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Zeref
The legendary Black Wizard Zeref is considered by most people as the strongest and most evil wizard that ever alive, but he is still alive and is not what you might expect.
- Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Zeref's canonical life already sucked, but here he got cursed not due to researching Things Man Was Not Meant to Know, but because he decided to back out of the Deal with the Devil that gave him that research when Sparda taught him the value of life and said devil (Mundus) decided to spite him for kicks and petty revenge.
- Adaptational Heroism: In canon Zeref only became cursed to save someone he loved, but thanks to Sparda, together they helped a lot of people, including forming the Order of the Sword alongside Anna Heartfilia.
- The Apprentice: In Neo Oracion Seis, it was revealed that Zeref was a student to Sparda himself.
- The Archmage: Possibly the greatest mage of all time. Sparda was outright amazed at Zeref's abilities and talent with magic.
- Bad Guys Do the Dirty Work: As in canon, he kills Hades after his defeat, though it can be argued that was a Mercy Kill considering Hades was so corrupted by Mundus the Demon Emperor was capable of using his corpse as a puppet. In Retribution, he's the one who kills Klodoa after the staff escapes the heroes in the confusion of the aftermath of the fight with the Order of the Sword and the Savior.
- Death Glare: This combined with his soul-piercing red eyes can intimidate remaining members of Grimoire Heart and their Guild Master Hades, and pressure is such that Rustyrose and Kain were not able to move their bodies at all.
- He did it again in Chapter 23: The True Saviors; with Klodoa begging him to spare his life, he disintegrates the evil living staff to dust.
- Driven to Suicide: We learn in Chapter 31 of Retribution that out of guilt for the lives he took when he was first cursed, he cut out his own heart as penance. Only to discover he can't die and was cursed with immortality.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He cares deeply for his teacher Sparda and his friend Anna Heartfila, and is enraged when the current Order of the Sword and Neo Oracion Seis reassembles the Infinity Clock, despite the three working so hard to prevent the apocalypse years ago. Worst of all is desecrating Sparda's corpse, which Zeref states is beyond forgiveness, and proceeds to destroy Klodoa, reducing him to mere dust.
- So Proud of You: Not directly, but he's grateful as he tells to Sparda and Anna that the former's son, the latter's descendant, and even Natsu managed to destroy the Infinity Clock, something that the three of them together could not succeed and let them celebrate and savor their victory since they earned it... however, it may be their last.
- This Is Unforgivable!: He's enraged at the Order of the Sword reassembling the Infinity Clock, undoing the hard work he did with Sparda and Anna to take it apart. However, what really makes him angry was learning about the Order desecrating Sparda's corpse for their plans, which he even says is beyond forgiveness.
- Tragic Villain: Just like in canon. He lost his family and, in a desperate attempt to save someone he loved, he went to Mundus, striking a deal with the Demon Emperor. When Sparda pulled Zeref out of that deal, Mundus cursed Zeref with both immortality and magic that will kill everything around him the more he valued life, the exceptions being Sparda and a select few others.
Acnologia
The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.
- Adaptational Wimp: Inverted! Here, while Fairy Tail did manage to make him bleed, that was more like papercuts. He's just as powerful and unstoppable as in canon and even claims the role of Sparda's killer. The only sign of this trope is that now there is a character who can fight him on his own, Mundus, which can be attributed to the other bad guy's might.
- Archenemy: To Sparda. Other than Mundus, Acnologia is the enemy Sparda despises the most. Acnologia killed many of Sparda's friends during his extermination of the Dragons and ultimately took the Dark Knight's life in their second battle. While it's not clear how Acnologia feels about Sparda the fact that upon realizing that Dante is his son he immediately moved for a breath attack suggests he has a grudge as well.
- The Dreaded: Still just as feared as he was in canon. Even the Underworld fears him, where he's known as the Dragon Butcher. Besides Mundus he is the most feared being in both Earthland and the Underworld.
- Evil Is Not a Toy: During the dragon civil war, several demons attempted to use Acnologia for their own ends or simply faced him for a "challenge". They all learned to their fatal regret he wasn't interested in their games.
- From Nobody to Nightmare: Was just a regular human at one point but thanks to his mastery of Dragon Slayer Magic grows into the most powerful being Earthland has ever produced and a threat comparable to Mundus (who is a God) and even manages to kill Sparda something Mundus couldn't do.
- Good Scars, Evil Scars: In this story, he is covered with scars.
