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Fairy Tail
The protagonists of the series are members of the guild Fairy Tail (妖精の尻尾), with Natsu Dragneel and his closest friends – Lucy Heartfilia, Happy, Gray Fullbuster, and Erza Scarlet – comprising what their fellow members regard to be the guild's most powerful team due to their high power and teamwork; Wendy Marvell and Carla are later considered to be members of this team as well.

Natsu Dragneel
Natsu Dragneel (ナツ・ドラグニル) is the main male protagonist of the series. He is raised from a young age by the dragon Igneel to become a Dragon Slayer (滅竜魔導士), a wizard with dragon-like physiology whose powers are designed to combat dragons. Using Fire Dragon Slayer Magic (火の滅竜魔法), Natsu is immune to flames and capable of consuming them to fuel his attacks, which include breathing fire and igniting any part of his body for use when striking; however, he suffers from motion sickness when he is in a vehicle of any sort, a weakness developed by many Dragon Slayers. After noting Igneel's disappearance on the date of July 7, X777, seven years before the series' present, Natsu searches for the dragon and is subsequently inducted into Fairy Tail, gaining infamy as one of the guild's most destructive members known as "Salamander" (火竜). Later in the series, Natsu is revealed to be the younger brother of the dark wizard Zeref, who converted him into the demon "Etherious Natsu Dragneel" (E.N.D.) and sent him four-hundred years from the past in a plan to kill both himself and the evil dragon Acnologia. Natsu is voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara in Japanese and Todd Haberkorn in English.

Lucy Heartfilia
Lucy Heartfilia (ルーシィ・ハートフィリア) is the series' main female protagonist. She is the debutante of the wealthy Heartfilia family who runs away from home to pursue her dream of joining the Fairy Tail guild, which she achieves after Natsu rescues her from a slave trader posing as a Fairy Tail member under his own moniker of "Salamander". She performs paid guild missions together with Natsu and Happy to fund her rented house in Magnolia, and is often exasperated when her teammates inadvertently reduce their reward due to their destructive antics. She is also an aspiring novelist who publishes her debut novel based on her experiences at the guild in the series epilogue. As a celestial wizard (星霊魔導士), she uses magical keys that summon celestial spirits, gradually possessing ten out of twelve rare golden keys that summon the powerful zodiac spirits. She is also proficient in battling alongside her spirits with a whip, and later gains the ability to don magical Star Dresses (星霊衣) that give her direct access to her zodiac spirits' powers. Lucy is voiced by Aya Hirano in Japanese and Cherami Leigh in English.

Happy
Happy (ハッピー) is a 6-year-old anthropomorphic cat with blue fur who is Natsu Dragneel's best friend and sole traveling companion at the start of the series. He possesses a magic ability called Aera (翼) that transforms him into a winged cat and fly at great speeds. He uses this form to carry Natsu in the air, and is the only one Natsu is able to ride without succumbing to motion sickness. He is hatched from an egg found by Natsu and Lisanna Strauss, who name him "Happy" after his birth quells an argument the rest of the guild were having. Later in the series, Happy discovers his origins as an Exceed from Edolas, where he was separated from his parents Lucky (ラッキー) and Marl (マール) before birth as part of their queen's plan to evacuate 100 Exceed children to Earth-land due to their kingdom's impending destruction. Happy is voiced by Rie Kugimiya in Japanese and Tia Ballard in English.

Gray Fullbuster
Gray Fullbuster (グレイ・フルバスター) is an ice wizard who has a competitive relationship with Natsu because of their conflicting personalities and magical elements. He uses the magic Ice Make (氷の造形魔法), which instantly produces ice in the shape of any weapon or object he imagines. Due to his training to withstand cold temperatures, he has the habit of subconsciously stripping his clothes. Gray is the target of Juvia Lockser's affections throughout much of the series, which he eventually reciprocates after initially resisting her advances.

In his past, an eight-year-old Gray is orphaned by the Etherious Deliora (デリオラ) and learns magic from Ur to take revenge. After Ur sacrifices herself to save Gray's life when he recklessly attempts to kill Deliora, he accepts the blame for her death and joins Fairy Tail. During Fairy Tail's battle with Tartaros, Gray becomes a Demon Slayer (滅悪魔導士) by inheriting Ice Demon Slayer Magic (氷の滅悪魔法) from his reanimated father, Silver, to carry out Silver's will to destroy E.N.D., Tartaros's master. In the war with the Alvarez Empire, Gray succumbs to his demonic power's corruptive influence and irrationally attacks Natsu after discovering his identity as E.N.D. He later returns to his senses and reconciles with Natsu, whom he helps Lucy rid of his identity as an Etherious so he may live normally as a human.

Mashima modeled Gray's tendency to strip after a personal habit of his own. Mashima conceived an idea for the character to become an Ice Dragon Slayer at the start of Fairy Tail ' s development, but rejected it around Gajeel Redfox's introduction. The decision to make him into a Demon Slayer came shortly before writing the Grand Magic Games after Mashima recalled his original idea during Gray's battle with Ultear Milkovich. Gray is voiced by Yuichi Nakamura in Japanese and Newton Pittman in English.

Erza Scarlet
Erza Scarlet (エルザ・スカーレット) is an S-Class Fairy Tail member who is nicknamed "Titania" (妖精女王) as the guild's most powerful female wizard, capable of tremendous feats of strength. She uses magic called "The Knight" (騎士) to instantaneously requip (換装)—exchange and equip—various weapons and armors that possess different defensive and offensive properties.

Abandoned at infancy by her mother, Irene Belserion, Erza is enslaved at the Tower of Heaven at age 11, eight years before the series' present. Among those she befriends at the tower is Jellal Fernandes, who gives her the surname "Scarlet" after her red hair. She first activates her magic power while leading a revolt to save Jellal from solitary confinement, but finds him brainwashed by Ultear Milkovich into becoming a devotee of Zeref, and is forced out of the tower alone when he betrays her. Her experiences lead her to join Fairy Tail and become a strict disciplinarian with no tolerance for her guildmates' foolish behavior, but she gradually opens up to her friends over the course of their adventures. In the process, she forgives Jellal when he regrets his actions, and grows closer to him while supporting his efforts to atone. Following Fairy Tail's one-year disbandment, Erza temporarily serves as the guild's seventh master in Makarov Dreyar's absence.

Mashima developed Erza to be a female character whom Natsu could fear, initially giving her a "wild" look before settling on the image of a knight. Her character and personality were influenced by Mummy, a character from the manga series Monster Soul that Mashima released between Rave Master and Fairy Tail. The name "Erza" is derived from Eru, the heroine of the short story "Fairy Tale" written by Mashima as a pilot for the series. Her moniker and its associated kanji reference Titania, the Fairy Queen character from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Erza is voiced by Sayaka Ohara in Japanese and Colleen Clinkenbeard in English.

Wendy Marvell
Wendy Marvell (ウェンディ・マーベル) is a young Dragon Slayer adopted and trained by the dragon Grandeeney (グランディーネ). Renowned as the "Sky Dragon" (天竜) and "Priestess of the Sky" (天空の巫女), Wendy performs Sky Dragon Slayer Magic (天空の滅竜魔法) that draws power from clean air to heal most injuries and ailments, and temporarily relieves her fellow Dragon Slayers' motion sickness. Like Natsu and the other Dragon Slayers raised by dragons, she comes from 400 years in the past and arrives in the present era at age five on July 7, X777, seven years before the series' present.

At some point after Grandeeney's disappearance, the five-year-old Wendy travels Earth-land with Mystogan until he leaves her in the care of the elderly spirit Robaul (ローバウル), who creates the illusory guild Cait Shelter (化猫の宿) to care for her. Seven years later, Wendy represents her guild in an alliance with Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, and Lamia Scale against the dark guild Oración Seis. After bonding with Fairy Tail, Wendy learns of her guild's true nature as an illusion, and is left to join Fairy Tail after her old guild vanishes. Wendy comes to admire Natsu as an older brother figure, inspiring her to use her magic's combative functions, which include manipulating wind and augmenting the strength, speed, and defense of herself and her allies through enchantment.

Wendy is voiced by Satomi Satō in Japanese and Brittney Karbowski in English.

Carla
Carla is a white-furred, high-strung female Exceed who acts as Wendy Marvell's partner and guardian. Her name in Japanese is Charles (シャルル), spelled "Charle" in Funimation subtitles, which was changed to "Carla" in various countries where readers would interpret "Charles" as a male name. In addition to the magic Aera, Carla is born with the power of precognition inherited from her mother, the Exceed queen Chagot (シャゴット).

