Quando jovem, Satoshi Tajiri tinha como passatempo a entomologia. Quando cresceu, Tajiri decidiu não fazer uma faculdade e sempre se demitia dos empregos que seu pai lhe dava para jogar em fliperamas, até que resolveu fazer um curso técnico, criando depois sua revista, conhecida como GameFreak. Trabalhando na revista, Tajiri conheceu Ken Sugimori, com quem fez amizade e trabalhou por um longo tempo.
Com o crescente sucesso do NES, os dois resolveram criar algo inovador para o console. Tajiri transformou a revista em uma empresa, a Game Freak, e começou a trabalhar em um jogo. Lançado em 1989, o jogo de puzzle Mendel Palace (Conhecido no Japão como Quinty) fez um sucesso razoável e marcou o início da história da empresa.
Esta passagem carece de fontes
No ano seguinte, os dois resolveram criar um jogo para o Game Boy, que tinha feito um grande sucesso com Tetris. Ao ver o cabo de Game Link, Tajiri pensou na ideia de passar informações de um Game Boy a outro. Influenciado por séries como Final Fantasy e Dragon Quest e associando a ideia com a metamorfose, Tajiri criou um RPG onde monstros podiam evoluir e serem passados de um portátil a outro.
Levando o projeto à Nintendo, Tajiri, que tinha a ideia elementar, e Sugimori, que tinha os desenhos dos monstros, receberam conselhos de Shigeru Miyamoto, criador de Super Mario Bros. e The Legend of Zelda, para aprimorarem o jogo, na época conhecido pelo nome de Capsule Monster.
Esta passagem carece de fontes
A produção durou dois meses. Neste meio tempo, a Nintendo já estava em declínio, e a Sony sem ideias para o portátil. Poucos da Game Freak acreditavam que o jogo faria sucesso e até mesmo por falta de recursos, as ações da empresa estavam em xeque com Pocket Monsters. Em fevereiro de 1996, são lançados Pocket Monsters Red e Green. Inicialmente, os jogos não fizeram sucesso, mas à medida que os meses passavam mais unidades eram vendidas, até chegar a marca de um milhão de cópias em um ano.
A Nintendo, então, decidiu levar a série para o Ocidente. Porém, o nome foi rebatizado por Pokémon por existir uma série da Mattel conhecida como Monster in My Pocket e também por ser lançado pouco depois do ataque epiléptico no Japão em virtude do episódio envolvendo Porygon, um dos Pokémon. A série tornou-se um sucesso estrondoso nos Estados Unidos, com Pokémon Red e Blue vendendo mais de 200.000 cópias na primeira semana.
Em tempos desconhecidos, criaturas estranhas apareceram nesse planeta. Nós os chamamos de Pokémon. Por muitos anos, incontáveis espécies de Pokémon se desenvolveram. Pesquisadores procuraram e identificaram centenas dessas criaturas. E ainda há muitas mais para serem descobertas. Muitas histórias foram passadas contando as extraordinárias aventuras que os humanos compartilham com seus amigos Pokémon. Também houve conflitos, mas através das eras, aprendemos a viver em harmonia e assim a história continua…
— Trecho de Pokémon 8
Esta frase, trecho inicial de Pokémon 8: Lucario e o Mistério de Mew, define basicamente o que são os Pokémon: criaturas que se desenvolveram ao longo do tempo e fizeram amizade com os humanos. Certas pessoas e fãs acreditam que o universo Pokémon é uma dimensão paralela ao universo da Terra, enquanto outros dizem que é uma forma mais evoluída do planeta – embora nenhuma das duas hipóteses tenha sido confirmada até hoje. A história do universo Pokémon nunca foi contada por completo e são vistos eventos do presente e poucos eventos ocorridos no passado, muitos em forma de lenda. Acredita-se que essa história é bastante extensa e compreende desde um início confuso e misterioso, com a criação de Dialga e Palkia — Tempo e Espaço, respectivamente — por Arceus — o criador do universo e de todos os Pokémon — até um presente, que mostra quais as interações entre os Pokémon e os humanos e quais os fatos ocorridos, bons ou maus, que envolvem humanos, Pokémon e a natureza.
O termo universo Pokémon também pode se referir a todos os produtos feitos com o nome da marca, indo desde produtos alimentícios até Pokédexes eletrônicas altamente sofisticadas. Atualmente, existem várias empresas licenciadas que produzem e vendem produtos de merchandising com a marca Pokémon, movimentando um mercado bilionário anualmente.
Espécies
Pós-introdução
O termo Pokémon refere-se tanto à série quanto às espécies que existem dentro do universo Pokémon. Atualmente, existem 493 espécies diferentes de Pokémon conhecidas, que são catalogadas no item conhecido como Pokédex, que contém informações digitais sobre todas as espécies. Existem quatro numerações oficiais da Pokédex, que variam conforme a Região e também apresentam na numeração espécies não vistas antes ou já vistas, em uma nova posição. A Pokédex Nacional é a mais importante do mundo Pokémon, pois cataloga todas as espécies do número 001 ao 493, onde os Pokémon descobertos mais recentemente ficam ao final. A Pokédex de Kanto mostra todos os 151 primeiros Pokémon da Pokédex Nacional na mesma ordem. A Pokédex de Johto acrescenta 100 novas espécies, vistas do número 152 ao 251 na Pokédex Nacional, mas reordena todas a numeração das espécies conhecidas. A Pokédex de Hoenn cataloga 202 espécies, onde 135 delas vêm dos números 252 a 386 da Pokédex Nacional, mais 67 espécies aparecidas antes. Por último, a Pokédex de Sinnoh têm 151 espécies catalogáveis, das quais 81 vêm das espécies de número 387 a 493 da Pokédex Nacional, mais 70 já catalogados antes, já na nova região de Isshu foram descobertos até agora 156 Pokémons, fazendo com que o número de Pokémons aumentase para 649 na Pokédex Nacional. Além das numerações oficiais, a Pokédex também enumera Pokémon por peso, tipo e altura.
Tabela de tipos de Pokémon.
Cada espécie Pokémon apresenta um ou mais tipos. Esses tipos têm uma vantagem e desvantagem sobre outros. Existem ao todo 17 tipos diferentes. Cada espécie apresenta um ou dois tipos, onde um segundo tipo pode balancear uma desvantagem de outro tipo. Os ataques de uma espécie também têm tipos e, de acordo com o tipo do Pokémon adversário, o tipo desse ataque pode dar mais ou menos dano ao oponente do que outros. Existem quatro níveis de efetividade: Super Effective, onde o Pokémon defensor leva o dobro do dano normal do ataque, o dano normal, not very effective, onde o Pokémon defensor leva a metade do dano normal do ataque, e not affective, onde o Pokémon defensor não leva nenhum dano do ataque. Há, ainda, um quinto nível de efetividade, onde os dois tipos do Pokémon defensor levam o dano super effective (que corresponde ao quíntuplo do dano que seria causado normalmente). O cáculo correto desses níveis de dano são importantes em uma batalha e podem levar o(a) treinador(a) à vitória.
Numeração e Pokédex
Em todos os jogos convencionais da franquia, a Pokédex é uma enciclopédia eletrônica de informações sobre os pokémons. É a máquina que registra e cataloga os pokémons. Nos jogos, informações sobre um pokémon são adicionadas logo que o treinador o captura pela primeira vez e capturar, evoluir e trocar pokémons para completar a Pokédex é um dos objetivos da maioria dos jogos Pokémon. Várias Pokédexes (na vida real) eletrônicas foram criadas por empresas sob a licença da The Pokémon Company. Uma delas existe também para batalhar. A Pokédex Nacional é aquele que lista todos os pokémons criados até o momento, eles estão em ordem numérica. Existem também as pokédexes regionais que contém apenas os pokémons que aparecem em uma determinada região do jogo.
Tipo
Os tipos de pokémons são características que todo pokémon possui, variando de uma a duas por espécie. Baseiam-se na aparência do pokémon. Exemplo: pokémonspeixes são do tipo Água, avess são do tipo Voador, etc... Estas categorias determinam as vantagens e desvantagens do pokémon e qual a natureza e a intensidade de seus ataques. Também concordam com o senso comum. Pokémons de Água têm vantagem contra pokémons de Fogo, já os de fogo têm vantagem contra os tipo grama, grama leva sobre água e além dos tipo água levarem vantagem sobre os tipo fogo, também levam vantagem sobre os tipos pedra e terra.
Habilidade
Na Terceira Geração da série Pokémon, ou seja, a partir dos jogos Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire, todos os pokémons passaram a ter uma habilidade (em inglês, ability), também conhecida como peculiaridade (em inglês, trait). Existem pokémons de somente uma habilidade e outros de habilidade dupla, ou seja, que têm uma ou outra habilidade, mas nunca ambas ao mesmo , esses pokémons sao chamados : normais
Ataques
Cada pokémon pode aprender diversos ataques, fracos ou fortes. Existem alguns pokémons com capacidades únicas que só eles adquirem. Existem ataques que são utilizados para ferir o adversário e outros que fortalecem ataques de um tipo ou que enfraquecem os adversários, diminuindo seus atributos. Os ataques possuem precisão, força e a quantidade de vezes que podem ser utilizados.
