Fairy Tail/Characters/Master and S-Class

The strongest of the strong. Besides the guild's master, who calls all the shots in his or her guild, S-Class wizards are eligible to take on the toughest, highest-rewarding jobs offered.

Mavis Vermillion
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Purehito
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Makarov Dreyar


The elderly, miniscule master of Fairy Tail. 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. His mastery over many forms of magic, including the self-size-increasing Giant magic, has earned him the title of one of the Ten Saint Wizards, regarded as the most powerful wizards alive.

"Voiced by: Shinpachi Tsuji (JP), R Bruce Elliott (EN)"

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 * A Father to His Men: He even considers every members of the guild as his children.
 * Attack of the 50 Foot Whatever: His magic allows him to turn any part of his body into that of a giant's, and he can use it on his whole body if he so wishes--though when he's really ticked, he only uses it for intimidation.
 * Badass Grandpa: Very much so.
 * Badass Mustache
 * Berserk Button: You can trash his guild however you like, but harming his subordinates? Not the best idea.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Beware the Silly Ones
 * Big Good
 * Brain Bleach: No one wants to see him naked, as the first OVA implies.
 * Cool Old Guy
 * Curb Stomp Battle: To Jose..
 * Dirty Old Man: He has pretty girls in his guild and he knows it.
 * Easily Forgiven: Subverted. Also, he doesn't let Gajeel join Fairy Tail out of forgiveness, but because Gajeel needs guidance.
 * Eccentric Mentor: Quirky, clumsy old man? Check. One of the series' strongest wizards who often guides or speaks to his wizards about what life and magic is? Check.
 * Fridge Brilliance: In-universe example. Laxus's whole takeover attempt was just a teenage temper tantrum fueled by fear that he was seen as nothing more than the master's grandson.
 * I Was Quite a Looker: Looked like a short, slender Laxus as a young man.
 * Light'Em Up: In his fight against Jose in the anime, which showcases this more than the manga.
 * Holy Hand Grenade: Fairy Law.
 * Manly Tears:
 * : Subverted to the point of Running Gag.
 * Miniature Senior Citizens: Makarov is extremely small, and it seems like he has been since at least when Laxus was a young child. His magic cures this problem, though.
 * Nice Hat:
 * Offhand Backhand: Delivers a pretty good one to Aria, topping off his Crowning Moment of Awesome versus Jose.
 * Papa Wolf: Regards all of Fairy Tail as his children, and will go to great lengths to make sure they're safe.
 * Passing the Torch: One of the Running Gags in the series is his inability to decide on a good successor, and just when he thinks he has one picked out, something happens that leads him to consider him being master until the day he dies..
 * Sizeshifter: Though unlike the standard, he's one of the strongest characters in the series.
 * Screw the Rules, I'm Doing What's Right: The entire guild embodies this, but Makarov is the one who encourages this kind of behavior.
 * Team Dad
 * What Could Have Been:

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Erza Scarlet
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Mirajane Strauss


A semi-retired S-Class wizard formerly known as the "She-Devil" who currently acts as Fairy Tail's poster girl and all-purpose employee. She specializes in transformation magic, as well as, which she lost the ability to use following a tragic incident involving her younger sister.

"Voiced by: Ryoko Ono (JP), Monica Rial (EN)"

