Erza Scarlet

Erza Scarlet is an S-Class Mage of Fairy Tail who's famous for her usage ofRequip Magic. She is also a member of Team Natsu, as well as one of the main female protagonists of the Fairy Tail Series.^[2]

Erza is a young woman who has long scarlet hair and brown eyes. Her right eye is actually artificial; it was made by Porlyusica. She has a slender figure that Lucy Heartfilia described as amazing, and like most females in the series, has large breasts. She wears a custom-made armor byHeart Kreuz smiths, a blue skirt, and black boots. Her Fairy Tail stamp is blue and located on the middle of her left upper arm. Erza specializes in Requip Magic, and uses it to Requip not only armor, but different outfits as well. Her favorite outfit is her bunny suit, because as she quoted, "Those ears are cute".

Erza is a very impatient person, disliking people who don't answer her questions quickly enough. Erza is a very strict person, often criticizing the bad behavior and habits of the other guild members, causing most of them to apologize, fearing that they might invoke her wrath. This, coupled with her own tragic childhood, caused many of her guildmates to avoid her due to her social awkwardness....

However, she has a great sense of justice and pride in being a member of Fairy Tail. Despite being a very strict person, she seems to have a clumsy side to her, as seen when she fell into a pit hole and carried on as if nothing had happened.

Natsu describes her as "strong, mean and scary"; Lucy says that she's "cool and beautiful, warm and full of passion". Jellal, when he had lost his memories, remembering nothing but the name "Erza", said her name was "full of kindness, brightness and warmth". Makarov called Erza the "Female Knight who doesn't know how to hold back".

Erza described herself as someone who was always crying, since she wasn't able to protect those dear to her. Several examples are when Rob tried to shield her from destruction, and when Jellal was captured because he saved her and was brainwashed by "Zeref". Also, Erza has stated that she feels uncomfortable and insecure when not wearing armor.^[3] However, when Erza encountered Ikaruga, she left her fear behind and battled Ikaruga without armor.

A cult tried to build a tower to resurrect Zeref. This was called the R-system, or Tower of Heaven. They used slaves to build it, of which Erza happened to be one, along with Jellal,Wally, Shô, Millianna, Simon, and members of Oración Seis: Midnight,Racer, Cobra, and Angel.

After an escape attempt, Erza was taken to the dungeons and was tortured with such severity, she lost her right eye. Her friend Jellal arrived to save her and told her they had to fight to survive now. Caught by another guard, Jellal was beaten and Erza was sent back to her prison. No longer able to take the abuse, she attacked guards and started a revolt. At its inception, the revolt appeared to be successful.

The sudden presence of Mages, however, began to dampen their chances at victory. All seemed lost at the moment a Magic blast came towards Erza, butRob, another slave that was forced to work on the R-System, interfered, saving Erza, but sacrificing his life in doing so. To see Rob, who had nurtured her in the manner of a grandfather, blown to dust in an attempt to save her life, seemed to unlock something inside of her. She discovered her Magic. In vengeful fury, she called to all manner of pickaxes and shovels in her proximity and sent a barrage of steel at her captors; and in that moment of rage, she finished the revolt.

When everyone was on the boat to go home, Erza went back in the dungeons to look for Jellal. Already possessed by "Zeref", Jellal attacked Erza and told her he was going to complete the R-System to resurrect Zeref's body. He told her not to tell anybody about the tower or he would kill everyone. She then wakes up on an island, crying about the events she had just witnessed.

After Erza escapes from the island of slaves, she tries to find Fairy Tail. She had heard about Fairy Tail from Rob. Eight years prior to the beginning of the story, she found Fairy Tail and was taken in as a member when she was about 10 or 11 years old.^[4] Upon joining, Erza immediately developed a habit to wear armor, as it made her feel safe. It was around that time Makarov took her to Porlyusica to get an artificial eye. When her eye was finished, she was only able to cry out of one eye. Porlyusica tried to find out what was wrong, but Erza didn't mind, exclaiming that she had already cried half her tears out.

When she joined Fairy Tail, she also developed the habit of breaking the constant fights between Natsu and Gray, but at the same time, was driven to constant fights between Mirajane and herself. In the year X780, at fifteen years-of-age, Erza became the youngest member to pass the S-Class Wizard Promotion Trial.^[5] 

Erza returns to the guild, only to force Natsu and Gray to help her stop theEisenwald Guild, whose leader, "Shinigami" or "Death God" Erigor, is planning to use the Lullaby, the "Magic of Death", to murder all the guild masters.^[6]

While on the train, prompting Natsu's motion sickness, Erza quickly knocks him out to "ease his pain".^[7] However, Erza leaves Natsu on the train and she promptly beats Natsu for not knowing anything, despite the fact that she had knocked him out beforehand.^[8] [9][10] When Erza, Natsu and Gray, along with Lucy Heartfilia and Happy, arrive at the Oshibana train station, she sends Natsu and Gray to catch Erigor. Meanwhile, she fights with a lot of subordinates of the "Shinigami".^[11]

After this, Erigor locks them inside the train station with his wind spell and escapes to complete his plan, but Erza finds that Kageyama can dispel Magic, so she and Gray go to find him. However, Kageyama is stabbed in the back by Karacka, a fellow Eisenwald guild member, in order to protect the plan. Erza rushes to save him. However, Erza learns of Lucy's Virgokey and with it, they escape. Erza drives a Magic Four-Wheeler to find Natsu and get him to stop Erigor near his destination; Natsu, however, had already defeated him. Erza then leads everyone to find Kageyama, who makes off with Lullaby to kill the guild masters himself. When she arrives with the others, however, Makarov convinces Kageyama to end his desperate game. She becomes quite pleased with Makarov after this, but she becomes freaked out when she finds that Lullaby moves on its own.

Erza quickly springs into action with Natsu and Gray, and together, the three make quick work of the demon flute in a destructive fashion. However, Erza and the others destroy the Guild House during the battle, prompting Makarov to tell them to run for it.

