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Fairy Tail (妖精の尻尾) is the titular guild of the Fairy Tail manga series created by Hiro Mashima.

Mashima conceived the idea for the guild as a courier business before changing it to a guild of wizards. He considers the characters to be different from most typical shōnen protagonists for prioritizing each other's survival over saving the world. The guild as an overall group has drawn mixed reactions from critics regarding the humor and sheer number of the characters, although several of them have individually received praise.

Creation and conception
Mashima created the guild to serve as the central focus of his titular manga series, with the name "Fairy Tail" being a deliberate corruption of the term fairy tale. Mashima's earliest concept for the series was that of a courier guild in which the main protagonist, Natsu Dragneel, would suffer from motion sickness despite his profession. After the idea was almost finalized, Mashima became "intrigued" by the idea of a guild where wizards would gather, and "practically forced" his editor to allow him to change it. He based the guild's atmosphere on the experience of partying at a bar with his friends, including a bar within the guild so readers would be able to enjoy a similar feeling of community. To illustrate the "feel" of the guild, Mashima drew concept art depicting early versions of Natsu Dragneel, Happy, and Mirajane Strauss. Mashima's initial focus for the series was depicting the everyday lives of young people "finding their calling". While developing the guild's members, Mashima wanted to gradually include their backstories over the course of the series so readers would "get the sense that every character has a deeper side". In contrast to the main characters of Rave Master, whom he described as "youth fighting to save the world", Mashima stated that the guild's heroism is driven by fighting to survive and protect their own community in a manner that "may have nothing to do with world peace", which he felt differed from typical shōnen protagonists.

Fictional history
As depicted in the prequel Fairy Tail Zero, set 98 years before the events of the main series, Fairy Tail is formed by Mavis Vermillion and a trio of treasure hunters – Yuri Dreyar, Precht Gaebolg, and Warrod Sequen – after they overthrow a dark guild's regime over the city of Magnolia, learning magic from future series antagonist Zeref in the liberation effort. The guild is named after the hypothetical question of whether fairies possess tails, which represents an eternal mystery – and therefore an eternal adventure – due to fairies' mythical status within the series. Over time, Mavis imparts knowledge of the Three Great Fairy Magics (妖精三大魔法), a trinity of spells that can only be performed by members of the guild: Fairy Law (妖精の法律), a radiant light that only harms those the caster deems to be an enemy, consequently reducing the caster's lifespan depending on the number of targets; Fairy Glitter (妖精の輝き), a pillar of light that eradicates any target; and Fairy Sphere (妖精の球), an impenetrable force field that suspends time for those inside.

The main series depicts Fairy Tail as the most popular and powerful wizard guild in the fictional Kingdom of Fiore, despite its notoriety among the Magic Council for its members' misconduct, including widespread property damage. The initial guildhall is a two-story pub that is demolished during a war with the rival guild Phantom Lord, and is remodeled as a more extravagant building. Some time later, a group of select members participate in an exam held on the guild's sacred ground of Sirius Island (天狼島) for the promotion to the elite S-Class rank. When the dragon Acnologia attempts to obliterate the wizards, Mavis's spirit protects them within Fairy Sphere for seven years. During their absence, the guild falls into debt and the guildhall is foreclosed, damaging its reputation and losing most of its members, with the remainder relocating to a decrepit tavern. After the missing members return and win the Grand Magic Games, a tournament devised to determine Fiore's strongest wizard guild, Fairy Tail regains its good reputation and original building.

After the guildhall is destroyed a second time during a battle with Tartaros, guild master Makarov Dreyar disbands the guild to protect its members from the Alvarez Empire, which seeks to utilize the power of Fairy Heart (妖精の心臓), codenamed Lumen Histoire (ルーメン・イストワール), a secret wellspring of infinite magic housed within Mavis's immortal body beneath the guildhall. One year later, the guild reforms and reinstates Makarov as its master to battle Zeref – Alvarez's emperor – and Acnologia, which results in Fairy Tail's victory at the cost of Mavis's life. In the sequel Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, Fairy Tail returns to a state of normalcy as the kingdom's strongest guild.

