Fairy Tail: Fairy Tail | Strongest Team (Natsu Dragneel | Lucy Heartfilia | Erza Scarlet) | Sirius Team (Juvia Lockser) | Founders | Other Members
Other Guilds: Official Guilds (Blue Pegasus | Lamia Scale | Saber Tooth) | Dark Guilds (Oración Seis | Grimoire Heart | Tartaros) | Crime Sorcière
Kingdoms and Regions: Kingdom of Fiore | Edolas | Alvarez Empire
Other Characters: Main Villains (Zeref) | Celestial Spirits | Dragons | Magic Council | Criminals | Others
Prequels, Sequels, and Spin-Offs
Main: Zero | 100 Years Quest (Five Dragon Gods)
Other: Ice Trail | Blue Mistral | Fairy Girls | Gaiden | Happy's Heroic Adventure | City Hero
Other Media
Anime: Series 1 | Series 2 | Series 3
Films: Phoenix Priestess | Dragon Cry
Spoilers for all works set before the end of Fairy Tail are unmarked. Examples pertaining to 100 Years Quest can be spoiler tagged if deemed necessary.
Dark guilds are guilds in the Fairy Tail series that act without consent of the Magic Council. They are mainly all criminal organizations, and serve as antagonists in the series.
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Balam Alliance
The heart of Fiore's criminal network, the Balam Alliance is an organization of the three most powerful dark guilds in the kingdom, each controlling its own portion of smaller dark guilds. The alliance effectively crumbles apart once all three guilds are destroyed by Fairy Tail.
Balam Alliance in General
- Evil Power Vacuum: As the entire backbone of Fiore's criminal underworld, this inevitably happens once all three guilds are defeated.
- Legion of Doom: Downplayed. They're an alliance of guilds in charge of all the dark guilds that Fairy Tail faces, but they're only loosely associated with one another and never work together as a unit.
- Mooks: They field the lesser dark guilds and troops directly under their command as this, though only the Oración Seis actually take advantage of this during their search for Nirvana (and likely only due to the fact they lacked any mooks in their own ranks). Grimoire Heart attacks Sirius Island with only the strength of their own guild backing them (which carried a sizable legion of lesser soldiers), while Tartaros decides to wipe out all of their subordinate guilds when they decide to put their plans to activate Face into motion and convert the remainder into demonic footsoldiers.
- Non-Indicative Name: Although it's formally called an "alliance", it is more accurately a non-aggression pact between the three guilds, since they barely interact with each other.
Oración Seis
See their separate page.
Grimoire Heart
See their separate page.
Tartaros
See their separate page.
Other Dark Guilds
Eisenwald
Eisenwald is a dark guild controlled by Oración Seis, and the first to appear in the series. Once a legal guild, it was supposed to disband by order of the Council because of their unlawful actions. Nevertheless, its members continue to operate as a dark guild, and are out for revenge against those they blame for branding them as criminals.
Eisenwald in General
- Disproportionate Retribution: Downplayed. At first it seems they are willing to take thousands of innocent lives just to get back at the Magic Council for disbanding their guild. Then it turns out their true targets are the official guild masters, and their previous claims were just to keep the heroes distracted. However, this just makes it that much more personal for Fairy Tail.
- Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Due to having their guild unaccredited, they're basically viewed as outcasts by society and find it much harder to make a decent living. For this reason, they're willing to take the lives of people who have it so much better than they do. Lucy not only calls them out on this, but also points out the reason they were unaccredited in the first place was because they kept committing crimes.
- Meaningful Name: Their name is German for "Iron Forest".
Erigor
Erigor
Voiced by: Koichi Tochika (Japanese), Jonathan Brooks (English)note
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The ace and acting leader of Eisenwald, notorious for his history of only accepting assassination jobs. He is skilled at using Wind Magic to attack, defend, and trap opponents.
- Arc Villain: Of the Lullaby arc, where he plots revenge against the system that ejected Eisenwald from the official guild league by killing the other guild masters with a cursed flute.
- Badass Longcoat: Wears one when he appears in the Nirvana arc of the anime, which is also the one that Jellal wears later on.
- Blow You Away: He is a wind wizard, after all.
- Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud: The whole point of his Wind Wall spell is that the visible part is definitely not something you want to touch. His Storm Mail spell works under a similar principle, but as a subversion there's still a great deal of wind blowing around the funnel itself.
