List of ''Fairy Tail'' characters

Mavis Vermillion

Voiced by: Mamiko Noto^[12] (Japanese); Leah Clark (English)

Mavis Vermillion (メイビス・ヴァーミリオン, Meibisu Vāmirion) is the first and founding master of Fairy Tail,^[ch. 203] nicknamed the "Fairy Strategist" (妖精軍師, Yōsei Gunshi) as a child prodigy with vast military and illusory skill.^[ch. 255] Mavis also has knowledge of the Three Great Fairy Magics (妖精三大魔法, Yōsei San Dai Mahō), a trinity of spells that can only be used by members of her guild;^[ch. 233] besides Fairy Law, these spells include Fairy Glitter (妖精の輝き, フェアリーグリッター, Fearī Gurittā), an attack that eradicates any enemy,^[ch. 232] and Fairy Sphere (妖精の球, フェアリースフィア, Fearī Sufia), an impenetrable force field that suspends time for those inside.^[ch. 255] She is later revealed to possess the same immortality and life-stealing curse as series antagonist Zeref Dragneel, her former friend and lover, which also halts her outward physical maturity when she is first afflicted at thirteen years of age,^[ch. 449] but retains her physiology as an adult woman in later life.^[ch. 526]

Raised on Sirius Island by a ruthless guild master who takes her shoes away, Mavis develops the habit of walking barefoot.^[13][14] At age 13, she encounters a group of treasure hunters who later become her co-founders of Fairy Tail.^[13] While accompanying them on a journey to recover a stolen artifact, Mavis befriends a wandering Zeref, who teaches her a forbidden prototype of Fairy Law that triggers her curse when she performs the spell to save her friends' lives.^{[15][ch. 449]} Eleven years later, Mavis continues to empathize with Zeref and falls in love with him, causing Zeref's curse to unwittingly send her into a death-like state following a brief period of intimacy that results in the conception of a son, August.^{[ch. 450, 526]} Her body is preserved in a lacrima crystal beneath Fairy Tail's guild hall, where it produces a source of limitless magic known as Fairy Heart (妖精の心臓, フェアリーハート, Fearī Hāto),^[ch. 451] codenamed Lumen Histoire (ルーメン・イストワール, Rūmen Isutowāru),^[ch. 258] with Precht Gaebolg building a false grave on Sirius Island to hide this secret.^[ch. 203] Mavis consequently appears as an astral projection that can only be seen and heard by those marked with Fairy Tail's emblem.^[ch. 268] She is eventually revived by the destruction of her stasis crystal to personally confront Zeref, and lifts their mutual curse by accepting her love for him despite also hating him, which enables both of their deaths.^{[ch. 489, 537]} One year later, a girl who shares Mavis's appearance named Mio (ミオ) surfaces and encounters a young man named Alios, who resembles Zeref.^[ch. 545]

Mavis's background was included in the very first concepts of the series.^{[vol. 31:195]} Mashima conceived her as an elderly male character, later changing her into a young girl after being informed that "Mavis" was a female name.^[16] He also expanded the character's involvement in the story because of her "immense popularity", remarking that he had "no idea" she would become so popular.^{[vol. 32:191]} Mashima noted that many readers were surprised by Mavis's relationship with Zeref, which he had decided on "quite a long time ago" before revealing it.^{[vol. 53:189]} The author intended to draw a detailed kissing scene between the two characters, but amidst concerns regarding Mavis's appearance, he decided that depicting the scene in a silhouette would be "more beautiful and effective".^{[vol. 53:189]}

Precht Gaebolg

Voiced by: Masashi Hirose (2010–2014), Yutaka Aoyama (2015–present) (Japanese); John Swasey (English)

Precht Gaebolg (プレヒト・ゲイボルグ, Purehito Geiborugu), primarily known under the alias of Hades (ハデス, Hadesu),^[ch. 214] is one of Fairy Tail's co-founders and the master of Grimoire Heart. His first name is based on that of a literary scholar,^{[vol. 27:184]} while his surname comes from the spear Gáe Bolg.^{[vol. 53:194]} Succeeding Mavis Vermillion as second guild master upon her death-like state caused by Zeref, Precht becomes engrossed in black magic when his attempts to resurrect her inadvertently produce Fairy Heart,^[ch. 451] which spurs him on a quest to uncover the source of magic power.^[ch. 215] Upon tracing the source back to Zeref, he becomes obsessed with obtaining this singularity for himself and organizes Grimoire Heart, assuming that he must awaken Zeref's dormant power to achieve his goal.^[ch. 249] Hades practices powerful spells such as Grimoire Law (悪魔の法律, グリモアロウ, Gurimoa Rō), a dark version of Makarov Dreyar's Fairy Law,^[ch. 214] and the artificial Devil's Eye (悪魔の眼, Akuma no Me) beneath his eyepatch, which gives him access to even greater dark powers developed by Zeref when opened.^[ch. 247] His signature magic allows him to produce chains from his hands to grapple and throw opponents.^[ch. 214] Using a mechanical "heart" on board his guild's airship that is based on his knowledge of Fairy Heart,^{[vol. 53:189]} Hades overpowers Fairy Tail's attacks until the heart is destroyed by Happy and Carla.^[ch. 248] He is spared by Makarov upon his defeat, only to be killed by Zeref shortly afterward for summoning Acnologia through his actions.^[ch. 250]

Makarov Dreyar

Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji^[6] (Japanese); R. Bruce Elliott^[7] (English)

Makarov Dreyar (マカロフ・ドレアー, Makarofu Doreā) is the son of guild co-founder Yuri Dreyar (ユーリ・ドレアー, Yūri Doreā), and serves as the third and incumbent master of the Fairy Tail guild throughout the series; Mashima came up with the character's name because he wanted it to sound Russian.^[vol. 2] He is an old, diminutive man who is registered as one of the Ten Wizard Saints (聖十大魔導, Seiten Daimadō), a title given to those recognized by the Magic Council for possessing the highest magical power and skill of any wizard on the continent of Ishgal.^[ch. 47] He has knowledge of numerous forms of magic, including the ability to vastly increase his size using the magic Giant (巨人, ジャイアント, Jaianto).^[ch. 28] He is a grandfatherly figure who looks upon his guild's members as his own children,^[ch. 50] although he is beleaguered by the problems they cause him with the council.^[ch. 2] A running gag in the series is Makarov's inability to secure a permanent successor,^[ch. 69] resulting in him holding the position of sixth and eighth guild master after Gildarts Clive and Erza Scarlet, respectively.^{[ch. 259, 448]} He eventually sacrifices his life to annihilate the Alvarez Empire's army using his ultimate technique, Fairy Law (妖精の法律, フェアリーロウ, Fearī Rō), which reduces the caster's lifespan to eliminate anyone they consider to be an enemy without harming their allies,^{[ch. 66, 505]} although Mavis Vermillion later resurrects him as a paraplegic upon her own death.^{[ch. 537, 545]}

Mirajane Strauss

Voiced by: Ryōko Ono^[6] (Japanese); Monica Rial^[7] (English)

