Fairy Tail (フェアリーテイル Feari Teiru) is a Japanese manga series by Hiro Mashima. It has been serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine since August 23, 2006 where it is still on-going. The individual chapters are being collected and published in tankobon volumes by Kodansha, with 23 released as of November 2010[update]. An anime produced by A-1 Pictures and Satelight was released in Japan on October 12, 2009. The series follows the adventures of the celestial wizard Lucy Heartfilia after she joins the Fairy Tail guild and teams up with Natsu Dragneel, who is searching for the dragon Igneel.The series was licensed for an English language release in North America by Del Rey Manga, which began releasing the individual volumes on March 25, 2008.
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Plot
A young celestial wizard, Lucy Heartfillia, runs away from home and travels to the land of Fiore to join the magical Fairy Tail Guild. Along the way, she meets Natsu Dragneel, a teenage boy looking for his foster parent, a dragon named Igneel, with his best friend, Happy the cat. Shortly after their meeting, Lucy is abducted by Bora of Prominence, who was posing as Salamander of Fairy Tail, to be sold as a slave. Natsu rescues her and reveals that he is the real Salamander of Fairy Tail and has the skills of a Dragon Slayer [fire type], an ancient magic. He offers her membership into the guild, which she gladly accepts. They, along with armored maiden Erza Scarlet, ice maker Gray Fullbuster, and Happy, become a team performing various missions offered to the Fairy Tail guild.Media
a.Manga
The series was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Rey Del Manga. The company released the first volume of the series on March 25, 2008. As of September 28, 2010, 12 volumes have been released.
b. Anime
The anime adaptation premiered on October 12, 2009. It is co-produced between A-1 Pictures and Satelight. From episode 1 through 11, the opening theme song is "Snow Fairy", performed by Funkist, while the ending theme song, "Kanpekigu-no ne", is performed by Watari Roka Hashiritai. The opening theme for episodes 12 through 24 is "S.O.W (Sense of Wonder)", performed by Idolling!!! and the ending theme is "Tsuioku Merry-Go-Round", performed by Onelifecrew. From episode 25 to 35, the opening theme was "Ft.", performed by Funkist, while the ending theme was "Gome ne Watashi", performed by Shiho Nanba. Also, the most recent opening theme song was shown in episode 36 being "R.P.G. ~Rockin' Playing Game" by SuG as the 4th opening to the series. "Kimi ga Iru Kara" performed by Mikuni Shimokawa also premiered on episode 36 as the 4th ending. Season 1 of Fairy Tail concluded on September 27, 2010. While a second season revealed by Mariya Ise on her blog will premier on October 11, 2010. Initially, the anime was supposed to last one season, but the series's massive popularity overturned this idea and thus it has continued. Also a new opening and ending was revealed with "Egao No Mahou" by Magic Party as the 5th opening to the series, and with "HOLY SHINE" by Daisy X Daisy as the 5th ending. The series currently has 53 episodes officially aired.c.Video games
An action video games for the PSP titled Fairy Tail: Portable Guild was unveiled at the 2009 Tokyo Game Show. The game was developed by and was released on June 3, 2010. A fighting game for the DS, titled Fairy Tail Gekitou! Madoushi Kessen was released on July 22, 2010.d.Music
As of July 2010, two original soundtrack CDs have been released. Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol. 1 was released on January 6, 2010, containing 36 songs from the anime. Fairy Tail Original Soundtrack Vol.2 was released on July 7, 2010, also containing 36 songs. The music for both these volumes were composed and arranged by Yasuharu Takanashi. Character singles were also produced. The first characters song single, featuring Natsu and Gray, was released on February 17, while the second single, featuring Lucy and Happy, was released on March 3, 2010.