Estágio e evolução
Evolução, no universo pokémon, é o termo usado para quando um pokémon evolui, ou seja, muda de forma, acompanhado de uma melhora em seus atributos. Deve-se frisar que não é uma evolução do ponto de vista biológico, mas sim como uma metamorfose do indivíduo. Evolução em pokémons pode ocorrer por diversas razões, sendo que a mais comum se dá por acúmulo de experência em batalhas. Existem outros fatores que podem determinar se, quando e em que os diferentes pokémons irão evoluir. Por exemplo, algumas evoluções somente ocorrem com o uso de pedras de evolução, em horários específicos, em um gênero em especial, ou por felicidade ou lealdade, e evolução conjunta como e o caso Slowbro e e a evolução Slowpoke quando um Shellder morde o rabo dele , e se ele estiver utilizando a Pedra do Rei quando o Shellder o morder ele evolui em um Slowking.
O relacionamento de um macho com uma femea de pokemon é um assunto misterioso, abordado de forma muito subiliminar na série de animação por causa da idade de seu público alvo. Só ocorre nas fases finais da série, quando descobre-se que os pokémons botam ovos e existem os gêneros macho e fêmea. Embora seja bem aceito que eles de fato se reproduzam (várias vezes aparecem pokémons filhotes) nada é mencionado sobre o ato propriamente dito. Um pokémon só pode se reproduzir com outro pokémon do mesmo grupo. Um grupo pokémon é uma característica exclusiva do universo pokémon. Esta classificação permite a um pokémon se reproduzir de acordo com o seu grupo. A aparência e o tipo do pokémon é o que define em que grupo ele se encaixa. Isto também permite que um pokémon se relacione com outro pokémon, não precisando serem da mesma espécie, sendo somente de mesmos grupos e sexos opostos. Mas como cada pokémon pode ter até dois grupos, o pokémon que possui um par de grupos poderá relacionar-se tanto com pokémons de um grupo como de outro. Depois da reprodução, um ovo aparece, e o filhote será da mesma espécie da mãe e poderá ter ataques que não teria naturalmente.
Pokémon lendários
Enquanto existem espécies de Pokémon comuns, como Rattata e Oddish, que existem diversos espécimes parecidos e podem ser encontrados em vários lugares, também existem Pokémon 'lendários. Eles são únicos (só existe um de cada em cada jogo). Alguns só são conhecidos por lendas, como o Lugia e o Arceus, e alguns vivem em dimensões paralelas, como o Palkia. O Mewtwo, por exemplo, é o resultado de uma experiência que deu errado. As únicas pessoas e Pokémon que já se encontraram com ele estão mortos ou perderam a memória (no animê), então ele é completamente desconhecido. Eles têm um poder fora do comum e geralmente só existe um no mundo de cada espécie, com algumas exceções: Lugia (no animê), pois foram encontrados pai e filho, e Phione, pois nasce do ovo de um Manaphy. No 11º filme, foram mostrados vários Shaymins. Nos jogos e no mangá, eles normalmente são capturados por treinadores, enquanto no animê eles apenas fazem amizade com os treinadores. Possuem status elevados comparado a Pokémon comuns, por isso normalmente não são aceitos em torneios e campeonatos de batalhas entre treinadores. Eles são:
Um Pokémon shiny é um pokémon que possui uma coloração diferente dos demais. A única diferença entre o pokémon shiny do pokémon normal é que os pokemons shinys tem uma coloração diferente, alem de ter um hp maior, não há difereça nos stats , Ev´s, e ataques. Apenas sua coloração, raridade e hp muda. A chance de achar um pokémon shiny é: a cada 8192 pokemons, 1 é shiny,ou seja, é praticamente impossível aparecer um pokemon shiny "do nada", é muito mais fácil achar um pokemon shiny usando um Pokéradar, também se pode usar a técnica de breeding , que consiste em fazer eggs de pokémons até sair shiny, também aumenta a probablidade se cruzarmos pokémons de países diferente ex:Japão com U.S.A . As colorações dos pokemons shinys varia conforme a espécie, ex: O shiny Corsola é azul e o de coloração normal é cor-de-rosa. As vezes, muda muito pouco a cor, apenas deixa mais forte a cor, como é o caso do Regice, que continua azul, só fica mais nítido,ao contrario do abra , que o seu shiny fica mais claro.
Pokeradar
Depois de conseguir a National Dex, você ganhará o Pokeradar. O pokeradar é a principal ferramenta para achar um shiny. Como a chance de achar um shiny é de 1/8192, usando o pokéradar, a chance de achar um fica bem mais fácil. Você precisa fazer uma chain (cadeia) do pokémon. Para fazer a cadeia, você precisa usar max repel, ativar o pokeradar e noucautear os pokémons da mesma espécie em sequência, e quanto mais noucautear os pokémons da mesma espécie em sequência, a chance de achar um shiny é aumentado considerávelmente. Quando noucautear 40 pokémons em sequência sem quebrar a cadeia, a chance de achar um shiny fica em 1/50 batalhas. Ou seja, quando chegar no 40, apenas resete o pokéradar que o ponto de grama brilhará, e indo nesse ponto, o shiny estará na sua frente, pronto para que você o capture.
Imunidades
Alguns tipos de Pokémons possuem imunidades a certo tipos de golpes. São esses: Noturno é imune a Psiquico e a Fantasma; Fantasma é imune a Normal e Lutador; Normal é Imune a fantasma; Inseto é imune a fantasma e psiquico; Aço é imune a Venenoso; Voador é imune a Solo; Porém, a imunidade dos tipos Fantasmas e Noturnos podem ser burladas se o oponente usar um ataque como Miracle Eye que faz com que os ataques do tipo Psiquico afetem Noturnos, e, também Normais e Lutadores afetarão Fantasmas.
Dano aumentado
São danos quadruplicados, duplicados e pouco efetivos que podem ajudar/prejudicar muito na batalha. Duplicado: O Dano será duplicado quando um Pokémon receber um ataque que é efetivo no seu tipo. Por exemplo, um Charmander possui o tipo Fogo, recebe um ataque do tipo Água, o dano é duplicado pois o tipo Fogo (Charmander) tem desvantagem ao tipo Água. Quadruplicado: O Dano será quadruplicado quando um Pokémon receber um ataque que é efetivo em seus dois tipos. Por exemplo, um Bastiodon possui os tipos Aço e Pedra, recebe um ataque do tipo Lutador e o dano será quadruplicado pois os tipos Aço e Pedra (Bastiodon) tem desvantagem ao tipo Lutador. Pouco Efetivo: Esse dano é causado quando um Pokémon que ataca tem desvantagem sobre o outro Pokémon recebe um golpe (No caso, só a metade do dano é infringido). Por exemplo, um Seaking (tipo Água) recebe um golpe de um Rapidash (tipo Fogo), já que Seaking é do tipo Água, os golpes do tipo Fogo do Rapidash são pouco efetivos. Sem efeito: Acontece quando um pokémon de determinado tipo é atacado por um ataque de um tipo que não lhe causara dano pois é incapaz de afetar esse pokémon.Por exemplo, Um Sewellow é do tipo voador, se for atacado por um golpe do tipo terrestre, não funcionara.
Ataques/habilidades
Cada Pokémon tem sua habilidade, que provocam mudanças na batalhas ou fora delas. Existem habilidades que podem anular o dano de um ataque, provocar mudanças nos status do Pokémon (Attack, Defense, Sp. Attack, Sp. Defense e Speed) ou impor uma condição ao Pokémon na batalha. Alguns exemplos são as habilidades Levitate (levitação), onde o Pokémon com essa habilidade não leva o dano de ataques terrestres, e Arena Trap (armadilha na arena), onde Pokémon sem a habilidade Levitate e que não sejam do tipo voador não podem sair da luta até derrotar o oponente. Algumas espécies podem ter duas habilidades diferentes, mas não as duas ao mesmo tempo.
Jogos eletrônicos
Em torno de cada três anos, novos jogos de Pokémon conhecidos como RPGs originais — jogos nos quais são apresentados uma nova região, espécies de Pokémon, personagens e conceitos que acabam servindo de base para jogos seguintes — são lançados e com eles inicia-se um nova geração de jogos Pokémon. Existem hoje cinco gerações, cada uma para certo portátil da Nintendo, começando com o Game Boy, passando pelo Game Boy Color e Game Boy Advance, e chegando ao Nintendo DS. Ao todo, existem 649 Pokémon divididos entre essas gerações. Além dos RPGs Originais, há outros dois tipos de jogos: os Plataformas, que têm como função principal conectar um RPG Original a um console caseiro, como Nintendo 64, Nintendo GameCube e Wii, e os spin-offs, jogos que não apresentam características marcantes da série mas pertencem a dela, produzidos para diferentes consoles.
Existem dois cartuchos que foram lançados para Game Boy Advance que contêm cinco episódios originais da série. Segue a lista de episódios.
São das 5 primeiras temporadas Pokémon. São eles:
Primeiro cartucho
№
Título nos EUA
Título no Brasil
229
For Ho-Oh The Bells Toll
Que Toquem Os Sinos
273
Playing With Fire
Brincando Com Fogo
001
Pokémon, I Choose You
Pokémon, Eu Escolho Você
060
Beach Blankout Blastoise
Desmaios na Praia do Blastoise
Segundo cartucho
№
Título nos EUA
Título no Brasil
169
A Hot Water Battle
Pela Vareda Tropical
274
Johto Photo Finish
A Última Foto Da Liga Johto
012
Here Comes The Squirtle Squad
Aí Vem o Esquadrão Squirtle
072
Go West, Young Meowth
Vá Para Hollywood, Meowth
Pokémon em outras mídias
Anime
O anime mostra Ash Ketchum e seu Pikachu em sua aventura para se tornar um mestre Pokémon. Seus amigos Brock e Misty o acompanham em grande parte dessa jornada. Outros protagonistas incluem Tracey, May e Max, Dawn e Íris. Durante toda a série há a presença da Equipe Rocket. Seus três integrantes que mais aparecem são Jessie, James e Meowth, que têm como objetivo roubar Pokémon, em especial o Pikachu de Ash.
