The first dark guild of the series. The members of this guild seek out the demon flute Lullaby and try to use its deadly music to launch an assassination plot against the guild masters of Fiore.

Erigor / Grim Reaper

The ace and acting leader of Eisenwald. He is skilled at using Wind Magic to attack, defend, and trap opponents.

Post-Time Skip, Erigor appears as a member of the Reborn Oración Seis under the name "Grim Reaper". In exchange for his memories of his entire life, he gains control over weather.

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• Arc Villain: Of the Lullaby arc.
• Badass Longcoat: Wears one when he reappears in the anime, which is also the one that Jellal wears later on.
• Bald of Evil: Post-Time Skip.
• Blow You Away.
  • Razor Wind
  • Shock and Awe: Post-Time Skip, thanks to his newfound Storm Magic.
• Brainwashed and Crazy: As Grim Reaper.
• 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 Rock-Paper-Scissors: Holds this in Natsu's face when they fight. Backfires spectacularly in the end.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Memories of his True Companions from Eisenwald are the first thing to stir when his brainwashing starts to fade. Even in his mental realm, Erigor pictures his old self standing besides the silhouettes of his Eisenwald guildmates.
• Flight: One of the few characters who can do so unaided by wings.
• Improbable Weapon User: Post Time Skip, he decides to conclude his duel with Bickslow and Wendy by dropping a whole herd of cows on them.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: He gives up his memories in exchange for power over the Time Skip. As such, he doesn't remember anything about being Erigor of Eisenwald.
• Mind-Control Eyes: As a member of the Reborn Oración Seis, his eyes are shown to be a dull, glassy gray. His personality is also much more subdued than in his earlier appearances.
• Red Baron: Earned the title "Shinigami" due to his only taking requests to kill people. Ironically, he looks more like The Grim Reaper. This incidentally becomes his codename when he joins the Reborn Oración Seis.
• Revive Kills Zombie: When Wendy realizes that the memories of his past are physically hurting him, she keeps on casting healing spells on him until he recovers all his memories, freeing him from Oración Seis' grasp.
• Scarf of Asskicking: In his first appearance.
• Sinister Scythe: Part of his death motif. After the Time Skip, his scythe seems necessary for his Storm Magic.
• Tattooed Crook
• Took a Level in Badass: After the Time Skip he's become an official member of the Reborn 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.
• Walking Shirtless Scene
• What Happened to the Mouse?: After his defeat, Lucy fears that Erigor will come back to take revenge. However, he's never seen and barely even mentioned again after that.
  • The anime rectifies this. He reappears in the Nirvana arc as part of one of the many dark guilds controlled by Oración Seis, and has a rematch with Natsu. However, the drastic differences in their power are made apparent, and he's taken out in less than half an episode. He later appears after the Time Skip as a full-blown member of the Reborn Oración Seis.
• 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.
• You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Kageyama

Erigor's right-hand man. He uses shadow magic to blend into his surroundings.

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• 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 Not Evil: He is unable to bring himself to actually kill the guild masters, especially after Team Natsu helps him out, leading to his Heel Face Turn.
• The Dragon: To Erigor.
• Expy: He is essentially an evil, older Shikamaru, though he is definitely his own character.
• Heel Face Turn
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: By Karacka, to shut him up.
• 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.
• You Have Failed Me: Has this pulled on him before he can possibly betray Eisenwald. Natsu is not amused.

Rayule, Karacka & Byard

Three lesser members of Eisenwald.

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• Bullying a Dragon: Byard taunts Erza and Rayule taunts Gray.
• Dishing Out Dirt: Karacka's Earth Magic allows him to phase through walls and, in the anime, people as well.
• Elite Mooks
• Heel Face Turn: Karacka is seen free and reformed at the Fantasia festival.
• Fat Bastard: Karacka.
• Human Popsicle: Rayule, after his battle against Gray.
• Light 'em Up: Byard's magic.
  • Light Is Not Good
• Oh Crap: Rayule's face after getting encased in ice.
• Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Karacka runs away after seeing his comrades defeated by Erza.
• Whip Sword: How Rayule's magic works.

One of the lesser dark guilds in the series. They try to rob the Love & Lucky merchants' guild (where Lucy's father works after he loses his fortune) to pay off a debt to their superiors, Oración Seis.

Gato & Zato

A pair of monkey-like brothers who run Naked Mummy together.

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• Animal Motifs: Monkeys.
• Bullying a Dragon: Zato spreads plenty of rumors about Fairy Tail being a weak guild and tries beating Laxus to the ground. The results are predictable.
• Everything's Better with Monkeys
• Funny Afro: Zato
• Harmless Villain: Fights Fairy Tail three times and gets curb stomped every single time.
• Let's Get Dangerous: When they prepare to fight Natsu and Gray. They still get their asses handed to them.
• Noodle Incident: Their fight against Natsu and Gray off-screen. They are apparently strong enough to cause them some trouble.
• Red Baron: "Crazy Monkey" Gato
• Running Gag: The fact that they call each other "Big Brother", making it impossible to determine who is really the other brother. Gato has also the habit of repeating himself several times.