Reception
In Japan, the fifth volume of Fairy Tail was ranked seventh in a list of the top ten manga, and the series once again placed seventh after the release of the sixth volume. About.com's Deb Aoki lists Fairy Tail as the best shōnen manga of 2008. It also won the 2009 Kondansha Manga Awards for shonen manga. It has also won The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation's Industry Awards in 2009 for best comedy manga.Characters
Protagonists
Natsu Dragneel
Natsu Dragneel (ナツ・ドラグニル Natsu Doraguniru) is the main male character of the series. Natsu has a carefree and reckless nature and constantly bickers with other members of the guild. He has a competitive relationship with frequent teammates Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet; Gray tends to insult Natsu, prompting frequent skirmishes, while Erza, an S-class wizard, represents a way for Natsu to prove how strong he is. Despite his reckless and headstrong nature, Natsu is a skilled tactician and can pick up on an opponent's abilities and weaknesses very quickly. He is also vehemently loyal to Fairy Tail, and does not allow anyone to sully its name. Natsu suffers from montion sickness from all modes of transportation, including trains, carriages, and people carrying him on their back; the only exception is being carried by Happy. He is voiced by Tetsuya Kakihara.
Happy
Lucy Heartfilia
Lucy Heartfilia (ルーシイ・ハートフィリア Rūshi Hatofiria) is the main female character of the series. She joins Fairy Tail at the start of the series, having always wanted to be a member. She is always teamed with Natsu when on a job, though the frequent battles they get involved in have left her wishing she could do an easy job by herself. Lucy is one of the saner and more stable members of Fairy Tail, often being the only one to recognize the absurdity of her teammate's actions. She is also very confident in her appearance and sex appeal, exuding a certain amount of vanity. Lucy comes from a wealthy family, her father owning a large valley that serves as his estate's garden, though later her father lost all fortune in one day. Because she is estranged from her father, she left him and his fortune after the death of her mother so that she could follow her own path. She is voiced by Aya Hirano. Her given name was inspired from The Beatles song "Lucy in the sky with Diamonds" .Lucy practices Celestial Spirit magic, a skill that allows her to summon spirits from another world using Gatekeys. Before she is allowed to use the key she must sign a contract with the spirit to decide upon when she is allowed to summon them. There are two types of keys: silver keys, which are common and of a large variety, and twelve extremely rare gold keys that open the "Twelve Gates of the Zodiac." Her Celestial Spirits have varying levels of power, with different ones suited for different tasks. For example, Aquarius can control water, while Taurus has enormous strength. She can summon multiple spirits (an uncommon ability) at once for short periods of time, but tires out easily when doing so. Lucy's main weakness is she cannot perform magic without her keys, although some of her spirits are able to be appear with or without being called out (Loki does that more often than others). Along with her keys, she also carries a whip which she is proficient with.
Gold Keys
- Aquarius: "The Water Bearer" is a long-haired mermaid that can only be summoned into a body of water. She is selfish and taunts Lucy, often attacking both Lucy and Lucy's enemies with a torrent of water. Scorpio is her boyfriend.
- Taurus: "The Golden Bull" is a minotaur with a white and black splotched coat and a nose ring. He wields a giant two-bladed axe. He is a pervert and constantly compliments Lucy's body.
- Cancer: "The Great Crab" is a hair stylist with crab-claw shaped hair. He has six large crab-legs that come out of his back and carries around scissors. When he is first summoned, Happy assumes that Cancer would end all of his sentences with kani (crab), but in reality, Cancer ends all of his sentences with ebi (shrimp). Cancer also has a crush on Erza, much to Lucy and Erza's annoyance in a similar manner to Taurus.
- Virgo: "The Virgin" is a maid with shackles and chains around her wrists. Her ability is to tunnel underground. Her appearance reflects her current master's preference: when introduced under the ownership of another wizard she looks giant and overweight, but she slims down after Lucy takes possession of her key. She's able to to appear in the real world at will like Loki does.
- Sagittarius: "The Archer" is a man wearing a horse costume that uses a bow and arrow. It is given to Lucy as a reward for saving Galuna Island. He ends his sentences with "moshi-moshi" (hello-hello).
- Leo: "The Lion" is actually Loki, who gives his key to Lucy after she helps him return to the spirit world. After he regains his former powers as a Celestial Spirit, Loki demonstrates that he is much stronger than he used to be when he was a member of Fairy Tail. Loki is also able to appear into the real world at will, without being called; he can sense when Lucy is in danger, and come assist her when needed.
- Scorpio: "The Scorpion" is a man with a cannon in the shape of a mechanical stinger, and hair split into two different colors. He is Aquarius' boyfriend, and was previously owned by Angel, a member of the Oracion Seis.