Trading Card Game
Pokémon tem uma série de jogos de cartas conhecidos antigamente no Brasil como Pokémon Estampas Ilustradas e chamado hoje pelo nome em inglês, Pokémon Trading Card Game. É composto por uma série de cartas com as quais dois jogadores podem duelar. Lançado primeiramente no Japão em 1997 pela Media Factory e nos Estados Unidos pela Wizards of the Coast a partir de 1999, hoje conta com 34 expansões, cada uma sempre com novas cartas e Pokémon com novos ataques e tipos.
Trading Figure Game
O Trading Figure Game foi criado na Austrália em 2006, trazendo uma série de figuras colecionáveis de Pokémon que se assemelham com um RPG de tabuleiro, mas utiliza também elementos do Trading Card Game. O jogo consiste em atravessar um tabuleiro sem ser nocauteado e chegar ao ponto final, vencendo o adversário.
O jogo, feito para dois jogadores, é dividido em turnos, onde o Pokémon pode atacar o adversário girando sua figura até parar. Caso pare no local certo, o ataque é bem sucedido e o oponente recebe dano, mas caso não pare nesse local, o ataque é cancelado.
Assim como o Trading Card Game, o Trading Figure Game também traz as cartas de treinador, que são usadas para melhorar a situação do Pokémon em batalha. O Trading Figure Game também traz miniaturas de verdadeiros treinadores que vêm dos jogos da série e suas ações podem mudar o rumo da partida.
Atualmente, existe uma expansão da série chamada de Pokémon Trading Figure Game: Next Quest e seu lançamento foi no dia 15 de agosto de 2007 na América. Tanto o TCG quanto o TFG de Pokémon são administrados pela subdivisão da The Pokémon Company, chamada de Pokémon Organized Play, que administra quase todos os torneios em toda a América.
Filmes
Para cada temporada de Pokémon, há um filme produzido especialmente para o cinema no Japão. Existem treze filmes já lançados e um em produção. Os filmes de Pokémon são mais sérios e trazem um enredo mais desenvolvido que o do anime. Os filmes quase sempre têm a salvação do mundo por Ash e seus amigos como plano de fundo, com exceção do oitavo filme. Cada filme tem um curta-metragem estrelando Pikachu e seus amigos em aventuras separadas de seus treinadores. Pokémon é a série de desenho com o maior número de filmes já produzidos, superando Em Busca do Vale Encantado, e também de Dragon Ball Z com 13 filmes já lançados os dois.
Mangá
O mangá original, denominado Poketto Monsutā SPECIAL, foi primeiramente lançado no Japão e, com o sucesso da série, expandiu-se globalmente, sendo rebatizada de Pokémon Adventures. São vários arcos. Cada arco tem enredo e personagens diferentes dos do anime, tendo como protagonistas pessoas baseadas nos treinadores dos jogos. Atualmente está em seu sexto arco no Japão, com um sétimo sendo planejado para o fim de 2008.
Pokémon Adventures é o mangá original da série, mas há muitos outros tipos de mangá, que contam diferentes histórias, como Pokémon Zensho e Pokémon Chamo-Chamo Party, que não apresentam personagens vistos em outras séries ou mídias e também mangás como The Electric Tale of Pikachu, conhecido no Brasil como Pokémon em Quadrinhos, e Ash & Pikachu, que têm como personagens principais Ash Ketchum e seu amigo Pikachu, além de cinco mangás adaptados de filmes de Pokémon e duas séries de mangás baseadas em jogos: uma em Pokémon Colosseum e outra em Pokémon Mystery Dungeon.
Erza Scarlet is an S-class Mage who's famous for her usage of Requip Magic. She is also a member of the Fairy Tail Guild and Team Natsu, and one of the main female protagonists of the series.
Erza without her standard armor Erza is a young woman who has long scarlet hair and brown eyes. Her right eye is actually artificial; it was made by Porlyusica. She has a slender figure that Lucy Heartfilia described as amazing, and like most females in the series, has large breasts. She wears a custom-made armor by Heart Kreuz smiths, a blue skirt, and black boots. Her Fairy Tail stamp is blue and located on the middle of her left upper arm. Erza specializes in Requip Magic, and uses it to Requip not only armor, but different outfits as well. Her favorite outfit is her bunny suit, because as she quoted, "Those ears are cute". More pictures can be found in Bonus Gallery.
Personality
Erza is a very impatient person, disliking people who don't answer her questions quickly enough. Erza is a very strict person, often criticizing the bad behavior and habits of the other guild members, causing most of them to apologize, fearing that they might invoke her wrath. This, coupled with her own tragic childhood, caused many of her guildmates to avoid her due to her social awkwardness.
However, she has a great sense of justice and pride in being a member of Fairy Tail. Despite being a very strict person, she seems to have a clumsy side to her, as seen when she fell into a pit hole and carried on as if nothing had happened.
Natsu describes her as "strong, mean and scary"; Lucy says that she's "cool and beautiful, warm and full of passion". Jellal, when he had lost his memories, remembering nothing but the name "Erza", said her name was "full of kindness, brightness and warmth". Makarov called Erza the "Female Knight who doesn't know how to hold back".
Erza described herself as someone who was always crying, since she wasn't able to protect those dear to her. Several examples are when Rob tried to shield her from destruction, and when Jellal was captured because he saved her and was brainwashed by "Zeref". Also, Erza has stated that she feels uncomfortable and insecure when not wearing armor. However, when Erza encountered Ikaruga, she left her fear behind and battled Ikaruga without armor.
History
Erza uses her magic for the first time A cult tried to build a tower to resurrect Zeref. This was called the R-system, or Tower of Heaven. They used slaves to build it, of which Erza happened to be one, along with Jellal, Wally, Shô, Millianna, Simon, and members of Oración Seis: Midnight, Racer, Cobra, and Angel.
After an escape attempt, Erza was taken to the dungeons and was tortured with such severity, she lost her right eye. Her friend Jellal arrived to save her and told her they had to fight to survive now. Caught by another guard, Jellal was beaten and Erza was sent back to her prison. No longer able to take the abuse, she attacked guards and started a revolt. At its inception, the revolt appeared to be successful.
Erza in the picture with the rest of Fairy Tail The sudden presence of Mages, however, began to dampen their chances at victory. All seemed lost at the moment a Magic blast came towards Erza, but Rob, another slave that was forced to work on the R-System, interfered, saving Erza, but sacrificing his life in doing so. To see Rob, who had nurtured her in the manner of a grandfather, blown to dust in an attempt to save her life, seemdc to unlock something inside of her. She discoverd her Magic. In vengeful fury, she called to all manner of pickaxes and shovels in her proximity and sent a barrage of steel at her captors; and in that moment of rage, she finished the revolt.
Erza vs. Mirajane When everyone was on the boat to go home, Erza went back in the dungeons to look for Jellal. Already possessed by "Zeref", Jellal attacked Erza and told her he was going to complete the R-System to resurrect Zeref's body. He told her not to tell anybody about the tower or he would kill everyone. She then wakes up on an island, crying about the events she had just witnessed.
After Erza escapes from the island of slaves, she tries to find Fairy Tail. She had heard about Fairy Tail from Rob. Eight years prior to the beginning of the story, she found Fairy Tail and was taken in as a member when she was about 10 or 11 years old. Upon joining, Erza immediately developed a habit to wear armor, as it made her feel safe. It was around that time Makarov took her to Porlyusica to get an artificial eye. When her eye was finished, she was only able to cry out of one eye. Porlyusica tried to find out what was wrong, but Erza didn't mind, exclaiming that she had already cried half her tears out.
When she joined Fairy Tail, she also developed the habit of breaking the constant fights between Natsu and Gray, but at the same time, was driven to constant fights between Mirajane and herself.
Synopsis
Lullaby arc
Erza always gets what she wants Erza returns to the guild, only to force Natsu and Gray to help her stop the Eisenwald Guild, whose leader, "Shinigami" or "Death God" Erigor, is planning to use the Lullaby, the "Magic of Death", to murder all the guild masters.
While on the train, prompting Natsu's motion sickness, Erza quickly knocks him out to "ease his pain". However, Erza leaves Natsu on the train and she promptly beats Natsu for not knowing anything, despite the fact that she had knocked him out beforehand. When Erza, Natsu and Gray, along with Lucy Heartfilia and Happy, arrive at the Oshibana train station, she sends Natsu and Gray to catch Erigor. Meanwhile, she fights with a lot of subordinates of the "Shinigami".
