Brandish μ

"The only way to avenge my mother... is to take your life! Sorry, but... you have to die!!" — Brandish μ to Lucy Heartfilia in "Mother's Key"

Brandish μ
Japanese	ブランディッシュ・μ（ミュー）
Rōmaji	Burandisshu Myū
Alias	Country Demolisher (国崩し Kuni Kuzushi)
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Female
Age	25
Hair Color	Green
Eye Color	Green
Professional Status
Affiliation	Alvarez Empire
Empire Mark Location	Right Thigh
Occupation	Shield of Spriggan Leader of the Brandish Squad
Team	Spriggan 12 Brandish Squad
Partner(s)	Marin Hollow
Personal Status
Status	Imprisoned
Relatives	Grammi (Mother; Deceased)
Magic
Magic	Mass Manipulation
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 442

Brandish μ (ブランディッシュ・μ（ミュー）, Burandisshu Myū) is a member of the Spriggan 12 and part of the Alvarez Empire under the command of Emperor Spriggan. She also leads her own team inside the Imperial Army, the Brandish Squad.

Appearance

Brandish wears her green hair in a bob with bangs cut above her eyes, along with two, blue cross-shaped objects attached to the sides of her head like horns. She also wears cross-shaped earrings. Her standard style of dress shows off the front of her body. She wears something akin to that of a burgundy swimsuit showing her huge bust and a fancy coat with blue fur around the collar. In addition, she wears a gold choker around her neck with chains attached to it. She completes her outfit with a pair of dark-colored high heels; the Alvarez Empire's mark is on her right thigh.

Personality

Brandish's unabated personality

Brandish has been shown to have a very calm and collected attitude. She has stated that she dislikes troublesome affairs and has shown a desire to avoid conflict when possible, choosing to look at situations in a logical way and dissuade others with words rather than actions. As pointed out by Dimaria she's an easily annoyed individual, who can get quickly irritated by anyone, or anything she dislikes. She is without fear of death or torture, piquing her enemies to assassinate her while refusing to disclose any information of herself. When it comes to her soldiers or underlings, she has little affection or sympathy for them, carefree when ordering them around while justifying that she considers them her "pets", although mentioning she does take care of them if they correctly do her bidding. She lacks naivety, while showing she can be manipulative and deceptive when need be, as demonstrated when she deceived Lucy into undoing her restraints, ensnaring her once liberated.

Brandish weeping from learning the truth

In reality, Brandish's cold attitude is a way of covering up her emotional past after suffering greatly from the murder of her mother Grammi. She regrets having to murder Lucy as a way of getting over her death, and sheds remorseful tears as she tries to go through with the act. After she sees the "Star Memory" from Aquarius and learns the real tragedy behind her mother's death, she reacts at her murder with horror. Unable to change the outcome these events, she collapses into a hysterical fit of tears, showing that even under her unflappable exterior she is also vulnerable to sadness when it comes to her loved ones.

Synopsis

Alvarez Empire arc

As Marin Hollow is fighting against members of Fairy Tail on Caracole Island, Brandish arrives and asks Marin how long he is planning to fool around. The humongous amount of Magic Power she exudes greatly terrifies Natsu and Gray. Marin compliments her appearance, while Brandish tells him to stop doing so, as it disgusts her.

Brandish warns Fairy Tail of Alvarez's power

With Natsu and Gray preparing for a fight, Brandish surprises everyone by revealing that she is actually on the island to eat some star mango gelato, and becomes incredibly upset upon seeing that the stand that sold the dessert was blown up. Marin blames the attack on Natsu and Gray (despite it being him that destroyed the shop) to try and rile the woman up, though a disappointed Brandish merely states that she is going home. Marin attempts to stop her and gets flustered when she demands that he return Erza and Lucy to their comrades, and, when Marin complains, Brandish exerts her power and makes the island emerge from the ocean, greatly shocking everyone and forcing a scared Marin to comply with her request. With Lucy and Erza returned, Marin reminds Brandish that they are looking for an Alvarez insurgent, though Brandish says she doesn't care, stating that Ishgar wouldn't dare come at them even with a spy's information. As the two proceed to leave, Natsu calls out, reminding the woman that Marin hurt one of their comrades, and that he won't let such a thing slide. In reply, Brandish turns and disintegrates Marin, telling the group that they are now even and stating that they should just stay down and not make events more troublesome. Telling the Fairy Tail Mages that Makarov is alive, Brandish recommends that, for his sake, they back down and do not further their plans of infiltration. With one final warning of Alvarez's power, Brandish uses her Magic to make Caracole Island shrink in an instant, and leaves the Fairy Tail Mages in the ocean as she casually departs back to the Alvarez Navy ship stationed nearby.