Carla is voiced by Yui Horie in Japanese and Jad Saxton in English.

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, 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!!).

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Raijin Tribe
Raijin Tribe (雷神衆)


 * 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 (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 (エバーグリーン)

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

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.

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.

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.

Zeref Dragneel
Zeref Dragneel (ゼレフ・ドラグニル), known monomynously as Zeref the "Black Wizard" (黒魔導士), is Natsu Dragneel's elder brother and the central antagonist of Fairy Tail. He suffers from the Black Magic of Ankhselam (アンクセラムの黒魔術), a "curse of contradiction" that renders him immortal and steals life around himself whenever he cherishes the value of life. In his background 400 years in the series' past, the god Ankhselam punishes Zeref with his curse for attempting to bring the infant Natsu back from his death in a childhood dragon attack, leading Zeref to create numerous powerful demons called Etherious (エーテリアス) to assist in his suicide. He succeeds in reviving Natsu as one such demon, dubbed "Etherious Natsu Dragneel" (E.N.D.), whom he puts under Igneel's care and sends into the present era through the time machine Eclipse (エクリプス) to properly cultivate Natsu's powers. While waiting for Natsu's reemergence, Zeref befriends Mavis Vermillion and eventually falls in love with her, but despairs when his curse sends her into a death-like state during a moment of sexual intimacy, which she survives due to sharing his curse.

Zeref first appears in the story proper on Sirius Island, where he is disillusioned by the numerous atrocities committed under his supposed name as a mass-murdering embodiment of evil. Resolving to eradicate humanity to prevent any more conflict, he resurfaces eight years later as the emperor of the Alvarez Empire. Zeref spearheads a large-scale invasion of Ishgal to obtain Mavis's limitless power of Fairy Heart with which to perform Neo Eclipse (ネオ・エクリプス), a spell that would enable him to relive his own life and undo the actions caused by himself and Acnologia, while also erasing the present timeline. Zeref succeeds in absorbing Fairy Heart after Natsu fails to kill him, attaining godlike strength, but Natsu incapacitates him after negating his attacks with his own fire magic. Zeref is able to die after Mavis rekindles her love for him, allowing their mutual curse to kill them both. In the series' epilogue, a young man identical in appearance to Zeref named Alios (アリオス) appears and encounters Mio, a girl who resembles Mavis. Zeref appears again as a spirit in Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, where Natsu reconciles with him during a near death experience.

Originally an unseen character, Zeref was not given a name upon his first physical appearance in the story, with Mashima considering several possible alternatives; he intentionally avoided providing any hints to his identity beforehand, wanting it to be a "complete surprise" to the readers. Mashima stated that Zeref "has really become a popular character" after the reveal, also calling him a "really dark" character who would "never make a silly face." Zeref is voiced by Akira Ishida in Japanese, and by Joel McDonald in English.

Phantom Lord
Phantom Lord (幽鬼の支配者) is an official wizard guild that rivals Fairy Tail as Fiore's strongest guild. Its founder is Geoffrey (ジョフリー), who previously led the dark guild Blue Skull (青い髑髏). Gajeel Redfox and Juvia Lockser are introduced as Phantom Lord members, with the latter representing water in the Element 4 (エレメント4), Phantom Lord's S-Class elemental specialist team. The guild is hired by Jude Heartfilia to retrieve his runaway daughter, Lucy, after she joins Fairy Tail. Provoking Fairy Tail into a guild war by sending Gajeel to destroy their guildhall and injure Levy McGarden's team, Phantom Lord is defeated by Fairy Tail and disestablished by the Magic Council.


 * Joze Pōra (ジョゼ・ポーラ), Phantom Lord's master, is Geoffrey's descendant and a Wizard Saint who creates ghostly apparitions to act as soldiers. He is voiced by Takashi Matsuyama in Japanese and Ed Blaylock in English.
 * (アリア) is the Element 4's leader, who controls air and drains other wizards' magic. He is voiced by Katsui Taira in Japanese and Chris Rager in English.
 * Soru (ソル) is the Element 4's earth-controlling member who merges his body with the ground. He is voiced by Eiji Sekiguchi in Japanese and Barry Yandell in English.
 * (兎兎丸) is the Element 4's fire-controlling member who conjures flames with different properties than heat depending on their color. He is voiced by Daisuke Endō in Japanese and Justin Cook in English.

Tower of Heaven
The Tower of Heaven (楽園の塔), also called the Revive System (リバイブシステム), is a tower-like device designed by Zeref to resurrect his previously deceased brother, Natsu Dragneel. It is built by a cult that seeks Zeref's resurrection after his supposed death, enslaving numerous children for its construction, including Erza Scarlet, Jellal Fernandes, and the younger members of Oración Seis. Jellal takes control of the operation after being brainwashed by Ultear Milkovich, aided by his and Erza's fellow slave friends—Sho, Simon, Wally, and Millianna—whom he manipulates against Erza after casting her out. The tower is destroyed following Jellal's defeat.


 * Shō (ショウ) is a young dark-skinned man who seals others inside magic cards. He is voiced by Hiro Shimono in Japanese and Greg Ayres in English.
 * Shimon (シモン) is a disfigured man and Kagura Mikazuchi's older brother who enshrouds areas in pitch darkness. He remains devoted to Erza despite Jellal's manipulations, and dies protecting her from Jellal's attack. He is voiced by Yasuyuki Kase in Japanese and J. Michael Tatum in English.
 * Wōrī Bukyanan (ウォーリー・ブキャナン) is a gangster-styled man with an angular body that can split into blocks. He is voiced by Kazuya Ichijō in Japanese and Chris Cason in English.
 * Trinity Raven (三羽鴉) is a trio of assassins who serve as Jellal's minions after Erza's friends realize his deception. Mashima created Trinity Raven "at the last moment" after feeling "really sorry" for Erza's friends while writing their backstory, determining that having them defeated in battle would not resolve their conflicts.
 * (斑鳩) is Trinity Raven's captain, a haiku-reciting swordswoman whose katana cuts through anything. She is voiced by Kei Shindō in Japanese and Jennifer Seman in English.
 * Vidarudasu Taka (ヴィダルダス・タカ) is a rock musician with liquid-absorbing hair and the ability to brainwash others through his music. He is voiced by Hikaru Midorikawa in Japanese and Mike McFarland in English.
 * Fukurō (梟) is an owl-headed wizard who copies the magic of any wizard he ingests. He is voiced by Rikiya Koyama in Japanese and Daniel Penz in English.

Raven Tail
Raven Tail (大鴉の尻尾) is a dark guild that acts independently from the Balam Alliance, and registers as an official guild shortly after Fairy Tail's return from Sirius Island. It is formed by Ivan Dreyar to retaliate against Fairy Tail and acquire its greatest secret, Lumen Histoire, an act resulting in his expulsion from Fairy Tail six years earlier. After being defeated by Laxus in the Grand Magic Games, Raven Tail is disqualified from the tournament for repeated violations of the tournament's rules, and disbands shortly afterwards.


 * Iwan Doreā (イワン・ドレアー), Raven Tail's master, is Makarov's son and Laxus's father who magically controls paper shikigami dolls. He participates in the Grand Magic Games incognito as the armored wizard Alexei (アレクセイ). Ivan is voiced by Masaharu Satō in Japanese and Bruce Carey in English.
 * Furea Korona (フレア・コロナ) is a deranged young woman with prehensile hair that she can transform and ignite. After Raven Tail disbands, she settles her differences with Fairy Tail and assists them in saving the Village of the Sun (太陽の村), her adopted hometown populated by giants. Flare is voiced by Shizuka Itō in Japanese and Alex Moore in English.
 * Ōbura (オーブラ) is an imp-like creature who puppets a larger body and drains other wizards' magic. He is also a secret informant of Zeref. Obra is voiced by Yoshimitsu Shimoyama in Japanese and Tyler Walker in English.
 * (クロヘビ) is a snake-like man who can mimic other wizards' magic. He is voiced by Yoshimitsu Shimoyama in Japanese and Jessie James Grelle in English.
 * Narupudingu (ナルプディング) is a hunchbacked wizard who can cover his body in spikes. He is voiced by Eiji Miyashita in Japanese and Brad Jackson in English.