Mirajane Strauss (ミラジェーン・ストラウス, Mirajēn Sutorausu) is the guild's barmaid and administrator,^[ch. 2] who also works as a pin-up girl for the fictional Weekly Sorcerer magazine.^[ch. 1] Nicknamed "Demon Woman" (魔人, Majin), Mirajane is the oldest of three siblings who use a variety of the transformation-based magic Takeover (接収, テイクオーバー, Teikuōbā). Her variety is called Satan Soul (サタンソウル, Satan Sōru), which allows her to assume the forms and powers of various demons she has defeated.^[ch. 117] Before the beginning of the series, Mirajane resents her magic during her early childhood, but reconsiders when her siblings learn their own Takeover varieties to comfort her. After her sister, Lisanna, disappears when she is 17 years old, she develops a cheerful personality while posing as a "pretty dumb girl".^[ch. 25] Because of the trauma she suffered from that incident, Mirajane also restricts her Takeover magic to only mimic others' physical appearances and voices, and retires from active S-Class work. She eventually regains her Satan Soul variety to rescue her brother, Elfman, during the Battle of Fairy Tail two years later.^{[ch. 52, 117]}

Mashima named the character after the username of a friend he met in an online game. He also settled on her family's backstory "a very long time" before including it in the story, saying that "the chance to tell it just never seemed right", and that he was happy when the opportunity arose.^{[vol. 45:189]}

Mystogan

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa^[17] (Japanese); Robert McCollum^[7] (English)

Mystogan (ミストガン, Misutogan) is a masked Fairy Tail wizard who hails from the parallel universe of Edolas as the counterpart of Jellal Fernandez.^[ch. 167] Unable to use magic on his own, Mystogan uses staves infused with magic power to create illusions and draw magic circles to attack.^[ch. 120] He also casts sleeping spells on his guildmates whenever he visits to hide his identity.^[ch. 24] He originally arrives in Earth-land to close inter-dimensional anima portals used by Faust, his father and Edolas's king, to siphon magic energy from Earth-land and convert it into lacrima crystals.^[ch. 190] Eventually, after failing to prevent Magnolia from being absorbed along with Fairy Tail,^[ch. 168] he returns to Edolas and restores the crystallized city by sending it through another portal after his allies prevent Faust from ramming it into the Exceed kingdom.^[ch. 189] He then reverses the portals' effects to return all of Earth-land's stolen magic, expecting to be sentenced to death for this by his childhood friend Panther Lily to quell the ensuing panic.^[ch. 195] When Natsu Dragneel takes responsibility instead, Mystogan earns his people's support by defeating him in a mock battle, and remains in Edolas to replace his father as king.^[ch. 197]

Laxus Dreyar

Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi^[7] (Japanese); Patrick Seitz^[7] (English)

Laxus Dreyar (ラクサス・ドレアー, Rakusasu Doreā) is Makarov Dreyar's grandson and heir to the position of guild master. The character's name is derived from the word "lux", a unit of measurement for light.^{[vol. 27:184]} He is an expert lightning wizard capable of generating and transforming into bolts of electricity. He is also a second generation dragon slayer whose father, Ivan Dreyar, implants a lacrima crystal within him as a child that enables him to use Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic (雷の滅竜魔法, Kaminari no Metsuryū Mahō).^[ch. 128] As a teenager, Laxus feels overshadowed by his grandfather and eventually rebels following his father's expulsion from the guild,^{[ch. 106, 119]} growing into a strength supremacist at the start of the series.^[ch. 24] When Fairy Tail's reputation begins to falter after the war with Phantom Lord, Laxus organizes an intra-guild battle royal called the "Battle of Fairy Tail" in a bid to seize control of the guild from Makarov and reestablish its strength by rooting out the guild's "weaklings".^[ch. 107] Enraged by his failures, Laxus casts Fairy Law to annihilate Magnolia, but his genuine love for his guild overrides the spell's effects. After he is defeated by Natsu Dragneel and Gajeel Redfox, Makarov expels him for endangering his guildmates, although he leaves on friendlier terms with them.^[ch. 128] He later joins Fairy Tail's battle against Hades on Sirius Island,^[ch. 244] and is reinstated into the guild by Gildarts Clive during the latter's brief period as guild master.^[ch. 260]

Gildarts Clive

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue^[18] (Japanese); Jason Douglas (English)

Gildarts Clive (ギルダーツ・クライヴ, Girudātsu Kuraivu) is an S-Class wizard who is regarded by Fairy Tail to be their most powerful member.^[ch. 106] He can break any object or spell he touches down into blocks using the magic Crush (クラッシュ, Kurasshu), which requires Magnolia's streets to reconfigure into a single, narrow path towards the guild to prevent him from stumbling into buildings by mistake.^[ch. 166] Because he embarks on missions that have never been completed for up to a century,^[ch. 165] he only visits the guild on rare occasions for short periods of time;^[ch. 232] during one failed mission, he loses his left limbs and several internal organs after getting mauled by Acnologia.^[ch. 166] He is also the widowed father of Cana Alberona,^[ch. 232] but is unaware of his relationship with his daughter due to his deceased wife Cornelia divorcing him and giving birth while he is away on a six-year mission.^[ch. 251] Gildarts discovers the truth from Cana twelve years later after Fairy Tail's battle with Grimoire Heart on Sirius Island, and subsequently begins doting on her in a comical fashion.^[ch. 256] After returning from the island, Gildarts is elected by Makarov as the guild's fifth master after Macao Conbolt,^[ch. 258] but resigns from the position almost immediately to leave on another journey.^[ch. 259] He returns one year later to participate in the war against the Alvarez Empire,^[ch. 495] remaining at the guild in the series epilogue.^[ch. 545] Mashima described the character as "a dumb-looking old guy", and considered his first appearance to be "a really big event" within the story.^{[vol. 20:188]}

Cana Alberona

Voiced by: Eri Kitamura^[6] (Japanese); Jamie Marchi^[7] (English)

Cana Alberona (カナ・アルベローナ, Kana Aruberōna) is a teenage alcoholic woman who drinks entire barrels of liquor at a time,^[ch. 2] consuming 30% of the guild's alcohol.^[ch. 38] Her name is derived from the tarot term "arcana".^{[vol. 2:190]} She uses magic cards (魔法の札, マジックカード, majikku kādo) either as projectile weapons or to perform a variety of spells,^[ch. 38] including fortune-telling.^[ch. 51] As the most senior guild member of Lucy Heartfilia's generation,^[ch. 201] Cana joins Fairy Tail at the age of six after her mother's death to search for her father, Gildarts Clive. Unable to reveal her relationship to him because of her own timidity and his seldom presence, Cana motivates herself to become an S-Class wizard, but fails four qualification tests in a row and falls into depression.^[ch. 232] During her fifth test on Sirius Island twelve years later,^[ch. 202] Cana abandons her guildmates in Grimoire Heart's attack to complete the trial of finding Mavis Vermillion's grave, unknowingly endangering Lucy, her test partner.^[ch. 225] Upon realizing her own treachery, Cana rejects her chance for promotion in favor of saving her friends,^[ch. 232] and eventually reveals herself to Gildarts as his daughter after the trial's cancellation.^[ch. 251] Later throughout the series, Cana demonstrates a proficiency at using the Fairy Glitter spell occasionally provided to her by Mavis,^[ch. 285] which she uses to revive her physical body by destroying her astral projection with the spell.^[ch. 489]

