History Characters / FairyTailDragons

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HidekatsuShibata (Japanese), Bob Magruder (English – ep. 48-173), Jim White (English – ep. 257+)

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Shoko Tsuda (Japanese), Pam Dougherty (English – ep. 48), Creator/LindaYoung (English – ep. 263+)

* BigGood: He serves this role by the time the Tartaros arc rolls around, when he finally comes out of hiding to battle Acnologia. It doesn't last for long before the Dragon King kills him.

* EntertaininglyWrong: He once heard that Igneel couldn't kill E.N.D., the demon [[TheDreaded Zeref]] created to be his most powerful, so Atlas Flame naturally concludes that Igneel must have battled and failed to defeat such a terrifying creature, and tells Natsu thusly. Little does he realize, Natsu ''is'' E.N.D., and Zeref only ever expected him to grow like a normal human and live up to that hype ''someday''. Until that day would come, E.N.D. was just a weak little kid that Igneel could have easily squished with his finger if he wanted to; it's just that Igneel ''never made the attempt'', because he loved Natsu like a son either way.

* MrExposition: He's the one who tells Fairy Tail about E.N.D. and Silver (if in somewhat vague terms) in the Sun Village arc, setting the stage for the Tartaros arc.

* EntertaininglyWrong: He once heard that Igneel couldn't kill E.N.D., the demon Zeref created to be his most powerful of all, so Atlas Flame naturally concludes that Igneel must have battled and failed to defeat such a terrifying creature, and tells Natsu thusly. Little does he realize, Natsu ''is'' E.N.D., and Zeref only ever expected him to grow like a normal human and live up to that hype ''someday''. As such, E.N.D. was just a weak little kid that Igneel could have quite easily squished with his finger if he wanted to; it's just that Igneel ''never made the attempt'', because he loved Natsu like a son either way.

* NighInvulnerable: He's capable of burning any magic that touches him. That changes when Silver, the [[AnIcePerson Ice]] [[DemonSlaying Devil Slayer]], freezes him solid along with the rest of Sun Village.

* EntertaininglyWrong: He once heard that Igneel couldn't kill E.N.D., the demon Zeref created to be his most powerful of all, so Atlas Flame naturally concludes that Igneel must have battled and failed to defeat such a terrifying creature, and tells Natsu thusly. Little does he realize, Natsu ''is'' E.N.D., and Zeref only ever expected him to become that powerful ''someday''. As such, E.N.D. was just a weak little kid that Igneel could have quite easily squished with his finger if he wanted to; it's just that Igneel ''never made the attempt'', because he loved Natsu like a son either way.

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Unknown

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[[folder:Mercuphobia's Servant]]
!!Mercuphobia's Servant
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A giant sea dragon that serves the Water God Dragon Mercuphobia and brings him the people of Elmina's sacrifices.
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* BreathWeapon: Par the course for a dragon.
* LudicrousGibs: Kyria uses her [[LaserBlade Blade Dragon Sword Dance]] to slice it into chunks.
* SeaMonster: Resembles a giant serpent that swims through the water.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Barely gets a chapter to its name before Kyria chops it to pieces.
* TheWorfEffect: Even if it's not truly one of the Five Dragon Gods, it's still a dragon, one of the strongest races in the ''Fairy Tail'' universe. Kyria killing it without batting much of an eye thus establishes just how powerful a Dragon Eater truly is.

[[folder:Acnologia]]
!!Acnologia

->See his entry on the [[Characters/FairyTailOfficialGuilds Official Guilds]] page.

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!!Five God Dragons

The Five God Dragons are five insurmountably powerful dragons that inhabit the mysterious land of Giltena, each rumored to rival the might of Acnologia himself. The goal of Fairy Tail's [[Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest Century Quest]] is to seal these dragons away, but no one has ever managed to face them and live to tell about it in over 160 years.