Makarov Dreyar
Makarov Dreyar (マカロフ・ドレアー) is the third and incumbent master of the Fairy Tail guild throughout the series, depicted as a diminutive old man who is often frustrated by his guild members' belligerence, but looks upon them as his own children. He is registered as one of the Ten Wizard Saints (聖十大魔導), the most powerful and skillful wizards on the continent of Ishgal as deemed by the Magic Council, with knowledge of numerous forms of magic such as the size-increasing magic Giant (巨人) and Fairy Law. A recurring joke in the series is Makarov's inability to secure a permanent successor, resulting in him holding the position of sixth and eighth guild master after Gildarts Clive and Erza Scarlet, respectively. He eventually sacrifices his life using Fairy Law to annihilate the Alvarez Empire's army, but is resurrected by Mavis Vermillion upon her own death, limiting the use of his legs.

Makarov is voiced by Shinpachi Tsuji in Japanese and R. Bruce Elliott in English. Mashima came up with Makarov's name because he wanted it to sound Russian. The author originally planned to kill the character off on Sirius Island, but changed his mind after befriending Tsuji. Mashima considered Makarov's death in the final arc to be permanent until he drew Mavis and Zeref's last moments, wishing to give their deaths more meaning, and rationalizing that his resurrection would relieve the guild.

Precht Gaebolg
Precht Gaebolg (プレヒト・ゲイボルグ) is Fairy Tail's second master and one of Fairy Tail's co-founders, introduced as the master of the dark guild Grimoire Heart under the alias "Hades" (ハデス). He is depicted as a master of multiple powerful spells, such as Grimoire Chain (悪魔の束縛), which produces chains from his hands with which to grapple and throw opponents; Grimoire Law (悪魔の法律), a dark version of Fairy Law; and the Devil's Eye (悪魔の眼), an artificial eye beneath his eyepatch that gives him access to greater power when opened.

Precht first becomes engrossed in black magic when he inadvertently produces Fairy Heart in his attempts to reverse Mavis Vermillion's death-like state, which spurs him to leave Fairy Tail under Makarov Dreyar's leadership to uncover the source of all magic power. After tracing the source to Zeref, Precht renames himself Hades and organizes Grimoire Heart out of obsession with obtaining this singularity from him, committing atrocities to obtain rumored "keys" to awakening Zeref's dormant power. Using his knowledge of Fairy Heart, he constructs a mechanical "heart" on board his guild's airship that grants him unlimited magic power and stamina until the heart is destroyed by Happy and Carla. He is spared by Makarov upon his defeat by Natsu's team, only to be killed by Zeref in condemnation of his actions.

Mashima based the name Precht on that of a literary scholar, while his surname comes from the spear Gáe Bolg. In Japanese, Precht is voiced by Masashi Hirose until his retirement in 2014, and by Yutaka Aoyama in subsequent appearances such as the 2020 video game. His English voice actor is John Swasey. In the character's youth, he is voiced by Yoshihisa Kawahara in Japanese and Dave Trosko in English.

Mavis Vermillion
Mavis Vermillion (メイビス・ヴァーミリオン) is the childlike first master of Fairy Tail, nicknamed the "Fairy Strategist" (妖精軍師) as a prodigy with vast military and illusory skill, which she hides behind a facade of immaturity. Initially stated to be dead and buried on Sirius Island, Mavis interacts with the guild as an astral projection that can only be seen and heard by those marked with Fairy Tail's emblem. She is later revealed to have remained alive for over 98 years under the Black Magic of Ankhselam, a curse of immortality shared with Zeref that halted her outward physical maturity at age thirteen, but has retained her internal physiology as an adult woman.

