Ivan Dreyar

Ivan Dreyar (イワン・ドレアー Iwan Doreā) is the father of Laxus Dreyar and the son of Makarov Dreyar. He is a former Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, and the former Guild Master of the self-founded Raven Tail Guild.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 128, Page 19Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 263, Page 4 During the Grand Magic Games of X791, Ivan disguised himself as Alexei (アレクセイ Arekusei).
==Appearance==
Despite being the son of Makarov and the father of Laxus, Ivan bears little resemblance to either of them. Ivan is rather tall and has a more muscular body. He also has black hair and tanned skin. Ivan sports a unique-looking beard; a chin curtain, with several lines of facial hair around his mouth shooting upwards in an odd pattern. He wears an ornate cloak along with a dress shirt and an ascot tied in a full Windsor knot. Seven years later, his appearance is virtually the same as before, except that he has balded on the top of his head.
As "Alexei", he resembles a medieval Knight, with a mask instead of a helmet. His tall body is completely covered by armor (except for his big orange hair) with a long cape bearing Raven Tail's Crest behind.
He keeps his face hidden behind a golden mask. It's slightly triangular, with a square part in the chin's region and two pointed parts in the sides, in the region of the ears. As characteristic feature, the mask has a trident-like plate in the forehead's region, forming a "W" pattern. It also has two opens next to the plate that allows Ivan to see, as well two white strips in each side of the mask. 
The rest of the armor is composed by a metallic pectoral, separated to the waist's cingulum by a piece of dark cloth. The cingulum also has two pointed plates in each side of Ivan's body. For the legs, that are also separated from the cingulum by cloth, Ivan uses the traditional cuisse, with round poleyns and stylized greaves. Ivan's arms are also covered by the dark cloth, and end into metallic bracelets attached to gauntlets, that have sharp pointed fingers.
Ivan's dark cape is attached to its side in the region of his neck, apparently by a circular fivel. The cape resembles Laxus' initial tunic, with a blue dense fur delimiting it.
==Personality==
Ivan shows many signs of being psychotic. He is obsessed with the Fairy Tail Guild, enough to give his own guild a similar name. He takes pleasure from turning a living raven into a paper doll, possibly killing it in the process. Ivan addresses everyone with a -chan suffix, as he calls Gajeel "Gajeel-chan" and Laxus "Laxus-chan", and even speaks about "money-chan".Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 128, Pages 18-20 Ivan cares little for the well being of his son, which is evident when he states that he wishes to extract the Dragon Lacrima from Laxus' body, despite knowing that it would harm and possibly kill him.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 128, Page 20
As "Alexei", Ivan shows himself to be a very cruel person. When entering the Domus Flau alongside his team, he meets an angry Team Fairy Tail A because of what Obra did with Wendy Marvell. He states that what they did was just "a way to say welcome", demonstrating that Raven Tail won't play a fair game.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 267, Page 19 This is later confirmed during Lucy's fight against Flare Corona, when Obra, likely under Ivan's orders, erases Lucy's Magic Power to allow Flare to win.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 272, Pages 13-16 He doesn't have much respect even towards his Guildmates, and seems to follow a perspective that only the strong deserve it. For almost losing her battle against Lucy, Ivan beats Flare as punishment, leaving her harsh wounds. He even humiliates and threatens her after that for just daring to taunt Lucy from afar while watching the games from their stands.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 277, Page 6
As Guild Master, Ivan is respected by other Raven Tail members, due to his spirit of leadership. He seems to be the one who chooses which members will participate in the events, and they obey.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 268, Page 18Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 284, Page 6 Nullpudding even refers to him as "Alexei-sama", despite that name being false, indicating a great respect.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 285, Page 20 Ivan has shown to act cowardly when pitted against stronger foes. When Laxus defeats the elites of Raven Tail, he begins to tremble and begs his son to not attack him, for he is his father after all. Convinced Laxus wouldn't strike his own family, Ivan faces great disappointment, error in judgement and defeat when Laxus actually denounces him as such and attacks after all with his lightning.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 287, Pages 9-11
==History==