One of the three most powerful dark guilds that make up the Balam Alliance, which unites the dark guilds. Though it is one of the smallest guilds in the series, comprised of only six members, it lives up to its strength, forcing Fairy Tail to team up with three other official guilds just to fight it. This guild seeks Nirvana, an ancient magic that switches light with darkness.

In the anime-exclusive, post-Time Skip "Key of the Starry Heavens" filler arc, most of the members of Oración Seis return with a few new additions, becoming the "Reborn Oración Seis". Their goal is to assemble the Infinity Clock, an artifact that distorts one's perception of time in order to instill chaos throughout the world.

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• Dark and Troubled Past: The members of this guild (sans Brain) are all former child slaves from the Tower of Heaven.
• Meaningful Name: Each member's name is a codename that pertains to his or her personality and talent.
• Only Known by Their Nickname: Except Hoteye, who reveals his name to be Richard Buchanan. Cobra's name is also revealed to be Erik in the Key of the Starry Heaven arc.
• Gratuitous Spanish: "Oración Seis" literally means "Six Prayers."
• Shout Out: To Rave Master's Oración Seis (in name only, though).
  • What Could Have Been: Hiro Mashima only reused the name Oración Seis from his other work, Rave Master, as a mere placeholder for another title he was trying to come up with, but ended up going with it when the deadline came too close for comfort.
• Tragic Dream: Most of their prayers are outright unachievable.

Brain / Zero

The master of Oración Seis. He seeks the legendary magic Nirvana to destroy the official wizard guilds in the world and create a new world order. He has a split personality named Zero, who just wants to destroy everything.

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• Ambiguously Brown
  • Color Failure: Zero is pale. Played for Drama.
• Arc Villain: Of the Nirvana arc.
• Ax Crazy: Zero
• Badass Longcoat
• Chunky Updraft: As Zero, in the anime.
• Dark Is Evil: His magic fires ghostly apparitions.
• Dark-Skinned Blond
• Disk One Final Boss: Brain. Zero is the real Arc Villain.
• Evil Albino: As Zero.
• Evil Genius: There's a reason he's called "Brain".
• Evil Mentor: To Jellal.
• For the Evulz: Zero loves to destroy everything with a physical form.
• Genius Bruiser
• The Man Behind the Man: As the leader of his guild, he's technically behind Eisenwald, Naked Mummy, and several other dark guilds.
• Omnicidal Maniac: Zero has no motivation or plans beyond destroying anything and everything he encounters.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning: As Zero.
• Sealed Evil in a Can: Brain sealed Zero away with Organic Link magic powered by the strongest desires of the other Oración Seis members. Zero comes out when all six are defeated.
• Simple Staff: Which isn't so simple after all.
• Slasher Smile
• Spell My Name with an S: A good number of scanlations call him "Blaine".
• The Stoic: Until he turns into Zero.
• Superpowered Evil Side: When the six main members are defeated, Brain's other personality, Zero, takes control.
• Tattooed Crook: Has tattoos all across his face. They are magic "keys" that seal away his Superpowered Evil Side.
• Would Hurt a Child: Has no qualms about beating Wendy should she refuse to cooperate with him.

Cobra

Brain's right-hand man who keeps a giant flying snake named Cubellios as a pet, and has ultra-sensitive hearing. He is also the Poison Dragon Slayer whose magic was implanted in him by Brain.

Post-Time Skip, Cobra sacrifices his eyesight in exchange for magic that lets him amply any sounds he hears to produce destructive sonic attacks. He also searches relentlessly for Cubellios, whom he was separated from seven years ago.

He returns later as the seventh Dragon Slayer needed to defeat future Rogue's seven dragons.

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• A Man and His Giant Purple Snake
• Badass Baritone
• Badass Cape: After the Time Skip.
• Badass Longcoat
• Brown Note/Make Me Wanna Shout: Post-Time Skip, he's improved his Sound Magic to the point that he can make walls of sound.
• Bullying a Dragon: He taunts Natsu by telling him dragons no longer exist in the world. He gets an authentic-sounding dragon's roar for his trouble.
• Catch Phrase: "I can hear you."
• The Dragon: Quite literally.
  • Co-Dragons: With Midnight.
• Enemy Mine: He teams up with Natsu against Future Rogue and the dragons in the Grand Magic Games arc.
• Even Evil Has Loved Ones: His relationship with Cubellios is a prime example.
• Evil Red Head
• Finger Licking Poison: He eats poison, because he's the Poison Dragon Slayer.
• "Get Out of Jail Free" Card: Jellal requests he be released from jail so he can help his fellow Dragon Slayers, well, slay dragons.
  • Eleventh Hour Ranger
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Has a scar over his left eye after the Time Skip.
• Handicapped Badass: He returns half-blind after the Time Skip.
• Heel Face Turn: He returns to help Natsu and the other Dragon Slayers to defeat the seven Dragons who came through the Eclipse Gate.
• Ignored Enemy: When Natsu and Happy stop to squabble for a moment. Talking isn't a free action in the manga, but in the anime, possibly to make his Alas, Poor Villain moment more effective, he noticeably pauses in his attacks and has a sort of soft expression while looking at Cubellios.
• I Will Find You: He promises to find Cubellios after they are separated over the Time Skip. He succeeds, but they're not reunited for long before the council shows up to arrest him.
• In the Back: He survives, though.
• Manly Tears: After being shot by Brain.
• Pointy Ears
• Shoo the Dog: He does this to Kinana/Cubellios when the council shows up so she won't be arrested with him.
• Slasher Smile
• Snakes Are Sexy
• Technicolor Toxin: Cubellios is violet and her bitten victims turn purple. The scales of Cobra's Dragon Slayer mode are violet, but the poison he creates is crimson.
• Telepathy: Cobra can read minds because his hearing is good This becomes his weakness when Natsu unleashes a Dragon's Roar at point blank range, deafening him.
  • Again post-Time Skip, where he is distracted upon hearing Kinana/Cubellios' voice, allowing Erza to finish him off.
• The Bus Came Back
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Brain takes him out just for losing to Natsu. He survives, however.

