| “ | I've lived for many centuries and watched the rise and fall of different ages. People hate and evil causes conflict, but I'm looking forward to a new age that will purify all this. How many times has this happened... Where people make the same mistakes over and over again? | „ |
| ~ Zeref to Mavis |
| “ | Because I am a person who has come to accept my cursed destiny. Do you know why I did that? Because I had no other choice. That's what destiny means. | „ |
| ~ Zeref to Natsu |
| “ | Unlimited magic power... Power over time itself... The power of a god! | „ |
| ~ Zeref after absorbing the Fairy Heart and gaining Time Magic from the Space Between Time |
Summary
Zeref Dragneel was considered to be the strongest, most evil Mage of all time, who possesses extremely dangerous, and powerful Magic know as the Black Arts. Around 400 years ago, he was cursed by the God Ankhseram with the Curse of Contradiction. After this, Zeref wished to die and created the Etherious in the hopes that they would kill him, eventually reviving his brother as the strongest Etherious, E.N.D. (Etherious Natsu Dragneel). He is the founder and Emperor of the Alvarez Empire, under the alias of Emperor Spriggan. He is the older brother of Natsu Dragneel, lover of Mavis Vermillion, and father of August.
Powers and Stats
Tier: 5-A | 5-A, Low 2-C with Neo Eclipse
Key: Base | Fairy Heart Form
Name: Zeref Dragneel, The Black Wizard, Emperor Spriggan, The Ugly Fairy
Origin: Fairy Tail
Gender: Male
Age: At least 400
Classification: Human, Mage, Immortal, Emperor of the Alvarez Empire, Founder of the Alvarez Empire
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts, Extrasensory Perception (Can determine the strength of an enemy, sense the nature of magic, location of magic, and sense any changes within said magic. Completely understood where Mavis was and what she was saying despite him being unable to see or hear her), Magic, Empowerment (His emotions directly translate into magic power and his strength grows more powerful as said emotions get stronger), Absorption (Can absorb magic power from others. All Mages passively absorb Ethernano from the atmosphere to regenerate their Magic Power), Immortality (Types 1, 2, 3, and 4. Zeref does not age, can survive severe injuries, and regenerate his wounds. After his death, he was able to reincarnate without retaining his immortality after around one year of being dead), Regeneration (At least Low-Godly, possibly Mid-Godly. Zeref is able to instantly heal injuries such as severe burns, deep wounds, and decapitation. Zeref, while being the smartest character in the verse and having knowledge of many forms of complete body destruction such as the R-System, Crush, Ars Magia, and Corpse Dragon Slayer Magic, stated that he tried every method possible to kill himself and no matter what happened, he would not die and his body would eventually return to normal, meaning Zeref should be capable of regenerating from the complete physical destruction of his own body. Zeref's soul and possibly his own mind are able to regenerate from being completely destroyed), Self-Sustenance (Type 2), Death Manipulation (Via Ankhseram Black Magic. This Magic is potent enough[1] to kill Mavis[1] despite her having the same immortality and regeneration as Zeref), Telepathy, Time Stop (Via Immobilization Magic), Necromancy (Can revive the dead by turning them into Etherious Demons), Genius Intelligence, Telekinesis, Teleportation, Durability Negation (Via Various Magics), Fire Manipulation, Life Manipulation (Via Living Magic. Created an entire species of Demons known as the Etherious), Light Manipulation, Soul Manipulation (His Ankhseram Black Magic is able to exorcise someone's soul from their body), Analytical Prediction (Zeref has been shown to be comparable if not superior to Mavis in tactical skills. During the events of the Alvarez Arc, he was capable of developing an invasion strategy that Mavis was unable to counter), Information Analysis (Due to Zeref’s intellect, he is capable of understanding the magical abilities of others within a short amount of time. He almost instantly learned that Mavis possessed Ankhseram Black Magic just by touching her forehead. Comparable to Mavis in mental prowess, who can learn and memorize the magic, strength, psychology, and movement patterns of everyone