and physicist who worked in Department 1721 of the National Security Agency.

Kim studied physics at Stanford University, graduating *cum laude* in 1993. She had an offer to pursue her Ph.D. at Harvard, but was recruited to work for the National Security Agency's Department 1721 based on her undergraduate work in multiverse theory.

## Department 1721 Work

Kim's skill caused her to rise rapidly in Department 1721, and while she was technically just a technical agent, she was trusted by Operations Chief Whitcomb, who said she was the most important person on the tech side, including Technical Chief James Blau. She was instrumental in creating the technical and algorithmic underpinnings of a national incursion listening system.

In 1996, Kim met Zara Arreola, a Marine who had been assigned to Department 1721 as an operations analyst. Kim and Zara fell in love quickly and madly; the two moved in together, and Zara helped Kim to prepare a test portal for instantiation, though Kim did not expect that the test would succeed.

The test failed spectacularly, and the system required a dangerous manual vent and shutdown to avert a significant loss of life. Zara and Kim both ran to the device to initiate the procedure, with Zara reaching the device first; however, Kim pushed Zara out of the way and completed the vent, sacrificing her life in the process. Zara survived, but lost a leg in the attack.

## Parents and Background

Kim was the daughter of John and Tien "Tia" Turner; John met Tia while serving in 1967. Tia became pregnant with John's child in 1969 and they married before John returned home. Tia and Kim's older brother Cam emigrated to the United States in 1970. Kim had two younger sisters, Ann and May.
Mindy St. Claire

**Mindy St. Claire** (born 1997 in Wisconsin, USA, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is the roommate and friend of Angie Norris, and was the second person to meet interdimensional traveler Kyle Roberts in Universe ZZ02ZSQ.

Mindy is dating Mike Adelardi, a fellow student.
Jen Turner

**Jennifer Elena Quyen Turner** (born 1999 in Bethesda, Maryland, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a sophomore at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She met and befriended Angie Norris after the two discovered they had both been dating the same man, who had been lying to both of them.

Jennifer is the biological daughter of Kim Turner, the director of the New Connections Division of the National Security Agency, and the adoptive daughter of Zara Arreola, the NCD's operations deputy director. She has had a great deal of experience with the NCD over the years given her adoptive mother's condition, and while she is not a part of the NCD, she does have a working background with the agency and Q-level clearance for the department only.
Kyle Roberts Portal

### Appears as

A door which, when opened reveals a pink transdimensional portal. When inaccessible, the door remains, but the portal collapses to a small pink circle.

### Connected Universe(s)

ZZ02ZSQ

The **Kyle Roberts Portal** is an outbound Portal located in Columbus, Ohio, USA in Universe ZZ04ZSX. It is located in the apartment of Kyle Roberts, and presents itself to him as a door, which when opened reveals a transdimensional portal exiting in the Alex Carter Portal of Universe ZZ02ZSQ.

The portal shows evidence of temporal synchronization; time does not flow for Universe ZZ04ZSX while Kyle is in Universe ZZ02ZSQ, but upon return, the portal closes until time is resynced between the two universes.

To date, only Kyle has been able to see or enter the portal or covering doorway, but both Free Falken and Luna Sepulvida have witnessed Kyle traversing it, as he appears to phase into and out of a solid wall.
Cassie Nguyen

**Kajsiab Moua "Cassandra" Nguyen** (born August 4, 1996 in St. Paul, Minnesota, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a second-generation Vietnamese-American and a business analyst at McKenzie and Martin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She is a co-worker and friend of Alex Carter. She is engaged to Michael Makinen, who is attending the Marquette University School of Law.
Branch Universe

A **Branch Universe** is a universe known to share significant history with another known universe. All universes are in fact branch universe, as all known universes can be shown to share history at some point; the term is typically used in discussing universes as groups of branched universes, e.g., universes where John F. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963 compared to universes where he was not assassinated.
Erin Delaney

**Erin Delaney** (born January 4, 1997 in Zionsville, Indiana, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a graduate student currently studying English Literature at the University of Notre Dame. Erin was friends with Alex Carter during their time at the University of Illinois-Rockford. She is engaged to marry Jill Jorgenson, another of Alex's friends and a soccer coach.
Free Falken

Dr. **Jeffrey Quincy "Free" Falken** Ph.D. (born 1994 in Beachwood, Ohio, USA, ZZ04ZSX) is a theoretical physicist, psychologist, and musician, who currently serves as a professor of physics at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.

A brilliant, if unorthodox theoretician, Falken earned undergraduate degrees in physics and psychology while in his teens from MIT and Harvard. He then returned to his home state of Ohio, where he earned his master's and doctorate from Ohio State. He received the Henry Primakoff Award for Early-Career Particle Physics in 2014, and his theoretical work has been referred to as "beautiful" by Dr. Miguel Alcubierre. He also serves as front man for the experimental band Lamp of the Shameless Hippo.

Free is not so much an iconoclast as someone who does not believe icons exist. He is known to use a number of drugs recreationally, though not while teaching. He also believes that there is a great deal about the universe that science has never dreamed of, and that part of being a good scientist is understanding how little you know.