Racer

A speed-obsessed wizard who uses magic to move faster than the human eye. Or at least that's how his magic appears to others; his true power is slowing down time for everything around him.

Post-Time Skip, Racer improves his Slowing Magic and achieves his desire for genuine speed, but sacrifices his own humanity and "heart" in the process and becomes a twisted shell of his former self.

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• Anime Hair
• Ax Crazy: Post-Time Skip.
• Badass Biker
• Catch Phrase: "Fast is good."
• Cool Bike: His other magic, "Vehicle Magic", can produce them out of thin air.
• Fragile Speedster: Catch him off guard and he's a vulnerable as any normal human.
• Gag Nose
• Knife Nut: Manga-only. In the anime, he threatens Lyon with a broken icicle.
• Red and Black and Evil All Over: Post-Time Skip.
• Sinister Shades
• Spared by the Adaptation: In the manga, he quite clearly kills himself with the bomb, but fails to kill Lyon. However the anime has Lyon cut the bomb off of him and defend them both from the blast with ice magic before it could explode, saving his life in the process. It also gives a better explanation for how Lyon could have survived.
  • His death is Retconned entirely when Hiro Mashima accepts the Key of the Starry Heavens filler arc as canon.
• Super Speed: Though his power is really the exact opposite.
  • Speed Blitz
  • Time Stands Still
• Taking You with Me: To Lyon, though it didn't work.

Hoteye

A greedy man who believes that money can solve all the world's problems. His Heaven's Gaze ability allows him to see through solid objects, and he can transform the ground around him into liquid. His true identity is Richard Buchanan, the older brother of Erza's childhood friend Wally.

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• Dishing Out Dirt: Hoteye's magic deals with softening the ground. It's a lot more powerful than it sounds.
• Evil Redhead
• Evil Eye: Hoteye's "Heaven's Gaze" ability lets him see through solid objects.
• Expy: When he first appears he bears an uncanny (and probably coincidental) resemblance to Bartholomew Kuma.
• Gonk
• Greed
• Heel Realization: For the briefest instant, he questions whether or not money is the answer to reuniting with his brother.
  • Heel Face Brainwashing: Because Nirvana is activated when this happens, he immediately turns good on the spot. And because he was good to begin with, his Heel Face Turn sticks.
• Love Freak: Post-turn.
• Money Fetish
• Tears of Joy: After Erza tells him his brother is alive and well.
• Uncanny Family Resemblance: With Wally.
• Verbal Tic: Ends all of his sentences with "desu ne!" ("Isn't it?")
• Well-Intentioned Extremist: His dream is to one day reunite with his missing brother, which he thinks he can achieve if he has enough money. He is thus overcome with crushing greed.

Angel

A very skilled Celestial Spirit wizard who controls spirits such as Gemini to read the minds of her enemies. However, she sees her spirits as little more than tools, and has no trouble mistreating them.

Post-Time Skip, Angel learns Angel Magic, which allow her to summon angelic beings that gradually eat away at her own lifespan so that when she dies, she will become an angel herself.