participating in the Grand Magic Games), Preparation (Zeref is a master at info gathering, as it was one of his basic strategies going into the war against Fairy Tail. Said knowledge greatly improves his analytical abilities as well as gathering the necessary magic power required for the Eclipse Gate and the R-System), Healing Negation (His Ankhseram Black Magic is able to block[2] and prevent Wendy’s Heal from working[2]), Barrier Creation, Summoning (Can summon Demons that he created from the Books of Zeref), Purification (Via Law), Fear Inducement (Via Nemesis, Law, and his own raw magic power. Zeref created the spell Nemesis, which causes all those around the user to experience crippling fear. His raw magic power caused two members of Seven Kin of Purgatory to tremble in fear at his feet), Aura (Being in the mere presence of Zeref caused two members of Seven Kin of Purgatory to become paralyzed and tremble in fear), Paralysis Inducement (Being in the mere presence of Zeref caused two members of Seven Kin of Purgatory to be unable to move a muscle), Social Influencing (Zeref was able to greatly influence his public reception in the Alvarez Empire, which causes both the military and populace to nearly worship him despite him being absent for years at a time, and said control was only gained through a brutal military campaign. Convinced the Spriggan 12 to go along with his plan to destroy humanity despite them being fully aware that they are merely pawns. Convinced God Serena to betray and wage war on his homeland), Corruption (Zeref's books corrupt those that try to change them), Stealth Mastery (Was able to sneak past and be undetected by Natsu's Senses), Statistics Amplification (Via Enchantments), Status Effect Inducement (Via Enchantments), Power Nullification (Via Enchantments. Can remove all of the magic from within someone), Power Bestowal (Via Enchantments. Can bestow different magics and magic power to others), Limited Biological Manipulation (Via Enchantments. Can change the appearance of something, but it still retains its original properties), Sealing (Can completely seal magics like the Space Between Time), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2. Can completely control the Space Between Time, which is stated to be a concept[3]), Resurrection (Via the R-System. The R-System can be used to revive the dead), Matter Manipulation (Via the R-System. The R-System requires a sacrifice which will break down the body whoever is sacrificed to their smallest components and be converted into the body of the person you are trying to revive), Time Travel (Via the Eclipse Gate), Resistance to Power Nullification (Is able to resist the effects of Magical Barrier Particles, which destroy ethernanos), Corruption (Zeref is unaffected by the corrupting effects of his books), Extrasensory Perception (Natsu and Hades' Extrasensory Perception could not detect him), Death Manipulation (Zeref is normally completely unaffected by Mavis' Ankhseram Black Magic, albeit when Mavis is deeply in love with him and does not want him to die, he does get effected), Soul Manipulation (Is able to resist Franmalth's Soul Absorption, and was unaffected by Larcade's Pleasure Magic, which effects the soul), Empathic Manipulation (Resisted the effects of Larcade's Pleasure Magic), Purification (Law and Fairy Law are unable to kill him or remove his curse, despite it's main purpose being able to eradicate evil such as Yuri's Curse[4]), Time Manipulation (Has Time Magic that is far superior than Ultear's Time Magic, which allowed her to resist and give others resistance to the effects of magics that manipulate time, therefore Zeref should have a superior level of resistance to time manipulation than she does), Existence Erasure (Capable of surviving Genesis Zero. Stated himself that Memento Mori could not kill him), Conceptual Manipulation (Type 3. Stated himself that Memento Mori could not kill him)
Curse Manipulation (Created the Etherious Demons, which all use curses as a source of their power and energy), Sense Manipulation (Via Enhancement), Perception Manipulation (Via Enhancement), Pain Manipulation (Via Enhancement), Status Effect Inducement (Via Enhancement), Statistics Amplification (Via Enhancement), Mind Manipulation (Via Macro), Soul Absorption (Via Absorption Curse), Water Manipulation (Via Tenchi Kaimei), Poison Manipulation (Via Magical Barrier Particles and Tenchi Kaimei), Weather Manipulation (Via Calamity Curse), Elemental Manipulation (Via Calamity Curse), Explosion Manipulation (Via Bomb Curse and Thorn Curse), Blade Manipulation (Via Tenga Goken), Plant Manipulation (Via Thorn Curse), Power Nullification (Via Magical Barrier Particles)
