History Sandbox / FairyTail

* AffablyEvil: In his evil days, he was still rather polite to his enemies.
* AfraidOfLightning: Displayed during the thunderstorm on Tenrou Island foreshadowing Laxus' return and when Orga first uses his Lightning God Slayer Magic.
* AntiVillain: Before his HeelFaceTurn. He's loyal to Faust, and initially doesn't care much for Extallia, but was willing to get himself exiled over saving the life of a young Mystogan.
* BadassAdorable: In his SleepModeSize.
* BadassBaritone: He keeps it in SleepModeSize.

* TheBigGuy: In his PowerTrio with Happy and Carla and the team formed to rescue Lucy from Mercurius.
* CatBoy: He can transform from a cat to a humanoid cat temporarily.

* CatsAreMean: Subverted. In his villain days, he was something of an AntiVillain.
* CatsAreSnarkers: Not to Carla's extent, though.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Has no actual magic besides his [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Battle Mode Shift]], yet he can punch hard enough to break rock and wield a massive {{BFS}}.

* CranialEruption: During the "punishment game," he makes Happy and Carla (who were Exceeds for members of the A team, and thus were considered part of the losing side) carry him while he's in his full size, but they somehow fall asleep while flying, causing him to fall to earth and suffer one of these off-panel.
* CurbStompBattle: To one of the Garou Knights in the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games arc]].
* DefectorFromDecadence: He was once a proud knight of Extalia, but after he saved the life of a young Mystogan he was charged with treason for bringing him to the floating islands and exiled. Lily became TheResenter ever since and joined the Edolas Army at least partially because he wanted payback against "that foul kingdom of lies" for their actions, though he admits that deep down he could never truly hate Extalia. Seeing the Exceeds willing work with humans to save it, something he didn't believe they would ever do, leads him to regret his actions against his people, even if he never regretted saving Mystogan.
* EarlyInstallmentCharacterDesignDifference: His first appearance in the manga without his helmet has him drawn with a patch of hair on his head. This however was dropped afterwards.
* {{Expy}}: He bears a striking resemblance to ComicBook/{{Blacksad}}, which is very likely intentional, as the author has admitted to being a [[AuthorAppeal fan of the latter, even having a signed copy]].
* TheExile: He was exiled by the Exceeds after rescuing Mystogan.

[[folder:Makarov Dreyar]]
!!Master Makarov Dreyar
!!!Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (Japanese), Creator/RBruceElliott (English)

Makarov is the current guild master of Fairy Tail, whose mastery over many forms of magic--including the size-increasing Giant magic--has ranked him among the Ten Wizard Saints, widely regarded as the most powerful wizards alive. The members of his guild often give him grief for the trouble they cause between him and the Magic Council, but he loves them as if they were all his children. He has difficulty finding a good successor, however, as fate puts him back in charge whenever someone else takes the position. To date, he has served as the guild's third, sixth, and eventually eighth master.
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[[folder:Rufus Lore]]
!!Rufus Lore
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TsubasaYonaga (Japanese), Seth Magill (English)
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A calm and analytical wizard who tends to speak poetically. He uses a rare form of Maker Magic called Memory Make, which lets him memorize others' magic and use them as his own.
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* AchillesHeel: His memorization powers doesn't mean squat if the opponents' actions are too fast for him to memorize.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: His magic allows him to analyze opponents right down to their heartbeats.
* BadassBookworm: He's found by Gray reading a book in the middle of the final match, no doubt looking for new tricks to memorize. The anime also sees him gaining an entire arsenal of new spells by insta-reading entire shelves of books.
* BeamSpam: His Night of Falling Stars spell sends beams of [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] that rain down on his opponents.
* CatchPhrase: He often says that he's "memorized" something, or that he "has no memory of" anything he isn't familiar with.
* CombinedEnergyAttack: Rufus has the ability to take two different magic types he has memorized and combine them. For instance, he combines Olga's [[ShockAndAwe lightning]] with Gray's [[AnIcePerson Ice Make]] to create the "Sword of Frozen Black Lightning".
* DominoMask: A red one. It adds to his dashing rogue-bard look.
* DoppelgangerSpin: His Memory Make allows him to make intangible copies of himself.
* ElementalPowers: He can "memorize" certain elemental spells and use them against his opponents. So far he has used a [[ShockAndAwe shower of thunderbolts]], a [[PlayingWithFire stream of flames]], and some [[BlowYouAway tornadoes]], as well as copying Gray's own [[AnIcePerson Ice Make]] and Libra's [[GravityMaster gravity magic]].
* EveryoneHasStandards: He clearly did not expect Ziemma to try and kill Lector for having a guild mark, and looked quite shocked when he did.
* EvilCounterpart: To Gray. Both are maker wizards who rely on skill and creativity compared to their comrades who tend to rely on power.
* FragileSpeedster: He is also quite acrobatic, still goes down quickly once he gets hit.
* GlassCannon: His Memory Make grants him access to a near infinite combination of memorized spells for devastatingly powerful results, but after Gray overcomes this, it takes but two attacks to bring him down.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: His magic is essentially imitation of magic he's seen from other wizards. Gray overwhelms his memorization skills by making dozens of ice weapons at once, essentially imitating Erza.
* KickTheDog: He never wipes his smirks off his face whenever he sees his guildmates perform a NoHoldBarredBeatdown, such as Minerva's assault on Lucy, or Sting and Rogue's attempted expulsion from the guild.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He personally takes down Raven Tail's Nullpudding in the Hidden contest of the Grand Magic Games, keeping him from taking first place after hounding on Gray the entire time.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: To go with his elegant bard motif. He's even noted in his profile to greatly resemble Fried, Fairy Tail's own resident LongHairedPrettyBoy.
%%* NiceHat
* OhCrap: He's finally broken out of his delusions of superiority when Gray produces too many ice weapons at once for him to memorize, [[DeerInTheHeadlights leaving him wide open for an attack]].
* PhlebotinumOverload: Gray gets the upper hand against him by making hundreds of different ice weapons in the blink of an eye, far faster than Rufus's Memory Make can keep up with.
* PowerCopying: His Memory Make gives him the power to copy any spell he memorizes and use them to create new spells of his own. This also includes combining spells of differing attributes, such as Gray's ice with Olga's lightning.
* PuzzleBoss: The manner of his loss to Gray on the final day of the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games, once Gray figures out he only needed to basically fast-forward his attacks on Rufus.]]
* RedBaron: He's introduced in the Grand Magic Games as "The [[SpoonyBard Troubadour]] Who Sings to the Red Moon."
* SecretArt: Memory Make is described as one of the Ancient Spells, which aren't all that far off from the incredibly rare and powerful Lost Magics.
* ShapingYourAttacks: Like other Maker Magic, his magic gives shape to his own memories.
* TheSmartGuy: He fulfills this role after Saber Tooth's HeelFaceTurn.
* SuperpowerLottery: Being able to copy any spell he remembers, track people's precise movements right down to their heartbeats, and even make them forget their own skills is about as broken a power that you can get. So much so, in fact, that Mavis--one of the greatest military strategists of her time--predicts a low probability rate that he can actually be defeated.
* WarriorPoet: He gives his attacks big, fanciful names like "Night of Shooting Stars" or "Karma of the Burning Earth".
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[[folder:Olga Nanagia]]
!!"Black Lightning" Olga Nanagia
!!!Voiced by: Masafumi Kimura (Japanese), Leo Fabian (English)
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A meatheaded Thunder God Slayer who uses high-voltage black lightning, beating out the rest of his guild in terms of raw physical power.
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* AnimeHair: Spiky, runs down to the small of his back, and is a mint green color.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Unlike Sherria, he plays the AGodAmI personality of having God Slayer magic straight. He also thinks he can take on Jura single-handedly by tricking him into taking his most powerful shot. [[CurbStompBattle Jura punches right through it and slams his head down into the pavement.]]
* TheBigGuy: He fills this role in Saber Tooth after the guild reforms, being the strongest in terms of raw physical power, but lacking in pretty much every other department.
* DreadfulMusician: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] [[PlayedForLaughs purely for laughs]]. It's because of his [[StylisticSuck terribad singing]] that he's so popular.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Neither he nor Rufus are smiling when Lector is seemingly killed.
* EvilCounterpart: For Laxus, as a Thunder God Slayer, compared to Laxus being a Thunder Dragon Slayer.
* FacialMarkings: Most of the time he wears four vertical stripes painted on his chin. During the last day of the Grand Magic Games, he has a horizontal stripe across his nose.
* KickTheDog: Like Rufus, he is amused by the NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Minerva inflicts Lucy, and later Ziemma on Sting and Rogue.
* KindHeartedCatLover: The "kindhearted" part is debatable, but his profile states that he likes watching Lector and Frosch in the hopes of playing with them.
* LaserGuidedKarma: On the first day of the Grand Magic Games, he takes down an opponent with [[OneHitKO a single blow]] to establish Saber Tooth as the number one guild. On the last day, he himself gets taken out the same way by a superior opponent.
* MightyGlacier: He boasts having the greatest offensive strength out of his entire guild, and his stats and muscular build suggest he's no slouch in the defensive department, either (not that this saves him from a OneHitKO inflicted by a wizard of over twice his strength). He also moves about as fast as a stationary boulder in battle.
* OhCrap: When Jura crashes his fight against Laxus. In a hilarious contrast, Laxus is quite excited to fight against the Wizard Saint.
* PetTheDog: Somewhat. His character profile later mentions that he secretly wishes Lector and Frosh would play with him, which perhaps explains why he is so shocked when Ziemma apparently kills Lector.
* ShockAndAwe: He's a Thunder God Slayer who uses black lightning to fire beams of condensed electricity at his enemies.
* SoreLoser: He's the only one besides Obra who doesn't compliment Erza for her performance in the third day's challenge, and looks quite upset after his [=MPF=] score is broken by Jura and Cana. He drops this attitude when Jura soundly beats him fair and square.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: There are some fan translations who spell his name as "Orga".
* UnskilledButStrong: He's the most powerful Saber Tooth wizard in terms of raw magical power, but all of his attacks consist of unloading a single blast of magic on an opponent and hoping it hits. This costs him dearly when [[LightningBruiser Jura]] comes along.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He's never seen wearing a shirt except during the Grand Magic Ball.
* TheWorfEffect: He's introduced one-shotting his opponent from Quattro Cerberus without any effort. He then scores a then-unheard of quadruple-digit score in the [[PowerLevels MPF]] contest to show just how powerful he is. In the final day of the games, he gets [[CurbStompBattle one-punch KO'd by Jura (whose own [=MPF=] score was more than twice Olga's) when he tries to take him head on.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He comes to view both Jura and Laxus as this with Saber Tooth's loss. His profile later mentions he is training for a rematch with them.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: His hair is a mint green color.
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* {{Foil}}: To Gray. Both are maker wizards who rely on skill and creativity compared to their comrades who tend to rely on power.