Balam Alliance
The Balam Alliance (バラム同盟), is a triad of dark guilds that control all others in the series except the independent Raven Tail. The organization is described as a "non-aggression pact" whose guilds act independently from one another in spite of their designation as an "alliance". The alliance is dissolved after all three guilds are defeated.

Oración Seis
Oración Seis (六魔将軍) is a six-member guild that is considered a part of the Balam Alliance despite its small size, requiring the guilds Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, Lamia Scale, and Cait Shelter to form their own alliance against them. Five of its members – Cobra, Racer, Hoteye, Angel, and Midnight – are child slaves from the Tower of Heaven who are adopted by Brain to annihilate the world's official guilds by unsealing "Nirvana" (ニルヴァーナ), an ancient magic weapon that reverses morality. Cobra secures their release from prison seven years after their arrest, after which the five abandon Brain and join Crime Sorcière.


 * Burein (ブレイン), the guild's leader, is a superintelligent wizard and Jellal Fernandes's mentor from the Tower of Heaven. He uses a sentient staff named Kurodoa (クロドア) to perform dark magic. Brain suffers from a destructive split personality named Zero (ゼロ), who serves as the guild's true master, and is suppressed by magic seals linked to the guild's members. Cobra kills Brain for his manipulations seven years after their release from prison. Brain and Zero are voiced by Tetsu Inada in Japanese, and by Philip Weber in English.

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. Mashima decided on the members' background as slaves early in their development, but struggled to incorporate it into the story. He ranked Cobra fifth among the characters whose popularity defied his expectations, although he could not explain the reason for his positive reception, calling it "a mystery".

Grimoire Heart
Grimoire Heart (悪魔の心臓) is the most powerful guild of the Balam Alliance, led by Hades. Ultear Milkovich and Merudy are introduced as members of Grimoire Heart's elite wizard team, the Seven Kin of Purgatory (煉獄の七眷属), who are trained by Hades in the use of forbidden spells called Lost Magic (失われた魔法). The guild aims to "awaken" Zeref, whom they mistakenly believe to be in a weakened "sleeping" state, to bring about a world where wizards may thrive and flourish while annihilating non-magic users. Their discovery of Zeref on Sirius Island results in a battle with Fairy Tail, which ends with Grimoire Heart disbanding when Zeref kills Hades for summoning Acnologia through their actions.


 * Burū Nōto Sutingā (ブルーノート・スティンガー) is Grimoire Heart's subcommander, who generates powerful gravity fields and black holes, rivaling Gildarts Clive in strength. He is recruited by the guild Orochi's Fin (蛇鬼の鰭) eight years after Grimoire Heart's defeat. Blue Note is voiced by Shirō Saitō in Japanese; in English, his name is spelled Bluenote and he is voiced by Chuck Huber.
 * Zankurō (ザンクロウ), one of the Seven Kin, is a God Slayer (滅神魔導士) who uses divine black flames. He is voiced by Tetsu Shiratori in Japanese, and by Ian Ferguson in English.
 * Zorudio (ゾルディオ) is one of the Seven Kin and Layla Heartfilia's treacherous former servant, whose Human Subordination Magic (人間隷属魔法) weakens and enslaves humans. Zoldio first appears while fused with Capricorn as Caprico (カプリコ), resulting from Zoldio's misuse of his Lost Magic. Zoldio is voiced by Hiroki Yasumoto in Japanese; in English, his name is Zordio and he is voiced by Marcus D. Stimac.
 * Rasutirōzu (ラスティローズ) is one of the Seven Kin who uses the Arc of Incarnation (具現のアーク) to materialize any object or apparition he imagines. His name is derived from that of a cocktail. Rustyrose is voiced by Kazuma Horie in Japanese, and by Justin Locklear in English.
 * Kain Hikaru (華院＝ヒカル), one of the Seven Kin, is a sumo wrestler who uses a voodoo doll to control people's bodies and change his own form with his Curse of Vengeance (丑の刻参り). Mashima pushed for Kain's popularity among readers, but was informed by a friend that the character was disliked by grade school students because he "[wasn't] cool". His name and appearance are modeled after one of Mashima's assistants. Kain is voiced by Ryō Sugisaki in Japanese, and by Bryan Massey in English.
 * (アズマ) is one of the Seven Kin whose Arboreal Arc (大樹のアーク) allows him to control trees and harness magic power accumulated within the earth. The character is named after television actor Mikihasa Azuma. Azuma is voiced by Hiroshi Shirokuma in Japanese, and by Ray Hurd in English.

Tartaros
Tartaros (冥府の門) is a guild that consists of Etherious demons summoned from books written by Zeref. Its members use curses (呪法), a counterpart to magic that draws from negative emotions. Tartaros's purported master is E.N.D., Zeref's most powerful Etherious whom its members believe to be sealed within his book, while its elite members form the Nine Demon Gates (九鬼門). Their guildhall is located on the floating island Cube (冥界島), which transforms into the monster Pluto's Grim (冥王獣).


 * Marudo Gīru Tarotarosu (マルド・ギール・タルタロス) is the guild's commander, the "Underworld King" (冥王) and keeper of E.N.D.'s book, which he uses to influence the other Etherious into forming Tartaros. His curse power allows him to produce endless thorn brambles, while his true form is a winged demon. Mard Geer is voiced by Toshiyuki Morikawa in Japanese and Vic Mignogna in English.
 * Kyōka (キョウカ) is the birdlike leader of the Nine Demon Gates. Her Strength Enhancement (強化) curse infinitely reinforces her strength and people's sensitivity to pain, which she uses to torture humans or test their suitability to become demons. Mashima stated that Kyôka was a character he "really [enjoyed]", and that she would do "a bunch of cruel things". Kyôka is voiced by Ai Kayano in Japanese and Janelle Lutz in English.
 * Shirubā Furubasutā (シルバー・フルバスター) is Gray's deceased father, who is reanimated by Keyes to serve on the Nine Demon Gates. He presents himself as a human vessel for Deliora, the Etherious who killed him, learning Ice Demon Slayer Magic to destroy E.N.D. and the rest of Tartaros from within. The story arc between Silver and Gray was something Mashima had determined prior to Silver's appearance, but was largely changed upon noticing a "vital" setup mistake during their battle scene. Silver is voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda in Japanese and Matthew Mercer in English.
 * Jakkaru (ジャッカル) is a lycanthropic Demon Gate who creates explosions and detonates anything with which he comes in contact. Mashima 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". He is voiced by Takuma Terashima in Japanese and Ricco Fajardo in English.
 * Furanmarusu (フランマルス) is a cyclops Demon Gate whose Revolution (進化) curse absorbs the souls of others, including the deceased Hades, which allows him to use their abilities. He is voiced by Yutaka Aoyama in Japanese and Jeremy Schwartz in English.
 * Torafuzā (トラフザー) is a shark-like Demon Gate who creates floods of poisonous water with his curse, Depths of Hell's Darkness (天地晦冥), and turns his body harder than iron. He is voiced by Masaki Terasoma in Japanese and Randy E. Aguebor in English.
 * Ezeru (エゼル) is a Demon Gate with multiple arms that cut through anything via his curse, the Five Swords Under Heaven (天下五剣). He is voiced by Hiroshi Tsuchida in Japanese and Ben Bryant in English.
 * Seira (セイラ) is a horned female Demon Gate who controls people's bodies by using her curse, Macro (命令). She is also Kyôka's romantic partner. Seilah is voiced by Aki Toyosaki in Japanese and Michelle Rojas in English.
 * Kīsu (キース) is a skeletal Demon Gate who uses the Necromancer (死人使い) curse to reanimate human corpses for battle or experimentation. He is voiced by Jouji Nakata in Japanese and Doug Jackson in English.
 * Tenpesutā (テンペスター) is a bestial Demon Gate who utters imitative words that invoke natural disasters. He suffers from amnesia due to repeated resurrections, while his deaths leave clouds of toxic Devil Particles (魔障粒子). He is voiced by Takahiro Mizushima in Japanese and Ian Moore in English.
 * Jienma Ōrando (ジエンマ・オーランド) is Minerva's cruel father and Saber Tooth's initial master, who joins Tartaros as a demon after being expelled and replaced by Sting Eucliffe. Ziemma is voiced by Eiji Miyashita in Japanese and John McCalmont in English.