Free is very good friends with Kyle Roberts, having grown up with Kyle until Free went to school in Massachusetts. The two reconnected when Free was finishing his doctorate and Kyle attended Ohio State for Computer Science. After Kyle discovered a portal to a different universe, Free helped Kyle to verify that he was in fact sane, and that the portal existed.

Free has dated and is not opposed to dating, but is also not particularly worried about dating, and while he likes it when it happens, when not in a relationship, as he isn't now, he's also perfectly content.
Angie Norris

**Angela Rochelle Norris** (born March 7, 1997 in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, USA, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a student at Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and an employee of Big Time Fitness. In the fall of 2018, she rescued Kyle Roberts from a sauna at her work, and would later have a brief fling with him.

A practicing wiccan, Angie later attempted a spell to open up her dorm for other potential interdimensional travelers; it is not known if there was a causal effect, but a portal was opened up for Jack Dunckel, who would end up in a relationship with Angie.

Because the Jack Dunckel Portal does not have a stable time coordinate, Jack and Angie ended up meeting in a looped fashion, with Angie's first meeting with Jack taking place in October of 2018, and Jack's first meeting with Angie taking place in March of 2019, with Jack having gone back between the two meetings. The relationship appears doomed to end, as Jack has been told by himself that he will save his parents, who died in 2016, and by that action, that he will end up causing his home universe, Universe ZZ09ZSA, to end, causing him to die.

Angie was a state high school speech champion in discussion, and is majoring in journalism. She is roommates and friends with Mindy St. Claire, and has become friends with Jen Turner, who she met when they discovered that Angie's boyfriend, Aiden, was cheating on both of them with the other. Her parents, Roger and Naomi, are both teachers -- Roger middle school English, Naomi high school social studies. She has one brother, Kevin, who is a nurse.
Jack Dunckel Portal

The **Jack Dunckel Portal** is an outbound portal located in Prior Lake, Minnesota, USA, Universe ZZ09ZSA, in the apartment of Jack Dunckel. It is connected to the Angie Norris Portal in Universe ZZ02ZSQ.

The portal appears as a green disc, and has appeared both on the floor and ceiling of Jack's apartment. It is not temporally synchronized with its exit portal; the first time Jack traversed the portal, he left from August 2020 and returned to 2022. Furthermore, the first link connected him to 2018 in ZZ02ZSQ, the second to March of 2019, while the third will apparently send him back to 2018.

To date it has only been seen and traversed by Jack.
Iris Program

The **Iris Program** is the ninth and current orbital program of the United States of America in Universe ZZ14ZSC. Begun in 1995, there have been over eighty missions run during its existence. Many have been to support the three American orbital stations -- Starlab 3, Freedom Station, and Liberty Station.
NCD Coding

**NCD Coding** is a quick coding protocol used by the New Connections Division to quickly identify alternate timelines in a way that conveys at least some immediate information. The code is a three-part code consisting of the year the timeline split from Universe ZZ02ZSQ, the president in the variant universe when the split occurred, and the current president in that universe in the current year in that universe, which is 2018 at present. If the president in the alternate timeline is unknown, the final code is the most recent known president and the year through which it is known.

Universe ZZ02ZSQ is considered the "prime" universe, but NCD protocols dictate that it is not to be referred to as a prime universe, given that the concept of a prime universe is meaningless in a multiversal system. Accordingly, the NCD Coding for Universe ZZ02ZSQ is officially designated 1776-Washington-Obama.

## Designated Codes

* Universe ZZ09ZSA - 1981-Reagan-Trump
* Universe ZZ04ZSX - 1976-Ford-Spivey
* Universe ZZ02ZSC - 1996-Biden-Perot (1997)
* Universe ZZ02ZSQ - 1776-Washington-Obama
Chiron Program

The **Chiron Program** is the third major Lunar exploration program of the United States of America in Universe ZZ14ZSC. Begun in

2005, Chrion succeeded the very successful Artemis Program, which operated from 1980 to 2005, and itself succeeded the Apollo Program.

Over its first 23 missions, Chiron has been focused on building up the American base at Shackleton Crater at the Lunar south pole, though four exploratory missions have been conducted.
Jill Jorgenson

**Jill Jorgenson** (born March 4, 1997, in Freeport, Illinois, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a soccer coach and substitute teacher currently living in South Bend, Indiana. She played for the University of Illinois-Rockford Ridgebacks as a center midfielder.

Jill is friends with Alex Carter, and is engaged to marry Erin Delaney, a graduate student at Notre Dame University.
Sarah Carter

**Sarah Elizabeth Carter** (born *Sarah Elizabeth Strohkirch* on April 18, 1972 in Spencer, Iowa, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a homemaker and farmer currently living outside of Wheatland, Iowa, in Universe ZZ02ZSQ. She is the mother of Alex Carter.

Sarah's 5x-great-grandfather, Gottlieb Strohkirch, settled in the 1840s. establishing the farm that remains in her family to this day, though its location has moved within Clinton County, Iowa. Her great-grandfather, Arnold Strohkirch, acquired the land that currently makes up the farm in 1930 by buying out a nearby bankrupt farmer. Sarah and her husband, Craig Carter, inherited the farm in 1997 upon the death of her father, George Strohkirch. Sarah is the first owner of Strohkirch Farms not to bear the name of its founder.