- Elemental Armor: His Storm Mail spell coats him in armor made of wind, which simultaneously allows him to repel enemies or attacks while also increasing the destructive power of his blows with literal hurricane-like force. However, the drawback to this "armor" becomes clear when Natsu turns up the heat so much that he creates a low-pressure area around them, which strips the wind currents away and leaves Erigor vulnerable.
- Elemental Rock-Paper-Scissors: Holds this in Natsu's face when they fight. Backfires spectacularly in the end.
- Flight: He can use this courtesy of his wind magic, making him one of the few characters who can do so unaided by wings.
- Knight of Cerebus: Whereas previous villains, while dangerous, were still mostly Laughably Evil to some degree, Erigor is the first Fairy Tail villain who has virtually no humorous moments, and whose murderous actions have a serious and personal weight to the heroes.
- Mythical Motifs; The grim reaper, between his title of "Death God", scythe, and ruthlessness. Fits it even better post timeskip in an anime only filler, having become an Empty Shell that simply kills.
- Purple Is Powerful: His magic has a purple aura, and he proves to be the first serious challenge Natsu faces in the series.
- Razor Wind: His Wind Wall badly cuts up Natsu and Erza's bodies when they try charging through it in the manga, and he's surprised to still see Natsu in one piece after he endures his attacks.
- Red Baron: Earned the title "Death God" due to his only taking assassination requests.
- Scarf of Asskicking: About the only thing he wears apart from his pants.
- Sinister Scythe: He carries a huge scythe to go with his "Death God" motif.
- Tattooed Crook: His torso is covered with tattoos, and he has facial markings below his eyes.
- Villain Forgot to Level Grind: Downplayed in his return during the Nirvana arc in the anime, where he explicitly states he did grind in preparation for his rematch with Natsu. Unfortunately for him, Natsu's grinded a hell of a lot more by that point and kicks his ass. Averted in the Key of the Starry Heavens Filler arc, detailed below.
- Wake-Up Call Boss: He is the first antagonist that Natsu couldn't just bash into a wall with raw determination and required actual strategy to defeat.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Natsu mocks him for walking around half-naked, despite having no shirt on himself.
- White Hair, Black Heart: He's very temperamental and mocking, and he earned his title of "Death God" by his preference for only taking assassination requests.
- Worthy Opponent: During his anime-only rematch with Natsu, he admits that what he'd really hoped for was to fight Natsu again and win.
In the Key of the Starry Heavens arc
Erigor returns after the Time Skip as a member of the Neo-Oración Seis, codenamed Grim Reaper. This time he has the power to control the weather in exchange for his memories of his entire life.
- Adaptational Badass: In the manga, he never appears again after the Lullaby Arc. In the anime during this arc, he's now powerful enough that he can take out Erza and Gray in a single blow, in addition to becoming a member of the new Oración Seis.
- Adaptational Nice Guy: In the manga, he was only presented as a murderous villain in the Lullaby Arc and not much more. For the anime filler arc, he's shown to genuinely care for his Eisenwald guildmates and has a small amount of rapport with Wendy in his final scene, thanking her for helping him regain his memories.
- Bald of Evil: He's lost all his hair, and is more intimidating and evil than ever.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: When his brainwashing begins to fade and his memories of Eisenwald return, it is shown that despite the lack of camaraderie in his old guild, he considered his guildmates to be his True Companions.
- Forgot About His Powers: When Bickslow expresses disbelief upon seeing that Erigor can fly, Erigor himself admits he actually forget he could due to his memory loss.
- Forgetful Jones: Played for Drama. As a side-effect of his constant memory loss, Erigor forgets who Wendy and Bickslow are while he's fighting them.
- The Grim Reaper: Takes up the title as his codename and theme, based on his old title as "Shinigami Erigor".
- Grudging "Thank You": After Wendy heals Erigor, he tells her that while he doesn't intend to be friends with her, he is at least grateful for her help.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: In his final scene, he gives Wendy a Grudging "Thank You", saying he doesn't intend to be friends with her but he's still grateful to her. Beyond that, especially considering he doesn't rejoin Oracion Seis after they gain their freedom and join Jellal as Crime Sorciere, it's unclear if he genuinely wants to turn his life around or continue following the path of dark guilds.
