Natsu Dragneel

**Natsu Dragneel** is a wizard of the Fairy Tail Guild, wherein he is the de-facto leader of Team Natsu, and the main male protagonist of the *Fairy Tail* series. He is the younger brother of Zeref Dragneel, having originally died 400 years ago, being subsequently revived as his brother's most powerful Etherious: **E.N.D.**. Natsu is also among the five Dragon Slayers sent to the future from four hundred years past, having an additional purpose in the assistance of the defeat of Acnologia.

## Statistics

* **Name**: Natsu Dragneel, Salamander, E.N.D., Etherious Natsu Dragneel
* **Origin**: Fairy Tail
* **Gender**: Male
* **Age**: 17 (Chronologically 400+)
* **Birthday**: August 18
* **Classification**: Human/Etherious Hybrid, First Generation Dragon Slayer, Fairy Tail Wizard, Team Natsu Leader
* **Blood Type**: AB
* **Height**: 171 cm (5'7.3")
* **Weight**: 62 kg (137 lbs)
* **Skin Color**: Light Tan
* **Eye Color**: Black
* **Hair Color**: Pink
* **Relatives**: Igneel (Foster father, deceased), Natsu and Zeref's Parents (deceased), Natsu Dragion (Edolas counterpart), Zeref Dragneel (Older brother)
* **Alignment**: Good
* **Status**: Active
* **Class**: **S-Class**
* **Notable Attacks/Techniques**: Fire Dragon Iron Fist, Fire Dragon Roar, Fire Dragon Claw, Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame, Fire Dragon Sword Horn, Fire Dragon Wing Attack, Fire Dragon Flame Elbow, Fire Dragon Crushing Fang, Fire Dragon Grip Strike, Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon Fist, Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade, Lightning Fire Dragon Roar, Lightning Fire Dragon Iron Fist, Lightning Fire Dragon Firing Hammer, Hidden Fire Form - Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Sword, Fire Dragon King Destruction Fist, Fire Dragon King Roar
* **Voice Actor**: Tetsuya Kakihara, MAKO (young)

## Appearance

Natsu is a lean, muscular young man of average height with a slightly tan skin tone, black eyes, spiky pink-colored hair, and has abnormal sharp canines; Natsu has a scar on the right side of his neck, hidden by his scarf. Following his intense battle with the Rogue Cheney of the future, Natsu gains a cross-shaped scar on the left side of his abdomen, a result of the two fatal wounds the man dealt to him during their several altercations. His red guild mark is located just below his right shoulder.

Natsu's trademark outfit consists of a sleeveless, gold trimmed, black waistcoat, often left open and untucked, exposing his bare chest, a gold trimmed, black waist cape around his waist that reaches his knees, held by a leather brown belt with an oval-shaped silver buckle, white knee-length trousers with black ribbon ties, a thick black wristband on his left wrist, black open-toed sandals and the white, scale-patterned scarf he received from his adoptive father Igneel. He has also been known to wear a rolled up comforter strapped across his back, though he rarely carries it in battle.

## Personality

Natsu is a carefree, mischievous and reckless young man, with a straightforward mind that often tackles any issue with a "hands on" approach, and a voracious appetite when it comes to food. His solution to problems often involve violence. He commonly uses his catchphrase, "*I'm All Fired Up Now!*", whenever he feels excited or angry. At times, he is often impatient, hates boredom and always has a short temper, which often leads him getting into many pointless fights with his fellow guildmates, mainly Gray and Gajeel. Even when disrespected or faced with obvious hostility, Natsu rarely ever reciprocates the feelings, and often forgoes grudge-holding, except to Jellal Fernandes (who at one point hurt Erza), but learned to forgive him later on. He also shows compassion for his enemies, and is disgusted when they hurt their own comrades. On a side note, Natsu rarely exhibits any perverse tendencies towards the opposite sex.

Despite his consistent brawls with the other Fairy Tail members, he is a fiercely loyal, selfless and protective friend, who deeply values the safety and care of those close to him; his acceptance of fear helps his guildmates and himself emotionally grow even against the impossible. Whenever the situation calls for it, he becomes serious and will immediately rush to aid those in dire need. He is willing to go down fighting for his friends, regardless of how futile it might seem. Also, Natsu is incredibly strong of character and will: no matter the situation, he never doubts himself and he never gives up, no matter what, something that others make him dependable to trust.

