Mest Gryder

**Mest Gryder** (メスト・グライダー *Mesuto Guraidā*) is a member of Fairy Tail and formerly a member of the Magic Council[4] as a Division Head of the Rune Knights. In X784, he used his Memory Control to deceive the members of the Fairy Tail so that he could infiltrate the guild,[6][7]while in actuality he was always a member of Fairy Tail who erased his own memories to successfully infiltrate the aforementioned Magic Council,[3] using the alias **Doranbolt** (ドランバルト *Doranbaruto*).[2][1]

## Appearance

Mest is a lean-built man of average height with short, almost shaved black hair, with a slightly outlined widow's peak, and complete with mildly long sideburns. He has large, bright emerald turquoise eyes,[8] and thin eyebrows. The left side of his face is covered by three distinctive scars: the shortest one that points diagonally upwards in his left eye's direction, and "connected" by the longest scar, diagonally in the other way, to the similarly oriented one which goes up to his forehead. Such scars harmlessly cover Mest's left eyebrow and part of his hair, passing over them. Hanging from Mest's left ear is a simple earring, with an elongated pendant attached to it.[9]

Seven years after Tenrou Island's seeming disappearance, Mest appears to have gained sharper, more defined facial features, has grown a small goatee below his mouth and slightly longer hair, with some messy strands covering his forehead and others jutting upwards from the top of his head. His left ear still bears the earring.[10]

When acting like a spy within Fairy Tail, Mest's attire consists of a pinstriped jacket with a high and wide upright collar, alternating red stripes to different series of orange ones, with distinctive loose brown arm warmers covering the sleeves from the cuffs to below the shoulders, each bearing a simple, undulated motif right below the upper edge, simple black pants and white shoes.[11][12]

Mest has also been shown in his Council uniform. This consists of a dark jacket, with light-colored edges and a pair of buttoned bands on each sleeve, worn over a lighter shirt bearing the dark ankh-like symbol typical of the Rune Knights, mildly loose, light pants held up by a simple belt, similarly colored gloves and shoes, and a light cape held in place by a rhomboidal buckle adorned by a gem. During his first appearance after the 7-year time skip, he dons this very same attire.[10][13]

After Tartaros' defeat, Fairy Tail's guild mark is given back to him by Makarov; it rests on his right shoulder.[3] By X792, Mest has grown his hair out even longer, and the only thing he retains of his old look is the earring in his left ear. He now wears a red high-collared, fur trimmed, form-fitting muscle shirt with leopard print around the collar and clavicle areas. For his lower body, Mest now wears simple dark green jeans with a black stripe going up the side of either pant leg, a simple belt, and black shoes. Around his right bicep is a band, and around both wrists are light-colored wristbands with a dark stripe going through the middle. The mark of Fairy Tail continues to rest on his right shoulder.[14]

## Personality

Mest was initially avaricious, willing to do anything to attain a promotion from the Magic Council.[4] He was even willing to infiltrate Fairy Tail. In order to keep up the facade of being a Fairy Tail member, he acted intelligently and used silly quirks to fit in, such as devouring snow to see what it tastes like and entering a river to know what it feels like.[15] Despite of his self-interest, however, he still cares for others; he befriends Wendy Marvell and later saves her from a deadly attack, even after his position as a non-Fairy Tail member was exposed.[16]He also openly admitted that the Fairy Tail Guild was not the same as Zeref or Grimoire Heart, he doesn't support the Council's idea of firing Etherion on Tenrou Island and erasing all the three groups from existence.[5] Mest made an attempt to teleport the members of Fairy Tail outside the island, but they refused to leave.[17] After this, Mest was seen fretting over the well-being of the guild and its members.

During the year X791, when the news of the returning Team Tenrou reached the Magic Council, he said he was not interested, although he was visibly conflicted.[18] When confronted by Makarov during the same year, who temporarily brought his memories back, he shed genuine tears of joy when he heard the Tenrou Group members were all safe.[19]During the Grand Magic Games, Mest also shed tears of joy over Erza's victory in Pandemonium, proving that his care for Fairy Tail runs deep,[20] even in spite of the fact that his memories of being a Fairy Tail member are gone.[3]

Mest possesses a strong sense of justice. He is willing to do whatever is right even If it means breaking rules, such as erasing the memories of the council and even Lahar on the royal family having a connection to Zeref's dark magic[21] and even threatening Cobra's life for vital information after the assassination of his comrades in the Magic Council by Jackal.[22]Makarov also remarked him to be a individual willing to sacrifice himself to protect the guild he loves, as he erased his own memories to infiltrate the Council more easily. Though the Guild Master also noted him to be a pain to deal with, as he was told not to erase his own memories and did so anyway.[23]