As Erza keeps her promise to fight Natsu, Erza is arrested by theMagic Council for property damage. She finds the trial is a hoax to show the council's powers, but Natsu arrives to save her dressed as Erza. and destroys most of the court room, which results in both of them getting thrown in prison. Despite being mad at him, she is grateful to know he cared enough to help her.

After Natsu, Lucy and Gray go to Galuna Island, Erza goes after them to stop them and return them to Fairy Tail. She is sent after them because they went on an S-Class mission, which was too much for the three (plus Happy) to handle. Erza arrives and saves Lucy from Sherry Blendi, and detains Lucy and Happy for their crimes against the guild. She shows her stern side as she states to Gray that she doesn't care what happens on the island. However, much to her and Lucy's surprise, Gray berates her honor and sense of justice, which she doesn't take too kindly to. She puts a sword to his throat, telling him that he wouldn't be able to break the rules without getting punished. Surprisingly, Gray slices his hand on her sword, telling her this is the path he chooses and she that can kill him if she wants.

Shocked that someone actually stood up to her, Erza has a slight change of heart and decides to punish them after they finish the mission. She tries to stop the revival ritual of Deliora, but doesn't make it in time; however, Deliora is found to have already died.

She is the one who figures out the secret of the villagers, and uses the Giant's Armor to throw the Evil Crushing Spear to the moon with the help of a very motivated Natsu. With this, they destroy a layer created by the Moon Drip, revealing that all the villagers were originally monsters who are able to turn to humans and not the other way around. She then leads the team off the island, reminding them that despite finishing the mission (and refusing payment except for aCelestial Spirit key), they are all going to get punished.

Erza and the others return from Galuna Island, only to find that the guild had been attacked by Phantom Lord. After the assault of Fairy Tail on Phantom Lord, and the sucker punch defeat of Makarov by Aria, Erza takes the role of leader of the guild alongside Mirajane and Cana Alberona, while feeling responsible for what had happened to the master. When the walking guild of Phantom Lord attacks Fairy Tail with its Magical Convergent Cannon - Jupiter, she stops the first shot with her Adamantine Armor, but loses consciousness and doesn't take part in the first couple of battles against the Element 4.

Later, she easily defeats Aria, the last of the group, when Natsu was being beaten by him. As she collapses, she implores Natsu to protect Lucy and the guild as his power is far greater than her own, and he can beat bothJose Porla and Gajeel Redfox. After she rests a minute, she fights with Jose, the master of Phantom Lord, alongside Gray and Elfman, but they are soundly defeated.

After Natsu beats Gajeel, she reminds Jose that he lost the war because he didn't calculate Natsu's destructiveness into his plans. A flashback is then seen as Natsu remembers his past about Fairy Tail and how he was taught vocabulary by Erza. Erza then berates Jose's reasons for attacking Fairy Tail, and reveals the truth about Lucy to him. She is then easily defeated by him, not before earning some praise, and is saved by a recovered Makarov who finally finishes Jose with Fairy Law. As she helps to rebuild the guild, it appears that after Gray's rebating of her, she lightens up and declares to the guild that Team Natsu is official, earning the most powerful team a round of applause.

Erza is one of the members invited by Loke to go with her to an expensive resort. At the beach, Erza has a quick flashback of her slave life at the Tower of Heaven. When she wakes up from the daydream, she requips her basic armour, but after Lucy tells her to come with them to the casino, she requips a dress.

While at the casino, Lucy and Erza are playing cards when one of Erza's childhood friends, Shô, steps in to rotate the dealer position. Instead of tossing regular cards, however, he throws down cards that spells DEATH in front of Erza, to which she becomes shocked seeing him again after so long. He remarks that it's been a while and Erza asks him if he is safe. Suddenly, the casino lights turn off due to Simon's Magic, then come back on with Shô behind Erza, telling her that he can use Magic as well by trapping the people in the casino inside his cards.

Another friend of Erza, Millianna, appears from behind Lucy and ties her up using her Magic ropes. Erza angrily states that Lucy is her friend and demands Millianna to let Lucy go. Feeling insulted, Shô tells Erza that they were her friends too once, until she betrayed them. Wally Buchanansteps in, reminding Shô to calm down and tells Erza that she grew beautifully after a long time, despite her barely remembering his face. Simon then appears as Lucy questions Erza as to who the people are and why they are calling her sister, but she tells Lucy they are just old friends. The group tells Erza that they are here to take her back home with Wally pointing his gun at Lucy, in case she refuses. Erza, pleading for Wally to stop, ends up with a shot in the back with Wally's Reanimation Magic, with Wally using a tranquilizer shot. Before their departure, Wally gives Millianna a sleeping Happy as a gift, and tells her to tie Erza up. Shô, excited, reveals that Erza will be returning to the Tower of Heaven, where Jellal is waiting.

Erza later wakes up in a ship on the way to the tower, attempting to free herself from Millianna's ropes. Shô then appears, commenting that it is pointless to try. Erza asks if she can put her armor on because she does not feel secure without it. Shô then cries and yells at her for betraying Jellal. Erza then has another short flashback, revealing her imprisonment with Jellal and the rest of her old friends.

Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Juvia Lockser sail to the Tower of Heaven in hopes of finding Erza and Happy. As Erza arrives at the Tower, she is thrown in a prison. Shô tells her she will stay there until the "ceremony" starts tomorrow. He then tells her that she will be the sacrifice for "Paradise". Erza tells Shô not to use the R-System to resurrect the dark Mage, Zeref, because of the consequences it will bring to the Magic World. Shô then says that Jellal is reviving him to bring them to "Paradise", and that they will rule with him. Erza then brings Shô to his knees by kicking him in the face, and requips her basic armor to search for Jellal.