A large wizard who is one of the quieter yet arrogant members of Saber Tooth. He's the Lightning God Slayer, using high-voltage black lightning.

* TheAce: Currently holds this position in the guild after Minerva left.
* AnimeHair: Spiky, runs down to the small of his back and is a mint green color.

* TheBigGuy: After the guild reforms.

* DemotedToExtra: After the Magic Tournament Arc Olga effectively vanishes from the story completely.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Neither he nor Rufus are smiling when Lector is seemingly killed.
* EvilCounterpart: For Laxus, as a Lightning God Slayer, compared to Laxus being a Lightning Dragon Slayer. He also becomes TheAce for his guild as well after Minerva leaves.
* GlassCannon: Left himself open for Jura to CurbStomp him, but if one looks at the building behind Jura, you'll be surprised to see it's flat out '''gone'''. He seems to be very powerful, just not defensively.
* GracefulLoser: Becomes this with Saber Tooth's loss, along with the rest of his guildmates. His profile later mentions he is training for a rematch with Jura and Laxus.
* KickTheDog: Smirks at Minerva's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Lucy.
** He also smiled when Sting and Rogue were about to be punished by Ziemma after having being defeated by Natsu.
* KindHeartedCatLover: Perhaps a bit light on the "Kind Hearted" part, but his profile states that he secretly longs to play with Lector and Frosh.
* OhCrap: When Jura crashes his fight against Laxus. In a hilarious contrast, Laxus is quite excited to fight against the wizard saint.
* PetTheDog: Somewhat. He had a shocked reaction when Ziemma kills Lector. His character profile later mentions that he secretly wishes Lector and Frosh would play with him, which perhaps explains why he was shocked when Ziemma apparently killed Lector.
* ShockAndAwe: With black-colored lightning. It's a hint that he is actually a Lightning God Slayer.
* SoreLoser: He's the only one besides Obra who doesn't compliment Erza for her performance in the third day's challenge.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Olga? Orga?
* WalkingShirtlessScene: He has never been shown wearing a shirt.
* TheWorfEffect: He's introduced one-shotting his opponent from Quattro Cerberus without any effort. He then gets an unheard of level of magic power on the [=MPF=] to show that he is powerful. In the final day of the games, he gets [[CurbStompBattle one-punch KO'd by Jura (whose own [=MPF=] score was more than twice Olga's) when he tries to take him head on.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: A mint green color.

A calm and analytical wizard who tends to speak poetically. He uses a rare form of Maker Magic, Memory-Make, which lets him memorize others' magic and use them as his own.

* AwesomeByAnalysis: His magic allows him to analyze opponents right down to their heartbeats.
* BeamSpam: How his powers usually work.

* CombinedEnergyAttack: Rufus has the ability to take two different magic types he has memorized and combine them. For instance, he combined Orga's [[ShockAndAwe Black Lightning]] with Gray's [[AnIcePerson Ice Make]] to create Sword of Frozen Black Lightning.

* DoppelgangerSpin: His Memory-Make magic allows him to make intangible copies of himself.
* ElementalPowers: Apparently he can "memorize" certain elemental spells and use them against his opponents. So far he used a [[ShockAndAwe shower of thunderbolts]], a [[PlayingWithFire stream of flames]], and some [[BlowYouAway tornadoes]] as well as copying [[AnIcePerson Gray's own Ice-Make]] and [[GravityMaster Libra's gravity magic.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He did not expect Ziemma to kill Lector for having a guild mark.
* EvilCounterpart: To Gray. Both are maker wizards who rely on skill and creativity compared to their comrades who tend to rely on power.

* GlassCannon: His Memory-Make magic allows him access to a near infinite combination of memorized spells for devastatingly powerful results but after Gray overcomes that it takes but just two attacks to bring him down.
* GracefulLoser: After coming to, he acknowledges his loss to Gray with a smile. However, that's only because he thought that Minerva would win for them.

* KickTheDog: Smirks at Minerva's NoHoldsBarredBeatdown of Lucy.
** He also smiled when Sting and Rogue were about to be punished by Ziemma.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: He did it to Nullpudding.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: To go with his elegant bard motif
* MegaManning: His powers are more or less just based on what he's seen of his opponent, essentially adding more to his arsenal to use at a later time.
* NiceHat: Which Gray steals after his defeat.
* OhCrap: When he realizes that Gray's "Unlimited" spell is too fast for him to memorize.
* PetTheDog: Slightly. He is shocked when Ziemma kills Lector.
* PuzzleBoss: The manner of his loss to Gray on the final day of the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games, once Gray figured out he only needed to basically fast-forward his attacks on Rufus.]]
* RedBaron: "The [[SpoonyBard Bard]] Who Sings to the Red Moon."
* ShapingYourAttacks: Like other Maker Magic, his Magic gives shape but he uses his memories.
* TheSmartGuy: After Sabertooth becomes good.
* SuperpowerLottery: To sum up, he can copy any kind of magic and spells he sees, use them whenever and however he wants, once he "memorizes" an opponent he can know its exact location at any time, and can [[AntiMagic cancel his opponent's spells by "forgetting" them]]. The only things that "balances" his magic are that it apparently cannot keep up with a fast spell (Such as Gray's Ice Make: Infinity), but as he had already copied the ability to create ice this minor flaw doesn't look all that "balancing", and the fact that if an enemy can get past it [[GlassCannon he goes down fast]].