Sarah helped her husband manage the farm, and taught Sunday School at a local Lutheran church. She has two daughters, Alex and Jamie.
Blu-ray&DVD Volume 7

## Blu-ray&DVD Guide

**Blu-ray&DVD Volume 7** is the seventh and final volume of the Blu-ray&DVD release for the first season of the *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* anime series. It is set to release on July 17, 2024 and consists of Episode 25 through Episode 28, the final four episodes of the season.

## Episodes

2. Not Released
3. Not Released
4. Not Released
5. Not Released

## Blu-ray Specifications

* Dual layer 50GB disc format (BD50G)
* 1080p full HD resolution, 16:9 widescreen, LPCM 2-channel stereo
* Barrier-free Japanese subtitles
* ~103 minutes of recording on one disc, including all the episodes and video bonuses

## DVD Specifications

* Single-sided dual-layer disc
* 16:9 letterbox format, LPCM 2-channel stereo
* Barrier-free Japanese subtitles
* ~103 minutes of recording on one disc, including all the episodes and video bonuses

## Volume Bonuses

### First Edition Special Specifications

All special specifications included for the limited first production run. All products afterwards only receive the regular edition specifications.

* Three-sided sleeve case illustrated by character designer Reiko Nagasawa
* Disc packaging (digipak)

### First Edition Bonus

All bonuses included for the limited first production run. All products afterwards only receive the regular edition bonuses.

* Mini original shikishi illustration by Abe Tsukasa
* 24-page booklet
* Set of ten illustrations and original postcards
* Special sticker

### Video Bonus

* Mini Anime
* Previews for episodes 25-28

## Gallery

### First Edition Bonus

Mini original shikishi illustration of Himmel by Abe Tsukasa.
## References

1. ↑ *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* official anime website: Blu-ray&DVD Volume 7 description page. (in Japanese)
Alex Carter

Carter during her time at UIR

**Alexandra Elizabeth Carter** (born November 17, 1996 in Bettendorf, Iowa, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) is a financial analyst living in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Universe ZZ02ZSQ.

Alex grew up in Wheatland, Iowa. She played soccer for Central Clinton High School, up and earned a scholarship as a goalkeeper for the University of Illinois Rockford, serving as a starter for the last half of her senior year. After college, she took a job as a financial analyst working in Milwaukee; she was planning to move there with her then-boyfriend, Lucas Nielsen, but he broke up with her shortly before graduation.

Alex's apartment in Milwaukee hosts an inbound portal, located in her apartment's closet; it has been traversed by Kyle Roberts, and is currently closed. Alex befriended Kyle after he introduced himself, and she allowed him to live in her apartment while he waited for the portal to open back up. The two initially had a platonic friendship; though Kyle had admitted that he found Alex attractive, the two also liked each other as friends, which helped Alex's mood after having been lonely for some time.

After getting to know Kyle's friend and ex-partner Angie Norris, and Angie's boyfriend and dimensional traveler Jack Dunckel, Alex expressed some curiosity in how relations could occur between people of different sizes, and Kyle's cheeky boasting intrigued her. She and Kyle hooked up shortly thereafter, and though they both realized they harbored more than simple attraction to the other, they initially agreed to a friends-plus or frextras-type relationship, where they would be friends who occasionally messed around; both recognized that the realities of being in a mixed-size-and-dimension relationship could prove impossible to overcome.

This fiction lasted until shortly after contact with the New Connections Division; having met Kim Turner and Zara Arreola and having heard their story, Alex admitted that she loved Kyle and didn't want him to leave. Kyle agreed, and while the two both know that the situation may still prove impossible, they have decided to make a real effort to build a relationship.

Alex is friends with Cassie Nguyen, a co-worker, Jill Jorgenson, a former teammate at UIR, and Erin Delaney, Jill's fiancée. She also considers Angie and Jack to be friends. Her father Craig is a farmer, having taken over running the family farm of his wife, Sarah; he also played two seasons in the National Football League. She also has a sister, Jamie, who is a freshman at the University of Northern Iowa.
Zara Arreola Portal

The **Zara Arreola Portal** was an outbound portal connecting Universe ZZ02ZSC to its branched universe, Universe ZZ02ZSQ. It was traversed by Zara Arreola in the early morning of April 5, 1997. It presented as a rip or tear in the fabric of the universe surrounded by orange plasma on the outbound side.

The portal is the only known portal to date with identical inbound and outbound spatial points; both the Zara Arreola Portal and its exit point, the Kim Turner Portal, connect to parallel versions of the living room of the same rowhouse in Washington, D.C.

The status of the portal is unknown; readings by the New Connections Division of the Kim Turner Portal suggest the portal has completely closed.
Lamp of the Shameless Hippo

**Lamp of the Shameless Hippo** is a tripfolk-funk-fusion band based in Columbus, Ohio in Universe ZZ04ZSX. The band is notable as it is fronted by Dr. Free Falken, the noted theoretical physicist.

Lamp's music has been described as "unique," "weird, but in a cool way," and "completely unlistenable." That said, the band has some musical talent; keyboardist Trish Douglas is part of local band Aviv, Sarah Carter is a capable vocalist, Ren Walker, her boyfriend, is a talented drummer, and bassist Curtis Wall is in a local jazz trio.