Her backstory is explored in the prequel manga Fairy Tail Zero and several chapters of the main manga. Born on Sirius Island, Mavis is raised by a cruel guild master who takes her shoes away, making her habitually barefoot. While traveling with her future guild co-founders, Mavis befriends a wandering Zeref, who teaches her a forbidden prototype of Fairy Law that she casts to save her friends' lives, unknowingly afflicting herself with Zeref's curse. Her curse manifests ten years later by killing Makarov Dreyar's mother shortly upon his birth, leading Mavis to exile herself. Empathizing with each other over their mutual curse, Mavis and Zeref fall in love the following year; however, despite a brief period of sexual intimacy, Mavis does not fully trust Zeref's love for her, causing his curse to send her into a death-like state. Precht seals her body in a lacrima crystal beneath Fairy Tail's guildhall while attempting to revive her, which produces Fairy Heart.

In the final story arc, after reviving herself by having Cana Alberona destroy her projected self, Mavis lifts her and Zeref's curses by accepting their mutual love despite also hating him for his crimes against Fairy Tail, which enables both of their deaths. In the series epilogue, a girl who shares Mavis's appearance named Mio (ミオ) surfaces and encounters a young man named Alios, who resembles Zeref. In 100 Years Quest, Natsu Dragneel encounters Mavis's spirit during a near-death experience, where she and Zeref have married and live happily in Natsu's personal afterlife with their deceased children: August, a biological son whom they conceived during their first intimate moment, and Larcade, an Etherious created and adopted by Zeref.

Mavis's background was included in the very first concepts of the series. Mashima initially envisioned Mavis as an elderly male character, which he changed after being informed that "Mavis" was a female name, designing her as a young girl to "surprise" readers with her introduction. 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. 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. 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". Mavis is voiced by Mamiko Noto in Japanese and Leah Clark in English.

S-Class wizards
Fairy Tail's S-Class wizards (S級魔導士) are the guild's highest-ranking members who are recognized by the master for their strength, skill, and conviction. Erza Scarlet, one of the protagonists, holds the S-Class rank at the start of the series. Mashima has stated that the "S" stands for words such as "super", "special", or the Japanese phrase "Soreya yabai zo!!" (それやヤバイぞ!!).

Gildarts Clive
Gildarts Clive (ギルダーツ・クライヴ) is an S-Class wizard who is regarded by Fairy Tail to be their most powerful member. He can break any object or spell he touches down into blocks using the magic Crush (クラッシュ), which requires Magnolia's streets to reconfigure into a single, narrow path towards the guild to prevent him from stumbling into buildings by mistake. Because he embarks on missions that have never been completed for up to a century, he visits the guild on rare occasions for short periods of time. During one such failed mission, Gildarts loses his left limbs and several internal organs after being mauled by Acnologia. On Sirius Island, Gildarts learns he is the father of Cana Alberona, to whom his deceased ex-wife gave birth after divorcing him while he was on a six-year mission. After returning from the island, Makarov elects him as the guild's fifth master to replace Macao Conbolt, but Gildarts immediately resigns to leave on another journey. He returns one year later to participate in the war against the Alvarez Empire, remaining at the guild in the series epilogue.

Mashima described the character as "a dumb-looking old guy", and considered his first appearance to be "a really big event" within the story. Gildarts is voiced by Kazuhiko Inoue in Japanese and Jason Douglas in English.

Laxus Dreyar
Laxus Dreyar (ラクサス・ドレアー)

Laxus is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in Japanese, and by Patrick Seitz in English.

Mystogan
Mystogan (ミストガン) is a masked figure who hails from the parallel universe Edolas as Jellal Fernandes's counterpart, himself also named Jellal. Unable to use magic on his own, Mystogan wields staves infused with magic power to create illusions and draw magic circles for spellcasting. To hide his identity, he casts sleeping spells on his guildmates whenever he visits. He travels Earth-land to close inter-dimensional Anima portals used by Faust, his corrupt father and Edolas's king, to steal magic energy from Earth-land and convert it into lacrima crystals; he briefly travels with an orphaned Wendy Marvell during his childhood before leaving her with the spirit Robaul. After helping Fairy Tail restore Magnolia when the city is absorbed by Anima, Mystogan permanently reverses the portals' effects to prevent their misuse. He subsequently retires from the guild to replace Faust as king, gaining the public's support in a mock battle with Natsu Dragneel, who assumes responsibility for the loss of Edolas's magic. Mystogan appears in 100 Years Quest when Natsu's team is briefly sent back to Edolas by Faris, and later fathers a reincarnated Irene Belserion with Erza Knightwalker. Mystogan is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa in Japanese and Robert McCollum in English.