- Gemini: "The Twins" are two small imp-like creatures who can copy others in terms of appearances, abilities, and even thoughts. They were previously owned by Angel.
- Aries: "The Ram" is a young girl dressed in wool, and long boots. She looks up to Leo, and is very soft-spoken. She uses wool magic, which seem to have relaxing properties. She was previously owned by Angel, who killed her former master .
- Silver Keys
- Crux: "The Southernt Cross" is a large humanoid stone-made cross with a cross-shaped nose and mustache. He specializes in searching for information on different spirits and their masters.
- Horologium: "The Time Piece" is a living grandfather clock that is large enough for people to hide in. Lucy usually does this for shelter or as a mode of transportation. Once inside, Horologium speaks for her, ending every sentences with "my Mistress says", when Happy was once inside Horologium speaked for him too, ending his sentences with "he says". In dangerous situations, Horologium appears to have the ability to twist space inside itself in order to protect its master from the dangers in the outside world.
- Lyra: "The Harp" wears a bonnet, a dress, and has wings on her back. She sings about emotions and often likes to take requests.
- Nikora the Canis miror: "Nikora", named "Plue" by Lucy, resembles the same Plue from Hiro Mashima's previous work. He has no special abilities or powers, but needs very small amount of magic power to summon, and serves more as a pet for Lucy.
Gray Fullbuster
Gray Fullbuster (グレイ・フルバスター Gurei Furubasutāa) is a main character in the series. He frequently teams up with Lucy and Natsu when they go on a mission. Natsu and Gray have a very brotherly, albeit competitive, relationship, with Natsu picking a fight with Gray whenever he says something that might be seen as insulting. Lucy theorizes that their constant fights are a natural byproduct of the magic styles. He is voiced by Yuichi Nakamura.Gray was taught how to use ice-magic by Ul when he was a child after his parents were killed by Deliora. When Gray later attacked Deliora to seek revenge, Ul sacrifices herself to trap Deliora in ice and save Gray. During his training with Ul, Gray was forced to live in a snowy region wearing nothing but his underwear in order to get accustomed to the coldness of ice. Because of this he has developed the subconscious habit of removing his clothes at inappropriate times, as he is most comfortable without them. Gray is one of Fairy Tail's most talented wizards, and he is able to form static formations of ice with relative ease. Unlike his fellow student under Ul, Lyon, Gray uses both of his hands when forming ice since using only one hand can create unbalanced ice forms. After defeating Juvia, she falls in love with him and joins Fairy Tail to be with him. In the first few chapters, he was shown smoking, but apparently quits later on. He is terrified of Erza after she beat him up for walking around half-naked. His necklace is a replica of Rave from Hiro Mashima's previous work. Gray and Natsu can frequently be seen fighting when Erza is not around.
Erza Scarlet
Erza Scarlet (エルザ・スカーレット Eruza Sukaretto) is a main character in the series and one of Fairy Tail's S-class wizards. She is a very strong individual and can lift things weighing several tons with great ease. Erza is very stern and places great value on the rules of Fairy Tail; if someone steps out of line or is slow to do as she asks, she does not hesitate to punish them, so many characters are quick to apologize if they think that they have angered her. This comes up most often when Natsu and Gray start arguing, where they are quick to stop and make up if someone mentions Erza. Erza is not without compassion, however, and will do her best to make Natsu and Gray happy, even if it means delaying their punishment until later. She is voiced by Sayaka Ohara.As a child, Erza was one of the many slaves that constructed the Tower of Heaven. She was beaten frequently while there and eventually lost her right eye. She was eventually able to escape during a slave rebellion but was forced to leave her friends behind. Erza eventually arrived at Fairy Tail, which gave her a false eye and armor to wear so that she would never be beaten again, leading to her titles of "Titania Erza", meaning "Queen of the Fairies". Her desire for armor resulted in her "ex-quip" style of magic; with it she can instantly equip herself with armor or weapons in her vast arsenal. She is a talented warrior, being of comparable ability to guild leaders like Makarov. Most of magic that works through eyes (including illusions) work on her only half power and if she closes her left eye they don't work at all, because her right eye is artificial eye made by Porlyusica. Her name was adapted from Eru, a character from a one-shot short story by Mashima that served as the basis for Fairy Tail .
