“ | The name is Jackal. One of the Nine Demon Gates of Tartaros. Remember that in hell. as the name of the man that massacred the entire Magic Council. | „ |
~ Jackal performing for Natsu and his friends |
Jackal is a secundary antagonist who appeared in Fairy Tail. He is an Etherious, and a demon that was created by Zeref, and a member of Dark Guild Tartaros.
History[]
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Very little about Jackal is revealed, and his story is unknown, the only thing known about him that he is one of the demons by Zeref. Jackal then massacres the Magic Council, killing everyone en route including Mest's best friend, Lahar. Then he introduces himself to Mest and leaves him alive. After that, Jackal attacks Michello, intending to kill the former Council member. However he is stopped by Natsu, with this Jackal fights Natsu. However Jackal throws his bombs at Natsu as he absorbs the flames around him. Getting impressed by his determination Jackal attacks him the face. Then Jackal says to have a break so he can say something, but Natsu refuses to listen, and attacks him. And during the fight Jackal explodes Natsu and he falls to the ground. With that, Michello cowardly takes advantage of the situation and tries to escape leaving his granddaughter Michelia behind. While Jackal tries to follow him. Lucy then summons the Scorpion Celestial Spirit. He attacks Jackal, who is impressed that Lucy has summoned a Spirit, but Jackal proves to be more powerful that the spirit then closes the gate. Jackal then makes a bomb on Lucy, Michello and a pregnant woman, and orders Lucy to choose which of the two victims he kills.
Then Natsu appears and hits Jackal in the face. And during the fight Natsu discovers Jackal's trick and has vantage over. Forcing then Jackal to transform into his monstrous form. He then attacks Natsu furiously, and continues to assert that humans are incapable of defeating demons. However when in the fight Natsu uses his Lightning Flame Dragon Mode against Jackal fatally hurting him, Jackal laughs and throws a bomb at himself while destroying the city Natsu and the others.
Jackal is then revived and as he descends into the regeneration tanks he mocks Lamy, who is fawning over Tempester's new body. And then when Lamy says Tempester never remembers when he is raised. This has angered Jackal for being defeated by Natsu, and the group is later approached by Minerva who, upon seeing his steely expression, accepts his alliance.
Then Mard Geer Tartaros uses his Alegria and immobilizes all members of Fairy Tail except Lucy who managed to escape the attack. Mard Geer awards his soldiers that anyone who kills Lucy will be prometed. Lucy see that she is being surrounded by Lamy and the soldiers. She then calls Virgo and Loke to help her. Meanwhile Jackal and Torafuzar chase after Lucy. She having no other choice she summons Aquarius. She attacks Jackal who is surprised by her appearance of water spirit, taking him away. Meanwhile Torafuzar advances Aquarius, while Jackal attacks Virgo and Loke causing them to explode and return to the spirit world.
Then while Jackal and Lamy approaches to torture Lucy. Torufuzar reprimands them, but they threaten him and Torufuzar goes away. Then annoyed by the delusions of Lamy, Jackal explodes her leaving Lucy shocked. Jackal prepares to torture her, but Aquarius appears and attacks him. Jackal is furious and blows up everything ahead. Lucy then convinced by Aquarius, she breaks her key and calls the Celestial Spirit King to help her. While Lucy is crying about the farewell of Aquarius. Furious Jackal attacks Lucy but, she stays intact because Aquarius's powers have been transferred to her. After that Jackal keeps trying to attack her, But Lucy is unharmed, she attacks him using Uranus Metria causing Jackal to fall to the ground fatally. Then it is unknown whether Jackal was killed by the Uranus Metria or at the hands of Zeref.
Personality[]
Jackal is a sadistic, cruel man who has no scapular kill for the entire Magic Council, and murders several people in the process. He is moreover a cruel psychopath who tied to kill Michello and when he fled, he mocked Michello for his selfish actions, seen when he cowardly fled leaving his granddaughter behind. Jackal also has a sadistic pleasure in torturing his opponents before killing them. He also likes to play with the lives of his victims when he made Lucy choose who he should kill, Michello or a pregnant woman, however this choice went to the bag when Natsu stopped him from punching.
He is also extremely arrogant, and believes that demons are superior to humans. And he gets annoyed when those he considers weak outweigh him, seen in his fight against Natsu, and Lucy. He holds a grudge against Natsu for his defeat, and will take revenge if he finds them. Jackal is also very inlerant of Lamy's strange behavior, and with a habit of always flattering newborns, he ultimately killed Lamy just because she was annoying to him. Jackal also had a disagreement with Torafuzar as he tells Jackal not to play with his victims. He also showed a certain loyalty to Kyoka after his defeat to Natsu and even apologized.
Appearance[]
Jackal has a youthful appearance with blond hair, white skin and yellow eyes. He has two ears on his head and a tied tail. And both of them are marked by ritual. In its Etherious form, Jackal has a gigantic the explosion. He revives, and his appearance is similar to the previous one, but he now wears different clothes.
Powers and Abilities[]
Jackal is a demon who can use Bomb Curse, his curse can be used for explosions and heat base that destroys everything in contact. He can also Landmine Curse which is an explosive circle that he can trap for his victims, as he did with Lucy and Michello. Jackal can also use the Bomb Orb, in which he can aim at his target and it explodes. Jackal can also transform to his Etherious form and he gains but Enhanced Streght, besides having an Impact Bomb, making him can explode his enemies by means of physical contact, he also has durability and enhanced reflexes as well as being a master infiltrator.
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Trivia[]
- While Seilah was absorbed by Mirajane, it is unclear whelther Jackal was killed by the attack of Lucy, who used the Urano Metria, at the hands of Zeref, or after Zeref died, but given his life is tied to Zeref's, he should be dead after Zeref died.