Freud

Freud

Title	Dragon Master
Gender	Male
Race	Human
Affiliations	Afrien (partner) Heroes of Maple Evan and Mir
Enemies	Black Mage
Status	Deceased
Name (Other Servers)
KoreaMS	프리드 (Peurideu)
JapanMS	フリード (Furīdo)
ChinaMS	弗里德 (Fúlǐdé)
TaiwanMS	普力特 (Pǔlìtè)
Voice Actors
KoreaMS	Seongtae Park^[1] Beomgi Hong (Shade cutscene)^[2]
JapanMS	Nobuhiko Okamoto Makoto Furukawa (Heroes of Maple)

“People need heroes to help them now, not memories of heroes past.”

― Freud

Freud was the original leader of the six legendary Heroes who sealed the Black Mage. Known as the Dragon Master, Freud formed the first Spirit Pact with Afrien, the King of Onyx Dragons, and created the Seal Stones. His legacy was inherited by Evan, who succeeded him as the next Dragon Master.

Story

The Dragon Mage

Freud was regarded as one of the greatest magical prodigies in Maple World, having exceptional mastery over magic, despite his young age. He held a deep love for living creatures, especially dragons, and believed that in a perfect world, humans would be able to govern themselves and live peacefully with the other creatures of Maple World.

His research into dragons would lead him to meet Afrien, the King of the Onyx Dragons. The Onyx Dragons were the most powerful species of dragons, but their souls remained incomplete until they bonded with another whose soul resonated on the same frequency.

Realizing that they both shared a kindred spirit, Freud and Afrien created the first Spirit Pact, a contract that allowed them to gain immense power such that they could perform great feats of magic that they would not have been able to do alone.

After their contract was complete, Afrien gifted Freud a dazzling pendant called the Sylph Pendant. Although it was purely decorative, it was a symbol of their sacred bond. When the Black Mage heard of the might of the Onyx Dragons, he approached Afrien and offered to form a Spirit Pact with him instead, hoping to take the power of the Onyx Dragons for himself.

Sensing the Black Mage's evil soul, Afrien refused and turned him away. In retaliation, the Black Mage declared war on the Onyx Dragons and ordered his Commanders to wipe them out. Nevertheless, the Onyx Dragons fought back with their great power, and though many were killed in the war, their race gained a legendary reputation for their strength, with even the Commanders acknowledging their prowess.

Meeting the Pirate Hero

During his travels, Freud encountered a wanderer without family or friends. When they first met, the wanderer told Freud that he had nothing to live for, to which Freud told him that he had nothing to die for, either. This motivated the wanderer to keep living, and so he dedicated his life to the one who had saved him. Freud would later give the wanderer a name, which he cherished deeply. The wanderer used his skills as a pirate to fight alongside Freud against evil.

Creating the Seal Stones

During the Ancient War, the Overseers had created a relic known as the World Heart, which had been used as a template by the elders of Grandis to create weaker imitations called the Godspheres, which had then fused with their Vessels in order to create Adversaries that defeated the gods. After the Ancient War, the divine power of the World Heart contained within the Godspheres had permeated deep into the lands of the three worlds.

Just as the elders of Grandis had used the World Heart as a template to create the Godspheres, Freud extracted the World Heart's residual power from the continent and created his own version modeled off the Godspheres. As they had been created to seal away the Black Mage with the power of time, Freud chose to name them Seal Stones, which held identical properties to the Godspheres.

During his research on the properties of the Seal Stones, Freud discovered three main features needed to awaken their power: firstly, a focal point for where its power must be channeled, ranging anywhere from a person to a continent; secondly, the combined will of five individuals to give the intent for its power; finally, a strong desire to abandon destruction and seek peace. He also learned that the Seal Stones required the desperate wish of many in order to use - in other words, they would not grant the wish of an individual. Once it demonstrated a power greater than cause and effect, the Seal Stone would be destroyed.

Freud's first contingency plan was to use the Seal Stones and combine them with a sealing spell that could bind the Black Mage to eternity in the event that the Heroes were unable to defeat him. His second contingency was to prepare for the situation that his sealing spell failed. By distributing Seal Stones to the people of Maple World, he hoped that the damage done to their lands could be undone.