Loke

Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio^[6] (Japanese); Eric Vale^[7] (English)

Leo (レオ, Reo),^[ch. 72] better known as Loke (ロキ, Roki), is a humanoid celestial spirit and a playboy who is regarded as a popular bachelor in the wizard community;^[ch. 2] his name is derived from the Norse god Loki.^{[vol. 2:190]} His finger ring Regulus (王の光, レグルス, Regurusu) can generate blinding or damaging light at will.^[ch. 115] Under the ownership of Blue Pegasus member Karen Lilica (カレン・リリカ, Karen Ririka), Loke has to remain in the human world on behalf of his fellow spirit Aries to protect her from Karen's abuse. After Karen is killed by Oración Seis member Angel after Loke refuses to accompany her on a mission, the Celestial Spirit King permanently exiles Loke to the human world, where he relies on magic-infused finger rings besides Regulus to perform magic.^[ch. 73] When Loke is on the verge of dying three years later, Lucy Heartfilia convinces the king to let him return to the spirit world.^[ch. 73] Loke later serves as one of Lucy's contracted spirits, openly expressing romantic feelings for her after having avoided her out of guilt for Karen's death,^[ch. 10] and occasionally summoning himself through his own power to aid her.^[ch. 114]

Elfman Strauss

Voiced by: Hiroki Yasumoto^[6] (Japanese); Christopher Sabat^[7] (English)

Elfman Strauss (エルフマン・ストラウス, Erufuman Sutorausu) is the middle brother of Mirajane and Lisanna. Mashima developed his name to sound "somewhat cute".^{[vol. 2:190]} He is a hypermasculine, muscle-brained wizard who spouts nonsensical speeches about manhood,^[ch. 2] but is also kindhearted and emotionally sensitive.^[ch. 51] He employs the Takeover magic Beast Soul (獣王の魂, ビーストソウル, Bīsuto Sōru) to assimilate the powers and forms of monsters, although his transformations are limited to his right arm using the Beast Arm (ビーストアーム, Bīsuto Āmu) ability due to his lack of proficiency.^{[vol. 15:omake]} His first attempt at achieving a full-body transformation at age 16 causes him to go berserk and seemingly kill Lisanna in the process, resulting in him adopting his masculine personality to cope with his guilt.^[ch. 54] Two years later, Elfman gains control over his Beast Soul form to rescue Mirajane from Phantom Lord, after which he employs his full strength more frequently.^[ch. 56]

Lisanna Strauss

Voiced by: Harumi Sakurai^[19] (Japanese); Carrie Savage^[20] (English)

Lisanna Strauss (リサーナ・ストラウス, Risāna Sutorausu) is Mirajane and Elfman's younger sister who can shapeshift into different animals at will with her Animal Soul (動物の魂, アニマルソウル, Animaru Sōru) Takeover variety. She is one of Natsu Dragneel's childhood friends who helps him hatch Happy's egg at age 11.^{[vol. 15:omake]} When Lisanna is 15 years old, she is believed to be killed by Elfman in his berserk full-body takeover form;^[ch. 55] in reality, Lisanna survives and is absorbed through an anima portal into the parallel world of Edolas, where she quietly assumes membership within Edolas's version of Fairy Tail after being mistaken for her own deceased counterpart. Two years later, she is forced to return to Earth-land when Mystogan reverses Anima's effects, reuniting with her siblings.^[ch. 199] Mashima conceived the character's name because he felt the suffix "-anna" made it sound cute.^{[vol. 27:184]}

Levy McGarden

Voiced by: Mariya Ise^[6] (Japanese); Kristi Kang^[7] (English)

Levy McGarden (レビィ・マクガーデン, Rebi Makugāden) is a member of Shadow Gear (シャドウ・ギア, Shadō Gia), a three-wizard team that also includes Jet and Droy. She becomes one of Lucy Heartfilia's friends over their shared love of books, encouraging Lucy to let her be the first to read her novel.^[ch. 48] Using the magic Solid Script (立体文字, ソリッドスクリプト, Soriddo Sukuriputo), Levy transforms written words into three-dimensional objects that take on the attributes of whatever is written. She is also proficient at translating and decoding ancient languages and runic magic. Gajeel Redfox frightens Levy after he wounds her and her team during his membership in Phantom Lord, leading to a war between their guilds.^[ch. 47] She initially avoids Gajeel when he joins Fairy Tail, but reconsiders after he defends her from a disgruntled Laxus Dreyar.^[ch. 105] She subsequently begins to develop romantic feelings for Gajeel,^[ch. 202] with the two becoming temporary officers of the Magic Council's custody and arrest unit during Fairy Tail's one-year dissolution, and later committing themselves to each other while battling the Alvarez Empire. In the series epilogue, Levy is overheard by Lucy and Wendy Marvell telling Gajeel something about a baby.^[ch. 545] Mashima designed Levy to be a background character in the series, but grew to "really [like] her".^{[vol. 27:184]} He subsequently expanded her role in response to her rise in popularity, which he said defied his expectations.^{[vol. 32:191]}

Gajeel Redfox

Voiced by: Wataru Hatano^[21] (Japanese); David Wald^[20] (English)

Gajeel Redfox (ガジル・レッドフォックス, Gajiru Reddofokkusu) is a dragon slayer whose Iron Dragon Slayer Magic (鉄の滅竜魔法, Tetsu no Metsuryū Mahō) allows him to transform his limbs into iron weapons, cover his skin with impenetrable iron scales, breathe gusts of wind containing metal shrapnel, and consume iron objects for nourishment.^[ch. 61] Transported 400 years from the past through Eclipse as a child in the surviving dragons' plan to kill Acnologia,^[ch. 465] Gajeel is separated from his fellow dragon slayers and forgets his childhood besides being raised by the dragon Metalicana (メタリカーナ, Metarikāna).^[ch. 510] He resents Metalicana for his disappearance,^[ch. 66] becoming a delinquent member of Phantom Lord nicknamed "Kurogane" (鉄竜,くろがね, lit. "Black Steel", written as "Iron Dragon"), whose act of defacing Fairy Tail's guildhall and assaulting Levy McGarden's team instigates a war between the two guilds.^[ch. 48] After Phantom Lord's dissolution, Gajeel reluctantly accepts Makarov Dreyar's offer of membership into Fairy Tail to atone for his actions,^[ch. 212] gaining the guild's trust and acceptance after helping Natsu Dragneel defeat Laxus Dreyar in the Battle of Fairy Tail.^[ch. 126] He subsequently develops protective feelings for Levy,^[ch. 210] eventually confessing his love for her while being nearly killed during the war with the Alvarez Empire.^[ch. 488] In the series epilogue, Gajeel has an implied conversation with Levy about a baby.^[ch. 545]

Gajeel was the first of several dragon slayers besides Natsu to be introduced in the series, an idea Mashima considered upon creating the "dragon slayer" concept, creating him to be an "extremely scary" rival for Natsu.^{[vol. 8:190]} The character's name is derived from the word kajiru (噛る, "to gnaw") and the onomatopoeia for eating, gaji-gaji (ガジガジ).^{[vol. 27:184]} Similar to Natsu, Gajeel's age is listed as "unknown",^[ch. 105] which became a subject of questions from readers following a scene where he and Natsu are caught in a runic trap designed to contain those over 80 years old, to which Mashima asserted that this was not their actual age.^{[vol. 15:188]} Gajeel's backstory with Magic Council member Belno was a "simplified" version of what Mashima had initially planned, with the author's original intent being that Belno would be Gajeel's catalyst for joining Fairy Tail before changing it to Makarov.^{[vol. 47:185]}

