The Fairy Tail

Fairy Tail

is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shōnen Magazine since August 23, 2006, and has been published by Kodansha in 29 tankōbon volumes . An ongoing anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009,...

manga

Manga

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 and anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 series hosts an extensive cast of characters created by Hiro Mashima

Hiro Mashima

is a Japanese manga artist. He is most known for his fantasy manga Groove Adventure Rave, published by Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, from 1999 to 2005. The series was later adapted into an anime. However, the anime adaption was cancelled before it could complete the series.In 2003, he...

. The series takes place in a fictional universe

Fictional universe

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 called Earthland, where several of its residents are able to perform various forms of magic. Those who practice magic as a profession, referred to as wizards

Magician (fantasy)

A magician, mage, sorcerer, sorceress, wizard, enchanter, enchantress, thaumaturge or a person known under one of many other possible terms is someone who uses or practices magic that derives from supernatural or occult sources...

, join guild

Guild

A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel, and a secret society...

s where they share information and perform paid jobs for clients in order to be considered full-fledged wizards.

The series features a teenage wizard named Lucy Heartfilia who joins the rambunctious titular guild, Fairy Tail, after encountering a member of the guild named Natsu Dragneel, who is searching for a dragon

Dragon

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

 named Igneel. Forming a team together with Natsu's talking cat Happy and fellow wizards Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet, Natsu and Lucy set out on various adventures together as they face off against evil wizards, demons, and others that threaten the balance of the world, as well as the reputation of their already infamous guild.

Fairy Tail

is the titular wizard's guild of the series, and the guild where the main protagonists of the series gather to perform jobs. It is considered to be one of the most powerful guilds in the series. However, its members are infamous for being rambunctious and causing extensive collateral damage during missions. For this reason, the Fairy Tail guild is seen as a nuisance by the Magic Council despite the guild members' heroic deeds, to the extent that the Magic Council actively tries to disband the guild.

Fairy Tail's guildhall

Guildhall

A guildhall, or guild hall, is a building historically used by guilds for meetings and other purposes. It is also the official or colloquial name for many of these specific buildings, now often used as town halls or museums....

 is stationed in Magnolia, a city located on the southern coast of the fictional country of Fiore. It is first depicted as a two-story public house

Public house

A public house, informally known as a pub, is a drinking establishment fundamental to the culture of Britain, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. There are approximately 53,500 public houses in the United Kingdom. This number has been declining every year, so that nearly half of the smaller...

 with a pyramidal design. The first floor of the building serves as a lunch hall for its guild members to hang out, and contains a bulletin board where job requests are posted. The guild's most dangerous job requests, called S-Class jobs, are posted in the second floor of the building, which only S-Class wizards, who are officially recognized as the guild's most powerful members, are permitted to enter. As the series progresses, the guildhall is destroyed by Phantom Lord, a rival guild, but is later as a larger, more extravagant Gothic building

Gothic architecture

Gothic architecture is a style of architecture that flourished during the high and late medieval period. It evolved from Romanesque architecture and was succeeded by Renaissance architecture....

. This building adds architectural features such as a stage, a recreation room

Recreation room

A recreation room is a room used for a variety of purposes, such as parties, games and other everyday or casual use. The term is common in the United States and Canada, but is less common in the United Kingdom where the preferred term is games room...

, and an outdoor gift shop

Gift shop

A gift shop is a store primarily selling souvenirs relating to a particular topic or theme. The items sold often include coffee mugs, stuffed animals, t-shirts, postcards, handmade collections and other souvenirs....

, swimming pool

Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...

, and café

Café

A café , also spelled cafe, in most countries refers to an establishment which focuses on serving coffee, like an American coffeehouse. In the United States, it may refer to an informal restaurant, offering a range of hot meals and made-to-order sandwiches...

. All of the guild's members are also permitted to enter the upper floors of the second building. Following the seven-year timeskip

Timeskip

A timeskip is a narrative device that is commonly used in the telling of epics or sagas. It allows the storyteller to quickly age characters or develop events without getting bogged down in irrelevant or uninteresting details...

, however, the guild loses most of its members and is restationed in a rundown building even smaller than the first guildhall.

Creator Hiro Mashima

Hiro Mashima

is a Japanese manga artist. He is most known for his fantasy manga Groove Adventure Rave, published by Kodansha's Weekly Shonen Magazine, from 1999 to 2005. The series was later adapted into an anime. However, the anime adaption was cancelled before it could complete the series.In 2003, he...

 has insisted that the spelling of the guild's name, which is a play on the phrase "fairy tale

Fairy tale

A fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...

," is intentional. In-universe, the guild is stated to have received its name from the mystery of whether or not fairies

Fairy

A fairy is a type of mythical being or legendary creature, a form of spirit, often described as metaphysical, supernatural or preternatural.Fairies resemble various beings of other mythologies, though even folklore that uses the term...

, which are considered as mythical

Mythology

The term mythology can refer either to the study of myths, or to a body or collection of myths. As examples, comparative mythology is the study of connections between myths from different cultures, whereas Greek mythology is the body of myths from ancient Greece...

 creatures within the series, have tails.

Natsu Dragneel

, also known by the nickname , is the main male protagonist of Fairy Tail. Aside from performing missions for his guild, Natsu travels with his partner Happy in search of Igneel, a dragon

Dragon

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

 who raised Natsu in his youth before disappearing seven years prior to the start of the series. He is a , a wizard who can perform an ancient form of magic, or "Lost Magic", that grants him the physical properties of a dragon. He specializes in a particular form of this magic called , which gives him powers such as breathing fire, emitting flames from any part of his body to attack his opponent, being physically immune to fire, and ingesting any flame besides his own for nourishment. When he consumes magical substances containing numerous elemental properties besides fire, such as lacrima infused with Etherion, Natsu is able to achieve a more powerful form of Dragon Slayer magic called , which turns his skin around his eyes and on his forearms scaly, and increases both his physical and magical power. Eating any other form of magic temporarily grants Natsu the ability to combine the properties of that magic with his own (such as eating Laxus's lightning magic, which electrifies his body). However, eating any magic besides fire causes Natsu to become sick for several days after the effects of his transformation wear off.

Natsu is generally carefree and reckless in nature, and causes most of the collateral damage Fairy Tail is blamed for. However, he is extremely loyal to his guildmates and attacks anyone who tries to harm or insult them. Although he comes across as thick-headed to several other characters, he is a perceptive tactician in battle and can quickly deduce his opponents' strengths and weaknesses. He suffers from motion sickness

Motion sickness

Motion sickness or kinetosis, also known as travel sickness, is a condition in which a disagreement exists between visually perceived movement and the vestibular system's sense of movement...

 when riding on vehicles of any sort (trains, carriages, boats, etc.), as well as when carried by others. The only exception to this rule is Happy, who Natsu claims is his friend and not a "moving object". He is prone to challenging his guild's S-Class wizards to petty fights to test his strength, in which he is often defeated with little effort from his opponents. When properly motivated to fight (e.g. saving the lives of his friends) he is recognized as one of the most powerful wizards in the guild.

Lucy Heartfilia

is the main female protagonist of Fairy Tail, who joins the Fairy Tail guild at the beginning of the series. She is also the viewpoint character of the series, which is narrated

Narrator

A narrator is, within any story , the fictional or non-fictional, personal or impersonal entity who tells the story to the audience. When the narrator is also a character within the story, he or she is sometimes known as the viewpoint character. The narrator is one of three entities responsible for...

 from her perspective. Her given name was inspired by The Beatles

The Beatles

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 song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds

"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is a song written primarily by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney, for The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band...

". She is a 17-year-old celestial wizard who specializes in summoning contracted celestial spirits from another realm using a set of keys called Gatekeys. Despite being an "owner" of her spirits, Lucy treats them like her friends. She also carries a whip as her personal weapon, which she wields on occasion to fight alongside her spirits. Among the spirits she is contracted with, she currently possesses ten of the twelve keys that can open the Twelve Gates of the Zodiac. Lucy comes from one of the wealthiest families in Fiore, but ran away from home with the intent of joining Fairy Tail due to the death of her mother Layla and her strained relationship with her father Jude. She is invited into Fairy Tail by Natsu and Happy at the start of the series, and forms a team with them shortly after to perform jobs and earn money to pay for her rented

Renting

Renting is an agreement where a payment is made for the temporary use of a good, service or property owned by another. A gross lease is when the tenant pays a flat rental amount and the landlord pays for all property charges regularly incurred by the ownership from landowners...

 house in Magnolia. During the series, Lucy cuts ties with her father when he commissions Phantom Lord to kidnap her and return her home, but makes peace with him later on after he loses his fortune. As one of the saner members of the guild, Lucy regularly gawks at the odd habits of her guildmates, which include running gag

Running gag

A running gag, or running joke, is a literary device that takes the form of an amusing joke or a comical reference and appears repeatedly throughout a work of literature or other form of storytelling....

s such as characters (often Natsu and Happy) suddenly appearing in her house without her knowing beforehand.

Happy

is a 6-year-old talking cat with blue fur who serves as Natsu's best friend and initial partner before Lucy's inclusion in the Fairy Tail guild. Hiro Mashima originally planned to name him "Freyr" after the Norse god

Freyr

Freyr is one of the most important gods of Norse paganism. Freyr was highly associated with farming, weather and, as a phallic fertility god, Freyr "bestows peace and pleasure on mortals"...