Fairy Tail
Fairy Tail is a guild of wizards that typically regard each other as family, though they are very violent towards one another. It is regarded as one of the strongest guilds, but due to the constant collateral damage during their missions, they do not have a very good reputation. It has been said that everyone in Fairy Tail carries the wounds of a sad past. The strongest members of the guild are called S-class, which are currently made up of Gildarts, a man said to be only second to Makarov, Luxus, Mystogan, Erza, and Mirajane.- Makarov (マカロフ Makarofu) is the aging master of Fairy Tail, who wishes to retire, although he believes none of the others are experienced enough. Hiro Mashima wanted his name to sound Russian. Makarov has a very laid back approach to leading Fairy Tail, and encourages its members to do what they think is right. He does not necessarily mind that Fairy Tail is renowned for its property damage, only issuing negligible punishments when it happens, but hates having to explain their actions to the Magic Council. Makarov, being a Wizard Saint, is one of the strongest wizards on the continent and can use a number of different magic forms and defeat most opponents with relative ease. His most common choice of magic causes him to turn into a giant, but when properly motivated to fight, he utilizes light magic, such as "Fairy Law", a spell with a large radius that can discern between friend and foe. He is voiced by Shinpachi Tsuji.
- Mirajane (ミラジェーン Mirajen), nicknamed "Mira" (and before she lost her powers also "Demon"), is a motherly waitress and cover girl of the guild, and sister of Elfman (エルフマン Erufuman), a large man obsessed with spouting speeches about "manhood", are two siblings who specialize in the "Take Over" style of magic, which allows for the user to transform into any monster that they have defeated. Mirajane's name comes from a video game Hiro Mashima was playing while he created her. After Lisanna, their younger sister, was thought to have sacrificed herself to return Elfman from an unsuccessful transformation. Mirajane, an S-class wizard, lost her will to use most magic, and Elfman became unable to transform anything more than his arms. Elfman eventually becomes able to fully transform in order to save his older sister, and Mirajane is able to unlock her abilities after seeing Fried mercilessly attack Elfman. Mirajane who initially used only basic transformation magic, but after regaining her abilities, she is able to use water magic and a demonic Take Over form. Mirajane is voiced by Ryoko Ono and Elfman is voiced by Hiroki Yatsumoto
- Loki (ロキ Roki) is very flirtatious with any and all attractive women, though he is very wary of Lucy because of her status as a Celestial Spirit wizard. He avoids her at all costs, but eventually confides in her that he is actually Leo of the Lion Palace, a traitorous Celestial Spirit banished to the human world for inadvertently killing his previous master, Karen Lilica, by forcibly drawing out his contract to make sure that she did not abuse any more spirits. He was slowly dying due to spirits being unable to stay in the human world for long, and when he becomes ready to accept his fate, Lucy convinces him and the Spirit King that he did the right thing. He forms a contract with her to thank her, and becomes able to forcibly summon himself to protect her. He is voiced by Daisuke Kishihio.
- Kana Alberona (カナ・アルベローナ Kana Aruberona) is a short tempered woman, who constantly drinks alcohol and utilizes card based magic. She has been with the guild since childhood, and she acts as a leader during times of emergency. While she is skilled enough to be recognized as a S-class mage, Kana has repeatedly failed the qualifying exam to her despair. She is voiced by Eri Kitamura. Her name was derived from Arcana, a classification for occult tarot cards which she also uses as part of her magic .
- Makao is a middle-aged man, who has a son named Romeo. When Romeo was picked on by some local bullies who accused all the wizards of Fairy Tail of being drunks, Romeo pleaded with his father to stop drinking and get another job; Makao did this, picking out a job at Mt. Hakobe to get rid of monkey-like monsters called Volcans. But even though Makao was able to beat 19 Bolcans in succession, he was possessed by a 20th who took over his body, turning the wizard into a Volcan. After being missing for a week, Natsu, Lucy and Happy volunteered to find him; they soon found him and, after beating the monster to a pulp, the possession wore off and Makao was back to himself.