Acnologia
Acnologia (アクノロギア) is one of the series' overarching antagonists, a black dragon known as the "Dragon King" (竜の王) who wreaks apocalyptic destruction across Earth-land. Originally an unnamed human Dragon Slayer who hates dragons for the slaughter of his family and other innocents, Acnologia transformed into a dragon after driving the species to near extinction in the Dragon King Festival (竜王祭), a 400-year-old historic event. As the "Dragon of Magic" (魔竜), he possesses no elemental Dragon Slayer trait, which grants him resistance to all forms of magic; he is also able to switch between his human and "dragonified" forms at will. Eventually, after his dragon body and human spirit become separated by the space between time, Acnologia is killed in a final showdown against Ishgal's wizards after Lucy seals his body within Fairy Sphere, allowing Natsu to destroy his spiritual form with the combined magic of his fellow Dragon Slayers. Acnologia is voiced by Kōsuke Toriumi in Japanese and J. Michael Tatum in English.

Alvarez Empire
The Alvarez Empire (アルバレス帝国) is a massive military nation that is located west of Ishgal on the continent of Alakitasia, and constitutes the strength of 730 guilds over Ishgal's 500. Founded and ruled by Zeref under the alias "Spriggan" (スプリガン), the empire's main objective is to seize Ishgal and forcibly obtain Mavis Vermillion's power of Fairy Heart to use against Acnologia. Zeref's personal guard is the Spriggan 12 (スプリガン12), whose powers surpass Ishgal's Ten Wizard Saints. Its members are:


 * Ōgasuto (オーガスト) is the Spriggan 12's elderly general and strongest member, who instantly acquires any "caster-type" spell he sees via copying magic. He is also Zeref and Mavis's unknown son. August is voiced by Yoshito Yasuhara in Japanese and Bruce DuBose in English.
 * Airīn Beruserion (アイリーン・ベルセリオン) is a High Enchanter (高位付加術士) who can infuse magic power into anything, rivaling August in strength. She is also Erza Scarlet's centuries-old "dragonified" mother, and the inventor of Dragon Slayer magic, who abandoned her daughter after being driven insane by her transformation. After committing suicide, Irene is revealed in 100 Years Quest to have copied her personality into Wendy Marvell's body to survive, and is eventually reincarnated in Edolas as Mystogan and Erza Nightwalker's daughter. Irene is voiced by Takako Honda in Japanese and Rachel Robinson in English.
 * Goddo Serena (ゴッドセレナ) is a Dragon Slayer who wields eight different elemental powers at once. Originally Ishgal's top-ranking Wizard Saint, he defects to Alvarez to personally fight Acnologia, but is killed almost immediately during their confrontation. In 100 Years Quest, an alchemically created clone of God Serena appears as a member of Gold Owl. God Serena is voiced by Kazuyuki Okitsu in Japanese and David Matranga in English.
 * Burandisshu Myū (ブランディッシュ・μ) is a young woman whose Command T (コマンドT) magic alters the size and mass of anything. She is also the daughter of Grammi (グラミー), Layla Heartfilia's deceased friend who temporarily minded Aquarius's key. Brandish is voiced by Manami Numakura in Japanese and Amber Lee Connors in English.
 * Inberu Yura (インベル・ユラ) is Zeref's chief of staff, and an ice wizard who "freezes" people's minds to control their thoughts. He is voiced by Tomoaki Maeno in Japanese and Clay Wheeler in English.
 * Dimaria Iesuta (ディマリア・イエスタ) is a swordswoman who shares a turbulent friendship with Brandish. Her "God Soul" (ゴッドソウル) Takeover gives her the form and time-stopping abilities of the god Chronos. DiMaria is voiced by Natsumi Fujiwara in Japanese and Meli Grant in English.
 * Ajiīru Ramuru (アジィール・ラムル) is a sand wizard who conjures colossal golems and city-engulfing sandstorms. He is also the grandson of Alvarez's minister of state, Yajeel (ヤジール). Ajeel is voiced by Hiromichi Tezuka in Japanese and Josh Bangle in English.
 * Wāru Īhito (ワール・イーヒト), a mechanical wizard and alchemist whose magic, Weakness (ウィークネス), constructs robotic soldiers designed to exploit his opponents' weaknesses. The character's name is a pun on the Japanese term warui hito (悪い人). Wall is voiced by Yō Kitazawa in Japanese and Derick Snow in English.
 * Buraddoman (ブラッドマン) is a demonic entity whose body is composed of toxic Devil Particles, and who shares the same powers as the elite members of Tartaros. He is voiced by Kenichirō Matsuda in Japanese and Brad Hawkins in English.
 * Nainharuto (ナインハルト) is a man who creates Historias (ヒストリア), lifelike replicas of deceased figures from people's memories, which fight on his behalf. He is voiced by Kōsuke Ōnishi in Japanese and Kyle Igneczi in English.
 * Jeikobu Resshio (ジェイコブ・レッシオ) is an assassin who uses the magic Stealth (ステルス) to conceal his presence and see invisible figures such as Mavis. He is voiced by Makoto Tamura in Japanese and Bryan Massey in English.
 * Rākeido Doraguniru (ラーケイド・ドラグニル) is an Etherious and prototype for E.N.D. who believes himself to be Zeref's son, using deadly powers that exploit humans' cardinal desires for sex, food, and sleep. He is voiced by Kenshō Ono in Japanese and Jason Liebrecht in English.

Mashima has considered the Spriggan 12 to be the strongest characters in the series, describing their abilities as "cheating magic" that other authors would generally avoid using to preserve the framework of the story. While determining the number of members, Mashima argued against his editor's suggestion of using five or six members as opposed to twelve, citing "a bit of a secret reason for it". He designed Jacob Lessio after an actor he "really liked", and bemoaned that his role was smaller than initially planned. Irene Belserion's role as the "mother of Dragon Slayers" was determined by "well before" her debut, but Mashima did not decide on her relationship with Erza until after the former's confrontation with Acnologia. Mashima has noted the popularity of God Serena and the team's female members, particularly Brandish μ, while considering Jacob to be his personal favorite member of the team.

Five Dragon Gods
The Five Dragon Gods (五神竜) are the central antagonists of Fairy Tail: 100 Years Quest, being a group of dragons who survived the Dragon King Festival by fleeing to Guiltina to hide from Acnologia. They are each considered to have become as strong as Acnologia since then, and are viewed as deities by Guiltina's citizens. Several of the dragons have the ability to assume humanoid forms. To prevent them from causing a potential catastrophe, the object of the 100 Years Quest is for wizards to seal the dragons away, either by killing them or neutralizing their power.

Ignia
Ignia (イグニア), the Fire Dragon God (炎神竜), is Igneel's biological son and Natsu Dragneel's adoptive brother, who is notorious in Guiltina for burning down countless countries. Having trained himself to defeat Acnologia as a test of his own strength, he aims to turn Natsu into a worthy opponent for himself after learning of his victory over Acnologia, a feat that disappoints Ignia due to Natsu's reliance on his friends' power to achieve it.

Mercphobia
Mercphobia (メルクフォビア) is the Water Dragon God (水神竜), worshiped by the people of the seaside town Ermina for his power over the ocean. He is a peaceful dragon who abandoned his cruel and violent nature after rescuing Karameel (カラミール), a human girl with whom he lives. However, his diminishing control over his magic causes the tide to submerge Ermina at night, leading him to transform its citizens into fish to help them survive. After falling under Faris's control, he goes on a mindless rampage in his dragon form until Natsu defeats him with Ignia's power, which permanently turns Mercphobia into a powerless human and allows him to continue living peacefully in Ermina.

Aldoron
Aldoron (アルドロン) is the Wood Dragon God (木神竜), whose gargantuan body serves as the foundation of Drasil, Guiltina's largest city. The humans of Drasil provide nutrients for Aldoron, who sleeps to regain his strength after nearly being killed by Acnologia. Each of Drasil's five towns houses an orb that seals Aldoron's power, causing him to awaken when the orbs are destroyed by Faris and Diabolos, who are misled by Selene's false claims that doing so would weaken him. Aldoron is protected by five humanoid trees called God Seeds (ゴッドシード), with the strongest of them serving as Aldoron's brain and avatar. Aldoron is gradually weakened by each God Seed's destruction, resulting in his death when Natsu defeats his avatar.

Selene
Selene (セレーネ) is the Moon Dragon God (月神竜), who possesses power over the moon and stars, as well as the ability to freely travel between different parallel worlds. She manipulates Faris into helping her ravage Earth-land with the Five Dragon Gods for her own entertainment.

Viernes
Viernes (ビエルネス) is the Gold Dragon God (金神竜), whose powers and abilities are unknown.