Mirajane Strauss
Mirajane Strauss (ミラジェーン・ストラウス) is Elfman and Lisanna Strauss's older sister, who works as the guild's administrator and barmaid, and as a pin-up girl for the fictional Weekly Sorcerer magazine. She has a cheerful personality with an airheaded facade, contrasting with her fierce, bullying demeanor during her childhood. Besides Transformation Magic (変身魔法) that changes her appearance, Mirajane uses the magic Takeover: Satan Soul (接収 サタンソウル) to absorb the forms and destructive abilities of demons, for which she is infamous as the "Demon-Woman" (魔人). Her Takeover ability is initially stunted by her trauma over Lisanna's supposed death, leading to her retirement from active guild work, but she regains her full power to defend Elfman during the Battle of Fairy Tail.

Mashima based the character's name after the username of a friend he met in an online game. Her pre-guild backstory – which depicts Mirajane's siblings helping her accept her Satan Soul after they are shunned in their hometown for her magic – was planned by Mashima "a very long time" before he included it in the story, saying that "the chance to tell it just never seemed right", and that he was happy when the opportunity arose. Mirajane is voiced by Ryōko Ono in Japanese and Monica Rial in English.

Cana Alberona
Cana Alberona (カナ・アルベローナ), whose name is derived from the tarot term "arcana", is a young alcoholic woman who drinks entire barrels of liquor at a time. She uses Magic Cards (魔法の札) either as projectile weapons or to perform a variety of spells, including fortune-telling. During her S-Class promotional exam on Sirius Island, Cana is revealed to be Gildarts Clive's unknown daughter, who has struggled to reveal her identity to him for twelve years due to his seldom appearances and her growing lack of confidence after failing four previous consecutive exams. After her desperation leads her to abandon her guildmates during Grimoire Heart's attack, Cana realizes her error and reveals herself to Gildarts following the exam's cancellation. Later throughout the series, Cana demonstrates a proficiency at using the Fairy Glitter spell occasionally provided to her by Mavis Vermillion. Cana is voiced by Eri Kitamura in Japanese and Jamie Marchi in English.

Yuri Dreyar
Yuri Dreyar (ユーリ・ドレアー) is Makarov's deceased father and one of Fairy Tail's founding members. In Fairy Tail Zero, the teenage Yuri attempts to steal Sirius Island's sacred relic, the Sirius Orb, which brings him into conflict with Mavis. Forming a truce with her when the orb is discovered stolen by the dark guild Blue Skull, Yuri learns Lightning Magic (雷の魔法) to defeat the guild and claim the treasure for himself, causing the orb's magic to fuse him with Blue Skull's skeletal dragon against his will. After Mavis sacrifices her physical maturity to rescue him with her Law spell, Yuri renounces his selfish nature and befriends her. He passes away fourteen years later – four years after Mavis's curse kills his wife, Rita, upon Makarov's birth – with Yuri oblivious to the cause of Rita's death.

The character shares his name with a minor Magic Council member killed by Tartaros. Mashima stated that this was coincidental, although he briefly considered making them the same character because of it, which he realized was "impossible" due to their different designs. Yuri is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi in Japanese and Clifford Chapin in English.

Mest Gryder
Mest Gryder (メスト・グライダー) is a wizard who uses the teleportation magic Direct Line (瞬間移動), as well as the power of memory manipulation. First appearing as a candidate in Fairy Tail's S-Class qualification test, he later identifies himself as intelligence officer of the Magic Council named Doranbalt (ドランバルト) – spelled "Doranbolt" in the anime dub" – who infiltrated Fairy Tail in search of incriminating evidence on Sirius Island to justify the guild's dissolution. However, he is forced to ally with them against Grimoire Heart, and concerns himself with their seven-year disappearance when he is forced to withdraw from Acnologia's attack without them. After he survives Tartaros's bombing of the council and aids Fairy Tail against the dark guild, Makarov reveals Mest's true identity as a legitimate Fairy Tail member who haphazardly altered his own memories to extract information on the Alvarez Empire from the council. Mest subsequently rejoins Fairy Tail the following year after regaining his memories.