During Laxus' childhood, Ivan had implanted a Dragon Lacrima within his son's weak body out of pity.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 128, Pages 19-20 Laxus remembers Ivan had once been a member of the Fairy Tail Guild, but had been banished.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 119, Page 9 Laxus had been very distraught upon his father's excommunication. It was also said by Makarov that Ivan had sensitive information about Fairy Tail which could bring danger to their guild.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 119, Page 11
At some point, he learned about Lumen Histoire and gained a desire to find it, having most likely learned about it from the former master of Fairy Tail, Precht.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 290, Page 19
==Synopsis==
===Battle of Fairy Tail arc===
Ivan contacts Gajeel Redfox through a shikigami, as Gajeel and Natsu are searching for Laxus. Ivan commands Gajeel to be patient in his quest for revenge against Natsu Dragneel, asking Gajeel to wait until Laxus is defeated.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 117, Pages 3-4 Later, at his guild, he explains to Gajeel that Laxus is a fake Dragon Slayer; when Laxus was a boy, Ivan had transplanted a Dragon Lacrima into his son's body, out of pity for Laxus' weak nature. As he recently found out how much money such a Lacrima is worth, he hopes to extract it from his son's body despite the harm it might cause. Ivan would desperately need the money to start a war on Fairy Tail. He also praises Gajeel for spying on Fairy Tail for him, not knowing that Gajeel is truly a double agent for Fairy Tail and is spying on Raven Tail.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 287, Page 3
===Grand Magic Games arc===
Ivan menacingly chuckles as he announces that it was time for Raven Tail to utterly destroy Fairy Tail in the Grand Magic Games, with his guild's Mages accompanying him.
"Ivan" watches from the crowd when Team Raven Tail is declared as the third team that was able to pass the preliminaries to get to the main event of the Grand Magic Games. He states that he has waited seven years for the time that he could face his father. When the team enters the Games' field, they meet the members of Fairy Tail's Team A. Ivan, disguised as Alexei, states that Wendy was "a way to say hello", referring to what Obra did to her. As Fairy Tail's second team is revealed to have made it to the main event, ranking higher than the main group, with both Gajeel and his son Laxus being part of it, "Ivan" mutters the former's name to himself, with a pleased, surprised look on his face.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 268, Page 11
"Alexei" then moves to the spectators' place to administer his team. He chooses Nullpudding to compete in the first event and apparently orders Obra to erase Lucy's Magic Power during her fight against Flare Corona.
On the second day, Flare is seen badly wounded, due to her punishment by "Alexei" for her "pathetic scene" on the first day. Flare keeps her obsession for Lucy, but "Alexei" threatens her to stop.
On the third day, "Alexei" orders Obra to compete in the Pandemonium event, but advises him to not show his true power because of the presence of an official from the Magic Council. Thus, during the Magic Power Finder part of the event, "Alexei" tells Flare to be quiet about Obra's seemingly weak display of power.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 285, Page 10 At the end of the event, Nullpudding hands him the list of Mages that will battle on that day. He states that the administration of the Games is being very creative and tells his guildmates that they should start with their real objective.
During "Alexei's" matchup against Laxus in the third day's battle portion, he uses an illusion in which they are fighting, with Laxus being unable to lift even a finger. He reveals that it is just an illusory projection of "Alexei's" power, whereby Laxus and "Alexei" are talking but cannot be seen nor heard by any of the audience.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 286, Pages 19-22 The other 4 members of Team Raven Tail are all shown having a conversation with each other in the background, where they could not be seen or heard by the audience. Laxus questions "Alexei's" motives, and in an ironic twist, "Alexei" removes his mask, revealing himself to be the real Ivan Dreyar, the master of Raven Tail. Ivan requests for the secret of Lumen Histoire from Laxus in exchange for manipulating the illusions into making Laxus win the match, however, Laxus denies that he knows. Laxus refuses the offer, and challenges Raven Tail to a battle. Ivan retorts that it would not be so easy, since they are a specialized anti-Fairy Tail guild.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 286, Pages 17-20