- Hero Killer: He is the one who killed Sparda.
- Red Baron: In addition to his canon titles, in the Underworld he's known as the "Dragon Butcher" for his role in nearly causing the dragons' extinction.
- Suddenly Speaking: In canon, he didn't speak until the Tartaros arc. Here he speaks in his debut where he recognized Dante as a spawn of Sparda where he mocked him that if he missed his father let join him with Acnologia attempting to kill him and the rest of Tenrou Team by obliterating Tenrou Island with Dragon Roar.
- World's Strongest Man: Still this as in canon for the strongest being currently in Earthland. By Modeus' own reckoning, he's at least as strong as Sparda in his prime if not stronger, with the two having at least one battle during the Dragon King Festival and Acnologia ultimately slaying Sparda in single combat shortly before the present, and Zeref notes even by the standards of the Underworld, only Mundus alone could hope to face him one-on-one, with only the three Demon Kings together otherwise having a chance. Even Vergil post the seven-year Time Skip openly admits he stands no chance of beating Acnologia as he is despite having become much stronger since he last met Fairy Tail.
Future Rogue (BEWARE UNMARKED SPOILERS)
A version of Rogue Cheney that used the Eclipse Gate to travel from the year X798, where Mundus reigns supreme and only five percent of Earthland's population remains. Traveling to the main timeline, he allies with Vergil with the intent to slay Acnologia and Mundus by using the Eclipse Gate to summon an army of dragons from the past.
Underworld
Mundus
The Demon Emperor of the Underworld, the arch-nemesis of Sparda and his entire family.
- Adaptational Badass: He was no slouch in canon, but here it's mentioned that Sparda needed the help of the dragons to defeat him and his armies, and even then, the best they could do was seal him away. It's later revealed that all magical and demonic power stems from him (or so he says), and he was the one to curse Zeref with immortality. And with just a fraction of his power, he was able to deliver a Curb-Stomp Battle on Precht (later Hades) who in turn outmatches most of Fairy Tail's strongest members. He's also confirmed to be more powerful than both Argosax and Urizen who in canon are noted to match and surpass him respectively. He's revealed to be a God in his backstory as well further emphasizing his increased might.
- Arch-Enemy: Zeref utterly loathes Mundus for many reasons: cursing him, using Precht to draw him back out into the open, defiling Sparda's teachings in the process... The Black Wizard ultimately declares war on the Demon Emperor at the end of the Tenrou Arc.Zeref: I will destroy you, Mundus, even if I have to turn the whole world against me!
- Was this to Sparda back when he was alive as the Dark Knight was instrumental in stopping his invasion of Earthland and together with Igneel sealed him away, and Mundus seeks Revenge by Proxy on his family even centuries later showing he still holds a massive grudge.
- Big Bad: Serves as the main antagonist of the series.
- The Chessmaster: In addition to his incredible power, he's also very cunning as he successfully manipulates Hades and the rest of Grimoire Heart into drawing Zeref back into the open.
- Composite Character: He takes Ankhseram's role as the one who cursed Zeref.
- Crossover Villain-in-Chief: He's an interesting case of this, in that though he is incapacitated and cannot directly confront any of the protagonists yet, he's responsible for the actions of several Fairy Tail antagonists, specifically regarding their motivations and their current-day actions. In fact, a form of magic ( God Slayer Magic) directly originated from him. However, despite this position, neither Zeref nor Acnologia entertain teaming up with him for their own reasons.
- Disproportionate Retribution: Zeref backs out of a deal with him and Mundus curses him into becoming an immortal Walking Wasteland.
- The Dreaded: Mundus is possibly the most feared being in both the Underworld and Earthland. Even his followers from Grimoire Heart are terrified when he possesses their masters corpse despite worshipping him.
- Foil: to the Legendary Dark Knight. While Mundus is a Fallen God who fell due to his pride, Sparda is a Demon who rebelled against his own kind for the sake of humanity. Sparda believes that humanity itself, while flawed, will always be the best it can be, while Mundus only sees the worst in humanity and believes that it needs to be ruled by him. They also made mistakes in the past, but while the Dark Knight has accepted his mistakes and feels some regret for his past actions, the Emperor refuses to acknowledge that what he did was wrong, seeing the other gods as being in the wrong, not him. This is even down to their forms: Sparda has the appearance of a terrifying demon, while Mundus' original form as Pluto is reminiscent of a beautiful angel.