, but found the name did not fit his character. He possesses a magical ability called , which allows him to temporarily grow white feathered wings on his back and fly. He is only able to carry up to one person at a time in this form. He was found as an egg six years prior to the start of the series by Natsu, who cared for him together with Lisanna until he hatched. He is generally cheerful as per his name, and often utters phrases such as "Aye!" or "Aye, sir!". He has a crush on Charle, who initially doesn't reciprocate his feelings. It isn't until later in the series that Happy discovers he is an exceed originally sent from Edolas to Earthland as an egg for his own protection after the exceeds' queen, Shagotte, had a premonition of their realm's destruction. While in Edolas, Happy encounters an exceed farmer named and his wife who, unbeknownst to Happy, are his parents.

Gray Fullbuster

is an 18-year-old wizard who uses a form of magic called , which allows him to instantaneously create ice and mold it into various kinds of weapons, shields, and other inanimate objects. He learned this magic from the wizard Ur, who took him in as an orphan after his hometown was destroyed by the demon Deliora. Gray originally intended to take revenge against Deliora, but moved on to join Fairy Tail after Ur sacrificed herself to defeat Deliora instead. While normally calm and collected, Gray has a fierce rivalry with Natsu due to their opposing magic types, which constantly leads the two to bicker and insult each other. He is also rivals with Lyon Bastia, his fellow pupil under Ur, who blames Gray for her "death". Gray holds a great deal of respect for Ur even after her sacrifice, and becomes angry with anyone who insults her. He has a habit of stripping down to his underwear, often without realizing it, which he developed as a result of his training to withstand the freezing temperatures of Ur's hometown.

Erza Scarlet

, also known by the nickname , is a 19-year-old S-Class wizard, a high-ranked wizard who is usually tasked with performing extremely dangerous missions, and the most powerful female member of the guild. Her name was derived from Eru, a character from the one-shot manga created by Hiro Mashima that served as a pilot for Fairy Tail. She specializes in a form of magic called , which allows her to immediately summon and equip different swords, armor, and clothing from hammerspace

Magic satchel

Magic satchel is a term often used in reference to computer role-playing games. It refers to the use of a character's inventory in the game, which can often contain more items than is physically possible for the character to carry without any visible means to hold or transport them.A similar...

 at will using a magic ability called "requipping". She also has an artificial right eye, which replaces the one she lost as a child while forced to build the Tower of Heaven, and grants her immunity from illusions and other magical effects that occur through eye contact. She acts as Fairy Tail's disciplinarian and does not hesitate to punish anyone who disregards the rules of her guild, for which she is feared by her fellow guildmates. However, she is not without compassion towards her friends, and becomes more open to their antics as the series progresses. She is a childhood friend of Jellal Fernandes, another child slave from the Tower of Heaven, who later betrayed her after being brainwashed into becoming a servant of Zeref. Despite Jellal's betrayal, Erza is shown to have feelings for him, and eventually forgives him after he develops amnesia

Amnesia

Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...

 and shows remorse for his actions.

Wendy Marvell

is a young Dragon Slayer raised by the dragon Grandeeney. She specializes in , which she primarily uses as healing magic to restore others to perfect health and removing ailments such as poison. She later learns how to use this magic for combative purposes, such as breathing and conjuring powerful gusts of wind, and magically enhancing others' speed, strength, and defensive power, as well as her own. She can regain her strength by absorbing unpolluted air through her body. She is introduced as a member of , a guild created by , the spirit of an elderly wizard, via magical projections of people for the sole purpose of caring for Wendy after Grandeeney's disappearance. Prior to this, Wendy encountered and briefly traveled with Mystogan, the Edolas counterpart of Jellal Fernandes. She acts as a representative of Caitshelter in the alliance with Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, and Lamia Scale to prevent Oración Seis from activating Nirvana, which was developed by Roubaul's tribe. During the battle, Wendy is kidnapped by Oración Seis and forced to resurrect Jellal, who she mistakes for Mystogan. After defeating Oración Seis and learning the truth about her guild, Wendy joins Fairy Tail.

Charle

is a white-furred exceed and Wendy's partner, introduced together with her as a member of Caitshelter before joining Fairy Tail. She is the daughter of the exceeds' queen, Shagotte, which Charle is unaware of (coincidentally, Charle refers to herself as Shagotte's daughter as a bluff at one point in the series). Like Happy, she is one of one hundred exceeds sent from Edolas as eggs for protection following their queen's premonition of their realm's destruction. Along with others of her race, she can perform Aera magic to grow wings on her back and fly. She also inherited her mother's ability of precognition

Precognition

In parapsychology, precognition , also called future sight, and second sight, is a type of extrasensory perception that would involve the acquisition or effect of future information that cannot be deduced from presently available and normally acquired sense-based information or laws of physics...

, which most other exceeds do not have, allowing her to experience visions of events yet to pass in the series. Upon her birth, Charle had foreseen her race issuing an order for the exceeds sent to Earthland to kill Dragon Slayers, not realizing that this order was a ruse fabricated by Shagotte to keep their people in check. Despite this, she grows close to Wendy and becomes protective of her. She acts in a condescending manner towards Happy upon meeting him, believing his lack of knowledge of their race's "mission" to be a birth defect when it is actually natural for him. It isn't until she witnesses Happy's resolve to defy their "mission" that she becomes more friendly with him. Charle gains some degree of control over her precognitive powers upon learning of them, but can only use them to foresee events that occur no later than a few days at a time.

Makarov Dreyar

is the short, 88-year-old master of Fairy Tail. His name comes from the fact that Hiro Mashima wanted it to sound Russian. He is discontented with the Magic Council for the rules it tries to impose on Fairy Tail, instead encouraging his guild's members to do whatever they think is right. He often becomes despondent whenever his guild causes trouble with the council for him, and is prone to using force to stop his guild members whenever they become too rowdy or violent. However, he considers his guild members to be his children, and is fiercely protective of them. He is capable of multiple different forms of magic, including magic, which increases his normally diminutive stature to gigantic proportions. His most powerful spell is , one of three legendary spells developed by the Fairy Tail guild, which generates a flash of bright light that spans across a wide area, and only harms those the caster considers to be his or her enemy. Given his high level of magic and skills, Makarov is registered as one of the Ten Wizard Saints, the most powerful wizards in Fiore.

Mirajane

is a 19-year-old S-Class wizard and the cover girl

Cover girl

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 for the series's fictional Sorcerer's Weekly magazine who has large breasts. Her name comes from a video game Hiro Mashima was playing while creating her character. She is capable of using transformation magic to change her physical appearance into those of other people or creatures. She additionally specializes in performing magic, which allows its caster to assume the form of a creature he or she had previously encountered. Mirajane uses a specific variety of Take Over magic called , which transforms her body into that of a winged demon with enhanced physical speed and strength. She is a very cheerful, kindhearted, yet somewhat absentminded young woman who rarely displays anger towards others. When she was younger, however, she was known by the nickname and acted like a bully towards her guildmates, holding a particularly fierce rivalry with Erza. She lost much of her magic power, including the ability to perform Satan Soul, due to the emotional trauma of her younger sister Lisanna's apparent death two years prior to the series, leading her to retire from performing missions and work as a barmaid in the guildhall instead. However, she regains her former power while fighting against Freed to protect her brother Elfman.

Cana Alberona

is a short-tempered, 18-year-old woman described as Fairy Tail's heaviest drinker, and is tolerant

Alcohol tolerance

Alcohol tolerance refers to the bodily responses to the functional effects of ethanol in alcoholic beverages. This includes direct tolerance, speed of recovery from insobriety and resistance to the development of alcoholism.-Consumption-induced tolerance:...

 enough to drink entire barrelfuls of alcohol without getting drunk. Her name is derived from the term "arcana" in relation to tarot

Tarot

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 cards. She uses , which allows her cast a wide variety of spells using a deck of magic-infused cards. She originally joined Fairy Tail following her mother's death to meet her father, Gildarts, but became depressed upon discovering his unawareness of their relationship. Cana tries to become an S-Class wizard to gain the courage to reveal the truth to Gildarts, and contemplates leaving the guild should she fail her fifth and latest exam that designates the S-Class rank, having failed the exam four times before. In her determination to pass the exam on Tenrou Island, Cana abandons her friends while they are being attacked by Grimoire Heart, but quickly realizes the error of her ways and declares her loyalty to her guild over becoming an S-Class wizard, telling her father the truth after the battle.

Elfman

, also known by the nickname , is Mirajane's younger, 18-year-old brother. He is a large and well-built man who is obsessed with spouting speeches of "manhood" through pride and physical strength, but is also very kindhearted and emotionally sensitive. Like Mirajane, he specializes in using a form of Take Over magic called , which allows him to absorb the power of any monster

Monster

A monster is any fictional creature, usually found in legends or horror fiction, that is somewhat hideous and may produce physical harm or mental fear by either its appearance or its actions...

 he defeats and transform his arm into that of each monster. He is also capable of performing , which transforms his entire body into that of a large horned monster. However, his first attempt at performing this spell two years prior to the series caused him to briefly lose his mind and go on a rampage that wounded and apparently killed his younger sister, Lisanna. He harbors a tremendous amount of guilt over causing Lisanna's "death", though no one blames him for it. Similar to Mirajane, the emotional trauma he suffered from the event limits his magic power so that he is only able to transform his arm at the start of the series. He regains his full power to rescue Mirajane from Phantom Lord, after which he is able to control Beast Soul and uses it regularly.

