Zancrow

Zancrow was a member of one of the most powerful Dark Guilds, Grimoire Heart and was one of the Seven Kin of Purgatory. He was killed by Zeref during the Fairy Tail-Grimoire Heart War on Tenrou Island.

Appearance
Zancrow has long, spiky blond hair that reaches down to his shoulders. He is usually depicted with a psychotic grin on his face in that he bares his teeth. His red or pink pupils consist of several concentric circles, further enhancing his crazed appearance. He wears a yellow and dark blue skirt-like armor with a red waist ribbon that exposes the right side of his chest as well as his right shoulder, where his guild mark tattoo is located.

Personality
Zancrow has a psychotic nature to match his appearance, laughing with a high-pitched laugh and/or cackle at almost every occasion. He has a violent nature, as he gets excited over the idea of burning people to ashes. On Tenrou Island, when he overheard some of his lesser-rank subordinates cautioning him on Natsu Dragneel's strength, he roasted them with his flames as he considered Grimoire Heart the superior guild, which had no need for weaklings. This shows that his personality is similar to that of Gajeel Redfox's when he was first introduced as a member of Phantom Lord, since he believes his own guild is the strongest, and would not hesitate to attack those who disagree with him on that, be it ally or enemy. Though he can appear to be kind towards his fellow Kin, such as when he comforted Meredy after Ultear's scolding, he seems to hold no genuine concern for anyone, gleefully expelling Meredy from the guild after discovering her and Ultear's betrayal, and even taunting her by revealing that Ultear, who Meredy loved as a mother, was the one who destroyed her hometown. The only member of his guild he seems to have any respect for is Hades himself, and becomes angered whenever he thinks anyone even jokes about defeating him. Despite his normally hotheaded mentality, he was greatly intimidated by Makarov's fearsome Giant magic like the rest of his companions (excluding his master Hades).

History
Zancrow was raised by Hades alongside six other Mages to learn a particular form of Lost Magic, with Zancrow learning how to perform God Slayer Magic. One of these other Mages, Meredy, was found by Zancrow, Ultear, and Kain in a city they were destroying. Zancrow was against letting Meredy join, stating that they had to exterminate all the city's residents to obtain one of the keys to resurrecting Zeref. However, he relented when Ultear noticed the great amount of Magical potential in the girl.

Tenrou Island arc
He was first shown on an airship, which belonged to his guild. When informed that Grimoire Heart and Fairy Tail would be fighting, Zancrow wreathed himself in black flames, laughingly questioned the strength of Fairy Tail's members, and said that he would transform anyone who got in his way into ash. Later, when they were preparing for battle, he asked Ultear why she's all pumped up (Ultear had changed into a uniform more suited for battle). He then comforted Meredy after Ultear scolded her, and then witnesses Makarov's giant release form. After that, Caprico transports him to the battlefield with his Magic, and Zancrow shouts in glee in anticipation for battle. As Natsu handily defeats a pack of lesser-rank members, he shows up in Natsu's vicinity, telling the rest of the lesser-rank members to leave.However, they caution him on Natsu's strength as a Fire Dragon Slayer and he grows annoyed and proceeds to eliminate them with his flames, saying Grimoire Heart had no need for weaklings. He then launches a fist of black flame at Natsu, who tries to eat it, but to no avail. As Natsu stares at him in shock, he reveals that he stands above Natsu in strength, as he is the God Slayer of flame.

In their battle, Zancrow informs Natsu that he learned his fire Magic from Hades, whom he considers to be on par with a God. Despite this misconception of the origins of his power, which Natsu scoffs at, his flames still prove to be stronger than Natsu's flames. Not only that, while Natsu can't eat his flames, he can eat Natsu's flames with ease. Zancrow easily blasts Natsu far away from the battle with just a few destructive attacks. In his cocky rage, Zancrow even attacks Wendy Marvell, Happy, Carla, and Pantherlily for overly commenting on their fight. A short time later, Zancrow once again finds Natsu, who is beside the heavily-wounded Makarov, consoling him. Zancrow mocks both of them for showing fear, and mentions that Hades must have defeated Makarov. Natsu's ensuing rage at this revelation causes him to revitalize with a new fighting spirit that makes Zancrow nervous. Natsu then says that his "fear" was not of Zancrow, but of the possibility that someone other than himself would defeat Hades. He then announces that he would personally take out Hades himself.