- Luxus Dreyar (ラクサス・ドレアー Rakusasu Dorea) is Makarov's grandson, who believes that his grandfather needs to retire and pass the title of master to himself. He wears a pair of spiked headphones, often smokes cigars, and he has a lightning-shaped scar that runs down the right side of his face. Though he was kind and loving towards the guild during his childhood, the excommunication of his father and constantly being in the shadow of his grandfather caused him to begin strive to be the strongest and hate the "weak" members of the guild. Luxus utilizes Lightning Dragonslayer magic by using Lacrima crystals placed within his naturally weak body, though his father's original intentions were to remove and sell them. After a failed coup defeat, he is removed from the guild, though he leaves on good terms with Makarov. He is voiced by Katsuyuki Konishi.
- The Raijinshu act as the bodyguards of Laxus. All of them were previously indifferent to the other members of Fairy Tail and each has a magical ability hidden within their eyes. Fried Justine rarely visits the guild, and he utilizes various enchantments that force people to follow specific, and often unknown, rules within a specific area, or they suffer whichever consequences he decides. He also is able to use a sword to create sensations or realities by writing on his opponent and himself, such as causing "pain" or "fear", or growing "wings." Evergreen is a girl who joined the guild specifically because she dreamed of being a fairy as a child. She can turn opponents to stone with a glare, and she uses exploding dust and needles. Bixlow is a strange man capable of controlling five dolls by manipulating souls, immobilizing or destroing that dolls doesn't harm them because souls with which he controls dolls can be placed into any other objects. He can take over other people's souls by having them look into his eyes.
- Mystogan (ミストガン Misutogan) is extremely reclusive, fully cloaking every part of his body, and using sleeping spells while visiting the guild. He helps the guild from the background in most occasions, though he directly faces Laxus during his coup. He looks exactly like Jellal, being his counterpart as Jellal, the prince of the dimension of Edolas. After stopping the King of Edolas from stealing Earth Land's magic, Mystogan stays behind to govern Edolas.
- Gildarts Clive is an extremely powerful wizard, often called the strongest in Fairy Tail. When he returns to Magnolia Town, the entire city divides it self, due to Gildarts' magic that destroys anything he touches. He is also known for taking incredibly long and dangerous missions, one of which cost him his left arm, left leg, and an organ, due to being defeated by the black dragon. He mostly referred to as "Old Man" by the other members of Fairy Tail.
- Gajeel Redfox (ガジル・レッドフォックス Gajiru Reddofokkusu), nicknamed "Kurogane Gajeel", was originally the second strongest member of Phantom Lord, though he joins Fairy Tail after it is dispersed. He is initially not trusted by many of Fairy Tail's other wizards, having attacked the guild hall and several members during the conflict with his previous guild, but Gajeel eventually gains their trust. During this period, it's found that he was a double agent, giving Makarov information about his son, Luxus' father. He uses a variant of the dragonslayer style based around metal; he can turn his body into iron, shoot large steel rods, and gains strength by eating metal. He forms a rivalry with Natsu, having been defeated by him, and he is also looking for Metalicana, the dragon who taught him his magic.
- Juvia Loxar (ジュビア・ロクサー Jubia Rokusa) was initially one of the Element Four of Phantom Lord, but she develops feelings for Gray after he defeats her, which leads her to join Fairy Tail. She is able to control water and make it rain. Her body is made out of water, allowing her to easily reform from physical attacks. She becomes close with Lucy, whom Juvia incorrectly believes to be a rival for Gray's affection. Her name is derived from "Lluvia", the Spanish word for rain.
- Wendy is a young girl, formerly from the Cat Shelter guild. She travels with a female talking white cat, Charle. Wendy utilizes Sky Dragonslayer magic, which is the lost magic of healing. Her healing magic takes a large amount of energy, though she can replenish herself by eating air. She wishes to find her dragon, Grandine, who vanished at the same time as the other dragons, and wanted to meet Natsu, hoping he'd know about her. After joining Fairy Tail, Wendy forms a strong bond with Natsu and Gajeel, due to their shared abilities.
- Charle is a white Exceed who travels with Wendy, and is the princess of Extalia, though unknown to her. Like Happy, she uses "Aera" magic, but also gains the ability of precognition. Originally stuck-up and rude, especially to Happy, she eventually begins to open up and develops a friendship with Happy.