Siegrain, Jellal's thought projection, reminds Erza to keep a secret After this, Erigor locks them inside the train station with his wind spell and escapes to complete his plan, but Erza finds that Kageyama can dispel Magic, so she and Gray go to find him. However, Kageyama is stabbed in the back by Karacka, a fellow Eisenwald guild member, in order to protect the plan. Erza rushes to save him. However, Erza learns of Lucy's Virgo key and with it, they escape. Erza drives a Magic Four-Wheeler to find Natsu and get him to stop Erigor near his destination; Natsu, however, had already defeated him. Erza then leads everyone to find Kageyama, who makes off with Lullaby to kill the guild masters himself. When she arrives with the others, however, Makarov convinces Kageyama to end his desperate game. She becomes quite pleased with Makarov after this, but she becomes freaked out when she finds that Lullaby moves on its own.
Erza quickly springs into action with Natsu and Gray, and together, the three make quick work of the demon flute in a destructive fashion. However, Erza and the others destroy the Guild House during the battle, prompting Makarov to tell them to run for it.
As Erza keeps her promise to fight Natsu, Erza is arrested by the Magic Council for property damage. She finds the trial is a hoax to show the council's powers, but Natsu arrives to save her dressed as Erza. and destroys most of the court room, which results in both of them getting thrown in prison. Despite being mad at him, she is grateful to know he cared enough to help her.
Galuna Island arc
In the beginning, Erza was very angry After Natsu, Lucy and Gray go to Galuna Island, Erza goes after them to stop them and return them to Fairy Tail. She is sent after them because they went on an S-Class mission, which was too much for the three (plus Happy) to handle. Erza arrives and saves Lucy from Sherry Blendi, and detains Lucy and Happy for their crimes against the guild. She shows her stern side as she states to Gray that she doesn't care what happens on the island. However, much to her and Lucy's surprise, Gray berates her honor and sense of justice, which she doesn't take too kindly to. She puts a sword to his throat, telling him that he wouldn't be able to break the rules without getting punished. Surprisingly, Gray slices his hand on her sword, telling her this is the path he chooses and she that can kill him if she wants.
...rather, very angry Shocked that someone actually stood up to her, Erza has a slight change of heart and decides to punish them after they finish the mission. She tries to stop the revival ritual of Deliora, but doesn't make it in time; however, Deliora is found to have already died.
She is the one who figures out the secret of the villagers, and uses the Giant's Armor to throw the Evil Crushing Spear to the moon with the help of a very motivated Natsu. With this, they destroy a layer created by the Moon Drip, revealing that all the villagers were originally monsters who are able to turn to humans and not the other way around. She then leads the team off the island, reminding them that despite finishing the mission (and refusing payment except for a Celestial Spirit key), they are all going to get punished.
Phantom Lord arc
Erza after finding Lucy's "Sexy Panties"Erza and the others return from Galuna Island, only to find that the guild had been attacked by Phantom Lord. After the assault of Fairy Tail on Phantom Lord, and the sucker punch defeat of Makarov by Aria, Erza takes the role of leader of the guild alongside Mirajane and Cana Alberona, while feeling responsible for what had happened to the master. When the walking guild of Phantom Lord attacks Fairy Tail with its Magical Convergent Cannon - Jupiter, she stops the first shot with her Adamantine Armor, but loses consciousness and doesn't take part in the first couple of battles against the Element 4. Everyone shocked while Phantom Lord's castle marches towards them Later, she easily defeats Aria, the last of the group, when Natsu was being beaten by him.
As she collapses, she implores Natsu to protect Lucy and the guild as his power is far greater than her own, and he can beat both Jose Porla and Gajeel Redfox. After she rests a minute, she fights with Jose, the master of Phantom Lord, alongside Gray and Elfman, but they are soundly defeated.
Erza's method of teaching Natsu vocabulary After Natsu beats Gajeel, she reminds Jose that he lost the war because he didn't calculate Natsu's destructiveness into his plans.
A flashback is then seen as Natsu remembers his past about Fairy Tail and how he was taught vocabulary by Erza. Erza then berates Jose's reasons for attacking Fairy Tail, and reveals the truth about Lucy to him. She is then easily defeated by him, not before earning some praise, and is saved by a recovered Makarov who finally finishes Jose with Fairy Law. As she helps to rebuild the guild, it appears that after Gray's rebating of her, she lightens up and declares to the guild that Team Natsu is official, earning the most powerful team a round of applause.
Loke arc
Erza acting as a princeErza is sent to help a theater in trouble; it is here she reveals her love for the theater and the dramatic arts. She signs the others up in a play to help the owner recover from his tragedy, wherein most of his actors and actresses had quit. Erza spends a long time and effort practicing for her role as the prince. During the play, it is revealed she also gets stage fright and forgets most of her lines when it comes to performing her part, to which, in some moments, she improvizes to fill up sentences in her dialogue. It is also seen that she gets too deep into her character, as she cuts Lucy's clothes up on stage. It is also seen that Erza was helping her fellow guild members in finding Loke when he was found to be missing from the guild.
Tower of Heaven arc
Erza captured by Shô Erza is one of the members invited by Lucy to go with her to an expensive resort. At the beach, Erza has a quick flashback of her slave life at the Tower of Heaven. When she wakes up from the daydream, she requips her basic armour, but after Lucy tells her to come with them to the casino, she requips a dress.
While at the casino, Lucy and Erza are playing cards when one of Erza's childhood friends, Shô, steps in to rotate the dealer position. Instead of tossing regular cards, however, he throws down cards that spells DEATH in front of Erza, to which she becomes shocked seeing him again after so long. He remarks that it's been a while and Erza asks him if he is safe. Suddenly, the casino lights turn off due to Simon's Magic, then come back on with Shô behind Erza, telling her that he can use Magic as well by trapping the people in the casino inside his cards. Another friend of Erza, Millianna, appears from behind Lucy and ties her up using her Magic ropes. Erza angrily states that Lucy is her friend and demands Millianna to let Lucy go. Feeling insulted, Shô tells Erza that they were her friends too once, until she betrayed them. Wally Buchanan steps in, reminding Shô to calm down and tells Erza that she grew beautifully after a long time, despite her barely remembering his face. Simon then appears as Lucy questions Erza as to who the people are and why they are calling her sister, but she tells Lucy they are just old friends. The group tells Erza that they are here to take her back home with Wally pointing his gun at Lucy, in case she refuses. Erza, pleading for Wally to stop, ends up with a shot in the back with Wally's Reanimation Magic, with Wally using a tranquilizer shot. Before their departure, Wally gives Millianna a sleeping Happy as a gift, and tells her to tie Erza up. Shô, excited, reveals that Erza will be returning to the Tower of Heaven, where Jellal is waiting.
Erza defeats Ikaruga Erza later wakes up in a ship on the way to the tower, attempting to free herself from Millianna's ropes. Shô then appears, commenting that it is pointless to try. Erza asks if she can put her armor on because she does not feel secure without it. Shô then cries and yells at her for betraying Jellal. Erza then has another short flashback, revealing her imprisonment with Jellal and the rest of her old friends.
Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Juvia Lockser sail to the Tower of Heaven in hopes of finding Erza and Happy. As Erza arrives at the Tower, she is thrown in a prison. Shô tells her she will stay there until the "ceremony" starts tomorrow. He then tells her that she will be the sacrifice for "Paradise". Erza tells Shô not to use the R-System to resurrect the dark Mage, Zeref, because of the consequences it will bring to the Magic World. Shô then says that Jellal is reviving him to bring them to "Paradise", and that they will rule with him. Erza then brings Shô to his knees by kicking him in the face, and requips her basic armor to search for Jellal.
Erza pinning down Jellal and preparing to kill him Erza fights her way through some guards, asking where Jellal is, and eventually comes across Natsu and gang. Although she is surprised to see them, she tells them to go back and that this is her problem to deal with. Natsu refuses, one reason being because Millianna has Happy. Erza apologizes, saying that she would lose this fight no matter what. Erza tells them about the Tower of Heaven, otherwise known as the R-System. After she finishes telling about her past, she says that she is ready to fight.
Back in the present, Erza tells Gray, Lucy, and Juvia, that she is destined to fight Jellal. Meanwhile, Jellal's thought projection, Siegrain, is gathering votes at the Magic Council to destroy the Tower of Heaven with the Etherion. Back at the Tower, Erza tells the others that Zeref was the strongest Dark Mage ever. He created horrible and destructive monsters. Lucy points out that the Lullaby was one of Zeref's monsters. Erza also thinks that Deliora was one, too. Lucy then asks why Erza is considered a traitor to her old friends. Erza doesn't know why, but suspects Jellal made something up. Shô then appears, hearing what actually happened eight years ago and cannot believe that Jellal was tricking them all this time. Shô says that eight years ago, Jellal told him that Erza had planted bombs in their ships and that if Jellal hadn't noticed, everyone would have died. Jellal then made everyone get back to work on the tower, claiming that it was a sign that the tower must continue to be built. Erza tells Shô she never did that. Simon then appears, revealing he knew all along that Jellal was lying. They all decide to work together to stop Jellal.
Jellal casting his Bind Snake spell on Erza Everybody follows Simon in an attempt to look for Natsu and stop Erza's other friends from attacking. The company learns that they can't escape, because they need to defeat Jellal and the assassination Death's Head Caucus Guild's Trinity Raven before Jellal activates the tower that will cause the Council to release the Etherion, which would destroy the tower and them along with it. After hearing what will happen, Shô traps Erza in one of his cards and runs off with her. They have a limited amount of time to defeat Trinity Raven before the Etherion is released and everyone manages to defeat two members of the Trinity Raven. Erza and Shô run into the third member, Ikaruga. Shô throws cards at her, but she cuts them all up. Ikaruga claims that she can slice anything, even separate dimensions like Shô's cards. Somehow, without her sword touching Shô, he gets slashed across the chest twice. Erza falls out of Shô's hand and demands to be let out.