[[folder:Yukino Agria]]
!!Yukino Agria
!!!Voiced by: Creator/FuyukaOura (Japanese), Mallorie Rodak (English)
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A celestial wizard and the sister of Sorano Agria, Yukino is serves as one of Saber Tooth's current members. Expelled from the guild after one failure too many in the Grand Magic Games, she participates in Arcadios' Eclipse Project as a sergeant in the Holy Knights, only to get drawn in the catastrophe that will destroy Fiore. At the conclusion of the Grand Magic Games, Sting reinstates Yukino into Saber Tooth to help assist in improving their guild, for better or worse.
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* AdaptationalBadass: She's an impressive enough celestial wizard in the manga, but in the anime, she turns out to be a skilled [[KungFuWizard hand-to-hand combatant]] as well, personally fighting Eclipse Virgo and Libra. She also performs Urano Metoria, one of Lucy's ultimate attacks, as a CombinationAttack with her.
* ArtEvolution: She's initially drawn with narrower eyes and a bob cut, but her eyes become wider and her hair becomes a pixie cut when it becomes more apparent she's just a rookie in the guild.
* BadassCape: She initially wears a big, gaudy cloak with FluffyFashionFeathers during the Grand Magic Games. However, she wears it less frequently in favor of more casual clothes after the games.
* BadassLongcoat: Wears one while as a sergeant of the Holy Knights.
* BreakTheCutie: Not long after getting into the guild she'd always dreamed of joining, she suffers a humiliating defeat against Kagura in the Grand Magic Games, and is then forced by her master to [[ShamefulStrip strip]] in front of the whole guild before getting [[YouHaveFailedMe kicked out]]. Simply being treated like a normal human being by Natsu causes her to break down in tears, unable to bear the pain any longer.
* BrokenPedestal: Downplayed when she [[spoiler:she runs into Sorano/Angel during the Alvarez Empire arc. She's clearly upset that her sister never made contact with her despite being alive all these years, and what's more, is acting like a total stranger. But once Sorano tells her she's done such terrible things that she can no longer call herself her sister, which she now deeply regrets, Yukino gladly accepts that she will have to wait until her sister has forgiven herself to reunite with her for goo.]]
* TheChick: She becomes this for her guild after it reforms, favoring communication over fighting.
* DamselOutOfDistress: When she's kidnapped in the ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' manga, she manages to fight back enough long enough until Sting can get to her in time.
* DoomedHometown: Her hometown was destroyed by the same Zeref cultists who took Erza, Jellal, and the Seis (her sister included) to the Tower of Heaven.
* EveryYearTheyFizzleOut: It's pointed out in her profile that she actually is a strong wizard, but she hardly ever wins any of her battles unless she's fighting alongside someone else. And even then, she isn't the one to finish them off.
* FamilyThemeNaming: Her name is Yukino, and her sister (better known as Angel) is named Sorano.
* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: [[DownplayedTrope Minerva aside]], Yukino is the only member of Saber Tooth who lacks any of her guild's trademark arrogance.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She is shown to bake cookies for the guild in ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth''.
* FlowerInHerHair: She wears a blue rose on the upper left side of her head.
* FluffyFashionFeathers: Her BadassCape has these, an early indicator of her relationship with the similarly dressed Angel.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler:When Sting is suffering a HeroicBSOD after his guild is wasted by Bloodman, it's Yukino who slaps him back to his senses, [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness much to the shock of the whole guild]]. True to form, though, she's deeply apologetic after hitting him.]]
* TheHeart: She's depicted as such in the reformed Saber Tooth. ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' shows her tending the bar, baking everyone cookies, and generally being seen with a calming smile.
* HoistByHerOwnPetard: Her bet with Kagura to wager her life gets her kicked out of Saber Tooth in [[BreakTheCutie the most humiliating way possible]], since it was not her loss that angered her master, but the fact that she is now indebted to answer to an "inferior" guild.
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Implied. While she recklessly overestimates her chances against Kagura and pays the price for it, it's indicated that she always knew that she wasn't really one of Saber Tooth's elites, since she's only a replacement for Minerva.
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Ophiuchus, the 13th Zodiac key, which is said to surpass any of the other twelve. [[TheWorfEffect It doesn't do her much good, though]].
* IWillFindYou: She's determined to reunite with her elder sister, Sorano, even if it means changing the past itself so that they were never separated in the first place. [[spoiler:They finally see each other again after Irene's Universe One shrinks the continent]].
* IWillWaitForYou: Non-romantic example. [[spoiler:When Sorano asks her to wait until she can [[TheAtoner finally atone for her crimes]], Yukino states she'll wait as long as necessary for her big sister to come back.]]
* ItsPersonal: Her motivation for participating in the Eclipse Project to kill Zeref, despite the alteration of the timeline it would cause, is because his worshipers separated her from her beloved older sister.
* TheJinx: It is her lifelong belief that she brings bad luck to others. After she hears that she was present with Future Lucy during her last failed effort to save Fiore from the horde of dragons, Yukino can't help but go into a HeroicBSOD and blame herself, thinking history will repeat itself.
* {{Keigo}}: She's extremely formal, using the ultra-formal [[UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns personal pronoun "watakushi"]] and using "[[JapaneseHonorifics -sama]]" on virtually everyone else, even Lector and Frosch.
* KungFuWizard: She proves herself to be one in one of the anime's {{Filler}} arcs, claiming to have studied martial arts from her guild, much to the astonishment of Lucy.
%%* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Light to Minerva's Dark Especially after Minerva comes back.
* LosingAShoeInTheStruggle: Being Saber Tooth's counterpart of Lucy, Yukino has been subjected to this treatment both in the main series and the spin-off ''Twin Dragons of Sabertooth''. She's spent a lot of her time barefoot as a result.
** The boots and stockings of her soldier uniform get seared away when she is exposed to lava.
** Her boots were taken when she was kidnapped in ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' by an enemy guild, presumably to keep her from running away.
** Her boots were also taken yet again after being attacked by Bloodman's squad. Unlike the other times, she doesn't have the luxury to change clothes, and has spent the remainder of the arc barefooted.
* MysticalWhiteHair: She has silvery white hair, and is a talented magic user.
* NumberTwo: She effectively acts as one for Arcadios when she joins the Holy Knights as a member of his Eclipse Project.
* ParentalAbandonment: Her parents died when Zeref cultists attacked her hometown.
* RantInducingSlight: More of sadness than anger. After Natsu catches up with her just to apologize for being so cold to her for being in Saber Tooth, Yukino breaks down in tears over how he can treat her with kindness so casually, and she releases her pent up frustrations over getting dragged her through the mud and kicked her out for losing a single match.
* ShamefulStrip: Ziemma subjects her to this as part of her punishment for losing to Kagura in the Grand Magic Games before kicking her out.
%%* ShipTease: With Sting in ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth''.
* ShrinkingViolet: She is a soft-spoken and submissive girl who treats everyone she speaks to with the utmost respect.
* SixthRanger: She is initially believed to be one of the five strongest members of Saber Tooth until the reveal that she is merely standing in for Minerva. Afterwards, she becomes TheChick.
* SquishyWizard: Being a celestial wizard, a single hit is all it takes for Kagura to take her down.
* SummonMagic: She's a celestial wizard who owns several spirits, including the Zodiac spirits Pisces, Libra, and Ophiuchus.
* TearfulSmile: She begins crying when all the other guilds who participated in the Grand Magic Games begin fighting over her, saying she's never been so happy to have so many people care for her.
* TokenGoodTeammate: She is at least the only member of Saber Tooth shown not to be a {{Jerkass}} on any level, at least until Sting and Rogue reform it.
* TraumaButton: In ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'', a dark guild threatens to remove her guild mark. She understandably freaks out over this, given how Ziemma did this to her before.
* UncannyFamilyResemblance: She and Sorano have the same hair color, have similar facial features, and even wear similar outfits. They are also both celestial wizards.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: She wants Zeref dead for what his worshipers did to her family, and she willingly participates in the Eclipse Plan despite [[ButterflyOfDoom the ramifications it could have on the timeline]].
* WhenSheSmiles: Usually seen frowning, she has a rather endearing and timid smile.
* WomanInWhite: She wears a white uniform as a member of Saber Tooth.
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[[folder:Minerva Orland]]
!!Minerva Orland, a.k.a. Neo-Minerva
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KikukoInoue (JP), Anastasia Muñoz (EN)
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The daughter of Saber Tooth's original master, and the most powerful member of Saber Tooth. Her multi-dimensional magic, Territory, gives her absolute control over everything she sees. Like the rest of her guild, Minerva embodies her father's creed of "survival of the fittest", cruelly stamping out those who oppose her. Her obsession with strength eventually drives her to join a dark guild, but when she finds salvation in her old friends, she returns to Saber Tooth.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her hair is initially dark purple in the manga, but it's black in the anime, which eventually sticks for the manga artwork.
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She is attractive, tall, has long dark hair, and acts very aloof and elegant most of the time.
* AlphaBitch: She garners the highest amount of respect in her own guild behind her father as its resident {{Ojou}}. She is also a ruthless SocialDarwinist who has no qualms rooting out any weaklings she comes across, be they her own guildmates, her opponents, or even her own father.
* AmbitionIsEvil: Her goal is to keep Saber Tooth at the top of the guild food chain, and drags her enemies through the dirt to do so. She eventually sets her sights on dominating the criminal underworld after joining a dark guild. Giving up her ambitions is what sets her on her path towards redemption.
* ArchEnemy: Deconstructed. She is dead-set on becoming one for Erza that it becomes her only purpose in life, making Erza question if there's even any point to their continued clashes. As Minerva herself eventually admits, [[DeathSeeker she just wants Erza to kill her]].
* BadassLongCoat: Her outfit as a member of Tartaros. Complete with a {{sarashi}}, BareYourMidriff, and {{underboobs}}.
* BarrierWarrior: Her magic can be used defensively, as she blocks Natsu's punch with some colored aura around her hand.
* BerserkButton: Despite seemingly being unconscious during her demonification, the mere mention of Fairy Tail causes her to shake with rage.
* BigEater: Surprisingly, Minerva is the reigning champion of Saber Tooth's annual EatingCompetition with dozens of plates stacked next to her, and she doesn't even gain a pound while the runner-up Sting swells like a balloon
* BrokenBird: Her father constantly put her through TrainingFromHell as a little girl until he could live up to his lofty expectations. She thus evolved into a [[KickTheDog dog-kicking]] {{sadist}} who realizes deep down that [[DeathSeeker she doesn't deserve to live for the things she's done]]. Thanks to Saber Tooth's turnaround, she manages to recover nicely.
* BrokenTears: She can do nothing but cry as Sting wastes Saber Tooth's last chance at winning the tournament by surrendering to Fairy Tail.
* BullyingADragon: She thinks Erza's nothing but cornered prey just because her foot is shattered.
* ButtMonkey: She becomes the butt of a couple of jokes at the Village of the Sun when Erza accidentally rips off her skirt during their rematch, and again when she falls victim to her guildmate's [[FountainOfYouth de-aging spell]] due to PowerIncontinence.
* CameBackStrong: Subverted. After Minerva withstands Kyôka's reinforcement curse, Kyôka takes enough of a liking to her to recruit her into her guild as a demon. Though this would normally mean Minerva is more powerful than ever, Erza still manages to beat her easily.
* TheChessmaster: Unlike her father, she relies less on brute force and more on strategic moves. It's noticeable since she her guild is the only other who seems to be lining up their attacks and targeting specific members in similarity to Mavis. Needless to say, this is one of many qualities that make her a dangerous force.
* ChildrenForcedToKill: The anime shows how bad her childhood was, where she's forced by her father to murder another guildmember, Fingers, after beating him. She cries the entire time.
* ClimaxBoss: She's the last opponent Fairy Tail faces in actual physical combat on the final day of the Grand Magic Games.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Beats Lucy within an inch of her life, even preventing her from leaving the arena's boundary, just to make a point to Fairy Tail that they shouldn't get too uppity against her guild. Later, she tortures Milliana offscreen (we see the aftermath as several cuts on her back) just to pass time while Erza and Kagura fought.
* CombatPragmatist: She steals Lucy's Gatekeys to render her helpless in battle. Also, as the tactical mind of her group in the final match of the tournament, she tells her teammates to avoid the strongest members of the opposing teams so they can be taken on [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown once weakened from their fights]]. This plan only falls through because Fairy Tail, even when beaten and broken, are literally just too badass to stay down for long.
* {{Conlang}}: She speaks the language of Yakuma, which is written out in vaguely Arabic characters in the manga, receiving transliterations and occasional subtitles as well. She uses it for [[LanguageOfMagic casting her Yakuma Eighteen Battle God spells]], and sometimes for [[PardonMyKlingon swearing]].
* CryCute: She is moved to tears when Sting and Rogue save her from Mard Geer, and later when her guild celebrates her return after had abandoned them all, signifying the end of her {{Jerkass}} persona.
* DaddyLittleVillain: She's Ziemma's daughter and just as ruthless as he is. Not that this stops her from kicking him out of the guild once the opportunity arises, considering the monstrous abuse he put her through to make her the cruel woman she is. She eventually manages to shake off this image after her HeelFaceTurn.
* DarkActionGirl: She's one of Fiore's most skilled warriors, but is also one of the cruelest, at least at first.
* DeathSeeker: After her VillainousBreakdown in the Tartaros arc, Minerva reveals to Erza that the reason she kept trying to fight is because she secretly hopes Erza has the strength to kill her. She's later talked out of this by Sting and Rogue, who make it clear that they want her to come back to Saber Tooth.
* DisproportionateRetribution: She gives Lucy an unnecessarily cruel and violent beatdown in the Grand Magic Games just because Lucy said she wouldn't betray the emotions of her TrueCompanions and the hell they went through to get to their position. She later joins a dark guild and desires to murder Erza for handing her ass in the games.
