The Fairy Tail manga and anime series features an extensive cast of characters created by Hiro Mashima. The series takes place primarily in the Kingdom of Fiore, a country in the fictional universe Earth-land, where several of its residents perform various forms of magic. Those who practice magic as a profession, referred to as wizards (魔導士, madōshi), join guilds where they share information and do paid jobs for clients. The series' storyline follows a group of wizards from the rambunctious titular guild.

The main protagonists are Natsu Dragneel, a longtime Fairy Tail wizard with the powers of a dragon, and Lucy Heartfilia, a celestial wizard who joins the guild at the series' outset. In the early part of the series, they form a team including: Happy, a flying cat and best friend of Natsu; Gray Fullbuster, an ice wizard; and Erza Scarlet, a knight who specializes in using various magic weapons and armors. Throughout the series, Natsu and Lucy interact with and befriend other wizards and guilds in Fiore. They also encounter various antagonists from illegal "dark" guilds, and Zeref, an ancient wizard who is the series' main antagonist.

When creating the series, Mashima was influenced by Akira Toriyama, J.R.R. Tolkien and Yudetamago and based the guild on a local bar. He also used people as references in designing other characters. The characters have been well-received overall.

Creation and conception

When Hiro Mashima was creating Fairy Tail, he cited Akira Toriyama, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Yudetamago as influences on his work.^[1][2] He based the titular guild on a local bar he was visiting at the time.^[3] He based Natsu Dragneel on his early years as a junior high school student.^[2] Natsu's motion sickness is based on one of his friends, who gets sick when they take taxis together. He has said that his father's death influenced the relationship between Natsu and the dragon Igneel.^[1]

Del Rey Manga, the original North American publisher of Fairy Tail, explained that Mashima provided them with official English spellings for "just about all" the characters in the series. When Funimation Entertainment acquired the license to release the Fairy Tail anime in North America, Mashima's worried about actor Todd Haberkorn's voice since the Natsu character did a lot of yelling throughout the series.^[4] Tyler Walker, the voice director for Funimation's adaptation, revealed that there was a "Fairy Tail tea" that the voice actors drank after each recording session to protect their voices.^[4] Walker likens Fairy Tail to the Scooby-Doo franchise: "it's got a core group of characters, with one talking animal, sometimes two...they travel, it's episodic...you know, we've seen this kind of thing before with the core group that's affiliated in some way going through adventure after adventure".^[5]

Fairy Tail

The series focuses on the titular guild, Fairy Tail (妖精の尻尾（フェアリーテイル）, Fearī Teiru), with the main protagonists comprising what their fellow members regard to be the guild's most powerful team due to their high magical strength and teamwork. It initially consists of Lucy Heartfilia, Natsu Dragneel, and Happy at the suggestion of the celestial spirit Plue shortly after Lucy's induction into the guild, and later expands to include Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet after several shared missions together. Wendy Marvell and Carla are also considered to be members of the team.^{[citation needed]}

Natsu Dragneel

Voiced by: Tetsuya Kakihara, MAKO (child)^[6] (Japanese); Todd Haberkorn, Luci Christian (young)^[7] (English)

Natsu Dragneel (ナツ・ドラグニル, Natsu Doraguniru) is the main pink-haired 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（ドラゴンスレイヤー）, Doragon Sureiyā), a wizard with dragon-like physiology whose powers are designed to combat dragons. Using his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic (火の滅竜魔法, Hi no Metsurū Mahō), 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. Following Igneel's disappearance on July 7, X777, Natsu searches for the dragon and is subsequently inducted into Fairy Tail, where he eventually becomes one of the guild's most destructive members known as "Salamander" (火竜（サラマンダー）, Saramandā). Eventually, it is revealed that Natsu is a demon known as "Etherious Natsu Dragneel" (E.N.D.) who was sent 400 years from the past by his brother, Zeref Dragneel, as part of a larger conspiracy to kill both Zeref and the evil dragon Acnologia.

Lucy Heartfilia

Voiced by: Aya Hirano^[6] (Japanese); Cherami Leigh^[7] (English)

Lucy Heartfilia (ルーシィ・ハートフィリア, Rūshii Hātofiria) is the series' main female protagonist. She is the seventeen-year-old daughter of the wealthy Heartfilia family who embarks on a journey to join Fairy Tail, which she fulfills after Natsu Dragneel 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 eventually publishes her debut novel based on her experiences at the guild at the end of the series. As a celestial wizard (星霊魔導士, seirei madōshi), she uses magical keys that summon celestial spirits, collecting ten out of twelve rare golden keys that summon the powerful zodiac spirits as the series progresses. She is also proficient in battling alongside her spirits with a whip, and eventually gains the ability to don magical Star Dresses (星霊衣（スタードレス）, Sutā Doresu) that give her direct access to her zodiac spirits' powers.