### Band Members

* Free Falken (Lead Vocals and Guitar)
* Sarah Carter (Lead Vocals)
* Curtis Wall (Bass)
* Ren Walker (Drums)
* Trish Douglas (Organ and Vocals)
* Johnny Mankato (Banjo)
Jack Dunckel

**Jonathan Martin Dunckel** (born 1994 in Burnsville, Minnesota, USA, Universe ZZ09ZSA) is a universe-crossing unemployed former bartender currently living in Prior Lake, Minnesota, in Universe ZZ09ZSA.

Jack grew up in Apple Valley, Minnesota, and attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota. He has no close living relatives; he was an only child, and his parents died in a car accident in 2016, four years before the start of his story. He had been working as a bartender, but was laid off due to COVID-19, and when his employer opened back up, he chose to resign, as he had enough savings from his inheritance to live on, and he did not want to take a job away from someone who needed it. In his personal life, Jack is a macrophile, someone with a fetish for size changing fantasies, specifically those where he would be the smaller partner. He lives in the suburbs of Minneapolis.

In 2020, Jack accidentally fell through a portal that manifested in his apartment. The portal had an exit in Universe ZZ02ZSQ, in the dorm room of Angie Norris and Mindy St. Claire. Jack briefly explored the room, and saw Mindy, before falling back through the portal into his own apartment.

Once in his apartment, Jack was rather surprised to see himself; his doppelgänger told him that it was 2022, and that he had done something that was going to make Jack's timeline collapse. The doppelgänger appeared quite pleased with his actions, something that Jack found to be horrific. His future self explained some of the mechanism to Jack, and indicated that the change was due to their altering history to save their parents. Jack remained uncertain about this decision, but could understand it somewhat more; he is still unsure he will make the same decision.

## Personal Timeline

Jack was in a relationship Angie Norris before he even met her, and vice versa; because the links between the portals are not temporally connected, he first met Angie in March of 2019 by her universe's timeline, whereas from Angie's perspective, she first met Jack in October of 2018, making their relationship a bootstrap paradox. While confusing, Jack was happy to roll with it it, not least because it has led to him dropping into a world where a giant goth woman is telling him she already loves him.

In Jack's future, he and Angie will face the opposite dynamic, but by November of 2018 in Angie's universe, he and she are in a happy, if bittersweet relationship; Angie's parents have met Jack and genuinely like and support him as a partner for their daughter; even knowing he's destined to return back to his universe and likely disappear, her parents have stated that they're glad they have the time together they do, and are hoping some further miracle will allow them more time afterward.
Angie Norris Portal

The **Angie Norris Portal** is an inbound portal located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, in Universe ZZ02ZSQ. It is the second known inbound portal in that universe and city. It presents as a purplish circle, which can open at any time. The portal, like its connected portal, the Jack Dunckel Portal, is only somewhat synchronized in spacetime and has so far manifested in at least three locations within the dorm room.

The portal system is known to have formed a stable time loop; Jack Dunckel briefly traversed the portal in 2020 in his universe, but arrived in 2018 in ZZ09ZSA. He returned to his own universe in 2022, and next returned to ZZ09ZSA in March of 2019. He has crossed paths with a future version of himself who advised him that he will later enter ZZ09ZSA in October 2018, a fact which has been confirmed by Angie Norris.
Kyle Roberts

**Kyle Frederick Roberts** (born 1994 in Beachwood, Ohio, USA, Universe ZZ04ZSX) is a computer programmer and a universe-crossing human.

Kyle grew up in suburban Cleveland, in the town of Beachwood. There, he met Free Falken, who was Kyle's age, but unusually bright; Free would go off to college when both were in middle school. That didn't end their friendship, and Free helped Kyle through a rough patch when his parents separated during Kyle's time in middle school.

Kyle went to college at Ohio State University, graduating with a degree in Computer Science, and took a job as a programmer working in Columbus. In fall of 2018, he discovered a portal which crossed into Universe ZZ02ZSQ via a portal located in the apartment of Alex Carter. The universe was parallel, and eighteen times larger than his own.

After visiting multiple times, he was accidentally carried by Carter to a local Big Time Fitness, where, through a series of misadventures, he ended up in the sauna. After collapsing of heatstroke, he was rescued by Angie Norris, an employee and student at Marquette University. The two would develop into friends, and a bit more over the weekend they spent together. While with her, Kyle met Angie's roommate, Mindy St. Claire.

Kyle successfully returned to his own universe, though he crossed back over to take some samples at the request of Free and Free's colleague, Luna Sepulvida. He later returned to ZZ02ZSQ, only to find that the gate back to his reality had closed after him.