* TheDogBitesBack: She's the one who kills Kyôka, the demon who inducted her into Tartaros, when Erza is too worn out from the fight to finish her off.
* DragonInChief: She's the top wizard of Saber Tooth under her father, but is more intelligent and effective at leading and controlling the others than her father is.
* DragonLady: She wears a {{Qipao}} and an OdangoHair and is remarked by her cruelty.
* DynamicEntry: How she gets in on the fight between Erza and Kagura by warping in between them as they're clashing and knocking them back.
* EasilyForgiven: Despite all of the crap she pulled, from violently beating defenseless opponents, to outright desertion of her and joining not one, but ''two'' dark guilds, there are absolutely no hard feelings between her and all the people she managed to hurt.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: For all her {{Jerkass}}ery and horrific treatment of everyone around her, she shows great revulsion when Kyôka is shown to have murdered everyone in Succubus Eye because they weren't strong enough.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: As a member of Succubus Eye, she ditches the {{Qipao}} for a {{stripperific}} black robe, complete with BareYourMidriff and AbsoluteCleavage. Although it might as well be ''eviler'' just because she was hardly a good guy by ''any means''.
* EvilCounterpart:
** To Erza. Both are renowned as the strongest women of their respective guilds, but while Erza fights to protect her guild's honor, Minerva fights to flaunt her guild's strength. After her HeelFaceTurn, however, her kind-hearted self is [[NotSoDifferent practically indistinguishable from Erza]].
** She is also one for Lucy. Both were abused by their fathers (Minerva physically, Lucy emotionally) because they weren't what their fathers wanted them to be (Ziemma wanted her to be a strong, ironclad warrior, Jude wanted Lucy to be a ProperLady). While Lucy ran away and made a new life and friends for herself, Minerva stayed and became even worse than her father.
* EvilIsPetty: After Erza temporarily gets turned into a child, Minerva uses her as a punching bag to vent after her humiliation during the Grand Magic Games.
%%* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: A pale blue color.
* EyepatchOfPower: One of her eyes is covered by a black mark as a demon, giving her this look.
* FreudianExcuse: Her father treated her as badly as any "weak" member of the guild, and constantly punished and humiliated her in [[ShamefulStrip horrible]] [[TrainingFromHell ways]] just because she wouldn't stop crying as a child, a sign of weakness in his eyes. She finally turns the tables on him when Sting blasts a hole in his chest, giving her the excuse to kick him out of the guild, but by then, she's developed into such a massive {{Jerkass}} that one can hardly celebrate.
* TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne: Next to Olga, Minerva is the most [[TheGift gifted]] sorceress of magic power within the guild. Her power is so immense it can rival perfectly with that of Erza and that of Kagura, to the point that it can be perceived miles away when she publicly manifests it.
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: She's the callous "Evil" to Erza's noble "good" and Kagura's vengeful "bad" during their three-way battle.
* HateSink: Deconstructed. Her unnecessary acts of cruelty during the Grand Magic Games serve no other purpose than to push Fairy Tail's buttons, and her decision to join two dark guilds out of petty revenge doesn't help. Eventually Erza acknowledges that their confrontations after the games are pointless, and comes to pity Minerva for even trying to continue being so despicable.
* HavingABlast: Other than space manipulation, she can also cast a spell that [[SummonMagic summons a huge statue-like being]], which destroys everything around it with a colossal explosion.
* HeelFaceTurn: After appearing in two straight arcs as Erza's hated arch-rival, she decides she's finally had enough when Erza breaks her JerkassFacade and rejoins a reformed Saber Tooth.
* HiddenDepths: Next to her supremely powerful magic, the guild prides her for being [[SupremeChef a master chef]]. She can also eat dozens of plates worth of food and somehow not gain a single pound.
%%* HighClassGloves: Suiting an elegant LadyOfWar.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Her BadassLongCoat as a member of Tartaros has this.
* HornedHumanoid: Her OdangoHair changes into a pair of horns when Tartaros transforms her into a demon.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: This is her reason for why she quit Saber Tooth for Succubus Eye, and why she wants to move up in the ranks of the dark guilds. Needless to say, she achieves her goal when she is recruited in Tartaros, [[GoneHorriblyRight though not in the way Minerva hoped]].
* IHaveYourWife: She just ''loves'' this trope. First, when Natsu raids their lodge seeking to fight Ziemma, she just teleports Happy into her arms to get him to stop. Then, she transports Lector to safety right before Ziemma tries to blast him, but tells Sting he can only see him again if Saber Tooth wins. Finally, she holds Millianna hostage in an energy-sapping bubble just to get a stronger reaction from Erza and Kagura.
* InformedAbility: She claims to have a way to counter Erza's Nakagami Armor after being bested by it once. However, she ends up switching to Erza's side before she has a chance can use it.
* ItsPersonal: After Erza beats her in the Grand Magic Games, Minerva relishes in any opportunity she can get her hands on for revenge, the primary motivator in all of their confrontations before her Heel–Face Turn.
* {{Jerkass}}: She's [[TheBaroness ruthless]], [[{{Sadist}} sadistic]], and [[TheSociopath borderline sociopathic]].
* KickTheDog: Done more than any villain in a single arc, including her father, Ziemma. First she brutalizes Lucy during the Naval Battle contest, leaving her in need of serious medical attention. Next, she holds Lector hostage after his DisneyDeath and refuses to let Sting see him unless he brings Saber back to 1st place. Then she does the same with Millianna to get Erza and Kagura to fight each other, torturing her to keep herself busy before stabbing Kagura InTheBack right when she decides to surrender to Erza. Finally, she decides to get revenge on Erza for humiliating her by beating her while she's turned into a child.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: She kicks Ziemma out of the guild by [[HoistByHisOwnPetard turning his own rules against him]]. Considering how horribly he treated her as a child, Minerva likely relished in the opportunity.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Rather than continuing to fight Erza and Kagura head on in their match, she decides to pit them against each other and then waits until they've worn themselves out before moving in to claim the spoils for herself.
* LackOfEmpathy: She seems pleased when her father is gutted by Sting (though to be fair, that could be because of [[AbusiveParents him using her]] as a {{Tykebomb}}). Even moreso when she uses the chance to [[ManipulativeBitch manipulate Sting]] with the promise of getting Lector back.
* LadyOfBlackMagic: Maintains her elegance and composure as she blasts everything in her line of sight with her Territory.
* LadyOfWar: As cruel a fighter as she is, she always does it with an air of grace. At least, when she's not suffering a VillainousBreakdown.
* LanguageOfMagic: She performs many of her spells by chanting in the [[ConLang language of Yakuma]].
%%* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: Dark to Yukino's Light
* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Admits this when talking about Millianna's screams as she tortured her while waiting for Erza and Kagura to finish their match.
* MakeupIsEvil: Unlike Saber's [[TokenGoodTeammate resident good girl Yukino]], Minerva wears lipstick and eyeliner to emphasize her malevolent appearance. However, she keeps wearing makeup after her HeelFaceTurn, though not quite as much.
* ManipulativeBitch: She makes Sting believe Lector's life is in her hands to get him to fight with the PowerOfFriendship, and uses Millianna as a hostage to give Erza and Kagura more incentive to fight each other.
* MeaningfulName: Minerva shares her name with the Roman goddess of war.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to Lucy on Day 4 of the Grand Magic Games just to issue a challenge of rivalry to Fairy Tail, and later to Erza at the Village of the Sun when Erza is turned into a child who can't fight back.
* OdangoHair: Her hair is tied into a pair of bun-shaped loops at both sides of her head, and a [[BraidsOfAction braid]] is present some inches below each of such loops.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Although we see her struggle, [[spoiler:her eventual defeat of Wall Eehto's Historia takes place off-screen]].
* OhCrap:
** Immediately loses her composure when Erza actually manages to hurt her, and even more when Erza cuts through her magic and kicks her arrogant, qipao'd hiney.
** Another one when she returns to Succubus Eye's headquarters to find the place trashed, the other guild members reduced to paper dolls, and Tartaros' Kyôka calling Succubus Eye too "weak" to work for them. When Kyôka says she's about to find out if the same is true for Minerva, her eyes go wide with fear.
* {{Ojou}}: She commands respect in her guild as both its strongest wizard and the daughter of Master Ziemma, and is always addressed as Ojou-sama ("Milady" in the English dub) by her guildmates. Yukino seems to be the only one to use her name, but uses "-sama" on her, like with virtually everyone else.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: She develops this mindset towards Erza after the Grand Magic Games, and curses Tartaros for taking her "prey" away from her after Mard Geer casts Alegria to wipe Erza out along with the rest of Fairy Tail.
* OurDemonsAreDifferent: She starts out as a human, but is genetically reconstructed as a demon by Tartaros's technology. It's implied in the [[WordOfGod Q&A of Volume 52]] that even though she has since regained her human appearance after returning to Saber Tooth, [[NotQuiteBackToNormal she wasn't completely returned to human form]].
* PardonMyKlingon: She sometimes switches to speaking [[{{Conlang}} Yakuma]] whenever she gets angry. Unlike most examples, her cursing is translated in the manga, which makes it seem more savory than it probably is; her favorites include "I ragd" ("Begone") and "Ro hwaset" ("Trash").
* PetTheDog: In the ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' spinoff manga, she gives a little girl a CooldownHug when she learns that the girl had been helping her brother's evil plans, even using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique, out of the fear that he'd cast her aside. It's clear that Minerva sees a great deal of herself in the girl.
* {{Qipao}}: She always wears some kind of Chinese-style dress when affiliated with Saber Tooth.
* RealityWarper: What her Territory pretty much amounts to: if she sees something, even if it's just empty space, she can manipulate it. It takes some seriously overpowered magic from Erza to beat her magic.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: She is briefly transformed into a demon soldier for Tartaros after Kyôka forces her to withstand her reinforcement curse.
* RevengeBeforeReason: She joins a dark guild and even abandons her own humanity in the name of revenge against Fairy Tail for [[DisproportionateRetribution beating her in a tournament]].
* {{Sadist}}: She [[SlasherSmile grins with maniacal pleasure]] whenever she does something horrible to someone.
* ShowSomeLeg: Her {{Qipao}} dress exposes her leg up to her thigh.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Almost takes it to an art form. Whenever someone she views as beneath her stands in her way, she will beat them to the edge of their life if she can with no remorse. She eventually snaps out of it after Sting and Rogue save her from Mard Geer
* SoreLoser: Of the worst kind. Just because she lost to Fairy Tail in the [[TournamentArc Grand Magic Games,]] she flees Saber Tooth and joins a Dark Guild to exact revenge on them. This clearly contrasts most of her former guild-mates, who have [[GracefulLoser accepted their defeat]] and vow to create a more caring atmosphere at Saber Tooth.
* SourOutsideSadInside: She was essentially forced into her sadistic and ruthless personality by her own father to survive his brutal parenting. Erza later shatters the facade to find a broken woman who would much rather die than continue her meaningless cruelty.
* SpaceMaster: Her magic Territory is an enhanced variation of the classic manipulation of space.
* TheStarscream: She does not hesitate to usurp her father and kick him out of the guild the moment Sting takes him down.
* SummonMagic: She has the ability to summon at least one of the Eighteen Yakuma Battle Gods during her match with Erza and Kagura.
* ThatWomanIsDead: She declares herself to be "Neo-Minerva" after she is [[ReforgedIntoAMinion reborn as a demon of Tartaros]]. It doesn't last, though, as she pulls a HeelFaceTurn shortly afterward.
* TookALevelInKindness: After being brought to her lowest point and being forced to admit how undeserving of friendship she thinks she is, only to realize her guild [[YouAreNotAlone still cares for her]] despite how she abandoned them, she becomes considerably kinder.
%%* {{Underboobs}}: As Neo-Minerva only.
* UnusualEyebrows: Short, thin and a few inches away from her actual eyes.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: he was once just an ordinary girl who was [[BrokenBird broken]] by her [[AbusiveParents abusive father]]'s ideals, molding her into the villain she is when Fairy Tail meets her. She regains some of her old kindness after her HeelFaceTurn, however.
* VillainDecay: Ironically, as she descends [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope off the slippery slope]], Minerva gets sloppier and sloppier, presumably due to becoming more and more insecure after her defeat at the Grand Magic Games.
* VillainExitStateLeft: Done twice: first she vanishes without a trace at the end of the Grand Magic Games after Saber Tooth's defeat, and later flees when Fairy Tail frees the giants of Sun Village while she's fighting Erza.
* VillainTeleportation: Her Territory gives her this ability in ways no other teleportation specialists like Doranbalt can. Not only can she teleport others, but she can switch places and even body positions with them.
* VillainousBreakdown:
** In quick succession during the Grand Magic Games, when Erza manages to see through her magic and hit her, Minerva's arrogance gives way to blind rage. When her magic proves ineffective against Erza's new armor, she starts losing it and yelling for Erza to stop. After Saber Tooth loses the final round, she is reduced to a sobbing wreck.
** She later suffers an even worse one in the Tartaros arc after Erza easily beats her again even after she turned into a demon, [[VillainousBSOD causing her to relive her memories of her horrible childhood that made her the monster she'd become]]. She subsequently [[DeathSeeker begs Erza to end it all for her]].
* VillainousBSOD: During her second rematch with Erza in the Tartaros arc, her memories of her father's abuse begin to surface while Erza urges her to stop their nonsensical fighting, causing Minerva to lose the will to live and ask Erza to end her suffering. Getting rescued from Mard Geer by Sting and Rogue manages to snap her out of it.
* WouldHurtAChild: While her Succubus Eye superior turned Erza into a child, she takes too much pleasure in beating her like that.
* YouAreNotAlone: The reason she wants Erza to kill her is a belief that, because of her actions, no one wants her around. Sting and Rogue prove her wrong when they show up specifically looking for her to bring her home. The welcome home party she receives when she finally returns ends up bringing her to tears.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Her hair is purple in the manga, though it changes to black to match her AdaptationalDyeJob in the anime.
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* BeingEvilSucks: As she pulls further and further into darkness, she felt that she's only enduring more pain and suffering, and that her eventual joining of Tartaros was where everything seemed to fall apart for her. Which is why she eventually begged Erza to kill her.