Gold Owl (黄金の梟)

Dogramag
Dogramag (ドグラマグ), the Earth Dragon God (土神竜), is a sixth Dragon God killed by Elefseria prior to the 100 Years Quest's issuing, being the weakest of the dragons. His remains are the source of the Great Labyrinth of Dogra, a constantly expanding underground labyrinth made of indestructible stone. As Ignia's friend and collaborator, Dogramag revives himself by storing his life force within Elefseria's disembodied heart, which he consumed during their earlier battle. He is killed by Natsu after Selene helps Fairy Tail destroy a set of magic cores throughout the labyrinth that render Dogramag invincible.

Athena
Athena (アテナ)

Diabolos
Diabolos (ディアボロス)

Jellal Fernandes
Jellal Fernandes (ジェラール・フェルナンデス) is Erza Scarlet's childhood friend and fellow slave from the Tower of Heaven, who betrays her when he is brainwashed by Ultear ten years before the series' start. He first appears as Siegrain (ジークレイン), a Wizard Saint and member of the Magic Council whose Heavenly Body Magic (天体魔法) gives him spells associated with astronomical objects, increasing his speed and producing powerful energy attacks. Jellal manipulates Erza, their friends, and the Council into helping him complete the tower and revive the supposedly deceased Zeref, killing his friend Simon in the process. After Natsu Dragneel defeats him, Jellal is resuscitated by Wendy Marvell on behalf of the Oración Seis, but suffers from amnesia. Tormented with guilt upon learning of his crimes, he aids Fairy Tail's alliance against the Oración Seis before being arrested by the Council. He forms Crime Sorcière as its leader one year later after regaining his memories and being freed from prison by Ultear and Merudy.

Mashima created Jellal's design, abilities, and initial name "Siegrain" as a reference to Sieg Hart, a character from his earlier series Rave Master. Jellal is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa in Japanese, and by Robert McCollum in English.

Ultear Milkovich
Ultear Milkovich (ウルティア・ミルコビッチ) is Ur's daughter and a practitioner of the Arc of Time (時のアーク), a Lost Magic that alters the temporal state of objects. She also uses Ice Make magic inherited from her mother. First appearing on the Magic Council as Jellal's subordinate, she is later revealed to have brainwashed Jellal into becoming a scapegoat for her dark guild, Grimoire Heart. She initially seeks to travel back in time with Zeref's power and kill Ur, whom she resents for supposedly abandoning her at a research facility and replacing her with Gray Fullbuster and Lyon Vastia as a child, unaware that Ur was deceived into believing her daughter was dead. Ultear reforms upon learning the truth from her liquefied mother's memories in the ocean while battling Gray on Sirius Island. Seven years later, Ultear retires from Crime Sorcière after casting "Last Ages" (ラストエイジス), a time-reversing spell that ages her into an elderly woman, while also creating a phantasm of herself that manifests when time is frozen. Ultear is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in Japanese, and by Lydia Mackay in English.

Blue Pegasus
Blue Pegasus (青い天馬) is a wizard guild that consists mostly of attractive men and women. Their master, Bob (ボブ), is a cross-dressing man and former teammate of Makarov Dreyar from Fairy Tail. Leo and Aries' original owner, Karen Lilica (カレン・リリカ), is a posthumous member of the guild. Blue Pegasus becomes one of Fairy Tail's allies after cooperating with them, Lamia Scale, and Cait Shelter against the Oración Seis. Laxus Dreyar and the Raijin Tribe temporarily join Blue Pegasus during Fairy Tail's dissolution after the battle with Tartaros.


 * Ichiya Vandalay Kotobuki (一夜＝ヴァンダレイ＝寿) is Blue Pegasus's strongest wizard, described as the black sheep of the guild for his short and unattractive appearance. He uses magic perfumes with varying effects, such as increasing his physical strength and muscle mass. Mashima called Ichiya "a really fun character", although he later admitted to have "completely and fully forgotten" about Ichiya during his introductory story arc. Ichiya is voiced by Show Hayami in Japanese and Chris Guerrero in English.
 * The Tri-Men (トライメンズ) are a trio of host wizards who serve as Ichiya's personal entourage.
 * Hibiki Reitisu (ヒビキ・レイティス) is a womanizer who uses a magic computer terminal to communicate and transfer information telepathically. He is voiced by Takashi Kondō in Japanese and Aaron Dismuke in English.
 * Ivu Tirumu (イヴ・ティルム) is a young man who uses snow magic and acts as "everyone's little brother". He is voiced by Fuyuka Ōura in Japanese; in English, he is voiced by Daniel Litwin in the 2009 and 2014 series, and by by Justin Briner in the 2018 series.
 * (レン・アカツキ) is a tanned tsundere man who uses air magic. He is voiced by Masaya Matsukaze in Japanese and Christopher Wehkamp in English.
 * Jenī Riaraito (ジェニー・リアライト) is a fashion model who uses Takeover magic to produce outfits with the properties of machines. She is voiced by Kaori Nazuka in Japanese and Elizabeth Maxwell in English.
 * (ニチヤ) is Ichiya's Exceed counterpart from Edolas, where he serves as captain of Extalia's royal guard. Ichiya recruits him as Blue Pegasus's "secret weapon" in the Grand Magic Games, not realizing his lack of combat ability. Nichiya is voiced by Show Hayami in Japanese and Chris Guerrero in English.

Lamia Scale
Lamia Scale (蛇姫の鱗) is a wizard guild led by Ohba Babasaama (オーバ・ババサーマ), a cantankerous old woman. A group of temporary deserters from the guild—Sherry Blendy, Yûka Suzuki, and Toby Orrolta—serve as Lyon Vastia's followers to take revenge against the demon Deliora for killing their families. The guild later becomes Fairy Tail's allies against the Oración Seis after Lyon joins. Wendy Marvell and Carla temporarily join the guild during Fairy Tail's dissolution, with Wendy forming the "Sky Sisters" (天空シスターズ) idol duo with her friend Sherria Blendy.

Jura Neekis
Jura Neekis (ジュラ・ネェキス) is Lamia Scale's most powerful wizard, whose magic transforms soil into iron-hard rock pillars. As one of the Ten Wizard Saints, Jura initially considers himself to be the weakest of the group before becoming the fifth most powerful over the next seven years. He leaves the guild to join the Magic Council after the previous councilors are assassinated by Tartaros. Jura is voiced by Yutaka Aoyama in Japanese and Kent Williams in English.

Lyon Vastia
Lyon Vastia (リオン・バスティア), named Lyon Bastia in the English anime dub, is Gray Fullbuster's rival and senior disciple under Ur who uses a variation of Ice Make to produce and command "living" ice golems. He first appears with the moniker "Reitei" (零帝) on Galuna Island, where he attempts to unseal the frozen demon Deliora with the intent to defeat it and fulfill his dream of surpassing Ur, blaming Gray for her sacrifice against Deliora ten years earlier. After Deliora dies upon its release, a reformed Lyon joins Lamia Scale. Lyon is voiced by Yūki Kaji in Japanese and Jerry Jewell in English.

Sherry Blendy
Sherry Blendy (シェリー・ブレンディ), spelled Sherry Blendy in the English anime, is a love-obsessed girl who uses the magic Doll Attack (人形撃) to manipulate non-human objects and beings. She also owns a giant rat named Angelica (アンジェリカ). Sherry eventually becomes engaged to Blue Pegasus member Ren Akatsuki and leaves Lamia Scale to marry him. Sherry is voiced by Yuka Iguchi in Japanese and Trina Nishimura in English.

Sherria Blendy
Sherria Blendy (シェリア・ブレンディ), named Shelia Blendi in the English anime dub, is a God Slayer and Sherry's younger cousin, whose Sky God Slayer Magic (天空の滅神魔法) produces black-colored winds and allows her to heal injuries, including her own. She loses her magical ability when her Third Origin—her magic's maximum potential—is unsealed by Ultear Milkovich in the war against the Alvarez Empire; she subsequently retrains as a wizard and begins to regain her magic one year later. Sherria is voiced by Yuka Iguchi in Japanese and Alison Viktorin in English.

Other Lamia Scale members

 * Yūka Suzuki (ユウカ・スズキ)
 * Tobī Oruoruta (トビー・オルオルタ)

Saber Tooth
Saber Tooth (剣咬の虎) is a guild that replaces Fairy Tail as Fiore's strongest magic guild seven years after Sirius Island's disappearance. Under its cruel master Ziemma Orland (ジエンマ・オーランド), the guild is only concerned with absolute strength. After ousting Ziemma and losing to Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games, the guild softens and becomes one of Fairy Tail's allies.

Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney
Sting Eucliffe (スティング・ユークリフ) and Rogue Cheney (ローグ・チェニー), collectively known as the Twin Dragons (双竜), are a duo of "third generation" Dragon Slayers tutored by the dragons Weisslogia (バイスロギア) and Skiadram (スキアドラム), respectively, in addition to receiving dragon lacrima implants for greater power. As a method of providing experience, the two are given false memories of killing their dragons during their childhood. Along with Natsu Dragneel, Gajeel Redfox, and Wendy Marvell, the two are later revealed to be children sent 400 years from the past through Eclipse, Zeref's time travel gate, in their dragons' plan to kill Acnologia.

Sting, the "White Dragon" (白竜), creates lasers and bursts of sacred light with White Dragon Slayer Magic (白の滅竜魔法). He arrogantly aims to surpass his idol Natsu in the Grand Magic Games to fulfill a childhood promise to his partner, Lector. After Natsu defeats him in battle, Sting is humbled and forfeits the tournament's deciding match to Fairy Tail. Following the tournament, Sting replaces Ziemma as guild master to improve Saber Tooth's relations within the guild. He later absorbs Rogue's shadow magic to enter "White Shadow Dragon Mode" (モード白影竜) during the war against the Alvarez Empire. Sting is voiced by Takahiro Sakurai in Japanese and Michael Jones in English.

Rogue, the "Shadow Dragon" (影竜), uses Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic (影の滅竜魔法) to cloak himself and transform into shadows. He is also Gajeel's former disciple, naming himself "Lios" (ライオス) in his youth. Rogue is stoic in nature, but is openly affectionate to his Exceed partner, Frosch. An alternate timeline version of Rogue appears during the Grand Magic Games, using Eclipse to travel seven years from the future. Corrupted by his own magic following Gray Fullbuster's killing of Frosch in his timeline, "Future Rogue" manipulates Hisui E. Fiore into unleashing a horde of dragons from the past, intending to supplant Acnologia as the Dragon King. He is sent back to his original timeline when Eclipse is destroyed by Natsu, who averts Frosch's death to prevent the present-day Rogue's corruption. Rogue is voiced by Kenichi Suzumura in Japanese and Garrett Storms in English.

Yukino Agria
Yukino Agria (ユキノ・アグリア) is a novice Saber Tooth member and Celestial Wizard who owns the zodiac spirits Pisces, Libra, and Ophiuchus. She is temporarily expelled from the guild by Ziemma after losing to Kagura Mikazuchi in the Grand Magic Games, but is reinstated by Sting after the tournament. In the interim, Yukino aids the kingdom's Eclipse Project as a provisional sergeant, hoping to prevent the childhood abduction of her older sister, Sorano. Yukino later reunites with Sorano during the war against the Alvarez Empire. Yukino is voiced by Fuyuka Ōura in Japanese; in English, her name is Yukino Aguria and she is voiced by Mallorie Rodak.

Minerva Orland
Minerva Orland (ミネルバ・オーランド) is Ziemma's daughter, who endures harsh childhood training from her father to become Saber Tooth's most powerful wizard. Her Territory (絶対領土) magic grants her the ability to teleport and attack anything in her field of vision. She also practices a set of highly destructive spells called the Magics of the Yakuma Eighteen Battle Gods (ヤクマ十八闘神魔法). She joins the dark guild Succubus Eye (夢魔の眼) to exact revenge against Erza Scarlet for her loss in the Grand Magic Games, which leads to Minerva's induction into Tartaros as a demon named Neo-Minerva (ネオ・ミネルバ). After losing the will to continue her rivalry with Erza, she reforms and is reinstated into Saber Tooth. Minerva is voiced by Kikuko Inoue in Japanese and Anastasia Muñoz in English.

Other Saber Tooth members

 * Rekutā (レクター) and Furosshu (フロッシュ) are Sting and Rogue's Exceed partners, respectively.
 * Rūfasu Roa (ルーファス・ロア)
 * Oruga Nanagia (オルガ・ナナギア)
 * Sorano Aguria (ソラノ・アグリア) is Yukino's older sister, introduced as an Oración Seis member codenamed "Angel" (エンジェル) who later joins Crime Sorcière. She is initially 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. In 100 Years Quest, she joins Saber Tooth to reunite with Yukino. Sorano is voiced by Fuyuka Ono in Japanese, and by Lindsay Seidel in English.

Crime Sorcière
Crime Sorcière (魔女の罪) is an independent guild that Jellal Fernandes, Ultear Milkovich, and Merudy form as fugitives during Sirius Island's seven-year disappearance, devised to atone for their lifelong misdeeds by combating Zeref and anyone who attempts to use his power for evil. Over the course of the series, the guild expands to include Brain's followers from the Oración Seis. The guild disbands after its members are pardoned for their participation in the war against the Alvarez Empire.

Other Crime Sorcière members
Merudy (メルディ) is a girl who uses the Magilty Sense (マギルティ＝センス) to connect the physical and emotional sensations of two or more people, create energy blades that directly affect people's pain receptors, and amalgamate wizards' magic into others. Introduced as a young child from Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory, Merudy is strongly attached to Ultear, the team's leader, who saved her from an attack on her home. She is devastated when she learns that Ultear spearheaded the attack, but forgives her when Ultear attempts suicide out of remorse. Eight years later, a teenage Merudy participates in the final battle against Acnologia by gathering magic from wizards across Ishgal to power Lucy Heartfilia's Fairy Sphere spell.

Mashima created the character to be the weakest member of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, and was surprised by her popularity among readers, ranking her second among those who defied his expectations. He said the character's name "just sort of came to [him]", and regretted using it after realizing it belonged to a character from "an old RPG [he] used to play". Merudy is voiced by Saori Gotō in Japanese. In English, her name is Meldy and she is voiced by Bryn Apprill.


 * Erikku (エリック), codenamed "Cobra" (コブラ), is an Oración Seis member and second-generation Dragon Slayer with hyper-sensitive hearing and Poison Dragon Slayer Magic (毒の滅竜魔法). He commands a giant, winged snake named Cubellios, whose true form is Kinana. He joins his fellow Dragon Slayers in the final battle against Acnologia, after which he and Kinana enter a relationship following Crime Sorcière's pardon. Cobra is voiced by Atsushi Imaruoka in Japanese, and by Jarrod Greene in English.
 * Sōyā (ソーヤー), codenamed "Racer" (レーサー), is a speed-obsessed Oración Seis member capable of slowing time around himself to appear faster than the naked eye. He gains the power of genuine super speed seven years later. Racer is voiced by Junji Majima in Japanese, and by Jeff Plunk in English.
 * Richādo Bukyanan (リチャード・ブキャナン), codenamed "Hoteye" (ホットアイ), is an Oración Seis member and Wally Buchanan's angular-faced older brother. He can magically liquefy the ground around himself, and his "Heaven's Eye" (天眼) ability allows him to see through solid objects. He becomes obsessed with money to search for Wally, but Nirvana's influence returns him to his normal, benevolent self. Hoteye is voiced by Kazuya Ichijō in Japanese, and by Chris Cason in English.
 * Makubesu (マクベス), codenamed "Midnight" (ミッドナイト), is Brain's strongest subordinate. His magic is Reflector (屈折), which deflects others' magic, distorts objects, and refracts light to create illusions. Midnight is voiced by Kōki Uchiyama in Japanese, and by Micah Solusod in English.

Mermaid Heel
Mermaid Heel (人魚の踵) is an all-women guild that participates in the Grand Magic Games, and later assists Fairy Tail in the war against the Alvarez Empire.