- Greater-Scope Villain: He is not only responsible for Dante and Vergil's mother's death just as every event that has ever taken place in the series.
- He was the one responsible for Zeref's curse of immortality and black magic to destroy life as a pawn.
- He sent Nelo Angelo to Edolas to prepare for an invasion, even powering up the Black Angel into the Onyx Reaper for the final confrontation.
- Responsible for Precht becoming Hades as a Batman Gambit to make Zeref return by forming Grimoire Heart.
- He was the one responsible for the creation of God Slayer Magic, which Sparda speculates might have been spiteful payback against the gods for stripping him of his original status or just him going For the Evulz.
- Physical God: Mundus started off as a God called Pluto but after interfering in the mortal world he was stripped of his power and banished to the Underworld where he eventually overthrew Tathamet, the ruler of the Underworld, and became the Demon Emperor.
- Rage Against the Heavens: Hates all the other Gods for banishing him to the Underworld and for not attempting to dominate the world like he did. He vowed to surpass all the Gods and become the mightiest being in all of existence. He even went so far as to create God Slayer Magic to help facilitate this.
- Recurring Element: The standard Iron117Prime Eviler than Thou villain who poses perhaps the biggest threat to the protagonists, though he isn't as active as much as the others of his archetype. Rather, he exerts a great deal of influence to the point that Fairy Tail's villains act the way they do in canon because of him.
- Satanic Archetype: He was once a god named Pluto, who rebelled against the gods' rule of not interfering in the mortal realm. Due to this, he was stripped of his power and banished to the Underworld. Taking the name Mundus, he created the Qlipoth seed and implanted it in the original ruler of the Underworld, Tathamet, and ate its fruit, becoming the new ruler of the Underworld. The author even stated that his backstory was based on Lucifer.
- Self-Made Myth: As Capricorn reveals to Lucy in chapter 26 of Retribution, Mundus isn't the source of all magic, nor could he be since he had to overthrow the original leader of the Underworld to start manipulating his reputation as such.
- The Usurper: Mundus was not the original ruler of the Underworld, but rather rose up and overthrew said ruler, Tathamet, and installing himself in place.
- World's Strongest Man: Mundus is the strongest demon alive. He has been confirmed to be more powerful then either Sparda or Acnologia and it took the former teaming up with the Dragons to seal him away. In fact the only beings who seem to be stronger them him are Anu and Tathamet who are the the Gods who created Earthland and the Underworld and he even managed to destroy Tathamet (albeit by outsmarting and weakening him first rather then directly facing him).
Phantom
A giant demon that has a spider-shaped body, scorpion-like tail, and the body fluid made of lava, and one of Mundus's servants.
- Made of Iron: He takes multiple hits from both Gajeel and Gray, with it taking both collapsing the very room they're fighting in on top of him to injure him enough for Gajeel's Secret Art to finally finish him off.
Griffon
The gigantic raptor-lie bird with the hole on his chest, swirling of demonic energy, its exposed skull looks like the skull of several birds fused together, and one of the servants of Mundus.
- Berserk Button: Even thinking of Igneel makes him angry enough; even calling him foul beast, which anger Natsu.
- Bullying a Dragon: More bullying a Dragon Slayer when Griffon declares that he's going to kill Igneel once he finds him, Natsu became enraged, and successfully kills the bird demon with his "Dragon Slayer Secret Art: Flame Lotus: Phoenix Sword".
- Mr. Exposition: He was the one that revealed about Dragon-Demon War event that occured 2,000 years ago and that Sparda knew Igneel.
Nightmare
Berial
The Conqueror of the Fire Hell, Berial is a huge, centaur-like demon who's wreathed in flames from hell.
- Berserk Button:
- Being reminded of both Sparda and Igneel is enough for him to try and kill their sons: Nero and Natsu.
- Being looked down on is another big one. A big part of his hatred for Igneel isn't just because the Fire Dragon King crushed him and his legion during the ancient war, but because Igneel refused to give him a warrior's death and just tossed his ass back into the Underworld. When Natsu counters one of his flame attacks and claims he doesn't have time to waste on Berial when he has people to rescue and others to beat up, Berial is incensed that once again someone doesn't think him "worthy".
- Evil Is Petty: Being defeated by Igneel makes him angry enough that if he even hears some high praise of the Fire Dragon, he will kill anyone who said that and is more than willing to kill his son Natsu.