- Shadow Gear is a team made up of Levy McGarden, Jet, and Droy, who befriend Lucy after she joins the guild. Levy is able to solidify written words and have opponents experience the corresponding effect, such as throwing the word "fire" to cause a burning sensation. Jet can move at extremely high speeds, and Droy can manipulate rapid-growing plants. Both Jet and Droy have crushes on Levy, though she instantly rejects both of them.
- Lisanna is the younger sister of both Elfman and Mirajane. It appears that she has a similar to her siblings magic ability, but it's "Animal Take Over" rather then monster, for example she can transform herself into fish or her hands into wings. It was originally believed that she had died on a mission with her siblings, but in actuality, was brought to Edolas through Anima, a portal that can suck magic from one world to another. When Mystogan brings all of Edolas' magic to Earth Land, she is brought back to her own world, along with every other being with internal magic, and is reinstated back into Fairy Tail.
- Panther Lily is an Exceed who formerly worked under the King of Edolas as a tactician. Originally from Extalia, the home of the Exceed race, Panther Lily was banished after rescuing a human, Mystogan. After he, along with all of the other Exceed from Edolas, are brought to Earth Land via Anima, is adopted by Gajeel. Originally having a more humanoid appearance, his body structure changes to that of Happy and Charle after coming to Earth Land, though he is able to switch back to his original form for a short time.
- Mest is the supposed disciple of Mystogan. Not much is known about him or his magic. It is hinted that many members of Fairy Tail do not remember of any experiences with him in Fairy Tail, as Gray states when he cannot recall a time he and Mest ever fought. During the S-Class mage exam, he and Wendy are defeated by Gray and Loke; afterward, he reveals his real intentions to take part in the exam was to explore the secrets of Tenrou Island, where the exam is taking place.
Antagonists
Balam Alliance
The Balam Alliance is made up of the three most powerful Dark Guilds: Grimiore Heart, Oracion Seis, and Tartaros. Each of these guilds controls a vast number of lesser guilds, which keeps the underworld in order.The Oracion Seis is made up of only six members, but is greatly feared. The leader, Brain, uses dark magic and is the former teacher of Jellal. The markings on Brain's body prevent the release of his other personality, Zero. A marking disappears when a member of the Oracion Seis is defeated. Their trump card, Midnight, who can twist and distort objects, is constantly sleeping on a flying carpet, and the other members warn their enemies not to wake him. Racer, known for his speed, actually uses magic to slow down time for others within a certain radius to make him seem fast, and he can also summon magical motorcycles. Angel is a celestial spirit summoner, who killed Loki's former master and took her keys. She utilizes Gemini to copy others and read their minds. She also has access to Scorpio, and Aries, who is very close to Loki. Hoteye is a greedy man driven to find his lost brother, who uses magic from his eyes to warp the ground. Cobra, a man who carries a large snake with a very potent venom, uses artificial Poison Dragonslayer techniques, after injecting Dragon lacrima into his body. He also has the ability to read his opponent's hearts.
Jellal
Jellal (ジェラール Jeraru) is initially introduced under the alias of Siegrain, a young member of the Magic Council. His design is the same as that of Rave Master's Sieg Hart, Hiro Mashima's previous work, as a form of fan service. He was taken as a slave during his childhood, and along with Erza, rebelled against their captors. Their purpose was to create the "R-System", which would have been used to revive Zeref, the Black Wizard. Jellal was corrupted by Ultear, posing as Zeref in his mind, who promised power for "reviving" him. Together, the two work to rebuild the R-System, using several other former slaves to help them. After being defeated, he regains his senses and helps Erza and Natsu escape, and he is later found by his former teacher, Brain, who revives him to find Nirvana. Jellal loses his memory, only remembering Erza's name and the pain associated with it, and attempts to destroy Nirvana and himself to end the pain, though Erza manages to convince him to stop and keep on living. After the destruction of Nirvana the Magic Council soldiers arrive to arrest Jellal, much to everyone's dismay. He uses "Heavenly" magic that allows him to move and fly as quickly as a meteor, and he can create vortexes. He is voiced by Daisuke Namikawa.Eisenwald