Kyle introduced himself to Alex, and explained the situation; she was not necessarily thrilled with the fact that he had been in her apartment several times, but ultimately came to the conclusion that he had meant no harm, especially after talking with Angie and Jack Dunckel. He is currently living with Alex while he waits for the door to reopen. The two started as friends, then progressed to frextras, and have recently admitted that they love each other and want their relationship to be something more.
Zara Arreola (Universe ZZ02ZSQ)

### Posting

Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, Company B, Detached to Department 1721 of the National Security Agency

*This is an article about the Xiomara Arreola who died in 1996. For transdimensional traveler, see Zara Arreola*

2nd Lt. **Xiomara Encarnación Arreola Rodríguez** (born February 27, 1974 in Miami, Florida, USA, Universe ZZ02ZSQ, died October 15, 1996 in Ft. Meade, Maryland, USA, Universe ZZ02ZSQ) was a United States Marine and an agent for the National Security Agency of Universe ZZ02ZSQ. She died saving the life of Kim Turner in 1996.

## Service in the Marines and NSA

Zara sought out a career in the military, hoping to earn the respect of her parents. She was accepted into the United States Naval Academy in 1992, and set out to pursue a focus in signals intelligence. Though homosexuality was made permissible in the military under a 1995 executive order by President Joe Biden, Zara still was circumspect about her orientation, knowing that it may impact her future career options to be too open.

Zara was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in 1996, and was assigned to the Marine Cryptologic Support Battalion, Company B, and stationed at Ft. Meade. She was placed on loan to the National Security Agency as part of the classified Department 1721, which investigated transdimensional travel.

Zara met Kim Turner, an agent in the department's Technical Operations Unit, and the two fell in love; they began dating about a week after Zara joined the post, and were together for the next five months.

In September of 1996, Zara was present for a test of a portal instantiation device. The test failed catastrophically, and both she and Kim moved quickly to prevent the possible death of everyone in the facility. Kim reached the vent on the device first, but Zara shoved her aside, and vented the device herself. She was killed instantly by the sudden energy discharge.

## Family Background

Zara Arreola was the second-oldest of seven children, the daughter of a Nicaraguan-American father and a Cuban mother of mixed Afro-Cuban descent. Her father was an extremely conservative Catholic, and was verbally and physically abusive to his children; her mother tended to go along with whatever her father said.
Universe ZZ09ZSA

**Universe ZZ09ZSA (Trump)** is a parallel universe that appears to be either the universe in which this wiki is housed, or one with a very similar history.

While there has not been much discussion of the universe, it is noted by Jack Dunckel that there is an outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, and that Donald Trump is president at the time.
Klar Region

A region in the Northern Lands. It is inhabited by the dwarf warrior Voll.

A region in the Northern Lands. It has lush forests, roads, mountains and cliffs.

#### The Village

A small village in the Klar Region. It is where the dwarf warrior Voll lives. It has occasional monster attacks, but is relatively safe due to Voll's protection.

## Visited By

* Frieren
* Fern
* Stark
* Sein
* Himmel
* Heiter
* Eisen

## Events

Twenty-nine years after Hero Himmel's passing, Frieren's Party is in the **Klar Region**. They are traveling to meet one of Frieren's old friends, a Dwarf warrior named Voll. Frieren tells Stark to train with Voll and later talks with Voll, where they reminisce about the past. In a flashback of the Hero Party with Voll, Himmel asks him why he protects the village. Voll states that he promised his deceased wife to do so, as his wife wished for a peaceful era. The flashback ends, and upon hearing Frieren is currently traveling to Ende, Voll wishes for a peaceful era to arrive soon. Frieren does not correct him and tells him she will carry his memory with her. The next day, as Frieren's Party is about to depart, Voll tells them that he had a dream of his wife. Frieren's Party then continue their journey.
University of Illinois Rockford

The **University of Illinois Rockford** is a campus of the University of Illinois system in Universe ZZ02ZSQ. It is the alma mater of Alex Carter, Erin Delaney, and Jill Jorgenson.

UIR was founded in 1983 by Gov. Adlai Stevenson III, who had hit on the idea during the 1982 campaign; the promise of investment helped him win enough votes in Winnebago County to win a narrow victory over incumbent Jim Thompson. The State of Illinois purchased the small liberal arts campus of Rockford College, merging it into the University of Illinois system starting with the 1984-85 school year.

Over the next thirty years, UIR grew steadily, and in 2018 boasted 9,500 undergraduate students and another 3,500 graduate students. The UIR Ridgebacks compete in Division IA as part of the Mid-American Conference.
Blu-ray&DVD Volume 2

## Blu-ray&DVD Guide

**Blu-ray&DVD Volume 2** is the second volume of the Blu-ray&DVD release for the first season of the *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* anime series. It is set to release on February 21, 2024 and consists of Episode 5 through Episode 8.

## Episodes

2. **Phantoms of the Dead** 「死者の幻影, *Shisya no genei*?」
3. **The Hero of the Village** 「村 (むら) の英 (えい) 雄 (ゆう) , *Mura no eiyū*?」
4. **Like a Fairy Tale** 「おとぎ話 (はなし) のようなもの, *Otogibanashi no yōna mono*?」
5. **Frieren the Slayer** 「葬 (そう) 送 (そう) のフリーレン, *Sōsō no Furīren*?」

## Blu-ray Specifications

* Dual layer 50GB disc format (BD50G)
* 1080p full HD resolution, 16:9 widescreen, LPCM 2-channel stereo
* Barrier-free Japanese subtitles
* ~103 minutes of recording on one disc, including all the episodes and video bonuses

## DVD Specifications

* Single-sided dual-layer disc
* 16:9 letterbox format, LPCM 2-channel stereo
* Barrier-free Japanese subtitles
* ~103 minutes of recording on one disc, including all the episodes and video bonuses

## Volume Bonuses

### First Edition Special Specifications

All special specifications included for the limited first production run. All products afterwards only receive the regular edition specifications.