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. Mashima later said that the reveal of Mest's legitimate membership was planned long in advance, and that he never had the opportunity to foreshadow it, receiving complaints from readers who felt the character was retconned. Mest is voiced by Shūhei Sakaguchi in Japanese. In the English dub, he is voiced by Alex Organ in the 2009 and 2014 series, and by Christopher Wehkamp in the 2018 series.

Juvia Lockser
Juvia Lockser (ジュビア・ロクサー)

Juvia is voiced by Mai Nakahara in Japanese; in the English dub, her name is Juvia Loxar and she is voiced by Brina Palencia.

Loke
Loke (ロキ) is the pseudonym of Leo (レオ), a humanoid zodiac Celestial Spirit and playboy who is regarded as a popular bachelor in the wizard community. He uses Finger Ring Magic (指輪魔法) to cast light-based spells with his ring, Regulus (王の光). Upon introduction, Loke has been banished from his world for three years following the death of his owner, Karen Lilica, who was murdered by Sorano Agria on a mission after Loke defiantly remained in the human world to protect his fellow spirit Aries from Karen's abuse, preventing Karen from summoning her other spirits. When his exile leaves him on the verge of dying, Lucy Heartfilia and her spirits convince the Celestial Spirit King to overturn his exile and save his life. Loke subsequently serves as one of Lucy's contracted spirits, openly expressing romantic feelings for her after avoiding her out of guilt for Karen's death.

Mashima derived the name "Loke" from the Norse god Loki, Loke is voiced by Daisuke Kishio in Japanese, and by Eric Vale in English.

Levy McGarden
Levy McGarden (レビィ・マクガーデン) is a member of Shadow Gear (シャドウ・ギア), a three-wizard team that also includes Jet and Droy. Using the magic Solid Script (立体文字), she 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. 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.

Levy and her team are brutally crucified by Gajeel Redfox during his membership in Phantom Lord, leading to a war between their guilds. She initially avoids Gajeel when he joins Fairy Tail, but reconsiders after he defends her from a disgruntled Laxus Dreyar. She subsequently develops romantic feelings for Gajeel, 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 that she is pregnant.

Mashima designed Levy to be a background character in the series, but grew to "really [like] her". He subsequently expanded her role in response to her rise in popularity, which defied his expectations. Levy is voiced by Mariya Ise in Japanese and Kristi Kang in English.

Panther Lily
Panther Lily (パンサーリリー) – spelled "Pantherlily" in the English anime – is a black-furred Exceed born in the parallel world of Edolas. Introduced as the commander of the Edolas Kingdom's First Magical Warfare Division, he battles Gajeel Redfox while supporting the kingdom's extermination of the other Exceed, who had previously banished him for bringing an injured human, Mystogan, to their home of Extalia for medical treatment. However, Lily reforms after witnessing his people's determination to protect their homeland. He is subsequently sent through a reversed Anima portal to Earth-land, where he joins Fairy Tail as Gajeel's partner. Lily has a larger, more muscular body than ordinary Exceed, but is reduced to a smaller size and can only access his original form for short periods of time when in Earth-land. He wields the magic sword Buster Marm (バスターマァム), which extends up to four times his own height; after its destruction, he replaces it with the similar Musica Sword (ムジカの剣).

According to Mashima, the character's name is a play on that of "a famous character from a certain fairy tale". Lily is voiced by Hiroki Tōchi in Japanese and Rick Keeling in English.

Raijin Tribe
Raijin Tribe (雷神衆)

Fried Justine
Fried Justine (フリード・ジャスティーン), nicknamed "Fried the Dark" (暗黒のフリード)

Fried is voiced by Junichi Suwabe in Japanese and John Burgmeier in English.