Same as before, Space-Time Manipulation (Stated to possess complete control over space and time. Can completely revert all damage done to him and inanimate objects, as even after Natsu utterly vaporized his whole body and part of the Fairy Tail Guild[5], he was able to effortlessly rewind his body and the guild back to normal[5]. Neo Eclipse has the power to perform a time reset, erasing the current timeline and creating a new one to allow Zeref to relive his life), Dimensional Travel (Is able to travel to the Space Between Time), Fusionism (Was able to fuse Fairy Heart and Space Between Time together to create Neo Eclipse), Acausality (Type 1), Immortality (Type 8. As long as he possesses Time Magic from the Space Between Time, Zeref can passively rewind time to revive himself if his body is destroyed)
Attack Potency: Large Planet level (Was stated to be the strongest and worst human in the entire world[6]. Stated to have power that rivals the[7] Phoenix, who has the power to destroy the world[7]. Far stronger than Ultimate Magic Form August and Dragon Form Irene. Stated to wield powerful magic and be way stronger than[8] X793 Pre-Elentear Fire Dragon King Mode Natsu. Casually defeated and killed Larcade) | Large Planet level (Far stronger than his Base Form after absorbing Fairy Heart and the Time Magic from the Space Between Time. Stated to possess the potential to match[9] and possibly surpass[10] Pre-SBT Dragon Form Acnologia, which should make him stronger than Pre-SBT Human Form Acnologia and also comparable in power to Pre-SBT Dragon Form Acnologia. Much stronger than X792 Fire Dragon King Mode Igneel's Power Natsu and X792 Fire Dragon King Mode Dragon Force Natsu), Universe level+ with Neo Eclipse (By merging the powers of Fairy Heart and the Space Between Time to generate Neo Eclipse, Zeref was going to erase the current timeline and replace it with his own to relive his life)
Speed: FTL (Far faster than both Ultimate Magic Form August and Dragon Form Irene) | FTL+ (Should be faster than Pre-SBT Human Form Acnologia and comparable to Pre-SBT Dragon Form Acnologia)
Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Far stronger than Ultimate Magic Form August and Dragon Form Irene) | Class P (Should be comparable to Pre-SBT Dragon Form Acnologia)
Striking Strength: Large Planet level (Comparable to his Attack Power. Much stronger than Ultimate Magic Form August, Dragon Form Irene, and X793 Pre-Elentear Fire Dragon King Mode Natsu) | Large Planet level (Comparable to his Attack Power. Should be much stronger than X792 Fire Dragon King Mode Igneel's Power Natsu and X792 Fire Dragon King Mode Dragon Force Natsu)
Durability: Large Planet level (Comparable to his Attack Power. Took an attack from Fire Dragon King Mode Igneel's Power Natsu without blocking[11], but is overall weaker) | Large Planet level (Comparable to his Attack Power. Should be more durable than Pre-SBT Human Form Acnologia and comparable to Pre-SBT Dragon Form Acnologia)
Stamina: Superhuman normally, Infinite with Fairy Heart (Took a full powered attack from Fire Dragon King Mode Igneel's Power Natsu without blocking it and kept standing, even after taking severe injuries from the attack. As an immortal, Zeref is incredibly hard to injure and it is practically impossible to do any lasting damage to him, which allows him to survive all kinds of critical injuries, being able to recover immediately from severe burn wounds or even decapitation, and overtime, he is capable of regenerating from the complete physical destruction of both his body and soul. Fairy Heart is an infinite source of magic power that will never run out)
Range: Hundreds of Kilometers (Capable of controlling and effecting the Space Between Time when it was well over 100 Kilometers away. His Ankhseram Black Magic would have spread out and effected all of Aldoron's body), Universal+ with Neo Eclipse (Neo Eclipse was going to erase the entire timeline and create a new one)
- Book of E.N.D.