Erza fights her way through some guards, asking where Jellal is, and eventually comes across Natsu and gang. Although she is surprised to see them, she tells them to go back and that this is her problem to deal with. Natsu refuses, one reason being because Millianna has Happy. Erza apologizes, saying that she would lose this fight no matter what. Erza tells them about the Tower of Heaven, otherwise known as the R-System. After she finishes telling about her past, she says that she is ready to fight.

Back in the present, Erza tells Gray, Lucy, and Juvia, that she is destined to fight Jellal. Meanwhile, Jellal's thought projection, Siegrain, is gathering votes at the Magic Council to destroy the Tower of Heaven with the Etherion. Back at the Tower, Erza tells the others that Zeref was the strongest Dark Mage ever. He created horrible and destructive monsters. Lucy points out that the Lullaby was one of Zeref's monsters. Erza also thinks that Deliora was one, too. Lucy then asks why Erza is considered a traitor to her old friends. Erza doesn't know why, but suspects Jellal made something up. Shô then appears, hearing what actually happened eight years ago and cannot believe that Jellal was tricking them all this time. Shô says that eight years ago, Jellal told him that Erza had planted bombs in their ships and that if Jellal hadn't noticed, everyone would have died. Jellal then made everyone get back to work on the tower, claiming that it was a sign that the tower must continue to be built. Erza tells Shô she never did that. Simon then appears, revealing he knew all along that Jellal was lying. They all decide to work together to stop Jellal.

Everybody follows Simon in an attempt to look for Natsu and stop Erza's other friends from attacking. The company learns that they can't escape, because they need to defeat Jellal and the assassination Death's Head Caucus Guild's Trinity Raven before Jellal activates the tower that will cause the Council to release the Etherion, which would destroy the tower and them along with it. After hearing what will happen, Shô traps Erza in one of his cards and runs off with her. They have a limited amount of time to defeat Trinity Raven before the Etherion is released and everyone manages to defeat two members of the Trinity Raven. Erza and Shô run into the third member, Ikaruga. Shô throws cards at her, but she cuts them all up. Ikaruga claims that she can slice anything, even separate dimensions like Shô's cards. Somehow, without her sword touching Shô, he gets slashed across the chest twice. Erza falls out of Shô's hand and demands to be let out.

Ikaruga swings her sword again. She protects the blow and tells Shô that she isn't safe in his card. After a few more slices, Erza breaks out because when the slashes went into the card, there was a slight opening that she used to get out of the card. All of a sudden, Erza's armor is cut into pieces, showing that she didn't dodge all of Ikaruga's attacks successfully. She then requips her Heaven's Wheel Armor. The two girls attack each other head on. Erza uses Circle Sword. Her circle of swords comes toward the enemy, but she simply cuts them up and then destroys Erza's armor again. Ikaruga then uses Garuda Flame, and Erza quickly requips her Flame Empress Armor to defend herself. She slams into a wall and charges towards Ikaruga. Her armor again shatters. She is persuaded to use her strongest armor. She requips her Purgatory Armor, and claims that nobody had seen it and lived. Ikaruga quickly slices past Erza, shattering the armor. She gets up and requips a sarashi (long, winding strip of cloth, usually thick cotton, wrapped tightly around the midriff up to the chest) with a flame patterned bottom hakama.

Erza explains there is nothing special about her armor. All her life she had locked her heart away in her suit of armor, and that had made her weak and afraid. Now that she wears none, she believes she can defeat Ikaruga. The two ladies charge towards each other, their swords clashing for the final time. Erza's arm gets slashed twice, and her enemy tells her that she has lost. However, Ikaruga realizes she got slashed too. Blood comes out of her heavy wound and she falls to the ground, most likely dead. Her last words tell Shô that there are 15 minutes until the Etherion hits the tower. Erza tells Shô to get everybody else out the tower, claiming that she will fight Jellal and end this.

Erza makes it to the part of the tower where Jellal is. Jellal claims the game is over, and Erza asks if playing with people's lives are fun. Erza claims that she will free her friends. She thinks Jellal is bluffing about the Etherion falling, but he claims that he is not and that either way, she will be a sacrifice for Zeref. Jellal announces there are 7 minutes until the Etherion strikes. He attacks Erza with Shade Magic. She dodges all of them and cuts them up. Jellal then attacks her again, making her fly out the side of the tower. She manages to get back up by jumping on the crumbling rocks. As she swings her sword, she asks why Jellal is damaging his tower so carelessly. Jellal doesn't seem to care, but Erza does, because Shô and her friends spent years making it. He uses his Shade Magic again, hitting Erza.

She manages to break out of it, slices Jellal, and holds him down on the ground. She then tells Jellal he failed at completing the R-System because the tower has no Magic to resurrect. There needs to be 2.7 billion Edeas in order for the tower to activate. Trying to make her give up, he explains how his body was possessed by Zeref and how he is nothing more than a doll doing his bidding.

He claims it was all over before it had even begun and that nobody could save him. He says he knew he could not finish the R-System, but Zeref would not stop him. He asks Erza to strike him down. She refuses and hugs Jellal as the Etherion hits the tower, completely destroying the outer structure of the tower.^[12] Surprised that she is alive after the blast, she looks around and notices there are crystals everywhere and that the structure is an absorption crystal. Jellal explains that the council's Etherion provided the tower with 2.7 billion Edeas, enough to bring Zeref back. Just then, Siegrain shows up and reveals that he and Jellal are the same person, and that he became a council member just to cast the Etherion down on the tower. They both reveal that they are the same person and that Siegrain was just a psychic projection. Now that the two have morphed back together, Jellal’s full Magical power returns. He pushes Erza to the ground.

Just then a serpent binding spell stops Erza from moving. It was put on her when she hugged him. Before forcing her into the R-System crystal in order to be sacrificed, he claims that he loved her. Natsu then arrives just in time to pull Erza out. Natsu telld her that they need to go back to work, otherwise they won't have enough money to pay Lucy's rent on time.