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• Absolute Cleavage: The first real example in the series.
• BFG/BFS: Caelum can be both.
• Clothing Damage: After her defeat, and arguably the most extensive case so far.
• Cute and Psycho
• Dark Action Girl
• Dark Chick
• Detached Sleeves: After the Time Skip.
• Evil Counterpart: To Lucy.
• Hair Decorations: A blue ribbon to be precise.
• Hime Cut: Post-Time Skip.
• Hoist by His Own Petard: Turns out Angel Magic is not very wholesome to use, as she finds out in the worst possible way.
• Idiot Hair: In the shape of a halo.
• Impossible Hourglass Figure: Hard to tell until the Clothing Damage, but she definitely fits.
• Impossibly Low Neckline: After the Time Skip.
• Kick the Son of a Bitch: She's the one who killed Karen.
• Light Is Not Good: She wears a white dress, has white hair, is named "Angel" and uses Celestial Spirit magic. She's also one of the cruelest characters in the series.
  • Post-Timeskip, she has learned Angel Magic, which allows her to summon "angels" in battle. Furthermore, the more she uses Angel Magic, the less human she becomes.
• Manipulative Bitch
• Mini Dress Of Power: It's even made of feathers.
• Opera Gloves: Bonus points for being the same color as the Zettai Ryouiki.
• The Ophelia: She is shown to have lost a few screws post-Time Skip as a side-effect of her Angel Magic; she thinks that when the angels she summons completely devour her soul, she will become an angel herself. Thankfully Gray manages to talk some sanity back into her.
• Sexy Backless Outfit: As sexy as the Absolute Cleavage.
• Shape Shifter: Her favorite combat tactic.
• Slasher Smile
• Summon Magic: Angel is a Celestial Spirit wizard with three Golden Keys (Aries, Gemini, Scorpio).
  • After the Time Skip she can use golden coins to directly summon angels to fight for her.
• Tattooed Crook: Has two angel wings tattooed above her breasts.
• Tears of Fear: Post-Time Skip when she realizes that her Angel Magic has turned against her.
• The Smurfette Principle: She's the only female in Oración Seis pre-Time Skip.
• Vapor Wear
• Verbal Tic: She has a tendency to end her sentences with "~so."
• Villainous Breakdown: Twice. The second time nearly kills her.
• White-Haired Pretty Girl: With White-Haired Pretty Boy characteristics.
• Woman in White
• Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.

Midnight / Brain II

Brain's adoptive son who is almost always shown sleeping. He uses Reflector magic to evade his opponents' attacks and create illusions.

Post-Time Skip, Midnight takes over his father's legacy as leader of the Reborn Oración Seis. He develops Brain's knack for inventing new spells to suit his needs, leading him to redub himself "Brain II".

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• Arc Villain: Of the Key of the Starry Heavens filler arc.
• Attack Reflector: His primary power.
• Badass Longcoat: Post-Time Skip.
• Badass Longhair: Post-Time Skip.
• Casting a Shadow: Seems to have learned the same type of Darkness Magic as Brain.
• Disney Villain Death: Plummets into the depths of the Infinity Castle after Natsu defeats him in the Key of the Starry Heavens arc.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady
• Evil Genius: Takes up his father's knack for inventing new spells, and even calls himself "Brain II".
• Expy: He bears a striking resemblance to Albel Nox from Star Ocean 3.
• Fighting a Shadow: He pulls this on Hoteye.
• Guyliner: And lipstick to boot!
• Master of Illusion: His secondary power.
• Multicolored Hair: He looks like he has two sets of hair at the same time—a black "spiky lump" commonly used on males, and white chin-length hair with decorations that would look perfectly fitting on a girl.
• No Sell: After the Time Skip, his combination of Reflector and Darkness Magic can't be blocked by Dan's or even Byro's magic.
• One-Winged Angel: Transforms into a hideous large beast once it becomes midnight, against Erza. It's actually just an illusion, which doesn't work for long on Erza.
• Razor Wind: One of the many uses of Reflector.
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Ship Tease: Believe it or not, with Jellal.
• Superpower Lottery: He's basically Accelerator and Aizen rolled into one, toned down of course. Subverted in the end, however, when all that power fails to keep him from suffering a humiliating defeat.
• Take Up My Sword: Reappears Post-Time Skip as the new leader of Oración Seis.
• Villainous Breakdown: Lucy turns the power of the Infinity Clock against him, distorting his perception of time and forcing him to relive the horrors of the Tower of Heaven.

Kurodoa

Brain's staff, which has a mind of its own.

See Fairy Tail Anime Only for more information on his anime-only alter ego Jackpot.

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• Butt Monkey
• Dirty Old Man: Shows traces of this.
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: Twice. He gets better the first time (somehow), but the second time seems permanent.
• Harmless Villain
  • Not-So-Harmless Villain: As Jackpot.
• Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Post-Time Skip by the Infinity Clock hand, right before it explodes.
• Living Weapon
• Mr. Exposition: His only role (in the manga, at least) is to explain who Zero is before being smashed to pieces.
• Sixth Ranger: He takes pride in calling himself Oración Seis' seventh member. This becomes a plot point in the Key of the Starry Heavens arc when he takes on the identity "Jackpot" and fills in for one of the core six members, Imitatia.
• Skull for a Head
• Unexplained Recovery: No explanation is given for his return Post-Time Skip.

Grim Reaper / Erigor

See "Eisenwald" folder.

Imitatia / Michelle Lobster

See Fairy Tail Anime Only.

The strongest of the three dark guilds that make up the Balam Alliance. The members of this guild hope to awaken the power of the black wizard Zeref for their own selfish desires. Their search leads them to war against Fairy Tail on Tenrou Island, where Zeref lives.

Hades

The master of Grimoire Heart. He wishes to uncover the origins of magic, and believes that awakening Zeref will give him that power. He was once called Purehito, the second master of Fairy Tail who named Makarov his successor.