Loke

is a flirtatious wizard who is regularly seen in the company of young women. His name is derived from the Norse god

Norse mythology

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 Loki

Loki

In Norse mythology, Loki or Loke is a god or jötunn . Loki is the son of Fárbauti and Laufey, and the brother of Helblindi and Býleistr. By the jötunn Angrboða, Loki is the father of Hel, the wolf Fenrir, and the world serpent Jörmungandr. By his wife Sigyn, Loki is the father of Nari or Narfi...

. He possesses a ring called with which he can conjure beams of light to attack. He is later revealed to be the celestial spirit , who was exiled from the spirit world for inadvertently causing the death of his former owner, Karen Lilica, after he prevented her from summoning other spirits in order to keep her from bullying his friend Aries, thus leaving Karen defenseless while on a mission. His guilt over Karen's death leads him to distance himself from Lucy, a celestial wizard. Having been unable to return to the spirit world for three years not only severely weakens his magic power, but also causes him to slowly fade away and die. It isn't until after Lucy discovers his identity as a spirit and persuades the Celestial Spirit King to reconsider Loke's exile that Loke is allowed to return to the spirit world, saving his life and restoring his former power. He is currently in Lucy's possession as one of her spirit partners, but is still considered a member of Fairy Tail.

Shadow Gear

is a three-wizard team that serves as the backbone of Fairy Tail. Its de facto leader is , who is close friends with Lucy and the only person Lucy allows to read the novel she is writing. Her magic, , allows her to transform written words into three-dimensional objects that take on the attributes of what is written; writing the word "fire" creates burning letters, writing the word "iron" allows her to produce letters made of iron

Iron

Iron is a chemical element with the symbol Fe and atomic number 26. It is a metal in the first transition series. It is the most common element forming the planet Earth as a whole, forming much of Earth's outer and inner core. It is the fourth most common element in the Earth's crust...

, etc. She is also proficient at translating and decoding ancient languages and rune-based enchantments. The other members of the team are , who can use magic to enhance his physical speed, and , who uses to control the growth of plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

s to attack. Both Jet and Droy have a crush on Levy, but are rejected by her. During the series, the three are attacked and hospitalized by Gajeel while he is a member of Phantom Lord, sparking a war between Fairy Tail and Phantom Lord. While Jet and Droy hold a grudge against Gajeel after he joins Fairy Tail, Levy forgives him when he protects her from being injured by Laxus. She later develops romantic feelings for Gajeel after he becomes her partner during the S-Class exam.

Mystogan

is an S-Class wizard introduced as the most mysterious member of Fairy Tail. He refuses to let others see his face, which he covers with bandages, and goes as far as using magic to temporarily put his guildmates to sleep whenever he visits the guild. During the Battle of Fairy Tail, he is shown to be identical in appearance to Jellal Fernandes, which is later explained when he is revealed to be Jellal's counterpart from the parallel universe

Parallel universe (fiction)

A parallel universe or alternative reality is a hypothetical self-contained separate reality coexisting with one's own. A specific group of parallel universes is called a "multiverse", although this term can also be used to describe the possible parallel universes that constitute reality...

 Edolas, of which he is its prince. As a resident of Edolas, Mystogan is unable to perform magic on his own, instead wielding staffs infused with magic power to cast a wide variety of spells. Despite this, he remains one of the most powerful members of Fairy Tail. He travels Earthland to close interdimensional portals called Anima, which Mystogan's father and the king of Edolas, Faust, uses to steal magical power from Earthland. He encountered Wendy during his travels seven years prior to the series, and later placed her in the care of Roubaul, the founder of the Caitshelter guild. Mystogan returns to Edolas to stop his father's plan by reversing the Anima portals, thus returning the stolen magical power to Earthland. He then leaves Fairy Tail to govern Edolas following Faust's defeat.

Laxus Dreyar

is Makarov's 23-year-old grandson and initial heir as the master of Fairy Tail. He is an S-Class wizard who specializes in lightning magic to conjure bolts of lightning from his hands. Besides this, he had Dragon Slayer magic artificially implanted in his body by his father, Iwan Dreyar, and is capable of utilizing to drastically increase his own strength and breathe beams of lightning. He had a loving relationship with Makarov as a child, but became estranged from him after Makarov excommunicated his father Iwan from Fairy Tail. Believing himself to be stuck in his grandfather's shadow and perceiving his fellow guildmates as "weak", Laxus strives to replace Makarov as the master of Fairy Tail and reorganize it into the strongest guild in Fiore. He tries to take over the guild by starting an interguild battle royal

Battle royal

Battle royal traditionally refers to a fight involving three or more combatants that is fought until only one fighter remains standing. In recent times the term has been used in a more general sense to refer to any fight involving large numbers of people that are not organized into factions...

 called the "Battle of Fairy Tail", in which those who survive would be allowed to stay in the guild after he becomes its master. When his coup fails, he tries to destroy Magnolia using Fairy Law, which also fails and signifies that he does not truly hate his guild. He is excommunicated from the guild for his actions after being defeated by Natsu and Gajeel, but leaves on reconciled terms with Makarov, humbled by his defeat and acknowledging his love for his guildmates. He later reappears on Tenrō Island, where he helps his former guildmates in their battle against Hades.

Lisanna

is the 17-year-old younger sister of Mirajane and Elfman. She is also one of Natsu's closest childhood friends, and helped him raise Happy from an egg. Like her siblings, Lisanna can use a form of Take Over magic called , which she uses to transform her entire body, or parts of her body, into those of animal

Animal

Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life. Most animals are motile, meaning they can move spontaneously and...

s. She is initially believed to have accidentally been killed by Elfman on a mission with her siblings two years prior to the series, when she was actually transported to the parallel world Edolas after being drawn through Anima, a portal meant to absorb Earthland's magic. She decides to remain in Edolas to keep the parallel world's counterparts of her siblings from worrying, since her own counterpart had died. However, she is forced to return to Earthland when the Anima portal is reversed, thus reuniting with Natsu and her siblings, and being reinstated in Fairy Tail soon after.

Juvia Lockser

is introduced as a member of Phantom Lord's S-Class wizard team, Element 4. Her name is derived from the Latin word for rain, "Juvia". Corresponding to her original teammates' association with each of the four classical element

Classical element

Many philosophies and worldviews have a set of classical elements believed to reflect the simplest essential parts and principles of which anything consists or upon which the constitution and fundamental powers of anything are based. Most frequently, classical elements refer to ancient beliefs...

s, Juvia is a 17-year-old "rain woman" whose entire body is made of water. Her magic, , allows her to manipulate the element of water to suit her needs. She is prone to violent mood swings that affect her magic's attributes, typically causing it to rain around her when she is depressed and causing her water to boil when she is enraged. When she is introduced, Juvia suffers from a cycle of depression where she causes it to perpetually rain around her, for which she was been neglected by others since her youth. She becomes romantically obsessed

Obsessive love

Obsessive love is a state in which one person feels an overwhelming obsessive desire to possess another person toward whom they feel a strong sexual attraction, with an inability to accept failure or rejection...

 with Gray upon first meeting him and, after being defeated by him, is able to overcome her depression. She becomes a member of Fairy Tail in an attempt to become closer to Gray, though he does not reciprocate her feelings. She acts hostile towards anyone who threatens or insults Gray, or who she believes to have affections for him. This includes Lucy, who Juvia becomes jealous of after misunderstanding Gray's platonic

Platonic love

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 relationship with her. As the series progresses, Juvia becomes more open with her new guildmates and befriends Lucy, though she remains jealous of her.

Gajeel Redfox

, similar to Natsu, is a Dragon Slayer raised by the dragon Metalicana. He specializes in , which allows him to transform parts of his body into metal weapons such as clubs and swords, cover his body with nearly indestructible metal scales, and breathe gusts of wind containing metal shards capable of shredding a person's body. He can also consume metal objects for nourishment. He is introduced as an S-Class wizard from Phantom Lord, and is responsible for destroying the original Fairy Tail guildhall. After Phantom Lord is disbanded, Gajeel is encouraged by Makarov to join Fairy Tail in an effort to guide him rather than out of forgiveness. He is generally antagonized and distrusted by the other members of Fairy Tail after being instated into the guild, but gradually proves his loyalty to them despite his gruff and apathetic demeanor. Under Makarov's orders, Gajeel acts as a double agent

Double agent

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 to spy on Raven Tail's master Iwan Dreyar, which he is forbidden to reveal to his fellow members. After noticing Natsu and Wendy's cat partners, Gajeel becomes self-conscious of the fact that he does not have a cat partner until he befriends Pantherlily, who he openly adores. In recent chapters it has been hinted that he may have a growing bond with Levy McGarden.

Thunder God Tribe

The is a team of three wizards formed to serve as Laxus's personal bodyguards. The three are loyal to Laxus, and show their support of his ambition to become the master of Fairy Tail by participating in the "Battle of Fairy Tail". They rarely visit the guildhouse or converse with any other guild members, though they appear more frequently and become more friendly with everyone else following Laxus's expulsion from the guild. Aside from their own unique abilities, all three members share the ability to cast magic by making eye contact with their opponents, though each member's "eye magic" differs.