Erza tells him that she can't move, which he took advantage of as he comically tickles her. Erza tells Natsu to leave and not fight Jellal, because she is afraid of the consequences that will happen to him. She begs him to do so. Natsu tells Erza that he doesn't get her at all. He then punches her, causing her to faint while mentioning he'll win this fight. Enraged from what had happened, Natsu flares up like never before and goes to fight Jellal. Erza then wakes up to Natsu being blasted by Jellal's meteor attacks.

Natsu starts destroying the tower so the resurrection cannot occur. Jellal prepares another attack on Natsu, but Erza gets in front, hoping that he won't attack her. He still prepares to launch it, claiming that it does not matter who the sacrifice is, now that there is so much damage. He launches his attack. Opening her eyes, Erza sees that Simon is in front of her and that he used his body as a shield to protect her. He falls to the ground and Erza runs towards him. He confesses his love for Erza, and then dies. Erza screams in anguish and Natsu continues his battle with Jellal. By eating the Etherion, Natsu manages to defeat Jellal, but the Etherion has already been activated. Sadly, the Tower of Heaven has too much damage to it and is going to let loose all the Magic, which will make everything explode, including Gray, Lucy, and the others outside the tower.

Back in the tower, Erza carries Natsu on her back. She shortly realizes that she needs to be the sacrifice to control the Magic energy and stop the explosion. She then puts her body half-way in the crystal, only for Natsu to wake up and ask her what she is doing. She tells him what she is doing and that she cannot live without Fairy Tail, and cannot imagine a world without her friends. If she dies saving everybody, then she has no regrets; she then offers her body to the R-System so that she can control it. She blanks out completely.

Erza wakes up in a dress, wondering where she is. Everything is white around her. The scene turns to her funeral. Erza realizes that she is dead and that nobody is happy. She is a permanent part of the Magic Council, but nobody seems to care and is just crying. Natsu doesn't believe Erza is dead and refuses to accept it. As everybody cries, Erza realizes that she made a mistake. She says she did this to give them a better future and closes her eyes.

She then wakes up, realizing it was a dream. All of her friends run towards her, and Natsu carries her towards them. He lays her in the water, to which Erza is amazed that he was able to not only find, but also take her out the vortex alive. Natsu stated that they, and everybody in Fairy Tail feel the same way, especially her friends.

Natsu in tears tells Erza not to do something like that ever again. Erza promises him to do so, and she comes to the realization that she doesn't need to die for her friends, but to live for them, because that is that only way to bring the best future. For the first time since 8 years ago, she cries tears of joy, out of both eyes.

Wally, Millianna and Shô apologize to Erza, saying they didn't want to hurt her. Erza suggests they come to Fairy Tail. She then hears Jellal say she has become strong. She turns around and sees nobody, denying to herself that she heard anything. However, Erza leaves with the impression that Jellal had spoken to her. While they are celebrating their reunion, Erza mentions her belief that once "Zeref"'s spirit left Jellal's body, it was Jellal who directed the Etherion into the sky, preventing all of them from falling into destruction and losing his life in the process.

Later, Lucy asks where Shô and the others went. Erza dashes out to go look for them. She then realizes that her former comrades decided to leave Erza’s side, saying that they have caused her too much pain for her. Erza then prepares for them the official Fairy Tail’s Farewell Ceremony. After a few promises, she recites the Rules when leaving Fairy Tail, and cries goodbye to them, hoping to see them again someday. After that, Natsu, Lucy, Gray and Erza throw a farewell bash, wishing Shô, Milliana, and Wally well as they depart, finally free and living their own lives.

Erza comes back to the Guild to see it rebuilt and in great condition; but her happiness is interrupted when she finds that Gajeel Redfox had joined Fairy Tail. She voices her concerns with Makarov, but as he gives her his confidence, she petitions to have Gajeel watched.

Later, when a reporter from Sorcerer Magazine comes to Fairy Tail to interview the members, she wears a modified version of her Heart Kreuz Armor. She surprises everyone when she expresses her desire to be interviewed, but after she is done, she goes to Heart Kreuz to voice her concerns about her new armor.

During the festival, Erza competes for the title of "Miss Fairy Tail", requiping into a beautiful dress that Lucy recognizes as Goth Loli style in front of everyone, and states that victory is hers. However, she is turned to stone, along with all the other Miss Fairy Tail contestants by Evergreen.

Natsu and Gajeel try to turn her back to normal with Natsu's flame, thinking that it would release her from the stone. She does get revived, because her artificial eye halves the effect of Evergreen's Magic, and she promptly beats the two of them. She soon realizes that evenMystogan has arrived to fight Laxus Dreyar, in order to help save the guild.

She then goes to town to find Laxus, but encounters Evergreen instead. She threatens Evergreen to release the other girls, but Evergreen is more interested in claiming the title of "Titania" for herself instead. After fighting her for some time, Erza pins her against a wall, Evergreen reveals to her she'll kill the girls if Erza doesn't strip to degrade herself. Erza counters that by requiping into her "Heaven's Wheel Armor" and threatens to kill Evergreen herself if she doesn't revive the girls, and thus, Evergreen concedes and the girls are released.

After her fight with Evergreen, both Erza and Natsu find Laxus and Mystogan already fighting in the Cathedral, and she has a shock when she witnesses the true face of Mystogan, which is exactly like Jellal's face. Not knowing it wasn't Jellal, her eyes begin to shed tears and she becomes emotionally unstable for a moment.^[13] She recovers from the surprise though and prepares to attack Laxus with her Lightning Empress Armor, but later decides to trust Natsu to stop Laxus, and goes to destroy the Thunder Palace instead to protect everyone in Magnolia.

As the festival continues after the whole incident, Erza is seen performing with her swords during the Fantasia Parade while Mystogan watches her.

