Dan Straight (ダン・ストレイト Dan Sutoreito) is a member of the Legion Corps of Zentopia.[1]
Appearance
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Dan's appearance
Dan is a slim, young man with crimson colored hair and magenta eyes. His canines are very sharp. Dan has small, thin lines running down from the ends of his eyes and towards his cheeks. He wears a thick armor over his body which consists of a metallic breastplate that extends down to his knees, making the lower extension appear as a long skirt, shoulder pads and gauntlets on his arms. He also wears armor to cover his legs. Underneath it all, he wears a black sweater with dark pants, the latter being covered slightly with a dark green skirt, as well as brown shoes. He carries his two weapons, Ricochet and Habaraki, with him at all times.
Personality
Dan is a very eager, cheerful and somewhat energetic person, often sporting a wide grin on his face. Laid-back and quite confident, he is also quite flirtatious. When around women he deems attractive, he attempts to ask them out or otherwise flirt with them playfully. Dan has admitted that he's perfectly capable of being with any women he meets that he finds attractive.[2]
History
Dan training as a child.
Dan hails from a port-like town called Cedar where the citizens depended on the local knights, who protected the town and their church. For generations, Dan's family were knighted people and he was expected to succeed them in the future. As such, he was treated kindly and had a "happy" childhood. At some point in his younger days, the knights fought with each other briefly in a battle which left no one injured.[2]
Dan with his first love.
Some years later, a girl whom Lucy Heartfilia strongly resembled started attending the same school as Dan and he fell in love with her. Almost every day since, he asked her hand in marriage but she ultimately refused him, upsetting him to the point where he apparently cried for three days and nights. To overcome this rejection, he embarked on a journey away from home. During his travels, he encountered many beautiful women, who all rejected him, and eventually he became a member of the Legion Corps of Zentopia Church.[2]
Synopsis
Key of the Starry Sky arc
Note: Events in this arc occur only in the anime and do not constitute canon material.
Dan vs. Erza
When Team Natsu, Wendy, Carla and Michelle visit the Heartfilia Mansion to find information on the clock hand, after they find a book titled "Key of the Starry Heavens", Dan breaks a handle on the door to the room by increasing its size so that Samuel can enter the room. When Gray, Erza, and Natsu attack him, Dan uses his Ricochet to reflect the attacks and have them bounce around the mansion. He introduces himself and explains the abilities of Ricochet. He then catches sight of Lucy and immediately falls in love with her. Erza tells everyone to leave with the book so that she can fight Dan, but Dan easily defeats her with his weapons. He later attacks Natsu and shrinks him to a doll-like size. The fight between the two groups continues outside but Samuel manages to take hold of the book and read through all of its contents. Dan takes a hit again from Team Natsu but creates an explosion with Ricochet, allowing him and Samuel to fly away.[1]
Dan is carried to Kanaloa by Samuel and they report what they have to Byro.[3]
Dan is later teamed up with Coco in order to search for one of the missing clock parts and encounters Lucy's group in the lowest part of the Sacred Graveyard.[4]
Appearing in front of the Fairy Tail Mages, Dan claims that he knows from Samuel about the book and the location of the clock part, but is once again charmed by Lucy when he sees her, saying that she is his fate. Natsu interrupts and attacks him numerous times, but Dan easily counters with his shield, sending Natsu's flames back to his allies. When Natsu's group attempts to flee in the commotion, Dan finds them and continues flirting with Lucy, but is interrupted by Coco, who reminds him that the clock parts take priority. Natsu attacks him again, but his fires are now mirrored to Lucy.
Dan vs Natsu
Enraged, Dan fiercely attacks Natsu, but misses and shrinks Lucy instead, tearfully apologizing and calling himself a bad lover. However, he refuses to return her to her original size and decides to keep her shrinked as a lucky charm instead. After that, he resumes attacking Natsu and ignores Coco, who reminds him of the clock part once again. He excitedly listens to Michelle's plans about his wedding with Lucy, giving Romeo enough time to use his yellow, stinking flames, distract him and take Lucy back. Lucy attempts to escape on Happy's back, but Dan hits them both with his lance, returning Lucy to her original size but causing Happy to become huge, who goes on a rampage after that. This forces Dan to return him back to his original size as well and begin a fierce battle with Natsu shortly afterwards.[5]
Dan is defeated.
