Friya Ernas

**Friya Ernas** is a former member of the Solivar noble household, adopted daughter to Jirni and Orion Ernas, the youngest dimensional mage, and one of the most prominent mages of her generation. She is currently engaged to Nalrond.

## Appearance

Friya is a gorgeous woman, 1.67 meters (5'6") tall, with soft curves and an ample bosom. She has long silky black hair that extends down to her shoulder blades that perfectly frame her delicate visage, emphasizing her light chestnut eyes and fair skin. After being Awakened by Faluel, she gains rainbow streaks in her hair as she brings out her full potential.

### Soul Projection

Friya's Soul Projection represents a naked young woman burdened with heavy chains secured by a lock. The woman holds the key in her hands, yet she just stares at it dumbly as blood tears stream down her eyes.

### Soul Vision

Soul Vision shows how the elements flow in harmony inside Friya's body and orbit around her in the form of a star belt comprised of six small suns of different colors.

## Personality

Friya possesses no specific drive towards magical research or becoming an essential member of the military, so she often feels lacking compared to her friends and wants to keep up with them, resulting in her frequently expressing frustration/a sense of loss towards what to do. She also rants about being the Vastor of the group, wanting to be the best at something and feeling miserable about her life.

She takes pride in her mastery of dimensional magic, but is tired of being second in everything she does and wants to carve her own path thanks to her talents, believing that dimensional magic will become her true field of expertise. She also has a brash attitude coupled with her bad habit of speaking to anyone as if they are her peers, disregarding both age and rank.

Despite her frivolous personality, Friya has a severe lack of trust in strangers due to the repeated rape attempts during Nalear's attack. Her failure in saving Yurial crushed her self-confidence and brought her to abandon the career of Healer not because she didn't love light magic, but because its practice reminded her of the horrors of those days. Friya had been willing to accept an arranged marriage for the sake of the Solivar Household, but only because she had never understood what being loved felt. After being adopted by the Ernas, she yearns for the same affection that her parents and friends felt for each other, yet her trauma keeps her frozen in place. Friya's magic had improved tremendously from the days at the academy, but she remains stuck as the scared little girl who can't approach anyone without keeping her hand on the hilt of her blade.

Friya gives one date to anyone who asks her out as long as they're not a creep, likes strong liquor, and hates small talk because it's dull.

Friya finds draconic features attractive and majestic.

## Abilities

Due to her mastery of dimensional magic, Friya can refill a glass with alcohol from a bottle. He personal spell Dimensional Ruler exemplifies her "Master of Space" title.

## Background

### White Griffon Academy

Friya Ernas was born into the Solivar household and was the first real mage in their family, so she had a high chance of becoming the next head of the family since her father died. This responsibility was often too much for a young girl like her and her uncaring mother, Duchess Solivar, only made her life more miserable. During the first class on Lith's first day at White Griffon Academy she is one among many who ridicule and throw trash at Lith along with Yurial Deirus. However, she comes to regret her actions and seeks amends together with Quylla and Yurial later on.

The four of them reach the top of their Healer specialization class and begin hanging out, with Lith offering to teach them first magic outside of the lessons (though at Solus' behest). Phloria Ernas joins their group after the mock exam, and Friya eventually becomes very good friends with Quylla, treating her as a younger sister. Quylla was always very upbeat and caring, giving Friya's frozen heart the warmth it always wanted.

When Yurial is attacked by Lyam Lukart for not joining the old noble faction amidst the brewing civil war, her mother expresses no concern for her safety and merely tells her to not embarrass the household. As as result, Friya becomes determined to become as successful as possible before leaving the household. Lith teaches her triple casting to help with Dimensional Magic, and she along with Quylla quickly grasp the concepts and become top of their class. Lith is forced to reveal his enhanced physical prowess (thanks to Awakening) to Friya and the others in order for them to cover for him and pretend they fought the Plant Abomination together.

After plague in Kandria is resolved, Duchess Solivar is found to be in league with several nobles conspiring against the Crown. Duchess Solivar flees to the Blood Desert, abandoning Friya and causing her to be labeled as a traitor. At this point, Friya is adopted into the Ernas household but feels more like a hostage than a family member, as Jirni Ernas had used her identity to seize the Solivar household's lands for the Ernas. Friya becomes a target of all kinds of harassment at the academy; not even the Ernas name protects her from all the spite and scorn that came from being branded as a fallen noble and traitor.

