Frederica Baumann (フレデリカ・バウマン) is a maid in service to Roswaal L. Mathers. Joining the Emilia Camp in Arc 4, she has yet to play a major supporting role. However, Frederica has played a lesser supporting role in Arc 7 and Arc 8, and she is set to have a major role in the final arc.[1]
Though she was in retirement for a while, Frederica resumed her position at Ram's request following the events of Arc 3. Throughout Arc 4, she helped defend the mansion against Elsa and Meili while having to deal with the complicated family situation regarding her younger half-brother, Garfiel.
Appearance[]
Frederica has very long pale gold hair and green eyes. She is a little taller than Subaru, has a muscular build, and a mouth with sharp fangs. She is mentioned to look like a carnivorous hunter locking onto its prey when she narrows her eyes. According to Subaru, Frederica would be a beautiful woman if she covered her mouth. She is also commonly seen wearing maid’s attire, as her job requires. When she was young, Frederica’s unkempt hair reached her shoulders, and she wore a pink dress with a red scarf, and she wore red socks.
During her outing to Costuul, Frederica wore a white and green dress, and she wore a green mantle over her shoulders with yellow designs along its edges.
When she transforms, she becomes a golden leopard that even the People of Shudrak found beautiful. When she transforms back from her leopard form, her clothes have either been forsaken or torn off, leaving her completely naked.
Personality[]
Unlike her younger brother Garfiel, Frederica uses her father's surname Baumann. She is a kind person although she can be strict at times, especially to Petra who started working as a maid. She also cares deeply about Garfiel and used to send him letters every once in a while when he was still in the Sanctuary. As children, she used to spar with him and often sent him flying, completely ignoring the seven year difference between them. She lacks the courage to wear cute outfits because she thinks they do not fit her frame.[2]
She has said that in the past, she was not as polite or graceful as she is in the present day.
History[]
Frederica was born around 21 years prior to the start of the story to a father who was a half-beastman and a human mother, Reshia Tinzel, and was born a quarter beast human. Eventually, after wandering around, Frederica, along with Reala and Garfiel, were picked up by Roswaal and given a home at the Sanctuary. Reala left her children at the Sanctuary to bring back her missing husband. Frederica lived at the Sanctuary until she was 12 years old when she became a maid, working for both Roswaal and the Miload Family so that she could give her people and brother in the Sanctuary a home for when the barrier would eventually come down. She was let go from her job at Roswaal Manor a couple of months before the main story, but she came back upon hearing that Ram couldn't handle the mansion by herself following the erasure of Rem's existence.
Golden Siblings[]
Some time after Subaru’s knighting ceremony, Frederica and Garfiel, who were on an outing in Costuul, discovered a man named Hayden Garo who could manipulate the city's magicreation tools and reported the incident to Costuul’s mayor. With Hayden causing City Hall’s collapse by sending a giant magicreation tool haywire and kidnapping Frederica after she and her brother rescued everyone from the collapsing building, Garfiel and Clind ventured to retrieve her and put the incident to rest while Subaru, Emilia, and Beatrice took care of the haywire Lightbugs in Costuul. Frederica's kidnapper, Hayden, intended to make Frederica into the queen of a new nation where demi-humans were dominant and humans were exterminated by unlocking the secrets of rare blood, which he and the kidnapped maid both possessed. Present with him was one of his subordinates, a researcher of rare blood, Leonardo Baroness. The duo of Garfiel and Clind found Hayden and Leonardo's hideout due to Frederica leaving a trail of blood behind. Clind took care of rescuing Frederica, fending off Leonardo when he absorbed his vials of rare blood and transformed into a liquid blood monster. Garfiel successfully defeated Hayden, however, he managed to escape before being captured. He briefly met with Frederica before his escaping, swearing to her that they would meet again, and he allowed her to deal him a scar as remembrance of their encounter.
Petra’s Emilia Camp Struggle[]
Occurring simultaneously with the Battle for Priestella, Petra took part in the meeting with the western nobles alongside Roswaal, Annerose, Petra, and Clind. There, she witnessed as Roswaal attempted to convince the other nobles into backing Emilia of their own accord. Shortly after the meeting began, Roswaal had Petra speak on his behalf regarding Emilia, much to Frederica’s annoyance, as if he were to do so, it may sound insincere or manipulative. Though reluctant to let her do so, Frederica relented, and Petra did as she was asked and gave her opinion and facts on Emilia, successfully managing to convince the other nobles to back her. Later, they returned to Roswaal Manor.
Stand by me Pleiades and Missing Child Search[]
Following the disappearance of Subaru and Rem from the Pleiades Watchtower, the camp members came to retrieve Garfiel and Otto Suwen from Priestella with Clind’s assistance. Soon after, the group found themselves in Picoutatte, which they needed to pass through to reach Vollachia. With Otto making peace with Diadora Regundra, they made their way through the Everlasting Darkness with the guidance of the mole humans. However, their travels were interrupted due to Musica wishing to meet with Emilia. After negotiating Petra Leyte, the group was allowed to continue, and they entered Vollachia.
Abilities[]
Beastification (獣化, Kemonoka):
Frederica's full beast transformation.
Thanks to her quarter demi-human lineage from her father's side, Frederica can either fully or partially transform into a large leopard beast. This puts her on the same level as Rem with her horn. While she is in this form, she can run at incredible speeds, easily able to traverse through long distances in quick time.
Demi-Human Physique: Frederica demonstrates a variety of enhanced physique and physiology due to her Demi-Human blood.
- Inhuman Strength: Due to her demi-human blood, Frederica is extremely strong, though not nearly as much as her young brother Garfiel.
Magic (魔法, Mahō): Frederica has affinity for wind magic, but never developed her magic side, preferring melee combat.[3]
Equipment:
- Glintstone (輝石): When Frederica was younger, she and her brother Garfiel each received a glintstone from their mother, Reshia Tinzel.
- Cestus Weapon: In the web novel, Frederica used a pair of gauntlet-like weapons that allowed her to fight in hand-to-hand combat. This was cut from the light novel and replaced by her beastification.
Trivia[]
- According to the author, Frederica's birthday is December 6.
- Frederica's blood is of a rare kind, and according to Clind, there can be dangers associated with it.[4] In fact, Al went out of his way to separate Frederica from Subaru’s group in Arc 9 precisely because of her rare blood, implying that it would provide an obstacle and was dangerous.
- The dress that Subaru used when he dressed as a woman belongs to Frederica.[5]
- Her hobby is to collect dolls and putting cute clothes on them.[6]
- Frederica needs to gnaw on objects to wear her teeth down because they keep growing.[7]
References[]
- ↑ "She'll likely show up normally in arc seven. If you're asking when she'll be a main character, her main arc is arc eleven." Frederica's Birthday 2018 Q&A
- ↑ "I think I'm too big to wear pretty clothes, so I used to dress my dolls in pretty clothes." Frederica Birthday Q&A
- ↑ "Frederica hasn't developed the magical side of things, so she can't launch magic attacks. Her affinity is wind magic but she's no match for Ram, so she's completely devoted to physical combat." Frederica Birthday Q&A
- ↑ Golden Siblings Part 2
- ↑ "By the way, the dress when Subaru dresses up as a woman is also Frederica's dress." Frederica Birthday Q&A
- ↑ "but I collect and display dress-up doll." Frederica Birthday Q&A
- ↑ "Now, she choses the place, carefully picks things that are alright to chew on, and chews on them. She has the sort of body where her teeth continue to grow" Frederica Birthday Q&A
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