 * Kagura Mikazuchi (カグラ・ミカヅチ) is Mermaid Heel's most powerful wizard and Simon's younger sister. She uses gravity magic to alter the strength and direction of gravity for any specified target. She also wields the katana "Archenemy" (不倶戴天), which she forges to kill Jellal Fernandes for causing her brother's death. She eventually abandons her hatred to save Jellal from drowning in the war against the Alvarez Empire. Kagura is voiced by Saori Hayami in Japanese and Jenny Ledel in English.
 * Millianna (ミリアーナ) is one of Erza and Jellal's childhood friends from the Tower of Heaven who are manipulated by Jellal into betraying Erza. She has an obsession with cats, and uses binding magic to create magic-sealing tubes. She joins Mermaid Heel to take revenge against Jellal, but falters after learning about his brainwashing by Ultear Milkovich. Millianna is voiced by Yukiyo Fujii in Japanese and Alexis Tipton in English.
 * Alaña Web (アラーニャ・ウェブ) is a woman who uses thread magic to create spider silk. She is voiced by Harumi Sakurai in Japanese and Vanessa DeSilvio in English.
 * Lisley Law (リズリー・ロー) is an overweight woman who uses the magic Gravity Change (重力変化) learned from Kagura to run along walls and slim her own body. She is voiced by Miki Narahashi in Japanese and Liza Gonzalez in English.
 * Beth Vanderwood (ベス・バンダーウッド) is a country girl who magically sprouts giant vegetables to attack. She is voiced by Rie Murakawa in Japanese and Mikaela Krantz in English.

Quatro Cerberus
Quatro Cerberus (四つ首の番犬) is a wizard guild led by Goldmine (ゴールドマイン), an associate of Makarov Dreyar from their youth. Its members are all men with fierce and wild personalities. The guild participates in the Grand Magic Games, where they perform poorly and are forced to rename themselves "Quatro Puppy" (四つ首の仔犬) for most of the tournament after losing a bet to Elfman Strauss.


 * Bacchus Glowe (バッカス・グロウ) is Quatro Cerberus's strongest wizard. His fighting style, Drunk Pigua Quan (酔・劈掛掌), is a combination of Piguaquan and drunken boxing that he uses while condensing magic power into his palms. Bacchus is voiced by Kenjiro Tsuda in Japanese and Chris Hury in English.
 * Rocker (ロッカー) is a punk rock wizard who turns his limbs into drills. He is voiced by Eiji Miyashita in Japanese.
 * Warcry (ウォークライ) is a pelt-wearing wizard who enhances his own strength when he cries. He is voiced by Yoshimitsu Shimoyama in Japanese.
 * Yeager (イエーガー) is a muscular wizard who uses plant-growing magic. He is voiced by Eiji Sekiguchi in Japanese.
 * Nobarly (ノバーリ) is a bandana-wearing wizard with a long nose. He is voiced by Masaki Kawanabe in Japanese.
 * Semmes (セムス) is a wizard who dresses as a robot. He is voiced by Yoshimitsu Shitayama in Japanese.

Kingdom of Fiore
The Kingdom of Fiore (フィオーレ王国) is a country in Ishgal that serves as the primary setting of Fairy Tail. Its king is Toma E. Fiore (トーマ・E・フィオーレ), who works incognito as "Mato" (マトー), the pumpkin mascot and referee of the kingdom's annual Grand Magic Games (大魔闘演武) tournament, identified by his verbal tic, "Punkin" (カボ). The kingdom also employs a team of wizards called the Hungry Wolf Knights (餓狼騎士団), who execute prisoners sentenced to the city's labyrinthine dungeon. With the exception of the knights' leader, "Scythe" (カマ), the designs of the other four members – Uosuke (ウオスケ), Neppa (ネッパー), Cosmos (コスモス), and Kamika (カミカ) – were submitted by readers as part of a contest in the book Chotto Moorimashita.

Hisui E. Fiore
Hisui E. Fiore (ヒスイ・E・フィオーレ) is King Toma's daughter and Fiore's crown princess, whose name is derived from the Japanese word for "jade" (翡翠). She organizes a plan to use Zeref's time machine, the Eclipse Gate, to travel 400 years back in time and kill him in his mortal state. However, her actions unwittingly unleash a swarm of dragons from the past onto the kingdom, which creates a series of overlapping timelines: one where Lucy Heartfilia travels from the immediate future to prevent Hisui's plan, and the current timeline where Rogue Cheney travels from seven years further ahead to thwart Lucy by killing her and manipulating Hisui. One year after the war against the Alvarez Empire, Hisui ascends the throne as queen in place of her retired father.

Hisui is voiced by Suzuko Mimori in Japanese, and by Morgan Mabry in English.

Arcadios
Arcadios (アルカディオス) is the captain of the Cherry Blossom Holy Knights (桜花聖騎士団), a division of the Fiore Royal Army. He initially appears to have a villainous obsession with Zeref, resorting to attempted kidnapping of Lucy to use her zodiac keys as part of the Eclipse Plan. However, after he is imprisoned by his reluctant accomplice, minister of state Darton (ダートン), to prevent the plan's ramifications on the timeline, Arcadios's fanaticism is revealed to be a ruse to protect Princess Hisui's identity as the plan's true organizer, and he is acquitted.

Arcadios is voiced by Takaya Kuroda in Japanese. In English, he is voiced by Major Attaway in the 2009 and 2014 series, and by Gabe Kunda in the 2018 series.

Magic Council
The Magic Council (魔法評議院) is an organization that administers the legal guilds in Ishgal. Initially chaired by Crawford Theme (クロフォード・シーム), the council's members have little tolerance for Fairy Tail's property-damaging tactics, despite their role in handling criminals and monsters that threaten the peace. Members of the council include Jellal Fernandes and Ultear Milkovich, two of its younger members, who manipulate the other councilors into using the superweapon Etherion (エーテリオン) to activate the Tower of Heaven. Seven years after the disgraced council is reorganized under Grand Doma (グラン・ドマ), Crawford betrays the councilors by informing Tartaros of Face (フェイス), a cross-continental network of pulse bombs designed to eliminate all magic in Ishgal, which results in the assassination of Crawford and most of the other councilors, who serve as the seals to Face. The council is reformed again using members of the Ten Wizard Saints, while Gajeel Redfox, Panther Lily, and Levy McGarden temporarily enter its service as custody officers during Fairy Tail's disbandment.

Yajima


Yajima (ヤジマ) is Makarov Dreyar's longtime friend, and one of the few councilors to openly speak in Fairy Tail's defense. He possesses the magical ability to flatten his body. Although he avoids disgrace by opposing the firing of Etherion on the Tower of Heaven, Yajima retires to open a restaurant that frequently employs Fairy Tail's members for part-time work. In the anime adaptation and 100 Years Quest, he is depicted as a former member of Fairy Tail.

Lahar
Lahar (ラハール) is the commander of the council's custody division responsible for Jellal and the Oración Seis's arrest. He is also a colleague and friend of Mest Gryder, whom he knows by his council identity, "Doranbalt". Lahar is one of the casualties of Tartaros's bombing of the council's headquarters, with his and the other councilors' deaths motivating Mest to seek justice; this was changed from an early draft of the manga's "Tartaros Arc", where Mashima intended for Lahar to survive and act alongside Mest. In Japanese, Lahar is voiced by Hideyuki Hayama until episode 200, and by Shōhei Kajikawa in later appearances; in English, he is voiced by Christopher Bevins.

Celestial Spirits
Celestial Spirits (星霊) are beings that are contracted by celestial wizards such as Lucy Heartfilia, who use enchanted Gatekeys (門の鍵) to summon them for battle and other tasks. The spirits are immortal and possess various magic powers and abilities, but lose their power when they remain outside their realm for extended periods of time, which is fatal to them. Numerous spirits are summoned using store-bought silver Gatekeys, such as Nikora (ニコラ), a breed of "dog" spirits that are kept as pets. There are also twelve unique golden keys that summon more powerful spirits based on the zodiacal constellations, including Leo, the true form of Loke.


