Cane Alberona-Groh

**Cane Alberona-Groh** (ケイン ・アルベローナ・グロウ *Kein Aruberōna-Guro*) is the illegitimate son of Cana Alberona and Bacchus Groh and a Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild. He is the grandson of S-Class Mage and legend Gildarts Clive and the godson of Lucy Heartfilia-Dragneel.

## Appearance

Cane is a lanky boy with violet eyes and black hair with only a lick of violet. He is known for his relatively ragged facial features like the bags under his eyes. His black Fairy Tail mark is in the center of his chest. He constantly has a deck of cards in his hand that was gifted to him by Gildarts who won it from an infamous gambler. Cane generally changes outfits per the episode, but when he is on specially assigned missions, he wears a trench coat. He also wears a silver band ring with a skull charm on his right middle finger.

## Personality

Cane has a nonchalant and laid-back attitude. While not an alcoholic, he knows how to hold down his liquor and is proud of his high tolerance. He has a strong perverted side and is known for being quite a playboy, even if his flirting doesn’t work on his guild mates. Still, he is heavily loyal to Fairy Tail and to his friends and is quite serious when presented with a task. He has shown that while he is powerful with his **Crash Magic**, he shows much restraint as he is not fully in control.

Despite his partying, he is known for his secret-keeping and high observational skills. He is very focused on any task at hand. Unknown to many, Master Erza Scarlet often enlists him on secret operations for him. To what extent is unknown. In addition, Cane has not shown any interest in his father and cares deeply for his mother and Luna Dragneel as well as the entire Dragneel Family. He has expressed interest and a deep knowledge for dancing, much to the influence of Luna. Cane also has a high alcohol tolerance, though he tries to steer clear from alcohol unless it is social drinking. He comically uses Luna to steer away crazy dates and crazy exes. Dash, Gale Redfox, and Jaxton Yang are considered his best friends.

## History

Cane is the bastard child of Cana and Bacchus and often resents the fact. Not much else is known outside he dislikes his father and never visits him. He grew up with the Dragneel Family as his second family.

## Magic and Abilities

**Magic Card** (魔法の札, マジックカード, *Majikku Kādo*): A type of **Holder Magic** which revolves around the use of **Magic Cards**, which can produce a variety of effects, such as generating both abiotic and biotic things. Cane’s cards are all-around types for both offense and defense. It seems he can employ both short and long-range weapons with incredible accuracy doing so. Aside from combat, Magic Card possess other usages such as the capability to track down people, communication, and reproducing Magic Spells.

* **Dragon’s Breath**: A spell card, Cane breaths upon the card which turns into a violet mist. From the mist forms a violet **Dragon** which can breathe violet fire. Unlike Purple Flare, this violet fire is seemingly regular Fire Magic. This card has the mark of Dragon Slayer Magic on it which is a Dragon’s head on it.
* **Rune Knights**: Another spell card, Cane can produce multiple copies of Rune Knights. While their Magic Power is low and combat skills moderate, they are able to appear in an overwhelming legion. However, how effective they prove to be is unknown. The backs of the cards contain the symbol of the Rune Knights.
* **Sexy Lady Card**: One of Cane’s single card attacks. He throws a card portraying a curvaceous woman in a bikini at his target. Beautiful women emerge from this Caster Card and their intended effect is to render those attracted to them shy or frozen. However, Igneel Dragneel was not affected by the women presented to them, so it is unknown if he physically was not attracted to these types of women or the card itself was not effective.
* **Copy Cat**: Cane is able to either converge his Sexy Lady Card or produce another card with a blank human silhouette to mimic the appearance of a person Cane has to know. Despite copying the person, it does not reenact their  personality.
* **Call Card**: A Magic Card bearing a stylized picture of a specific person, which will allow its bearer to communicate with said person.
* **Card Dimension**: Cane uses his cards to trap others in another dimension inside the cards themselves and can free them at will whenever he sees fit.
* **Explosion Cards**: Cane's multiple, long-distance card spell. He has several unnamed cards seemingly float before him in a curved line. This formation prompts a burst of flames to appear, which is sent flying in his target's direction.
* **Time Magic**: Cane has four different Magic Cards that reproduce Time Magic, rare cards in their own rights. Each carries a clock insignia with different symbols for Rewind, Fast Forward, Pause, and Play.
	+ **Pause**: This card carries the « Pause » symbol that traps the person on top of the card. The only way the person can be freed is if Cane calls the card back to him.
	+ **Play**: This card carries the « Play » symbol that allows the person entrapped on top of it to be swiveled in the direction of the arrow and tossed into that direction.
	+ **Rewind**: This card carries the « Rewind » symbol that forwards the person to essentially “rewind” their actions. From how long ago depends on the Magic Cane pours into the card.
	+ **Fast Forward**: This card carries the « Fast Forward » symbol that forwards the target’s actions. Just like the Rewind Card, the effectiveness depends on the Magic Power poured into the card.
* **Ice Magic**: Cane is able to use elemental Magic with his Magic Cards, Ice Magic being one of them. On his Ice Cards, each one has the back of ice crystals.
	+ **Freeze**: A basic defensive Magic Card that freezes the opponent on top of it.

**Fortune Telling:** Using his tarot cards, Cane is highly skilled in fortune-telling, just like his mother, yet more so. He often associates certain Tarot cards with his friends and family.

**Crash:** Crash is an extremely powerful Caster Magic that smashes everything the user comes into contact with. Cane inherited this powerful Magic from his grandfather, however, he has little to beginner’s control over it—at least enough control to not break everything around him.

* **Brick-Breaking Clap**: As a defensive move, Cane claps his hands with the result similar to an earthquake.
* **Crushing Pulse**: Cane fists his hands and shoots Magic in the form of energy blast capable of high-level explosions.
* **Big Bang**: Similar to an energy blast, Cane rises his hands up to collect Magic around him and of him into a violet static orb. After saying the mantra, “Destruction and Chaos be Crushed. Evil be damned… Big Bang!”, he unleashes the energy. The result, however, is only to be presumed crushing all into its path. Igneel was able to stop a majority of the blast.

**Alcohol Tolerance**: Cane is known for possessing immense alcohol tolerance, something seemingly inherited from his parents. He is able to drink half a barrel and remain sober, but, unlike his parents, watches his amount so he does not end up drunk. He, however, is known for having a weakness of alcohol and once tipsy, he becomes more perverted than usual.

**Enhanced Durability**: As an effect of Crash Magic, Cane is extremely durable. He is able to take on the brunt of even Gary's attacks without flinching.

**Immense Agility**: Cane is known to be not just fast, but quick with his reflexes as he is able to catch a Magic Bullet mere inches from his own face.

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combat**: Cane has shown he is a valiant fighter without his Magic.

## Equipment

**Magic Cards**: Cane always carries around with him a deck of cards, which he uses to perform his Magic Card. The back of all these cards bears a violet cross with heart-shaped arms (reminiscent of Heart Kreuz's logo) surrounded by an intricate motif, while the front part houses a different image for each of them, reminiscent of those found on real-life tarot cards, of which they are based upon.

## Trivia

* Cane was supposed to be like Bacchus and Cana in the sense that he was constantly drinking. He was also supposed to not know Bacchus was his father and was to search for him.
* Cane’s birthday falls on the same birthday as Mamoru Hosoda, a famous Japanese film director and animator.
* Cane, originally, was characterized as someone who despised alcohol and his main Magic would be Crash Magic.
* The Magic Spell « Big Bang » was inspired by Dragonball author Akiyama’s Spirit Bomb, a signature move of Son Goku.