To this end, Freud distributed at least seven Seal Stones, one for each of the regions of Orbis, El Nath, Mu Lung, Ludibrium, Ereve, Ellin Forest, and Victoria Island. He also entrusted the Seal Stone of Ereve to Shinsoo, who became its guardian until the death of Empress Aria, after which she bestowed the Seal Stone to the Knight of Light.

The Dragon Master's Tower

When the threat of the Black Mage had first arisen, Freud had created a large beacon in El Nath called the Dragon Master's Tower, which was designed to activate with the combined magic of five magicians. By creating the tower, Freud intended for it to be used as a warning signal in the event that the end of the world approached.

After Von Leon joined the Black Mage and wiped out El Nath, a former mercenary named Ryude gathered the survivors of the attack and planned to light the beacon in order to let the world know about the Black Mage's plan to destroy the rest of Maple World. Thanks to their efforts, the Dragon Master's Tower was lit, gathering together many people, including Freud. Of the people who gathered there, six of them - Freud, Aran, Mercedes, Phantom, Luminous, and Freud's friend, the pirate hero - united together and became the Heroes of Maple.

The Six Heroes

The Heroes spent a long time working together against the Black Mage, bonding together over their shared dream to save Maple World. Luminous and Freud would often have long conversations about magic and philosophy, with Luminous admitting that Freud was the only magician whom he couldn't keep up with.

However, Luminous often disagreed with Freud and his radical beliefs. During one such conversation, Freud told Luminous that he believed that the concept of the Transcendents was unjust because of the way that they monopolized so much power. Luminous likened it to a king ruling a kingdom, but Freud believed that the world should be governed by the courage and wisdom of everyday people, rather than a single entity whose power could be corrupted, claiming that the day would soon come when people would grow capable of ruling themselves.

During the last days of the war, Freud and the other Heroes received a letter from the Demon, who planned to betray the Black Mage. The Heroes took the chance opportunity and stormed the Temple of Time. Together with Mercedes and Afrien, Freud entered the Black Mage's throne room and engaged in a fierce battle against the dark Transcendent.

Soon after, Luminous and the pirate hero entered the throne room, where they saw Afrien and Mercedes unconscious, and Freud heavily injured. Freud told them that the Black Mage's power far exceeded their own, and that they could not hope to defeat him. Instead, he hoped to use the remaining Seal Stones in order to seal the Black Mage away by having them absorb the stolen Transcendent powers, thus creating a powerful Seal of Time, though he added that it was merely a theory, as the Seal Stones had never been used in such a way before.

He used a spell to freeze time, allowing Luminous to place the seals around the Black Mage. However, Freud then informed them that there was one more component needed to activate the seal: the time of one living person. After a heated argument, the pirate hero chose to become the sacrifice. His time was absorbed into the Seal Stones, causing all traces of him to vanish from memories, photographs, and any other object that proved that he once existed. However, as Freud had created the spell, he remained aware that some person must have been sacrificed in order to activate the seal, though all knowledge about the pirate hero, such as his name and appearance, had been erased from his mind.

Freud then told Luminous that in order to create the seal, they needed to force the Black Mage into drawing out his full power so that he would have no choice but to resort to using the Transcendent of Time's power. After placing the spell on the Seal Stones, Freud undid the time freeze, and Luminous engaged in a fierce duel with the Black Mage. Luminous used the full extent of his light magic to counter the Black Mage's dark magic, forcing the Black Mage to use the power of time. Immediately, the Seal Stones absorbed the stolen power and activated the Seal of Time, sealing the Black Mage away.

The Barrier of Time

Before he was sealed, the Black Mage cast a final curse upon the Heroes, which slowly began freezing them in ice. Centuries in the future, after the Black Mage's seal was already broken, Arkarium used his time magic to open a crack in time, allowing him to travel back to the moment after the Black Mage's seal was created, hoping to kill the Heroes and the Demon while they were weakened from the battle.

Though Arkarium was able to find the Heroes collapsed across Leafre, he was unable to find the Demon, whom he particularly wanted to get his revenge on. Because of this, Arkarium hoped to go back even further in time to kill the Demon before he betrayed the Black Mage, thereby making it so that the Demon wouldn't be able to weaken the Black Mage's defensive barrier, which would cause the Heroes to fail and be killed easily.