Freed Justine

, also known by the nickname , is the 20-year-old founder and self-proclaimed leader of the Thunder God Tribe. He specializes in a form of magic called , which allows him to write magic runes

Runic magic

There is some evidence that, in addition to being a writing system, runes historically served purposes of magic. This is the case from earliest epigraphic evidence of the Roman to Germanic Iron Age, with non-linguistic inscriptions and the alu word...

 that affect his targets based on what is written. Freed can also transform his body by writing runes on himself. These runes are used as the basis of the Battle of Fairy Tail in which he traps several guild members within barriers that they cannot escape unless they defeat everyone else trapped inside. He is the most loyal member of the Thunder God Tribe to Laxus (despite questioning him upon being ordered to execute his guildmates), and spends much of the series eagerly waiting to meet him again at any possible moment following Laxus's expulsion.

Bickslow and Evergreen

Besides Freed, the two other members of the Thunder God Tribe are and . Bickslow is a 22-year-old wizard who specializes in using to implant souls within inanimate objects and control them as he pleases. He can only control up to five objects at a time, which he refers to as his "babies" and names Pippi, Poppo, Pappa, Peppe, and Puppu. His eye magic, , allows him to control the souls of anyone who makes eye contact with him. Because he is unable to control this magic, Bickslow normally covers his eyes with a visor. Evergreen is a 20-year-old wizard whose eye magic, , allows her to turn her opponents to stone. Unlike Freed and Bickslow, who use their eye magic as secondary abilities, Evergreen uses her eye magic as her signature attack. However, she too cannot control her eye magic and wears glasses because of it. Her other form of magic allows her to conjure golden fairy dust with which she can perform various techniques, such as causing explosions and firing projectile weapons. It is because of this power that Evergreen covets Erza's title of "Fairy Queen, Titania".

Gildarts Clive

is a 45-year-old S-Class wizard and the most powerful member of Fairy Tail. He specializes in a form of magic called , which causes him to vaporize any object and magic spell he touches. Because he has a tendency to perform this magic to walk through walls without thinking, the entire city of Magnolia has to be transformed to form a single, straightforward path leading to the Fairy Tail guildhouse whenever he is in the city in order to prevent him from accidentally destroying any buildings. He is often sent to perform missions that are so difficult, they have never been accomplished for tens or even hundreds of years. For this reason, he only visits his guild several years at a time, and usually for short periods of time. Despite this, he has a close, fatherly relationship with Natsu. He lost his arm, leg, and some of his organs to the dragon Acnologia, and wears prosthetic replacements. He is the father of Cana, whom he did not recognize as his daughter upon first meeting her since he had embarked on a six-year-long mission before she was born. He remains unaware of their relationship until Cana reveals it to him during the S-Class exam on Tenrō Island twelve years later.

Pantherlily

is a black-furred exceed from the parallel universe

Parallel universe (fiction)

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 of Edolas. He is initially depicted as a large, muscular, anthropomorphic panther

Black panther

A black panther is typically a melanistic color variant of any of several species of larger cat. Wild black panthers in Latin America are black jaguars , in Asia and Africa they are black leopards , and in North America they may be black jaguars or possibly black cougars A black panther is...

, unlike most other exceeds, who appear as small, super deformed

Super deformed

Super deformed or SD is a specific style of Japanese caricature where characters are drawn in an exaggerated way, typically small and chubby, with stubby limbs and oversized heads, to make them resemble small children...

 cat-like creatures. Upon leaving Edolas and entering Earthland, however, he takes on his race's typical super deformed appearance, though he is able to assume his original form for limited periods of time. He also possesses the "Aera" ability, allowing him to fly by growing wings on his back, and is an expert swordsman. His signature sword, , has an extendable blade that extends up to three times his large form's size. After this sword is destroyed, he replaces it with a sword called the , which can also change its size. Pantherlily is introduced as the captain of the 1st Magic War Division in the Edolas Kingdom's royal army, having been exiled from his people's kingdom of Extalia after saving Mystogan's life. Like Happy and Charle, Pantherlily befriends the Dragon Slayer Gajeel after fighting with him, and later becomes a member of Fairy Tail as Gajeel's partner.

Minor members

At the start of the series, the Fairy Tail guild is stated to have over one hundred other members. Following the main and major characters' disappearance that starts the series' seven-year time skip, however, the guild is reduced to the following members. is a wizard whose magic, Purple Flare, allows him to conjure flames that cannot be doused by wind or water. Macao replaces Makarov as the master of Fairy Tail during the time skip. He is divorced and has a son named , who admires his father and wishes to become a wizard at the start of the series. Romeo joins Fairy Tail over the time skip, and dresses similarly to Natsu, whom he also admires. can bring any picture he draws on himself to life. He has a rotund body at the start of the series, but slims down over the time skip. is a wizard resembling a Native American

Indigenous peoples of the Americas

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 who is frequently seen standing in front of the guild's job request board without picking a mission, and can fuse the spirits of animals to his body to enhance his physical abilities. and are friends who wear Western

Western (genre)

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-style clothes and utilize gun-related magic: Alzack specializes in wielding enchanted guns, while Bisca can requip various guns similar to Erza. They are in love with each other, and are shown to have married over the time skip. specializes in communicating to his guild mates via telepathy

Telepathy

Telepathy , is the induction of mental states from one mind to another. The term was coined in 1882 by the classical scholar Fredric W. H. Myers, a founder of the Society for Psychical Research, and has remained more popular than the more-correct expression thought-transference...

. is capable of manipulating smoke he can produce using an enchanted pipe. He becomes Macao's adviser after he becomes Fairy Tail's master. can cast magic by dancing to increase his allies' strength, or to weaken his enemies. is a wizard who can conjure and manipulate sand. specializes in "maker magic" similar to Gray that allows her to create weapons and objects from wood.

Jellal Fernandes

is a major recurring antagonist-turned-ally in Fairy Tail, introduced under the alias . Hiro Mashima based his appearance on Sieg Hart, a character from his earlier work Rave Master

Rave Master

, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...

, as a form of fan service

Fan service

, fanservice, or , is a term originating from anime and manga fandom for material in a series which is intentionally added to please the audience. It is about "servicing" the fan - giving the fans "exactly what they want"...

. He is registered as one of the Ten Wizard Saints with mastery over , which allows him to fly, increase his physical speed, and produce energy-based weapons. He is Erza's childhood friend, and a former slave forced to build the Tower of Heaven, a construct intended to resurrect Zeref. He was brainwashed by Ultear (disguised as Zeref) into taking over construction of the tower, betraying Erza in the process. To activate the tower's R-System (the spell designed to resurrect Zeref) Jellal creates a magical projection of himself named Siegrain to act as a member of the Magic Council and manipulate the other council members into firing the magic weapon Etherion at the tower (in the anime adaptation, "Siegrain" passes himself off as Jellal's twin brother). He is assisted by his and Erza's other friends and fellow slaves, who Jellal had tricked into thinking that Erza had betrayed them. He is ultimately defeated and seemingly killed by Natsu, but is later found alive by Oración Seis and resuscitated by Wendy to help Oración Seis find the destructive spell Nirvana. However, he awakens with amnesia

Amnesia

Amnesia is a condition in which one's memory is lost. The causes of amnesia have traditionally been divided into categories. Memory appears to be stored in several parts of the limbic system of the brain, and any condition that interferes with the function of this system can cause amnesia...

 and, upon learning of his past actions from Erza, atones by helping the protagonists destroy Nirvana instead. During the battle, Jellal gradually regains his memories of Natsu and Erza, and rekindles his friendship with Erza. After Oración Seis is defeated, Jellal is arrested by the reformed Magic Council for his previous crimes.

Ultear Milkovich

is the daughter of Gray and Lyon's teacher Ur, and a member of Grimoire Heart. She can perform a form of Lost Magic called the , which gives its caster the power to manipulate time for any single inanimate object (restoring broken objects to their state in time before they were broken, fast-forwarding time to cause rocks to erode or ice to melt, etc.). This ability has no effect on the human body, which includes body fluids such as blood. Like her mother, Ultear can also perform Ice Make magic. She is introduced as one of Jellal's followers within the Magic Council, but is later revealed to be the one manipulating Jellal. She reappears on Tenrou Island as the leader of the Seven Kin of Purgatory to capture Zeref, hoping to keep the dark wizard's power for herself to strengthen her Arc of Time and travel back in time to take revenge against her mother for abandoning her as a child, not realizing that Ur had believed her daughter had died. However, after Ultear attempts suicide and falls into the ocean where Ur's body had drifted out to sea after being turned to ice and melting she experiences her mother's memories and discovers the truth of her abandonment, forgiving Ur and leaving Grimoire Heart out of guilt for her past actions.

Magic Council

The is an organization that oversees the guilds in the series and keeps them in check. Most of its members do not hold Fairy Tail in high regard due to their property-damaging tactics, regardless of the guild's role in apprehending criminals and defeating monsters that threaten the peace. One of the council's members is who, unlike his fellow members, gradually begins to respect Fairy Tail for its heroic efforts as the series progresses. Another member, , is a longtime friend of Makarov's and one of the only council members who speaks in Fairy Tail's defense. The council keeps a spell called Etherion, which fires a beam of immense magical energy that destroys anything in its path. The council is temporarily disbanded after Jellal and Ultear manipulate it into firing Etherion at the Tower of Heaven, which absorbs the weapon's energy to resurrect Zeref. It is later reformed under a strict chairman, , to uphold a tighter regime over the guilds in the world. Most of the former council's members such as Yajima retire in embarrassment for the incident, while Org remains on the council. This reformed council also includes: , an official who personally oversees the arrests of wanted criminals such as Jellal and Oración Seis; and , who searches for incriminating evidence against Fairy Tail in order to disband the guild, using memory-altering magic to disguise himself as Mystogan's former disciple named . Both Lahar and Doranbolt gradually come to sympathize with Fairy Tail, and act to defend the guild from their superiors.