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• Arc Villain: Of the Tenrou Island arc.
  • Big Bad: Of half of the pre-Time Skip arcs. Jellal becoming Brainwashed and Crazy? All part of his plan to create a distraction to allow him to find one of the keys to unseal Zeref. Deliora's attempted revival on Galuna Island? It would have failed outright without Ultear, the leader of his Quirky Miniboss Squad. Oración Seis? Brain formed it while he was Jellal's mentor. He also played a part in Ultear's Start of Darkness, if not being outright responsible for it.
• Badass
  • Badass Boast
  "The mistakes people make will eventually be labeled as experience, but with true mistakes there will be no experience gained. Because the mistake you made taking me on as your opponent will leave you no future."
  • Badass Beard/Beard of Evil
  • Badass Cape
  • Badass Grandpa
  • Badass Longhair
• Broken Pedestal: To Makarov.
• Chain Pain
• Death by Irony: He wanted to unseal Zeref, but Zeref himself did not.
• Evil Counterpart: To Makarov. He even has "Grimoire Law", to counter Fairy Law.
• Evil Mentor
• Evil Old Folks
• Eyepatch of Power: In the literal sense too, as once he takes it off he goes One-Winged Angel.
  • Evil Eye: His "Devil's Eye".
• Face Framed In Shadow: Until the Tenrou Island arc.
• Face Heel Turn: He was the second master of Fairy Tail and the one who nominated Makarov as his successor.
• Fallen Hero
  • The Paragon Always Rebels: Although rather than take others with him into darkness, he recruited others and cultivated evil after he fell.
• Finger Gun
• Go Mad from the Revelation: Details haven't been given, but he decided to create a dark guild after learning the "true nature of magic".
• Gone Horribly Right: His actions awaken Zeref, who proceeds to kill him.
• Hero Killer
• Instant Runes: His Amaterasu spell seals, which are supposed to be ridiculously hard to do so quickly, if Makarov's reaction is any indication.
• Karmic Death
• Killed Off for Real
• Knight of Cerebus
• The Man Behind the Woman Behind the Man: He's Ultear's boss.
• Made of Iron/No Sell: His entire battle with Team Natsu and Laxus consists of him getting up without a single scratch every time he is apparently crushed. This is thanks to his mechanical "heart", and only stops when the "heart" is destroyed.
• No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: Defeats Makarov without breaking a sweat. Then, in the fight against Team Natsu, after they finish their "warm up" he utterly trashes the group.
• Oh Crap: Again, his battle with Team Natsu is practically an exchange of shocked and horrified expressions between both sides; he gives an "Oh Crap" face each time Team Natsu pulls an impressive stunt, and he gets one in return for every time he No Sells them. But his ultimate "Oh Crap" face comes when he realizes his Soul Jar is destroyed, and again when Zeref appears on his ship.
• Older Than They Look: In flashbacks to when Makarov was a young man, he looks exactly the same as he does now.
• One-Winged Angel
• Orcus on His Throne: After defeating Makarov, he spends much of the arc sitting around on his ship without doing anything, even after every single one of his subordinates is defeated, until "Makarov's kids" waltz right through his door.
• Punny Name: His original name, Purehito, can almost be pronounced "pure heart".
• Shoot the Medic First: What he tries to do to Wendy at the end of one of the many Oh Crap moments mentioned above; thankfully, Horologium saves her at the last second.
• Sorting Algorithm of Evil: He's the strongest character in the series so far, barring Zeref.
• Soul Jar: His "heart" powers both himself and the Grimoire Heart guild ship. Unfortunately, it leads to his defeat, by Carla and Happy, no less.
• Tin Tyrant
• Unholy Nuke: Grimoire Law, the Evil Counterpart to Fairy Law. For bonus points, something really bad is supposed to happen should the two ever clash.
• Variable Length Chain: One of his magic types is creating chains of light, which seem to have a draining ability when it latches on to his foes.

Bluenote Stinger

The Deputy Commander of Grimoire Heart. Despite his rank, he could care less about Zeref and just wants to find the powerful Fairy Glitter spell sealed within former Fairy Tail master Mavis's grave. He uses Gravity Magic to immobilize his opponents.

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• A Twinkle in the Sky:How he is defeated by Gildarts.
• Badass: Anyone who can engage a severely pissed-off Gildarts in a protracted battle more than deserves the title.
  • Badass Baritone
  • Badass Long Hair
  • Badass Longcoat/Coat Cape.
• Battle Aura: Like Gildarts', it can be felt across the entire island. And it has enough physical presence to deflect the rain falling down on him.
• The Dragon
  • Co-Dragons: Along with Ultear.
  • Dragon with an Agenda: Cares little for Fairy Tail and Zeref, the latter of which is goal of his guild. He seeks the grave of the first Fairy Tail master, Mavis Vermilion, in order to acquire the magic "Fairy Glitter".
• The Dreaded: As Lahar puts it:
  "Not even a weed remains in the roads he's walked...that's the level of magic user he is".
• Duel Boss: Once Gildarts shows up, everyone clears out to give them room to do battle. Natsu wants to stay and watch, but they drag him away anyway.
  • Good Old Fisticuffs: Said battle quickly devolves into this for both Bluenote and Gildarts. Until Azuma takes control of the Tenrou Tree, that is.
• Evil Counterpart: For Gildarts.
• Face Framed In Shadow: Until he steps in.
• Gag Nose
• Gonk
• Gravity Master
  • Chunky Updraft: A deliberate use of his power.
  • Dark Is Edgy/Power of the Void: Can make black holes.
  • Gravity Sucks
• Oh Crap: He has two of them. The first one is when he realizes that Gildarts is strong enough to pose an actual threat to him, and the second one is when Gildarts crushes his Black Hole spell.
• One-Man Army: According to his reputation.
• Villain Ball: He had Gildarts on the ropes due to Azuma taking over the Tenrou Island tree and draining the Faires of their magic. He could've easily killed him with his black hole power. What does he do? Just stomps on Gildarts and gloats like an idiot before Erza manages to turn the power back on, allowing Gildarts to get back into the fight.
• The Worf Effect: Yes, Gildarts is said to be the strongest wizard in Fairy Tail, and yes, Gildarts is badass, but Bluenote is defeated in one hit once Gildarts' drained magic returns. And this is supposedly when Bluenote "stops playing around". To fair, before Gildarts showed up, Natsu's group couldn't even touch him and Cana, equipped with Fairy Glitter, the strongest magic of the Fairy Tail world, gets smacked aside like it was nothing. Plus you can't exactly do much when your opponent can crush a black hole.