* Three-sided sleeve case illustrated by character designer Reiko Nagasawa
* Disc packaging (digipak)

### First Edition Bonus

All bonuses included for the limited first production run. All products afterwards only receive the regular edition bonuses.

* Mini original shikishi illustration by Abe Tsukasa
* 24-page booklet
* Set of ten illustrations and original postcards
* Special sticker

### Video Bonus

* First teaser PV
* Second teaser PV
* Main/launch PV
* Mini Anime
* Previews for episodes 5-8

## Gallery

### First Edition Bonus

Mini original shikishi illustration of Fern by Abe Tsukasa.
## References

1. ↑ *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* official anime website: Blu-ray&DVD Volume 2 description page. (in Japanese)
Heiter/Relationships

## Relationships

### Frieren

Frieren light-heartedly calls him "Corrupt Priest" due to his affinity for liquor. They were good friends and companions in the Hero Party.

Twenty years after Himmel's death, he asks Frieren to help him translate a book that might have the secret to let him live forever or be resurrected, as he just wants to have a little more time on earth. However, this is later revealed to be a ploy to keep her around and have her train Fern until Fern could protect herself when he was gone, and subsequently, have Frieren take her under her wing when he is gone. Frieren notes that it seemed like he was not afraid to die, but he admits that was a mask he wore beneath his smiling appearance to show off. As seen in his final years where she lived with him, the two really do deeply care about each other.

### Fern

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. Heiter was a good father figure to Fern. She became strong so he would not have to worry about her anymore and could pass away in peace, and to this day she still misses him. In his final days, he wished for Fern to be strong enough so that he could pass in peace without regret.
MODELO GQM DE BASILI

Este modelo a medida, fue creado por Basili y Weis (1984), el cual definió tres fases como lo son: la fase conceptual, operativa y cuantitativa. Se orienta a crear una forma que defina métricas para medir el proceso de un proyecto, a partir del uso de preguntas, metas y métricas.

El modelo fue extendido por Rombach en 1.990, pues su utilidad va siempre orientada a lograr un objetivo, el cual es evaluado y analizado para poder tomar decisiones.
Blu-ray&DVD Volume 4

## Blu-ray&DVD Guide

**Blu-ray&DVD Volume 4** is the fourth volume of the Blu-ray&DVD release for the first season of the *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* anime series. It is set to release on April 17, 2024 and consists of Episode 13 through Episode 16.

## Episodes

2. **Hatred of One's Kind** 「同 (どう) 族 (ぞく) 嫌 (けん) 悪 (お) , *Dōzoku keno*?」
4. **Privilege of the Young** 「若 (わか) 者 (もの) の特権 (とっけん) , *Wakamono no tokken*?」
6. **Smells like Trouble** 「厄介 (やっかい) 事 (ごと) の匂 (にお) い, *Yakkai koto no nioi*?」
8. **Long-Lived Friends** 「長 (なが) 寿友達 (じゅゆうたち) , *Chōju tomodachi*?」

## Blu-ray Specifications

* Dual layer 50GB disc format (BD50G)
* 1080p full HD resolution, 16:9 widescreen, LPCM 2-channel stereo
* Barrier-free Japanese subtitles
* ~103 minutes of recording on one disc, including all the episodes and video bonuses

## DVD Specifications

* Single-sided dual-layer disc
* 16:9 letterbox format, LPCM 2-channel stereo
* Barrier-free Japanese subtitles
* ~103 minutes of recording on one disc, including all the episodes and video bonuses

## Volume Bonuses

### First Edition Special Specifications

All special specifications included for the limited first production run. All products afterwards only receive the regular edition specifications.

* Three-sided sleeve case illustrated by character designer Reiko Nagasawa
* Disc packaging (digipak)

### First Edition Bonus

All bonuses included for the limited first production run. All products afterwards only receive the regular edition bonuses.

* Mini original shikishi illustration by Abe Tsukasa
* 24-page booklet
* Set of ten illustrations and original postcards
* Special sticker

### Video Bonus

* Mini Anime
* Previews for episodes 13-16

## Gallery

### First Edition Bonus

Mini original shikishi illustration by Abe Tsukasa.
## References

1. ↑ *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* official anime website: Blu-ray&DVD Volume 4 description page. (in Japanese)
Episode 19

* Episode 19
* Ending Card

## Episode Guide

**Well-Laid Plans** 「入 (にゅ) 念 (うねん) な計画 (けいかく) , *Nyūnen'na keikaku*?」 is the nineteenth episode of the *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* anime series, released on January 19, 2024. It is the third episode of the second cour of *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* Season 1.

## Synopsis

Frieren and her new teammates hatch a plan to capture a Stille - but are the other teams just going to stand by and let it happen?

## References

1. ↑ Crunchyroll: *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* Episode 19
Rohr Road

The **Rohr Road** is a route in the Northern Lands, which has connections to many towns.