Blue Pegasus

is one of the official guilds in the series, and generally consists of physically attractive men and women. The founder and master of the guild is who, unlike most of his guild's members, is an unattractive cross-dressing

Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing is the wearing of clothing and other accoutrement commonly associated with a gender within a particular society that is seen as different than the one usually presented by the dresser...

 man whose effeminate

Femininity

Femininity is a set of attributes, behaviors, and roles generally associated with girls and women. Though socially constructed, femininity is made up of both socially defined and biologically created factors...

 mannerisms disturb other characters. It is also the guild of which , a deceased celestial wizard and Loke's former owner, was a member. During the series, the Blue Pegasus guild forms an alliance with Fairy Tail alongside the Lamia Scale and Caitshelter guilds to combat Oración Seis.

Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki

is one of the top wizards of Blue Pegasus. In contrast to his guildmates' general attractiveness, Ichiya is a stout and ugly man. He is a self-fashioned womanizer and has an ambiguous past relationship with Erza, who is greatly repulsed by him and loses all composure in his presence. He utilizes various forms of "parfum

Perfume

Perfume is a mixture of fragrant essential oils and/or aroma compounds, fixatives, and solvents used to give the human body, animals, objects, and living spaces "a pleasant scent"...

magic", which produce various effects and enchantments such as healing and increasing his physical size and strength. Ichiya appears together with his entourage, the Trimens, as representatives of Blue Pegasus during the battle against Oración Seis. He spends much of the battle as a captive after being defeated by one of the dark guilds under Oración Seis's control, but proves himself integral to destroying Nirvana.

The Trimens

The are a trio of wizards who act as Ichiya's personal entourage. They are all handsome young men, and serve to entertain and flatter young women whenever possible. One of its members is , a.k.a. , who specializes in a form of magic called "Archive" that is performed in the same manner of using a computer, allowing him to store information and upload it into the others' thoughts. Hibiki was in a romantic relationship with former Blue Pegasus member Karen Lilica before her death, which nearly causes him to fall into a murderous rampage under the effects of Nirvana upon learning the identity of Karen's killer, Angel. The other two members of the Trimens are , a.k.a. as , a junior member of Blue Pegasus who can conjure snow

Snow

Snow is a form of precipitation within the Earth's atmosphere in the form of crystalline water ice, consisting of a multitude of snowflakes that fall from clouds. Since snow is composed of small ice particles, it is a granular material. It has an open and therefore soft structure, unless packed by...

; and , a.k.a. , a tan-skinned young man who can manipulate wind to harm his opponents.

Lamia Scale

is another prominent official guild featured in the series. Several of its members are introduced as allies of the renegade wizard Lyon Bastia, having left their guild to help Lyon revive the demon Deliora and take revenge against it for causing their families' deaths. These members return to their guild after Deliora dies. Lamia Scale later appears as one of the four guilds besides Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, and Caitshelter to form an alliance against Oración Seis.

Lyon Bastia

, also known by the nickname , is an Ice Make wizard and Gray's fellow former pupil under Ur. Unlike Gray, who can only use Ice Make to create inanimate objects, Lyon can create living golem

Golem

In Jewish folklore, a golem is an animated anthropomorphic being, created entirely from inanimate matter. The word was used to mean an amorphous, unformed material in Psalms and medieval writing....

s from ice in the shape of animals, which can move and attack on their own. He practices Ice Make using one hand rather than the two-handed gesture Gray and Ur use, allowing him to cast his magic faster, but also making his conjured ice less structurally stable. He also shares Gray's habit of stripping down to his underwear. He holds a grudge against Gray for ruining his childhood ambition of surpassing Ur after she transformed herself into ice to freeze Deliora and protect Gray. Lyon melts the ice made from Ur's body using the ceremonial "Moon Drip" spell in order to revive and kill Deliora, thinking he could surpass Ur by defeating the demon she could not. Upon discovering that Deliora had died while frozen by Ur, Lyon follows Gray's advice to move on by joining Lamia Scale. He reappears later in the series as an ally of Fairy Tail, representing his guild in the alliance against Oración Seis.

Sherry Blendi

is one of the wizards introduced as Lyon's followers. She can transform "non-human" objects such as wood and rocks into giant dolls

Dolls

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 that she can control at will using a spell called ; she can also perform this technique on celestial spirits to control their actions. She has romantic feelings for Lyon, and has a habit of preaching nonsensical speeches of love

Love

Love is an emotion of strong affection and personal attachment. In philosophical context, love is a virtue representing all of human kindness, compassion, and affection. Love is central to many religions, as in the Christian phrase, "God is love" or Agape in the Canonical gospels...

. She also keeps a gargantuan rat named as a pet. She reappears after Deliora's death as a representative of Lamia Scale in the official guild alliance to battle Oración Seis. During the battle, she is temporarily affected by Nirvana and falls into a murderous depression when she believes Lyon is killed in a suicide attack by Racer, but returns to normal when Lyon is found to be alive.

Yūka Suzuki and Toby

and are two of Lyon's other followers besides Sherry. Yūka is a young man with large eyebrows who can generate waves of magical energy from his hands that negate other wizards' magic. Toby is a dimwitted young man who wears a dog costume and behaves in a canine manner, and can grow elongated fingernails that can paralyze whoever is touched by them.

Jura Nekis

, also known by the nickname , is the most powerful member of Lamia Scale, and one of the representatives of his guild during the official guild alliance. He is also one of the Ten Wizard Saints, proficient in various forms of magic that allow him to transform soil and rock into unbreakable stone columns he can conjure from the ground. Despite his strength, he is very humble and considers himself to be the weakest of the Wizard Saints.

Dark guilds

are guilds that operate without the consent of the Magic Council. They are generally depicted as criminal organizations, and serve as antagonists in the series. Three of the four most powerful guilds in the series—Oración Seis, Tartaros, and Grimoire Heart—form an alliance

Alliance

An alliance is an agreement or friendship between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests.See also military alliance and business alliance.-International relations:...

 called the , which controls most other dark guilds in the series. The fourth guild, Raven Tail, acts independently from all the other dark guilds.

Oración Seis

is the first guild from the Balam Alliance to be introduced. It shares the same name as a group of antagonists from Hiro Mashima's previous work, Rave Master

Rave Master

, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...

. Despite being the smallest guild in the series, having only six members, it is considered powerful and dangerous enough for the Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, and Caitshelter guilds to form an alliance to combat it. It is led by , Jellal Fernandes's former mentor from the Tower of Heaven. Brain despises official guilds, and seeks to destroy them and create a new world order using Nirvana, a legendary spell that is capable of reversing the moral behavior of those affected by it (causing inherently "good" characters to turn "evil", and vice versa). He is also responsible for finding Jellal's body following his defeat in the Tower of Heaven, and forces Wendy to revive him in the hopes that Jellal would lead him to where Nirvana is sealed. He is able to cast magic via his staff, , which is sentient and considers itself to be the seventh member of Oración Seis. He has a split personality named who, unlike Brain, tries to use Nirvana to destroy everything in existence. Brain suppresses this personality using a magic seal consisting of six lines drawn across his face, each of which represents all six guild members' strongest desires, referred to as "prayers". Each line is erased for every member of Oración Seis who is killed or otherwise defeated, thus weakening the seal. Both Brain and Zero are voiced by Tetsu Inada

Tetsu Inada

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.

The other five members of the guild are all former child slaves from the Tower of Heaven. is a Dragon Slayer who had lacrima infused with Dragon Slayer magic implanted in his body. He specializes in , which allows him to breathe clouds of poisonous gas and transform his hands into venomous claws. He also has hyper-sensitive hearing that allows him to hear others' movements regardless of how quiet they are, and is capable of reading one's thoughts. He owns a giant venomous snake named as a pet. is able to slow down time for his opponents within a certain radius, causing them to believe that Racer can increase his own physical speed. , whose real name is , is a greedy wizard driven to find his missing brother (later revealed to be Wally Buchanan), and can produce magic from his eyes to liquify and warp solid ground into clay and manipulate it to his will, and has the ability to see through solid objects. Because of his immense greed, Hoteye turns good under the effects of Nirvana and helps the protagonists fight his guild. is a celestial wizard and the murderer of Karen Lilica, Loke's former owner. She owns the spirits Gemini, Scorpio, Caelum, and Aries, the last of whom she stole from Karen. is Brain's adoptive son who is often shown to be asleep while sitting on a flying carpet. He uses Reflector magic, which allows him to reflect, distort, and twist any manner of objects, as well as to refract light and create illusions.

Grimoire Heart

is the second dark guild of the Balam Alliance to be formally introduced. It is led by , whose real name is and is Makarov's predecessor as the master of Fairy Tail. Hades believes the source of magic to be traced back to the dark wizard Zeref, and formed Grimoire Heart for the sole purpose of awakening Zeref and finding this source. He also believes that doing so would reshape the world so that only wizards would survive and use magic to achieve their deepest desires, while all ordinary humans would die or otherwise be subject to eternal suffering. Hades is initially depicted as an extremely powerful, virtually invincible wizard who surpasses Makarov in strength, and is capable of performing , a spell he uses to counteract Makarov's Fairy Law. However, he actually has very little magic power and instead draws his strength from a machine inside his flagship that he calls his "heart". He is defeated by Natsu and his friends, and is later killed by Zeref.