The second exam involves a special test set by Headmaster Linjos, where Friya's and the others' mettle are tested against humanoid monsters. Lith is assigned as their supervisor as an impulse control test, and nudges them towards the right courses of action. However, the last test involves executing traitors to the Kingdom. Friya, feeling she has nothing left to lose and no one to rely on, beheads her mother's best friend Duchess Hileo. She shuts down emotionally afterwards, and only after months of receiving Orion's tender care and affection, Lith confiding in them part of his past, and Balkor's attack does she accept and open up to her new family. Seeing Phloria's stable relationship with Lith, Friya and Quylla ask Orion to bring them to social events to start dating.

Friya graduates her fourth year in 2nd place, having set a record for the fastest time completing the dimensional magic course. Due to her outstanding achievements and mastery in dimensional magic, she is granted the title 'Master of Space'. She also comes to regard being adopted by the Ernas' as the best thing that ever happened to her, and seeks to get closer with Phloria.

Lith reveals his updated vision to the group that he had received from a Dryad, and arranges a rendezvous point. During Nalear's insurrection, Friya and Quylla Warp there as soon as Jirni contacts them, but are assaulted by every single mind controlled boy there. They are forced to continue Warping and fighting until Yurial, Jirni and Orion arrive. However, Quylla is revealed to be under the effects of a slave ring and mortally wounds Jirni and Yurial before being subdued by Phloria. Friya falls into shock, unable to take action until Phloria galvanizes her to heal Jirni. As a result, they are only able to save Jirni while Yurial dies.

The following weeks the Ernas sisters recuperate at their household with Lith, Elina and Rena comforting them. The 5th year passes by, with Friya focusing on her studies and ending up graduating second among all six academies, only behind Lith. The title 'Master of Space' remains prominent as she becomes the youngest dimensional mage of her generation.

### Crystal Shield Guild

Friya takes an apprenticeship under Professor Rudd, learning how to operate dimensional runes. After graduating she decides to become an Assistant Professor of Magic Creation to help Quylla with her trauma going through her 5th year. After Quylla graduates, Friya feels lost due to her lack of dreams or aspirations. She spends some time with Lith after the death of Nana before choosing to start her own mercenary guild, the Crystal Shield Guild. However, the turnover rate of its members is high, as most would leave after making and failing a pass at Friya. The missions regarding monsters are usually difficult and the requests from nobles disgusting, causing her to reconsider her career.

Less than two years later, Friya undertakes a job with her guild to protect Viscount Krame and his properties in the city of Zantia amidst the unrest with the Church of the Six, meeting Lith while he's doing his rounds as a Ranger. There, Friya and Lith encounter six Awakened apprentices attempting to perform a large-scale Forbidden Magic, and prevent them with the help of Protector.

After the events in Zantia Friya restructures her guild's hierarchy and gains from the Mage Association the right to teach her own specializations to the most talented members of her guild. She kicks out all the mages from the Great Academies in favor of those from smaller academies, motivating the guild to apply for harder jobs and thus earning her better pay. Friya visits the Ernas mansion to reunite with Quylla, Phloria, and Lith in the aftermath of the Kulah expedition and Lith gifts her an Orichalcum Skinwalker armor.

#### Laruel

Friya brings her sisters and Lith to clear the Rothar caves near the city of Javvok. The group encounters plant-infected bugbears and are ambushed by a group of malnourished undead from the Jiera Continent. Later, the group is brought to the plantfolk city-state of Laruel by Headmaster Duke Marth to help cure the undead plague where they meet Kalla again. Empress Milea Genys identifies the tissue as belonging to an undead plant (Erlik the Draugr Treant) and Kalla decides to pursue the energy signature, with Lith, Friya, and Phloriain tow.

The group is confronted by a Treantling named Illum when they visit a village, who is exposed as a thrall by Lith and is killed by Phloria. They question the plantfolk, learning of the World Saplings and Erlik's intent on becoming Laruel's ruler to gain access to the knowledge of Laruel's Sapling.

#### Feymar Crystal Mines

Due to the continuing undead crisis on the Garlen Continent even Phloria, who was on trial at the time, is tasked to investigate a potential crystal mine near the city of Feymar. Phloria asks Friya and Quylla to accompany her as she has no one else she trusts. Friya brings her guild and their heightened vigilance allows them to fend off an undead ambush aiming for Phloria's life under Archmage Velan Deirus's orders. Friya expresses her frustration at the lack of trust between her and her sisters due to the latter knowing Lith's secret of Awakening.