Erza begins to try and find out about Mystogan; however, she realizesMakarov knows nothing about him.^[14] Stumped, Erza wonders about Mystogan's relationship to Jellal, and why they both have the same exact face.^[15]

Later, Erza and her team begin to go on a mission to hunt a Mage hunter, but she becomes surprised when she hears Lucy went off to Acalypha and took out the Naked Mummy Guild by herself. Later, after Team Natsu discusses the Balam Alliance with Mirajane and a few other members of Fairy Tail, Makarov reveals that an alliance of guilds has been made in order to take down one of the Dark Guilds part of the Balam Alliance,Oración Seis, and that Fairy Tail is a part of it. Erza, along with Natsu, Gray, Happy and Lucy are chosen as Fairy Tail's representatives. They meet up with the Blue Pegasus Guild delegates, The Trimens that are none other than, Hibiki Laytis, Eve Thylm,Ren Akatsuki, and (much to the girls' chagrin) are met with the delegates' effeminacy, though to Erza's horror,Ichiya Wanderlei Kotobuki is also along. They also meet the delegates of Lamia Scale Guild: Jura Nekis, Lyon Bastia and Sherry Blendi, as well as the delegates of Caitshelter Guild: Wendy Marvell and Charle. As all the delegates get together, Erza follows Natsu and Gray as they run to find the Oración Seis.

As the Oración Seis finds them, Erza battles Cobra in a new armor. However, she is bitten by his snake and she suffers from the extreme poison. As Lucy gives Erza her belt to strap on her arm, she begs for someone to cut her poisoned arm off. Lyon steps forward to do this, but this is denied by her fellow Fairy Tail members and an argument erupts. However, Charle explains to them that Wendy, who was kidnapped byBrain, can help her, as her Magic allows her to heal the injured. As the others leave to rescue Wendy, Lucy and Hibiki Laytis stay behind to take care of her. After Natsu arrives with Wendy, she treats Erza and removes the poison. When the others notice the pillar of black light in the sky, Natsu says Jellal is there and rushes forward. In the ensuing confusion, Erza slips away, intending to head towards the pillar, too.

Because the others are impeded in fights against the Oración Seis, Erza manages to reach Jellal first, although she is unsure of how to act towards him. To her surprise, she discovers that he has become amnesiac, and is only able to remember her name. As Erza explains who he is and what he did to his comrades, Jellal breaks down in tears upon learning what kind of person he is. Suddenly, Cobra appears and attempts to take Nirvana, but Jellal reveals that he put a Self-Destruction Spell around Nirvana to destroy it. However, he also put the spell on himself so he could end his life, and free Erza from the pain he has caused to her and her comrades.

She doesn't take this too kindly and runs up to him, grabs him and demands that he cancel the spell and live. Moments later, Brain appears, revealing that he taught Jellal the Self-Destruction Spell which he created himself, and easily cancels it, before activating the second stage of Nirvana. Erza and Jellal are caught in Nirvana's skywards eruption, Erza barely hanging onto an edge with one hand and Jellal in the other. She pulls them up, saying that he should live on to see the future as Fairy Tail members do with their connection of "hope". However, she takes time out of her speech to question Lucy, alongside Gray, why she and Natsu are wearing matching clothes.

Later, Midnight appears before her and quickly defeats Jellal, revealing hisReflector Magic to her. She tries her best to fight him, but all her attacks are reflected and her armor becomes reflected to confine her. As Midnight tortures Jellal with the truth of his deeds, Erza reassures Jellal that she believes that there is still goodness in him, and requips to a new armor, readying herself for round two against Midnight. She slashes at Midnight, but her attack gets reflected. She then punches him, sending him flying. She claims he has two weaknesses. She reveals that he can't reflect the human body and he starts to strangle her with her armor.

She then says that his second weakness is that he can't reflect objects in more than one area. He looks above and sees that she had sent multiple swords flying down at him, which pins him to the ground. Also, Erza's armor is an elastic robe, and she is able to overcome his twisting power. Midnight says that at midnight, his refracting gets to his peak as he transforms into a giant monster. He creates a giant explosion and stabs Jellal and Erza.

He is then successfully slashed and defeated by Erza as she reveals his transformation was all just an illusion. Afterwards, she manages to get into contact with the others through Hibiki's telepathy, only to learn that Nirvana is controlled by six different Lacrima Crystals.

After their discussion and planning, Hibiki implants a map to guide them towards the location of each lacrima crystal. Erza says she will handle Lacrima number 5. When Jellal is about to say he'll destroy the 6th Lacrima, she immediately interrupts, saying "You will handle Lacrima number 6" without indicating a name. She whispers to him that Natsu still doesn't know his relation towards the mission and might mistake him as an enemy. When Erza finishes, Natsu answers that he seemed to have heard a familiar voice, which is actually Jellal, but no one seems to reply.

She is then seen standing in front of the fifth Lacrima, waiting for the appointed time to arrive and destroy it. After Natsu's victory over Zero, the rest of the Mages including Erza manage to destroy all six Lacrima Crystals and Nirvana collapses. Everyone is seen rejoicing as they are reunited. Erza says that she will support Jellal and he doesn´t need to care about his memories. At this moment, they stare at each other and she then says "I...", only for the New Magic Council to interrupt and arrestHoteye and Jellal for their past criminal acts.

As Jellal willingly gives himself up to the council, Rahal warns him that this will probably be the last time he ever sees them again, for he will either be given the death sentence or life imprisonment. Suddenly, an angered Natsu starts to fight against the council, trying to bring Jellal back for Erza's sake, and states that Jellal is already "one of us". This causes every other Mage to fight for Jellal as well, except for Erza, who could only tremble in anger and watch the chaos. The council is then ordered to capture everyone else, but Erza decides to stop the commotion once and for all, and lets the Council take Jellal away. Jellal looks back at her in relief, but not before he mentions her scarlet hair, which implies that he remembers the time he chose her last name, Scarlet.