- Identity Amnesia: He has no memory of being Erigor of Eisenwald due to his constant memory loss, and has a much more subdued and creepy personality.
- Mind-Control Eyes: His eyes are a dull, glassy gray as Grim Reaper.
- Power at a Price: He gives up his memories in exchange for power over the Time Skip. Once he recovers, he admits that living without any memories was the most agonizing experience he has ever gone through.
- Revive Kills Zombie: When Wendy realizes that the memories of his past are physically hurting him, she keeps casting healing spells on him until he recovers all his memories, freeing him from the Oración Seis' control.
- Team Member in the Adaptation: Eisenwald and Erigor were technically always under the control of Oración Seis but Erigor never joined any other team in the manga as an official member. In this anime-exclusive arc, Erigor actually joins Cobra, Midnight, Racer, and Angel once they become the Neo-Oración Seis as a teammate.
- Took a Level in Badass: He's become an official member of the Oración Seis, looks a lot more like The Grim Reaper, and can throw whole hurricanes on people with ease. Too bad he also loses his memory.
- Weather Manipulation: His wind magic has been upgraded to this, allowing him to attack with tornadoes, lightning strikes, water torrents, and piles of cows.
Kageyama
Kageyama
Voiced by: Anri Katsu (Japanese), Chad Cox (English)note
Erigor's right-hand man. He uses Shadow Magic to blend into his surroundings.
- Adaptational Early Appearance: He gets an earlier appearance in the anime when he catches a group of dissenters from Eisenwald who want out of their plan with Lullaby.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Double Subverted. Despite Fairy Tail taking pity on him and treating him much nicer than any of his guildmates ever did, he still betrays them to carry out Eisenwald's plot. It's only when he's about to kill their master that the weight of their kindness finally starts to sink in, allowing Makarov to talk him out of it.
- Casting a Shadow: He is an accomplished shadow wizard, and can use shadows for a variety of purposes, including Combat Tentacles and transportation.
- Dark Is Evil: He is a ruthless and envious wizard who specializes in shadow magic. However, this doesn't stop him from having a Heel–Face Turn.
- The Dragon: He is Erigor's most trusted, prominent, and fleshed out minion.
- Dragon Their Feet: He picks up Eisenwald's plot after Erigor is beaten.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: After he's been wounded and abandoned by his so-called friends, Kageyama thinks that Fairy Tail is only helping him so he can be used as a hostage to bargain with Erigor, rather than out of the goodness of their hearts. It's later subverted when their kindness causes him to hesitate killing their master and ultimately pull a Heel–Face Turn.
- Eyes Always Shut: Though not as frequently as other characters who exhibit this trope, his eyes are mostly closed when he's exhibiting a pleasant demeanor.
- Faux Affably Evil: He strikes up a friendly conversation with a motion-sick Natsu while on the train about all the perks that must come with being in an official guild, and then proceeds to spitefully kick him in the face for having all the things he can't have as a member of an expelled guild.
- Green-Eyed Monster: He's extremely jealous of official guilds like Fairy Tail for all the rights they're entitled to, particularly in the female department, while they themselves are discriminated against for being a dark guild.
- He Knows Too Much: His guild's justification for killing him is so they can keep him from helping Fairy Tail dispel the magic wind wall trapping them.
- Heel–Face Turn: He is unable to bring himself to actually kill the guild masters, especially after Natsu and the others help him out, leading to his surrender.
- In-Series Nickname: His friends in the guild call him "Kage-chan", or simply "Kage" in the English dub. It sounds like an Affectionate Nickname, but the fact that the people who call him that also leave him for dead proves otherwise.
- In the Back: Gets stabbed with a knife by Karacka in the manga, and impaled with his whole arm in the anime, to keep him from ratting out to Fairy Tail. Despite this, he survives.
- Meaningful Name: "Kage" means "shadow".
- Shaping Your Attacks: The Orochi Shadow, along with many fist and hand-shaped attacks.
- The Smart Guy: Is hinted to be highly intelligent due to his mastery of sealing magic.
- Talking the Monster to Death: Falls victim to this when he comes face to face with Makarov before he can play Lullaby to kill the guild masters.
- You Have Failed Me: Has this pulled on him before he can possibly betray Eisenwald. Natsu is not amused.
Rayule
Rayule
Voiced by: Eiji Sekiguchi (Japanese), Will Christoferson (English)
A wizard who uses urumi blades to ensnare his opponents.