Happy

Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya^[6] (Japanese); Tia Ballard^[7] (English)

Happy (ハッピー, Happī) is a blue furred six-year-old anthropomorphic cat who is Natsu Dragneel's best friend and only traveling companion at the start of the series. Using a magic ability called Aera (翼（エーラ）, Ēra), Happy can transform 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 rides without succumbing to motion sickness. Before the beginning of the series, Happy 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. Eventually, Happy discovers his origins as an Exceed from Edolas, where he is separated from his parents Lucky (ラッキー, Rakkī) and Marl (マール, Māru) before birth as part of their queen's plan to evacuate 100 Exceed children to Earth-land before their kingdom's destruction.^{ch. 177, 198}

Gray Fullbusteredit

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura, Eri Kitamura (child)^[6] (Japanese); Newton Pittman, Ryan Reynolds (child)^[7] (English)

Gray Fullbuster (グレイ・フルバスター, Gurei Furubasutā) is an eighteen-year-old ice wizard who is a brothers in arms with Natsu because of their same personalities and magical elements.^ch. 10 Orphaned by the Etherious Deliora (デリオラ, Deriora) at age eight, Gray is tutored by Ur to use Ice Make (氷の造形魔法（アイスメイク）, Aisu Meiku), which instantly produces ice in the form of any weapon or object he imagines;^ch. 21 during his training to withstand cold temperatures, he also gains the habit of subconsciously stripping his clothes, something that Mashima based on a personal habit of his own.^[8] He joins Fairy Tail after Ur sacrifices herself to save his life when he recklessly attempts to kill Deliora. Later in the series, Gray inherits Ice Demon Slayer Magic (氷の滅悪魔法, Kōri no Metsuaku Mahō) from his reanimated father, Silver, becoming a Demon Slayer (滅悪魔導士（デビルスレイヤー）, Debiru Sureiyā, lit. "Devil Slayer") to carry out Silver's will to destroy E.N.D. The corruptive influence of his demonic powers compels Gray to irrationally fight Natsu upon discovering his identity as E.N.D.,^{ch. 449, 450} but he ultimately uses his powers to help strip Natsu of his identity as an Etherious so he may live normally as a human.^ch. 538

Erza Scarletedit

Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara, Aiko Ninomiya (baby)^[9] (Japanese); Colleen Clinkenbeard^[7] (English)

Erza Scarlet (エルザ・スカーレット, Eruza Sukāretto) is a nineteen-year-old red-haired S-Class swordswoman of Fairy Tail who is nicknamed "Titania" (妖精女王（ティターニア）, Titānia) for her notoriety as the guild's most powerful female wizard,^ch. 14 referencing the Fairy Queen from A Midsummer Night's Dream.^vol. 3:192 She uses magic called "The Knight" (騎士（ザ・ナイト）, Za Naito) to instantaneously "requip" (換装, kansō)—exchange and equip—various weapons and armors that alter her already tremendous strength and magic ability.^ch. 14 Left at infancy by her mother, Irene Belserion,^ch. 519 Erza is enslaved at the Tower of Heaven befriends Jellal Fernandes, who gives her the surname "Scarlet" after her red hair.^{ch. 77, 163} She first activates her magic power while leading a slave revolt, only to be betrayed by a brainwashed Jellal and forced to escape from the tower alone.^{ch. 81, 82} Her experiences lead her to join Fairy Tail and become a serious-minded but compassionate disciplinarian who temporarily becomes the guild's seventh master in Makarov Dreyar's absence when the guild is reformed one year after Tartaros's demise. Over the course of Fairy Tail, Erza grows fond of her friends during their adventures.^{ch. 104, 438}

The character is named after Eru from Mashima's one-shot manga Fairy Tale, which served as a pilot for Fairy Tail.^vol. 2:190 Mashima initially designed her to only shed tears from one eye due to a defect with her artificial eye, but he eventually abandoned this aspect after accidentally drawing some scenes where Erza has tears flowing from both eyes.^vol. 12:199 He also said that he often forgets what Erza's armor looks like, and changes the design every time she appears.^vol. 18:187

Wendy Marvelledit

Voiced by: Satomi Satō^[10] (Japanese); Brittney Karbowski^[11] (English)