Among Grimoire Heart's most powerful members is Hades's deputy commander, , who can increase the gravity around himself to immobilize his opponents, and can create black hole

Black hole

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s. The guild's seven other strongest members form the , each of which was raised by Hades and taught to perform an ancient form of magic called Lost Magic. The Kin are led by Ultear Milkovich, who later leaves the guild. Its other members are: , a psychotic God Slayer who can perform , which allows him to conjure black flames that cannot be consumed by Natsu; , a being who was formed after the celestial spirit Capricorn was possessed by the celestial wizard , and can summon humans he had trapped in an alternate dimension using a technique called ; , a poetic, bespectacled man who can materialize any object from his imagination at will using the ; an obese and clumsy man who uses voodoo-like magic called to control people's movements via an enchanted doll; , a petite young girl who can produce blades to cut intangible objects such as water, and can link her senses with one or more of her opponents so they can feel physical pain and strong emotions as she does using magic called Maguilty Sense; and , a stern, muscular man who can manipulate the magic in the earth to control plant life and create explosive fruit using the .

Raven Tail

is a dark guild that acts independently from the other dark guilds in the series. It is headed by , Makarov's son and Laxus's father, who formed the guild for the sole purpose of destroying Fairy Tail after he was excommunicated from the guild. He implanted lacrima infused with Dragon Slayer magic inside Laxus, but now intends to remove and sell it, which would kill Laxus. Gajeel pretends to be a member of this guild under Makarov's orders in order to spy on Iwan.

Eisenwald

is one of the dark guilds that is controlled by Oracion Seis. The guild's most powerful member and acting leader is , a wizard who only accepts assassination

Assassination

To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...

 jobs, for which he is also known as the . He wields a scythe

Scythe

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 and can create gusts of wind capable of cutting skin and forming barriers. Among the guild's other members are , who can transform his shadow into a tangible substance that he can manipulate to suit his needs; , who wields a set of urumi

Urumi

The urumi is a long sword made of flexible steel, sharp enough to cut into flesh, but flexible enough to be rolled into a tight coil. Originating in South India, it was most popular in the North Malabar Coast of Kerala and is often mentioned in the ballads of the region.In kalaripayat, the urumi...

 blades around his fingers that he can extend at will; , who can merge his entire body with and move through solid objects; and , who can produce beams of light from his hands. The guild tries to assassinate the official guild masters in Fiore using the Lullaby, a flute with a demon sealed inside by Zeref that kills anyone who hears its music. The guild is dissolved after being defeated by Fairy Tail.

Zeref

is a character described throughout the series as the most powerful and evil wizard in history. He is an ageless being and appears in the form of a young man with black hair. He is able to create legions of demons and control demons, and possesses magic that causes all living things around him to die. He was believed to have been defeated and sealed away four hundred years before the events of the series, but is later revealed to be alive on Tenrō Island where he is sought out by Grimoire Heart. Despite being rumored to be an evil wizard who views life as insignificant, he had come to cherish life at some point following his defeat in the past. However, he can forget and remember the value of life at will, which greatly affects his powers: he has no trouble killing anyone when he views life as insignificant, but loses control over his power when he loses his will to kill anyone. He thus despises himself as someone with no choice but to kill, believing himself to be "rejected by the world" for his abilities. He is familiar with Natsu and wishes to be killed by him, believing Natsu to be the only one capable of doing so.

Phantom Lord

is a longtime rival guild of Fairy Tail, having been considered the most famous and powerful guild in Fiore before Fairy Tail's inception. Two of Phantom Lord's members, Gajeel Redfox and Juvia Lockser, join Fairy Tail following Phantom Lord's disbandment. Its master is , one of the Ten Wizard Saints and Makarov's self-fashioned rival, who can manipulate the element of darkness

Darkness

Darkness, in contrast with brightness, is a relative absence of visible light. It is the appearance of black in a color space. When light is not present, rod and cone cells within the eye are not stimulated. This lack of stimulation means photoreceptor cells are unable to distinguish color...

 to curse his opponents. Jose declares war on Fairy Tail out of jealousy for its rising fame. He also kidnaps Lucy and holds her for ransom out of fear that Fairy Tail would monopolize her family's fortune, not realizing that Lucy had cut her ties with her family. Jose is defeated when Makarov performs "Fairy Law," after which Phantom Lord is disbanded and Jose's title as a Wizard Saint is revoked by the Magic Council.

Phantom Lord contains a team of S-Class wizards called who can perform magic associated with one of the four classical element

Classical element

Many philosophies and worldviews have a set of classical elements believed to reflect the simplest essential parts and principles of which anything consists or upon which the constitution and fundamental powers of anything are based. Most frequently, classical elements refer to ancient beliefs...

s. The team's leader is , who can manipulate air

Air (classical element)

Air is often seen as a universal power or pure substance. Its supposed fundamental importance to life can be seen in words such as aspire, inspire, perspire and spirit, all derived from the Latin spirare.-Greek and Roman tradition:...

 and airspace

Airspace

Airspace means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three-dimensional portion of the atmosphere....

 to drain his opponents' strength. Aria's magic is generated through his eyes, which he covers with a blindfold to keep his power contained. Its other members are , who can manipulate and merge his body with earth

Earth (classical element)

Earth, home and origin of humanity, has often been worshipped in its own right with its own unique spiritual tradition.-European tradition:Earth is one of the four classical elements in ancient Greek philosophy and science. It was commonly associated with qualities of heaviness, matter and the...

, and , who can change the properties of fire

Fire (classical element)

Fire has been an important part of all cultures and religions from pre-history to modern day and was vital to the development of civilization. It has been regarded in many different contexts throughout history, but especially as a metaphysical constant of the world.-Greek and Roman tradition:Fire...

 by changing its color (blue flames become cold, orange flames emit a foul odor, etc.). Juvia, a former member of Element 4, can manipulate water.

Tower of Heaven

The is a tower designed to bring a deceased individual back to life through a form of magic called the "Resurrection System", also known as the , which can only be activated once the tower is infused with massive amounts of magic power. It is a steampunk

Steampunk

Steampunk is a sub-genre of science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and speculative fiction that came into prominence during the 1980s and early 1990s. Steampunk involves a setting where steam power is still widely used—usually Victorian era Britain or "Wild West"-era United...

 structure that contains lacrima, a crystalline substance that absorbs magic and attains its unique properties. It was originally built through slave

Slavery

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...

 labor by a cult of evil wizards for the purpose of resurrecting Zeref. Among the slaves forced to build the tower were Erza and Jellal, the latter of whom took over construction of the tower while under the manipulation of Ultear. The R-System is activated after the lacrima tower absorbs the power of Etherion. However, the tower is ultimately destroyed by Natsu and Erza.

Besides Erza and Jellal, there are four other child slaves

Child slavery

-History:In the past, many children have been sold into slavery in order for their family to repay debts or for crimes. Sometimes this is also to give the children a better life than what they had with their family....

 who had befriended the two while in the tower. They are , who views Erza like his older sister, and possesses an enchanted deck of cards; , who is in love with Erza and can remove all sources of light from a given area to block his opponents' vision; , who has an angular body that can be separated into cubical blocks; and , who has an obsession with cats and can conjure unbreakable ropes to bind her opponents. These four act as Jellal's followers after being told that Erza had abandoned them to escape from the tower on her own, when Jellal had actually driven Erza out of the tower himself and threatened their friends' lives if she were to return. Shō, Wally, and Millianna initially believe Jellal's lies of Erza's betrayal, only to later realize his deception and turn against him. Simon, meanwhile, remains faithful to Erza despite Jellal's claims, and pretends to follow Jellal before sacrificing his life to save Erza from one of Jellal's attacks. After Jellal is defeated, Shō, Wally, and Millianna set out to travel the country on their own, declining Erza's offer to join Fairy Tail.

Besides Erza and Jellal's friends, a trio of assassins

Assassination

To carry out an assassination is "to murder by a sudden and/or secret attack, often for political reasons." Alternatively, assassination may be defined as "the act of deliberately killing someone, especially a public figure, usually for hire or for political reasons."An assassination may be...

 called is hired by Jellal to kill Natsu and his friends. The trio is led by , a woman who wears a kimono

Kimono

The is a Japanese traditional garment worn by men, women and children. The word "kimono", which literally means a "thing to wear" , has come to denote these full-length robes...

 and wields a katana

Katana

A Japanese sword, or , is one of the traditional bladed weapons of Japan. There are several types of Japanese swords, according to size, field of application and method of manufacture.-Description:...

 capable of cutting through any material. Another member, , is introduced before his two companions as Jellal's stoic attendant before revealing himself to look and behave in the same manner as a punk rock

Punk rock

Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...

 musician. Vidaldus wears a wig that can absorb any liquid, and uses an electric guitar

Electric guitar

An electric guitar is a guitar that uses the principle of direct electromagnetic induction to convert vibrations of its metal strings into electric audio signals. The signal generated by an electric guitar is too weak to drive a loudspeaker, so it is amplified before sending it to a loudspeaker...

 to take control of his opponents' minds with its music, referring to his female slaves as succubi

Succubus

In folklore traced back to medieval legend, a succubus is a female demon appearing in dreams who takes the form of a human woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual intercourse. The male counterpart is the incubus...

. The third member of the trio, , is a man with an owl's head who wears a jet pack

Jet pack

Jet pack, rocket belt, rocket pack, and similar names are various types of devices, usually worn on the back, that are propelled by jets of escaping gases so as to allow a single user to fly....