- Bullying a Dragon: He makes the mistake of taunting Gray over how Eisenwald is going to kill the guild masters, including Makarov.
- Exotic Eye Designs: His eyes are diamond-shaped in the manga.
- Harmless Freezing: Gray turns him into a human popsicle, but he later thaws out perfectly fine.
- Just Between You and Me: He reveals Eisenwald's true goal of targeting the legal guild masters to Fairy Tail after they're trapped in a train station.
- Sinister Schnoz: He has a big, hooked nose to add to his shady appearance.
- Whip Sword: He fights with black urumis, whip-like swords that are attached to his fingers.
Karacka
Karacka
Voiced by: Masaki Kawanabe (Japanese), Chris Cason (English)
A fat wizard who can phase his body through objects.
- Fat Bastard: Subverted. He seems like this by default since he's in a dark guild, but he truly thinks of Kageyama as a friend.
- Gonk: He's an unsightly fatass who doesn't even have a nose.
- Intangibility: He can phase through solid walls. In the anime, this is how he attempts to kill Kageyama, impaling him on his own arm.
- My God, What Have I Done?: He looks absolutely distraught when he stabs Kageyama In the Back, and he's later seen apologizing profusely to him as they're being rounded up by the Council.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: He has the sense not stick around after seeing Erza decimate all their men.
Byard
Byard
Voiced by: Daisuke Endo (Japanese), Tyson Rinehart (English)
A whiskered man who uses light magic.
- Anime Hair: Has a pillar of hair.
- Light 'em Up: Appears able to use light magic, though he's beaten by Erza before he can use it. It's clear, however, that his magic doesn't make him a good guy.
- Mind over Matter: He uses telekinesis in the manga to fill a glass with beer.
- No Sympathy Between Mooks: Gives Karacka the order to kill Kageyama before he has a chance to help the enemy.
- Too Dumb to Live: Thinks he can take on Erza, even after witnessing her wipe out the bulk of their guild's numbers all on her own firsthand. The results are predictable.
Death's Head Caucus
A dark guild of wizards who specialize in assassination.
Death's Head Caucus in General
- Dub Name Change: They're called Dokurokai in Japanese, while Funimation translates their name as the Death's Head Order in the English dub.
- Professional Killer: They are a group of assassins who make a living out of killing others.
Trinity Raven
The Death's Head Caucus's elite guerilla squad. They replace Erza's friends as Jellal's minions once the others switch sides.
Trinity Raven in General
- Animal Theme Naming: They're all named after birds: "Ikaruga" is a Japanese grosbeak, "Fukuro" is a type of owl, and Vidaldus's last name, "Taka", is Japanese for "hawk".
- Badass Crew: Trinity Raven is quite infamous for putting Death's Head Caucus on the map as one of the deadliest assassin guilds around. The fact that each member of this team alone has challenged the members of the strongest team of Fairy Tail (including Erza, the strongest woman in the guild) and one of the S-Class members of Phantom Lord (Juvia) and damn near win each fight is a clear testimony of their skill.
- Blood Knight: Vidaldus is the Ax-Crazy type, Fukuro's the one with the facade of justice, and Ikaruga's the more reserved type.
- Fusion Dance: They're implied to inhabit Vidaldus's body before Jellal gives him permission to take action.
- Quirky Miniboss Squad: They step in to replace Jellal's old squad in the Tower of Heaven arc since they were beaten/pulled a Heel–Face Turn.
- Spared by the Adaptation: They suffer an Uncertain Doom when the Tower of Heaven falls apart in the manga, but the anime shows a brief scene of them escaping well clear of the explosion on Fukuro's back. This leads to a bit of a plot hole in the Alvarez Empire arc when Neinhart temporarily resurrects Ikaruga as a Historia, with later material explicitly noting the target must be dead for it to work, though it doesn't preclude the possibility Ikaruga died from some other cause over the eight years in-universe since her last appearance.
- Uncertain Doom: In the manga, at least, Vidaldus and Fukuro are suggested to have died after the Tower of Heaven's collapse.
Ikaruga
Ikaruga
Voiced by: Naomi Shindo (Japanese), Jennifer Seman (English)
The leader of Trinity Raven who wears a kimono and speaks in haiku. She possesses a magic sword that can cut through anything.