However, Arkarium found the he was unable to go back any further, as Freud had used his own time magic to create a powerful Barrier of Time that would make it impossible to travel back in time any further than the moment the Black Mage's seal was made, thus preventing any of the Commanders from stopping the Black Mage from being sealed.

Though Freud's time magic was extremely powerful, his limitations as a mortal meant that the power of a Transcendent of Time could break through the barrier that he had created. As Rhinne and her child were already in the custody of Will - a future Commander recruited by the Black Mage centuries later, tasked with imprisoning the Transcendent of Time - Arkarium hoped to take Rhinne's powers long before she would be given over to Will in his present day.

In order to the remainder of Rhinne's Transcendent powers that the Black Mage hadn't taken, Arkarium planned to break the seal on the Black Mage to reach the area where she had been sealed away, knowing that the Heroes were in no position to stop him. Soon after Arkarium traveled back in time, however, several agents of the Silent Crusade pursued him in order to prevent him from achieving his goals.

Amidst the ruins of Leafre, one Crusader encountered Afrien, along with an unconscious Freud and Mercedes. Afrien was able to recognize that the Crusader had come from the future and explained that the Black Mage's curse on the Heroes had also affected the Onyx Dragons, whom he had cursed after they had refused to side with him. As a result of the curse, the Onyx Dragons were destined to slowly die out and go extinct.

Afrien explained that he had taken Freud's share of the curse in his place through the power of their Spirit Pact. He also told the Crusader that his child had been shielded from the curse within its egg, though the egg had been lost deep in the forest during the battle. The Crusader successfully returned the egg back to Afrien.

Soon after, Freud awoke and created the Barrier of Time to prevent time from flowing back any further than the moment the Black Mage's seal was made. He then took Afrien to an isolated island near Rien. Having taken the curse in Freud's place, Afrien slowly began to freeze over the years until the ice around him formed an enormous cave.

Over time, animals began to settle on the island and Afrien was forced to remain still so that he wouldn't disturb the ecosystem developing around him. The island, far out of the way of normal sailors, would only be encountered by voyagers who had been thrown off course from storms. The few people who would encounter the island named it Turtle Island. When he was unable to move any longer, Afrien entrusted his egg to Freud, who hid it somewhere safe for the next Dragon Master to find.

The Sylph Ring

Freud instils some of his power onto the ring

With his old friends cursed in frozen slumber, Freud struggled to find his place in a world that was slowly evolving without him. Determined not to let his friends' sacrifices be forgotten, he spent his time traveling the world, saving people from monsters and spreading the word of the Heroes who had stopped the Black Mage. One day, however, Freud witnessed a man rushing forward to defend his village alone, rather than running away. This made him realize that what the people needed were heroes of today, not memories of heroes past.

He decided to create a ring called the Sylph Ring, imbibing it with some of his powers and the memories of his friends. He passed it on to the hero whom he had seen defending his home in the hope that its power would serve as a faithful companion to him as Afrien did to Freud, and to ensure that the legacy of the Heroes would remain in Maple World.

The Sylph Pendant

However, Freud soon faced another problem. With the extinction of the Onyx Dragons, humans began hunting lesser dragon species in the hopes of claiming their powers, no matter how fractional compared to that of the Onyx Dragons. In an effort to help the persecuted dragons, Freud imbibed some of his power into the Sylph Pendant, which Afrien had given to him after forming their Spirit Pact. He gave the pendant to the dragons, hoping that it would protect them. However, when the dragons began to use the power of the Sylph Pendant to attack the humans, Freud sealed its power away until a worthy person could claim it.

The Last Record

Some time later, Freud met with the remaining Shamanesses of Azwan. Together, they looked into the future and divined a prophecy: “As the final battle approaches, the unshackled wolf will devour the World Tree.” Though he knew that Maple World would one day be in grave danger again, Freud had faith that his friends would unite once more to face that threat. Because of this, he chose to leave the future in their hands.

In order to make preparations, Freud sought a powerful relic known as the Transcendence Stone, which had the power to control or even destroy a Transcendent. He traveled deep in the Nihal Desert and found the Sanctum of Abraxas, where he discovered the relic of Abraxas, a massive airship. However, though he was able to locate the Transcendence Stone with the relic, he could not pass through the dimensional barrier between Maple World and Friends World, where the Transcendence Stone lay hidden. He returned the relic of Abraxas back to the Sanctum, where he enchanted it so that only his successor could awaken the relic.