After he regained his memories as a member of Fairy Tail, he is shown to be a staunch believer in the guild's power, even attempting to dissuade Makarov from disbanding the guild. While the master explained the entire situation with the Alvarez Empire, that Mest was supposed to gather intelligence about, he is gravely concerned, and even cries while Makarov is informing him about going on what Mest saw as a suicide mission to negotiate with the hostile country, worried about his well being.[24]

## Magic and Abilities

**Memory Control** (記憶操作 *Kioku Sōsa*): A type of Magic which allows Mest to add his existence to others' memories, making it seem like they have known him for a long time, allowing him to pass unnoticed and easily infiltrate even large groups of people.[39] It seems to be very powerful, as he was able to fool even S-Class Mages such as Erza and Mirajane[6][118] as well as Brandish μ, one of the immensely powerful Spriggan 12.[119] He also has the ability to erase memories and replace them with fake ones. His skill in it's usage is exceptional, earning a compliment from Former Wizard Saint, Jellal Fernandes, when he learned that Mest had erased the memories of everyone involved in the Dragon Attack, including the Magic Council, so they were unaware of the event as well as the Royal Family's usage of Dark Magic from the Books of Zeref.[120] In addition, he also modified the memories of everyone in Fairy Tail who knew about Lumen Histoire, as well as being capable of modifying his own to make the task of infiltrating the Magic Council less difficult.[23] An additional skill associated with this Magic is that the user may at any given point relay and subsequently replay their own memories to whomever they desire.[121]**Teleportation Magic** (瞬間移動の魔法 *Shunkanidō no Mahō*): Mest has shown skill with this versatile type of Spatial Magic, which allows him to cover very large distances in the blink of an eye. It makes for an extremely fast and effective means of transportation, and can also be used in combat, when the situation requires for fast actions: through this Magic's use, Mest was able to push Wendy away from a spot that a split second later would have been filled with explosions[122] and save both Carla and Wendy from a self-destructing Face at the last second.[74] He is later shown able to teleport multiple individuals without physical contact nor being present around their viscinity.[123]

* **Direct Line** ( *Dairekuto Rain*): Mest teleports to any location in a direct line. It was used to teleport in front of Wendy and save her from Azuma's attack.[122]His teleportation is not only limited to himself as he is able to carry others with him while teleporting.

**Master Sensor**: Mest was able to detect Zeref's presence on Tenrou Island without even being near him.[35] He could also detect Azuma’s presence, even though the man had concealed himself by merging with a tree.[124] In addition, he was able to pick up faint signs of life in the various victims targeted by the Reborn Oración Seis that were thought to be corpses by Lahar.[48]

**Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant**: Mest is skilled in the use of hand-to-hand combat. He employs it in conjunction with his Teleportation Magic to catch his opponents off guard; this combination was effective enough for him to keep up with two melee specialists, the caliber of Gray and Loke at close range.[125]

**Immense Reflexes**: Mest possess extremely sharp reflexes. Despite under the influences of Racer's Slowing Magic and not in prime physical form, he was able to see his movements and even react quickly enough to save Katja and evade him for a limited amount of time.[48]

**Master Infiltrator**: Mest seems to be extremely talented in infiltration and gathering intelligence, being his specialty with the combined usage of his Memory Control within the Magic Council[67] as an Intelligence Officer.[5] His skills in infiltration combined with the usage of Memory Control has let him even modify the Mages of Fairy Tail Guild's memories and sneak in using an alias.[39] In addition, he was even able to infiltrate the Magic Council under Makarov Dreyar's instruction and was willing to modify his own memories to make the task easier.[23]

## TMNT X Pokemon

Mest works undercover as a Foot soldier in order to get information from Shredder. Once he got everything he needs for the Magic Council, he betrays Shredder and joins the heroes. He was able to accomplish it by controlling their memories into thinking he is one of Shredder's allies

## Trivia

* Before Mashima settled on Mest being a member of the Magic Council as he initially appeared to be, he was also considered as a member of either Grimoire Heart, Tartaros, or Fairy Tail.[127]

## Quotes

* (To Wendy Marvell) *"I want to know what a winter river truly is."* [128]
* (To Lahar) *"W-Wait! It's true that the council isn't exactly fond of Fairy Tail, but they shouldn't be compared with Zeref and Grimoire!"* [129]
* (To Lahar) *"Don't give up. As long as we do everything we can..."* [130]