## Rohr Road

A route in the Northern Lands, which has connections to many towns including Äußerst.

#### Town next to the road

A small town next to the Rohr road, located near a bridge in the Rohr road which passes through a gorge. It has many houses and establishments. It is where the stubborn granny lives.

## Visited by

* Warrior Gorilla
* Frieren
* Fern
* Stark
* Sein

## Events

#### Chapter 34

Twenty Nine years after Hero Himmel's passing, Frieren's Party is traveling through the **Rohr Road**. Sein is asked why he is on a journey, and he says it's to reunite with his best friend. The friend's name is Warrior Gorilla, while Sein's is Priest Goatee. They stop by a town, and Sein gathers clues, which leads him to a grandmother who makes them do errands. The final errand is polishing a statue of some forgotten heroes that look like Sein and Kraft. A flashback occurs where Sein and Warrior Gorilla are standing next to a statue of forgotten heroes, with Heiter. Warrior Gorilla vows to be a hero remembered like Himmel and Heiter gives them the odd nicknames. Sein and co are now done polishing the statue in the present. The Granny tells them where Warrior Gorilla went, which is opposite of where they are going. Sein is unsure of what to do now. They then continue their journey.

#### Chapter 35

right after the events of the last chapter, Frieren's Party is on the **Rohr Road**. They are discussing Warrior Gorilla's whereabouts, which are likely in the opposite direction from Äußerst. Finding Warrior Gorilla was Sein's reason for going on a journey, so this complicates things. They decide to put off the decision of what Sein will do until tomorrow, and they then go to the cabin Stark rented. While getting supplies, Fern notes that her hands are chilly, Frieren says it's because it's gotten colder lately. They attempt to continue their journey the next day, but a cold wave stops them, which will last for about a month. So they will have to stay in the village for a bit longer. Around the end of the cold wave, Frieren calls on Sein to mediate between Fern and Stark again, which leads to Stark apologizing to Fern. Afterward, Frieren and Sein are having a drink in a Tavern, which leads to Sein asking Frieren why he was so concerned about him, telling him to go on a journey with them. Frieren tells him it's because he reminded her of her old self before she subjugated the Demon King. She also said it's what Himmel would have done, saying that them giving her a chance have her the courage to travel and understand how fun it is to travel with comrades. Sein agrees, that it was fun. Afterward, when the cold wave is over, Frieren's Party departs for their journey. Although it is without Sein, who has chosen to pursue Warrior Gorilla. The now separate parties continue their journeys.
Integrantes y roles

Las estudiantes Liz Dayana Urrego, Liney Milena Moreno y Diana Lucia Duque de la especialización aplicación de las Tic para la enseñanza  de la universidad del Santander en el campus virtual (CVUDES), participan en la construcción de una Wiki designada por el profesor Sergio Albeiro Ramírez, con el fin de dar a conocer que son los recursos educativos digitales y que parámetros están establecidos como modelos de evaluación.

**Editora:** Liz Dayana Urrego Flórez.

Docente de básica primaria  en la sede Guillermo Lema Díaz de la institución educativa san José de Betulia, licenciada en básica con énfasis en lengua castellana del tecnológico de Antioquia.

**Comunicadora:** Liney Milena Moreno Cano.

Docente de básica primaria en el Centro Educativo Rural La Venta sede la Honda del municipio de Urrao Antioquia, licenciada en básica con énfasis en lengua castellana del tecnológico de Antioquia.

**Moderadora:** Diana Lucia Duque Flórez.

Docente de básica primaria en el Centro Educativo Rural La Venta sede San Luis del municipio de Urrao Antioquia, licenciada en básica con énfasis en lengua castellana del tecnológico de Antioqui
Elf

**Elves** are a rare humanoid species who have a vast natural lifespan. However, their inability to present their emotions is slowly driving them to their extinction.

## Origin and History

Around a millennium prior to the story, the Demon King ordered the massacre of elves during his reign with casualties including Frieren's village.

## Biology

### Appearance

Elves are generally humanoid in appearance and almost indistinguishable from humans with the exception of their pointed ears. Due to their long lifespans, their bodies age much slower compared to other species.

## Behavior and Culture

### Personality

Elves tend to have a warped sense of time due to the length of their lives to the point where months passing can seem like just a day to them in the grand scale of things. Frieren has noted that elves tend to lack romantic feelings and reproductive instincts. She has also noted that some tend to do silly or foolish things to stave off boredom due to their lifespans, such as Milliarde.

## Natural Abilities

* **Longevity**: Elves are extremely long lived, with some known to have lived for thousands of years without signs of aging or frailty.
* **Natural magic proficiency**: Elves appear to have a natural affinity for magic. Because of their long lives, they are also able to develop spells and mana much more naturally than most humans. Known elf mages do not appear to use a separate magic system from humans, unlike Demons. They are capable of being taught spells from humans and interchangeably teach theirs to human students as well.

## Trivia

* There are currently four named elves in the story: Frieren, Serie, Kraft, and Milliarde.
Episode 13

* Episode 13
* Ending Card

## Episode Guide

**Aversion to One's Own Kind** 「同 (どう) 族 (ぞく) 嫌 (けん) 悪 (お) , *Dōzoku keno*?」 is the thirteenth episode of the *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* anime series, released on December 1, 2023.