Juvia Lockser

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara^[21] (Japanese); Brina Palencia.^[20] (English)

Juvia Lockser (ジュビア・ロクサー, Jubia Rokusā), spelled "Loxar" in the Funimation dub, is a blue-haired wizard originating from the Element 4, Phantom Lord's S-Class team that specializes in magic related to the four classical elements ^{[ch. 47, 56]}. Her magic, Water (水流, ウォーター, Wōtā), allows her to manipulate and turn her body into water at will, rendering her immune to physical damage, and gaining her notoriety as Juvia of the "Great Sea" (大海のジュビア, Taikai no Jubia).^{[ch. 56, 104]} She also speaks in third person. As a child, she is ridiculed as a "rain woman" because of the downpours she has caused.^[ch. 48] Her participation in the guilds' war over Lucy Heartfilia leads to an encounter with Gray Fullbuster. She duels with Gray, but loses and the rain around her stops for the first time in her life.^[ch. 56-57] After Phantom Lord dissolves, Juvia joins Fairy Tail in pursuit of Gray's affections, and considers anyone he interacts with to be a romantic rival.^[ch. 256] Eventually, Juvia becomes more cheerful and changes her appearance several times to suit her new personality, although her feelings for Gray remain unrequited. After rescuing Gray at the cost of her own life, his feelings for Juvia develop long enough to be healed by Wendy Marvell.^[ch. 499] Mashima does not remember the origins of her name, but really loves it.^{[vol. 27:extra]}

Raijin Tribe

The Raijin Tribe (雷神衆, Raijinshū, "Thunder God Tribe"), renamed the "Thunder Legion" in Funimation's anime dub, is a trio of wizards who act as Laxus Dreyar's personal bodyguards and followers. They were created by Mashima after he "suddenly" thought the series' story arc focusing on Laxus.^{[vol. 13:afterword]} The three help carry out Laxus' plans to restructure the guild by participating in the Battle of Fairy Tail,^[ch. 108] but become friendlier towards their guildmates after his expulsion.^[ch. 128] Aside from their own unique abilities, the three members each share the ability to cast magic by making eye contact with their opponents.^[ch. 115]

Panther Lily

Voiced by: Hiroki Tōchi^[24] (Japanese); Rick Keeling (English)

Panther Lily (パンサーリリー, Pansā Rirī), spelled "Pantherlily" in the Funimation version, is a black-furred Exceed born and raised in Edolas. While a division commander of the Edolas Royal Military, he is exiled from his homeland Extalia after saving a young Mystogan's life.^[ch. 189] As opposed to most Exceed, Lily has a large, humanoid body resembling an anthropomorphic panther. Using the magic sword Buster Marm (バスターマァム, Basutā Māmu), it can extend up to four times his size;^{[ch. 186][vol. 22:bonus]} after this sword is destroyed, he replaces it with the similar Musica Sword (ムジカの剣, Mujika no Ken).^[ch. 247] He duels with Gajeel Redfox while defending the lacrima crystal created from the residents of Magnolia as part of Faust's plan to exterminate the Exceed with it, but has a change of heart after seeing the Exceed gather to push the crystal away alongside Fairy Tail.^[ch. 189] After being sent to Earth-land through the reversed anima portal, he joins Fairy Tail as Gajeel's partner.^[ch. 198] In Earth-land, Lily's body shrinks to his species' typical small size, though he assumes his original form for limited periods of time in addition to using his Aera ability.^[ch. 200] Lily's name is a play on "a famous character from a certain fairy tale".^{[vol. 27:bonus]} Mashima commented on the character's popularity, saying, "I guess he's more popular now that he's small? Yeah."^{[vol. 32:afterword]}

Mest Gryder

Voiced by: Shūhei Sakaguchi (Japanese); Alex Organ (English)

Mest Gryder (メスト・グライダー, Mesuto Guraidā) is a wizard who possesses a memory alteration charm and the power to teleport across long distances with the spell Direct Line (瞬間移動, ダイレクトライン, Dairekuto Rain).^{[ch. 213, 215]} Initially depicted as an intelligence operative of the Magic Council named Doranbalt (ドランバルト, Doranbaruto),^[ch. 223] spelled "Doranbolt" in the English dub, he uses his memory charm to disguise himself as Mystogan's disciple in Fairy Tail to search of incriminating evidence that may result in the guild's dissolution.^[ch. 213] Seven years after growing fond of the guild and allying himself with them against Grimoire Heart, however, Mest is informed by Makarov Dreyar of his identity as a longtime Fairy Tail member who altered his own memories in a haphazard attempt to extract information on the Alvarez Empire from the council.^{[ch. 415, 439]} Upon remembering his past, Mest leaves the council's service and fully rejoins Fairy Tail to fight Alvarez one year later.^[ch. 438] Prior to unveiling Mest's role as an undercover council agent, Mashima considered making the character a legitimate Fairy Tail member, as well as a member of Grimoire Heart or Tartaros.^{[vol. 24:172]} Mashima later said that the reveal of Mest's legitimate membership was planned long in advance, but he never had the opportunity to foreshadow it, receiving complaints from readers who felt the character was retconned.^{[vol. 49:190]}

Minor members

Between the primary guild members' seven-year disappearance and return from Sirius Island, the guild is temporarily reduced from over 100 members at the beginning of the series to fourteen.^[ch. 254] Macao Conbolt (マカオ・コンボルト, Makao Konboruto) is a man who creates purple-colored flames that adhere to objects and cannot be doused by water or wind;^[ch. 37] he serves as the guild's fourth master in the interim of Makarov Dreyar's absence.^[ch. 254] Romeo Conbolt (ロメオ・コンボルト, Romeo Konboruto) is Macao's son who joins Fairy Tail over the course of the series, learning from Phantom Lord member Totomaru to produce up to seven colors of flame with varying properties.^[ch. 256] Wakaba Mine (ワカバ・ミネ, Wakaba Mine) is Macao's friend and eventual guild master advisor who manipulates smoke from a pipe.^[ch. 61] Alzack Connel (アルザック・コネル, Aruzakku Koneru, also "Connell") and Bisca Moulin (ビスカ・ムーラン, Bisuka Mūran, also "Mulan") are two western immigrants who later marry and have a six-year-old daughter, Asuka Connel (アスカ・コネル, Asuka Koneru, "Asca");^[ch. 260] Alzack uses guns that shoot magical bullets,^[ch. 52] while Bisca requips various firearms similarly to Erza Scarlet.^[ch. 53] Jet (ジェット, Jetto) and Droy (ドロイ, Doroi) are Levy McGarden's teammates from Shadow Gear, both of whom have unrequited feelings for her; Jet's magic gives him super speed,^[ch. 43] while Droy grows magic plants.^[ch. 44] Max Alors (マックス・アローゼ, Makkusu Arōze, also "Aloze") is the guild's public event manager who manipulates sand,^[ch. 59] and is friends with telepathic member Warren Rocko (ウォーレン・ラッコー, Wōren Rakkō, also "Rocco").^[ch. 54] Nab Lasaro (ナブ・ラサロ, Nabu Rasaro) is a procrastinator who never embarks on a mission for the entirety of the series, and can enhance his physical abilities using the spirits of animals.^[ch. 35] Vijeeter Ecor (ビジター・エコー, Bijitā Ekō) is a man who adjusts others' fighting power by dancing.^[ch. 63] Laki Olietta (ラキ・オリエッタ, Raki Orietta) is a girl with a bizarre vocabulary whose Wood Make produces wooden objects similarly to Gray Fullbuster's Ice Make.^[ch. 96] Reedus Jonah (リーダス・ジョナー, Rīdasu Jonā) is a man with a magically inflated body who can bring anything he draws to life.^[ch. 36] Kinana (キナナ) is the true form of Cobra's snake, Cubellios, who is restored to human form by Makarov Dreyar and becomes a guild employee; she is based on Kina Kobayashi, one of Mashima's assistants.^{[vol. 21:187]}

