Igneel

**Igneel** is a Dragon known as **The Fire Dragon** and **The Fire Dragon King**, and is the foster father of Natsu Dragneel.

## Profile and Stats

**Alias**: The Fire Dragon (*Karyū*), The Fire Dragon King (*Enryūō*)

**Tier**: At least **7-A** via power-scaling, possibly Low **6-C**

**Attack Potency**: At least **Mountain level** via power-scaling, possibly **Small Island level** at full-power

**Speed**: At least **Massively Hypersonic**

**Lifting Strength**: **Class T**

**Striking Strength**: Potentially **Class PJ+**

**Durability**: At least **Mountain level** via power-scaling, possibly **Small Island level** at full-power

## Physical Appearance

Igneel is a gigantic Dragon whose bodily majority is covered with dark, red scales. Igneel's lower body, specifically his stomach, the inner portions of his long tail, and legs, is beige in color. Igneel also has noticeable scars on his belly and neck, with the largest one, which is X-shaped, located around the center of his body. His back has numerous black spikes, reaching down from the back to the end of his tail. Igneel has a triangular head with horns, a pair of large, round eyes with yellow sclera (which are usually seen as glowing, obscuring his dark, round pupils) and a sharp horn pointing upwards just above his nose. Igneel also sports very sharp canine teeth, and has claws with long, sharp, red nails. Igneel's large bony wings resemble a bat's, with rippled tips. Additionally, Igneel has four legs.

## Personality

Igneel has been shown to be a loving father figure towards Natsu, before his untimely departure. Despite leaving Natsu, Igneel, however, is shown to be incredibly protective of Natsu, and watches him from afar. Contrary to his quite often portrayed loving personality, Igneel can also be rash, angry and violent when he feels the situation calls for it. He has also shown a high degree of arrogance, referring to himself as "the one and only Igneel" during Grandeeney's visit. It is also implied by Igneel himself that before he met Natsu he did not like humans in the slightest, but his encounter with the boy and raising of him gave him the ability to love them. Metalicana himself even described Igneel as being the Dragon who loved humans more than any other.

According to Grandeeney, like Natsu, Igneel has a tendency to take things to the excess.

## Powers and Abilities

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant**:

**Flight**: Being a Dragon, Igneel possesses the ability to fly through the air using his wings.

**Immense Strength**: Igneel has enough physical strength to fight on par with, and eventually overpower, the Dragon King Acnologia. The strength he exhibited, however, quickly ran dry as Igneel emerged from Natsu in a half-dead state and therefore was only a fraction of what it once was. According to Metalicana, Igneel had only a little bit of strength leftover from when he was alive. When confronted about his apparent lack of strength, Igneel alluded to his lack of a soul by claiming that sleeping for as long as he did has its tolls.

**Immense Durability**: Igneel has shown to be able to emerge from a full-scale fight with another Dragon (the self-proclaimed Dragon King) with minor cuts and bruises. However, Igneel's durability did not play out for very long as his strength continuously dwindled due to his half-dead status, which ultimately lead to his brutal defeat.

**Tremendous Magic Power**: As a Dragon from 400 years past, Igneel once has enormously large amounts of Magic power.

### Magical Abilities

**Fire Dragon Slayer Magic** (*Honō no Metsuryū Mahō*): Igneel's specialized Dragon Slayer Magic that revolves around the use of fire; he taught this Magic to Natsu. Igneel uses his Magic in the same manner as Natsu: for melee purposes; he shoots out large breaths of fire in an effort to impede and/or damage his opponent, and relies heavily on melee combat, using his fire to empower his strikes.

* **Fire Dragon's Roar** (*Karyū no Hōkō*): Similar to other Dragons and Dragon Slayers, Igneel has shown the ability to use his element in the form of an attack coming from his mouth. In Igneel's case, the attack takes form of a large-scale destructive fire breath attack capable of completely destroying the surrounding area in a massive explosion.
* **Fire Dragon's Iron Fist** (*Karyū no Tekken*): Igneel hits the enemy with his aflame fist; this attack is powerful enough to blow even the Dragon King, Acnologia, away.
* **Fire Dragon's Claw** (*Karyū no Kagizume*): Igneel ignites his feet in flames, thereby increasing the power of his kicks.

**Telepathy** (*Terepashī*): Igneel is able to make use of this form of Magic, allowing him to communicate with Natsu and his closest friends telepathically.

**Dragon Soul Technique** (*Konryū no Jutsu*): Igneel uses this ability to conceal his soul and Magic power inside the body of his foster son Natsu, which preserves his life force as well as provides antibodies for the Dragon Slayer to prevent the process of Dragonification. This ability was also used for Igneel to be able to travel 400 years into the present time.