Brandish ordering Marin around

Once back in Alvarez, Brandish has a now miniaturized Marin paint her toenails. Marin endlessly compliments her before asking to be returned to his original size. Before she can reply though, Dimaria Yesta opens her door and says she heard that Brandish let the FT members go. Brandish, not even taking her eyes off the magazine she is reading, retorts that she didn't let them go but rather that it was a pain so she didn't stop them. Marin then chimes in, complimenting Dimaria and Dimaria tells her to return him to his normal size so she doesn't feel like she is talking to a bug, but Brandish brushes it off as too much of a pain. Dimaria tells her she will need him before telling her that the Spriggan 12 has been summoned by Zeref, causing her to once again state everything is such a pain. Brandish then grabs Marin between her toes and raises him up, saying she doesn't like Dimaria as she is uncute and in Marin's words, she fails. Later, Zeref calls the Spriggan 12 to a meeting. When Zeref states that their attack on Ishgar will begin soon, Brandish expresses once more what a pain it is. Zeref tells her to not say that and asks what happened to her listening to him. Brandish replies that her actions and what she says are two different things, even if it is a pain, as long as Zeref orders her to do something, she will. Dimaria then chimes in that nobody likes someone that doesn't think before they speak, causing Brandish to reply that the one she doesn't like is Dimaria. After Zeref asks God Serena about the difficulty of his task, Brandish points out her disgust at his overly flamboyant actions, to which God Serena simply smirks and thanks her.

With the invasion in full force, Brandish avoids the battlefield, instead taking a bath at Lucy's apartment. Lucy walks in on her, shocking the Fairy Tail mage. Brandish is happy to learn it was indeed Lucy's apartment and tells her that she left an impression on her. Lucy asks her what she is doing there and Brandish tells her to get in the tub with her. Lucy protests but Brandish tells her to not make her repeat herself. Seeing Lucy's hesitation, she picks up Marin and packs him away, saying problem solved and tells her to get in. Lucy still refuses and Brandish then glares at her. Brandish tells Lucy that they lost the moment she stepped foot in town as it would take her a second to shrink the town down but she does not wish to do that. Brandish tells Lucy that as long as she listens to her, she will be fine and that she takes good care of her pets. Lucy asks why she is doing this, and Brandish responds by shrinking the building next to them. Brandish gives Lucy her last warning as the Fairy Tail Mage then complies.

Brandish realizes Lucy's family ties

As Lucy enters the tub, Brandish looks at her and says she is not that cute. She then pulls out a cat ears headpiece and tells Lucy to put it on. Lucy initially refuses but is eventually coerced to put them on. Brandish then puts her hand over her mouth as her eyes flare open wide, worrying as to what she has done as she claims the cat ears have made Lucy adorable. Brandish then says she has seen Lucy before somewhere and Lucy says it was likely Sorcerer Magazine where she modeled but Brandish says Ishgar magazines do not interest her. Lucy then proposes that it was the Grand Magic Games but Brandish does not know what that is. She then says she just can't remember as Lucy asks if thats really the reason she came here, to which Brandish replies that it is. She then tells Lucy to take off the cat ears as they are having a serious conversation. Brandish then asks Lucy to wash her back for her. As the Fairy Tail mage does so, Brandish continues to ponder before coming to the realization that Lucy is Layla's daughter. After Lucy confirms this, Brandish turns around angry and begins to shrink Lucy's apartment, forcing Lucy to rush out. Outside, Lucy asks what happened between Brandish and her mother but Brandish says it is too much trouble so will not be talking. Suddenly, Cana Alberona arrives and fires a card at Brandish, telling her to get away from Lucy. Lucy seizes the opportunity to pull out the capsule Marin is trapped in, slamming it to the ground and stepping on it and surprising Brandish. Lucy then activates Star Dress and Brandish's demanor calms. As Ajeel's sand surrounds the town, Brandish covers her nose and mouth and laments that Ajeel is making things unnecessarily harder again. Once the dust begins to clear, Brandish begins to sneeze uncontrollably. She says there is something wrong with the city as there is a weird pollen everywhere as she continues to sneeze. Noticing she has hay fever, Cana takes the opportunity to knock her out with a blow to the back of the head Cana and Lucy then grab her and haul her back to the guild.

Brandish refuses to talk to Lucy

One night passes, revealing that Brandish has been imprisoned within Fairy Tail, with her arms behind her back as well as her ankles restrained in Magic Seal Stone cuffs. Macao Conbolt and Wakaba Mine keep watch over her, commenting on how calm and docile she has been throughout her capture. Even when the two older members of Fairy Tail make lewd comments about her physique and possible positions to put her in, Brandish remains unflappable, even intimidating Macao and Wakaba simply by glancing at the pair. After Lucy and Cana interrupt the two, Lucy once more asks Brandish what her connection to her mother is. Brandish refuses to speak though and tells her that if she plans to kill her, she should do it now. Lucy says she will not be treated as a prisoner of war but once more asks about her mother. Brandish, now sitting up with a smirk on her face, tells her they should kill her while they have the chance as she is sitting in the middle of their base and that this may be their only chance.

Now alone in her cell, Marin wakes her up as he teleports in. Brandish says she knew that he would come for her as he is a clever pet. She then tells him to get the chains off her, saying that Fairy Tail won't know what hit them when she is free. However, Marin responds by grasping her neck and beginning to strangle her, saying he has been treated as a slave and that is why he has decided that she has failed and applies more pressure around her neck, causing her to gasp for air as her eyes water from lack of oxygen.