- Absurdly Sharp Blade: Her sword can not only cut all of Erza's armor to pieces, but her attacks can also slice through the dimensional barriers of Shô's cards.
- Beat Them at Their Own Game: After Erza realizes her armor is useless against Ikaruga, she decides their match with a Single-Stroke Battle as Ikaruga kept subjecting Erza to.
- Dark Action Girl: She is the first non-Arc Villain in the series who not only manages to face Erza, the strongest female member of Fairy Tail, in a fair fight, but also very nearly one-ups her. She's such a fearsome opponent, in fact, Neinhart manages to create a Historia of her based on Erza's memory of her skill.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In the manga she was straight up killed by Erza in their battle, with a lethal amount of spilt blood erupting from her body as she fell. The anime censored her death, making it look like she just was knocked unconscious and then showed her evacuating the place with the help of Fukuro, but she was still mentioned to have been Killed Offscreen via unknown means later on.
- Even Evil Has Standards: She seems to find torture meaningless and distasteful as expressed by her Historia towards Kyôka.
- Fragile Speedster: She's extremely fast, but not durable, with Erza defeating / killing her with one good hit.
- Iaijutsu Practitioner: Her attacks are so fast, Erza doesn't realize she's been hit by them until her armors fall apart.
- Implausible Fencing Powers: Her first move in battle is to slice all of Shô's cards in half length-wise (less than a millimeter) while also cutting Shô himself; in the anime, she even manages to cut his nerves without cutting the skin.
- Impossibly-Low Neckline: She wears her kimono down past her shoulders, with seemingly nothing to support it.
- Katanas Are Just Better: She wields a magically enhanced katana called Mugetsu-Ryu, which is portrayed as an impossibly fast and sharp blade that Erza's European armor can't handle.
- Killed Offscreen: In the anime, she escapes the Tower of Heaven alive, but is confirmed to have died eight years later since Neinhart creates a Historia of her, which would only be possible if she was dead.
- Lady of War: She never loses her serene grace even while attempting to slaughter Erza.
- One-Hit Kill: Although she did not have the order of killing Erza but only of capturing her during the events of the Tower of Heaven and therefore she was limiting herself, Ikaruga has nevertheless demonstrated a master skillful swordswoman skill to the point that she can easily to put Shô on his knees and give Erza a lot of trouble from an abysmal physical distance. However at the end, during a Single-Stroke Battle, Erza finally manages to overcome her by seriously injuring her.
- Playing with Fire: Her Karuda-en technique allows her to draw a ring of fire around herself with her sword.
- Replacement Goldfish: Ikaruga is brought back as a Historia by Neinhart, and gangs up on Erza with Azuma and Kyôka.
- Tricked-Out Shoes: She wears a set of massive okobo that add to her traditional Japanese noblewoman motif and give her a stature advantage against her foes.
- Warrior Poet: Ikaruga recites haiku right before attempting to fight Erza to the death.
Vidaldus Taka
Vidaldus Taka
Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa (Japanese), Mike McFarland (English)
Jellal's personal attendant, who reveals himself as a hyperactive punk rocker with hair that can absorb liquid, and can enslave others with his electric guitar music.
- Ax-Crazy: He is the wildest and most violent member of Trinity Raven.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Though they are more prominent before transforming.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: He does this to Juvia when he hits her with his spell Rock of Succubus, transforming her into an even more distorted, ferocious and aggressive female version of himself that obeys his every order.
- Catchphrase: "Go to Hell!"
- Death Seeker: By his own admission, his dream is to die and go to Hell.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: His chalky-white skin and ebony hair make him one of the creepiest-looking villains in the series.
- Large Ham: It comes with being a punk rocker.
- Magic Hair: His hair can absorb liquids, making him impervious to Juvia's water attacks.
- Maniac Tongue: He could give Gene Simmons a run for his money. Juvia inherits this trait while she’s under his control.
- Mind Rape: The supplications, ambiguous words and the agonizing laments of Juvia at the moment in which he transforms her into a succubus make it suppose.
- Musical Assassin: He uses Magic Music to produce deafening noises and brainwash his opponents.
- Not Afraid to Die: When he learns that the Magic Council is planning to fire Etherion on the Tower of Heaven, he is at first angry that Jellal hadn't been told about it earlier, but then decides he doesn't care because he enjoys fighting with his life on the line.