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 * Absolute Cleavage:
 * Action Girl
 * Badass
 * Badass Adorable
 * Badass Alto:
 * Badass Longcoat:.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Bare Your Midriff: As a child
 * The Bartender
 * Beware the Nice Ones: found out the hard way.
 * Beware the Silly Ones
 * Big Sister Instinct: There is a line that no one should cross..
 * Blue Eyes
 * The Chick: On.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: She has her moments.
 * Dead Little Sister: See the trope below.
 * Death Glare: Her "Demon" eyes
 * Enfant Terrible: Was one when she was younger, though the death of her sister caused a great shift in her personality.
 * Expository Hairstyle Change: After her sister Lisanna was attacked by her brother Elfman, she changed her hair from a ponytail to a forehead tail.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Lucy has been seen looking at her modeling pictures. Of course, since we're talking about Lucy, that's not surprising.
 * Feminine Women Can Cook: Double Subverted. Many have said that she's a good chef, but she's easily the most feminine out of all of the cast. However, interestingly enough, she was even able to cook when she was a kid.
 * Idiot Ponytail
 * The Ladette: When she was younger.
 * Let's Get Dangerous: As learned the hard way.
 * Ms. Exposition: She's often the one explaining things about the guild or guilds in general to Lucy.
 * Ms. Fanservice: To the point of.
 * Oh Crap: To anyone who faces her.
 * Perky Goth: In her youth, though she wasn't so much "perky" as she was Hot-Blooded.
 * Proper Lady: The death of her little sister mellowed her into one of these. The threatened death of her brother turned her into Silk Hiding Steel.
 * Power Limiter: Her sister's death was such a shock that she hasn't been able to use her full power ever since.
 * Powers Via Possession: Her family's trademark magic.
 * Red Baron: She used to be called the "She-Devil", and for good reason.
 * Red Right Hand: A few of her transformation still have the Idiot Hair ponytail.
 * Shipper on Deck: Natsu/Lucy, in an omake.
 * Show the Forehead: Her little bang pigtail.
 * Sleeves Are for Wimps: Wears spaghetti straps dresses. As a child, she wore tanktops.
 * Sibling Team: Until Lisanna's death.
 * Silk Hiding Steel: So sweet and adorable and spacey, its easy to forget she's an S-Class wizard.
 * Stripperiffic:
 * Team Mom: Is pretty much the entire guild's mother, which is kinda creepy considering she's also their poster girl.
 * Tender Tears
 * Terrible Artist
 * The Rival: Had this relationship to Erza back in her ill-tempered days.
 * The Tease: Sometimes turns into pretty women (Lucy usually becomes the unwilling target) and makes sexy poses for the men.
 * Fan Disservice: Until she transforms into, well, something else.
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: The tomboy with Lisanna.
 * Tomboyish Ponytail: When she was younger.
 * Transformation Sequence
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Inverted. She's sweet now, but as a kid she walked a line between Hot-Blooded and Jerkass.
 * Weakness Turns Her On: In an anime flashback she is seen blushing over the crying Natsu, much to her sister's dismay, who told her to back off.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: As a kid.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Very good at this and acting the roles.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Wreathed in Flames:.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: When she was younger.
 * Tomboyish Ponytail: When she was younger.
 * Transformation Sequence
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Inverted. She's sweet now, but as a kid she walked a line between Hot-Blooded and Jerkass.
 * Weakness Turns Her On: In an anime flashback she is seen blushing over the crying Natsu, much to her sister's dismay, who told her to back off.
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: As a kid.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: Very good at this and acting the roles.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Wreathed in Flames:.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: When she was younger.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: When she was younger.

Mystogan
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Laxus Dreyar


Makarov's grandson and heir to the title of guild master. He values strength above all else and does not get along well with his fellow guildmates, particularly his grandfather. . He uses lightning magic,.

"Voiced by: Katsuyuki Konishi (JP), Patrick Seitz (EN)"

- Young Laxus is voiced by: Hideyuki Hayami (JP), Mary Morgan (EN)

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 * Anti-Hero: He's originally a Type V, but after  he seems to have softened into a Type III.
 * Arc Villain:
 * Badass
 * Badass Baritone
 * Badass Longcoat
 * The Big Guy: On
 * Character Development: Throughout all his time as a member of Fairy Tail, Laxus has considered strength to be the most important thing in the world.
 * The Big Guy: On
 * Character Development: Throughout all his time as a member of Fairy Tail, Laxus has considered strength to be the most important thing in the world.
 * The Big Guy: On
 * Character Development: Throughout all his time as a member of Fairy Tail, Laxus has considered strength to be the most important thing in the world.