Oración Seis

Oración Seis (六魔将軍, オラシオンセイス, Orashion Seisu, Spanish for "Six Prayers") is a guild consisting of six members that are considered to be no less dangerous for their command of multiple other dark guilds. They are led by "Brain" (ブレイン, Burein), a codenamed superintelligent wizard and Jellal Fernandez's mentor from the Tower of Heaven, who uses a sentient staff named Kurodoa (クロドア) to perform dark magic.^[ch. 154] Brain possesses an omnicidal split personality that serves as the guild's true master, "Zero" (ゼロ), which he suppresses with magic sealing marks on his body that are undone by the guild's defeat. The guild's other members are slaves from the Tower of Heaven whom Brain "adopts" to aid his plan to annihilate the world's official guilds using the morality-switching magic Nirvana (ニルヴァーナ, Niruvāna). Erik (エリック, Erikku), codenamed "Cobra" (コブラ, Kobura), is a second-generation dragon slayer with poisonous abilities and hyper-sensitive hearing; he commands a giant, winged snake named Cubellios (キュベリオス, Kyuberiosu). Sawyer (ソーヤー, Sōyā), codenamed "Racer" (レーサー, Rēsā), is a speed-maniac capable of slowing time around himself to appear faster than the naked eye. Richard (リチャード, Richādo), codenamed "Hoteye" (ホットアイ, Hottoai), is Wally Buchanan's money-obsessed older brother who can see through solid objects and liquify the ground around himself. Sorano (ソラノ), codenamed "Angel" (エンジェル, Enjeru), is Yukino Agria's sadistic older sister and a celestial wizard contracted with the zodiac spirits Gemini, Scorpio, and Aries; after her spirits abandon her, she gains the ability to summon angelic beings.^[ch. 365] Macbeth (マクベス, Makubesu), codenamed "Midnight" (ミッドナイト, Middonaito), is a lethargic wizard who can deflect others' magic, distort objects, and create illusions. Seven years after their arrest, the five are released from prison along with Brain, whom they leave for dead before Jellal convinces them to join Crime Sorcière.^[ch. 364]

The guild shares its name with a group of antagonists from Rave Master; Mashima originally used the name as a placeholder, which he ultimately kept by the release deadline.^{[vol. 16:185]} Mashima decided on the members' background as slaves early in their development, but struggled to incorporate it into the story.^{[vol. 19:186]} Mashima specified Cobra as one of the characters whose popularity defied his expectations, although he could not determine any reason why.^{[vol. 32:191]}

Grimoire Heart

Grimoire Heart (悪魔の心臓, グリモアハート, Gurimoa Hāto) is the most powerful guild of the Balam Alliance.^[ch. 210] Led by Hades,^[ch. 215] the guild assumes Zeref to be in a weakened "sleeping" state and aims to "awaken" him, which they erroneously believe would bring about an apocalyptic world where wizards may thrive while non-magic users—who make up over 90% of Earth-land's population—would be annihilated.^[ch. 221] They travel the world on their airship and commit countless atrocities to produce "keys" necessary to their goal,^[ch. 102] resulting in a war with Fairy Tail upon their discovery of Zeref on Sirius Island.^[ch. 207] Grimoire Heart ultimately disbands after Zeref kills Hades and condemns the guild for provoking his rage and summoning Acnologia through their actions.^[ch. 250]

The guild's sub-commander is Blue Note Stinger (ブルーノート・スティンガー, Burū Nōto Sutingā), a man capable of generating powerful gravity fields and black holes. Beneath Blue Note are the Seven Kin of Purgatory (煉獄の七眷属, Rengoku no Nana Kenzoku), an elite group of wizards who are trained by Hades in the use of Lost Magic (失われた魔法, ロストマジック, Rosuto Majikku),^[ch. 217] ancient spells that are noted as being lost to history because of their enormous power and terrible side effects when misused.^[ch. 40] Besides their leader Ultear Milkovich and her surrogate daughter, Merudy, the Seven Kin consist of Zancrow (ザンクロウ, Zankurō), a ruthless god slayer who uses divine black flames;^[ch. 218] Caprico (カプリコ, Kapuriko), a fusion of the celestial spirit Capricorn and human wizard Zoldio (ゾルディオ, Zorudio) who commands human slaves;^[ch. 224] Rustyrose (ラスティローズ, Rasutirōzu, also "Rusty Rose"), who materializes anything from his imagination;^[ch. 222] Kain Hikaru (華院＝ヒカル, Kain Hikaru), a sumo wrestler who practices the voodoo-like ushi no koku mairi;^[ch. 226] and Azuma (アズマ), who harnesses magic power accumulated within the earth via his control of trees.^[ch. 235] Other guild members include Kawazu (カワズ, Kawazu), an anthropomorphic rooster who fires eggs from his mouth, and Yomazu (ヨマズ, Yomazu), a doglike samurai who performs an Eastern variety of Levy McGarden's Solid Script with a katana.^[ch. 211]

Mashima revealed that Kain Hikaru's name is shared with one of his staff members' nicknames, while Rustyrose's name is derived from a cocktail, and Azuma's is based on television actor Azuma Mikihisa; he was "surprised" that he could not remember the origin of Zancrow's name.^{[vol. 27:184]} Mashima particularly pushed for Kain Hikaru's popularity among young readers, but was informed the character was disliked because "he isn't cool".^{[vol. 26:187]}

Tartaros

Tartaros (冥府の門, タルタロス, Tarutarosu) is a guild consisting mostly of Etherious demons summoned from books written by Zeref. E.N.D., Zeref's ultimate demon and Natsu Dragneel's alter ego, is falsely purported to be the guild's master;^[ch. 465] the guild is secretly commanded by Mard Geer Tartaros (マルド・ギール・タルタロス, Marudo Gīru Tarutarosu), the "Underworld King" (冥王, Meiō) and keeper of E.N.D.'s book, whose curse powers include producing endless thorn brambles and deadly plants,^[ch. 385] and transforming their floating "Cube" (冥界島, キューブ, Kyūbu) headquarters into the monster Pluto's Grim (冥王獣, プルトグリム, Puruto Gurimu).^[ch. 382] The guild's aim is to unseal E.N.D.'s soul from his book and exterminate humanity by detonating Face, the Magic Council's cross-continental pulse bomb network designed to neutralize Ishgal's magic, whilst having no effect on the demons' ability to use curses (呪法, juhō), a counterpart to magic that draws purely from negative emotions.^[ch. 410] Zeref kills Mard Geer for his failure following Tartaros's defeat and Face's destruction,^[ch. 414] while the surviving demons eventually die together with Zeref as part of a measure devised by the dark wizard.^[ch. 465]