Ikaruga swings her sword again. She protects the blow and tells Shô that she isn't safe in his card. After a few more slices, Erza breaks out because when the slashes went into the card, there was a slight opening that she used to get out of the card. All of a sudden, Erza's armor is cut into pieces, showing that she didn't dodge all of Ikaruga's attacks successfully.
Natsu saves Erza from being a sacrifice for Zeref She then requips her Heaven's Wheel Armor. The two girls attack each other head on. Erza uses Tenrin: Circle Sword. Her circle of swords comes toward the enemy, but she simply cuts them up and then destroys Erza's armor again. Ikaruga then uses Garuda En, and Erza quickly requips her Flame Empress Armor to defend herself. She slams into a wall and charges towards Ikaruga. Her armor again shatters. She is persuaded to use her strongest armor. She requips her Purgatory Armor, and claims that nobody had seen it and lived. Ikaruga quickly slices past Erza, shattering the armor. She gets up and requips a sarashi (long, winding strip of cloth, usually thick cotton, wrapped tightly around the midriff up to the chest) with a flame patterned bottom hakama.
Erza's sorrow after Simon's death Erza explains there is nothing special about her armor. All her life she had locked her heart away in her suit of armor, and that had made her weak and afraid. Now that she wears none, she believes she can defeat Ikaruga. The two ladies charge towards each other, their swords clashing for the final time. Erza's arm gets slashed twice, and her enemy tells her that she has lost. However, Ikaruga realizes she got slashed too. Blood comes out of her heavy wound and she falls to the ground, most likely dead. Her last words tell Shô that there are 15 minutes until the Etherion hits the tower. Erza tells Shô to get everybody else out the tower, claiming that she will fight Jellal and end this.
Erza makes it to the part of the tower where Jellal is. Jellal claims the game is over, and Erza asks if playing with people's lives are fun. Erza claims that she will free her friends. She thinks Jellal is bluffing about the Etherion falling, but he claims that he is not and that either way, she will be a sacrifice for Zeref. Jellal announces there are 7 minutes until the Etherion strikes. He attacks Erza with Shade Magic. She dodges all of them and cuts them up. Jellal then attacks her again, making her fly out the side of the tower. She manages to get back up by jumping on the crumbling rocks. As she swings her sword, she asks why Jellal is damaging his tower so carelessly. Jellal doesn't seem to care, but Erza does, because Shô and her friends spent years making it. He uses his Shade Magic again, hitting Erza.
Erza sacrifices herself in front of Natsu She manages to break out of it, slices Jellal, and holds him down on the ground. She then tells Jellal he failed at completing the R-System because the tower has no Magic to resurrect. There needs to be 2.7 billion Edeas in order for the tower to activate. Trying to make her give up, he explains how his body was possessed by Zeref and how he is nothing more than a doll doing his bidding.
He claims it was all over before it had even begun and that nobody could save him. He says he knew he could not finish the R-System, but Zeref would not stop him. He asks Erza to strike him down. She refuses and hugs Jellal as the Etherion hits the tower, completely destroying the outer structure of the tower. Surprised that she is alive after the blast, she looks around and notices there are crystals everywhere and that the structure is an absorption crystal. Jellal explains that the council's Etherion provided the tower with 2.7 billion Edeas, enough to bring Zeref back. Just then, Siegrain shows up and reveals that he and Jellal are the same person, and that he became a council member just to cast the Etherion down on the tower. They both reveal that they are the same person and that Siegrain was just a psychic projection. Now that the two have morphed back together, Jellal’s full Magical power returns. He pushes Erza to the ground.
Erza's grave Just then a serpent binding spell stops Erza from moving. It was put on her when she hugged him. Before forcing her into the R-System crystal in order to be sacrificed, he claims that he loved her. Natsu then arrives just in time to pull Erza out. Natsu telld her that they need to go back to work, otherwise they won't have enough money to pay Lucy's rent on time. Erza tells him that she can't move, which he took advantage of as he comically tickles her. Erza tells Natsu to leave and not fight Jellal, because she is afraid of the consequences that will happen to him. She begs him to do so. Natsu tells Erza that he doesn't get her at all. He then punches her, causing her to faint while mentioning he'll win this fight. Enraged from what had happened, Natsu flares up like never before and goes to fight Jellal. Erza then wakes up to Natsu being blasted by Jellal's meteor attacks. Natsu starts destroying the tower so the resurrection cannot occur. Jellal prepares another attack on Natsu, but Erza gets in front, hoping that he won't attack her. He still prepares to launch it, claiming that it does not matter who the sacrifice is, now that there is so much damage. He launches his attack. Opening her eyes, Erza sees that Simon is in front of her and that he used his body as a shield to protect her. He falls to the ground and Erza runs towards him. He confesses his love for Erza, and then dies. Erza screams in anguish and Natsu continues his battle with Jellal. By eating the Etherion, Natsu manages to defeat Jellal, but the Etherion has already been activated. Sadly, the Tower of Heaven has too much damage to it and is going to let loose all the Magic, which will make everything explode, including Gray, Lucy, and the others outside the tower.
Back in the tower, Erza carries Natsu on her back. She shortly realizes that she needs to be the sacrifice to control the Magic energy and stop the explosion. She then puts her body half-way in the crystal, only for Natsu to wake up and ask her what she is doing. She tells him what she is doing and that she cannot live without Fairy Tail, and cannot imagine a world without her friends. If she dies saving everybody, then she has no regrets; she then offers her body to the R-System so that she can control it. She blanks out completely. Erza wakes up in a dress, wondering where she is. Everything is white around her. The scene turns to her funeral. Erza realizes that she is dead and that nobody is happy.
Natsu saves Erza She is a permanent part of the Magic Council, but nobody seems to care and is just crying. Natsu doesn't believe Erza is dead and refuses to accept it. As everybody cries, Erza realizes that she made a mistake. She says she did this to give them a better future and closes her eyes.
She then wakes up, realizing it was a dream. All of her friends run towards her, and Natsu carries her towards them. He lays her in the water, to which Erza is amazed that he was able to not only find, but also take her out the vortex alive. Natsu stated that they, and everybody in Fairy Tail feel the same way, especially her friends. Natsu in tears tells Erza not to do something like that ever again. Erza promises him to do so, and she comes to the realization that she doesn't need to die for her friends, but to live for them, because that is that only way to bring the best future. For the first time since 8 years ago, she cries tears of joy, out of both eyes.
Wally, Millianna and Shô apologize to Erza, saying they didn't want to hurt her. Erza suggests they come to Fairy Tail. She then hears Jellal say she has become strong. She turns around and sees nobody, denying to herself that she heard anything. However, Erza leaves with the impression that Jellal had spoken to her.
Erza promising Natsu not to waste her life again While they are celebrating their reunion, Erza mentions her belief that once "Zeref"'s spirit left Jellal's body, it was Jellal who directed the Etherion into the sky, preventing all of them from falling into destruction and losing his life in the process.
Later, Lucy asks where Shô and the others went. Erza dashes out to go look for them. She then realizes that her former comrades decided to leave Erza’s side, saying that they have caused her too much pain for her. Erza then prepares for them the official Fairy Tail’s Farewell Ceremony. After a few promises, she recites the Rules when leaving Fairy Tail, and cries goodbye to them, hoping to see them again someday. After that, Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Erza throw a farewell bash, wishing Shô, Milliana, and Wally well as they depart, finally free and living their own lives.
Fighting Festival arc
Never mess with Erza's cake Erza comes back to the Guild to see it rebuilt and in great condition; but her happiness is interrupted when she finds that Gajeel Redfox had joined Fairy Tail. She voices her concerns with Makarov, but as he gives her his confidence, she petitions to have Gajeel watched.
Later, when a reporter from Sorcerer Magazine comes to Fairy Tail to interview the members, she wears a modified version of her Heart Kreuz Armor. She surprises everyone when she expresses her desire to be interviewed, but after she is done, she goes to Heart Kreuz to voice her concerns about her new armor.
During the festival, Erza competes for the title of "Miss Fairy Tail", requiping into a beautiful dress that Lucy recognizes as Goth Loli style in front of everyone, and states that victory is hers. However, she is turned to stone, along with all the other Miss Fairy Tail contestants by Evergreen.
Rule #1, Never Piss Erza Off Natsu and Gajeel try to turn her back to normal with Natsu's flame, thinking that it would release her from the stone. She does get revived, because her artificial eye halves the effect of Evergreen's Magic, and she promptly beats the two of them. She soon realizes that even Mystogan has arrived to fight Laxus Dreyar, in order to help save the guild.
Erza, tricked by Evergreen, tries to find Laxus in a men's bathroom She then goes to town to find Laxus, but encounters Evergreen instead. She threatens Evergreen to release the other girls, but Evergreen is more interested in claiming the title of "Titania" for herself instead. As Erza pins her against a wall, Evergreen reveals to her she'll kill the girls if Erza doesn't strip to degrade herself. Erza counters that by requiping into her "Heaven's Wheel Armor" and threatens to kill Evergreen herself if she doesn't revive the girls, and thus, Evergreen concedes and the girls are released.
