Fairy Tail Characters

The hot-headed Dragon Slayer who uses fire magic, raised by the fire dragon Igneel. Natsu's defining characteristic is loyalty — he will fight literally anyone who threatens his guild or family, regardless of power difference.

The viewpoint character and narrator, a Celestial Spirit mage who contracts magical beings using golden and silver keys. Her dreams of being a novelist and her gradual evolution from observer to central fighter chart the series' emotional progress.

An ice wizard with a compulsive habit of removing his clothes, trained by the ice-make wizard Ur. Natsu's perpetual rival within the guild, Gray has a dark backstory involving his teacher's sacrifice and his connection to Ice Demon Slayer magic.

The guild's most feared member — a requip wizard who carries hundreds of armor sets and weapons in a pocket dimension. Her backstory at the Tower of Heaven and her complicated history with Jellal is the series' most consistently serious emotional thread.

Erza's childhood friend and the villain responsible for the Tower of Heaven arc. His redemption arc and eventual alliance with Fairy Tail as leader of Crime Sorcière is one of the series' longer character journeys.