- The Nose Knows: He has a good sense of smell.
- He smelled Kyrie and notice that her scent is similar to her brother Credo.
- Recognizing the scents of Nero and Natsu baring the same as their fathers Sparda and Igneel.
- Not Worth Killing: How Berial interpreted Igneel's decision to just toss him back into the Underworld after beating him and his legion rather than finish him. When he's on the verge of defeat and Natsu tells him to just give up, he angrily declares he won't have a repeat of that humiliation and launches a last-ditch attack, which ends with Natsu finishing him off.
- Oh, No... Not Again!: When he's overwhelmed by Nero and Natsu's powers and synchronized attacks, it reminded him of his fights against Sparda and Igneel, no surprise that they are their sons...in a way.
- Playing with Fire: He is an giant fire demon so that's expected. Too bad that isn't enough for both Igneel and his son Natsu.
Stygian
An giant monstrous demon worm from the breed of demons called Ashworms that hunt similar like sand sharks.
- Adaptational Badass: Stygians are the cannon fodder of the Devil May Cry reboot, but this guy is a capable giant monster.
- Sand Worm: Is an giant one and hunts like a sand shark by both Coco's understanding from reading its descriptions in the Order's library and by Dante fighting it.
Bael and Dagon
The duo demon ice toad brothers from the coldest inferno.
- Achilles' Heel: They have both in their mouths.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Bael cried out for his brother when Dagon got killed in front of his eyes, and didn't have time to grieve.
- Hot as Hell: The Rusalka twins resemble naked females, used to attract victims.
- An Ice Person: They can use ice and conjure blizzards.
- Just Eat Him: Dagon did this to Lisanna, too bad that it's too spicy because of her Dragon Soul.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: They look like a hybrid of a toad and an anglerfish.
- Ominous Fog: They create a thick fog that serves as their hiding spot while they toy with their victims using the Rusalka feelers. A few moments later, the demon toad reveals its true form.
Echidna
A huge demon who has infested the forest on Fortuna Island. Appears as a huge serpent-like dragon, but hides her true body in the mouth and can appear as a part-woman, part-serpent devil. She's laying a bunch of eggs which gives birth to the hellish Chimera.
- Giant Flyer: She hovers over the forest the whole time.
- Hypocrite: Gets mad at Fairy Tail for killing her "children", but as they point out maybe she shouldn't be using them liberally as projectiles and Mooks to kill them.
- Mama Bear: She gets pissed when Lily sliced her eggs out of the sky with Baskerville, and the rest of team destroy her seeds.
- Meaningful Name: Named after the monster from Greek myths. Echidna's name meant "she-viper," and she was the mother of various other monsters, including the Chimera.
- Monster Is a Mommy: Echidna is the mother of the Chimera Seeds and berates Gajeel and his team for killing them.
- Non-Mammal Mammaries: Her real appearance may be unmistakably feminine, but she's still a reptilian demon at the end of the day.
Krakken
A powerful Demon Lord from the Underworld known as the Drowned King, able to manipulate the weather itself.
- Adaptation Name Change: He is a Canon Immigrant from Darksiders Genesis, where he is called Dagon, but since the name of the demon already exists in the Devil May Cry series, he is renamed to Krakken.
- Always Someone Better: He's a powerful Demon Lord, but Grandeeney can make storms superior to his, much to his anger.
- Arch-Enemy: He is this towards Grandeeney and in his last moments of his life, he saw an image of Grandeeney above Wendy, muttering his last words:Krakken: Damn you... Grandeeney...!
- Berserk Button: Just as Griffon and Berial hold a grudge towards Igneel, Krakken holds a grudge towards Grandeeney as well, just hearing her name makes him roar in fury.
- The Dreaded: He is notorious enough to make Modeus, a former student of Sparda, give a gasp of horror.
- Red Baron: According to Modeus, the title of the Drowning King is well earned, as shown in his fight.
- Weather Manipulation: He controls water, wind, and lightning, conjuring floods and storms to wash away everything in his path.
- Would Hurt a Child: He was about to kill Wendy, but luckily Modeus managed to save her.
Moloch
A high-ranking commander in Mundus' army during the demonic invasion on Earthland. Moloch was later bound to the service of the Royal Family of Fiore.
- Big Bad Wannabe: Though Moloch is a legitimate threat with his Pandemonium spell, as well as his former rank of being a commander for Mundus, he ultimately falls short compared to the other threats Fairy Tail has dealt with thus far, being crushed near-instantly by Dante during his first encounter, and is later killed by Future Rogue.