Erza on Fantasia Parade After her fight with Evergreen, both Erza and Natsu find Laxus and Mystogan already fighting in the Cathedral, and she has a shock when she witnesses the true face of Mystogan, which is exactly like Jellal's face. Not knowing it wasn't Jellal, her eyes begin to shed tears and she becomes emotionally unstable for a moment. She recovers from the surprise though and prepares to attack Laxus with her Lightning Empress Armor, but later decides to trust Natsu to stop Laxus, and goes to destroy the Thunder Palace instead to protect everyone in Magnolia. With the help of Warren Rocko, she communicates with all her comrades, and they help her to destroy the Hall of Thunder's lacrimas. In the end, she manages to take out 200 lacrimas, which are the majority of them.
As the festival continues after the whole incident, Erza is seen performing with her swords during the Fantasia Parade while Mystogan watches her.
Oración Seis arc
Fearless Erza trembling before she remeets Ichiya Erza begins to try and find out about Mystogan; however, she realizes Makarov knows nothing about him. Stumped, Erza wonders about Mystogan's relationship to Jellal, and why they both have the same exact face.
Later, Erza and her team begin to go on a mission to hunt a Mage hunter, but she becomes surprised when she hears Lucy went off to Acalypha and took out the Naked Mummy Guild by herself. Later, after Team Natsu discusses the Balam Alliance with Mirajane and a few other members of Fairy Tail, Makarov reveals that an alliance of guilds has been made in order to take down one of the Dark Guilds part of the Balam Alliance, Oración Seis, and that Fairy Tail is a part of it. Erza, along with Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lucy are chosen as Fairy Tail's representatives. They meet up with the Blue Pegasus Guild delegates, The Trimens, and (much to the girls' chagrin) are met with the delegates' effeminacy. They also meet the delegates of Lamia Scale Guild: Jura Nekis, Lyon Bastia and Sherry Blendi, as well as the delegates of Caitshelter Guild: Wendy Marvell and Charle. As all the delegates get together, Erza follows Natsu and Gray as they run to find the Oración Seis.
Cuberos bites Erza As the Oración Seis finds them, Erza battles Cobra in a new armor. However, she is bitten by his snake and she suffers from the extreme poison. As Lucy gives Erza her belt to strap on her arm, she begs for someone to cut her poisoned arm off. Lyon steps forward to do this, but this is denied by her fellow Fairy Tail members and an argument erupts. However, Charle explains to them that Wendy, who was kidnapped by Brain, can help her, as her Magic allows her to heal the injured. As the others leave to rescue Wendy, Lucy and Hibiki Laytis stay behind to take care of her. After Natsu arrives with Wendy, she treats Erza and removes the poison. When the others notice the pillar of black light in the sky, Natsu says Jellal is there and rushes forward. In the ensuing confusion, Erza slips away, intending to head towards the pillar, too.
Erza wants her arm to be cut off because of the poison Because the others are impeded in fights against the Oración Seis, Erza manages to reach Jellal first, although she is unsure of how to act towards him. To her surprise, she discovers that he has become amnesiac, and is only able to remember her name. As Erza explains who he is and what he did to his comrades, Jellal breaks down in tears upon learning what kind of person he is. Suddenly, Cobra appears and attempts to take Nirvana, but Jellal reveals that he put a Self-Destruction Spell around Nirvana to destroy it. However, he also put the spell on himself so he could end his life, and free Erza from the pain he has caused to her and her comrades.
Erza meets Jellal She doesn't take this too kindly and runs up to him, grabs him and demands that he cancel the spell and live. Moments later, Brain appears, revealing that he taught Jellal the Self-Destruction Spell which he created himself, and easily cancels it, before activating the second stage of Nirvana. Erza and Jellal are caught in Nirvana's skywards eruption, Erza barely hanging onto an edge with one hand and Jellal in the other. She pulls them up, saying that he should live on to see the future as Fairy Tail members do with their connection of "hope". However, she takes time out of her speech to question Lucy, alongside Gray, why she and Natsu are wearing matching clothes.
Erza gives Jellal a scoldingLater, Midnight appears before her and quickly defeats Jellal, revealing his Reflector Magic to her. She tries her best to fight him, but all her attacks are reflected and her armor becomes reflected to confine her. As Midnight tortures Jellal with the truth of his deeds, Erza reassures Jellal that she believes that there is still goodness in him, and requips to a new armor, readying herself for round two against Midnight. She slashes at Midnight, but her attack gets reflected. She then punches him, sending him flying. She claims he has two weaknesses. She reveals that he can't reflect the human body and he starts to strangle her with her armor. Erza prepares to fight Midnight with new confidence She then says that his second weakness is that he can't reflect objects in more than one area. He looks above and sees that she had sent multiple swords flying down at him, which pins him to the ground. Also, Erza's armor is an elastic robe, and she is able to overcome his twisting power. Midnight says that at midnight, his refracting gets to his peak as he transforms into a giant monster. He creates a giant explosion and stabs Jellal and Erza.
He is then successfully slashed and defeated by Erza as she reveals his transformation was all just an illusion. Afterwards, she manages to get into contact with the others through Hibiki's telepathy, only to learn that Nirvana is controlled by six different Lacrima Crystals.
Erza destroying one of Nirvana's legs After their discussion and planning, Hibiki implants a map to guide them towards the location of each lacrima crystal. Erza says she will handle Lacrima number 5. When Jellal is about to say he'll destroy the 6th Lacrima, she immediately interrupts, saying "You will handle Lacrima number 6" without indicating a name. She whispers to him that Natsu still doesn't know his relation towards the mission and might mistake him as an enemy. When Erza finishes, Natsu answers that he seemed to have heard a familiar voice, which is actually Jellal, but no one seems to reply.
She is then seen standing in front of the fifth Lacrima, waiting for the appointed time to arrive and destroy it. After Natsu's victory over Zero, the rest of the Mages including Erza manage to destroy all six Lacrima Crystals and Nirvana collapses. Everyone is seen rejoicing as they are reunited. Erza says that she will support Jellal and he doesn´t need to care about his memories. At this moment, they stare at each other and she then says "I...", only for the New Magic Council to interrupt and arrest Hoteye and Jellal for their past criminal acts.
Erza asking Jellal on what he'll do in the future As Jellal willingly gives himself up to the council, Rahal warns him that this will probably be the last time he ever sees them again, for he will either be given the death sentence or life imprisonment. Suddenly, an angered Natsu starts to fight against the council, trying to bring Jellal back for Erza's sake, and states that Jellal is already "one of us". This causes every other Mage to fight for Jellal as well, except for Erza, who could only tremble in anger and watch the chaos.
The council is then ordered to capture everyone else, but Erza decides to stop the commotion once and for all, and lets the Council take Jellal away. Jellal looks back at her in relief, but not before he mentions her scarlet hair, which implies that he remembers the time he chose her last name, Scarlet.
Erza's sadness after she loses Jellal They say their final farewells and as Jellal is taken away, everyone looks on sadly. Erza is later shown alone, crying from both eyes, for the loss of her friend as she remembers when she and Jellal were together as kids. As he leaves, he remembers her last name, "Scarlet", which he picked when they were young. Afterwards, a flashback is then seen with a scenario back at the Tower of Heaven, with Jellal introducing himself with his full name. Wally, an old friend who is now cross-country travelling, said that his name was too long and that it'll be easy to forget. In return, Jellal said that his name, "Wally Buchanan", is hard to remember, too. Wally then asks for Erza's full name and she replied "I am Erza. Just plain Erza." Jellal then said that's kind of sad, and suddenly came to notice her hair. Surprised, Erza turned and demanded to know what he was doing. Jellal stated that her hair was beautifully scarlet, and suddenly decided to name her "Erza Scarlet", with Wally opposing, saying that he shouldn't go naming people just like that. The flashback ends with Jellal saying "Scarlet. It's the color of your hair. That way, I'll never forget it!"
Erza invites Wendy to join Fairy Tail She is then seen crying for the loss of her friend as the sky shines in a beautiful scarlet color. Lucy mentions that the beauty of the dawn's sunrise is the likes of which she had never seen before. It is like Erza's hair, warm and passionate. She then says that if only Erza would lift her face, a beautiful sky would spread out upon her.
Back at Cait Shelter, Lucy and Sherry wear clothes given by the guild members, who offer some to Erza. All she could say to reply is "Ah, that sounds nice." She is then seen comforting Wendy, as Cait Shelter is revealed to be just a mere illusion, and invites her back to Fairy Tail.
Edolas arc
After Gildarts Clive tells Natsu he has something to tell him, Erza urges Natsu and Lucy not to take on the Hundred Year quest that Gildarts had recently failed. Later, Erza comments on Bisca Mulan and Alzack Connell getting along well. Erza tells them to treasure these memories so they will not regret them later. Marakov then calls Erza over, telling her that about his choice to pass the Hundred Year Quest to another guild. She agrees with Makarov's decision. Later, the Anima sucks up Fairy Tail into Edolas, including Erza. However, Gajeel releases her and Gray from the lacrima with Mystogan's help. Mystogan then sends them to Edolas with X-Balls that allow Earth Land people to use Magic freely in Edolas.