Mard Geer commands the elite Nine Demon Gates (九鬼門, Kyūkimon) led by the avian demon Kyôka (キョウカ, Kyōka), a sadist who reinforces people's strength and increases their sensitivity to pain with her curse. The other Demon Gates include Jackal (ジャッカル, Jakkaru), who detonates anything on contact and can assume a lycanthropic form;^[ch. 360] Franmalth (フランマルス, Furanmarusu), a cyclops who absorbs others' souls and copies their abilities; Torafuzar (トラフザー, Torafuzā), an aquatic demon capable of flooding areas with poisonous water and turning his body harder than iron;^{[ch. 396-397]} Ezel (エゼル, Ezeru), who cuts through anything with his multiple sword-like arms; Seilah (セイラ, Seira), a female demon who controls people's bodies; Keyes (キース, Kīsu), a skeletal necromancer who reanimates human corpses; and Tempester (テンペスター, Tenpesutā), a bestial demon who utters imitative words that invoke natural disasters. Silver Fullbuster (シルバー・フルバスター, Shirubā Furubasutā), Gray Fullbuster's deceased father and a demon slayer with ice magic, is also included among the Demon Gates after being reanimated by Keyes and disguised as a human vessel for Deliora. A bunny girl demon named Lummy (ラミー, Ramī) runs a facility where deceased members are resurrected and human recruits are transformed into demons, including Ziemma and Minerva Orland.

Mashima stated that Kyôka was a character he "really [enjoyed]", and that she would do "a bunch of cruel things".^{[vol. 42:184]} He was surprised by Jackal's popularity among readers despite the character being "an awful guy", and added that he had difficulty writing Jackal's "half-baked Osaka-area accent".^{[vol. 45:189]} The story arc between Silver and Gray was something Mashima had determined prior to the former's appearance, yet Mashima had to change large portions of their planned battle scene upon noticing a "vital" setup mistake.^{[ch. 46:177]}

Lyon Vastia

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji^[17] (Japanese); Jerry Jewell^[7] (English)

Lyon Vastia (リオン・バスティア, Rion Basutia), spelled "Bastia" in the English anime dub, is Gray Fullbuster's rival and senior disciple under Ur. He practices Ice Make magic like Gray, using a variation that produces "living" ice golems he controls on command.^[ch. 30] He initially uses a single-handed casting gesture that allows him to conjure ice faster,^[ch. 30] but makes it weaker and imbalanced.^[ch. 41] Lyon resents Gray for causing Ur's sacrifice against the demon Deliora, ruining his childhood dream of surpassing their teacher.^[ch. 38] Operating under the name "Reitei" (零帝, "Sub-zero Emperor"), Lyon brings Deliora to Galuna Island to release the demon, intending to defeat it and prove his superiority over Ur.^[ch. 29] After discovering Deliora's death upon its release,^[ch. 43] Lyon decides to move on by joining Lamia Scale,^[ch. 46] becoming a cornerstone member of the guild.^[ch. 132] He also adopts the two-handed casting gesture Ur and Gray use, as well as Gray's stripping habit.^[ch. 139] Seven years later, Lyon humorously falls in love at first sight with Juvia Lockser, forming a love triangle with her and Gray;^[ch. 256] he later concedes her feelings for Gray after the latter is killed and resurrected by Ultear Milkovich.^{[ch. 335, 338]} Following the character's initial role, Mashima commented that he enjoyed drawing Lyon again after his absence.^{[vol. 16:185]}

Sherria Blendy

Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (Japanese); Alison Viktorin (English)

Sherria Blendy (シェリア・ブレンディ, Sheria Burendi), spelled "Shelia Blendi" in the English anime dub, is Sherry's cousin who shares her obsession with love and unrequited feelings for Lyon. She is a prodigious "god slayer" (滅神魔導士, ゴッドスレイヤー, goddo sureiyā) wizard with abilities that are innately superior to those of dragon slayers; similar to Wendy Marvell, whom she befriends during the Grand Magic Games and eventually partners with, Sherria's Sky God Slayer Magic (天空の滅神魔法, Tenkū no Metsujin Mahō) produces black-colored winds for combat and allows her to heal injuries, including her own. One year later, Sherria sacrifices her magical ability by undergoing Ultear Milkovich's Third Origin spell to temporarily reach her full potential in order to destroy DiMaria Yesta's God Soul form. She subsequently retrains as a wizard and begins to gradually regain her magic in the series epilogue.^[ch. 545]

Sting Eucliffe

Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese); Michael Jones (English)

Sting Eucliffe (スティング・ユークリフ, Sutingu Yūkurifu), also called "White Dragon" Sting (白竜のスティング, Hakuryū no Sutingu), is a 19-year-old dragon slayer from Saber Tooth, and one of the Twin Dragons with Rogue Cheney.^[ch. 258] He performs White Dragon Slayer Magic (白の滅竜魔法, Haku no Metsuryū Mahō), which gives him the ability to produce attacks of sacred light and fire laser beams from his mouth. He can also activate Dragon Force at will.^{[ch. 294, 295]} He uses this magic to kill his dragon guardian, Weisslogia (バイスロギア, Baisurogia), at the dragon's behest, to prove himself a "true" dragon slayer.^[ch. 265] Weisslogia later appears alive with the other dragon slayers' guardians, explaining that Sting had been given false memories of killing him to provide him with experience.^[ch. 415] To fulfill a vow to his Exceed friend Lector (レクター, Rekutā), Sting aims to defeat Natsu Dragneel and prove to others that he killed a dragon.^[ch. 295] Representing his guild in the Grand Magic Games, he antagonizes Natsu hoping to provoke his true strength.^[ch. 265] During their two-on-two fight alongside Rogue and Gajeel Redfox, Sting is defeated by Natsu and gains new respect for Fairy Tail,^[ch. 296] replacing Ziemma as Saber Tooth's master to improve his guild's image.

Rogue Cheney

Voiced by: Kenichi Suzumura (Japanese); Garret Storms (English)

Rogue Cheney (ローグ・チェーニ, Rōgu Chēni), also known as "Shadow Dragon" Rogue (影竜のローグ, Eiryū no Rōgu), is a 19-year-old dragon slayer and Sting Eucliffe's partner.^[ch. 258] His Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic (影の滅竜魔法, Kage no Metsuryū Mahō) techniques include turning himself into a shadow to become intangible and firing shadows from his mouth.^{[ch. 294, 296]} Like Sting, Rogue can activate Dragon Force at will, and has false memories of killing his own dragon guardian, Skiadram (スキアドラム, Sukiadoramu). He is accompanied by Frosch (フロッシュ, Furosshu), a green Exceed who wears a pink frog costume.^[ch. 258] Before joining Saber, Rogue is Gajeel Redfox's disciple named Lios (ライオス, Raiosu) during the latter's membership in Phantom Lord. Rogue decides to battle Gajeel to learn why he would join Fairy Tail. When Rogue loses to Gajeel in the Grand Magic Games seven years later, he acknowledges that Saber lacks the camaraderie Fairy Tail has, and joins Sting in improving his own guild.