 * The Seireiō (星霊王) is an all-powerful spirit who governs the Celestial World. He is capable of being summoned through the sacrifice of a golden zodiac key belonging to a spirit who shares a strong bond with their summoner. The Celestial Spirit King is voiced by Norio Wakamoto in Japanese and Cole Brown in English.
 * Purū (プルー) is a Nikora spirit owned by Lucy. He is identical to the character of the same name from Hiro Mashima's earlier manga Rave Master. Plue is voiced by Saori Gotō in Japanese; in English, he is voiced by Majken Bullard from episodes 1 through 48, and by Monica Rial in subsequent episodes.
 * Akueriasu (アクエリアス) is a foul-tempered mermaid who uses an urn that unleashes massive torrents of water on her target. She is one of Lucy's first spirits, inherited from her deceased mother, Layla. During Fairy Tail's battle against Tartaros, Lucy reluctantly sacrifices her key to summon the Celestial Spirit King, and sets out to find her newly reformed key in 100 Years Quest. Aquarius is voiced by Eri Kitamura in Japanese and Jessica Cavanagh in English.
 * Taurosu (タウロス) is a perverted minotaur who wields a battle axe and has superhuman strength. He is one of Lucy's spirits at the start of the series. He is voiced by Eiji Sekiguchi in Japanese and Jeremy Inman in English.
 * Kyansā (キャンサー), whom Lucy owns at the start of the series, is a humanoid hairdresser with six crab legs protruding from his back. He is voiced by Yoshimitsu Shimoyama in Japanese and Will Short in English.
 * Barugo (バルゴ) is a masochistic woman dressed like a maid who burrows rapidly underground. She is owned by the corrupt Duke Everlue (エバルー), assuming the form of a giant "gorilla" woman to suit his tastes, until she joins Lucy after his arrest. Virgo is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in Japanese and Terri Doty in English.
 * Sajitariusu (サジタリウス) is a tall man who wears a horse costume and possesses superb archery skills. Lucy acquires his key as Fairy Tail's reward for completing the S-Class mission on Galuna Island. He is voiced by Masaki Kawanabe in Japanese and Wilbur Penn in English.
 * Ariesu (アリエス) is a timid young woman with sheep horns who conjures wool clouds that subdue her opponents. Abused by her original owner, Karen Lilica, she is taken by Karen's killer, Angel, before coming under Lucy's ownership. She is voiced by Sayaka Narita in Japanese and Didi Archilla in English.
 * Jemini (ジェミニ) are small twin spirits who mimic the appearances and abilities of others, and can also read their minds. They are used by Angel before abandoning her for Lucy. In Japanese, the male twin Gemi (ジェミー) is voiced by Yukiyo Fujii, and the female twin Mini (ミニー) by Kanami Satō; in English, they are voiced by Heather Walker and Michelle Rojas, respectively.
 * Sukōpion (スコーピオン) is a man with a sand-firing cannon shaped like a scorpion tail. He is also Aquarius's boyfriend, and one of Angel's spirits who comes under Lucy's ownership. He is voiced by Daisuke Kishio in Japanese; in English, he is voiced by Andrew Chandler in the 2009 and 2014 series, and by Kyle Phillips in the 2018 series.
 * Kapurikōn (カプリコーン) is an anthropomorphic goat and martial artist who dresses like a butler. Originally belonging to Layla, he becomes possessed by her attendant Zoldio and unwillingly becomes a member of Grimoire Heart named "Caprico", later joining Lucy after being freed by Loke. Capricorn is voiced by Takaya Kuroda in Japanese and Michael Johnson in English.
 * Pisukesu (ピスケス) is a pair of mother and son fish that can assume humanoid forms, but are weakened by water. They are owned by Yukino Agria. In Japanese, the mother is voiced by Kanami Satō, and the son by Shōhei Kajikawa; in English, they are voiced by Stephanie Young and Justin Pate, respectively.
 * Raibura (ライブラ), one of Yukino's spirits, is a thinly-dressed woman who uses a pair of weighing scales to manipulate gravity. She is voiced by Saori Gotō in Japanese; in English, she is voiced by Krishna Smitha until episode 204, and by Marissa Lenti in later appearances.
 * Ofiukusu (オフィウクス) is a giant, mechanical snake spirit who is considered to be the "thirteenth" zodiac spirit, and is owned by Yukino. Ophiuchus is voiced by Asami Tano in Japanese and Carli Mosier in English.

Edolas
Edolas (エドラス) is a parallel universe that exists separately from Earth-land, the universe in which Fairy Tail takes place. It is inhabited by counterparts of Earth-land's residents, each with opposing personalities or traits such as age and species. It is also the home of Jellal Fernandes's counterpart, Mystogan, and Exceed such as Happy and Carla. As opposed to Earth-land, magic is a limited resource in Edolas and cannot be used as a natural ability by humans, who instead use items combined with magic-infused lacrima crystals siphoned from Earth-land through inter-dimensional Anima (アニマ) portals. Similarly, the Earth-land wizards are only able to use magic in Edolas after taking pills provided by Mystogan. The world's magic supply is permanently depleted when Mystogan reverses the Anima's effects to return the stolen magic.

Edolas Fairy Tail
A version of Fairy Tail exists in Edolas as a dark guild because of Faust's abolition of wizard guilds. Among its members are Natsu Dragyon (ナツ・ドラギオン), Natsu Dragneel's timid counterpart and the guild's vehicle expert; Lucy Ashley (ルーシィ・アシュレイ), a boyish and intimidating version of Lucy Heartfilia; Gray Sorloge (グレイ・ソルージュ), an overdressed version of Gray Fullbuster who harbors unrequited feelings for Juvia Lockser's counterpart; and a teenage version of Wendy Marvell. In 100 Years Quest, Natsu and Gray are shown to have married Lucy and Juvia, respectively, with the former couple having a daughter, Nasha (ナーシャ), and the latter having a son, Greige (グレージュ).

Edolas Kingdom
The kingdom of Edolas is ruled by Faust (ファウスト) is the king of Edolas and Mystogan's father who obsessively steals Earth-land's magic to bestow eternal magic to his kingdom. The Earth-land wizards prevent Faust from committing genocide against the Exceed race using a giant lacrima formed from Magnolia's residents, battling the dragon-shaped mecha Doroma Anim (ドロマ・アニム) manned by the king. In the anime adaptation, Faust is revealed to be Makarov Dreyar's counterpart, based on a discarded plot point in the manga. He is voiced by Shinpachi Tsuji in Japanese and R. Bruce Elliott in English.

In addition to Panther Lily, the Edolas royal military commanders are:
 * Eruza Naitowōkā (エルザ・ナイトウォーカー), Erza Scarlet's ruthless counterpart who wields a transforming spear called the Ten Commandments, based on Haru Glory's sword from Rave Master. In 100 Years Quest, a reformed Knightwalker behaves as Mystogan's maid and gives birth to a reincarnated Irene Belserion. She is voiced by Sayaka Ohara in Japanese and Colleen Clinkenbeard in English.
 * Hyūzu (ヒューズ), who controls Faust's indoor amusement park attractions with a baton. He is voiced by Eiji Miyashita in Japanese and Josh Grelle in English.
 * Sugar Boy (シュガーボーイ), whose sword can turn anything into liquid. He is voiced by Yoshimitsu Shimoyama in Japanese and Duncan Brannan in English.
 * Bairo (バイロ), the chief of staff who carries various magical potions. He is voiced by Takashi Matsuyama in Japanese and Brad Venable in English.
 * Koko (ココ), Byro's young, barefoot aide. In 100 Years Quest, she has become commander of Panther Lily's military division. She is voiced by Rie Murakawa in Japanese and Felecia Angelle in English.

Exceed
The Exceed (エクシード) are a race of anthropomorphic cat-like beings from Edolas, where they reside on a floating island called Extalia (エクスタリア). With their shared Aera ability, they are the only natives of Edolas who naturally possess magic, for which they present themselves as angels to the humans of Edolas to protect themselves due to their history of being abused by humans. 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, which is later revealed to be a cover for an evacuation effort from Edolas's impending loss of magic. The entire Exceed race is transported to Earth-land after Mystogan reverses Edolas's anima.

Igneel
Igneel (イグニール)

His voice actor in the Japanese anime television series is Hidekatsu Shibata. In its English dub, he is initially voiced by Bob Magruder, who was replaced by Jim White following Magruder's death in 2015.

Ur
Ur (ウル)

Ur is voiced by Miyuki Sawashiro in Japanese and Kira Vincent-Davis in English.

Heartfilia family
Jude Heartfilia (ジュード・ハートフィリア)

Layla Heartfilia (レイラ・ハートフィリア)

Anna Heartfilia (アンナ・ハートフィリア)

Porlyusica
Porlyusica (ポーリュシカ)

Porlyusica is voiced by Shōko Tsuda in Japanese and Linda Young in English.

Zera
Zera (ゼーラ)

Zera is voiced by Kana Hanazawa in Japanese and Jeannie Tirado in English.

Elefseria
Elefseria (エレフセリア) is the founding master of Magia Dragon (魔陣の竜), Earth-land's first wizard guild, located on the northern continent of Guiltina. He serves as Fairy Tail's client for the 100 Years Quest, which he issued following a failed attempt at defeating the Five Dragon Gods by teaching himself Dragon Slayer magic, resulting in his transformation into a dragon. As such, he has remained alive for the 160 years since making his request, using magic to assume his original human appearance.

Notes and references

 * Japanese


 * Works cited
 * 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.




 * References