 * Walking the Earth: He's a very different man when he returns.
 * Tame His Anger: Upon his return this was even lampshaded by Gajeel who pats him on the head and tells him he's become such a peaceful guy.
 * Deceptive Disciple
 * Duel Boss: Subverted. Natsu wanted to take him down alone so badly ("This is my chance to take the top spot!") but after Laxus almost kills him, he accepts Gajeel's help.
 * Expy: To Captain Hardner, of Rave Master. Both of them . They start off calm and collected, and get progressively more Ax Crazy the more their plan unravels.
 * Freudian Excuse: Parental Abandonment and/or the cause of the scar is what led to him being a Jerkass at the beginning of the story.
 * Foil: To Mystogan and to his grandfather.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: He's the red one.
 * Foreshadowing:
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars: A lightning bolt through his eye.
 * Having a Blast: Raging Bolt.
 * Headphones Equal Isolation
 * Heroic Build: Holy crap, Laxus is HUGE.
 * Identical Grandson: Looks like a tall, muscular version of young Makarov.
 * It's Personal: Inverted.
 * Leitmotif: The prevalant music from the Fantasia arc/.
 * Light Is Not Good: Applies if you go by the alternate spelling of his name: Luxus (Lux is latin for light)..
 * Lightning Bruiser: Literally
 * My Significance Sense Is Tingling:
 * Orcus on His Throne: Justified.
 * Pride: The reason for his rebellion, and his defining character trait pre-excommunication.
 * Shock and Awe: His main form of magic.
 * Ride the Lightning: He can turn himself into lightning to dodge an attack or travel a short distance.
 * Psycho Electro:
 * Smoking Is Cool: At first, but it was dropped early in the manga, and removed entirely in the anime.
 * Social Darwinist
 * This Is Something They've Got To Do Themselves:
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He really did.
 * Wave Motion Gun:
 * Weaksauce Weakness:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Smoking Is Cool: At first, but it was dropped early in the manga, and removed entirely in the anime.
 * Social Darwinist
 * This Is Something They've Got To Do Themselves:
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid: He really did.
 * Wave Motion Gun:
 * Weaksauce Weakness:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist

Gildarts Clive


The S-Class wizard regarded by everyone in the guild to be the most powerful member of Fairy Tail, period. His magic, Crash, causes him to vaporize anything he touches as a testament of his strength. He is given permission to take on jobs that have never been completed for dozens, or even hundreds of years, and thus only visits his guild a couple of years at a time for short periods of time.

"Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (JP)"

- "":It was an important test. It meant more to these kids than any adult could ever imagine. This test represented their determination towards their futures...and you've stepped all over it.""
 * Artificial Limbs: Lost an arm and leg to.
 * Badass: The strongest member of Fairy Tail. Debates rage on whether or not that distinction includes Makarov. He's so incredibly powerful and skilled that Natsu considers it a minor accomplishment that one of his attacks forced Gildarts to move his legs in order to block it properly. This was the same special move that Natsu used to finish off Laxus.
 * Badass Cape
 * Handicapped Badass: took his left leg, arm, and one of his organs.
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Natsu.
 * : Arguably subverted. Even so, you could say that he's a secondary one to Makarov.
 * The Ditz: There's a reason why the town has an emergency alarm just for him.
 * Beware the Silly Ones: Don't piss him off.
 * Expy: To Gale Glory.
 * He also bears similarities to Shanks.
 * The anime lampshades this by making his theme music a pirate shanty.
 * It's Personal: His fury against Grimoire Heart, Bluenote in particular:
 * Expy: To Gale Glory.
 * He also bears similarities to Shanks.
 * The anime lampshades this by making his theme music a pirate shanty.
 * It's Personal: His fury against Grimoire Heart, Bluenote in particular:


 * More than he himself knows as a matter of fact as Bluenote was about to kill Cana when he arrived.
 * : Was on the receiving end of this by at the end of the Tenrou Island arc.
 * Manly Tears:
 * Oh Crap: The townspeople's reaction to his arrival. See The Ditz and then Walking Wasteland.
 * Gildarts himself gets one when
 * One-Man Army: We haven't actually seen it, but it's implied.
 * Battle Aura: One of few characters shown to use one, and with good reason:.
 * Complete with Chunky Updraft.
 * Pure Awesomeness
 * Curb Stomp Battle: To Natsu..
 * Person of Mass Destruction: Again, the alarm.
 * Walking Wasteland: His power is "Crash", which literally destroys everything he touches.
 * Touch of Death
 * Papa Wolf: Fridge Brilliance
 * Perma Stubble
 * Really Gets Around: When he learns that . He lists of thirteen different women he's been with before guessing the right one.
 * Considering how he said the right one, this troper assumed he was joking when he counted all of them off.
 * Remember the New Guy?: Anime only. Averted in the manga, where he's mentioned about once every arc before he returns. Justified in that the anime was supposed to end before he was introduced, so they removed any line referencing him.
 * Shipper on Deck: Ships Natsu/Lisanna.
 * Shrouded in Myth: Regarded as the strongest wizard in Fairy Tail. He's the only Fairy Tail wizard allowed to take "SS-rank" requests, and one such mission had been around for 100 years without anyone being able to complete it.
 * Walking the Earth: What he left to do after the Tenrou Island arc. He promised to return, however.
 * Walking the Earth: What he left to do after the Tenrou Island arc. He promised to return, however.
 * Walking the Earth: What he left to do after the Tenrou Island arc. He promised to return, however.