Griffith Archdusk

**Griffith Archdusk** (グリフィス アークドゥスク *Gurifisu Aakudusuku*) is a Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, wherein he is a member of Team Eldritch Duette.

## Appearance

Griffith is a teenager of average height with a lean, muscular physique which, over the course of time, has become heavily marred with black scars. He has medium-length ashen hair, heterochromatic eyes (one red, and the other gray), and pale skin. Griffith has an unusual black scar on the left side of his face that starts as a crescent moon on his forehead, trailing down in a line that severs his eyebrow and mars his eyelid, and hooks slightly at his cheekbone and follows his cheek down close to his chin.

## Personality

Even when his life was in danger, Griffith refused to back down. Enemies were taken aback by his unorthodox fighting style, and he achieved victories greater than his abilities would suggest. Griffith was driven by a fierce, persistent determination to win, and his guts in battle have proven to work in his favour. However, his volatile emotions could often drive him to behave childishly and became tiresome to his friends at times. Griffith himself could not control his tumultuous soul. Even if seriously wounded, he would completely forget about his pain the moment someone he was trying to protect was in danger. Because of this, his emotions often pushed his body past its limits.

Griffith speaks a rather harsh Japanese, and doesn't mince his words towards anyone. Having lost many of the people he cared about at an early age by the Sunken Valley, he has sworn to destroy all demons. When he found out that Eira was one of Zeref's Demons, he was taken over by rage and hatred, ending up almost killing her. However, his inner good nature didn't allow him to make such a mistake. He understood that not all demons are evil, and is willing to fight along them for a better tomorrow.

He is really jealous of his girlfriend, Stella Frostbite, which can lead to many misunderstandings and funny moments. Despite his personality and really unique power, everyone keeps forgetting him - the phrase 'Griff who?' makes him absolutely loose his mind.

## Magic and Abilities

**Ash Devil Slayer Magic** - a form of Devil Slayer Magic that Griffith can manifest at will which allows him to produce, manipulate and control the element of ash. Like other Slayers, Griffith is able to consume external sources of ash in order to replenish his strength and enhance his power while at the same time granting immunity to it. This form of Magic is extremely powerful and effective against Demons. Griffith obtained this power when the village he lived in was obliterated and burned to ashes by Rezo, Eira and the Sunken Valley. When Griffith woke up and rose from ashes, he saw his body holding up because of weird, black patterns all over it.

* **Ash Devil's Rage** - The Devil Slayer's equivalent to the Dragon Slayer's Roar and God Slayer's Bellow spells. The user, after inhaling, releases a large grey mass of ash from their mouth, directing it towards an area of their choosing. The spell inflicts great damage upon those it contacts, causing everyone unable to resist it to be sent flying away with great force, as well as leaving behind a trail of destruction in its wake, heavily damaging the area it passes through.

* **Ash Devil's Shiver** - The user creates an ashen funnel that form a straight line heading for its target.

* **Ash Devil's Laughter** - The user creates medium to large arrows of ash and releases it onto their target in a flurry.

* **Ash Devil's Claymore** - The user covers their right fist with their left palm and separates them, creating an ethereal claymore in between their two hands that delivers a swift cut to the target while covering them in ash.

* **Ash Devil's Cannon** - The user creates an intricate cannon made of condensed ash and charges it with an smouldering ashen cannonball that is fired at the target at high speeds. Once the arrow makes contact with its target, it explodes and covers the whole area in ash, making it hard to breathe.

* **Ash Devil's Burial** - The user creates a circular barrier of ash, immobilizing his target and capturing it. Because the ash is naturally malleable, most of the target's usual methods for defence or escape become ineffective once they've been encased by it. User then applies additional pressure to target with the ash, crushing them until unconscious.

## Quotes

Other characters' thoughts on Griffith:

**[Greis Ambersiege]** - *"Griffith is like a brother to me, we were always close, even before joining the Fairy Tail Guild and training under Vek. I hope that one day he will let go of all his regrets..."*

**[Kino Drangleic]** - *"Wait... who?"*