The sisters search the hidden cave Quylla had discovered, finding a large cavern surrounded by high tier crystals where they are ambushed by a large group of undead. Morok arrives in time with Nandi, who brings them to Baba Yaga's mage tower hut, where Friya also learns of Lith's hybrid nature. Baba Yaga extends an offer to join her in her research, but they decline and are rescued by Protector who Warps them to Solus' tower where they meet Solus for the first time. With Solus and Lith's help, Phloria safely Awakens.

Lith then goes on to explain what being an Awakened means and introduces Solus to them. He helps Phloria successfully Awaken and invites Phloria to study under Faluel with him, to which Friya and Quylla also ask to join. Despite Nalrond and Protector's help with evacuating innocents during the battle, Friya's guild loses 7 of its 15 members and the rest are put under investigation for being suspected of deserting, leading her to disband the guild.

### Awakened Academy

Quylla succeeds in convincing Faluel to take her in due to her talent while Friya feels she has nothing to offer. Friya had always had an inferiority complex and the fact that Lith, Phloria and also Quylla were going to study under an Emperor Beast doesn't make it any better. Friya studies and offers to become Faluel's Harbinger. Faluel rejects the proposal, though allows her to join them. Orion gifts his daughters Royal Forgemastering wands, though due to not having enough merits of her own, Orion only gifts Friya the wand but doesn't teach her anything about runes or Forgemastering spells.

Friya confesses her despair at her life situation and feelings of mediocrity compared to Lith and her sisters when asked why she proposed becoming Faluel's Harbinger. She subsequently pushes herself to excel during Faluel's lessons, and Faluel recognizes her talent for dimensional magic. She learns how to cast Spirit Magic using her Forgemastering wand. The students learn about Guardians, shapeshifting, and Spirit Magic and its applications, as well as the basics of Awakened Forgemastering, which Friya is forced to learn despite having neglected it in the past to avoid competing with Lith and her sisters. Quylla seeks her sisters for dating advice for her dinner date with Morok.

After the events of Night’s attack on Lith's home in Lutia, Faluel approaches Friya, saying she's at a crossroads - she can either leave and do whatever she wants, possibly becoming Orion's apprentice in the Knight’s Guard or as a Royal Forgemaster, or stay and possibly become her Harbinger, the latter decision of which could result in Friya's death if she realizes she made the wrong choice. Friya decides to stay, stating that "it's the only path that will allow [her] to give [her] life a meaning," and is gifted an Adamant Forgemastering hammer.

#### Fringe

While Lith, Tista, and Phloria venture to the Jiera continent on Council duty, Nalrond decides to bring Quylla and Friya to his people's Fringe in the Blood Desert in a gesture of faith. Morok tags along to "protect" Quylla from Nalrond. Upon passing through into the Fringe, Quylla is overcome by the guilt of killing Yurial and Friya the weight of her failures in life, both attempting to commit suicide after the brief exposure to Mogar’s will.

Nalrond returns after running ahead to the village and tells them about the Dewan tribe. They visit as guests and prepare to conduct the ritual to communicate with Mogar. Friya asks Nalrond to ask Mogar a way to cure Solus' condition while Quylla asks him to seek a solution to Lith's cracked life force. Nalrond sustains severe injuries during his time in the mindscape, leading them to contact Solus on Jiera for advice. Friya, Quylla, and Morok practice their spells with Mogar's feedback while waiting for Nalrond's recovery. Friya practices better control with gravity magic, becoming a Gravity Mage, while Quylla studies how to cast low tier true magic. Nalrond learns from Morok's attempt before entering the mindscape again. After gaining Mogar's wisdom, the group decides to leave the Fringe when they are confronted by hostile Dewans and elves.

Morok manages to escape the Fringe and wipe out the backup squadron outside with his Tyrannical Eye. He regroups with Friya outside and they distract Elf Lord M'rael long enough for them all to escape. They contact Faluel who helps them Warp away. They share their experience with Lith after he returns from Jiera and he reveals his Abomination origin. Quylla becomes unsettled at the revelation but is convinced after Friya reminds her of all he had done for them. Upon hearing of Orpal's return with Kamila’s parents coupled with news of Trion's death, the group deliberates whether the two events have any relation.

