Karma Dragneel

Devil (悪魔)

The Second Trumpet (セカンドトランペット)

Bodyguard

Assassin (formerly)

Messenger (formerly)

**Karma Dragneel**「業 (カルマ)  ドラグニル」is the Second Trumpetur of The Seven Trumpets, also known as Oberon. He was originally Eri's personal knight before his kidnapping, the two were later reunited but their memories of eachother are still erased.

## Appearance

Karma has pale skin, short red hair, and pale sharp eyes that appear as either mercury or goldish in color. Behind his usual innocent-looking, smiling face hides a torturous and rather sadistic personality. He has a slender build and has also been shown to have exceptionally sharp canine teeth. In the anime, Karma is considered to be the most physically attractive out of all the holy knights and Seven Trumpets.

Karma's main outfit consists of a open-collared, gold trimmed, black, one-sleeved long overcoat, which is tucked in and zipped. The sleeve covers Karma's left arm with a faux leather brown armband, leaving his entire right arm, consequently exposed, and covering his red trumpet mark. As well as white pants held by a leather brown belt, with black and gold boots. Karma continues wearing the scale-patterned scarf he received from Eri, made from his adoptive father, Igneel's, scales, and now wears a thick black wristband on his right wrist.

## Personality

Karma is well-known throughout the Kingdom for his violent behavior and troublesome attitude. He is quite cunning, mischievous, and somewhat sadistic, usually playing foul, tricking, and at times manipulating, humiliating and fighting others. He has been described by Lancelot as "at first glance, he comes across as being a lazy sort, but there's a strong sense of mischief in his eyes".

Karma is quite relaxed most of the time as he occasionally skips out on things he finds boring, such as the royal assemblies. However, he has become considerably more protective and attached to Eri, although he hides it by making it look like he is just passing the time. Unexpectedly, Karma is a fan of The Seven Deadly Sins.

Despite his somewhat sadistic nature, Karma actually has good values behind his motives, and can be quite empathetic. The true reason he was placed as Eri's personal knight was that he had rescued a senior from being bullied by higher rank holy knights from the castle. He believes each and every member of the Seven Trumpets have their own special talents and will defend them.

When he was a normal knight, due to the betrayal of his most-trusted mentor, Karma began to hate all people who called themselves 'mentors' and as a result, he had almost zero respect for any adults. However, Karma has become more objective after meeting Meliodas, now respecting more of his opponents' and mentors' strengths and weaknesses.

Karma has shown to be more than capable of respecting and caring for other people, as he greatly cares for Eri who seems to be his best friend, and has grown attached to his fellow Trumpets': he is best friends with Eri, he gets along with Jellal and Wendy, often teases Grey, and respects Irene. However, Karma also tends to be quite impulsive, to the point of becoming truly brutal and cruel when fighting with people who threaten him or any of his friends.

## Abilities and Equipment

As a member of Fairy Tail, Karma is very powerful. His speed and strength greatly surpass that of an ordinary human, and his specialty is using his strength in conjunction with his ability, Fire Dragon. Due to being raised under the harsh conditions of Purgatory, Karma's endurance and durability surpasses holy knights drastically. His physique is evolved and adapted so that he could withstand near-death conditions and come out completely unharmed.

Karma is capable of utilizing and leading his comrades, making use of their abilities in the most suitable way to the corresponding situation. He demonstrates this ability in bits and pieces throughout the series, such as when he planned to subdue Eri at the natural pool, but only fully begin to demonstrate this in Chapter 145, where he guided each of his comrades to positions best befitting them. He admitts that Eri surpasses him strategically.

Karma is one of the smartest characters in the series, being capable of rivaling Eri intellectually. He assets his cunning, mischief yet considerable objective nature to assassination attempts, as well as other scenarios that may require it, such as saving his teammates or others. He also is often the first person to notice any oddities that may occur around and within the Seven Trumpets.