- Number Two: He fills a vague sort of second-in-command role for Jellal before his true disposition as a Trinity Raven assassin is revealed.
- Phlebotinum Overload: Lucy takes advantage of his liquid-absorbing hair by summoning Aquarius, who conjures too much water for him to handle and pins him down for a finishing blow.
- The Power of Rock: Which he uses to make women his slaves, along with his guitar and hair magic.
- Power Perversion Potential: Uses his "Rock of Succubus" song to brainwash girls into being his groupies. He forces the brainwashed Juvia to fight Lucy just so he can watch a Cat Fight.
- The Stoic: He's initially shown to have a very stern and serious personality before Jellal gives him permission to go all out.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: Once he drops The Stoic act.
Fukuro
Fukuro
Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese), Daniel Penz (English)
A man with an owl's head, a jetpack, and a very warped view of justice. He can copy other wizards' powers by swallowing them whole.
- The Assimilator: He swallows his opponents to gain their magic. He even gains a tuft of Natsu's hair when he gets swallowed.
- Black-Hole Belly: His body briefly bulges out when swallowing Natsu, but quickly reverts back to normal despite the fact that he now has a full-grown human being inside of him.
- The Brute: Is the largest of his comrades, and the physical strength to match.
- Cannibalism Superpower: By swallowing enemies whole, he is able to use their magic; the longer they digest, the more he absorbs.
- Combat Pragmatist: He studies his "prey" and will exploit any vulnerabilities they have, like Natsu's motion sickness.
- Jet Pack: Fukuro's jet pack consists of two ICBM missiles.
- Knight Templar: Fukuro thinks of himself as a hero of justice punishing evildoers, despite being quite the lawbreaker himself.
- Large Ham: He talks and acts like some kind of superhero.
- No-Sell: Having a owl's eyes, he does this to Simon's darkness spell, as he can still see him.
- Power Copying: Fukuro's magic allows him to take the magic of anyone he eats.
- Obliviously Evil: He works with a Dark Action Girl and an Ax-Crazy rockstar to aid a Brainwashed and Crazy Jellal in his evil scheme to revive an unspeakable evil, yet he calls Natsu and his friends the bad guys.
- Ominous Owl: He's basically a human with an owl's head, with all of the benefits it entails, and then some.
- Tiny-Headed Behemoth: He's a massive, muscular man with a tiny owl's head.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: He never wears a shirt, showing off his human body.
Raven Tail
See the Official Guilds page.
Naked Mummy
A small-time dark guild controlled by the Oración Seis. Having amassed a troubling debt to the Seis, they are desperate to pay it off or suffer the consequences.
Naked Mummy in General
- Animal M Otifs: Primates, as mentioned below.
- Beast Men: All the members are similar to primates.
Gatô and Zatô
Gatô and "Crazy Monkey" Zatô
Gatô voiced by: Hiroki Goto (Japanese), Cris George (English)
Zatô voiced by: Tomoyuki Higuchi (Japanese), Paul Giovanni Ramirez (English)
Top: Gatô. Bottom: Zatô.
Ape-like brothers who act as the leaders of Naked Mummy.
- Beast Man: They resemble giant apes, but it's unclear if that's what they actually are.
- Bullying a Dragon: In the manga, Zatô spreads plenty of rumors about Fairy Tail being a weak guild and tries beating Laxus to the ground. The results are predictable.
- Forgetful Jones: Gatô always forgets everything he says not even a minute before, resulting in him repeating himself.
- Harmless Villain: They and their guild fight Fairy Tail a grand total of three times, and lose each time.
- Let's Get Dangerous!: During their last stand against Fairy Tail, they're supposedly skilled enough to give Natsu and Gray a hard time, not that we get to see it.
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: They somehow manage to give Natsu and Gray some trouble in the Nirvana arc, but none of their fight is shown; it simply cuts to the brothers lying battered on the ground next to an exhausted Natsu and Gray.
- Red Baron: "Crazy Monkey" Zatô.
- Running Gag: The fact that they call each other "Big Brother", making it impossible to determine who is really the other brother. There's also Gatô's habit of repeating himself.
- Silly Simian: Natsu certainly thinks their apelike appearance is amusing.
Succubus Eye
Succubus Eye is a dark guild controlled by Tartaros. They are under direct orders from Tartaros to survey the Village of the Sun, where they encounter Fairy Tail.