Freud's Successor

Centuries in the future, a young farmhand named Evan found the last Onyx Dragon egg in Henesys. After bonding with the egg and forming the Spirit Pact, the egg hatched into a baby dragon named Mir. Together, Evan and Mir set out on a journey to become the new Dragon Masters. Their adventures led them to meet with Afrien, who told them about the legacy which they had inherited. After joining the Maple Alliance, Evan and Mir hoped to fill the large shoes left behind by Freud and Afrien.

Heroes of Maple

After Damien and his demon army occupied Turtle Island, Evan and Mir met with Afrien, who linked Evan with a piece of Freud's spirit embedded within the mark of their Spirit Pact. Freud told Evan that he had foreseen that the Black Mage's army would soon consume the World Tree, and that he had prepared something to stop them.

Evan asked if he was talking about the Seal Stones, to which Freud explained that it was both more important and more dangerous than the Seal Stones, and that only Evan, as his successor, could find it. Freud then transmitted the location of where they needed to go through their mental link. He also told Evan that he could rely on the support of the other Heroes to aid him in his quest.

Evan then gathered the Heroes and found the Sanctum of Abraxas, where Evan awakened the relic with his power as Freud's successor. After boarding the airship relic and taking off, the Heroes were surprised to find a projection of Freud, who explained that the real Freud had left him as a sort of message in a bottle for them.

He then revealed to the other Heroes that Shade had once been their comrade, and that he had sacrificed his existence in order to enact the Seal of Time. As Freud's knowledge was only limited to knowing that there had been a sacrifice, with all his specific memories about Shade being erased, he was unable to recall Shade's true name, and so he asked the pirate what to call him, to which he told Freud to call him ‘Shade', explaining that the name had been given to him by a dear friend.

The Heroes then spent a long time catching up with Freud before he told them about what they needed to find. He explained that he had learned about an object called the Transcendence Stone, a powerful relic which he had located with the Eye of Abraxas. However, he had been unable to find a way to reach the dimension where it was hidden, and so he had sealed Abraxas' relic such that only his successor could awaken it. After the trace of Freud vanished, the Heroes mourned him before unanimously electing Evan to be their new leader.

Labyrinth of Suffering

After the Adversary collapses into despair as a result of Hilla's machinations, they pass out in a void of darkness within their own mind. As their morale and strength threaten to diminish completely, the mysterious divine light speaks to them in the form of someone close to them and provides them motivation to continue.

For Aran, Mercedes, and Luminous, the voice of Freud asks them why they risk their life to save others. They tell Freud that it's because everyone is that precious to them, to which Freud asks them why they care so much for Maple World, which is nothing like their home, and what their purpose is. They reply that Maple World is the home where their loved ones live, and that it's a precious place, filled with all their memories.

Freud asks them if they can remember what they need to do now, to which they begin to say hopelessly that everyone is already dead, and that they couldn't protect anyone. They add that there's nothing that they can do, and that they're completely helpless, as even before, they had barely managed to seal the Black Mage, who had still come back in the end. They then ask what else they can do now, to which Freud tells them to open their eyes and see for themselves, explaining that even if Hilla covers their eyes, she can never cover the truth.

Freud asks them to open their eyes, get up, and do what they have to do, telling them to keep moving forward, just as they had done before. He then tells them that all roads exist inside their heart, and to never forget that. He adds that the memories of them all will live on forever, and that he'll always be with them. As the voice fades away, they recognize the voice as belonging to Freud.

For Evan, the voice of Freud asks him why he risks his life to save others. Evan tells Freud that it's because everyone is that precious to him, to which Freud asks him why he cares so much for Maple World, and what his purpose is. Evan replies that Maple World is the home where his loved ones live, and that it's a precious place, filled with all their memories.

Freud asks him if he can remember what he needs to do now, to which Evan begins to say hopelessly that everyone is already dead, and that he couldn't protect anyone. He adds that there's nothing that he can do, and that he's completely helpless before sadly realizing that he'll never see his family in Maple World ever again. He then asks what else he can do, to which Freud tells him to open his eyes and see for himself, explaining that even if Hilla covers his eyes, she can never cover the truth.