, and can perform the same magic his opponents use by swallowing them. The three assassins are defeated and left to die after the Tower of Heaven is destroyed. In the anime adaptation, however, they are shown to have escaped the tower's destruction.

Edolas

is a parallel universe that exists separately from Earthland, the universe in which Fairy Tail takes place. Most of its inhabitants are physically identical to characters from the series, though their personalities differ radically. Unlike in Earthland, magic is a limited resource in Edolas and cannot be used as a natural ability by humans, who instead perform magic using items infused with lacrima. Edolas's magic supply is replenished through the use of interdimensional portals called Anima, which absorb magic power from Earthland and transform it into lacrima; this process also affects wizards, who are transformed into lacrima as well. The protagonists travel to Edolas after Magnolia is absorbed through an Anima portal in order to restore the city. Mystogan reverses the effects of Anima to return the magic power absorbed from Earthland, permanently depleting Edolas's magic supply while saving Magnolia.

Edolas Fairy Tail

Similar to Earthland, an alternate version of the Fairy Tail guild exists in Edolas. Due to the Edolas Kingdom's boycott of magic, the Edolas version of Fairy Tail is a dark guild that is hunted by the Royal Army, and is the last remaining magic guild in Edolas. The guildhall is built inside a cluster of large green roots, and can mechanically burrow underground to change its location and escape the army. Its members are all counterparts of Earthland's Fairy Tail wizards except Lisanna, who had come from Edolas and replaced her own deceased counterpart. Among its members are , Natsu Dragneel's counterpart who is normally timid and easily frightened, but acts confidently while riding vehicles and is the guild's transportation specialist, for which he is nicknamed "Fireball"; , a masculine and aggressive version of Lucy Heartfilia who enjoys bullying her guildmates, and has an intense rivalry with the Edolas version of Levy; and , a version of Gray Fullbuster who wears multiple layers of clothing and harbors one-sided romantic feelings for the Edolas counterpart of Juvia.

Edolas Kingdom

The is the capital of Edolas. It is a prosperous city ruled by , the king of Edolas and Mystogan's father, who attempts to bestow an infinite supply of magic on his kingdom by ramming the lacrima crystal made from Magnolia's residents into Extalia, the kingdom of the exceeds, so that their magical power will rain down on the city for eternity. He is ultimately defeated by Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy, leaving Mystogan to take his place as ruler of Edolas. In the anime adaptation, Faust is suggested to be the Edolas counterpart of Makarov, fitting the description of a "backwards" counterpart due to his twisted self-importance, as well as being physically taller than Makarov.

One of Faust's most loyal followers is , captain of the 2nd Magic War Division in Edolas's army, and the Edolas counterpart of Erza Scarlet. Unlike the Edolas version of Erza, Knightwalker is a cruel soldier responsible for killing several members of Edolas's Fairy Tail, for which she is known by the nickname "Erza the Fairy Hunter". Similar to Scarlet's "The Knight" magic, Knightwalker wields a magic spear that can change its head, granting her differing physical capabilities depending on each head. Other members of Faust's court include , captain of the 3rd Division; , captain of the 4th Division; , Edolas's chief of staff

Chief of Staff

The title, chief of staff, identifies the leader of a complex organization, institution, or body of persons and it also may identify a Principal Staff Officer , who is the coordinator of the supporting staff or a primary aide to an important individual, such as a president.In general, a chief of...

; and , the assistant chief of staff. Pantherlily is the former captain of the 1st Magic War Division.

Exceed

are a race of cat-like creatures that Happy, Charle, and Pantherlily come from. They reside on a floating island

Floating island (fiction)

A floating island is a fictitious or possibly real landmass that either floats in a body of water or floats in the sky...

 called that is elevated high above the Edolas Kingdom. They possess a natural ability to absorb magical power into their bodies, and can grow wings on their back using the ability "Aera". The exceeds are revered by the residents of the Edolas Kingdom as divine beings for their powers, and consider themselves superior to humans. In reality, however, exceeds are generally weak and insecure individuals, and their divinity is only a ruse devised by the rulers of Extalia to bolster their race's self-confidence. Despite being cats, exceeds reproduce by laying eggs.

The exceeds are ruled by , their queen and Charle's mother. Her public image in the Edolas Kingdom is that of a deity

Deity

A deity is a recognized preternatural or supernatural immortal being, who may be thought of as holy, divine, or sacred, held in high regard, and respected by believers....

, which is also a rumor devised to keep the people of Edolas in check. Despite being revered as a god, she has very little magical power and is only able to produce one wing using Aera. She does, however, possess the ability of precognition

Precognition

In parapsychology, precognition , also called future sight, and second sight, is a type of extrasensory perception that would involve the acquisition or effect of future information that cannot be deduced from presently available and normally acquired sense-based information or laws of physics...

, which no other exceed besides her daughter has. After having a premonition of her kingdom's destruction, Shagotte sent one hundred exceeds to Earthland as eggs for protection six years prior to the series, which included Happy and Charle. To prevent a panic among the exceeds, it was announced that the unborn exceeds were sent on a mission to hunt Dragon Slayers, which ultimately leads Charle to believe this to be her real mission due to her precognitive powers. Two other members of Shagotte's court—, the captain of Extalia's imperial guard

Imperial Guard

The Imperial Guard was originally a small group of elite soldiers of the French Army under the direct command of Napoleon I, but grew considerably over time. It acted as his bodyguard and tactical reserve, and he was careful of its use in battle...

 and Ichiya's Edolas counterpart, and , Extalia's long-necked Minister of State

Minister of State

Minister of State is a title borne by politicians or officials in certain countries governed under a parliamentary system. In some countries a "minister of state" is a junior minister, who is assigned to assist a specific cabinet minister...

—help uphold the queen's ruse. However, Shagotte is forced to reveal her true nature after Faust rebels against the exceeds. Due to the magical power contained in the exceeds' bodies, the entire race is sent to Earthland through the Reverse Anima portal activated by Mystogan to restore all of the magical power stolen by Faust, and set out to find the remaining exceeds living in Earthland.

Bora

, also known by the nickname "Bora the Prominence", is the first antagonist portrayed in the series. He is a fire wizard who was kicked out of his guild for assisting in criminal activities such as thievery. He uses magic charms while posing as the Fairy Tail wizard "Salamander" to persuade young women into coming aboard his yacht

Yacht

A yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...

 so he can sell them as slaves

Slavery

Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation...

. His actions nearly disillusion Lucy from joining Fairy Tail before Natsu exposes him as an imposter. In the anime adaptation, his reason for kidnapping young women is changed to forcing them to act as glamour models

Glamour photography

Glamour photography is a genre of photography whereby the subjects, usually female, are portrayed in a romantic or sexually alluring way. The subjects may be fully clothed or seminude, but glamour photography stops short of deliberately arousing the viewer and being pornographic photography.Glamour...

.

Ur

is Ultear's mother, and both Lyon and Gray's adoptive mother. As a master of maker magic, Ur was the one who originally taught Lyon and Gray how to perform Ice Make magic. She brought her daughter to a research facility to save her when she fell gravely ill from her immense magical power. She was later told by the doctors there that Ultear had died, when they had actually kept her alive to experiment on her. Ur took in Lyon and Gray as her students, eventually coming to love them as her own children without viewing them as replacements for her daughter. By the start of the series, Ur is shown in the form of a large chunk of ice containing the demon Deliora, having used Iced Shell, a spell that permanently transforms the caster's body into ice, to freeze the demon to death. She has remained alive in this form until Lyon melts her using the Moon Drip spell. Even after drifting out to sea as water, Ur remains alive to watch over her students.

Porlyusica

is an elderly hermit who lives in the forest outside of Magnolia, and is a longtime acquaintance of Makarov's. She is a wizard who specializes in creating medicines to remedy all sorts of ailments and injuries, and saves Makarov's life on two separate occasions during the series. However, she is extremely reclusive and dislikes interacting with other humans. In the anime adaptation, she is stated to be a former member of Fairy Tail. Eventually, Porlyusica is revealed to be the Edolas counterpart of Grandeeney.

Layla Heartfilia

is Lucy's mother who died on the same day Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy's dragon guardians disappeared seven years prior to the start of the series. She is known to have been a celestial wizard who retired thirteen years before her death, passing her the Gatekeys of her three contracted spirits (Aquarius, Cancer, and Capricorn) to other celestial wizards under the condition that they would be inherited by her daughter.

Celestial spirits

are magical beings who can be summoned by celestial wizards such as Lucy through the use of Gatekeys, which unlock passages between the human and celestial spirits' realm. Because spirits follow their own personal schedules, celestial wizards are required to make contracts and schedules with a spirit before they are allowed to summon it. This is also to prevent them from entering the human realm for too long, as existing outside of their own realm would cause spirits to gradually lose their power until they fade away and die. The spirits are ruled over by the , who enforces additional rules spirits must abide; one such rule is the taboo of spirits killing their contracted master, or at least causing their death indirectly, which is punishable by exile from the spirit world. Gatekeys are divided into two types: silver keys, which are common and come in a large variety, and extremely rare gold keys which open the . Each spirit is based and named after an astronomical

Astronomy

Astronomy is a natural science that deals with the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the atmosphere of Earth...

 constellation

Constellation

In modern astronomy, a constellation is an internationally defined area of the celestial sphere. These areas are grouped around asterisms, patterns formed by prominent stars within apparent proximity to one another on Earth's night sky....

, with the twelve "Zodiac" spirits based on the twelve signs of the zodiac.

