Yomazu

Yomazu (ヨマズ Yomazu) is one of the most powerful lesser-rank members of the Dark Guild, Grimoire Heart, serving under one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory, Caprico. He's partnered with Kawazu.

Appearance
Yomazu’s appearance is that of a humanoid goat, with a prominent flat nose and a goat’s beard. He’s seemingly covered in short, brown fur, and, when shown without his helmet, two large goat's ears, hanging down on his head's sides, are visible.

He’s clad in a set of red samurai-like armor with golden edges, consisting of a traditional breastplate bearing Grimoire Heart’s symbol on it, linked to the pauldrons, which on the other hand are spherical and bear little to no resemblance to the plated one worn by ancient samurai, gauntlets revealing his hands, a waistguard composed of four traditional samurai plates, hanging over Yomazu’s legs, and a traditional samurai kabuto helmet with a prominent, golden crest on the front part and a long and furry ornament protruding from the back, which, strangely enough, isn’t always portrayed. Together with this armor and below it, he dons a simple outfit consisting of a very long, pale grey shirt, loose dark pants with the lower leg parts being wrapped in bandages, and traditional Japanese sandals with socks. He also dons a light red obi belt tied around his waist, above the waistguard, and carries around a standard sword, tied to his left hip.

Personality
Yomazu is shown to be confident in his abilities, and fairly cocky in battle. He views the members of legal Guilds as weak, because they are willing to abide by the "suffocating" rules set by the Magic Council.

However, he seems prone to disclose too much information regarding his Guild's plans even when only casually asked: he let out in front of a downed Gajeel Redfox that the rest of Grimoire Heart would be coming soon, which effectively revitalized him for another round of battle, and later, after being threatened by Erza Scarlet, he disclosed all of the Guild's intentions.

Oración Seis arc
Two shadowy figures bearing a great resemblance to Yomazu and his partner Kawazu appear alongside Grimoire Heart’s Guild Master, Hades during his discussion about the Oración Seis matter with Ultear Milkovich. The one resembling Yomazu comments that legal Guilds would hardly overlook Oración Seis taking action, and the other, resembling his partner, states that they should be taking advantage of the current situation to keep searching for the keys to Zeref’s seal.

Tenrou Island arc
Yomazu and Kawazu are the first Grimoire Heart “lesser” members to infiltrate Tenrou Island: when Levy McGarden, one of the S-Class candidates on the Island, runs away from her partner Gajeel Redfox out of frustration for his demeanor towards her, the two ambush her. Yomazu tries cutting her, but she falls to the ground, luckily avoiding the attack. Kawazu is immediately behind her, immobilizing her hands and laying her on the ground so that his partner can finish her, something Yomazu readies to do, stating that one enemy is already going down. Before he can finish off a terrified Levy, however, Gajeel appears to parry Yomazu’s attack and save her from certain death. Yomazu and Kawazu stare in silence as their two opponents stand back to back, ready for confrontation.

As Gajeel and Levy exchange words, with the latter commenting that they shouldn’t attack members of the Balam Alliance so arbitrarily, Yomazu and Kawazu proceed to mock them, with Yomazu calling the amount of rules in regular Guilds suffocating, and Kawazu stating that, in war, there aren’t rules. When asked by Gajeel why they mentioned “war” and what is their goal, Yomazu replies that they came to poach all the fairies on the island while he activates his Gō spell, producing a continuous, extremely loud noise which forces Gajeel and Levy to cover their ears.

As Levy suffers under Kawazu's Egg Magic barrages, Gajeel dodges a pair of slashes Yomazu performs against him. Then, much to Yomazu’s dismay, his spell is nullified by Levy’s Solid Script: Silent, allowing the opponents to focus again, and Gajeel to deliver a powerful punch on him. Yomazu, angered, asks how Gajeel dared to do that as he casts his Zan spell, damaging the surrounding area and, much to his opponent’s disbelief, cutting through Gajeel’s own iron body. He keeps going at Gajeel, using his Kan spell to harm him further, and subsequently delivering him another damaging slash with Narukami.

With both of their opponents down and seemingly unable to fight back, Yomazu tells Kawazu that, if the other Fairy Tail's members are at the same level of the ones they just fought, the two of them alone could easily get rid of them all before the main squad arrives. An injured Gajeel asks what he's talking about, and Yomazu answers that the entire Grimoire Heart is coming. This prompts Gajeel to spur Levy to run off, in order to warn the others about the danger they're in. As Yomazu readies to run after Levy to prevent her from escaping, he's stopped by Gajeel's Iron Dragon's Club: the man, having consumed some iron provided by his partner before her escape, raises on his legs, again, readying to continue the battle, surprising Yomazu, who was scolding Kawazu for letting Levy get away.

Gajeel attempts to hit Yomazu with Iron Dragon's Roar, but he stops the attack with Bō. As Kawazu bombards the opponent with his eggs, Yomazu slashes Gajeel several times, damaging him despite him commenting that his blunt sword could never pierce through his iron. Gajeel manages to catch Kawazu with his Iron Dragon's Sword, rapidly defeating him, but leaving himself open to Yomazu, who pierces through his right arm with his sword elongated by Tsuranuki.

