Larcade Dragneel

"Let the pure white souls ascend to the heavens... and be free." — Larcade Dragneel in "White Dragneel"

Larcade Dragneel
Japanese	ラーケイド・ドラグニル
Rōmaji	Rākeido Doraguniru
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Hair Color	Blond
Professional Status
Affiliation	Alvarez Empire
Empire Mark Location	Left Shoulder
Occupation	Shield of Spriggan Prince of Alvarez
Team	Spriggan 12
Personal Status
Status	Active
Relatives	Zeref Dragneel (Father) Natsu Dragneel (Uncle)
Magic
Magic	Pleasure
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 443 (silhouette) Chapter 484 (actual)

Larcade Dragneel (ラーケイド・ドラグニル Rākeido Doraguniru) is part of the Alvarez Empire as one of the Spriggan 12, the protection guard of Emperor Spriggan. He is the son of Zeref Dragneel, thus making Natsu Dragneel his uncle.

Appearance

Larcade's appearance

Larcade is a well-built young man, with his most noticeable features being his upward spiky blond hair that comes as far as his shoulder blades on his back, as well as a large white cross symbol donning on his forehead. He has sharp eyes with an accentuated design around the crust of them, while also possess one noticeable earring to go along with a tight necklace that has a circular ornament attached to it. For clothing, he wears a golden-colored kasaya that has a rectangular pattern (similar to Natsu Dragneel's scarf) that covers one-half of his body while the other half is exposed. A white sash is also tied around the upper part of the garb that streaks to hip to go with one around his waist as well. On his left arm, he has an intricate light green tribal tattoo with a decorative armband wrapped around it, while the mark of the Alvarez Empire resides on his left shoulder. He wears dark colored capris to go with a simple set of open-toed footwear. To complete his outfit is two large sliver cross boards that appear as crosses that are diagonally placed on top of each other.

Personality

From what has been shown of him, he seems to be of a peaceful nature, evident by the calm passage he delivered to the Lamia Scale members he came across after he removed the souls from their bodies. He also has been seen to have his hands in a praying format, adding on to his tranquil persona. As mentioned by Invel, he can be very irresponsible, with him repeatedly failing to attend the meetings when summoned for his Spriggan 12 duties. However, he is loyal towards his comrades, as he saved a captured Dimaria from Lamia Scale mages and when Zeref, told him his magic was affecting his allies as well, he immediately stopped. He also believes the friendship is one of the worlds greatest beauties, as when he witnessed Dimaria hugging Brandish.

Synopsis

Alvarez Empire arc

In light of the upcoming war between Ishgar and the Alvarez Empire, and their subsequent fight to retrieve Fairy Heart, Larcade receives an immediate summons to attend a meeting between Zeref (Emperor Spriggan) and the entirety of the Spriggan 12, but because of his immediate location within the extremely vast expanse of Alakitasia, he finds himself unable to attend.

	Larcade comes to Dimaria's aid

Larcade, along with Irene and Bloodman, are ordered by Zeref to mobilize from the northern Ishgar border and to eliminate any resistance while heading towards Fairy Tail, successfully annihilating the Sabertooth and Blue Pegasus alliance. After Irene alters the climate of Mt. Zonia, she calls for the two to prepare themselves to head into battle once again as opposing Ishgar reinforcements have arrived. Later, after the casting of Irene's Universe One, Larcade finds a captured Dimaria escaping from some Lamia Scale Mages who are trying to retrieve her. He vanquishes their souls to the heavens, watching their bodies fall to ground as he moves towards Dimaria, telling her he has come for his fellow Shield; the latter pronouncing his name in a state of surprise by his arrival.

Larcade then takes Dimaria to the Fairy Tail Guild's new location, where he reconvenes with the other Spriggan 12 members and one million Alvarez soldiers. There, Larcade stands beside August and Invel, and comments upon Brandish and Dimaria's friendship, only to receive a hateful glare from August; Larcade comments that he is the only one August dislikes, which Invel remarks is because Larcade never answers the general's summons. Larcade then stands alongside the emperor and the rest of the Spriggan 12 in an intimidating battle formation.

Magic and Abilities

Pleasure: Larcade's Magic involves with casting both "pleasure and pain" to its targets, with the after-effect of lifting or "removing" the white souls out of ones' body, subsequently killing them. His Magic causes those hit by it to be a in euphoric state, however it only affects those who are not pure of heart or those who have sinned in their lives.

Immense Magic Power: As a member of the Spriggan 12, Larcade boasts an insurmountable amount of Magic Power; his levels of strength are stated to be on par with those of the strongest Mage Ishgar has to offer: God Serena, and were compared to that of fellow Spriggan Brandish μ's own, someone renowned for toppling entire nations single-handedly, and whose Magic Power exceeds Makarov Dreyar's own caliber. When sensed, Mavis Vermilion sweat and trembled, questioning the nature of his magic. Zeref called him his "secret weapon", having the potential to defeat Acnologia.

Quotes

• (To Lamia Scale members): "Let the pure white souls ascend to the heavens... and be free."