Minerva Orland
Minerva Orland
See her entry on the Saber Tooth page.
Doriath
Doriath
Voiced by: Taku Yashiro (Japanese), Xan Cramer (English)
Click here to see his Etherious Form
A wizard who made a pact with Tartaros, turning him into a demon from the Book of Zeref. He wields the Way of Devolution, an inhuman power that regresses his targets' physical and magical abilities, turning them into children.
- Always a Bigger Fish: After being defeated by Gray, he gets eaten by his own bird mount, which proceeds to chase after Fairy Tail.
- Attack Backfire: Due to the way Maker Magic works, Doriath's power ends up being more helpful to Gray than harmful, in spite of weakening his power.
- Berserk Button: When Gray, despite being turned back into a child, is able to fight back and talk down at him, Doriath gets so angry he loses focus on the Way of Devolution and assumes his demon form to attack Gray.
- Brown Note: In his demon form, his Way of Devolution can be used as a sound wave so that instead of only being able to affect the enemy in front of him, it is able to regress everybody in Sun Village back to their childhood. The downside is that it doesn't discriminate between friend or foe, as seen when it hits his partner Minerva.
- Character Death: Gets gobbled up by the very bird monster that carried him to the Village of the Sun. He realizes that his role in the greater scheme that Tartaros is planning is done, and knows the guild won't allow anyone the chance to get captured and divulge their secrets.
- Combat Pragmatist: He turns his victims into children so that they'll be easier to deal with. He also doesn't waste any time casting it once an enemy is in sight.
- Death by Irony: After wanting to eat Gray, he himself gets eaten by a giant, flying monster.
- Demon of Human Origin: He was once a human guild wizard who was subjected to Tartaros's demonization process, making him an Etherious himself.
- Does Not Know His Own Strength: He can still use his magic while in his One-Winged Angel form, but he is no longer capable of aiming (or he just doesn't bother to do so anymore), causing everyone—including Minerva and Sylph Labyrinth—to get hit by it.
- Dub Name Change: Funimation changes his "Way of Devolution" to "Art of Regression".
- Fangs Are Evil: Even with his mouth shut, he has a lot of fangs jutting out.
- Fountain of Youth: His magic hits his victims with this. According to him, his magic actually affects the magic power of the victim, and their age regression is a secondary effect.
- Hulking Out: He hulks out into a huge demon after Gray sufficiently pisses him off.
- Humiliation Conga: Things just don't go well for him once Gray decides to fight him: first he's duped into tumbling over a cliff, and then landing onto a bush that's covered in Demon Slayer ice, which is the equivalent of sitting on a porcupine. To top it off, he gets a pile of shaved ice dumped on his head. Finally, after he proves himself a sufficient threat when angered, he gets gobbled up by a giant cyclops bird.
- I'm a Humanitarian: His attempt to eat Gray after turning him into a child seems to be a pretty big indication.
- Inconsistent Spelling: Funimation spells it as "Doriate", which is close to how his name is pronounced.
- Kryptonite Is Everywhere: Bordering on Too Dumb to Live, as the area he fights in is coated in ice that would severely damage him.
- My Death Is Only The Beginning: His cryptic warning to Fairy Tail before dying that the netherworld gate has been opened indicates Tartaros was already on the move, cannibalizing his guild, Succubus Eye, and several other dark guilds to assert their full dominance right before beginning their gruesome slaughter of the Magic Council's current ranks and alumni.
- One-Winged Angel: He assumes his true, giant demon form to fight Gray.
- Our Demons Are Different: He's a former human who was transformed into a demon by Tartaros.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: He has these in the anime, and he is definitely not a nice guy.
- Status Buff: The Way of Devolution's primary effect is to lower the opponent's abilities to their absolute minimum; their transformation into a child is a side effect.
- Top-Heavy Guy: His demon form really bulks up his upper body and arms, to the point he's in a Primal Stance when at rest.
- Was Once a Man: He was once an ordinary wizard who made a pact with Tartaros, who used their technology to transform him into a demon.
- Would Hurt a Child: He definitely has no problem with beating up adults with the bodies of children.
- Weak, but Skilled: Subverted. Gray assumes he uses Way of Devolution on his enemies to make up for his somewhat average power, which seems to match up to how the fight was going. Then he reveals his true colors as a powerful demon.
Blue Skull
See the Fairy Tail ZERØ page.