Seven Kin of Purgatory

A group of wizards who were all taught by Hades to learn a form of Lost Magic, ancient spells that are rarely practiced out of fear of their power.

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• Hoist by Their Own Petards: Almost all of the Kin are defeated as a result of having their own magic turned against them in one way or another: Zancrow by his flames, Caprico by his body snatching, Kain by his doll, Merudy by her sensory link, Azuma by his decision to use the Tenrou Tree's magic, and Rusty Rose by defeating Elfman and allowing him to be used as Bickslow's trump card. Even Ultear's defeat is a result of having helped melt Ur's ice back in the Galuna Island arc.
• Lost Magic: All of them use some kind of Lost Magic, which are stated by Hades to be the magics closest to the source of magic.
• Quirky Miniboss Squad
• Tykebomb: All of them are said to have been raised and trained by Hades himself, with Caprico as the exception.

Ultear Milkovich

See Fairy Tail Other Guilds.

Azuma

A man who uses the Great Tree Arc to control trees and harness the power of magic hidden deep within the earth.

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• Almighty Janitor: Implied to be stronger than Ultear, who claims to be the strongest of the Seven Kin; definitely as Ezra has to go all out to beat him.
• Ambiguously Brown
• And I Must Scream: Turns into a tree as a result of overusing his magic.
• Anti-Villain: Type I, compared to the other six.
• Badass
  • Badass Baritone
  • Badass Beard/Beard of Evil
• Blood Knight
• Death Seeker: Possibly. He seems just a smidge too happy Erza beats him.
• Even Evil Has Standards: During his fight with Erza, he admits that he's uncomfortable with the methods of his compatriots, and the only reason he does so here is that he was ordered to by Master Hades.
• Expy: Possesses a strong resemblance to Amarant Coral from Final Fantasy IX.
• Facial Markings: A stripe from the top of his forehead to the middle of his left cheek.
• Graceful Loser: He calls the members of Fairy Tail "magnificent", openly admiring their bonds and the strength of their conviction, when he is defeated by Erza.
• Gratuitous Latin: Several of his attack names are Latin:
  • "Folium Sica" (Leaf Dagger)
  • "Ramus Sica" (Branch Dagger)
  • "Terra Clamare" (Cries of the Earth)
• Green Thumb: His brand of Lost Magic, the Great Tree Arc. He uses it to take control of the magical power of Tenrou Island through the Tenrou Tree, which had given Fairy Tail immortality and a boost to their magic.
  • Having A Blast: The explosions shown as his primary attacks are created by condensing the magic of the earth into the fruit of his trees.
  • When Trees Attack: His secondary fighting style.
• Hero Killer: He doesn't really want to kill anyone, but fits the trope otherwise. In just the Tenrou Island arc he defeats Wendy, Doranbolt, Panther Lily, Carla, Lisanna, and Mirajane while she uses Satan Soul*
  though she jumps on the bomb holding her sister hostage
  . Plus he takes a full-powered Erza to the limit.
• My Master, Right or Wrong: But follows his orders out of Undying Loyalty.
• Pragmatic Villainy: He just wants a good fight, and will do whatever it takes to get it.
  • Kick the Dog: He places a timed explosion on Lisanna, saying that Mirajane has that long to defeat him before her sister dies.
  • Pet the Dog: Very slight, and directed at the same people he had a Kick the Dog moment with earlier, but he shows some regret when he sees Lisanna cry over Mirajane's body. He then leaves them instead of finishing them off.
• Punch Clock Villain: Unlike several of the other Kin, Azuma doesn't have a bone to pick with any of the Fairy Tail members besides being told to attack them by Hades and fighting strong people.
• Shirtless Scene
• The Stoic
  • Not So Stoic: He grins maniacally in his fights against Worthy Opponents.
• Worthy Opponent: He considers Erza this.

Rusty Rose

A poetic young man who uses the Arc of Embodiment to create any object he desires from his imagination.