Nikora

, named by Lucy, is identical in appearance and behavior to the character Plue in Hiro Mashima's previous manga, Rave Master

Rave Master

, is a manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The manga was serialized in Shōnen Magazine from July 1999 through July 2005, and published in thirty-five tankōbon by Kodansha. The manga series was licensed for an English release in North America by Tokyopop until Kodansha allowed...

: his entire body quivers constantly, he can only communicate through body language and uttering the phrase puuun, and his body sags when wet. He is based on the Canis Minor

Canis Minor

Canis Minor is a small constellation. It was included in the 2nd century astronomer Ptolemy's 48 constellations, and is still included among the 88 modern constellations...

 constellation, while his original name is derived from that of French astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

Nicolas Louis de Lacaille

Abbé Nicolas Louis de Lacaille was a French astronomer.He is noted for his catalogue of nearly 10,000 southern stars, including 42 nebulous objects. This catalogue, called Coelum Australe Stelliferum, was published posthumously in 1763. It introduced 14 new constellations which have since become...

. He possesses no special abilities or powers, and is mainly kept as a pet by celestial wizards. Despite his unintelligible form of communication, he can be clearly understood by Natsu, and is the one responsible for suggesting he form a team with Lucy.

Horologium

is an anthropomorphic grandfather clock

Longcase clock

A longcase clock, also tall-case clock, floor clock, or grandfather clock, is a tall, freestanding, weight-driven pendulum clock with the pendulum held inside the tower, or waist of the case. Clocks of this style are commonly 1.8–2.4 metres tall...

 large enough for up to three people to fit within his chest cavity. He is typically summoned by Lucy to use for shelter or transportation, and can summon himself to defend her or her friends from dangerous attacks. Once someone is inside, Horologium repeats everything he or she says, even when no one else is around to hear it.

Lyra

takes the form of a cheery young girl with wings and a bonnet, and carries a harp on her back. She is summoned for her singing abilities, which have the power to embody the feelings of those who listen to them.

Crux

is an elderly spirit with a large, cross-shaped head. He holds encyclopedic knowledge about celestial spirits and their owners, which he is able to obtain by sleeping. Lucy summons him to learn more about Loke's prior relationships with a celestial wizard, leading to her discovery that he is a spirit.

Caelum

is a spirit controlled by Angel. It takes the form of a mechanical sphere that can transform into a cannon or sword, and is typically wielded as a weapon. It is depicted in the manga as an inanimate object incapable of speech or expression. However, it is depicted as a sentient being in the anime when it refuses to kill Lucy after she demonstrates her love for celestial spirits.

Aquarius

appears in the form of a young mermaid

Mermaid

A mermaid is a mythological aquatic creature with a female human head, arms, and torso and the tail of a fish. A male version of a mermaid is known as a "merman" and in general both males and females are known as "merfolk"...

 holding an urn

Urn

An urn is a vase, ordinarily covered, that usually has a narrowed neck above a footed pedestal. "Knife urns" placed on pedestals flanking a dining-room sideboard were an English innovation for high-style dining rooms of the late 1760s...

, which can unleash massive torrents of water on her targets. She is considered by Lucy to be the most powerful spirit in her possession, but can only be summoned near bodies of water. She is extremely rude towards Lucy and oftentimes targets her instead of her opponents, who are only "unintentionally" washed away by Aquarius's attacks. Aquarius also occasionally refuses to help Lucy in favor of spending time with her boyfriend, Scorpio, and likes to tease Lucy over the fact that she is single. She is one of the spirits previously owned by Lucy's mother.

Taurus

is a large, muscular minotaur

Minotaur

In Greek mythology, the Minotaur , as the Greeks imagined him, was a creature with the head of a bull on the body of a man or, as described by Roman poet Ovid, "part man and part bull"...

-like spirit who makes puns by uttering cow-like "moo" sounds in his sentences. He wields a giant double-edged battle axe

Battle axe

A battle axe is an axe specifically designed for combat. Battle axes were specialized versions of utility axes...

 and possesses Herculean strength, making him the most powerful physical attacker of Lucy's spirits. However, he is also a pervert

Perversion

Perversion is a concept describing those types of human behavior that are a serious deviation from what is considered to be orthodox or normal. Although it can refer to varying forms of deviation, it is most often used to describe sexual behaviors that are seen by an individual as abnormal,...

 who regularly becomes fixated on Lucy's breasts, which distracts him in battle.

Cancer

is a humanoid, sunglasses-wearing spirit with six crab

Crab

True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...

 legs protruding from his back, and has a hairstyle in the shape of two crab claws. He acts as a barber

Barber

A barber is someone whose occupation is to cut any type of hair, and to shave or trim the beards of men. The place of work of a barber is generally called a barbershop....

 and wields two pairs of scissors

Scissors

Scissors are hand-operated cutting instruments. They consist of a pair of metal blades pivoted so that the sharpened edges slide against each other when the handles opposite to the pivot are closed. Scissors are used for cutting various thin materials, such as paper, cardboard, metal foil, thin...

 in each hand, which he can use for hairdressing as well as attacking. Despite being related to a crab

Crab

True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...

, he normally ends his sentences with the copula

Copula

In linguistics, a copula is a word used to link the subject of a sentence with a predicate . The word copula derives from the Latin noun for a link or tie that connects two different things.A copula is often a verb or a verb-like word, though this is not universally the case...

 ebi, the Japanese word for shrimp

Shrimp

Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...

. He is another one of the spirits that Lucy inherited from her mother.

Virgo

is a spirit who dresses like a maid and wears chained shackles around her wrists. She has the ability to rapidly dig holes underground, and can telepathically manipulate the ground around her to attack her opponents. She is a masochist who always requests to be punished whenever she believes she has done something wrong. She normally takes the form of a petite young woman, but can alter her physical appearance to suit her owners' tastes. Her Gatekey is initially owned by the corrupt Duke Everlue, during which time she takes on a large, obese form to satisfy Everlue's fetish for ugly women. She comes into Lucy's possession when Happy gives her key to her at Virgo's request. At Lucy's request, Virgo refers to her as "Princess".

Sagittarius

is a tall man who wears a horse costume, and constantly utters the phrase moshi moshi, which means "hello" in Japanese. He possesses superb archery

Archery

Archery is the art, practice, or skill of propelling arrows with the use of a bow, from Latin arcus. Archery has historically been used for hunting and combat; in modern times, however, its main use is that of a recreational activity...

 skills and never misses his targets. Lucy obtains his Gatekey as a reward on her mission to Galuna Island.

Aries

is a timid young woman with sheep horns who wears a wool coat. She has the power to conjure clouds of wool to attack her opponents, causing those who touch her wool to enter a relaxed state. Like Loke, she was formerly owned by Karen Lilica, who physically abused her until Loke summoned himself to protect Aries. Her Gatekey was stolen by Angel after killing Karen, but becomes Lucy's spirit after Angel is defeated.

Scorpio

is a young man who has a cannon shaped like a scorpion's tail attached to his backside with which he can produce sandstorm

Sandstorm

Sandstorm can refer to:* Dust storm, a storm caused by strong winds and blowing sand or dust* "Sandstorm" , a trance song by Darude* "Sandstorm" , a song on Cast's debut album, All Change...

s. He is Aquarius's boyfriend, previously owned by Angel before he annuls his contract with her to become Lucy's spirit after Angel is defeated.

Gemini

are twin brother and sister spirits who are summoned together. They have the ability to merge together and mimic the appearances and abilities of other characters. Their ability also allows them to read the minds of whoever they mimic. They can only remember two transformations at a time, and forget their oldest transformation upon mimicking a new character. They are introduced as Angel's spirits, but join Lucy after being moved by her love for celestial spirits.

Capricorn

is an anthropomorphic goat spirit originally owned by Lucy's mother, Layla Heartfilia. His key was originally given to the celestial wizard Zoldeo to pass down to Lucy following Layla's death, but he was instead possessed by Zoldeo through the use of forbidden magic, and joined the dark guild Grimoire Heart under the name Caprico. After being defeated by Loke, he is freed from Zoldeo's control and declares Lucy to be his rightful owner.

Dragons

Dragon

Dragon

A dragon is a legendary creature, typically with serpentine or reptilian traits, that feature in the myths of many cultures. There are two distinct cultural traditions of dragons: the European dragon, derived from European folk traditions and ultimately related to Greek and Middle Eastern...

s are rare and powerful creatures who are hardly ever seen by humans, to the extent that the general public doesn't believe they exist. Dragon Slayers Natsu Dragneel, Gajeel Redfox, and Wendy Marvell were each raised by a different dragon— the fire dragon, the iron dragon, and the sky dragon, respectively—who not only taught them how to read and write, but also how to perform Dragon Slayer magic, which was originally developed to combat dragons due to their destructive nature. For unknown reasons, these three dragons disappeared on the same day seven years prior to the series, leaving their foster children to fend for themselves. Their exact whereabouts are unknown, though Igneel and Grandeeney are shown to remain in contact with one another and continue to watch over their foster children from afar. There also exists a black dragon named , which views humanity as insignificant. It's possible that Acnologia is one of the strongest Dragon because of its destructive power that was able to destroy a whole country and even Zeref knows his name and fears him. Gildarts encountered Acnologia during one of his journeys, where he was attacked and maimed by the dragon. Acnologia reappears on Tenrō Island during Fairy Tail's S-Class wizard exam as a result of Grimoire Heart's ambition to resurrect Zeref, seemingly destroying the island and causing everyone on it to go missing for seven years.

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