Erza and Gray join the fray When Erza Knightwalker is about to kill Happy, Erza and Gray bash some of the Edolas Guards and show up, ready to attack, and declare Erza Knightwalker to be an enemy of Fairy Tail. Seeing that her counterpart is about to strike Gray, Erza quickly blocks her counterpart's spear with her sword, and the clash of their weapons causes a huge aftershock. Realizing that her group could not proceed any further than they already have with Knightwalker hot on their tails, Scarlet orders her friends to carry on without her. After Gray, Lucy, Charle and Happy leave to find Natsu and Wendy, the two Erzas begin to battle, with both being evenly matched. Scarlet attacks with her arsenal of weapons and armor, while Knightwalker parries with her Magical shape-shifting spear, "The Ten Commandments", which is able to blow strong gusts of wind (Melforce), create huge explosions (Explosion) and boost her own speed as well (Silfarion). Erza then comments on how their Magic is similar, before preparing for another round. The two continue fighting as their scenery changes to a small unstable bridge with bricks falling from above.
Scarlet Vs. Knightwalker Round 2 Erza Knightwalker is then seen meeting up with Natsu and Gray (after their fights with Hughes and Sugarboy) and captures them. She defeats the both of them and drags them to the Dragon Cannon control room, commenting on how she can see eternal Magic coming. She then orders Gray to active the cannon aiming towards the island, with the threat that she would kill Natsu if he did not comply. Right at the crucial moment, however, Erza Knightwalker suddenly shouts at Natsu to fight, before quickly holding her sword at Faust's throat, revealing herself to be Erza Scarlet, and the entire plan to be a ruse. She then tells the soldiers to move the coordinates to fire at the Lacrima, or she would kill the king. However, the real Erza Knightwalker vaults over the wall of the control room and frees Faust. Erza is then seen smirking at her Edolas counterpart while the Legion flies off. She then helps everyone to push back the Lacrima Island, enough for Mystogan to send the giant Lacrima back to Earth Land. She witnesses her counterpart shoot Pantherlily, who declares the battle is not over yet. When Dorma Anim shows up, Natsu tells her that he, along with Gajeel and Wendy, would take care of Faust, while she and her group should protect the Exceeds. However, as they try to catch up, Knightwalker ambushes the Legion that they were on. While Lucy, Gray, and Coco fall, Erza merely chains on to another Legion and defeats a couple of Legion squad members herself. As she requips to the Heaven's Wheel armor, the both of them declare that there is only room for one Erza, and the other one must perish.
Farewell, Erza The second round starts off with Erza unleashing a new attack called Trinity Sword with her Heaven's Wheel Armor, but Knightwalker negates her attack with an orb of gravity (Gravity Core), before splitting her spear into two and attacking Erza with both a fire and ice attack (Blue Crimson). Erza manages to dodge, and requips into her Morning Star Armor. She then fires off an energy blast towards Knightwalker, but her counterpart simply seals it off (Runesave) before managing to score a hit with Silfarion. However, as she is about to round off the fight, Erza exhibits the ability to wield swords with her feet, catching Knightwalker off guard. Erza then comments on how they're both evenly matched, but then Knightwalker decides at that moment to use her trump card, Ravelt. Erza then requips into the Fairy Armor, her strongest armor. As the two Erza's clash, they create an explosion large enough to shatter the entire island, and in the process, Erza's armor is destroyed along with Knightwalker's spear. However, even though they both have already run out of Magic, they have a fist fight, while debating about whether it is wrong to extort Magic from Extalia. Erza finally manages to knock some sense into Knightwalker, telling her that they can still survive without Magic, and that it can be overcome. She then tells Knightwalker that they are the same, and as Erza herself has the same evil qualities and weaknesses in Knightwalker, Knightwalker herself has the same compassionate heart as Erza. The falling island then crashes into the ground, and both Erzas no longer have the strength to move. Knightwalker then admits defeat, but Erza denies this, saying that there is no such thing, seeing as they're the same person. With the two Erza's peace made, Anima begins to take Scarlet back to Earth Land. The two Erzas bid one final farewell. After returning to Earthland, she is surprised to see the Exceeds have arrived in Earthland, and after hearing about their story, no one has grudge against them. Before saying farewell to the Exceeds, Nichiya hits on Erza, which freaks her out. However, when the Exceeds leave, Erza, along with Gray and Natsu, are surprised when Pantherlily drags out the captured Lisanna from Edolas and wonders why is she on Earthland. However, Lisanna reveals that she was never dead and she is the Earthland Lisanna. Erza, alongside Natsu and the others, helps Lisanna to return to her siblings.
S-Class Trial arc
Sorry, but you failed. Back at Fairy Tail, everybody is acting hyper again. Pantherlily is surprised at how noisy everyone is, and finds it hard to believe that they all have Magical power inside them. Erza explains that's how Mages are in Earthland. She also points out that the Magic isn't important, but the hearts and the people who wield it. Pantherlily tells Erza that it's comforting to see a familiar face like hers, even though she's not the Erza he knew. Later, she is seen practicing her swordsmanship abilities with Pantherlily; they stop when Pantherlily returns to his chibi form. She is seen alongside Makarov, announcing the S-Class Wizard Promotion Trial. It is shown that it was her that didn't let Gajeel participate in the event, feeling it was too early for him.
After the rules are explained, it is revealed that Erza will be participating along with Mirajane and Gildarts. Their main role in the trial is to attempt to hinder the selected teams in some way. After the participants get to Tenrou Island, Makarov tells them there will be eight paths, and of them, seven will result in battles. She waits in path D, and battles both Juvia and Lisanna in a temple ruins of some sort with the Sea King Armor. Despite a valiant fight, Erza easily manages to defeat them. After the first part of the exam is over, she, along with Juvia, Lisanna, and Mirajane, are all seen at the resting camp on the island. While she is cooking, Mirajane breaks to Erza the news that Elfman and Evergreen were getting "married". She starts questioning how and when did it all happen. She then asks of Freed and Bickslow's whereabouts, and learns that they went back to the guild with Gildarts. She also questions why Mest and Wendy weren't at the base, which sends her and Juvia out to look for them.
Later, Erza is seen with Juvia, and the both find an injured Levy McGarden. Erza, with Juvia and Levy, goes to help Gajeel as he had already finished his long battle against Kawazu and Yomazu and won, albeit not without suffering some critical injuries himself. Then, while they are checking up Gajeel's condition, Yomazu announces that The Seven Kin of Purgatory is coming, the aces of Grimoire Heart.
Erza and Juvia vs Meredy Erza immediately announces that the exam is now on hold, and sends a warning flare signal to the rest of the guild members present on Tenrou Island, loudly declaring that everyone in the guild must enter in a battle formation for a 'code red'-level emergency. Erza requips into her Heartz Kreuz armor.
Erza tells Levy and Juvia that she's going to search for Wendy and Mest, because she thinks they got lost wandering the grounds. She then goes over to Yomazu and asks what their goals are. He refuses to talk, until Erza hits him on the head. He then reveals they are here for the Black Mage, Zeref. He tells them Zeref lived 400 years ago, and has since been in a "slumbering"state. Erza finds that impossible, and asks if he's trying to start some disorder. Yomazu simply tells her The Seven Kin of Purgatory are coming, and she shouldn't underestimate them. When the Grimoire Heart guild arrives on the island, members surround Juvia and Erza, and they prepare to fight them. They easily defeat all the members in their immediate vicinity, but are then confronted by Meredy. Erza warns Juvia not to underestimate her just because she is a kid, saying that she could sense a strange Magic from the girl.
Erza surrounded by Meredy's blades Before they battle, Meredy tells them what Grimoire Heart plans to do with Zeref: to have him rule a world where non-Magic users cannot survive. In her battle with Juvia against Meredy, Meredy attacks them with an attack called Maguilty Sodom, which creates Magic swords that are sent flying towards her and Juvia. The attack manages to pierce Juvia's water body, which causes Erza to question what type of Magic it is. Meredy simply states that to eliminate the enemy is her mission.
As the battle between the three continues, Meredy begins to assault Juvia and states that she will be "13th place". Erza then tells Juvia to step down because she will take care of her, and Meredy replies that Erza will be "4th place". When questioned by Erza as to what her rankings mean, Meredy replies that those are the rankings she decided to kill them in. Meredy then utilizes Maguilty Sodom and attacks Juvia again. Erza then asks why she is after Juvia, and Meredy replies "13 is just trash. I'll take care of her quickly." Meredy then goes on and continues to explain her rankings, and says Gray Fullbuster is first since he killed Ultear's mother. This sparks both Juvia's and Erza's attention. Meredy then tries to use Maguilty Sodom against Erza, but Juvia uses her water to surround and knock all of her blades away. Juvia then says she can't forgive Meredy and with a disturbed look on her face, asks Meredy whose life she was going to take. Erza, with a nervous look, remarks that Juvia should calm down.
Erza vs Azuma Juvia proceeds to attack Meredy with astonishing strength. This shocks Erza, who notices that Juvia's fighting is nothing like how she was during the exams. She finally understands that Juvia's true powers come out when she fights for a loved one. Juvia tells Erza that she will handle Meredy and that Erza needs to go find Wendy and Gray. Erza requips down to her swimsuit and leaves as Juvia defends her from Meredy's attack.
As Erza runs around looking for her guildmates, Azuma emerges upside down from a tree and calls out to her. He tells her that he took care of "that little girl", referring to Wendy.Later, she feels Bluenote using his Magic. She begins her fight with Azuma and is seen with her Flame Empress Armor, which negates Azuma's explosion attacks. After requipping a few more armors, she and Azuma battle for a while longer. Azuma comments that he and Erza are the same: they both fight to pursue the strong opponents. Erza, however, replies that she only needed the strength to protect her comrades.