During the tournament, a version of Rogue appears through the time travel gate Eclipse from an alternate future, corrupted by his inner evil after Frosch is killed by Gray Fullbuster in his timeline. "Future" Rogue combines his shadow magic with Sting's White Dragon Slayer Magic forcibly acquired after killing him in the future.^[ch. 325] He tricks Hisui E. Fiore by advising her to use the time travel gate Eclipse as a weapon to save the kingdom from a dragon invasion,^[ch. 323] setting the gate to allow seven dragons from the historical Dragon King Festival to appear in the present to be used against Acnologia. While Rogue's present self helps fight the dragons, Future Rogue's battle with Natsu Dragneel ends with Eclipse being destroyed, returning Rogue and the dragons to their original time periods, but not before Rogue helps Natsu avert his own future by warning him of Frosch's fate.

Yukino Agria

Voiced by: Fuyuka Ono (Japanese); Mallorie Rodak (English)

Yukino Agria (ユキノ・アグリア, Yukino Aguria) is an 18-year-old celestial wizard. After her elder sister Sorano is enslaved, Yukino joins Saber Tooth.^[ch. 268] With five gatekeys in her possession, Yukino has two of the 12 golden keys, and holds the 13th zodiac key of Ophiuchus. Expelled from the guild after losing the Grand Magic Games, she joins the Cherry Blossom Holy Knights as a participant in the Eclipse Project. Yukino befriends with Lucy and Fairy Tail. Following the Grand Magic Games, she retires from the service and is reinstated as a member of Saber Tooth.

Minerva Orland

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese); Anastasia Muñoz (English)

The daughter of Ziemma, Minerva Orland (ミネルバ・オーランド, Mineruba Ōrando) is the most powerful member of Saber Tooth, whose Territory (絶対領土, テリトリー, Teritorī, Japanese text translates as "Absolute Territory") magic grants her the ability to teleport objects and attack anything in her field of vision using spatial manipulation.^[ch. 321] She also practices the Magics of the Yakuma Eighteen Battle Gods (ヤクマ十八闘神魔法, Yakuma Jūhachi Tōjin Mahō), a set of highly destructive spells.^[ch. 312] As a child, Minerva endures harsh training from her father, adopting the same superiority complex as him.^[ch. 388] Years later, she develops a rivalry with Erza Scarlet at the Grand Magic Games and loses. Vowing to exact revenge on Erza, Minerva leaves Saber Tooth and joins Succubus Eye (夢魔の眼, サキュバス・アイ, Sakyubasu Ai), a dark guild controlled by Tartaros.^[ch. 343] Her strength is quickly recognized by Tartaros, who recruits and transforms her into a demon alongside Ziemma, renaming her Neo-Minerva (ネオミネルバ, Neo Mineruba).^{[ch. 354, 370, 379]} After Tartaros falls apart, Minerva grows tired of Ziemma's abusive behavior and her rivalry with Erza. With nowhere else to go, she is retrieved by Sting and Rogue, who reinstate her into Saber Tooth as a human.^{[ch. 388, 416]}

Jellal Fernandez

Voiced by: Daisuke Namikawa^[6] (Japanese); Robert McCollum^[7] (English)

Forced to work in the Tower of Heaven as a slave by a cult of Zeref worshipers who aim to revive the black wizard, Jellal Fernandez (ジェラール・フェルナンデス, Jerāru Ferunandesu) befriends the eleven-year-old Erza Scarlet. When Ultear Milkovich manipulates him into serving Zeref under the guise of Zeref's spirit,^[ch. 102] Jellal turns on Erza and takes over the tower's construction.^[ch. 83] At some point, he is appointed a member of the Magic Council and one of the Ten Wizard Saints as Siegrain (ジークレイン, Jīkurein), a psychic projection of himself.^{[ch. 1, 48, 95]} Using Heavenly Body Magic (天体魔法, Tentai Mahō) techniques, Jellal can boost his speed to imperceptible levels, and produce powerful energy-based attacks akin to falling meteors.^[ch. 96] Masquerading as Jellal's good twin brother, "Siegrain" tricks the other Council members into firing Etherion at the tower, allowing it to absorb the weapon's magic energy to become operational.^[ch. 94] He then attempts to sacrifice Erza to reincarnate Zeref, killing their friend Simon in a duel against Natsu Dragneel. He is defeated after Natsu consumes Etherion's residual energy to achieve Dragon Force, and is seemingly killed after the tower's destruction.^{[ch. 97-101]} He is later found alive by the Oración Seis and revived to serve the dark guild, but suffers from amnesia and is shocked to learn of his past misdeeds from Erza.^{[ch. 136, 145]} Despite fighting the Seis with Fairy Tail to atone for his actions, Jellal is arrested by the Magic Council and detained.^[ch. 162] He eventually regains his memories before being liberated by Ultear and Merudy, who join him in penance by forming Crime Sorcière.^[ch. 263] Reconciling with Erza afterwards, she expresses her feelings though Jellal avoided the subject, but retains his mutual support for her. Hiro Mashima created Jellal as a "self-parody" of his previous series Rave Master, modeling the character's appearance after Sieg Hart.^{[vol. 3:afterword]} After reviving Jellal, Mashima revealed that he did not know what direction to take the character, and came up with three different ways for the scenario to play out.

Ultear Milkovich

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro^[17] (Japanese); Lydia Mackay^[7] (English)

During her early childhood, Ultear Milkovich (ウルティア・ミルコビッチ, Urutia Mirukobitchi, named after "Ur's tear") is taken to a magic research facility by her mother Ur. She is subjected to unethical experiments and assumes that Ur has abandoned her, unaware that her mother thinks she has died.^{[ch. 46, 241]} Ultear joins forces with Grimoire Heart to modify her magic with Zeref's power to travel to the past and exact revenge on Ur.^[ch. 240] Ultear eventually gains infamy as the leader of the guild's Seven Kin of Purgatory and adopts Merudy. As part of Grimoire Heart's plan, she manipulates Jellal Fernandez into becoming the dark wizard's servant, feigning loyalty to him as a member of the Magic Council.^[ch. 46] Later, Ultear and Merudy capture Zeref on Sirius Island, and the two attempt to flee with the dark wizard.^[ch. 239] Eventually, Ultear realizes the truth about her mother while dueling with Gray Fullbuster, prompting her to help Fairy Tail defeat her master Hades and leave Grimoire Heart with Merudy.^{[ch. 241, 248, 250]} Seven years later, when Rogue Cheney's future self uses Eclipse to orchestrate a dragon attack, Ultear contemplates killing the present Rogue. However, she casts the forbidden time spell Last Ages (ラストエイジス, Rasuto Eijisu), which reverses time and allows her allies to foresee the dragons' moves within this critical time frame, preventing the deaths of several wizards.^{[ch. 333-335]} The spell also rapidly ages Ultear into an elderly woman, and she leaves Jellal and Merudy to assume that she has been killed in the attack.^[ch. 339]