Dan and Natsu fight inside the crypt; for a majority of the battle within, Dan simply uses his Habaraki to enlarge various objects so that they can collapse and crush Natsu. In the midst of the fight, Dan states that he knows Natsu's power hasn't changed since 7 years ago and that he won't lose to someone like him. As Natsu refuses to give up and continues his offensive technique, they eventually end up in a chapel where the rest of Natsu's group is currently located, and Dan manages to shrink Natsu again with Habaraki. He turns to fight against Romeo but is distracted by Lucy in her skimpy "wedding dress". Dan starts chasing after her but is attacked by Natsu, who sneakily managed to restore his body to normal size, and Romeo; a combination of both Fairy Tail Mages' attacks ends up defeating Dan.[6]
Dan's first love
Dan suddenly wakes up behind them; Natsu asks if he wants to fight again but Dan rejects, admitting his defeat. All of them ask Dan for an explanation as to why the Legion Corps are after the clock parts. Dan starts to tell the story of his past in the from of a picture book. He explains about his hometown, Cedar, and the knights who protected the church and town. In his family, people were knights generation after generation. So as the next successor, he was raised with care and affection. But soon a Civil War started, which split the towns in half. Romeo and Michelle interrupt him by thinking that his family died in the fight to which Dan reveals it as the war lasted for half a day and everyone was okay. Dan continues about there was a girl Dan fell in love with in the town, but after the the war she disappeared. Lucy, Michelle and Romeo again conclude that she died, and Happy thinks that it is the reason why Dan fell in love with Lucy. Natsu asks what happened to her, to which Dan replies that the next day he found her and she was alive. He used to ask for her hand for marriage almost every day, but she seemed frightened by how "happy" Dan made her, and always refused him.
Dan being distracted by Virgo
After many rejections, he planned on going to a journey. During his journey he met many girls, and Happy notes that they are all different. He says that all of them declined him for a reason he himself does not know. Michelle interrupts him to ask who drew the pictures and Dan replies that Hughes and Sugarboy drew them. Dan then ends his story by saying that somewhere along the way, he became an Legionnaire and now he is helping Byro to find the missing clock pieces. Lucy asks to know about Legion and its aim, but Dan says he can't reveal it. Natsu gets frustrated and asks why he explained about his past when they wanted to know about Legion's plans. After explaining everything, Dan starts chasing Lucy again. Dan starts to call Lucy his soulmate as Lucy whines and states that before, he said any girl would do. Dan turns to examine Michelle, and says that he likes girls who are spunkier, to which Happy agrees. When Virgo pops out, Dan asks if she is a maid and asks for food or something. Virgo starts to dance because she did not have any food, to which Dan also starts dancing, saying that it reminded him of his hometown dancing. He keeps dancing, even after Virgo disappears, until Byro appears. He is disappointed at Coco and Dan for not doing their mission. Dan admits that he lost sight of the job and goes off to his “soulmate” but then a boulder hits him and he faints.[7]
Magic and Abilities
Master Spearmanship: In combat, Dan shows great skills with his spear, being able to fight opponents like Erza Scarlet.
Enhanced Strength: During his fight with Erza, Dan showed considerable strength, being able to lift the enlarged sword of Erza with ease and throw it fast enough that even Erza is taken by surprise.
Immense Reflexes: While flirting with Lucy, Dan was immediately able to notice and parry Erza's attacks. Moreover during his first encounter with Team Natsu, Dan manages to intercept and parry all the attacks of Team Natsu directed towards Samuel with ease.
Equipment
Dan holding a Ricochet and a Habaraki
Ricochet: A magic shield that, like its name suggests, can repel any attack, whether it's Magic or a physical move, back at the original user.[1]
Habaraki: A lance-like weapon that can change the mass size of whatever it hits. It can shrink the object to a minimal size or enlarge it by a great amount.[1]
Battles & Events
- Team Natsu & Wendy Marvell vs. Dan Straight & Samuel
- Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia & Romeo Conbolt vs. Dan Straight & Coco (Earth Land)
- Natsu Dragneel & Romeo Conbolt vs. Dan Straight
Trivia
- Dan has a diary that Mary Hughes and Sugarboy snoop through.[2]
References
| Leader | Archbishop |
| Members | Byro Cracy • Coco • Dan Straight • Kanaloa • Mary Hughes • Samuel • Sugarboy |
| Legion Corps | Byro Cracy • Coco • Dan Straight • Guttman Kubrick • Kanaloa • Mary Hughes • Samuel • Sugarboy |
| Former Prisoners | Coco • Fabrizio • Guttman Kubrick |
| Left | Will Neville |
| Deceased | Lapointe |