Lith asks Friya to help him craft the DoLorean as a gift for his parents for safe travel, as she is the only own in their group who knows how to operate dimensional runes. Friya practices creating Warp Drives repeatedly to the point of exhaustion. After every failure, they revise the blueprints and adjust the position of the pseudo cores, giving Friya's Forgemastering hammer the time to recharge. The Forgemastering succeeds, though Friya is left exhausted afterwards. Friya accompanies the Verhen family on the DoLorean's first test run around Lutia, though with great emotional distress due the unfamiliarity. They have dinner at Count Lark's estate, with Friya and Tista's "assets" providing the Count a great distraction from the rumors of Lith's relation to him.

#### Balkor Copycat

After the Ernas and many other of Lith's allies are sent cards by a Balkor copycat, Jirni forbids the Ernas sisters from leaving the house to ensure their safety, only allowed to attend their apprenticeship through Warp Gate. Faluel’s Awakened academy resumes, and Kalla visits with her children and Scarlett as a guest lecturer. She tells them about the nature of undead and the difference between Baba Yaga's children and Liches. Nyka tries to familiarize herself with the others, with Nok as her wingman. After hearing that a Warp Gate is being constructed inside the Verhen's barn, Nyka, Solus, and Tista start planning their new social life, and the Ernas sisters eventually join in after seeing how much Tista trusts Nyka, despite their initial misgivings about the Vampire.

Faluel introduces the basics of Spirit Mastery and has them practice enhancing and manifesting elemental aspects in pure mana. Due to her dimensional affinity, she is able to practice with all 6 elements. In the aftermath of Count Lark's murder by the Balkor copycat, Faluel Awakens Friya, granting her a deep blue core, a perfectly refined body, and manifesting the six colors of the elements in her hair. A month later, she and the other Awakened apprentices attend Lith's formal introduction to the Awakened Council, with many Awakened taking notice of her due to her hexa-streaked hair.

Faluel allows Friya to join the lessons on Domination. After grieving her son Sedra's death, Faluel resumes the academy and teaches them gravity fusion. The Ernas sisters celebrate Lith's 19th birthday by bringing raw metals and crystals.

At the end of the gala, unbeknownst to everyone else Jirni traps the Ernas sisters in stasis pods and replaces them with meat puppets she developed with Balkor, Vastor, and Manohar. Vastor engineers the meat puppets to be more emotional at Jirni's instruction to leave an opening for Deirus' assassins, leading Quylla to insist on visiting the Gardens of Saefel. Quylla's puppet is suddenly killed by an assassin named Tiennon Zavra, one of the Lost Magi hired by Deirus.

Jirni subsequently eliminates Deirus with the help of her allied gods. Orion asks for a divorce and the Ernas sisters demand Jirni leave the house for her deception. Tista evolves into a Red Demon as a result of relentlessly practicing Accumulation after "Quylla"'s death.

In the aftermath of Jirni's plot, Friya chooses to visit the Blood Desert to practice working with Lith's Davross thanks to Salaark's Creation Magic. She advises Orion not to let his anger get the best of him and reminds him how much Jirni means to her. Lith vouches for her to Salaark. Friya later meets with the Verhens after the Balkor copycat's attack on Lutia. Lith promises to share with her the knowledge he collected during the Urgamakka Council trial.

Friya helps Lith purify and study his Davross ingots, testing using the magical metal in crafting. She, Lith, Solus, and Tista proceed to experiment with purifying and enchanting Davross, during which Salaark reveals to them its true potential. She lends them white crystals to practice white crystal enhancement. Friya studies Lith's notes on Yggdrasill wood and observes him and Solus create the Sage Staff, though they fail on their first attempt.

## Relationships

Despite her attractive appearance, Friya has had a life-long streak of one-night stands and has yet to pursue a lasting relationship.