[[folder:God Dragons in General]]
* AllPowerfulBystander: They haven't budged an inch for centuries, not even taking part in the events leading to the Dragon King Festival and the virtual extinction of the dragons, remaining content to mind their own business. However, it's believed that they will stir when something "massive" happens, and their capacity for cataclysmic destruction is precisely why Elefseria wants to make sure they're contained. God Dragon Ignia himself implies that "something" is actually Acnologia's death, [[TheDreaded as he's the reason they fled to Giltena and went into hiding.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Implied, as August first mentioned the existence of "dragon gods" when marveling over God Serena's power, even though God Serena laughed off the idea of such dragons existing, let alone any dragon that could withstand him. It turns out there ''are'' dragons with the title of "gods" in this world, and they're set up as the villains of ''[[Manga/FairyTail100YearsQuest 100 Years Quest]]''.
* DragonsAreDivine: While they [[GodGuise aren't truly gods]], they are amongst the most powerful of the Dragon race and were worshipped in the past as gods for their terrible power and deeds with it.
* TheDreaded: Just as Acnologia was believed far and wide to be the most terrible force of destruction Earth-land has ever known, there are secretly five others of his caliber--and if they were to go to war, it would spell TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. The fact that they have to fight these beasts strikes dread into Fairy Tail's hearts, considering how much magic power it took to take Acnologia down.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Ignia reveals they actually ''fled'' to Giltena 400 years ago during the Dragon King Festival to escape Acnologia out of fear of him, since they lacked the power to challenge him at the time. Of course, by the time they actually grew in strength to rival his, he was already killed.
* NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: Despite being known collectively as the "Five God Dragons", they mostly keep to themselves and don't really have much connection besides being incredibly powerful dragons. Mercuphobia even admits he hasn't had much contact with the others aside from Ignia.
* MotiveDecay: They originally fled to Giltena in hopes of someday growing strong enough to challenge Acnologia, but in the intervening years most of them have seemingly abandoned this goal (Mercuphobia is more interested in ruling Elmina, while Aldoron is content with acting as the foundation for several towns) with the only exception being [[BloodKnight Ignia]].
* PhysicalGod: They're called "god dragons" not only because of their tremendous power, but because the people of Giltena actually worshiped at least one of them as a god. Elefseria states each one potentially has the power to rival Acnologia himself [[spoiler:at least pre-devouring the Space Between Time]], who was already considered as more akin a force of nature than a living creature.
* ShroudedInMyth: Because [[AllPowerfulBystander they're content to live in hiding]], very few in the world have ever heard of them and fewer still believe them to be anything other than legend, from the Magic Council to Acnologia himself. All that's known is that each has the magic power to rend the earth and burn the sky should they so choose to.
* {{Weredragon}}: Unlike humans who forcibly turned into dragons from overusing their Dragon Slaying Magic, they each seem to know Transformation Magic that allows them to appear as humans.
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[[folder:Mercuphobia]]
!!Mercuphobia
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The Water God Dragon, ruler of Elmina, and the first of the God Dragons encountered by Natsu and friends. While he possesses a surprising level of cordialness and interest in humans in the present, in the past he was greatly feared for his willingness to drown countless numbers of them without care.
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* {{Bishonen}}: His human form takes the shape of a young man with long hair and a handsome face.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:The White Wizard makes him go on a rampage in Elmina, with Caramille tearfully pleading with Natsu and company to [[MercyKill put him out of his misery]].]]
* BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:After Natsu powered up on Ignia's flames manages to beat him to a pulp and halt his brainwashed rampage, Mercuphobia ends up expending his available magic power and finds himself reduced to a "mere" human. He doesn't mind though, as now he doesn't have to worry about his power threatening the world and his people anymore.]]
* DeathSeeker: He admits to Natsu's team that he wants to die, or at least be sealed away, to ensure his powers don't endanger the planet. However, [[MilesToGoBeforeISleep he can't do that until he regains his stolen magic and restores Elmina's citizens to human form]].
* ElementalRockPaperScissors: Both played straight and {{subverted}}. His Water Magic is noted to be capable of easily nullifying Natsu's fire, but said magic is also barely inconvenienced by Gray's ice. This is partially due to the fact that he just has so much more power than either of them.
* ElementalShapeshifter: Similar to [[Characters/FairyTailSiriusTeam Juvia]], Mercuphobia has the ability to turn his body into water on reflex to let attacks harmlessly slip through him in the rare case he actually gets attacked by something [[SuperToughness that can actually hurt him]]. [[spoiler:When Natsu tries to hit him with [[FinishingMove Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade]], doing this not only lets him avoid damage, but it also lets him extinguish Natsu's fire]].
* FacialMarkings: He has a serpentine-shaped tattoo around his right eye. [[spoiler:His dragon form has similar tattoos around his face.]]
* AGodIAmNot: He's pretty upfront about the fact he doesn't consider himself a god despite his power and the people of Elmina's worship of him. In fact, he had no intentions of being worshiped as such and outright considers the past "miracles" they worship him for as atrocities.
* TheGoodKing: Technically the GodIsGood of Elmina from their standpoint, but he seems to view himself more like this. His underwater palace contains massive gardens that distribute food to the city, a medical facility for the fish and humans-turned-fish, and a watchtower with which he can spot and rescue shipwrecked sailors. He's also very reasonable and protective of his people, to the point he used transformation magic to ensure they wouldn't be drowned by the unnatural high tide [[spoiler:caused by his powers]]. Team Natsu honestly question if he's really supposed to be some sort of terrifying world-destroying dragon.
* TheGreatFlood: According to him, this is what his PowerIncontinence ultimately risks doing if it continues.
* HornedHumanoid: His human form has a noticeable set of curved horns coming out of his head, which are also present on his dragon form.