Bickslow
Bickslow (ビックスロー)

Bickslow is voiced by Yoshihisa Kawahara in Japanese; in English, his name is spelled "Bickslow" and he is initially voiced by Scott Freeman, who was replaced by Tyler Walker following Freeman's termination from Funimation in 2015.

Evergreen
Evergreen (エバーグリーン)

Evergreen is voiced by Saori Seto in Japanese and Caitlin Glass in English.

Gajeel Redfox
Gajeel Redfox (ガジル・レッドフォックス), nicknamed "Kurogane" Gajeel (鉄竜のガジル), is a Dragon Slayer whose Iron Dragon Slayer Magic (鉄の滅竜魔法) allows him to transform his limbs into iron weapons, cover his skin with iron scales, breathe gusts of wind containing metal shrapnel, and consume iron objects for nourishment. He also learns to use Rogue Cheney's shadow magic after consuming it in the Grand Magic Games, allowing him to enter Iron-Shadow Dragon Mode (モード鉄影竜). Gajeel is later revealed to be one of five children sent 400 years from the past through Eclipse by their dragon foster parents to kill Acnologia, although the process leads him to forget most of his childhood besides being raised by his own dragon, Metalicana (メタリカーナ), whom he resents for his disappearance.

Debuting as a delinquent member of Phantom Lord, Gajeel defaces Fairy Tail's guildhall and assaults Levy McGarden's team to instigate a war between the two guilds. After Phantom Lord's dissolution, he reluctantly accepts Makarov Dreyar's offer of membership into Fairy Tail to atone for his actions, earning the guild's trust and acceptance after helping Natsu Dragneel defeat Laxus Dreyar in the Battle of Fairy Tail. Gajeel subsequently develops protective feelings for Levy, becoming captain of the Magic Council's custody and arrest unit with Levy as his subordinate after Fairy Tail temporarily disbands, and eventually confessing his love for her when he is nearly killed during the war with the Alvarez Empire. In the series epilogue, Gajeel has a conversation with Levy about a baby.

The character 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, intending him to be an "extremely scary" rival for Natsu. His name is derived from the word kajiru (噛る) and the onomatopoeia for eating, gaji-gaji (ガジガジ). Similar to Natsu, Gajeel's age is listed as "unknown", 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. 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. Gajeel is voiced by Wataru Hatano in Japanese and David Wald in English.

Warrod Sequen
Warrod Sequen (ウォーロッド・シーケン) is a retired Fairy Tail wizard who ranks last among the Four Emperors of Ishgal (イシュガルの四天王), the four strongest of the Ten Wizard Saints. He has a tree-like appearance and a joking personality that exhausts others. He is a practitioner of Green Magic (緑の魔法), which produces rapidly-growing trees under his control, and is capable of vegetating deserts. Following the Magic Council bombing, Warrod forms a new council roster with most of the Wizard Saints besides Makarov Dreyar and God Serena. Warrod is voiced by Tesshō Genda in Japanese and Garrett Schenck in English. In the character's youth, he is voiced by Hiroshi Shirokuma in Japanese and Cris George in English.

Elfman Strauss
Elfman Strauss (エルフマン・ストラウス) is Mirajane and Lisanna Strauss's middle brother, a muscle-brained wizard who spouts nonsensical speeches about manhood, but is also kind and emotionally sensitive. His magic, Takeover: Beast Soul (接収 獣王の魂), assimilates the powers and forms of monsters. At the start of the series, his magic is limited to the ability Beast Arm (ビーストアーム), which only affects his right arm, compounded by his guilt for seemingly killing Lisanna in a mindless rampage during an attempted full-body transformation two years earlier. He employs his full strength more frequently after gaining complete control over his Beast Soul form to rescue Mirajane from Phantom Lord. Mashima chose the name "Elfman" for the character because he wanted it to sound "somewhat cute". Elfman is voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto in Japanese, and by Christopher Sabat in English.