- Cruel Mercy: Suffered two of these from Sparda and Dante. Both denied him his warrior's death believing that for someone with his ego, deeming him Not Worth Killing is much worse.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: After Moloch reveals that he did something terrible to Mavis an enraged Dante brings out his Dreadnaught form and crushed the demon.
- Face Death with Dignity: Shouts at Dante to "show no mercy" when he has him beaten and looks like he's gonna crush his skull. Instead, Dante breaks his remaining horn and sends him hurtling into the depths of the caverns with a bunch of boulders, not really caring if he ends up crushed to death by them.
- Gemstone Assault: His Cool Sword Crystalbane creates crystals which are all imbued with explosive power, and it can freely generate them to the point he can unleash the power straight from the sword itself.
- Horned Humanoid: Has a pair of great horns on his head. Sparda slashed off one of them long ago, and Dante slices off the other one.
- The Minion Master: He created the magic spell Pandemonium, which allows the user to harness raw demonic energy and use it to create mindless nonliving minions, though only a set amount based on existing harnessed demonic energy. When he became bound to the service of Fiore's royal family, he was made to share the knowledge of the spell with the first generation of the Wolf Knights.
- Sadist: Did something to Mavis that caused her immense pain and suffering and he enjoyed every second of it.
- Small Name, Big Ego: Fancied himself a rival to Sparda, but while he is not weak fighter, he was nothing compared to the Dark Knight and once Dante brings out his Dreadnaught Form, he defeats him without too much difficulty.
- Spotting the Thread: He notices that Dante demands to know if he "killed" Mavis after claiming credit for said character's fate. Moloch takes note of that particular word and realizes Dante doesn't know the full story behind Mavis's and by extension Fairy Tail's past because he knows that's not what happened.
- Summon Magic: His Pandemonium is inspired by the Celestial Wizards and their summoning of the Celestial Spirits, that allows him to summon and control 100 creature demonic monsters to act as his army.
- Sure, Let's Go with That: Moloch realizes that Dante is Locked Out of the Loop to the Fairy Tail founders' past when he jumps to the erroneous conclusion Moloch killed Mavis when all he claimed was that he was responsible for her sorry fate. Moloch decides to run with that line of thinking with his taunts anyways, believing it will open Dante up to a fatal mistake. Unfortunately for him, Dante instead goes Tranquil Fury on him.
Three Demon Kings
Three Demon Kings are very powerful demons, although not on the same level as Mundus, but powerful enough to hold significant sway in their own right. In General
- Asskicking Leads to Leadership: Other then Mundus they are the strongest demons alive which is how they became known as Demon Kings. Zeref believes that if they were to work together they could possibly defeat Acnologia who is as strong an possibly even stronger then Sparda in his prime.
- Awakening the Sleeping Giant: Following Zeref's declaration of war against Mundus and Acnologia's return they have become far more active.
- The Dreaded: Although not on Mundus' level the Three Demon Kings are still not taken lightly. Demons like Sid and Bradley are just grunts and weaklings compared to them and according to Bluenote, a guy on the same level as Gildarts and who fought him for pretty long while, considers them pretty dangerous too. Even Zeref states they're the only beings the Underworld capable of challenging Acnologia aside from Mundus himself, albeit only if they all worked together.
- Enemy Civil War: According to Sid they are vying with each other for power.
- Greater-Scope Villain: During the Dragon Civil War, the Three Demon Kings led the demonic forces that were able to leave the Underworld thanks to the destabilization created by pro-human and anti-human sides and turned the conflict into a three-way, though they were unable to secure a foothold thanks to rise of the first Dragon Slayers (and consequently of Acnologia).
Abigail
One of the Three Demon Kings.
Argosax
One of the Three Demon Kings.
Urizen
One of the Three Demon Kings.
- Decomposite Character: In canon, Urizen is Vergil's demon side but here he is a separate entity that has existed for centuries although he still has a connection to the Sparda bloodline beyond just being a demon.
Other villains
Sid
A lesser demon that was hired to kill Patty but foiled by Dante and Lucy. He later joins Raven Tail as an informant.
- Evil Counterpart: To Morrison, acting as a source of information to Raven Tail.
- Would Hurt a Child: Attacks Patty, Wendy, and Romeo with Obra before the Grand Magic Games begin.