Back at Cait Shelter, Lucy and Sherry wear clothes given by the guild members, who offer some to Erza. All she could say to reply is "Ah, that sounds nice." She is then seen comforting Wendy, as Cait Shelter is revealed to be just a mere illusion, and invites her back to Fairy Tail.

After Gildarts Clive tells Natsu he has something to tell him, Erza urges Natsu and Lucy not to take on the Hundred Year quest that Gildarts had recently failed. Later, Erza comments on Bisca Mulan and Alzack Connellgetting along well. Erza tells them to treasure these memories so they will not regret them later. Marakov then calls Erza over, telling her that about his choice to pass the Hundred Year Quest to another guild. She agrees with Makarov's decision. Later, the Anima sucks up Fairy Tail into Edolas, including Erza. However, Gajeel releases her and Gray from the lacrima with Mystogan's help. Mystogan then sends them to Edolas with X-Balls that allow Earth Land people to use Magic freely in Edolas.

When Erza Knightwalker is about to kill Happy, Erza and Gray bash some of the Edolas Guards and show up, ready to attack, and declare Erza Knightwalker to be an enemy of Fairy Tail. Seeing that her counterpart is about to strike Gray, Erza quickly blocks her counterpart's spear with her sword, and the clash of their weapons causes a huge aftershock. Realizing that her group could not proceed any further than they already have with Knightwalker hot on their tails, Scarlet orders her friends to carry on without her.

After Gray, Lucy, Charle and Happy leave to find Natsu and Wendy, the two Erzas begin to battle, with both being evenly matched. Scarlet attacks with her arsenal of weapons and armor, while Knightwalker parries with her Magical shape-shifting spear, "The Ten Commandments". Erza then comments on how their Magic is similar, before preparing for another round. The two continue fighting as their scenery changes to a small unstable bridge with bricks falling from above.

Erza Knightwalker is then seen meeting up with Natsu and Gray (after their fights with Hughes and Sugarboy) and captures them. She defeats the both of them and drags them to the Dragon Cannon control room, commenting on how she can see eternal Magic coming. She then orders Gray to active the cannon aiming towards the island, with the threat that she would kill Natsu if he did not comply. Right at the crucial moment, however, Erza Knightwalker suddenly shouts at Natsu to fight, before quickly holding her sword at Faust's throat, revealing herself to be Erza Scarlet, and the entire plan to be a ruse. She then tells the soldiers to move the coordinates to fire at the Lacrima, or she would kill the king.

However, the real Erza Knightwalker vaults over the wall of the control room and frees Faust. Erza is then seen smirking at her Edolas counterpart while the Legion flies off. She then helps everyone to push back the Lacrima Island, enough for Mystogan to send the giant Lacrima back toEarth Land. She witnesses her counterpart shoot Pantherlily, who declares the battle is not over yet. When Dorma Anim shows up, Natsu tells her that he, along with Gajeel and Wendy, would take care of Faust, while she and her group should protect the Exceeds. However, as they try to catch up, Knightwalker ambushes the Legion that they were on. While Lucy, Gray, and Coco fall, Erza merely chains on to another Legion and defeats a couple of Legion squad members herself. As she requips to the Heaven's Wheel armor, the both of them declare that there is only room for one Erza, and the other one must perish.

However, even though they both have already run out of Magic, they have a fist fight, while debating about whether it is wrong to extort Magic fromExtalia. Erza finally manages to knock some sense into Knightwalker, telling her that they can still survive without Magic, and that it can be overcome. She then tells Knightwalker that they are the same, and as Erza herself has the same evil qualities and weaknesses in Knightwalker, Knightwalker herself has the same compassionate heart as Erza. The falling island then crashes into the ground, and both Erzas no longer have the strength to move. Knightwalker then admits defeat, but Erza denies this, saying that there is no such thing, seeing as they're the same person.

With the two Erza's peace made, Anima begins to take Scarlet back to Earth Land. The two Erzas bid one final farewell. After returning to Earth Land, she is surprised to see the Exceeds have arrived in Earth Land, and after hearing about their story, no one has grudge against them. Before saying farewell to the Exceeds, Nichiya hits on Erza, which freaks her out.

However, when the Exceeds leave, Erza, along with Gray and Natsu, are surprised when Pantherlily drags out the captured Lisanna from Edolas and wonders why is she on Earth Land. However, Lisanna reveals that she was never dead and she is the Earth Land Lisanna. Erza, alongside Natsu and the others, helps Lisanna to return to her siblings.

Back at Fairy Tail, everybody is acting hyper again. Pantherlily is surprised at how noisy everyone is, and finds it hard to believe that they all have Magical power inside them. Erza explains that's how Mages are in Earthland. She also points out that the Magic isn't important, but the hearts and the people who wield it. Pantherlily tells Erza that it's comforting to see a familiar face like hers, even though she's not the Erza he knew. Later, she is seen practicing her swordsmanship abilities with Pantherlily; they stop when Pantherlily returns to his chibi form. She is seen alongside Makarov, announcing the S-Class Wizard Promotion Trial. It is shown that it was her that didn't let Gajeel participate in the event, feeling it was too early for him.

After the rules are explained, it is revealed that Erza will be participating along with Mirajane and Gildarts. Their main role in the trial is to attempt to hinder the selected teams in some way. After the participants get toTenrou Island, Makarov tells them there will be eight paths, and of them, seven will result in battles. She waits in path D, and battles both Juvia and Lisanna in a temple ruins of some sort with the Sea King Armor. Despite a valiant fight, Erza easily manages to defeat them. After the first part of the exam is over, she, along with Juvia, Lisanna, and Mirajane, are all seen at the resting camp on the island. While she is cooking, Mirajane breaks to Erza the news that Elfman and Evergreen were getting "married". She starts questioning how and when did it all happen. She then asks of Freed and Bickslow's whereabouts, and learns that they went back to the guild with Gildarts. She also questions why Mest and Wendy weren't at the base, which sends her and Juvia out to look for them.