## Synopsis

While passing by a village in the woods of the northern lands, Frieren and party meet Sein, a gifted priest who is nonetheless corrupt enough to give even Heiter a run for his money. But what happened in his past?

## References

1. ↑ Crunchyroll: *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* Episode 13
Lektüre

Lektüre (レクテュール Rekute~yūru) is a daughter of the Glück Family and the late wife of Denken. She was a childhood friend of Denken and had a frail body which eventually resulted in her succumbing to her death.

## Personality

Lektüre has a kind and amiable personality, especially around Denken. She is almost always seen by Denken's side and is fully supportive of him since childhood, being one of the few people with whom a younger Denken did not wear a sorrowful or serious look.

## Description

Lektüre is a human female with long, flowy hair and bangs that covers her forehead with two chest-length strands that frames her face. Fitting for a royal daughter, she is often seen wearing long, frilly dresses complete with a tied ribbon.

## Synopsis

Lektüre, a daughter of the Glück family, first became acquainted with Denken at a very young age. As a child, she would often have picnics with the young Denken after his mage training, helping the boy move on from his sorrows and smile more often. After years of being by his side during his training, the two finally married with Denken becoming the official son-in-law of the Glück family. Though Glück claims that the marriage only happened due to Denken's achievements, it was obvious even to Macht that the girl had been in love with him for a very long time.

Lektüre had a frail body and an illness that had been the primary motivation for which Denken gathered power and influence in order to prevent her death. She eventually passed away on the night Denken became a distinguished mage which led to him never returning to the city of Weise for years. Despite this, memories of Lektüre remained fresh in Denken's minds, weighing him with constant regret for not returning more often to visit her grave which eventually becomes his main motivation in saving his hometown.

After Denken willingly transmuted himself into gold through Macht's curse, he had a dream of a timeline where Lektüre had not passed away to illness. This allows him to face his regrets about not being able to see his wife again as Lektüre encourages him to continue persevering against Macht no matter what.
Chapter 117

## Chapter Guide

**Miraculous Illusion** 「奇 (き) 跡 (せき) の幻 (げん) 想 (そう) , *Kiseki no gensō*?」 is the one hundred and seventeenth chapter of Kanehito Yamada and Abe Tsukasa's *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End*.

## Characters in Order of Appearance

* Tot
* Rivale
* Grausam
* Solitär
* Zart (memory)
* Demon King (mentioned)
* Schlacht (memory)
* Heiter
* Frieren
* Eisen
* Himmel

## Spells and New Tools Used

### Spells

* Spell to guide to paradise: Ansehelschella
Sein

* Anime
* Manga
* Young

**Sein** 「ザイン, *Zain*?」 is a Priest from a small village in the Alt Woods. After Frieren spotted his talent, he joined her group for a period of time with the goal of reuniting with his childhood friend Gorilla.

## Personality

Sein has an easygoing personality and constantly sports a deadpan expression. He is very astute with human emotions. He is quick to understand relationship dynamics, and acts as a mediator and an adult figure to Frieren's Party, often giving Stark and Fern advice to help facilitate their conciliation.

Sein lives his life with a lot of regret and guilt, from feeling like he needs to stay in the village for his brother's sake, to not taking his childhood friend's offer to go on an adventure. Since meeting Frieren, he has become more determined, and decides to not live with any more regret, which he demonstrates through his willingness to depart from Frieren's Party to follow his goal of finding his friend.

Sein considers himself a "dirty adult," and thus often is not honest with his feelings with others.

## Appearance

Sein is in his thirties. He is tall and well built. He has shoulder length brown hair which he ties into a low ponytail, with a long bang that reaches the middle of his cheek and is split in the middle.

He wears a turtleneck underlayer with a long white robe with an embroidered collar on top, and long black pants underneath. For cooler weather, he wears a dark green coat with a golden accent. The coat is tied together by a belt at the empire waist. For cold weather, he puts on a longer jacket that is also in green color.

## Abilities

* **Curse Resistance:** As a priest, Sein has incredibly high resistance to curses. He was completely unaffected by the Confusion Flower's sleeping curse, outlasting Stark, Fern, and even Frieren who all eventually succumbed to the curse and fell asleep.

## Trivia

* Sein is German for either "to be", "his", "its," or when used as a noun "being" (in the sense of "existence").
* Sein's church in the village is honorably poor, as his older brother frequently buys miniature size utilities such as a palm-sized bathtub and scythe due to a lack of budget.
* Sein is resistant against Frieren's kiss blowing techniques.
* Sein smokes.
* Sein keeps a spell book in his chest pocket, and uses it for casting battle magic.
Episode 8

* Episode 8
* Ending Card

## Episode Guide

**Frieren the Slayer** 「葬 (そう) 送 (そう) のフリーレン, *Sōsō no Furīren*?」 is the eighth episode of the *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* anime series, released on October 27, 2023.

## Synopsis

As tensions in Graf Granat's domain reach a breaking point, Fern and Stark find their own resolve - and Frieren resumes an old duty.

## References

1. ↑ Crunchyroll: *Frieren: Beyond Journey's End* Episode 8