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• Anime Hair
• Arrogant Wizard Guy: He thinks of his magic as invincible, and comes to believe that all of Fairy Tail is weak after he beats Elfman and Evergreen.
• Ass Pull: A very rare In-Universe version that is both enforced and Played for Drama. By definition, his powers are this. They allow him to fight with literally anything he can imagine, from pegasus shoes to impenetrable shields, and from glasses to giant towers of magical energy, all without any need for resources or any noticeable side-effects. Because there's no obvious way to counter someone who can fight with anything he can, Evergreen and Elfman are utterly curb stomped by him once he stops playing with them and it takes some seriously creative uses of magic for the guild to finally beat him.
• Bishōnen
• Evil Counterpart: Arguably, to Fried. Both are stoic bishonen with a nigh-unbeatable power (and understandable pride in such) with epic hair. But while Fried is quiet and mostly a nice guy when he's not on the attack, Rusty Rose is a douche who loves to talk.
• Hero Killer
• Informed Flaw: There are supposedly serious side-effects of his incredibly powerful magic, but they are never shown or even explained, and they don't stop him kicking serious amounts of ass.
• Jerkass
• Large Ham: Even while being The Stoic, he acts highly overdramatic. Once he becomes less stoic, it gets worse.
• Nice Shoes
• Oh Crap: When he winds up fighting both Fried and Bickslow and experiences fear for the first time. It doesn't last long though, as he uses the fear as more inspiration for his powers.
  • He has an even more epic one later when, once Azuma restores the magical power of Fairy Tail, he gets his ass handed to him by the combined effort of Fried, Bickslow, Lisanna and Elfman.
• Personality Powers
• Psychotic Smirk: Once he starts being Not So Stoic.
• Reality Warper:
  • Luckily My Shield Will Protect Me: Summoned into his left hand.
  • Shapeshifter Weapon: Transformed his right arm into an extendable claw.
  • Summon Magic: Apparently of the "Guardian Saint" variety.
• Scary Shiny Glasses
  • Adjusting Your Glasses
  • Four Eyes, Zero Soul
• Shipper on Deck: He seems to be one for Elfman and Evergreen in a very weird, twisted sort of way.
• Smug Snake
• Squishy Wizard: His body isn't particularly strong nor is he particularly agile. Once his magic is disrupted long enough and one gets past the defenses he's layered himself with, he's out.
• The Stoic
  • Not So Stoic: He laughs crazily at the prospect of living in a world where non-magic users cannot survive.
• Superpower Lottery
• White-Haired Pretty Boy

Merudy

See Fairy Tail Other Guilds.

Kain Hikaru

A childish and obese man who uses a voodoo-like cursing magic called Ushi no Koku Mairi.

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• Acrofatic: He fights like a sumo wrestler, but is very agile.
• Beware the Silly Ones/Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: When he shuts up and uses his voodoo doll the right way, he's pretty damn strong.
• Butt Monkey: The guy doesn't get any respect.
• Casanova Wannabe: In the anime.
• Companion Cube: Mr. Cursey, which is required to use his magic.
• Dangerously Genre Savvy: When he finds Lucy lying unconscious in the forest, he wastes no time in performing a lethal blow on her.
• Dumb Muscle: Much less intelligent than his allies
• Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: He is very pale.
• Fat Bastard
• Gonk
• Hollywood Voodoo: Or more accurately, Japanese curse magic. His primary magic requires the hair of his opponent and a curse doll (Mr. Cursey) which he then uses to control his opponent's movements. He can also use his own hair.
• Idiot Ball: He puts his own hair on his curse doll and then hands it over to Lucy to demonstrate his power.
• The Juggernaut
• Lightning Bruiser
• Psychopathic Manchild
• Speech Impediment: Stutters a lot.
• Status Buff: When Kain uses Mr. Cursey on himself, it seems to give him the consistency of whatever attribute the doll is emulating.
  • In a Single Bound: When he turns the doll to cotton.
  • Light 'em Up
  • Made of Iron
• Stout Strength
• Tears of Fear: Zeref appears on Grimoire Heart's airship, freezing everybody in their place.
• Verbal Tic: "Woo-wee". Also, his stuttering.
• Walking Shirtless Scene: Underneath that cape of his. Unfortunately.

Caprico / Zoldio

A goat-like being who uses Human Subordination magic to summon humans in a manner similar to a Celestial Spirit wizard summoning spirits. He is actually a human who fused with the Celestial Spirit Capricorn after using said magic on him.