Lisanna Strauss
Lisanna Strauss (リサーナ・ストラウス) is Mirajane and Elfman Strauss's younger sister, whose Takeover: Animal Soul (接収 動物の魂) allows her to shapeshift into animals. Lisanna is initially established to have been killed by Elfman in an accident with his berserk full-body Takeover form, and is further developed as Natsu Dragneel's childhood friend who helped him hatch Happy's egg. She later reappears alive as a Fairy Tail member in the parallel world Edolas, having been transported there through an Anima portal upon her supposed death, and quietly assuming the role of her own deceased counterpart. She returns to Earth-land after Mystogan reverses the portals' effects, reuniting her with her siblings and guildmates.

Mashima conceived the character's name because he felt the suffix "-anna" made it sound cute. At a convention in France 2018, Mashima said he brought Lisanna back with the intent to deepen her relationship with Natsu, envisioning a love triangle between them and Lucy Heartfilia, but decided against it due to concerns of negative fan reactions. He added, "Personally, I think Lisanna is a nice girl, and it would be a shame to see her with a guy like Natsu," determining that Natsu and Lucy were more suitable together. Lisanna is voiced by Harumi Sakurai in Japanese, and by Carrie Savage in English.

Touka
Touka (トウカ) is a Fairy Tail member who appears in Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest. Initially appearing to be a split personality of Faris, a human masquerading as a century-old witch called the White Wizard, Touka is later revealed to be an Exceed from the parallel world of Elentear whose magic, Aqua Aera (水の翼), utilizes water to create interdimensional portals. She joins Fairy Tail for help in separating herself from Faris, and to pursue her affections for Happy, mistaking Natsu Dragneel's name for his after being rescued by them one year earlier. Following their separation, Touka and a remorseful Faris are assisted by Natsu's team in solving Elentear's magic crisis, remaining in Elentear afterwards. <!--

Touka (トウカ) and Faris (ファリス) are Fairy Tail members who appear in Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest. Initially appearing to be split personalities of a human girl, they are later revealed to be separate individuals merged into a single body, with Touka being an Exceed whose Aqua Aera (水の翼) magic uses water to create interdimensional portals, while Faris is a human shrine maiden who uses the magic Whiteout (白滅) to steal wizards' magic and erase it or control their minds. The two are denizens of Elentear (エレンティア), a parallel world to Earth-land and Edolas with a critical overabundance of magic power. Threatened by Selene with Elentear's destruction into vanquishing Selene's rival Dragon Gods, Faris possesses Touka to travel to Earth-land, where Faris masquerades as the White Wizard (白魔導士), a century-old witch and founder of the white magic cult Rebellious (リベリアス). In the process, the cult indoctrinates Faris into taking control of Fairy Tail's magic, while Touka joins Fairy Tail for Wendy Marvell's help in separating herself from Faris, and to pursue her affections for Happy, confusing Natsu Dragneel's name as his after being rescued by them. Following their separation, Touka and a remorseful Faris are assisted by Natsu's team in solving Elentear's magic crisis, remaining behind afterwards. -->