- Other Books of Zeref
- Space Between Time
Optional Equipment
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Zeref possesses centuries worth of knowledge, having mastered all of the Black Arts known in the world, and he himself has also developed many new advanced magics. As a child, he was able to invent the R-System, which was a device that had the power to revive the dead. He was also able to create the Eclipse Gate, which allowed the user time travel, as well as create thousands of his own race of demons known as the Etherious. Zeref was also able to form the Alvarez Empire, a massive Empire that is made up of around 730 guilds and is one of the most powerful nations in the world. Zeref was also capable of effortlessly transforming Irene back into a Human Form, which Irene was incapable of figuring out, even after 400 years of trying. Zeref managed to understand and gain complete control over the concept of time itself and the Space Between Time, which is also a concept. Zeref also managed to develop Neo Eclipse, which was a spell that had the power to reset the time itself back at least 400 years. Zeref is also an excellent tactician, being able to repeatedly outsmart and outmaneuver Mavis and her strategies during the war between Ishgar and Alvarez. Zeref is also a very skilled hand-to-hand combatant, being able to fight and match Natsu, who is known for being one of the best brawlers in the series. Zeref is likely the smartest person in the entire Fairy Tail world that we have met so far)
Weaknesses: His magic will go out of control as long as he values life. After the Grand Magic Games Arc, it is shown that he no longer feels the need to value life, and that as long as the world continues to reject him, he will reject the world, making the drawback of him losing control of his magic no longer an issue. The Curse of Contradiction can sometimes cause Zeref to have contradictory thoughts.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Ankhseram Black Magic: It is a Black Art that allows Zeref to produce a dark matter that kills any living thing it touches. This Magic seems to be uncontrollable at times, causing it to burst out randomly, killing anything within a certain radius around him. However, when Zeref forgets the value of and no longer cares about human life, he can fully control this Magic, and become the ruthless, cold-hearted Zeref spoken of in legend. Certain Magic Items can protect people from Ankhseram Black Magic, such as Natsu Dragneel's scarf. This Magic also appears, contrary to the nature of the Black Arts, unable to be learned, as Zeref only gained this curse-like Magic by upsetting the ancient God of life and death, Ankhseram, who apparently bestowed this upon Zeref due to his making light of the connections between life, death, and people in his race to bring his brother back to life. The side effect of this Magic is both immortality and the inability to age, and it is also said that no matter what, Zeref can not be killed, even if he loses his head. Owing to his status as an immortal, if Zeref has gone at least a short amount of time with receiving damage occurring in successive intervals, his wounds heal without a trace.
- Death Predation: Zeref creates a dark wave that kills everything in the his immediate vicinity.
- Dark Orb: Zeref creates a ball of dark mass and throws it, which destroys everything in its path.
- Dark Repent: Zeref swipes both of his arms in a circular motion until the bottom of his hands meet. The hand on top has the index and middle fingers pointing upwards, while the other hand has the little and index fingers pointing downwards. While doing this, he is surrounded by a dark aura. This spell creates a huge vertical explosion, and its blast radius is seemingly controllable. It was used to kill Hades.
- Dark Strike: Zeref engulfs his fist in dark matter and punches his target.
- Dark Blaze: Zeref raises his hand and fires a blaze of dark matter through his opponent's chest.
- Dark Cage: Zeref ensnares his foe with several tentacles made out of a dark matter.
- Dark Blast Inferno: Zeref gathers flame-like dark matter in his palm and strikes his target with a powerful attack. This attack is so powerful, it briefly contended with Natsu's Blaze of Savage Emotions.
Living Magic: A very ancient, long-forgotten form of Magic that breathes life into an object. Some of Zeref's creations are sentient and seek to further Zeref's former, as-of-yet unknown, evil desires. Most of the beings that Zeref created were Demons.
- Nemesis: This spell creates Demons from the rubble. It can create an entire army of Demons with just a few rocks. This magic was used by Hades while battling Fairy Tail. A spell from Volume 4 Verse 20 of one of the Books of Zeref.
- Deliora: One of Zeref's many creations, Deliora was a monstrous Demon that attacked the icy villages in the North. Deliora was imprisoned in a block of ice by Ur. Lyon Vastia tried to unfreeze it so he could kill the Demon, however, after years of being detained in Ur's ice, the Demon's life force was greatly reduced, so much, in fact, that merely upon being released from the ice, it died.
- Lullaby: A flute that can transform into a giant Demon. Whoever hears Lullaby's song (aside from the caster) will die. Erigor hoped to use this to kill the Guild Masters at their meeting. As Kageyama failed to carry out the mission, Lullaby transformed into its Demon form to feast upon souls. However, Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, and Erza Scarlet were able to defeat the Demon Flute. It currently is in the Magic Council's possession.
- Tartaros: Zeref stated that all of Tartaros' members are Demons he created.