Azuma then states that they are out of time. He activates his Lost Magic and uproots Tenrou Island's tree, which has the ability to protect and give strength to every Fairy Tail member.
Erza almost defeated by Azuma Azuma then tells Erza that her friends' lives are on the line, and to show him if she had enough power to protect them. Erza asks Azuma why she's the only not affected by his daMage to the Tenrou Tree, and he says he wants to fight her when she's serious. Erza says she will defeat him no matter what if he'll return the guild's Magical power; he promises he will do this, remarking that he doesn't like these tactics. Erza starts her attack by using the Heaven Wheel's Armor and "Blumenblatt", which is easily blocked by Azuma, who then proceeds to use "Leaf and Branch Blades" to attack Erza.
Erza pushed by her nakama Erza then switches to her Flight Armor, which allows her to land a hit, but on her second attempt, Azuma defends himself, captures Erza, and uses Tower Burst to severely injure Erza. After this, Erza starts to contemplate Azuma's power, remarking on how he's damaged both her Fairy and Purgatory Armor. She decides that she needs to put all her Magical power into one attack without using any power for defense, so she requips to just a sarashi and a single sword. She goes all out using the Crimson Cherry technique, but Azuma is easily able to ensnare Erza before she gets to him, anf uses the "Cry of the Earth" to defeat Erza. Jellal says her name back in prison as he no longer senses her presence. While Erza is down, she hears Jellal's voice telling her not to lose, and she wakes up, telling herself it's just her imagination and that she needs to focus on Azuma. She attacks him, forcing him on the defense for a bit, but once again, he bind her arms and legs. She then remembers when Jellal gave her her last name back when they were younger.Erza defeats Azuma Azuma hits her with another Cry of the Earth, feeling that this is it for her. She then hears Natsu's voice asking her if she was going to give up, and has other visions of her friends in the guild. This gives her the resolve to get back up. She apologizes to them, mentioning that she wasn't protecting everyone but instead, she was the one being protected. As she comes toward Azuma, he is surprised that he has lost control of the Tenrou Island Magic and that it now protects Erza. He thinks to himself that their true strength is not in the individual but the sum of them, and calls them an amazing guild. Erza lands a finishing blow, defeating Azuma.
Magic and Abilities
Erza's RequipHolder Magic User: Erza is the strongest female member of Fairy Tail and one of the only four S-Class wizards of the guild. Thanks to this strength, she had been considered by Makarov to be the next Master, but he said that Erza was too young and strict. Erza is a strong sword wizard whose skills in swordplay are elite to say the least, and uses her armors and weapons to help her to get the upper hand in a fight. Even Jellal hinted that Erza was powerful enough to be one of the Ten Wizard Saints, as resurrecting Zeref required sacrificing someone about as powerful as them, and he was planning to use Erza to accomplish this.
Erza requips her 200 swords
Requip: The Knight(換装 別名 ザ・ナイト Kansou Betsumei Za Naito): Erza uses Requip, a type of Magic that swaps weapons and armour and clothes at will. Her main Requip is called The Knight. She is noted for her ability to requip extremely fast and is the only sword wizard known to be capable of requipping weapons and armor while fighting, earning her the nickname Titania, and is well known through out the nation of Fiore, and city of Magnolia. Her strength is so great that even strong wizards such as Natsu and Gray fear her; this fear immediately ceases their bickering in her presence (excluding her requip abilities, her actual Magical prowess is unknown). Happy said that Erza's Magic is beautiful because it causes a huge amount of blood to spill from her opponents. Not only this, but she has also been stated to have potential to be one of the Ten Wizard Saints.
Erza using Sword Magic
Telekinesis: Erza's first use of Magic as a child was to levitate discarded weapons from the ground and launch them at her enemies.
Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Erza skills in swordplay are of the highest caliber. Her offensive capabilities mainly come from her swordsplay that enables her to effectively utilize the weapons that her Requip provides. She is even capable of wielding her swords using her feet. With her swordsmanship skills, she sliced through Aria's air space and defeated him in one blow. She was also able to deflect hundreds of needles that were shot at her by Evergreen with relative ease. Enhanced Strength: Erza has an immense amount of physical strength, and can lift and drag objects many times her own size and weight. She also was able to send Midnight through a wall with a flick of her wrist. Expert Hand to Hand Combatant: When not utilizing her weapons in battle, Erza has shown skill with hand to hand combat. This was shown when she was able to send Midnight crashing through a wall with a flick of her wrist.
Equipment
As a Requip user, Erza has many weapons and armors. Erza has stated that she is able to requip and wield over 200 swords at one time. She has also stated that she owns over 100 different types of armor. List of Known Armors:
Heart Kreuz Armor: Made by Heart Kreuz, this is Erza's casual armor, which she is mostly seen wearing until it was modified. She sometimes only requips her swords, but doesn't change this armor.
Heaven's Wheel Armor (天輪の鎧 Tenrin no Yoroi): This armor is used to face multiple opponents. Plated armor covers her chest, with a large metal flower over it, and she wears a large billowing skirt that has metal plating in the upper area. Her stomach and neck are uncovered, and she has large metal wings that appear to be made of individual blades, as well as a wing-like headpiece. This armor has the ability to launch weapons at her opponent(s). In this armor, Erza is able to summon a large amount of swords (roughly more than 200 while trying to destroy the Thunder Palace). One of the special attacks that can be utilized by her Heaven's Wheel Armor is "Blumenblatt". The spell casts a barage of swords towards the target and gives an electrocution as the swords settle on the opponent.
Black Wing Armor (黒羽の鎧 Kureha no Yoroi): This armor increases the destructive power in Erza's attacks. It is black with silver trim, and sports batlike wings (later feathery). While wearing this armor, she only uses one sword. This form first appeared when fighting the demon of the Lullaby. While wearing this armor, she is able to glide through the air.
Flame Empress Armor (炎帝の鎧 Entei no Yoroi): This armor lowers the destructive power of flame attacks by 50%. She's also shown using Fire Magic while requipped with this armor. In this form, she has no armor on her shoulders and more on her limbs, and the boots closely resembles dragon feet. This form first appears during her brief duel against Natsu.
The Giant's Armor (巨人の鎧 Kyojin no Yoroi): A full body yellow armor, with large shoulders, fur trimmings and a black cross on the chest. In this armor, Erza is able to increase the strength of her throwing power. It is first shown when she sends a spear flying to "destroy" the moon at Galuna Island.
Adamantine Armor (金剛の鎧 Kongō no Yoroi): This armor is the ultimate, high-level defensive stance. In the anime, it features two shields on the arms, which can be brought together to generate a large Magical barrier. In this armor, Erza is able to withstand the Magic fired by the Phantom Lord's Jupiter Cannon.
Purgatory Armor (煉獄の鎧 Rengoku no Yoroi): Erza's second most powerful armor, and before she fought Ikaruga, according to Erza "None had seen the armor and lived to tell the tale." Its true power is not seen as it was destroyed almost instantly by Ikaruga.
Lightning Empress Armor (雷帝の鎧 Raitei no Yoroi): This armor lowers the attack damage of all thunder attacks aimed at Erza. Laxus has stated that it isn't enough to stand his Thunder Magic; however, the single attack aimed at Erza did no damage to her. Erza has also stated that it is not just for defense, as she can now fire blue lightning attacks toward her foes.
Flight Armor (飛翔の鎧 Hishou no Yoroi): An armor that increases Erza's speed which was used to fight Cobra and her Counterpart. It has a leopard-patterned chestplate and shoulder guard, and a cloth from her waist down. There are also a pair of leopard ears on her head, and a bushy tail.
Robe of Yūen (悠遠の衣 Yūen no Koromo): An armor that is more of a beautiful kimono requipped with a bisento. This armor has elastic properties which prevented Midnight's Reflector Magic from binding her.
Morning Star Armor (明星の鎧 Myoujou no Yoroi): An armor with a similar design to the Heaven's Wheel Armor, sporting fishnet leggings. Able to fire off Magic blasts.
Armadura Fairy (妖精の鎧 Yousei no Yoroi): The strongest armor as declared by her counterpart Erza Knightwalker. This armor has the name of her guild to symbolize her pride of being a member of Fairy Tail. The attack of this armor was strong enough to break Knightwalker's strongest spear, Ravelt, and shatter an entire island, although breaking in the process.
Sea Empress Armor (海王の鎧 Kaiō no Yoroi): According to Lisanna, this armor nullifies water attacks. It has been shown to be able to withstand Juvia's water attacks.
Seduction Armor (誘惑の鎧 Yūwaku no Yoroi): A newly bought armor of Erza's. It's specific effects are unknown, though it's probably similar to Charm.
Artificial Eye: While enslaved as a child to build the Tower of Heaven, Erza lost her right eye during punishment for an escape attempt. After she joined Fairy Tail, Makarov took her to see Porlyusica , who created an artificial eye for her. Erza couldn't cry out of it. The artificial eye cannot be affected by Magic. Erza could look into Evergreen's eyes with the artificial eye without being affected. It could also see that Midnight was creating an illusion. According to Erza, Magic that affects the eyes doesn't work on her.
Relationships
Main article: Erza's Relationships
Due to Erza's personality, her relationships with others in the guild were very rocky at first. Initially, she did not speak much to anyone when she first joined Fairy Tail. However, as time progressed, she unknowingly began to open herself up more; revealing the scared girl she really was as a child. Still, her stern nature makes only her closest friends able to believe this.