* JustToyingWithThem: According to Ignia, even despite losing control and shrugging off Team Natsu's attacks, Mercuphobia is only using about half of his full power in their clash.
* MakingASplash: Worshiped as a god of water, or a ''[[UsefulNotes/{{Shinto}} suijin]]'' in Japanese. When he makes his grand appearance, he quite literally ''splits the ocean apart''. [[spoiler:And when he gets serious fighting Natsu and company, he lifts all the water out of the sea surrounding Elmina into the sky and creates giant whirlpools out of it. When Gray tries to freeze his attacks, he just instantly turns it back into water.]]
* MeaningfulName: The first half of this dragon's name comes from the Roman god Mercury[[note]]specifically the Japanese transliteration of his Roman name, "Mercurius"[[/note]], while the planet Mercury is known in Japanese as the "Water Star". The "phobia" half is [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast a suffix used to describe a specific fear]]. According to himself, he very much put the fear of water in his enemies back in the past.
* NoBadassToHisValet: His human assistant Caramille, while respectful to him, is about the only person in Elmina who ''doesn't'' treat him like a god and is much more blunt about making her opinions known.
* NoSell: [[spoiler:Once he goes berserk and his powers return, he's able to match Team Natsu's attacks with his own easily, and that's when he's not just tanking them to no effect. Natsu using Fire Dragon King's Roar and Fist? Mercuphobia overpowers the former with his own BreathWeapon and tanks the latter with no visible effect. Gray freezing his attacks? He just turns it back into water. Natsu hitting him point-blank with [[FinishingMove Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade]]? Mercuphobia [[DoubleSubverted noticeably pauses...and then extinguishes Natsu's fire]] and revealing he turned his body into water to absorb the blow before trying to suck him into a whirlpool.]]
* PeekABangs: His hair is styled so only his right side is visible.
* PowerIncontinence: His power has grown so much that he can no longer effectively control it. The massive high tide that drowns the city of Elmina is just one side-effect of this loss of control, and in time it could very well spread across the world. [[spoiler:Having some of his power stolen by Touka only made things even worse, despite Caramille's desperate hopes, as it made it possible for her to control his mind as a servant.]]
* PowerTattoo: Has one on the right side of his face and eye.
* RentAZilla: [[spoiler:Natsu comments upon seeing his true form that he's even bigger than Igneel. Indeed, when fellow God Dragon and Igneel's son Ignia shows up (who seems about average-sized as far as dragons go), a panel showing the two facing each other shows Mercuphobia's true form towers over Ignia's own.]]
* RetiredMonster: Is very up-front to Natsu's team about how, while he might have had a change of heart towards humanity in the present, wiping them out "like ants before the tide" was second nature to him in the past.
* SeaMonster: [[spoiler:His true form resembles an Eastern dragon, appearing like a massive winged sea serpent.]]
* StopWorshippingMe: He would ''like'' to do this towards the people of Elmina, but they've believed in him for so long that doing so would throw them into chaos, [[spoiler:nor would it fix the problem of his powers going haywire]].
* TakingTheBullet: Throws himself on top of Caramille to take the shockwaves from Kyria's Blade Dragon's Tearing Roar, which noticeably tear into his body but leaves her unharmed.
* WorfHadTheFlu: He's still powerful, but [[spoiler:Touka putting an unknown amount of restriction on his power]] has hampered his combat capability from the PhysicalGod he once was, to the point he's unable to stand up to the Dragon Eaters of Diabolos in a direct fight when they come calling. Skullion himself states that in Mercuphobia's current state, he's [[NotWorthKilling no longer worth eating]] [[spoiler:and they leave him to go and hunt down Touka.]] This gets shown in full detail [[spoiler:when Touka restores his power at the cost of his sanity, where he takes multiple Dragon Slayer Magic-empowered attacks from Fairy Tail's strongest team dead-on and just shrugs them off while he was grievously wounded by one of Kyria's attacks with his power restricted.]]
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[[folder:Ignia]]
!!Ignia
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The Fire God Dragon, Igneel's biological son, and by extension Natsu's foster brother. He eagerly awaits the chance to clash with Natsu and see which of them has the superior fire.
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* {{Bishonen}}: His human form is a long-haired pretty boy [[WalkingShirtlessScene wearing no shirt]] to show off his toned muscles.
* BloodKnight: He ''really'' wants to fight Natsu, as in "fight to the death." He also admits he wanted to be the one to kill Acnologia in order to test his own strength against the Dragon King.
* CainAndAbel: The dynamic seems to be shaping up like this with Ignia as the Cain and Natsu the Abel (again), as Natsu is a guy who loves a good fight but grows incensed at potentially hurting innocents, while Ignia doesn't seem to care at all for people caught in his crossfire. Ignia himself seems to be encouraging this, as he wants Natsu to fight him at his strongest.
* HelpingWouldBeKillStealing:
** {{Downplayed}}. He shows up to "help" Natsu and the gang against the out-of-control Mercuphobia, but he makes it clear he's not actually going to fight the Water God Dragon since that wouldn't help them grow stronger. Instead, he's just here to give Natsu a temporary PowerUp to stand up to Mercuphobia, but the rest of the fight is all on him.
** He also mocks Natsu for needing the help of other Dragon Slayers for defeating Acnologia instead of relying solely on his own strength.
* INeedYouStronger: He wants Natsu to be at his absolute best when they face off so they can have a "proper" deathmatch.
* MeaningfulName: Like his father, "Ignia" is one letter off from "ignis", the Latin root for the word "fire".
* MorphicResonance: His human form has both the tattoos of his dragon form and his hair.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: He makes it clear he wants that inevitable showdown with Natsu when he comes in to save him from being killed by Mercuphobia.
* PlayingWithFire: He wouldn't be Igneel's son and Natsu's brother without it. He claims his flames are so powerful not even water can snuff them out.
* SpikesOfVillainy: He noticeably has more horns and spikes on his body than Igneel, and unlike his human-loving father he doesn't seem to have much issue with catching humans in the crossfire as shown when he sets Elmina on fire.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: He has Igneel's color palette, general build, horns, and horned nose.
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[[folder:Aldoron]]
!!Aldoron

