Jennifer Cruller

**Jennifer Cruller** (粉砕機 ジェニファー *Funsai-ki Jenifa*) is a main character in Fairy Tail: Mighty and Magic. She is a Mage of the Kraken Brain Guild, wherein she is a member of Team Dark Horse. She is a recently enrolled member of Kraken Brain's school system, previously being an employee at her family's donut shop.

## General Information

Hair Color: Brown

Guild Mark Location: Back of Neck

Occupation: Mage

Partner(s): Thomas Boston

Base of Operations: Kraken Brain Campus

Magic: Crystal Growth Magic

Debut: Ozmoss Arc

Japanese Voice: Nana Mizuki

English Voice: Erika Harlacher

## Appearance

*Jennifer is modeled off of Serena from Pokemon XY: The Series, specifically her first design.*

Jennifer is a teenage female of average height and weight, with green eyes.

## Personality

Jennifer is a shy, meek, and innocent young lady who cares for other people a lot. Her kind nature is a shared trait with the rest of her family, with some admitting that Jennifer reminds them especially of her mother. She dislikes overt violence, and will try to solve most situations peacefully before resorting to brute force. Despite her seeming pacifism, her enemies are often taken back by how brutal and relentless she becomes during combat. Jennifer has said to suffer from overexerting herself in stressful situations and developed her pacifism to keep herself under control. Nonetheless, her friends learn to fear making her upset and Jennifer eventually starts to take advantage of this to keep her more unruly allies in check.

In addition to her temper, Jennifer is easily flustered. She is frequently blushes when complimented, and becomes very awkwardly clumsy when confronted with romance. She is very protective of her measurements, which she views as private and sensitive. She dislikes any situation that involves showing her skin and has sent Joaquin to the hospital at least five times for attempting to peek at her while showering.

Despite this, Jennifer realizes that she is developing romantic feelings for Thomas. While hesitant at first (especially at the idea of doing what adults do with him), her growing maturity and acceptance that Thomas also has similar feelings for her leads her to marrying him. In the epilogue, they have indeed mated and produced a son.

## History

#### **Ozmoss Arc**

On Jennifer's first day as a member of Kraken Brain, she didn't know where her first class was and asked for help. Running across a scary looking guy (who Jennifer assumed was a creep), she ran away from him and ran into a handsome looking boy. This boy, named Thomas, agreed to help her find her way since he was coincidentally headed for the exact same class as well. After their classes, Jennifer found Thomas again and was introduced to his older brother **Nicholas**. Agreeing to join the team they wished to form in order to accept jobs, she joined them when they went to the Root of Yggdrasil bar in search of a fourth member. While there, Jennifer ran across the scary guy from earlier. Learning his name was John Dough, she was hesitant to let him join the team until after learning that her fears of him being shady was just a leap in logic. (Chapter 1)

She was a little afraid when their first job involved investigating a group of murders, but eventually accepted that not every job would be pleasant and travelled with the team to Ozmoss. Alongside the authorities, Jennifer helped the team theorize that the killer was **Smiley Todd**. These fears were confirmed when Smiley appeared and killed some of the the local officers, but Jennifer protected one of them with her Crystal Growth Magic. Despite being forced outside, Jennifer proved to be little help because of her inexperience along with her teammates failing to work together. This allowed Smiley to murder Nicholas, with Jennifer being the one to carry his body away as the group fled the scene. (Chapter 2)

After finding a place to hide, Jennifer admitted that she had brought Nicholas with them so he could receive a proper burial. She was thanked for her kindness, although Jennifer lamented that her innocence was what allowed Smiley to kill Nicholas. Assured by Thomas and John that they carried more fault for their loss than her, the group vowed to avenge Nicholas and save Ozmoss. Running across an unconscious team of Kraken Brain mages about to be slaughtered, Jennifer boldly used her magic to protect them while Thomas and John focused on attacking Smiley. But it was the determination to protect the innocent mages combined with Thomas' encouraging words about being strong enough that allowed Jennifer to defeat Smiley by unlocking the power to redirect magic. Learning the team they saved were the Enigmatics, the two teams travelled back to Kraken Brain. (Chapter 3 - End)

## Magic and Abilities

**Crystal Growth Magic** (結晶成長魔法 *Kessho Seicho Maho*): Crystal Growth Magic is a Holder-Type Magic that grants the user the ability to grow crystals on their skin. These crystals can be expanded to block attacks and pulled off and thrown as projectiles. However, undeniably Crystal Growth Magic's most useful ability is absorbing Magic Attacks into the crystals to charge up energy attacks. The biggest weakness is that the crystals themselves are rather fragile.

* **Crystal Shards** (結晶破片 *Kessho Hahen*): Jennifer grows beds of crystal on her forearms. Pointing her arms at the foe, small sharp gemstone spikes are shot at the foe like a gun.
* **Mineral Spines** (鉱石棘 *Koseki Toge*): Jennifer grows large spikes on her arms to block physical attacks. This attack works by gathering the crystals in a sequential pattern so the enemy's weapon gets stuck in between the rows. If the attack was a punch or kick, the spikes can also poke the foe for a little recoil damage. However, especially strong physical attacks can break through all of the crystals.
* **Geode Javelin** (ジオードジャベリン *Jiodo Jaberin*): Jennifer grows a long, slender, and lightweight gemstone reminiscent of a spear and throws it at her enemy like a javelin. Alternatively, Jennifer can wield the gem as a bludgeon that shatters on impact.
* **Prismatic Laser** (角柱レーザ *Kakuchu Reza*): The strongest Crystal Growth spell. It is triggered once enough magic is absorbed into Jennifer's body. She then spawns beds of crystal similar to her Crystal Shards attack and fires a white energy beam at the foe. She can choose to fire a single beam, two individual ones (typically one from each arm), or shoot two that the same time so they combine in midair for maximum power.

## Equipment

* **Purse of Infinite Storage** (無限記憶域の懐中物 *Mugen Kioku-iki no Kaichumono*): A small handbag that stores an indefinite amount of stuff inside a pocket dimension through Dimensional Magic. The user must think about what they want to retrieve it. Only inorganic objects can be stored, as the pocket dimension is lethal to anything living. Jennifer was given this as a gift from her friend **Dorothy** at the Trader's Fair to thank her for saving them in Ozmoss.

## Etymology

Jennifer's given name comes from the actress Jennifer Lawrence. The given name is Celtic in origin, meaning "the fair one" or "white wave". It is the Cornish form of the name Guinevere (meaning "the white enchantress" or "white phantom"), most famously associated with the wife of King Arthur. While sometimes believed to be related to Old English words for the juniper tree, there is little historical evidence of a connection and is likely pure coincidence.

Keeping with Team Dark Horse's members being named after donuts, Jennifer's surname is a reference to crullers. Crullers are popular in the US and Canada, made by twisting a rectangle of dough in a spiral pattern prior to baking. The name is derived from the Dutch word *krullen*, which means "to curl".

## Trivia

* Jennifer asked for her guild mark to be placed on her neck because she didn't want to strip in order to show people that she was a Kraken Brain mage.
* Jennifer likes caring for people and proving her worth. She dislikes bullies and being caught naked.
* In interviews, Jennifer has said that the best part of Kraken Brain is interacting with her classmates whenever she needs help.