Eisenwald is the first Dark Guild encountered by the series' heroes. The Magic Council had the guild's official status taken away six years before the start of the series, for taking illegal assassination jobs. In order to take revenge, the guild's leader Erigor, a master of wind magic nicknamed 'The Angel of Death', had his flunkies work to acquire an ancient magic flute called Lullaby, which killed anyone who heard it's song; their plan was to use the Lullaby to kill the assembled leaders of the Guilds in revenge for being kicked out. Although Erigor himself was defeated without getting the chance to pull the plan off, one of his minions, Kageyama, got close enough to use the Lullaby, but was talked out of it by Makarov. Annoyed by the humans' weakness, the flute transformed itself into a demon to do the job itself, but after a fight with Natsu, Gray and Erza was filled with so many holes it couldnt play the right note. After the demon was destroyed, the members of Eisenwald were rounded up and arrested; however, Erigor managed to escape before that.Phantom Lord
Phantom Lord is a wizard's guild and a long time rival of Fairy Tail. The guild master is Jose Porla, who is jealous of Fairy Tail's quick rise in fame and power. He uses magic to create soldiers that obey his every command. Fearing that the Fairy Tail will use Lucy Heartfilia's fortune to far surpass his guild, he quickly moves to capture her and use her to obtain her father's money. The second strongest member is Gajeel Redfox, who joins Fairy Tail after the guild is disbanded. The other strongest members are known as the "Element Four", which is made up of Sol, who uses earth magic to control sand and rocks, Aria, the strongest member, who uses air-type draining magic to debilitate foes, Juvia who controls water, and Totomaru, who can control the state and color of fire.Ultear (ウルティア Urutia) is initially a member of the Magic Council along with Siegrain, and she is a member of the Dark Guild, Grimoire Heart, under the leadership of Hades. She works under Jellal and helps him with his plan to revive Zeref. She takes up the role of the cloaked wizard, "Zalty", in order to help revive the Deliora, and she uses "lost magic", which allows her to manipulate time on any non-organic material. She later reveals that she was the one implanting the voice of Zeref into Jellal's mind in order to use him to overshadow the movements of the real Zeref, who is in hiding. She is the daughter of Yule, thought to be deceased, though she simply believes that her mother was foolish and weak. She is voiced by Miyuki Swashiro.
Zeref
Zeref, the Black Wizard, is known as "the most atrocious wizard in the history of magic" and supposedly long dead. He used "Living Magic", with which he created a number of evil spells and demons such as Deliora, which rampaged, destroyed towns, and killed people until being sealed by Ul. Zeref is actually alive, and awaiting for the time where he can regain his strength. He is currently at Tenrou Island.Raven Tail
An independant dark guild not involved with the Balam Alliance. It is led by Ivan (Makarov's son) who was banished from Fairy Tail where he was deemed by his own father to be too dangerous. It seems his power involve paper and at the very least : the ability to turn organic beings into paper. He injected dragon Lacryma into Laxus's body who he considered to have a weak body. He does not hesitate to tell Gajeel, currently acting as a double agent, that he wouldn't mind taking the Lacryma back since it is worth a lot of money, while knowing that such an operation would undoubtedly kill his son. He has not made a move against Fairy Tail yet, but has made it clear he wouldn't mind eradicating them.Other characters
Igneel
Porlyusica
Porlyusica is an old acquaintance of Makarov. She hates humans, so she lives peacefully by herself inside a giant tree located near the Fairy Tail guild hall. Porlyusica specializes in healing wounds with magic; she cures Makarov when he loses his magic and gives Erza a replacement eye.
Reitei Lyon
Reitei Lyon is a former student of Ul, who makes it his goal to defeat her in battle. He quickly becomes impatient with her teaching methods, ignoring her basic rules and attempting to learn more powerful spells in secret. After she gives her life to seal Deliora, he spirals into depression, having lost his goal in life. He eventually attempts to unleash Deliora in order to defeat it and prove his strength, though he is eventually brought to his senses by Gray, who convinces Lyon to join a guild in order to seek stronger wizards. He joins Lamia Scale with his subordinates. Lyon performs his ice magic with one hand, a faster though less reliable alternative to Gray's two-hand magic, though he eventually changes his methods after encountering Gray. Similarly, unlike the static ice creations Gray makes, Lyon's ice takes the form of animals that can move about after their creation