Natsu continuously tries to prove his strength to others. At various points in time, he has challenged Erza, Laxus, and even Gildarts (in short, three of Fairy Tail's current S-Class Wizards), to fight him, albeit, he was beaten every single time. Despite his losses, Natsu bears them no ill will, as he considers everyone in the Guild to be his family. Due to his reckless nature, Natsu's fights usually ends with widespread destruction. Natsu's love of fighting and competition has allowed him to develop a rather strategic mind, helping him to, on various occasions, find weaknesses in his opponent's techniques, or simply weaknesses his opponents themselves possess. Natsu has also defeated his opponents with pure wit, rather than brute strength. Natsu, befitting his stubbornness, never backs out of a fight.

As a Dragon Slayer, Natsu suffers from motion sickness. Natsu becomes sick from riding on any form of transportation, even if the transportation happens to be other people. This, however, does not apply to Happy, as he considers him family, not transportation. Natsu can become sick from looking at, or simply thinking about, any form of transportation. In spite of his naturally dense nature, Natsu is quite perceptive and understanding of his friend's feelings, even towards those of his enemies and rivals. The only things Natsu has ever feared are Erza’s wrath (albeit for comic relief), transportation, and the Magic Council.

## Abilities and Equipment

**Fire Dragon Slayer Magic**: Natsu is adept with his Dragon Slayer Magic and makes use of it in many different ways in combat. As with all Dragon Slayers, he can consume his respective element, with the exception of that which he has created, to replenish his energy reserves. The heat of his fire can increase in temperature, which is proportional to Natsu's emotional state. Natsu subconsciously used this against Erigor; his flame's heat significantly rose as he got more enraged. This is also called the "*Flames of Emotion*". He incorporates the flames he ignites into his fighting style, greatly increasing the damage of his blows. As such, Natsu's Magic revolves around the usage of fire that can spout from any part of his body like an ordinary Dragon. Natsu's ability to eat flames gives him immunity to most types of flames and allows him to spew fire from his lungs. This fire is exceptionally hot and is thought to be equivalent to that of a real dragon, being able to cleanly burn through metal (and vaporize sand on contact), and can even use his flames to create a propulsive effect. The type of fire he uses can be changed. For example, can create it can be solidified to cling to surfaces. In addition, the sudden change in temperature caused by his rapid bursts of flame affect nearby air currents and manipulate them to an extent.

**Lightning Fire Dragon Mode**: A Dual Elemental Dragon Mode which Natsu obtained after eating Laxus Dreyar's lightning and having the flames and lightning inside his body fuse together. With it, Natsu has gained the ability to use his Fire Dragon Slayer Magic enhanced with lightning. This form also immensely enhances his physical and magical powers, making him twice more powerful than before. When in a state of anger, Natsu is able to summon forth this power, however, it leaves him heavily exhausted afterward. After unlocking his Second Origin, Natsu experiences a noticeably less amount of strain and can maintain this form for a considerable amount of time.

**Dragon Force**: By consuming **Etherion** or the **Flame of Rebuke**, Natsu has been shown to be able to enter Dragon Force. In this form, Natsu turns into a humanoid Dragon, gaining numerous reptilian scales and traits, such as further elongated, and sharper canines, and red, scale-like patterns on his skin. This ability is said to be the final and most powerful state a Dragon Slayer can attain, and it has been said that their power becomes comparable to that of a real Dragon's. According to Natsu, this state multiplies his strength by two or three times after he ate the Flame of Rebuke. Whenever Natsu himself uses Dragon Force, his flames gained the ability to burn off offending Magic. Natsu is the first known First Generation Dragon Slayer to later enter Dragon Force without consuming external sources.

* **Enhanced Strength**: With the help of Dragon Force, Natsu's physical strength has been augmented to overpower Jellal in a contest of power, and hold his own against both Zero and Mard Geer Tartaros.
* **Enhanced Reflexes**: With the help of Dragon Force, Natsu was shown to have faster reflexes enough to dodge most of Jellal and Zero's attacks.
* **Enhanced Endurance**: With the help of Dragon Force, Natsu was shown to have greater physical stamina as he is able to continue fighting despite taking heavy damage from Zero.

**Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Natsu is an extremely proficient unarmed fighter, often using his Dragon Slayer Magic in combination with punches, kicks, and even headbutts, to combat his opponents to great effect. Such skill is paired with amazing physical prowess: aside from his strength, Natsu has displayed high degrees of speed, agility and reflexes, enough for him to match melee-specialists of Erza's caliber in battle.

**Enhanced Strength**: Natsu has shown on numerous occasions to possess a high degree of strength, enough for him to perform a number of physical feats, among which are freely swinging around the mast of a ship as a makeshift weapon, doing the same with a palm tree he personally broke, bare-handed, shattering a billiard table and cracking most of its balls simply by hitting one of them with the cue, and stopping the gargantuan Dorma Anim's foot, which was going to crush him and his fellow Dragon Slayers, all by himself, subsequently throwing the robotic Dragon off balance by rapidly pushing it away. Furthermore, he was capable of battling both Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney, alone, while they were in Dragon Force, easily over-powering the two with his sheer physical strength. Furthermore, Natsu is able to lift a very large boulder, given the fact that he was already injured from Franmalth's Curse, and used it in order to defeat the Demon.

**Enhanced Speed**: Natsu's speed and reflexes are impressive, enough for him to close great distances in a blink of an eye and dodge swift attacks.

**Enhanced Reflexes**: Natsu possesses fast reflexes, having been capable of dodging attacks from Erza, Laxus and, most recently, attacks from Sting and Franmalth.

**Enhanced Durability**: Natsu has proven himself to be incredibly durable. He has managed to take continual, deadly assaults from foes and continue fighting. Such impressive resistance was first shown during his battle with Erigor, in which he received wounds from his opponent's strong, sharp wind, and kept fighting on, nonetheless. Also, during his fight with Cobra, Natsu displayed a natural resistance against the Oración Seis' member's poison, described as lethal and corrosive. A true testament to his durability was shown when he blocked one of Sting Eucliffe's strongest attacks, Holy Nova, with a single hand, and emerged completely unscathed from the enormous explosion that followed the impact.

**Enhanced Senses**: As a Dragon Slayer, Natsu's five senses are more sharper than a human's.

* **Enhanced Smell**: Natsu has a very keen sense of smell. Natsu could easily distinguish Kaby as a poor man, rather than a rich one, from his smell, even though he was temporarily living in his friend's expensive house to appear otherwise. Natsu could also, as a result of their prior encounter, track Ultear via scent, despite the large distance between them.
* **Enhanced Hearing**: Natsu, according to himself, possesses exceptionally good hearing, something which, during the Grand Magic Games, was proven true. During Lucy Heartfilia's fight with Flare Corona, the latter was threatening Asuka Connell with the help of her hair. Natsu was seemingly the only one who could hear their low conversation, and thus reacted accordingly by protecting the girl from the threat, allowing Lucy to continue fighting.

**Strong Willpower**:

**Curse Power**: Referred to his as **E.N.D. Power**, Natsu as an Etherious is able to access his demonic power when he is overcome with immense anger and despair, which triggers his demonic side inside. His arms and facial features become more demonic, while his physical parameters and magic increases. However, he loses his ability to think and function properly, and becomes a merciless creature who attacks everything in sight. It would seem that some form of soothing is required to end his rampage, typically in the form of music or someone very close to reason with him.

**Immense Magic Power**: While only an S-Class Mage Candidate, Natsu is noted on numerous occasions to have tremendously large amounts of Magic Power, well beyond even S-Class level Mages. His Magic is noted to be warm and bright, almost hot when his emotions effect his strength such as anger. Aside from his vast magic strength is his immense reserves, able to use high-level Fire Dragon Slayer Magic spells in rapid succession without showing any sign of fatigue, even if he regains his strength by consuming fire other than his own. His Magic is orange in color, and when visible, takes the shape of a fire-shaped dragon avatar with a pair of wings, horns and red-colored sclera.

### Techniques

**Fire Dragon Roar**: Natsu's signature *Dragon Roar* in which he quickly gathers and releases a large quantity of flames from his mouth at his target.

**Fire Dragon Iron Fist**: Natsu engulfs his fist in flames and punches the target.

**Fire Dragon Claw**: Natsu ignites his feet in flames, thereby increasing the power of his kicks. The flames can also be used for jet-propulsion purposes.

**Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame**: Natsu ignites both his hands in flames and then brings them together to create a large fireball and throwing it at his enemies, blowing them away with destructive force.