The Wood God Dragon who resides in Draseel...or more accurately, whose hand is the foundation on which the town of Draseel is built upon.
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* GentleGiant: Apparently, he was the one to asks the humans to build cities over his massive body. Even when he occasionally emerges, all he does is stretch a little and take a nap on the surface, leaving his people unharmed.
* GiantFlyer: Averted, he's the largest dragon ever seen in the series, but at the same time he's the only one lacking visible wings.
* GreenThumb: He presumably can control plant life.
* RentAZilla: Mercuphobia states that Aldoron is the largest of the God Dragons. Considering Mercuphobia himself was one of the largest dragons shown, Aldoron is the largest dragon ''period''. To put a size perspective on it, the town of Draseel can fit on the back of one of his ''hands'', with four more scattered on his body.
* {{Telepathy}}: He has the power to read the minds and thoughts of others.
* {{Treants}}: He resembles the dragon equivalent, being what looks like massive (even by the standards of dragons) living tree in the form of a dragon with scales like bark, and he's an ancient being who doesn't mind the fact humans have made cities on parts of his body.
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[[folder:Selene]]
!!Selene

The Moon God Dragon.
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* {{Lunacy}}: Her Dragon Slayer Magic is based around this.
* MeaningfulName: She's named after the [[ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming Greek Goddess of the Moon]].
* SinisterScythe: Judging from the silhouette, her wings are composed of several crescent-shaped appendages which makes her appear to have scythe blades in lieau of actual wings.
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The sole female amongst the God Dragons, and one of the only female dragons confirmed aside from Grandeeney.
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[[folder:Viernes]]
!!Viernes