Merudy

Voiced by: Saori Gotō^[27] (Japanese); Bryn Apprill (English)

Adopted and raised by Ultear Milkovich as a survivor of her hometown's destruction, Merudy (メルディ, Merudi), spelled "Meldy" in the English dub, becomes one of Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory.^[ch. 230] She uses the Lost Magic Magilty Sense (マギルティ＝センス, Magiruti-Sensu) to synchronize the physical senses and emotions of two or more people,^{[ch. 229, 230]} and the spell Magilty Sodom (マギルティ＝ソドム, Magiruti-Sodomu) to produce blades of light that directly affect their target's sense of pain.^[ch. 225] She participates in her guild's hunt for Fairy Tail's members on Sirius Island, making Gray Fullbuster her primary target, blaming him for hurting Ultear through Ur's death.^[ch. 228] After dueling Juvia Lockser to a stalemate, Merudy threatens suicide to kill Gray through her sensory link, but Juvia convinces her to stay alive for Ultear's sake.^[ch. 230] Merudy later learns of Ultear's role in her hometown's destruction from her guildmate Zancrow,^[ch. 242] After rescuing Ultear from attempting suicide, Merudy leaves Grimoire Heart with her.^[ch. 250] Mashima designed Merudy to be the weakest of the Seven Kin, and was surprised to find the character had become "extremely popular" with the series's younger readers.^{[vol. 26:afterword]} He wrote that the character's name "just sort of came to [him]"; he later realized that it was the same as a character from "an old RPG [he] used to play".^{[vol. 27:extra]}

Exceed

The Exceed (エクシード, Ekushīdo) are a race of anthropomorphic cat-like beings from Edolas ruled by the precognitive Queen Chagot (シャゴット, Shagotto). Residing on a floating island called Extalia (エクスタリア, Ekusutaria), they are the only residents of Edolas capable of possessing magic as a natural ability, which they use to produce wings and fly with the spell Aera. Because of this, they are seen as angels by the humans of Edolas, with Chagot revered as a god who passes judgment on humans.^[ch. 176] Most of the Exceed population resent humans, casting out any Exceed who sympathize with them or ignore their queen's orders.^[ch. 185] Despite this, they are actually a weak race with a history of being abused by humans, and their divinity is a ruse devised by Chagot's court to protect their people.^[ch. 188] Before their births, Happy and Carla's eggs are sent to Earth-land along with 98 other unborn Exceed under the pretense of hunting and killing dragon slayers,^[ch. 176] which is later revealed to be a cover for a discreet evacuation effort after Chagot foresees Extalia's eventual destruction caused by Edolas's loss of magic.^[ch. 198] The entire Exceed race is transported to Earth-land after Mystogan reverses Edolas's anima and, realizing their mistake in judging humans, decide to live in harmony with them whilst searching for the missing Exceed children.^{[ch. 197-198]}

Igneel

Voiced by: Hidekatsu Shibata (Japanese); Bob Magruder (2011–2014), Jim White (2015–present) (English)

Igneel (イグニール, Igunīru), the Fire Dragon King (炎竜王, Enryūō), is a dragon and Natsu Dragneel's adoptive father. He raises Natsu from infancy, teaching him language, culture, and the ability to use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic.^[ch. 2] When Natsu witnesses Igneel's disappearance on July 7, X777, he begins a search for the dragon.^{[ch. 1, 66]} His search results in him encountering several other dragon slayers who have similarly lost their own dragon guardians on the same date. Fourteen years later, when Acnologia arrives at the battle between Fairy Tail and Tartaros, Igneel is revealed to have magically sealed himself inside Natsu's body all along,^[ch. 400] as are the other dragons with their respective children, for the triple purpose of preventing them from turning into dragons as a side effect of their Dragon Slayer Magic, waiting to personally eliminate Acnologia after the dragon slayers are fully inoculated,^[ch. 414] and prolonging their own lives since they have lost their souls to Acnologia.^[ch. 415] However, Igneel is brutally killed by Acnologia and ascends back to a higher plane of existence with his fellow dragons to watch over mankind. He also passes down the "Fire Dragon King Mode" to Natsu Dragneel after his death.^{[ch. 414, 415]}

Ur

Voiced by: Miyuki Sawashiro (Japanese); Kira Vincent-Davis (English)

Ur (ウル, Uru) is Ultear Milkovich's mother and Gray Fullbuster and Lyon Vastia's teacher. She is a renowned Ice Make wizard whose power is said to be worthy of the Ten Wizard Saints'.^[ch. 46] Before meeting Gray and Lyon, Ur brings her sickly daughter as a child to a magic research facility to save her life, only to later be told that Ultear has died while the doctors perform unethical, secret experiments on her.^[ch. 241] She then takes on Lyon and Gray as her pupils in an effort to move on. When Gray attempts to kill the Etherious Deliora, Ur sacrifices herself to save him by performing the forbidden spell Iced Shell (絶対氷結, アイスドシェル, Aisudo Sheru, Japanese text translates as "Absolute Freeze"), transforming her body into ice to permanently freeze the demon. She remains alive in this form until Lyon melts her with the Moon Drip spell to release Deliora, essentially killing her as she drifts out to sea as water. Later, Ultear falls into the sea while dueling with Gray, causing her to experience her mother's memories. She realizes the truth of what transpired at the research facility, and that her assumption that Ur had abandoned her there is wrong.^[ch. 241]

Jude Heartfilia

Voiced by: Banjō Ginga (Japanese); Bill Jenkins (English)

A wealthy business tycoon and president of the esteemed Heartfilia Konzern, Jude Heartfilia (ジュード・ハートフィリア, Jūdo Hātofiria) is Lucy Heartfilia's father. Like Lucy, his name is based on a Beatles song - in this case "Hey Jude".^[28] After Layla's death, Jude's relationship with Lucy becomes fractured, which eventually leads to Lucy running away from home.^[ch. 50] Years later, he recruits Phantom Lord to bring her home for a business opportunity. However, his actions inadvertently involve Fairy Tail in a guild war to protect her, resulting in Lucy breaking ties with her father.^[ch. 67] Shortly afterward, Jude becomes bankrupt and loses his estate, and takes up work at a merchant's guild, mending his relationship with Lucy.^[ch. 130] He dies toward the end of Lucy's seven-year disappearance, but demonstrates his love and faith in his daughter's well-being by leaving her seven years worth of rent money and birthday gifts.^[ch. 258]

Porlyusica

Voiced by: Shōko Tsuda^[21] (Japanese); Linda Young^[20] (English)

The human counterpart of Grandeeney from Edolas, Porlyusica (ポーリュシカ, Pōryushika, also "Poluchka") is Fairy Tail's elderly medicinal advisor who lives in the forest on the outskirts of Magnolia. She remedies all sorts of ailments and injuries. She resents humans and often forces visitors out of her house unless they are in need of help.^[ch. 51] She is a longtime friend of Makarov Dreyar, whom she nurses to health when he is drained of his magic, and later when he falls deathly ill during Laxus Dreyar's rebellion. Seven years after Sirius Island's disappearance, she meets Wendy Marvell and instructs her on advanced Sky Dragon Slayer Magic spells relayed to her by Grandeeney. She had failed to teach them to Wendy before her disappearance.^[ch. 260]