%%* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome

* OurDemonsAreDifferent: Probably even moreso than the other demons from the Book of Zeref; she ''was'' human, and following her defeat at the hands of Kyouka, has been resurrected as a demon. [[spoiler:Once she returns to Saber Tooth, she regains her human appearance.]]
* PetTheDog: In the Saber Tooth spinoff manga, she gives the younger sister of the BigBad a CooldownHug when she learns that the girl had been helping her brother's evil plans, even using a DangerousForbiddenTechnique, out of the fear that he'd cast her aside. It's clear that Minerva sees a great deal of herself in the girl.
* {{Qipao}}: She wears one as a member of Saber Tooth.
* RealityWarper: What her Territory magic pretty much amounts to: if she sees something, even if it's just empty space, she can manipulate it. It takes some seriously overpowered magic from Erza to beat her magic.
* RecurringBoss: To the point where she's clearly aiming to become Erza's ArchEnemy.
* RedBaron: She calls herself Neo Minerva in Tartaros.
* ReforgedIntoAMinion: She is briefly transformed into a demon soldier for Tartarus.
* {{Revenge}}: After her defeat, she plots revenge on Fairy Tail for defeating her in the Grand Magic Games.
* {{Sadist}}: She takes ''way'' too much pleasure in doing horrible things.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Leaves Saber Tooth at the end of the Games after their defeat, and shows up later in the next Arc as a member of Succubus Eye.
** And later, as a member of Tartarus.
* ShamefulStrip: As a child, she was forced to strip naked as a punishment ''by her own father''.
* SmugSnake: Extremely confident in her own power as well as Saber Tooth's. [[spoiler: Eventually turns out to be an act.]]
* TheSocialDarwinist: She believes she deserves to die by Erza's hand for being weak enough to fall to darkness. Eventually snaps out of it after being saved by Sting and Rogue from Marde Guille.
* TheSociopath: Almost takes it to an art form.

* TheStarscream: She does not hesitate to usurp her father and kick him out of the guild the moment he was beaten.
* SummonMagic: In her fight with Kagura and Erza she uses a spell to summon a stone god statue. It's a Magic of the Yakuma Eighteen Battle Gods, [[spoiler:which, a lot later on, Alok uses on a much larger scale]].
* SupremeChef: She's a very good cook, as noted by the Exceeds who missed her cooking.
* {{Underboobs}}: As Neo-Minerva only.
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:By the end of the Tartarus arc, her demonification is just gone. Although she could just have shape-shifted the features away or something.]]

* UsedToBeASweetKid: She used to be a regular girl. Her [[AbusiveParents father's]] [[SecondPlaceIsForLosers ideals]] turned her into what she is today.

* VillainousBreakdown: In quick succession, when Erza manages to see through her magic and hit her, Minerva's arrogance gives way to blind rage. When her magic proves ineffective against Erza's new armor, she starts losing it and yelling for Erza to stop. And finally after Saber Tooth loses the final round, [[BrokenTears she is reduced to a sobbing wreck.]]
** Suffers an even worse one after Erza easily beats her again even after she turned into a demon. She turns into a DeathSeeker as a result until Sting and Rogue save her.

* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler: The reason she wants Erza to kill her is a belief that, because of her actions, no one wants her around. Erza finds this ridiculous and tells her there is someone out there who wants her. Sting and Rogue then show up specifically looking for her to bring her home.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: In the manga only her hair is purple. The anime gives her black hair.

* IHaveYourWife: She just ''loves'' this trope:
** When Natsu raids their lodge seeking to fight Ziemma, she just teleports Happy into her arms to get him to stop.
** She transports Lector to safety right before Ziemma tries to blast him, but tells Sting he can only see him again if Saber Tooth wins.
** She holds Millianna hostage in an energy-sapping bubble just to get a stronger reaction from Erza and Kagura.

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* KickTheSonOfABitch[=/=]TheDogBitesBack: However causing her father to be kicked out of the guild due to his own rules was completely justified and karmic.

* LanguageOfMagic: She performs her Yakuma Eighteen Battle God spells by chanting in the language of Yakuma

* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father, Like Daughter]]: She inherited his cruel tendencies too, though subverted because it was beaten into her, rather than her simply taking after him, as confirmed in a flashback in Chapter 388, which shows us that Ziemma even making her strip naked [[DisproportionateRetribution just because she cried from her being hit]].

* MakeupIsEvil: In contrast to Lucy and Erza, she wears a noticable amount of makeup. [[spoiler:Unlike Urtear she still wears makeup after her HeelFaceTurn]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Vying with Pre-TimeSkip Ultear for the top spot. Makes Sting believe Lector's life is on her hands to get him to fight with the PowerOfFriendship.
** She also uses Millianna as a hostage to give Erza and Kagura more incentive to fight each other. Erza seems to catch on and keeps a level head, but Kagura quickly flies into rage and starts doing exactly what Minerva wants.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: To Lucy on Day 4 of the Grand Magic Games.
** And later to Erza in the Sun Village arc, where Erza is a child who can't fight back.
* NotSoStoic: When she brutalizes Lucy. [[VillainousBreakdown And when Erza actually manages to hurt her.]]
** Also when Erza accidentally snags her skirt.
*** And when [[EvilerThanThou Kyouka]] came [[BreakTheBadass knocking at her doorstep]]...

* OffScreenMomentOfAwesome: When Yukino is kidnapped, the kidnapper says nothing they do will make him talk. Whatever Minerva did to him, Rufus and Olga were left traumatized.
* OhCrap: Immediately loses her composure when Erza actually manages to hurt her, and even more when Erza [[NoSell cuts through her magic]] and kicks her [[SmugSnake arrogant]], [[{{Qipao}} qipao'd]] hiney.
** And another one when she returns to Succubus Eye's headquarters to find the place trashed, the other guild members reduced to paper dolls, and Tartarus' Kyouka calling Succubus Eye too 'weak' to work for them. When Kyouka says she's about to find out if the same is true for Minerva, her eyes go wide with fear.

* CombatPragmatist: She steals Lucy's Gatekeys to render her helpless in battle. Also, as the tactical mind of her group in the final match of the tournament, she tells her teammates to avoid the strongest members of the opposing teams so they can be taken on once weakened from their fights. This plan only falls through because Fairy Tail, even when beaten and broken, are literally just too badass to stay down for long.
* CoolBigSis: Post HeelFaceTurn, she acts like one to the guild, especially Yukino.

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* CryCute: When she realizes that her guild still cares about her.
* DaddyIssues: Her father treated her as badly as any "weak" member of the guild and constantly punished and humiliated her in [[ShamefulStrip horrible ways]] just because she wasn't strong enough.
* DaddysLittleVillain: She's Ziemma's daughter. Doesn't stop her from kicking him out of the guild once the opportunity arises.
* DarkActionGirl: Too much of a bitch to be anything but.
** [[DarkMagicalGirl At first, anyway]].
* DeathSeeker: After losing to Erza once more in the Tartaros arc, while having her motives questioned, Minerva has a HeelRealization and asks Erza to put her out of her misery. She's later talked out of this by [[spoiler:[[BigDamnHeroes Sting and Rogue]], who came to save her, and are making it clear they want her to come back to Saber Tooth, demon or not.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: She gives Lucy an unnecessarily cruel and violent beatdown just because Lucy said she isn't going to betray the emotions of her TrueCompanions and the hell they went through to get to their position.
** She also joined a Dark Guild and desires to murder Erza for handing her ass in the Magic Games.
* DissonantSerenity: Even when she sees Ziemma get a hole blasted through him, all she reacts is smirk right before kicking his rotten ass out of the guild, though consider what an asshole he is in general, and how much be [[AbusiveParents abused]] her in particular, one can hardly blame her.
* DragonInChief: She's more intelligent and effective at leading and controlling the situation than her father is. It's possible she might be more dangerous than him too.