Later, Erza is seen with Juvia, and the both find an injured Levy McGarden. Erza, with Juvia and Levy, goes to help Gajeel as he had already finished his long battle against Kawazu and Yomazu and won, albeit not without suffering some critical injuries himself. Then, while they are checking up Gajeel's condition, Yomazu announces that The Seven Kin of Purgatory is coming, the aces of Grimoire Heart.

Erza immediately announces that the exam is now on hold, and sends a warning flare signal to the rest of the guild members present on Tenrou Island, loudly declaring that everyone in the guild must enter in a battle formation for a 'code red'-level emergency. Erza requips into her Heartz Kreuz armor.

Erza tells Levy and Juvia that she's going to search for Wendy and Mest, because she thinks they got lost wandering the grounds. She then goes over to Yomazu and asks what their goals are. He refuses to talk, until Erza hits him on the head. He then reveals they are here for the Black Mage, Zeref. He tells them Zeref lived 400 years ago, and has since been in a "slumbering" state. Erza finds that impossible, and asks if he's trying to start some disorder. Yomazu simply tells her The Seven Kin of Purgatory are coming, and she shouldn't underestimate them. When the Grimoire Heart guild arrives on the island, members surround Juvia and Erza, and they prepare to fight them. They easily defeat all the members in their immediate vicinity, but are then confronted by Meredy. Erza warns Juvia not to underestimate her just because she is a kid, saying that she could sense a strange Magic from the girl.

Before they battle, Meredy tells them what Grimoire Heart plans to do with Zeref: to have him rule a world where non-Magic users cannot survive. In her battle with Juvia against Meredy, Meredy attacks them with an attack called Maguilty Sodom, which creates Magic swords that are sent flying towards her and Juvia. The attack manages to pierce Juvia's water body, which causes Erza to question what type of Magic it is. Meredy simply states that to eliminate the enemy is her mission.^[16]

As the battle between the three continues, Meredy begins to assault Juvia and states that she will be "13th place". Erza then tells Juvia to step down because she will take care of her, and Meredy replies that Erza will be "4th place". When questioned by Erza as to what her rankings mean, Meredy replies that those are the rankings she decided to kill them in. Meredy then utilizes Maguilty Sodom and attacks Juvia again. Erza then asks why she is after Juvia, and Meredy replies "13 is just trash. I'll take care of her quickly." Meredy then goes on and continues to explain her rankings, and says Gray Fullbuster is first since he killed Ultear's mother. This sparks both Juvia's and Erza's attention. Meredy then tries to use Maguilty Sodom against Erza, but Juvia uses her water to surround and knock all of her blades away. Juvia then says she can't forgive Meredy and with a disturbed look on her face, asks Meredy whose life she was going to take. Erza, with a nervous look, remarks that Juvia should calm down.^[17]

Juvia proceeds to attack Meredy with astonishing strength. This shocks Erza, who notices that Juvia's fighting is nothing like how she was during the exams. She finally understands that Juvia's true powers come out when she fights for a loved one. Juvia tells Erza that she will handle Meredy and that Erza needs to go find Wendy and Gray. Erza requips down to her swimsuit and leaves as Juvia defends her from Meredy's attack.^[18]

As Erza runs around looking for her guildmates, Azuma emerges upside down from a tree and calls out to her. He tells her that he took care of "that little girl", referring to Wendy.^[19] Later, she feels Bluenote using his Magic.^[20] She begins her fight with Azuma and is seen with her Flame Empress Armor, which negates Azuma's explosion attacks.^[21] After requipping a few more armors, she and Azuma battle for a while longer. Azuma comments that he and Erza are the same: they both fight to pursue the strong opponents. Erza, however, replies that she only needed the strength to protect her comrades.

Azuma then states that they are out of time. He activates his Lost Magic and uproots Tenrou Island's tree, which has the ability to protect and give strength to every Fairy Tail member.^[22]

Azuma then tells Erza that her friends' lives are on the line, and to show him if she had enough power to protect them.^[23] Erza asks Azuma why she's the only not affected by his daMage to the Tenrou Tree, and he says he wants to fight her when she's serious. Erza says she will defeat him no matter what if he'll return the guild's Magical power; he promises he will do this, remarking that he doesn't like these tactics. Erza starts her attack by using the Heaven Wheel's Armor and "Blumenblatt", which is easily blocked by Azuma, who then proceeds to use "Pholium and Laum Seekers" to attack Erza.

After defeating Azuma Erza falls to the ground, battle worn, and notices Azuma's body was transforming into a tree. He states that it is a side effect of overusing his Lost Magic. He then tells her that, as promised, he would return everyone's Magic Power to them. She then asks him if he knew a man name Jellal. Azuma states that he does and explains that Jellal is a sad man whose become obsessed with the idea that Zeref ghost exist and that he lost all sense of reason. He then asks Erza did she know him, and she doesn't respond. He then apologizes and states that it was Ultear's plan, and that she did it to get the Magic Council to take their eyes off of Grimoire Heart. He then goes on to explain that Ultear is a truly frightening person. Erza then asks him why they are after Zeref so much, and Azuma states that it is to get closer to the very first Magic in the world, the source of all Magic. Erza then asks what would happen if they found the source and Azuma simply smiles and states that Jellal dreamed of Paradise. Azuma tries to explain further but is completely transformed into trees. Erza attempts to rush towards him but collapses due to fatigue.^[26]

Later Erza was seen trying to stand up again.^[27] After standing up,Erza helped Gray who almost collapsed and asks him if he's okay. Gray states that it seems that he always needs to be saved by somebody. Erza replies that she's the same, too. Natsu's group arrives, overhears the words said, and with a big grin, Natsu tells them that he is the same too. The reunited Team Natsu, along with Wendy, Charle and Pantherlily, prepares for the final battle against Hades.^[28]