He asks Evan to open his eyes and tells him that he has to get up and do what must be done. He then reminds Evan that he's the Dragon Master and asks him to have a little faith in himself before telling him that all roads exist inside his heart, and to never forget that. As the voice fades away, Evan recognizes the voice as belonging to Freud.

For Shade, the voice of Freud asks him why he risks his life to save others. He tells Freud that it's because everyone is that precious to them, to which Freud asks him why he cares so much for Maple World, and what his purpose is. Shade replies that Maple World is the home where his loved ones live, and that it's a precious place, filled with all their memories.

Freud asks him if he can remember what he needs to do now, to which Shade begins to say hopelessly that everyone is already dead, and that he couldn't protect anyone. He adds that there's nothing that he can do, and that he's completely helpless, as even before, he had barely managed to seal the Black Mage, who had still come back in the end. He then asks what else he can do now, to which Freud tells him to open his eyes and see for himself, explaining that even if Hilla covers his eyes, she can never cover the truth.

Freud asks him to open his eyes, get up, and do what he has to do. He tells Shade that he remembers him, and to never let them change his mind. He then tells Shade to keep moving forward, just as he had done before. He reminds Shade that all roads exist inside his heart, and to never forget that. He then adds that the memories of them all will live on forever, and that he'll always be with Shade. As the voice fades away, Shade recognizes the voice as belonging to Freud.

Aftermath

After the final battle, the Heroes gathered together at Freud's birthplace, where they reminisced about Freud and all that they had accomplished. Phantom noted the irony of the grand Heroes who had defeated the Black Mage celebrating in an abandoned shack to mope about their long-lost companion. Mercedes then suggested watching the moon and stars, which were visible from the broken roof. They wondered whether Freud had ever watched the sky as they had, but Phantom pointed out that there likely hadn't been a hole in the roof while Freud had still lived there.

Aran mentioned that she recalled how Freud had many holes in his roof, and that he had been too lazy to fix them. Shade countered that Freud wasn't so much lazy as he was content with the feeling of a rundown cottage. The Heroes then looked back fondly on Freud and his eccentric ways. Soon after, they all prepared to leave when Evan asked when they would see each other again. The Heroes reassured him that they were like family, and that they would see each other again at the next crisis, as they were Maple World's greatest heroes.

Mirror World

Freud's replica in Mirror World is a magician and dragon researcher in Leafre.

In Mirror World Leafre, Freud encountered Afrien and began making preparations to form a Spirit Pact. After hearing about Horntail from the townspeople, Freud decided to study it within its cave. When Alpha and Beta fought Horntail in order to obtain the Goddess' relic, Freud appeared and ordered them to step away from Horntail, claiming that it was a baby dragon. Having spent the whole day trying to calm it down, Freud was upset that Alpha and Beta had ruined his hard work and ordered them to leave the cave until Horntail calmed down. Frustrated, they returned to the temple and told the priests what had happened.

Some time later, they returned to the cave and found Horntail still crying. Freud suggested that they sing Horntail a lullaby, as his sleep spells could give Horntail nightmares. However, Alpha and Beta began singing so terribly that Freud yelled at them to stop and checked to see if Horntail's ears were bleeding. Freud then suggested that they ask a Halflinger named Pam to help them.

After obtaining a special music box from her, the twins used it to put Horntail to sleep, after which Freud agreed to answer their questions. He introduced himself as a magician who had begun studying Horntail at the behest of the Halflingers. After melding with its mind, he had seen Horntail's memories of when it had been a small baby. Horntail had discovered the relic in the forest, which had caused it to rapidly age into a full-grown dragon. Having absorbed the relic, Horntail had been chased out of Leafre until it had found the cave, where it had been hiding ever since.

After conferring with the priests, Alpha and Beta decided to enlist Freud's help in lifting the Curse of Time on Horntail, who had been transformed by the relic. The twins sought out Freud and asked for his help in transferring the curse from Horntail to themselves. Though Freud warned that it could damage them, Alpha reassured him that they would be fine, as the curse had the same signature as themselves.

Freud asked them to bring him a Kentaurus King Horn and a Manon Feather, while he would provide a Leviathan Scale from his storeroom. Together, they were able to successfully absorb Horntail's curse, turning it back into a baby dragon. Freud then told them that he would help assimilate Horntail back to its normal life before continuing his research.