Wendy Marvell (ウェンディ・マーベル, Wendi Māberu) is a blue-haired young Dragon Slayer adopted and trained by the dragon Grandeeney (グランディーネ, Gurandīne, also "Grandine") to perform Sky Dragon Slayer Magic (天空の滅竜魔法, Tenkū no Metsuryū Mahō), which draws power from clean air to heal others' injuries and ailments,^ch. 135 and can temporarily relieve Dragon Slayers' motion sickness.^ch. 144 Together with Natsu, she is part of a group of Dragon Slayers sent 400 years from the past through Eclipse as children to combat Acnologia.^ch. 465 When the group is scattered upon arrival, Wendy travels the world with Mystogan until he leaves her at the Cait Shelter (化猫の宿（ケット・シェルター）, Ketto Sherutā) guild, where she comes to be known as the "Sky Dragon" (天竜, Tenryū) and "Priestess of the Sky" (天空の巫女, Tenkū no Miko).^ch. 135 Seven years later, Wendy represents her guild in an alliance with Fairy Tail, Blue Pegasus, and Lamia Scale against the dark guild Oración Seis.^ch. 132 After the Seis are defeated, Wendy discovers her guild's true nature as an illusion created by their master, the elderly spirit Robaul (ローバウル, Rōbauru), to care for her; she is then left to join Fairy Tail after her old guild vanishes.^ch. 164 Wendy comes to admire Natsu as an older brother figure,^ch. 423 inspiring her to use her magic's combative functions, which include manipulating wind and augmenting her and her allies' abilities through enchantment.^ch. 376

Mashima designed Wendy to be a 12-year-old girl after one of his staff members commented that young girls "just don't appear" in the series, and noted the character's popularity among his associates.^vol. 16:185 His original concept for her was that of a "Water Dragon" based on the Japanese name for Wednesday (水曜日, Suiyōbi, lit. "Water Day"), which Mashima derived her name from.^vol. 27:184

Carlaedit

Voiced by: Yui Horie^[10] (Japanese); Jad Saxton^[11] (English)

Carla is a white-furred six-year-old Exceed who acts as Wendy Marvell's partner and caretaker;^{ch. 133, 145} her name is Charles (シャルル, Sharuru) in Japanese, spelled "Charle" in Funimation subtitles, which was changed to "Carla" in countries where readers would interpret "Charles" as a male name.^vol. 27:184 Years before the series' present, she is evacuated to Earth-land as an egg along with Happy and 98 other unborn Exceed when her mother, the Exceed queen Chagot, has a premonition of their kingdom's destruction; to prevent a panic, the queen conceals the evacuation as a mission to kill Dragon Slayers.^ch. 198 Carla is born with the unconscious power of precognition inherited from her mother, which causes her to misinterpret visions of Chagot's ruse as her real mission;^ch. 198 despite this, Carla decides to protect Wendy. Although annoyed with Happy's obliviousness to their mission, Carla reconsiders after he ignores the Exceeds' orders.^{ch. 165, 169 , 177} Eventually, after realizing her precognitive ability, Carla practices to consciously control her visions and, during her one-year membership with Lamia Scale, assumes a humanoid form to further hone her powers.^{ch. 198, 201, 421}

Guild mastersedit

Mavis Vermillionedit

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

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

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

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

Precht Gaebolgedit

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

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

Makarov Dreyaredit

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

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

S-Class wizardsedit

Fairy Tail's S-Class wizards (S級魔導士, Esu-kyū madōshi) are the guild's highest-ranking members who are recognized by the master for their strength, skill, and conviction.^ch. 201 Erza Scarlet, one of the protagonists, holds the S-Class rank at the start of the series.^ch. 24 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!!, "That's gotta be dangerous!!").^vol. 4:189

Mirajane Straussedit

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

Mirajane Strauss (ミラジェーン・ストラウス, Mirajēn Sutorausu) is the guild's barmaid and administrator with white hair,^ch. 2 who also works as a pin-up girl for the fictional Weekly Sorcerer (週刊ソーサラー, Shūkan Sōsarā) magazine.^ch. 1 Gaining infamy as "Demon Woman" (魔人, Majin), Mirajane is the older sister of Lisanna and Elfman who use a variety of the transformation-based magic Takeover (接収（テイクオーバー）, Teikuōbā). Her variety is called Satan Soul (サタンソウル, Satan Sōru), which allows her to assume the forms and powers of various demons she has defeated.^ch. 117 Before the beginning of the series, Mirajane resents her magic after enduring constant ridicule, but reconsiders when her siblings learn their own Takeover varieties to comfort her. After her sister, Lisanna, disappears when she is 18 years old, she develops a cheerful personality while posing as a "pretty naive girl".^ch. 25 Because of the trauma she suffered from that incident, Mirajane also restricts her Takeover magic to only mimic others' physical appearances and voices, and retires from active S-Class work. She eventually regains her Satan Soul variety to rescue her brother, Elfman, during the Battle of Fairy Tail two years later.^{ch. 52, 117} Mashima named the character after the username of a friend he met in an online game. He also settled on her family's backstory "a very long time" before including it in the story, saying that "the chance to tell it just never seemed right", and that he was happy when the opportunity arose.^vol. 45:189

Mystoganedit

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

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

Laxus Dreyaredit

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

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

Gildarts Cliveedit

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

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