The Gold God Dragon
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* EatDirtCheap: As dragons can consume their element for a power up or nutrition, it's all but certain Viernes can chow down on gold.
* GoldColoredSuperiority: He's called the Gold Dragon and he's one of the God Dragons.
* MeaningfulName: His name means "Friday" in [[GratuitousSpanish Spanish]], which is doubly meaningful as in Chinese and Japanese Friday translates to "Gold's Day"
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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Takuya Kirimoto (Japanese)

* DragonsAreDivine: While they aren't truly gods, they are amongst the most powerful of the Dragon race and were worshipped in the past as gods for their terrible power and deeds with it.

* RentAZilla: Mercuphobia states that Aldoron is the largest of the God Dragons. Considering Mercuphobia himself was one of the largest dragons shown, Aldoron is the largest dragon ''period''. To put a size perspective on it, the town of Draseel can fit on the back of one of his ''hands''.

* HeroicSacrifice: He reportedly died protecting Irene in the Dragon King Festival.

The Wood God Dragon who resides in Draseel.

* RentAZilla: Mercuphobia states that Aldoron is the largest of the God Dragons. Considering Mercuphobia himself was one of the largest dragons shown, Aldoron might very well be the largest dragon ''period''.

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Mercuphobia states that Aldoron is the largest of the God Dragons. Considering Mercuphobia himself was one of the largest dragons shown, Aldoron might very well be the largest dragon ''period''.

* TheAloner: Mercuphobia states he's never actually met Viernes face-to-face, only heard about him.

* AllPowerfulBystander: They haven't budged an inch for centuries, not even taking part in the events leading to the Dragon King Festival and the virtual extinction of the dragons, remaining content to mind their own business. However, it's believed that they will stir when something "massive" happens, and their capacity for cataclysmic destruction is precisely why Elefseria wants to make sure they're contained.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Ignia reveals they actually ''fled'' to Giltena 400 years ago during the Dragon King Festival to escape Acnologia out of fear of him, since they lacked the power to challenge him at the time. Of course, by the time they actually grew in strength to rival his strength, he was already killed.