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• Badass in a Nice Suit
• Bare Your Midriff
• Benevolent Boss: In a direct contrast to Zancrow, when he sees that his henchmen are hopelessly outclassed, he simply teleports them away and says that he'll fight Lucy, Cana, Gray and Loke by himself.
• Body Snatcher: His "Huma Raise" magic allows him to take control of humans. If he uses it on anything that's not human, he fuses with it, which is what happens when Zoldio used it on Capricorn. He later does this to Leo, which leads to his undoing.
• Cultured Badass: He comes across as being rather erudite.
• Duel Boss: Invoked. Loke fights him alone, calling it a duel between Celestial Spirits.
• Evil Counterpart: Acts as one to Loke.
• Funny Animal
• Glasgow Smile
• Good Scars, Evil Scars: Zoldio has a smile-like scar.
• Grand Theft Me: Zoldio possessed Capricorn and later switches to Leo, but is eventually forced out
• Greed: Layla gave Zoldio Capricorn's key to give to Lucy when she came of age, but he ended up keeping it for himself.
• Jet Pack: He takes it off once he gets on the island, though.
• No Body Left Behind: Zoldio fades away from existence after being ejected from Loke's body.
• Obviously Evil: Zoldio has a Glasgow Smile
• Power Nullifier: His magic dampens the magical and physical combat abilities of humans.
• The Reveal: Caprico is a Celestial Spirit possessed by a human.
• Sinister Shades
• Summon Magic: Except instead of spirits, he summons humans he has kidnapped and forced to be his subordinates.
• The Stoic
  • Not So Stoic: Flies into a frothing rage once he realizes that Lucy is Layla's daughter.
• Three-Point Landing
• We Hardly Knew Ye

Zancrow

A psychotic Flame God Slayer who uses fire magic on a much higher level than Dragon Slayer magic to destroy anything and everything in his path.

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• Arrogant Wizard Guy
• Asshole Victim
• Ax Crazy
• Badass Longhair
• Blond Guys Are Evil
• Dies Wide Open
• Dropped a Bridge on Him: Appears to be making a comeback after his loss to Natsu, only to be killed by a wave of death magic from Zeref when he tries to recapture him.
• Evil Counterpart: To Natsu. His last one (Gajeel) didn't last in the evil department, but Gajeel didn't have a habit of killing his own teammates.
• Evil Laugh
• Fangs Are Evil
• Feed It With Fire
• A God Am I: Zancrow claims to be a God Slayer the same way Natsu is a Dragon Slayer.
• Hellish Pupils
• Kick the Dog: Just in case he doesn't look enough like a crazy asshole already, he torches his own allies as they retreat from Natsu because they weren't strong enough. Then he attacks Wendy and the cats because they were in the vicinity.
  • Later, he finds Merudy trying to carry Zeref off the island, and blasts her with his fire for betraying Grimoire Heart. He then prepares to take Zeref away, and reveals that Ultear was the one who destroyed Merudy's home.
• Laughing Mad
• My Kung-Fu Is Stronger Than Yours: His Battle Aura is capable of overpowering Natsu's, and while Zancrow can eat Natsu's flames, Natsu can't eat his. At least until Natsu nullifies his own power.
• Peaceful In Death: Considering his usual demeanor, and the manner of his death, it's actually a bit jarring.
• Perpetual Smiler
• Pet the Dog: He comforts Merudy after Ultear scolds her. But that's rendered moot when he later reveals to her the truth about her Doomed Hometown.
• Playing with Fire
  • Kill It with Fire: His own allies, at that.
  • No Sell: Can eat any fire, including Natsu's. If they're combined, on the other hand...
  • Pyro Maniac
  • Technicolor Fire: Black
• Psycho for Hire
• Red Eyes, Take Warning
• Shaping Your Attacks: Can make a giant Sinister Scythe out of flames, and his ultimate attack looks like a pair of jaws.
• Shounen Hair
• Slasher Smile

Kawazu & Yomazu

A pair of animal-like wizards who serve under Caprico. Kawazu is a rooster who fires magic eggs from his mouth. Yomazu is a camel who uses Eastern Solid Script, writing kanji instead of English letters like Levy.

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• Absurdly Sharp Blade: Yomazu, when combining his katana with his Solid Script magic phrase "pierce" is able to stab clean through Gajeel's arm, despite him being literally Made of Iron.
• Alliterative Name: Their names.
• Elite Mook
• Evil Counterpart: Yomazu to Levy.
• Everything's Better with Samurai: Yomazu.
• Face Framed In Shadow/Foreshadowing: It's easily overlooked, but Kawazu and Yomazu first appear in chapter 131.
• Fangs Are Evil: Yomazu.
• Iaijutsu Practitioner: Yomazu.
• Katanas Are Just Better: Yomazu.
• Killer Rabbit: Kawazu is a humanoid chicken whose magic revolves around spitting eggs. Said eggs can turn into deadly albumen fists midway through.
• Magic Samurai: Yomazu.
• Make Me Wanna Shout: Yowazu's "Gou" (Roar) creates a deafening noise.
• Oh Crap: Kawazu has one when his eggs are burned to a crisp by Levy. Yomazu has a bigger one when Gajeel snaps his sword in half.
• Petting Zoo People: Kawazu (chicken) and Yomazu (camel).
• Razor Wind: "Zan" (Slice) and, in a stabbing variation, "Kan" (Penetrate).
• Samurai: Yomazu.
• Verbal Tic: Kawazu.
• Words Can Break My Bones: Yomazu, whose spells are written in kanji. They're also much powerful than they look as he manages to keep up with Fried's runes in a filler battle.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: Their fate is unknown. In the anime, however, they try another attack on Fairy Tail with Kain's help, but are trounced by Fried, Bickslow, and Elfman.