- E.N.D. (Etherious Natsu Dragneel): The strongest of his Demons and the master of Tartaros.
- Mard Geer Tartaros: One of his strongest Demons and second in command of Tartaros.
- Kyôka: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros, and a member of the Nine Demon Gates.
- Jackal: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros and a member of the Nine Demon Gates.
- Tempester: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros and a member of the Nine Demon Gates.
- Keyes: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros and a member of the Nine Demon Gates.
- Seilah: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros and its team of the Nine Demon Gates.
- Ezel: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros and a member of the Nine Demon Gates.
- Torafuzar: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros and a member of the Nine Demon Gates.
- Franmalth: An Etherious of the Dark Guild Tartaros and its team: the Nine Demon Gates.
- Lamy: A mass-produced Etherious and a member of the Dark Guild Tartaros, working under Kyôka to help with the Demons' regeneration process.
- Bloodman: Apart of the Alvarez Empire's Spriggan 12, he was at some point created by Zeref and he wields the supreme collection of all of the Curses possessed by the Nine Demon Gates and their leader Mard Geer.
- Larcade Dragneel: Apart of the Alvarez Empire's Spriggan 12, he was deemed the strongest failed Etherious creation from the multiple attempts at remaking Natsu Dragneel, donning the last name of Zeref as proof of his strength.
Immobilization Magic: A Black Art of Zeref's that allows him to freeze time for all except those he chooses to remain mobile. After casting this Magic, the surrounding area and all those affected by the Magic appear inverted in color, while those unaffected stays as they are.
Enchantment: Zeref has been shown to be a master Enchanter. He was capable of morphing Irene's dragonized form into the physique of a human, something which she, a very skilled Enchanter herself, was not able to do. He was also capable of extracting the Fairy Heart from Mavis in a shorter timeframe than Irene was.
Law: Although he was never shown to use it, Zeref was the one who taught this supreme type of Black Magic to Mavis, in order for her to fight for her friends. When this spell is activated, a bright light envelops the area and inflicts heavy damage on the user's target. This spell is so powerful that it was able to completely counteract the effects of the Tenrou Jade.
Fairy Heart Form: Zeref, after activating the Magic of Fairy Heart and the Space Between Time, accesses a mode that he himself calls "surpassing a God of space and time". In this form, he becomes entirely white overall, with an intricate clothing design as well as wings. Due to Fairy Heart's infinite Magic Power and the Space Between Time's Power, he can control time and space, as when Natsu blew him back with a powerful attack, he reformed his being as well as the area that was destroyed with ease. It's also stated that when Zeref has the power of the Fairy Heart at his disposal, he has the potential to match or possibly even surpass Acnologia.
- Time Magic: After accessing the Space Between Time's power, Zeref was said to have gained complete control over space and time, shown by reversing the debris of the destroyed part of the guild, as well as his own physical body when attacked by Natsu.
- Neo Eclipse: With the power of Fairy Heart and Space Between Time, Zeref can merge both Magics into one, to create this Magic. With it, he can relive life again, destroying the current world while the new one replaces it. Neo Eclipse takes the form of a door, as Zeref merged it with Fairy Tail's guild door, and walking through it will induce the magic. This spell was going to perform a time reset, destroying the old world and creating a new one to allow Zeref to relive his life.
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Notable Victories:
Notable Losses:
Itachi Uchiha (Naruto) Itachi´s profile (Both started 10 meters apart and Speed was Equalized)
Kenpachi Zaraki (Bleach) Zaraki's Profile (They were both bloodthirsty)
Inconclusive Matches:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Fairy Tail Vol 53 Chapter 450
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Fairy Tail Vol 26 Chapter 221
- ↑ Fairy Tail Vol 62 Chapter 529
- ↑ Fairy Tail Zero Chapter 10
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Fairy Tail Vol 62 Chapter 533
- ↑ Fairy Tail Vol 25 Chapter 209
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Fairy Tail Movie: Phoenix Priestess
- ↑ Fairy Tail 100 Years Quest Vol 6 Chapter 53
- ↑ Fairy Tail Vol 55 Chapter 471
- ↑ Fairy Tail Vol 57 Chapter 489
- ↑ Fairy Tail Vol 55 Chapter 465
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