Much to his surprise however, Gajeel grabs onto his blade, claiming that he won't lose and remembering the time when Makarov invited him to join Fairy Tail. As Yomazu comments on his power, astonished, Gajeel cries out that he's a Fairy Tail Mage, breaking Yomazu's word by bending his stabbed arm and then attacking him with Karma Demon: Iron God Sword, breaking through his armor and defeating him, before collapsing himself from his wounds and exhaustion.

As Levy returns on the scene alongside Erza Scarlet and Juvia Lockser and runs to Gajeel's side, an injured and laying, yet sneering Yomazu claims that for them is over, as the Seven Kin of Purgatory, a group of Mages he couldn't stand a chance against, are coming. He's then confronted by Erza, who asks him what their goal is. He defiantly says that he won't reveal anything, but rapidly changes his mind, being shown revealing Grimoire Heart's intentions with a massive, comedic bump on his head. He states that his Guild is after Zeref, the Dark Mage from 400 years ago, who's still alive and currently residing on Tenrou Island, but, according to Hades, in a slumbering state, shocking Erza and Juvia. His awakening will submerge the world in total darkness. When Erza angrily asks if they want to step foot on the holy land of the fairies and face them in battle, Yomazu warns her that Hades' army is coming, and goes on to list the Seven Kin of Purgatory, stating that one of them has already infiltrated the Island, much to his listeners' dismay.

In the anime, along with Kawazu and Kain, Yomazu and his Guildmates took to sabotaging the weakened Fairy Tail Guild. Both Yomazu and Kawazu showed their greed when Kain was defeated, saying how they might have a chance to move up the ranks because of Kain's loss. Bickslow, Freed, and Elfman eventually defeated them however.

Magic and Abilities
Orient Solid Script (東洋の固体文字 Tōyō no Kotai Moji): An alternate version of Solid Script in which the user, instead of writing western words in the air, employs Japanese kanji. Yomazu makes use of his katana when writing kanji, and the spells shown so far seem to possess a more battle-oriented use than Solid Script, being also seemingly more powerful.


 * Bō (防ぼう): This word creates a strong defensive wall in the form of a kanji, which shields the user from enemy attack and is powerful enough to remain intact after being hit by Gajeel's Iron Dragon's Roar.
 * Gō (轟ごう): This word creates a deafening sound that drowns out every other sound in the area, making it nearly impossible for the enemy to hear anything else. It's possible that this spell affects only the caster's enemies or some chosen targets, as Yomazu and Kawazu were shown unaffected by it. It can be canceled out by Solid Script: Silent.
 * Kan (貫かん): This word creates a beam of energy, which pierces Yomazu's opponent.


 * Kasha (加沙カシャ): This word allows Yomazu to use his Dark Sword: Narukami attack.
 * Zan (斬ざん): This word can be used to create airy slashes which follow the trajectory of Yomazu's sword's movements, to make his attacks deadlier and greatly increase their reach. This Magic is strong enough to cut through Gajeel's Iron Dragon's Scales.

Sword Magic (剣の魔法 Ken no Mahō): Yomazu is capable of performing Magical attacks through the use of his katana, and even to physically increase its length.
 * Dark Sword: Narukami (暗黒剣 鳴咬 Ankokuken: Narukami): This technique, which must be initiated by using Kasha, has Yomazu rush towards his enemy, whom he slashes and then goes past, unsheathing his blade. A dark wave is created from Yomazu's sword, which follows his slash like a wake, cutting everything on his path, including Gajeel's iron scales.


 * Tsuranuki (貫 Tsuranuki): This technique greatly increase the length of Yomazu's blade, extending its reach. It was used to pierce through Gajeel's right arm, despite the protection granted him by his iron scales.

Enhanced Durability: Yomazu was capable of surviving Gajeel's ultimate attack Karma Demon: Iron God's Sword without losing consciousness, and managing to talk freely afterwards. Some minutes later he was shown sitting without problem, with no sign of major injury, and could endure further punishment (though comedic) from Erza Scarlet.

Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Yomazu is an extremely accomplished swordsman, and his swordplay is enough for him to keep on par with Gajeel's Iron Dragon Slayer powers, even managing to wound him at close range through the use of simple slashes despite the great protection offered by his Iron Dragon's Scales.

Equipment
Samurai Katana: Yomazu carried around a katana as his weapon of choice, with its sheath being attached to his left hip. It sported a reddish, traditional Japanese hilt-wrapping, and its large, simple circular tsuba, which had a golden colour, was decorated by a flower-motif. He used this in conjunction with his Orient Solid Script, employing it as a "pen", much like Freed Justine, and could also perform powerful attacks with it. The weapon was later destroyed during his fight with Gajeel.

Samurai Armor: Yomazu wore a samurai armor complete with a helmet that provided him additional defense, though Gajeel was still able to damage him. The armor's helmet, breastplate and waistguard were destroyed by Gajeel's ultimate attack Karma Demon: Iron God Sword.

Major Battles

 * Gajeel Redfox & Levy McGarden vs. Kawazu & Yomazu
 * Bickslow, Freed Justine & Elfman Strauss vs. Yomazu & Kawazu