* EasilyForgiven:
** Despite all of the crap she pulled, up to and including outright desertion of Saber Tooth and joining not one, but ''two'' Dark Guilds, [[spoiler:Saber Tooth welcomes her back with open arms, with Sting and Rogue actually going completely out of their way to rescue her from Tartaros.]]
** When she meets Lucy again in chapter 425, [[spoiler: she quietly apologizes, which Lucy accepts easily.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Is terrified of Kyouka and the way she killed all of Succubus Eye for no reason.
* EvilAllAlong: Well Saber Tooth wasn't exactly evil to begin with but she certainly wasn't one of the nicest members in the group. However upon losing the Grand Magic Games and disappearing for the rest of the arc. She shows back up again, this time working for a dark guild, Succubus Eye, as their newest member. So all pretense is pretty much dropped by this point.
** [[spoiler: Eventually averted when it's revealed in her backstory that she was not always evil. She eventually makes a genuine HeelFaceTurn and rejoins Saber Tooth.]]

* EvilCounterpart: To Erza. An incredibly powerful woman who is the effective leader of the group.
* EvilLaugh: Indulges in one after she stabs Kagura from behind and taunted Erza.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: A pale blue color.

* FauxAffablyEvil: She's an obviously powerful and ruthless fighter who shares Ziemma's personality, but still has a chummy demeanor with her fellow guildmates. At first.
* {{Foil}}: Surprisingly, when her backstory is revealed, she's one to Lucy. Both were abused by their fathers (Minerva physically, Lucy emotionally) because they weren't what their fathers wanted them to be (Ziemma wanted her to be a ironclad warrior and strong, Jude wanted Lucy to be a ProperLady). Lucy ran away instead, made a new life, and made new friends, while Minerva stayed and became even worse then her father.
** In a way, she's one to Ultear as well. Both are elegant, brunette [[LadyofBlackMagic ladies of black magic]] who found redemption through [[ThePowerofFriendship the power of friendship]]. Ultear's [[StartofDarkness path of darkness]] started when she was separated from her mother, whilst Minerva's happened because she was [[AbusiveParents raised by an abusive father]]. Most notably, Ultear's magic is that of [[TimeMaster time]] whilst Minerva's affect space.
* FountainOfYouth: Gets hit with this briefly in the Sun Village arc.
* FreudianExcuse: Minerva spent her childhood being groomed to be the strongest wizard. Combined with being raised with [[AbusiveParents Ziemma]], and it's no surprise she turned out the way she did.

* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: She's the evil to Kagura's bad and Erza's good.
** And later, the bad to (again) Erza's good and ''[[EvilerThanThou Kyouka's]]'' evil.
* HateSink: Her beatdown on Lucy was what turned Fairy Tail from merely annoyed by Saber Tooth's arrogance to viewing them as enemies. She turns herself into Erza and Kagura's mutual enemy by holding their mutual friend hostage (though she manipulates Kagura into taking her anger out on Erza). Joining two Dark Guilds just for petty revenge hasn't done her any favors to public opinion. Though, [[NeverLiveItDown she only joined the first Dark Guild for petty revenge, Kyouka forced her into the second]].
** In their most recent fight, however, Erza mentions that her fist is "crying" for fighting such a meaningless battle, though this may be more pity than actual sympathy.

* HealingVat: Chapter 359 has her in one of these. She lost her battle with Kyouka, but Kyouka indicated that Minerva put up enough of a fight for her to be impressed enough to recruit her into Tartarus, and even nursed her back to health... [[CameBackWrong as a demon.]]
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Hoo boy. Her first FaceHeelTurn was due to her believing that a Dark Guild would be stronger than Saber Tooth after their lackluster performance during the Grand Magic Games. It happens ''again'' after Kyouka [[KillEmAll slaughtered]] Succubus Eye and left her as the SoleSurvivor simply because she put up more of a fight than anyone else in the Guild, resulting in Minerva joining Tartarus, [[CameBackWrong with the body of a demon]]. And now? It looks like she's going to rejoin Saber Tooth, after Erza beat some sense into her, and Sting and Rogue made it crystal clear that they forgive her and want her back.
** [[spoiler: She finally pulls a HeelFaceTurn in the end and even sincerely apologizes for her previous actions.]]
* HighClassGloves: Suiting an elegant LadyOfWar.
* HighCollarOfDoom: Her BadassLongCoat as a member of Tartarus has this.
* HornedHumanoid: As a demon.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Claims this is her reason for why she quit Saber Tooth for Succubus' Eye. And she wants to move up in the ranks of the dark guilds. Needless to say, she has now achieved this goal, since Succubus Eye is basically defunct, and she has instead been recruited into Tartarus instead.

* IJustWantToBeLoved:
** [[spoiler: Because of the harsh treatment Ziemma gave her when she was a child, Minerva was never taught to know love or kindness; only to become powerful or she may not survive. After losing to Erza in the Grand Magic Games, Minerva felt that even with him banished from Saber Tooth, Ziemma’s influence still lingered, so she was afraid that her fellow guildmates would attack her for her ineptitude. In particular, she was afraid that Sting would want to take revenge on her for using Lector as leverage, and she was completely unaware that he sought to reform Saber Tooth’s ways.]]
** [[spoiler: When she fought Erza in the Tartaros Arc, Erza told Minerva that her misdeeds at the Grand Magic Games and her overall desperation to win the Games was because she wanted to prove to Saber Tooth that she belongs there. At the end of their battle, she begged Erza to kill her because she thought that because of her past actions she not only will never be loved, but also ‘’should’’ never be loved. But rather than finishing her off, Erza tells her that the rest of Saber Tooth is worried about her and hopes that she would come home. What really set Minerva away from the path of sadism and malice that she trudged on for years Sting and Rogue of Saber Tooth saved her from Mard Geer’s attack and expressed forgiveness and compassion. It was because of the love that Sting and Rogue expressed that Minerva turned away from her crusade for power.]]
* InTheBack: Stabs Kagura from behind right before she surrenders to Erza.
* ItOnlyWorksOnce: She apparently has a way to counter the Nakagami armor, but we have yet to see it.
* ItsPersonal: She ''hates'' Erza for beating her in the Grand Magic Games. After joining Tartarus, she was only too happy to take over for Kyouka, and have a chance to finally settle the score with her.
* {{Jerkass}}: Let's put it this way: She makes {{Jerkass}} extraordinaire Ziemma's KickTheDog moments look like ''complete child's play''. And if you look at the entry just below this one, she just keeps on going. Of course they could be because he didn't have enough screen time.
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Coming back to Saber Tooth is great and all, but she's yet to answer for beating Lucy within an inch of her life, or stabbing Kagura, or taking Millianna hostage and torturing her to pass the time. She does however apologize to the former.]]
* KickTheDog[=/=]KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: To what could be considered SerialEscalation levels. Here is the list:
** During the challenge on the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games, she disarms Lucy of her keys and leaves her defenseless prior to resorting to giving her a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown that doesn't stop until Arcadios begs the referee to end the match.
*** This one in particular almost started an all-out brawl between Saber Tooth and Fairy Tail. She and the rest of Saber Tooth arguably got ''extremely'' lucky. Had a fight actually started it's unlikely that anybody in Saber Tooth would have walked away in one piece, especially given how many ludicrously powerful wizards were present in the coliseum at the time (two official Wizard Saints, one former Wizard Saint, at least four other wizards on par with a Saint... and most of them are members of [[BadassCrew Fairy Tail]]!).
** She declares she's holding Lector hostage right as Sting gives her his heartfelt gratitude for saving him.
** Lastly, she holds Millianna hostage and shows her magic being sapped in front of Erza and Kagura just to provoke them. And ''then'' she whip Millianna's back into a bloody mess of scars to pass the time while Erza and Kagura duke it out, and returns by getting Kagura InTheBack just as she surrenders to Erza.
** She even doesn't care at all when Ziemma, her own father, is hit by Sting. Yes, he was a bastard in every way but it is supposed to be her father still. Considering his [[AbusiveParents treatment]] of her. It's not that surprising.
** Once Erza is turned into a child with limited magic power, she challenges her to a fight to the death.

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[[folder:Twin Dragons in General]]
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Sting and Rogue call themselves "true" Dragon Slayers since they actually killed their dragon parents, and mock Natsu for failing to kill one. When they're faced with rampaging dragons, they admit what they said about killing dragons was only half-true; they might remember ''killing'' their parents, but they had no experience ''fighting'' them.
* BashBrothers: Sting and Rogue fight most effectively as a team, and are even able to perform a [[CombinationAttacl Unison Raid]] together.
* BigDamnHeroes: Following a note from Erza, they arrive in the nick of time to fight Mard Geer in the Tartaros arc. However, they say they would've arrived sooner if Erza had written the note a little better.
* BokeAndTsukkomi Routine: Frosch is the boke who often mixes things up, while Lector is the tsukkomi who provides corrections, sometimes with an insulting remark.
* BreakUpToMake Up: The main plot of ''Fairy Tail Gaiden: Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' involves Rogue getting angry and disbanding the Twin Dragons just because Sting accidentally ate the flowers that Frosch was planning to give him as a gift, making Frosch cry in the process. Sting, meanwhile, admits that he made a mistake but complains that Rogue blew it out of proportion. They make up in the end, before going back to arguing again.
* CombinationAttack: They can perform a Unison Raid, the [[YinYangBomb Divine-Shadow Dragon Light Fang]]. They also perform Future Rogue's White Shadow Dragon's Rough Silk together, which can otherwise only be used in White-Shadow Dragon Mode.
* CurbStompBattle: Their match with Natsu and Gajeel on the fourth day of the Grand Magic Games is mostly one-sided, as they expected. What they ''didn't'' expect was that they'd be on the receiving end practically the entire time.
* FalseMemories: Their memories of killing Weisslogia and Skiadram were actually planted in their heads by the dragons, who had been hiding inside them the entire time like the rest of the dragons to ensure they wouldn't turn into dragons themselves.
* FlingALightIntoTheFuture: [[spoiler:They, along with Natsu, Gajeel, and Wendy, are children from 400 years in the past, and were sent to the future through the Eclipse Gate for the purpose of defeating Acnologia.]]
* HellishPupils: They have draconic-looking eyes courtesy of being Dragon Slayers. However, they lose these features due to Art Evolution.
* HumblePie: After they spend much of the Grand Magic Games bragging about their superiority to the first generation of Dragon Slayers, they're forced to rethink everything they ever know about their own strength when Natsu [[CurbStompBattle mops the floor with them]] in a two-on-one match with their [[SuperMode Dragon Force]] activated, without having to use his own Thunder-Fire Dragon Mode to even the playing field.
* MetaphoricallyTrue: Sting and Rogue always insist that they "killed" their dragon teachers, not "defeated" them. As it turns out, Weisslogia specifically ''requested'' Sting to kill him, while Skiadram was suffering on his deathbed and got a MercyKill from Rogue. And even then, it's revealed their dragons gave them FalseMemories of killing them for the experience.
* OhCrap: They're more than a little surprised when Natsu and Gajeel stand up with nothing more than a few aches and pains when Sting pounds them with Dragon Force at full strength, and even moreso when Natsu wipes the floor with them both without resorting to his Thunder-Fire Dragon Mode.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: They make it their goal in the Grand Magic Games to defeat Natsu and Gajeel, respectively. However, their reasons differ: Sting does it to fulfill The Promise he made Lector, while Rogue simply wants to know why Gajeel would throw in his lot with his former enemies at Fairy Tail.
* RedBaron: They're known as "White Dragon" Sting and "Shadow Dragon" Rogue, respectively.
* RedOniBlueOni: Sting is the outgoing, fight-happy Red to Rogue's quiet, more observant Blue.
* SelfMadeOrphan: Subverted. They believe they killed the dragons who raised them, but it turns out the dragons faked their deaths by giving them FalseMemories.
* SuperMode: Sting and Rogue can activate Dragon Force at will, gaining Facial Markings and Battle Auras to match their respective white and black colors. They also have a weaker version of this called White Drive and Shadow Drive, respectively.
* TeamPet: Lector and Frosch, Sting and Rogue's Exceed partners, serve as this for the team and guild as a whole.
* WeaksauceWeakness: All Dragon Slayers suffer from motion sickness when their magic reaches a certain stage, and Sting and Rogue are no exception; in Sting's case, it's demonstrated during the Chariot event of the Grand Magic Games, while Rogue shows it in the anime when he absentmindedly hijacks a carriage to save Frosch.
* YinYangBomb: Their Divine-Shadow Dragon Light Fang and White-Shadow Dragon's Silk attacks combine Sting's holy magic with Rogue's shadow magic.
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[[folder:Sting Eucliffe]]
!!"White Dragon" Master Sting Eucliffe
!!!Voiced by: Creator/TakahiroSakurai (JP), Creator/FuyukaOura[[note]]first series only[[/note]] (JP - child), Michael Jones (EN), Samantha Herek (EN - child)