He then explains that the anti-Fairy Tail Guild specializes in members that have techniques to match all of Fairy Tail's weaknesses. He asks if Laxus really does want to fight them. He gets shocked with the revelation that Makarov has investigated him, realizing that Gajeel was a double agent. He attacks Laxus out of agitation and demands that he tell him about Lumen Histoire. He then sends out his members to attack him, one at a time. To his dismay, he easily defeats them. When Laxus aims at him, he tries to convince him to not hit him because he is family but he fails and is defeated, destroying the illusory barrier. Before he gets hauled away by the Custody Enforcement Unit, he tells Laxus that Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's dark secret.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 287, Pages 2-14
==Magic and Abilities==
Shikigami Magic: Ivan has the ability to transform objects into shikigami (paper dolls). The full extent of this ability is unknown, but he can use it to transform even living objects, as seen when he turned a raven into a paper doll. These shikigami can then be used for communication over great distances and, with enough of them, for offense.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 287, Page 5 (Unnamed)
*Shikigami Torrent: After creating a massive amount of shikigami dolls, Ivan sends them towards his opponent in the form of a violent torrent. The torrent, upon impact with the target, multiplies into several smaller torrents that surround them from all sides. (Unnamed)
*Shikigami Dark Bomb: Ivan release a massive amount of shikigami dolls that once near their opponents assemble creating a spherical cluster that after few seconds explode releasing a powerful wave of Dark Magic.Fairy Tail Anime: Episode 169 (Unnamed)
Illusion Magic (幻影魔法 Genei Mahō): During the third day of the Grand Magic Games, Ivan reveals his ability to use illusions, being able to deceive even respectable Mages such as Wizard Saints and Magic Council members for a very long period of time. He was able to trick the whole audience of the Grand Magic Games into seeing a false fight between him and Laxus, as well as hide him and other Raven Tail Mages. According to him, other people cannot see nor hear them.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 286, Pages 21-23
Thought Projection (思念体 Shinentai): In the Grand Magic Games, Ivan creates a Thought Projection of himself, which acts as the guild master, allowing his real body to disguise as Alexei and compete in the games. During the third day he also creates the Thought Projections of the other four members from Team Raven Tail.Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 287, Page 11
==Appearances in Other Media==
===Video Games===
====Fairy Tail Zeref Awakens====
Ivan appears in Fairy Tail Zeref Awakens as the main antagonist of the game's original arc. Due to wearing a mask and completely different clothing, it was unknown who he was until the end of the arc.Fairy Tail Video Game: Zeref Awakens In this game, Ivan Dreyar possess the following magic and abilities:
*Wyvern Summoning: Ivan is capable of summoning a large and powerful green Wyvern.
*Illusion Magic (幻影魔法 Genei Mahō): Ivan is capable of creating extremely realistic illusions, creating one of Igneel to combat the Dragon Slayers
*Earth Magic (土系各種魔法 Tsuchi Kei Kakushu Mahō): Ivan is capable of creating a rock wall behind him as he dashes forward to launch enemies into the air.
*Magic Pulse: Ivan is capable of charging up a large amount of red colored magic energy to release it as an orange and blue blast.
*Light Magic (光魔法 Hikari Mahō): After charging up spheres of Light Magic in each of his hands, Ivan is capable of creating a wind-like burst of Light Magic to strike foes.
*Dragon Slayer Magic (滅竜魔法 Metsuryū Mahō): Ivan gained the usage of Dragon Slayer Magic through obtaining power from the Dragon Slayers who battled Iris.
**Dragon Form: Using the Dragon Slayer Magic he stole, Ivan was capable of taking on a Dragon Form.
***Dragon's Roar: Ivan is capable of firing a purple and blue laser-like Dragon's Roar.
***Immense Strength: With his strength as a dragon, Ivan is capable of creating massive shock-waves.
*Immense Magic Power: As noted by Gajeel, Ivan Dreyar possess a great amount of Magic Power - which manifests as a large dark ghoul entity when he releases it.
*Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Ivan makes use of hand-to-hand combat during the boss fight against him.
==Quotes==
*(To himself) "True beauty lies in fleeting lives."Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 128, Page 18
*(To Laxus Dreyar) "Silence! I've lived in the shadows all for this day! All to obtain Lumen Histoire! You thought I didn't want to hurt you these past seven years? I didn't because there's no way an expelled member like you would know anything about Lumen Histoire! The guild, the city, Tenrou Island, every place related to the guild...I've searched them all! Even so I couldn't find it! Where is Lumen Histoire? Where is it! Tell me! Laxus! Aren't you my son?"Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 287, Pages 5-6
*(To Laxus Dreyar) "Laxus. Today is my loss. But...know this much...Lumen Histoire is Fairy Tail's darkness. Eventually you will come to know...Fairy Tail's true colors."Fairy Tail Manga: Chapter 287, Page 14
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