Reception
Critical reaction to the Fairy Tail guild members as an overall group have been mixed. While praising the series' general humor in a review of the first manga volume, Carl Kimlinger of Anime News Network (ANN) found the scenes where the characters bicker to be "irritating" and "merely stupid". Rebecca Silverman of ANN criticized the "dizzying" number of named Fairy Tail members present in the story, saying it made certain key characters difficult to remember, although she found the manga's crowd scenes within the guild to be entertaining, lending themselves to repeat readings. A. E. Sparrow of IGN was entertained by the characters, saying that "every member of the Fairy Tail guild has a potential story that's waiting to be explored". On the characters' designs, Dale North of Japanator said they "don't stray far from standard shonen manga types, but there's still plenty of personality there". 
 * Of course there's no law saying that something utterly devoid of imagination can't be fun, and Fairy Tail does have its moments, usually involving the goofy humor. The Fairy Tail guild guys' "amusing" bickering quickly grows irritating, and as often as not the jokes are merely stupid, but occasionally the manga delivers some solid laughs, such as the deadpan happy-family montage starring a young Natsu and a giant dragon, or Lucy's awful relationship with the various dorky, usually useless, celestial spirits that she summons. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fairy-tail/gn-1)
 * Imagine if Harry Potter had vanquished Lord Voldemort by about ... Book Two and a Half. That's the kind of magical potency on display in Fairy Tail, where our plucky young heroes think nothing of making mincemeat of some Seriously Evil Wizards, and even an ancient demon. Sure, this volume follows every action-adventure convention by the book, but damn if it doesn't put on a good show along the way. With each major character fighting at full strength and pulling off some clever moves, this is a special-effects extravaganza not to be missed. Why, it's almost good enough to distract you from the lack of story and character development going on. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fairy-tail/gn-3)
 * At chapter three, however, we start to wander into filler-land. A tour of the new Fairy Tail guild house is visually interesting, but ultimately takes us nowhere. The most important part of this section is the introduction of former enemies into the Fairy Tail fold – readers already suspected that Juvia was going to join the crew, but another Element Four member also joins up. Juvia, it should be noted, is given a make-over, and may not be immediately recognizable. This is a bit of a problem in a story already saturated with named characters. Crowd scenes are great for closer study after the initial reading is done – or if you get bored touring the facility – they have a “Where's Waldo?” quality to them that's a lot of fun. But readers are expected to remember/recognize a dizzying number of Fairy Tail members, and with new ones introduced each volume, we've got enough to worry about without changing the look of one of the players. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fairy-tail/gn-13)
 * One of the benefits of allowing rarely seen players to take center stage is that Mashima gets the chance to develop some of his many named characters. He has clearly devoted a lot of time into building the world of Fairy Tail, and while his personal store of knowledge can make some things confusing for readers, when he gets the chance to elaborate, he shines. Levy and Mirajane in particular become more fleshed-out characters, with distinct abilities and personalities beyond the cut-outs we've seen. Previous volumes have hinted at Mirajane's true power; now is our chance to see it. Perhaps more importantly we also see how and why she uses it. That says more about Mirajane's character than any number of exciting fight scenes and adds an emotional element to the work. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fairy-tail/gn-14)
 * Unfortunately, Mashima is still busy introducing periphery characters on splash pages. Yes, in this volume we do get to see some lesser known guild members in action, but one of the author's jobs is to make sure that as readers we can keep track of all of the important players. Giving names and backstories to all of the minor characters is good for Mashima to know, but unnecessary and distracting for us. Kodansha also isn't quite holding their end of the bargain with this volume, as there are a few typographical errors and some longer passages are awkwardly phrased. Neither of these issues can fully take away from the overall excitement that permeates the pages, however. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fairy-tail/gn-14)
 * There is no cessation of action in this installment, and character motivations are high. The emotional turmoil of Mirajane, Juvia, and Freed are easily felt by the readers and both Lucy and Erza kick impressive amounts of bad guy butt. With Natsu finally getting into the game at the end, there's a good chance that volume fifteen won't drop the ball that fourteen has set in motion. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fairy-tail/gn-14)
 * This emotional hurdle cleared, Mashima takes us on another couple of mood swing roller coasters with the rest of the volume, possibly making this the most bipolar book in the series to date. When the group goes to return Wendy and Carla to their guild, they encounter still more unexpected tragedy, and by the time everyone returns to Magnolia and the guild house, we're ready for a little light-hearted fun. And Mashima does provide some – the other members of Fairy Tail are in full form for roughly one chapter before the return of Gildarts, an older guildmate who has been off on a so-called “Century Quest” for the past three years. Almost immediately the specter of Lisanna, Mirajane and Elfman's little sister, is raised (not literally) and we are plunged back into tragedy. By the end of the volume (to say nothing of the preview for twenty-one), we are back to having that vague sense of melancholy, this time spiced with a bit of danger, as Carla and Wendy encounter another powerful wizard who has some very important information. (https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/fairy-tail/gn-20)

Fairy Tail manga
Entire series
 * Mashima, Hiro, translated and adapted by William Flanagan. Fairy Tail. 63 vols. New York City: Del Rey Manga/Kodansha USA, 2008–2018.
 * Mashima, Hiro. フェアリーテイル [Fairy Tail] (in Japanese). 63 vols. Tokyo: Kodansha, 2006–2017.

Individual volumes