Zancrow then walks right up to Natsu, face to face, saying he would make sure Natsu would never again joke about beating Hades. He gets pummeled and launched back by a few of Natsu's punches, but easily shrugs them off and retaliates strongly, lauding on the power of his black God flames. In this battle, Natsu proves to be a formidable opponent to him, even using a giant tree stump to smash him into the ground to compensate for his inferior flames. Nevertheless, Zancrow once again gains the upper hand in the fight by trapping Natsu in a sphere of black flame that would eventually kill him. However, before that happens, he is suddenly grabbed by a giant hand extended from an enraged Makarov. Distracted from Natsu, he engulfs himself in flame to heavily burn Makarov, but Makarov refuses to release him, instead tightening his grip further.

With all three of them more or less immobilized, Zancrow nervously wonders aloud about who would be the first to fall—himself, Makarov, or Natsu? Suddenly, Natsu's Magical presence disappears, and Zancrow shouts in glee. However, it turns out that Natsu had nullified his own Magic, and he begins eating Zancrow's black flames. Surprised, Zancrow is then released by Makarov's grip, only to be blasted into the air by Natsu's Dragon God's Brilliant Flame. Zancrow, surprised but conscious, is later seen lying on the ground grimacing, as Natsu tells Makarov that they have to show Grimoire Heart not to mess with Fairy Tail. Natsu then collapses from his wounds, unconscious.

Zancrow appears again later, stopping Meredy, who is carrying Zeref across the island and still being pursued by Juvia. He asks where she is taking Zeref, and accuses Meredy of betraying Grimoire Heart, along with Ultear. When Meredy begins to deny it, Zancrow attacks her, saying that she is no longer part of Grimoire Heart, and takes Zeref from her. When Meredy asks him to stop, saying that Zeref is part of her and Ultear's future, and the key to Meredy entering the 'Great World of Magic' and restoring her hometown, Zancrow reveals that Ultear was the one who destroyed Meredy's hometown in the first place. As he laughs at her reaction, Zeref awakens and meets Zancrow's gaze, releasing a wave of Death Magic that kills Zancrow.

Magic and Abilities
Flame God Slayer Magic (火炎の 滅神魔導士 Kaen no Metsujin Madoshi): It was shown that, when he gets excited, he can cover himself with his black flames. As he said, he can turn his enemies to ash with this Magic. Zancrow later reveals himself to be a God Slayer and on a totally different level of strength than Natsu when Natsu wasn't able to eat Zancrow's black flames, but Zancrow could still eat Natsu's flames to increase his own power. However, it seems he overestimated his ability because Natsu eventually found out how to eat his flames and use them on him in conjunction with Dragon Slayer Magic.


 * Flame God's Explosive Flame: User releases a massive stream of black flames at his opponent from his arm by launching his arm forward in a punch-like motion. Once the flames reach its target, they increase in size creating a giant explosion.


 * Flame God's Kagutsuchi (炎神のカグツチ Enjin no Kagutsuchi):User spreads his arms and legs and unleashes a giant ball of black flames around himself. This was first used against Natsu Dragneel to counter his Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame, which was overpowered by this spell.


 * Flame God's Cloud: User swipes his hand, releasing black flames that cover his target(s) like a cloud.


 * Flame God's Bellow (炎神の怒号 Enjin no Dogō): A similar attack to Natsu's "Fire Dragon's Roar", Zancrow breathes a massive fireball of flame at his opponent. While using this attack, his fire is normal-colored, not black, although this is presumably due to the fact that Zancrow had just consumed Natsu's flames a moment earlier.


 * Flame God's Scythe: User forms a scythe of black flames off of one arm, which he uses as a weapon for destructive results. This attack was first demonstrated when Zancrow used it to cut down a couple of trees.


 * Flame God's Supper (炎神の晩餐 Enjin no Bansan): An attack where Zancrow claps his hands down to launch a mouth-shaped attack of black flames at his foe(s) to trap them in the black flames and turn them into ashes.

Master Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Zancrow was capable of easily repelling a barrage of fire-punches from Natsu with a single arm, all the while commenting on how weak Natsu was. In general, his fighting style is very similar to that of Natsu's in that he gets up close and personal with his opponent. However, thanks to his superior flames, he had the overall edge on Natsu in terms of physical combat.

Enhanced Durability: During his fight against Natsu, Zancrow demonstrated that he could shrug off almost all of Natsu's fire-enhanced physical blows without a problem. A giant tree stump was also knocked over his entire body and he retaliated from the attack in moments. This durability was again witnessed when Makarov was squeezing him tightly with a giant fist, but causing no visible harm to him other than rendering him immobile.

Major Battles

 * Natsu Dragneel & Makarov vs. Zancrow