Brandish ensnares Lucy

Waking up, Brandish asks where she is and Lucy answers, telling her she is in the infirmary. Noticing she is still in shackles, Lucy tells her they cant remove those yet but that they thought it was better to bring her there than to leave her in her cell. Brandish then asks where Marin is and Lucy says he is locked up. Cana tells her that it was shocking seeing him trying to kill her. Porlyusica, having tended to her wounds, tells Brandish that Lucy and Cana saved her when she was about lose consciousness. Brandish asks why they would save her and Cana replies that they have many questions for her. Brandish says she has nothing to say to them but Lucy tells her they don't want anymore lives to be lost anyway, which includes her. Brandish says they have the option of torture but Lucy says they won't do it, but Cana asks if she wants to be tortured, leading Lucy to yell at her. Lucy says they took a bath together and she does not believe she is all bad. Guessing Lucy's questions are about Layla, Brandish says her only condition is that her restraints must be removed so she can talk to Lucy alone. Cana glares at her and tells her not to get cocky but Lucy says its alright and removes Brandish's shackles as Cana and Porlyusica leave. Brandish then explains that her mother's name was Grammi and was one of Layla's disciples. She says when Layla gave up being a celestial wizard, she gave her keys to her three disciples: Zoldeo; Spetto; and Grammi. Grammi received Aquarius' key and shone it every day as she looked up to Layla. Brandish then states that Layla betrayed her mother. She asks Lucy where she thinks she got Aquarius' key from and she says from her mother, but Brandish states that the key was given to her mother so how could it have ended up back with Layla. Brandish then tells her that Layla had her mother killed to retrieve the key. Lucy refuses to believe it and Brandish calls her naive. Brandish then leaps off the bed and grabs Lucy and begins to strangle her. As she begins to cry, she tells Lucy that she has nothing against her, but she is killing Lucy as revenge for Layla killing her mother. Suddenly, the water spilled from knocking a vase off the table rips forth, knocking Brandish off of Lucy as Aquarius appears.

Brandish comforted by Lucy

As Aquarius appears, Brandish seems almost in shock. After Lucy and Aquarius catch up, Aquarius looks over to Brandish who simply scowls at her. Aquarius scolds her for not saying hello as Brandish is taken aback before apologizing and referring to Aquarius as master. Aquarius grabs her and tells her she will never get a boyfriend with that attitude before ordering Brandish to get on all fours and bark like a dog. Aquarius scratches her head then as Brandish acts obediently but Aquarius then just smacks her and tells her she won't get off that easy. She then tells Brandish that Lucy is her master and therefore that makes Lucy Brandish's master as well. Brandish states however, that she cannot forgive Layla for killing her mother but Aquarius says that that is not true and takes them to Star Memory to show her the truth. Once there, Brandish and Lucy are transformed into mermaids and are shown the events of the past. They are shown Anna Heartfilia and how she made a plan with Zeref to send people through the Eclipse Gate. They learn that Layla was to open the door using all 12 gold keys but that Grammi was out of the country at the time and could not be reached so Layla used her own life force to open it and this lead to her eventual death and caused Grammi to feel so bad that she returned Aquarius' key to Layla. Brandish then sees the truth of her mother's death, that she was murdered by a grieving Zoldeo for getting Layla killed. This sight shocks Brandish who tries to leap and save her mother but is unable to. Brandish breaks into tears as they return to their world and Lucy embraces her, telling her they should be best friends as their mothers were. Their moment, however, is interrupted by Happy who brings an unconscious Natsu in, crying for help.

Magic and Abilities

Mass Manipulation: Brandish's Magic gives her the ability of altering the mass and structure of objects, with Erza noting that she wields this Magic at an incredible level. She was able to effortlessly alter the shape and height of Caracole Island, making it much larger than its actual size, and then shrink the island down to a slither of land so small that there was only room enough for her to stand on it, subsequently dropping all inhabitants of the island into the sea. She can also use this Magic on people, as shown when she shrunk her partner, Marin Hollow. In both instances, the entire process seemed to happen so fast that many witnesses believed her targets to have been outright disintegrated.

Immense Magic Power: As a member of the Spriggan 12, Brandish has an extremely large amount of Magic Power, which is great enough to terrify Gray and Natsu. According to Gray, her amount of Magic Power is exceptionally overwhelming, and Lucy stated that calling her Magic Power huge would be an understatement.

Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Brandish has displayed some skills in grappling. With her magic power sealed, she managed to subdue Lucy by tackling her to the ground, maneuvering behind her back and restricting her limbs while also smothering her with one hand, all of which she did before Lucy could scream for help.

Trivia

• Brandish appears to suffer from severe hay-fever that causes her to sneeze uncontrollably if pollen in her near vicinity is disturbed.

Quotes

• (To Fairy Tail): "Consider this a warning: Stay away from us. There are twelve wizards in Alvarez of my caliber. It would be ill-advised to start a war you have no chance of winning."
• (To Emperor Spriggan): "How I feel and what I do are two different things. It might be annoying, but if it's an order, you know I'll follow through on it."
• (To Lucy Heartfilia): "The only way to avenge my mother... is to take your life! Sorry, but... you have to die!!"