Mest Gryder

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Mest Gryder, real name Doranbolt, is a member of the Magic Council. He used his magic to have everyone believe he was a member of the Fairy Tail Guild so that he could be chosen as a participant in its S-Class Wizard Promotion Trial at Tenrou Island. He wishes to find knowledge there to disband Fairy Tail in order to earn a promotion, later he becomes horrified when he learns the Council is deciding to destroy Fairy Tail along with the enemies.

Appearance
Mest has bright green eyes, black hair and three scars on the left side on of face. He wears a dark coat with an upright collar and two long arm warmers worn above the sleeves.

Personality
Mest is willing to do anything to attain a promotion from the Magic Council, even illegal search and seizure. This is shown with his infiltration of Fairy Tail's holy land.

In order to keep up the facade of being a Fairy Tail member, he acted like he was stupid and had silly quirks to fit in. This manifested itself by him pretending that he wanted to taste weird things. Since being found out, he stopped.

Despite his self interest, he is not without some heart. He befriends Wendy Marvell and later saves her from a deadly attack even after his position as a non-Fairy Tail member was exposed. He also, seems to have taken a liking to Fairy Tail, and although considers it a disorder to the magic world. He openly admitted that they were not the same as Zeref or Grimoire Heart and doesn't support the Council's idea of firing Etherion on Tenrou Island and erasing all three groups from existence.

History
He joined the Magic Council at some point and stays on when it gets reformed. Later, wanting a promotion, Mest infiltrated Fairy Tail in order to find dirt on them. His reasoning for this was he knows Guran Doma hates Fairy Tail along with the other council members and he knew of Fairy Tail's S-Class Wizard Promotion Trial was coming up and he wanted to get to their private property to find anything slightly shady to bring to the council.

S-Class Trial arc
He was selected to compete in the trial along with Natsu Dragneel, Gray Fullbuster, Juvia Loxar, Elfman, Cana Alberona, Freed Justine, and Levy McGarden.

After learning that he would need a partner, he later met with Wendy and told her that he was Mystogan's disciple. He then asked her to lend him her power, which drove out a rude remark from Charle, who didn't seem to trust him. He acted oddly as he tried eating snow and floating in an icy river while explaining to the pair his wishes to join the world of S-ranked mages.

Shortly after the master arrived to explain the rules of the first trial, he explained to Wendy that the S-class promotion consists of numerous exams each year. When the first trial started, Mest and Wendy were forced to wait due to Fried using a rune on the boat, which prevented everyone from leaving for 5 minutes. As soon as the rune was released, despite believing to be at a disadvantage by Lucy and Cana, Mest and Wendy disappeared from the boat and arrived on the island before them using teleportation.

Mest and Wendy ended up getting a battle path against Gray and Loki which ended with Mest being knocked out easily much to their surprise. Mest awoke to find the battle already over and tried to comfort Wendy on the sudden loss.

At the same time, en route to the island, Charle and Pantherlily questioned whether Mest was really a member of Fairy Tail due to the fact that Mystogan rarely let anyone see him, let alone take on a student. This theory was also supported by how Gray and Loki questioned their memory of him when the duo tried to recall his partner for the last competition. Later Mest mentions to Wendy that the island holds a secret of Fairy Tail and suggests they explore. While Wendy looked in awe at the beauty, Mest looked on with a mysterious smile. He then became ecstatic when he realized that Zeref was on the island. Mest became somewhat anxious when he saw the warning flare that Erza fired above Tenrou Island. He and Wendy were later confronted by Charle and Pantherlily, with the latter pushing him back against a boulder to interrogate him, claiming that Mystogan would never take a disciple and that Mest had used memory magic to infiltrate the exam. Mest then teleports to Wendy and pulls her away from a spot that a split second later would be filled with explosions. He then shouts for the perpetrator to come out; the perpetrator is revealed to be one of Grimoire Heart's Seven Kin of Purgatory, Azuma, who had been merged into a tree. Mest then explains that he is a Magic Council member looking to find dirt on Fairy Tail to put it out of business so that he can earn a promotion. But with Grimoire Heart now on the island, he changes his objective into eliminating the dark guild, claiming that he brought along a battleship with Magic Council's police force; the battleship is then seen in the far background. Unfazed, Azuma mysteriously blows up the battleship and then completely detaches from the tree, sarcastically asking Mest if he could begin his own job now.

As Pantherlily and Azuma do battle, Wendy requests his help in defeating Azuma, and, though he is reluctant, he complies. While Azuma was distracted by Pantherlily, Mest teleports himself and Wendy right behind Azuma to launch a point-blank range attack. However, Azuma instantly recognized their attempt and defeated them all with a giant column of flame. Laying on the ground and shivering, Mest recognizes the extreme power of the Seven Kin. Later, after Azuma walked off, Natsu arrives and since Mest's memory magic wore off, Natsu confronted Mest, though he was quickly informed of the true enemy. The Grimoire Heart members are then launched from the sky, and the group finds itself surrounded by numerous members. However, Mest mysteriously disappears.

Some time later, he teleports to the heavily-damaged ship that Azuma almost blew up and talks to Lahar. He explains to him that a three-way battle between Fairy Tail, Grimoire Heart, and Zeref is occurring. He says he'll contact the HQ with a Communication Lacrima but when he is is told that Guran Doma is a strict man who does not hesitate to use Etherion, he shows reluctance at doing so.

He is then seen speaking with Lahar about Bluenote Stinger, and about how fearsome he is. Lahar then remarks that is why they must contact HQ, but Doranbolt grabs Lahar and tells him to give him some time. He then teleports away with the communication Lacrima, much to the shock of his comrades. He then arrives at the site where Makarov is resting, and Natsu asks he went, and Lucy says that it is Mest of the Council. He then tells Lucy that his name is really Doranbolt. Wendy begins to ask him something but he tells her not to worry because he came there to help them, which suprises Happy and Charle. He then says that with his powers everyone can leave the island, but Natsu and the others refuse. Despite Mest's attempts to convince them otherwise they all decide to stay on the island and fight.

Magic and Abilities
Caster Magic User: Mest has displayed a variety of powerful abilities.


 * Memory Control Magic: It allows him to add his existence to other's memories. It seems to be very powerful, as he was able to fool even Makarov and S-Class mages such as Erza and Mirajane.


 * Teleportation Magic: Mest has also shown skill with Teleportation Magic, as he was able to push Wendy away from a spot that a split second later would be filled with explosions.

Expert Sensor: Mest was able to detect Zeref's presence on Tenrou Island without even being near him. Mest was also able to detect Azuma’s presence, even though Azuma had concealed himself by merging with a tree.

Trivia

 * On the cover of Chapter 214, Mest was seen sporting the attire of the Head of a Division of the Rune Knights.
 * Before Mashima settled on Mest being a member of the Council, he was also considered as a member of either Grimoire Heart, Tartaros, or Fairy Tail.

Quotes

 * (To Wendy) "Will you lend me your power?"
 * (To Wendy) "I want to know what a winter river truly is."
 * (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!"