* Duchess Drenya Solivar: Friya's birth mother. Friya spites Drenya, having been her puppet even for her education and enrolling in White Griffon Academy.
* Jirni Ernas Myrok: Friya's adoptive mother. Despite some of Jirni's mishaps, Friya loves her because everything Jirni does, she does for Friya. She never treated Friya any different from Phloria ever since her adoption. Jirni didn't force Friya into marriage, allowing her to pursue her dream of establishing her own mercenary guild and even helping with the paperwork.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 222: Death Visions
2. ↑ Legion on Discord
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Chapter 556: Hostility (Part 2)
4. ↑ Chapter 1245: Bets and Arsenals (Part 1)
5. ↑ Chapter 1151: State of Sorrow (Part 1)
6. ↑ Chapter 1225: Soul Vision (Part 1)
7. ↑ Chapter 297: The Lives of Others (Part 1)
8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Chapter 1048: Harbingers (Part 2)
9. ↑ Chapter 584: Punishment and Rewards (Part 2)
10. ↑ Chapter 1016: End of the Line (Part 2)
11. ↑ Chapter 1174: Fear and Suspicion (Part 2)
12. ↑ Chapter 1433: Domination and Flames (Part 1)
13. ↑ Chapter 1434: Domination and Flames (Part 2)
14. ↑ Chapter 573: Catching up (Part 1)
15. ↑ Chapter 581: Tactics and Strategy (Part 3)
16. ↑ Chapter 60: Judging A Book By Its Cover
17. ↑ Chapter 66: Change Of Plans
18. ↑ Chapter 119: Exordium
19. ↑ Chapter 96: Triple Casting
20. ↑ Chapter 115: Two Truths
21. ↑ Chapter 143: The House of the Dead (2)
22. ↑ Chapter 164: Domestic Affairs (2)
23. ↑ Chapter 169: Second Exam
24. ↑ Chapter 170: Second Exam (2)
25. ↑ Chapter 174: The Real Deal
26. ↑ Chapter 241: Rankings
27. ↑ Chapter 256: Crossroads (Part 2)
28. ↑ Chapter 307: Traitor (Part 1)
29. ↑ Chapter 320: Final Rankings (Part 2)
30. ↑ Chapter 1272: Family and Gifts (Part 2)
31. ↑ Chapter 341: Enlist (Part 1)
32. ↑ Chapter 507: The Day After (Part 3)
33. ↑ Chapter 575: Desperate Moves (Part1)
34. ↑ Chapter 738: Menadion's Story (Part 2)
35. ↑ Chapter 800: Manohar's Wife (Part 2)
36. ↑ Chapter 804: Smokescreen (Part 2)
37. ↑ Chapter 809: Grendel (Part 1)
38. ↑ Chapter 1009: Awakening Power (Part 1)
39. ↑ Chapter 1015: End of the Line (Part 1)
40. ↑ Chapter 1020: Out of Time (Part 2)
41. ↑ Chapter 1031: Phloria’s Choice (Part 1)
42. ↑ Chapter 1040: Unbridled Power (Part 4)
43. ↑ Chapter 1060:
44. ↑ Chapter 1175: Painful Past (Part 1)
45. ↑ Chapter 1053: Shapeshifting (Part 1)
46. ↑ Chapter 1064: Mixed Spells (Part 2)
47. ↑ Chapter 1078: Bytra’s Legacy (Part 2)
48. ↑ Chapter 1129: Thinking Ahead (Part 1)
49. ↑ Chapter 1138: Secrets and Plots (Part 2)
50. ↑ Chapter 1150: Soul Projection (Part 2)
51. ↑ Chapter 1183: Magic and Superstition (Part 1)
52. ↑ Chapter 1198: A Powerful Master (Part 2)
53. ↑ Chapter 1207: Loose Ends (Part 3)
54. ↑ Chapter 1232: Mana Poisoning (Part 2)
55. ↑ Chapter 1270: Solus’ True Power (Part 2)
56. ↑ Chapter 1276: Craftsman’s Pride (Part 2)
57. ↑ Chapter 1282: Safe Travels (Part 2)
58. ↑ Chapter 1318: Call Me Grandma (Part 2)
59. ↑ Chapter 1325: Royal Summon (Part 1)
60. ↑ Chapter 1336: Artificial Mana Flow (Part 2)
61. ↑ Chapter 1351: Pecking Order (Part 1)
62. ↑ Chapter 1361: The Verhen Mansion (Part 1)
63. ↑ Chapter 1432: Gravity Fusion (Part 2)
64. ↑ Chapter 1440: Birthday Party (Part 2)
65. ↑ Chapter 1487: Means and Ends (Part 1)
66. ↑ Chapter 1474: Lights Out (Part 2)
67. ↑ Chapter 1490: Red Demon (Part 2)
68. ↑ 68.0 68.1 68.2 Chapter 1543: Quality Time (Part 1)
69. ↑ Chapter 1544: Quality Time (Part 2)
70. ↑ Chapter 1591; Purified Davross (Part 1)
71. ↑ Chapter 1594: Training Time (Part 2)
72. ↑ Chapter 1623: Failure and Success (Part 1)
73. ↑ Chapter 1115: The Healer and the Beast (Part 1)