**Fire Dragon Sword Horn**: Natsu lights his entire body ablaze and headbutts the target at a high speed.

**Fire Dragon Wing Attack**: Natsu jumps into the air, and then ignites two streams of fire from his hands, subsequently swinging such streams at the opponent and blowing them away. Alternatively in close-quarters combat, Natsu rushes towards the target and grabs them, before subsequently setting hands ablaze, sending them flying.

**Fire Dragon Flame Elbow**: Natsu creates a stream of fire from his elbow, propelling him forward and increasing the strength of his punches.

**Fire Dragon Crushing Fang**: With his hand lit ablaze, Natsu swipes at the target in a claw-like fashion, burning them.

**Fire Dragon Grip Strike**: Grabbing his enemy and supporting his arm with his other, Natsu blasts the foe at a close range.

**Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Fire Dragon Fist**: Natsu rapidly punches his target, with his hands lit ablaze, creating a fiery explosion after each subsequent contact. Such a spell was shown to be able to defeat Gajeel Redfox, the Iron Dragon Slayer, who, at the time, was utilizing his **Iron Dragon Scales**, and destroy the entire Phantom Lord Guild Building.

**Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade**: Natsu swipes his arms in a circular fashion, creating a powerful, and highly destructive, torrent of flames that barrages his target. Natsu habitually uses this spell as a finishing move, having employed against a worn-out Laxus Dreyar at the end of their battle, used against Gildarts Clive as a finisher, which, notably, caused the mighty Mage to take a few steps back, and once more against Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney, with which he completely overpowered the two Third Generation Dragon Slayers, who were in Dragon Force, defeating them.

**Igneel Style Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Hidden Fire Form - Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Sword**: Natsu ignites his entire body with fire, and then charges towards the target, sending them into the air with a sharp uppercut. Natsu then, in a similar manner to Fire Dragon's Sword Horn, headbutts his target. This spell appears to be Natsu's strongest in his arsenal, as it was able to overpower Zero's strongest spell, **Genesis Zero**, something that Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade could not, although, this could be because Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Sword relies on piercing power, rather than explosive power. This destructively unstoppable spell was used to defeat Zero and destroy one of Nirvana's six leg-powering Lacrima.

#### Lightning Fire Dragon Mode

**Lightning Fire Dragon Roar**: Natsu's alternate, lightning-enhanced version of his **Fire Dragon Roar**. Natsu gathers and combines lightning and fire in his mouth, subsequently releasing them in a large, destructive, sparking blast. This spell is capable of traveling great distances, wreaking havoc wherever it passes, as shown when it crossed half of Tenrou Island, generating a large explosion. In spite of the fact that this spell is potentially powerful enough to kill a person, a single use is enough to heavily strain Natsu's body and completely drain him of all his Magic Power.

**Lightning Fire Dragon Iron Fist**: Natsu's alternate version of his **Fire Dragon Iron Fist**. Natsu engulfs his hand in lightning and flame, and, in addition to being burned after being struck, his opponent's are also struck by a bolt of lightning.

**Lightning Fire Dragon Firing Hammer**: Natsu engulfs his fist and forearm in fire and lightning and devastatingly strikes his opponent. Even with its power diffused by Minerva's defense, it was still strong enough to blow away most of the top floor of a large building.

**Revised Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Crimson Lotus: Exploding Lightning Blade**: Natsu's alternate, lighting-enhanced version of his Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade. Natsu engulfs one hand in lightning and the other in flames. By swinging his arms around, Natsu creates a highly destructive vortex of fire and lightning, which greatly damages the opponent and pushes them away with tremendous force. This spell is powerful enough to defeat the almighty Guild Master of Grimoire Heart, Hades, in a single hit.

## Weaknesses

Gets extreme motion sickness from riding any form of transportation, even thinking about it makes him sick.

Very reckless and bull-headed; not bright outside of combat.

Eating other types of Magic other than fire will make him feel ill for a few days.

Using his most powerful attacks leaves him drained of magic energy.

Damaging the Book of E.N.D. causes damage to him.

As a member of Fairy Tail, the destruction of the holy tree of Tenrou Island will weaken him.

Fire Magic is inherently weak against Water Magic.

Loses the will to think and function properly when using his Curse Power (activated by intense levels of negative energy and emotions like rage and despair).

## Relationships

*Main Article: Natsu Dragneel/Relationships*