User blog comment:EvanDude345rv5/Fairy Tail 353 : Nine Ghost Gate/@comment-3424593-20130928223035/@comment-3424593-20130929023917

no. the ballam allience just rule over all dark guilds. the Oracion Seis was not affiliated to zeref in a way or form, they just wanted to turn all good into bad and destroy the world while at it. Grimoire heart wanted to resurrect zeref because that was the final piece for Purehito (don't wanna say hades cuz then people will start misunderstanding) to get his hands on the One Magic and for the Ultimate Magic World to begin. and as for tartarus, we still don't know what their purpose is.