The White Dragon Slayer, and one of the Twin Dragons. Raised by the dragon Weisslogia, Sting's magic gives him the power to create lasers and bursts of sacred light. He is also an admirer of Natsu, and dreams of surpassing him one day. After losing to Natsu in the Grand Magic Games, he steps up to replace Ziemma as master to help turn his guild's image around.

->See the folder on the Twin Dragons below for tropes shared between him and Rogue.
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* TheAllegedBoss: Despite becoming Saber Tooth's master, his guildmates tend to not listen to him and even poke fun at him, especially Rogue.
* AnimeHair: He has spiky blond ShonenHair that defies gravity.
* ArrowCatch: His introduction involves him catching and then eating an arrow fired at Rogue.
* AttentionWhore: He clearly enjoys the cheers that Saber Tooth receives on the first day of the Grand Magic Games with both arms raised and an arrogant smile on his face. It doesn't seem to fade after his CharacterDevelopment, either, especially seen in the ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' side story, where he's distraught that Jason keeps ignoring him throughout the guild interview.
* BareYourMidriff: Most of his outfits show off his abs.
* BenevolentBoss: After he steps up to replace Ziemma as Saber Tooth's master, Saber Tooth's atmosphere becomes practically indistinguishable from the warmth and merriness of Fairy Tail.
* BerserkerTears: Happens when Ziemma seemingly vaporizes Lector, resulting in Sting putting a hole in his chest while screaming his lungs out.
* BigDamnHeroes: He gets his own solo rescue scene in the Alvarez Empire arc when he rescues Yukino from Larcade. It's also one of the few scenes in the series where the big damn hero appears ''before'' making their dramatic entrance.
* BloodKnight: He really enjoys a good fight, even when just watching one. The entire reason he pisses Natsu off is simply to force Natsu to fight at his best, [[CurbStompBattle which backfires spectacularly]].
* BreakTheHaughty: For a good portion of the Grand Magic Games, he's pretty arrogant and think he can really take Natsu despite seeing firsthand how determined he can truly be. Then they actually fight and Natsu takes him down without any trouble, after which his self-confidence practically disappears. Lector's DisneyDeath doesn't help matters.
* BullyingADragon: Intentionally tries pissing Natsu off by mocking his worth as a Dragon Slayer and laughing when [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown Lucy gets beaten to near death by Minerva]], just so they can fight each other at full strength. Natsu [[CurbStompBattle destroys]] both him and Rogue without batting an eye.
* DeerInTheHeadlights: In the final stage of the Grand Magic Games, he prepares to attack the heavily wounded Fairy Tail members, but one look at their [[{{Determinator}} determination]] and he freezes up completely before realizing he can't go through with it.
* DissonantSerenity: Sting spends much of the last day of the Games calmly taking out a few opponents after Lector is nearly killed by Ziemma and held hostage by Minerva.
* TheDogBitesBack: When Sting witnesses Ziemma blast Lector into nothing, he decides enough is enough and blasts him through the chest.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: He faces this problem from his guild the ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' manga, despite being TheLeader.
* ExtremeOmnivore: He's seen munching on a silvery arrow in his debut appearance. As revealed in ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'', Sting can eat ''anything'' that's white-colored, seeing as he is the ''White'' Dragon Slayer, as opposed to those whose magic is fueled solely by their own elements.
* {{Foil}}: To Natsu. Both are the [[BloodKnight fight-happy]] "faces" of their respective guilds, yet Sting values strength over family. This changes when Sting begins to adopt Natsu's perspective.
* FreakOut: When Ziemma seemingly kills Lector, Sting spends a few moments crying and screaming before blasting a hole right through Ziemma. Even after finding out Lector is alive, he becomes much more subdued and calculating than usual on the last day of the Grand Magic Games.
* FrickinLaserBeams: His [[BreathWeapon White Dragon's Roar]] fires a laser beam from his mouth, while his Holy Ray attack launches a BeamSpam from his hands.
* GambitRoulette: On the last day of the Grand Magic Games, he lets Fairy Tail take down their tougher opponents whom even [[AwesomenessByAnalysis master strategist]] Mavis couldn't predict how to defeat, while he himself [[OrcusOnHisThrone sits and does nothing]]. By the time only he and all of Fairy Tail are left standing, Saber Tooth is exactly eight points behind Fairy Tail, and taking out all five battle-weary Fairy Tail members at once would net them nine points, just barely poising Saber for victory. However, his conscience keeps him from acting on this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: He goes through a brief HeroicBSOD in the Alvarez Empire arc after [[CurbStompBattle his entire guild gets trounced by]] [[OneManArmy Bloodman]]. It takes Yukino [[ShrinkingViolet of all people]] to slap some sense into him.
* GuileHero: In the Tartaros arc, Sting works around Natsu's adamant refusal of the Twin Dragons' help fighting Mard Geer by challenging Natsu to see who can beat him first.
* HeroWorship: He used to look up to Natsu when he was little, but after Fairy Tail's fall from grace during the TimeSkip, he set his sights to proving he was the better Dragon Slayer. After being put in his place and doing a little soul-searching however, Sting returns to this role.
* HeroicBuild: He's not as muscular as Laxus, but his body is lean and nicely toned.
* HolyHandGrenade: His White Dragon Slayer Magic uses the element of holiness to create [[LightEmUp bursts of light]] and [[HolyBurnsEvil smite evil]]. Then there's his Holy Breath attack, which obliterates the entire floor of the Domus Flau arena.
* HotBlooded: About the only thing he and Natsu have in common before Sting's [[TookALevelInKindness boost in kindness]] is his unbridled passion for battle.
* HowDoIShootWeb: [[spoiler:After getting his hands on his White-Shadow Dragon Mode, he has trouble figuring out how to [[ShadowWalker sink into his own shadow]] like Rogue does, so Kagura [[GravityMaster enhances his gravity]] to push him in.]]
* HumiliationConga: He's put through hell from Day 4 of the Grand Magic Games onwards, not that it's undeserved given the major {{Jerkass}} he was for the first four days: not only do his ultimate attacks [[TheWorfBarrage barely phase Natsu and Gajeel at all]], but Natsu ends up taking both him and Rogue down without even trying, which puts Fairy Tail ahead of Saber Tooth in the rankings by a single point that Sting wasted earlier by dropping out of the Chariot contest on Day 2. It gets even worse when Ziemma [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown beats him and Rogue down]] for losing and seemingly vaporizes Lector, only to later learn that Minerva is holding him hostage to ensure Sting won't make a mockery of their guild again. Once the torment is over, [[HumblePie he starts to change for the better]].
* {{Hypocrife}}: His introductory scene has him calling a dark guild wizard out for fleeing for his life instead of sticking by his comrades. Compare this to later scenes where Sting brushes off Natsu's "I fight for my friends" speech as nonsense, and is apathetic towards Yukino's expulsion on account that she was too weak to hold up their guild's name.
* InelegantBlubbering: After the emotional upheaval of being led to believe that Lector died, this and begging are pretty much all he can do when Minerva steps in and declares Lector as her hostage.
* {{Jerkass}}: Starts out as an insufferable and arrogant douche who openly laughs at everyone weaker than him and his guild, even his own guildmates. Getting pounded thoroughly by Natsu for [[BullyingADragon mocking his friends]], and later realizing he doesn't fully grasp ThePowerOfFriendship as much as Fairy Tail, all leads to him [[TookALevelInKindness taking a level in kindness]].
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Becomes this after getting a taste of HumblePie, being much more considerate of his friends. However, he is not above beating up his friends whenever they do something stupid.
* KamehameHadoken: His secret technique, Holy Nova, focuses all of his magic enery on one point.
* KickTheDog: He laughs behind Yukino's back after she is booted from the guild, and later on when Minerva brutalizes Lucy. The latter may have been to get Natsu to fight him seriously (and boy, [[CurbStompBattle does he]]), but the former was a dick move, pure and simple.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: When Ziemma seemingly kills Lector, Sting flies into a rage and blows a hole in his guild master.
* KnowNothingKnowItAll: His default position with the first generation Dragon Slayers comes off as this, boasting to Natsu that he and Rogue could have beaten Acnologia despite having never seen the monster in action before. In truth, he's just being a blowhard; not only does he have no real experience fighting any dragon in battle, but the ones he faces up against are nowhere near Acnologia's level, and he can't even scratch them.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: He drops out of the games' Chariot event rather than embarrass himself by struggling for the paltry two points he could earn by placing sixth, since he, Gajeel and Natsu are far behind everyone else due to their [[WeaksauceWeakness motion sickness]]. This comes back to haunt him since those two points cost his guild their lead after getting beaten by them.
* LightEmUp: His White Dragon Slayer Magic produces light-based attacks, though the characters find it's more specifically a form of [[HolyHandGrenade holy magic]] than light magic.
* LightIsNotGood: He uses [[LightEmUp light-based magic]], yet is also a total {{Jerkass}} who cares little for most of his own guildmates. He later fits [[LightIsGood the opposite trope]] much more nicely after his level in kindness.
* {{Manhild}}: Lampshaded in ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' when Yukino gives him float cookies to cheer him up, since they are for children.
* ManlyTears: He lets the waterworks run when he thinks Ziemma has killed Lector, and later more happily when he and Lector reunite. He also breaks down in tears when
* MrFanservice: His outfits are designed to show off his very sculpted abs.
* OddNameOut: Unlike the other Dragon Slayers, several of Sting's attacks have English names rather than Japanese ones.
* TheParalyzer: His White Dragon's Talon leaves behind a crest-like stigmata that completely immobilizes his target.
* PostFinalBoss: He becomes this for Fairy Tail on the final day of the Grand Magic Games once the rest of their opponents have been taken out. He gives up before throwing even a single punch after being given the DeathGlare by the bruised and battered, but still [[BadassCrew badass]], Team Fairy Tail.
* PowerGlows: His White Drive and [[SuperMode Dragon Force]] forms turn his entire body pure white.
* ThePromise: As a child, he promised Lector that he would defeat Natsu when he grew up so others would stop calling Lector a liar for saying that Sting killed a dragon. He never gets to fulfill that promise when their fated battle arrives, but both he and Lector come to agree it's better off that way.
* RuggedScar: He has a scar right next to his right eye, which he's had since he was a boy.
* TemporaryBulkChange: He winds up getting grossly overweight after an Eating Contest (hilariously, Minerva wins without gaining a single pound). Fortunately, Yukino is able to use Libra to slim him down instantly.
* TookALevelInKindness: Of all the Saber Tooth wizards who undergo this after the Grand Magic Games, Sting's change in character is the most noticeable, going from upholding the guild's [[TheSocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]] without hesitation to pushing the guild away from its old image, even taking over as Saber Tooth's master to do so.
* TheWorfBarrage: He unleashes many of his ultimate attacks on Natsu and Gajeel, from his [[FinishingMove Dragon Slayer Secret Art]] to his [[SuperMode Dragon Force]]. Not one of them works on them the way he wants it to.
* YinYangBomb: He gets his own White-Shadow Dragon Mode after eating Rogue's shadow magic to fight Larcade in the Alvarez Empire arc.
* YoungAndInCharge: He's one of the youngest guild masters in the series at age 19, beaten out only by Mavis (eternally aged 13), while the rest of the official guilds' known masters are all old or middle-aged folks.
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[[folder:Rogue Cheney]]
!!"Shadow Dragon" Rogue Cheney, a.k.a. Lios
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KenichiSuzumura (JP), Garret Storms (EN)