Besides his intelligence, Karma possesses a knack for battle and enjoys it. He has good fighting skills such as having high mobility and reflexes, and also has a mind suited for pranks, and foul play. He is also the physically strongest Trumpet as he has no trouble subduing Adrien who has the most muscular build in the order, and it took both Grey and Jellal struggling to physically restrain him before he could have injured Lancelot. It is also stated by Tristan that no one could compare to Karma at direct hand to hand combat, to the point of fighting toe-to-toe with a full-fledged assassins, and his reflexes allow him to pinch down an enemy's attacks, though he isn't so stealthy as Eri.

### Abilities

* **Fire Dragon**「*火竜 Karyū*」: Karma is adept with his Fire Dragon ability and makes use of it in many different ways in combat. He can consume fire, 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 Karma's emotional state. Karma subconsciously used this against Lancelot; his flame's heat significantly rose as he got more enraged. This is also called the Flame of Emotion. He incorporates the flames he ignites into his fighting style, greatly increasing the damage of his blows. As such, Karma's ability revolves around the usage of fire that can spout from any part of his body. Karma's ability to eat flames gives him immunity to most types of flames, including explosions, and allows him to spew fire from his lungs. This fire is exceptionally strong - equivalent to a Dragon and Purgatory's fire - being able to burn even through metal. At one point, Karma was able to gain a temporary dragonized form which greatly increases his abilities enough to defeat a dragon who had been further empowered by magic.
* **Thought Projection** (思念体 *Shinentai*): Due to his real body being in a comatose state inside of an egg like plant, Eri was able to create an apparition of him through Magic, which he used to communicate and perform ordinary tasks. Moreover, this projection of Eri's has a set of ethereal powers, as it can fly at will, as well as walk on water. However, her specific Thought Projection is unique that she can only be seen and heard by people who bear the Trumpet insignia or are blood related to her, giving Karma no control over who can and cannot see him. His ethereal body doesn't affect his physical one unlike Eri.

## Trivia

* Karma's first name translates to "karma" (業).
* According to the databook(s):
	+ Karma's special skill is melee-combat.
	+ Hobbies: taunting and harassing.
	+ Daily Routine: watching over Eri and sleeping.
	+ Weak Point: Eri.
	+ Birthplace: Purgatory.
	+ What he likes about himself: Nothing really
	+ Goal: Protect Eri and find Igneel.
	+ Regrets: That he couldn’t save...
	+ His greatest shame is his past self.
	+ The most embarrassing thing in his life: That he felt depressed when Igneel disappeared.
	+ The thing he wants to do the most is to make Eri his.
	+ Favorite animal: Dragon
	+ Favorite scent: Char
	+ Favorite drink: Flavored Milk
	+ Favorite food: His own cooking
	+ Charm Point: His scarf and condescending glare/smile.
	+ He has no complex.
	+ The person he respects the most is Eri and Igneel.
	+ The person he does not want to make an enemy of is Meliodas.
* His most treasured item is a collection of spices from around the world.
* He always wears the scarf Eri made him, only taking it off for formal events.
* Karma is actually a considerably good cook and has a preference for spicy food.

* Given Karma's history and previous line of work, he has heightened senses, advanced combat skills, and keen eye to detect change, though prefers to keep his face hidden to feel more at ease.
* Karma has a high resistance to alcohol and can be matched by Meliodas and Merlin.
* Despite looking like a human, Karma is actually a humanoid Purgatory creature who was raised by a dragon, Igneel.
* Karma shares a room with Jellal and Grey.
* According to Nakaba, in the first official fanbook, Karma is the most handsome character.
* As a child, Karma had a power level of 2,410
* Despite being quite lazy, Merlin has stated that Karma was probably the strongest within the Trumpets despite him not excelling in any particular are such as knifework or other weaponry. Most likely this means that Karma prefers to stick to tricks and pranks for assassinations rather than going into full-out combat.
* According to Karma & Eri Character Guidebook:
	+ Karma loves every part and all expressions of Eri.
	+ His first love is Eri and she is his light.
	+ He would always fall in love with her, as he loved her again after their memories were erased.
	+ Karma would stop anyone who would try to harass Eri.
	+ Karma would still eat Eri's cooking even if it taste's bad, (he would make fun of her though).
	+ Karma wants Igneel to be a matchmaker for his and Eri's wedding.
	+ Karma finds it cute when Eri raves about Fairies.
	+ He is a self-taught cook.