The Shadow Dragon Slayer. He is a master of shadow magic, taught to him by the dragon Skiadram. Going by the name Lios in his youth, he dreamed of becoming Gajeel's disciple, but has since grown obsessed with fighting him instead. Despite his cold outward appearance, he is actually a kindhearted young man who takes issue with his guild's lack of camaraderie.
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* AccidentalPervert: Accidentally gropes Yukino when trying to stop her and Sting from going after Frosch.
* BadassCape: His most common outfit includes a black cape with the Saber Tooth insignia on the left shoulder.
* BeleagueredAssistant: ''Twin Dragons of Saber Tooth'' reveals that Sting passes most of the guild paperwork off to Rogue.
* BerserkButton: Anything happening to Frosch. Not only was Frosch's death what caused him to turn evil in the BadFuture, but on a lighter note, he's ill-tempered and impulsive when Frosch gets lost in a side chapter.
* CastingAShadow: His Shadow Dragon Slayer Magic lets him [[ShadowWalker turn his body into a shadow]], and shroud himself in darkness to make himself harder to hit.
* CombatPragmatist: His fighting style revolves around lurking in the shadows and sneaking up on his enemies from behind.
* DarkIsEvil: He is the only Dragon Slayer with a LivingShadow SuperPoweredEvilSide inside of him, born of the darkness within his heart. This means that Rogue himself is not evil (in the present), but he is definitely capable of it.
* DarkIsNotEvil: He was trained by the Shadow Dragon, and his powers are darkness-based, but he is the most friendly and humane member of Saber Tooth, and neither shares nor approves of his guildmates' cruelty. He is, however, at risk of falling into [[DarkIsEvil the opposite trope]] due to his SuperPoweredEvilSide.
* DemonicPossession: Gets possessed by his own LivingShadow while fighting one-on-one with Gajeel. It's implied during this specific fight to be his own future self, but that doesn't mean his shadow isn't actually alive, nor that it won't one day take over...
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Rogue initially admired Gajeel while the latter was part of Phantom Lord, and [[BrokenPedestal was severely disappointed]] when Gajeel left and joined Phantom Lord's rival, Fairy Tail. Gajeel then points out that there was nothing admirable about [[{{Jerkass}} the way he was back when he was in Phantom Lord]].
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: His skin is dark, and his magic revolves around shadows. However, he's also the nicest guy in the guild before everyone else TookALevelInKindness.
* EnemyWithin: According to Future Rogue, the shadow that harasses Rogue and tries to make him kill Gajeel and go along with his future self's plans is, just as the shadow claimed to be, a manifestation of the darkness buried in Rogue's heart, and it will continue to try and consume him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even though Saber Tooth is full of [[AntiHero anti-heroes]] more than outright villains, it's almost like he's in the wrong guild. For instance, he is the only member of Saber Tooth who doesn't smile or laugh at Minerva's [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown unnecessary cruelty to Lucy]].
* {{Foil}}: To Gajeel when he was first introduced, though not to as great an extent as Sting was to Natsu. Namely, Rogue is the TokenGoodTeammate of Saber Tooth whereas Gajeel acts as the TokenEvilTeammate of Fairy Tail.
* FutureMeScaresMe: Present Rogue is horrified to hear that he will become the cause of all the destruction in Crocus.
* GracefulLoser: As he's falling after being defeated by Natsu, he says Natsu's power is unfathomable.
* IntangibleMan: He can turn himself into shadows, making him nearly impossible to grab. Gajeel, however, finds a way.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He acts cold and uncaring towards almost and is just as arrogant as Sting towards earlier generation Dragon Slayers like Natsu and Gajeel, but other than that, he's a kind-hearted soul and one of the few in his guild who worries that their way of doing things isn't the best for their comrades.
* TheLancer: In contrast to Sting's open arrogance, Rogue is more quiet and contemplative.
* LivingShadow: He has one inside of him that embodies his inner darkness.
* MoralityPet: His close friendship with Frosh is the first indicator that he's not all that bad and cold as he appears to be.
* NotSoStoic: He has an emotional breakdown when he first learns that his future self is responsible for the invasion of dragons, and that he himself runs the risk of becoming that kind of person should he succumb to his inner darkness. He also acts as a primary source of comic relief in a bonus omake, where the disappearance of Frosch and his later desire to see her succeed using her own abilities makes him a panicky, prideful, and all-around sappy mess.
* PeekABangs: His right eye is always covered by his hair.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He's a Dragon Slayer with red eyes and a SuperPoweredEvilSide. Contrary to this, he's much more considerate towards his friends in the guild.
* ShadowWalker: As part of his magic. According to him, it's how the Shadow Dragon often stalks its prey.
* ShounenHair: Usually, his hair lays flat on his head. However, if [[SuperMode Dragon Force]] is active, it stands straight up and stays that way until Dragon Force gets deactivated.
* TheStoic: Rogue barely ever talks or shows interest in anything.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Usually cold and disinterested, he shows a rather fatherly and comically overprotective side when just around Frosch.
* SuperPoweredEvilSide: He has one that's embodied by a LivingShadow, making him noticeably stronger and more relentless.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Despite sharing his team's arrogance, Rogue is the only member who thinks his guild should value the bonds between its members rather than strength.
* UnfortunateName: According to [[AllThereInTheManual his profile]], he felt this way about the name "Rogue" as a child and insisted on being called "Lios", the name that Gajeel knew him by. In the present, however, he seems to have gotten over this completely, telling people to call him "Rogue" when his old name his brought up.
* WhenHeSmiles: This tends to only happen around Frosch, and when it does, he looks much more relaxed and less uptight.
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!The Fairy Tail Guild

* [[Sandbox/FairyTailOtherAllyGuilds Other Ally Guilds]]

* [[Sandbox/FairyTailDarkGuilds Dark Guilds]]

* [[Sandbox/FairyTailRivalGuilds Rival Guilds]]

* [[Sandbox/FairyTailOtherVillains Other Villains]]

!Protagonists

* [[Sandbox/FairyTailFairyTail Fairy Tail]]
** [[Sandbox/FairyTailStrongestTeam Strongest Team]]
*** [[Sandbox/FairyTailNatsuDragneel Natsu Dragneel]]
** [[Sandbox/FairyTailSiriusTeam Sirius Team]]
** [[Sandbox/FairyTailFairyTailFounders Fairy Tail Founders]]

** [[Sandbox/FairyTailOracionSeis Oracion Seis]]

* Sandbox/FairyTailFairyTail
** Sandbox/FairyTailStrongestTeam
*** Sandbox/FairyTailNatsuDragneel
** Sandbox/FairyTailSiriusTeam
** Sandbox/FairyTailFairyTailFounders
* Sandbox/FairyTailBluePegasus
* Sandbox/FairyTailLamiaScale
* Sandbox/FairyTailSaberTooth
* Sandbox/FairyTailCrimeSorciere
* Sandbox/FairyTailOtherAllyGuilds

* Sandbox/FairyTailMainVillains
* Sandbox/FairyTailDarkGuilds
** Sandbox/FairyTailOracionSeis
** Sandbox/FairyTailGrimoireHeart
** Sandbox/FairyTailTartaros
* Sandbox/FairyTailRivalGuilds
* Sandbox/FairyTailAlvarezEmpire
* Sandbox/FairyTailOtherVillains

* Sandbox/FairyTailKingdomOfFiore
* Sandbox/FairyTailMagicCouncil
* Sandbox/FairyTailCelestialSpirits
* Sandbox/FairyTailDragons
* Sandbox/FairyTailEdolas
* Sandbox/FairyTailOthers

** Sandbox/FairyTailBTeam