Hades tells the group to fight him when ready and returns to his ship.Natsu tells the Exceeds to search for the ship's power source and destroy it in order to prevent it from taking off. After Wendy casts Troia on Natsu as a precautionary measure, Gray uses his Ice Make: Stairs to climb the ship while the Exceeds flies off to find the power source. As the group climbs the stairs, Erza reminds the group that Hades is a powerful Mage and that to use their full power from the start. Everyone agrees and Team Natsu head off to the ship

Natsu start of the battle by sending a fire ball into Hade,but Hade stops his attack with his hand,but is surprised to see Erza and Gray appear right in front of him. Erza, Erza, in her Black Wing Armor, attacks with her Moon Glimpse while Gray attacks with his Ice-Make: Cold Excalibur. Lucy then summons Taurus who attacks Hades while Wendy casts Arms Spell X Armor X Vernier to enhance their attack power, defensive power and speed. With Wendy's support, Erza and Gray continue to attack Hades but miss. With a summoned chain, Hades snags Erza and slams her into Gray.Natsu see it as an opening attack Hade but Hade recover from the attack and attack Natsu with his chain.but Erza cut the chain freeing Natsu, Gray uses his Ice-Make: Hammer to shot Natsu towards Hades. Wendy attacks with her Sky Dragon's Roar and Lucy summons Scorpio who attacks with his Sand Buster. The two attacks combine into a Unison Raid,and surrounds Natsu, boosting his Magic then Natsu attack Hade.

Hades goes flying into a wall and seem the group is victorious. But Hades soon arecovers barely affected, telling the group they made a true mistake in making him their opponent. He then asks if their done with their "warm up" much to the group's shock. Hades then shouts which affects Wendy who suddenly disappears. Leaving only her clothing behind.But it's revealed that Horologium saved her at the last second by forcing his gate open, commenting that since the danger was higher then normal he came out to help,Horologuim's time is spent so he releases a newly clothed Wendy and tells the group to be careful before disappearing.

Everyone prepares to attack again. Hade comments on "Makarov's kids",which made Natsu to ask him if he knew their master,Hade confirm it that he was the second master,a disbelieving Natsu charges,but Hade attack him,before attack Wendy and Gray,then uses his chain on Erza and Lucy ramming them into each other before blowing them up,Natsu tried to help the rest but Hade shoot him in the leg,while shooting Gray and Wendy as well.As Team Natsu lay defeated ,Hade start to belittle Makarov,but Natsu defend Makarov, Hade brutally beat up Natsu,while Erza and the others watch in horror,and yelling at Hade to stop.when Hade was about to finish Natsu off. When the light subsides, Laxus is standing in front of Hades. Having overheard Natsu's last remark about being the old man rival,he attacked Hades.

After Laxus fails at beating Hades, and gives his Magical power to Natsu, Erza remarks how the situation was similiar to when Natsu ate the Etherion.^[29] After Natsu attacks Hades with his Lighting Flame attacks, Erza is shocked to see Hades is still okay. Hades then removes his eye patch and shows the group the "Abyss of Magic", which transforms Hades and increases his Magical power drastically^[30] Hades tells the group none of them are worthy enough to walk the path of Magic, or to live in the Ultimate Magic World. After displaying hisLiving Magic spells, Erza starts to shake in fear. Natsu then tells the group to use that fear to become stronger. Erza understands and helps launch Natsu at Hades, even though none of them have Magical power left. Natsu and Hades's final collision ends with the ship exploding.^[31] Natsu prevails punching Hades in the face. Hades doesn't know how he lost, until he feels that his heart had been destroyed somewhere on the ship. He reveals his heart was the only thing that let him use all his Magic. Wendy shows Erza, Gray, and Lucy that the Tenrou tree is back up, which was thanks to Ultear's Arc of Time.^[32] After Lucy, Gray and Wendy attack Hades, Erza usesPentagram Sword on him. Laxus then attacks, and then Natsu, which finally defeats Hades.^[33] After the battle, Erza and the others head back to the camp to rest.

Their rest, however, is cut short when Acnologia arrives and attacks the guild members. Erza watches as Makarovholds the beast off and tells his guild members that his final order is for them to escape. She heeds his order and she attempts to flee Tenrou Island.^[34] However, she, along with the rest of Fairy Tail, comes back and attempts to fight Acnologia. When Acnologia flies into the air and prepares to use some sort of Dragon Breath, the entire guild grabs hands and gives all their Magic Power to Freed in an attempt to negate the attack. They fail and Tenrou Island is destroyed, and they are never found.^[35]

Erza along with the rest of the others are rescued by Bisca, Alzack, Jet, Droy, Max, Warren and the Trimens from Blue Pegasus. She watches as Mavis Vermilion reveals that she was the one who saved them and then disappears. She returns to the Fairy Tail Guild and, along with Natsu, Gajeel, and Gray, defeats the members of Twilight Ogre who were threating Romeo and is later welcomed back by Romeo.^[36]

Erza joins their welcome back party, and is surprised to hear the Bisca and Alzack have gotten married and have a child.^[37] Erza is later confronted by the couple again in Magnolia Town, and they reveal startling information about Jellal to Erza.^[38]

Requip: The Knight (換装 別名 ザ・ナイト Kansō Betsumei Za Naito): Erza's signature form of Magic. Over which she possesses great mastery. It is a type of Magic that allows her to swap weapons, armor and clothes at will. Her particular form of Requip is called The Knight. She is noted for her ability to requip extremely fast and is the only sword Mage known to be capable of requipping weapons and armor while fighting, something which made her well known throughout the Kingdom of Fiore and Magnolia Town, earning her the epithet "Titania".^[39]

Sword Magic (剣の魔法 Ken no Mahō): As the name implies, this is a type of Magic which revolves around the use of swords. Erza is capable of performing different Magical attacks through the use of specific armors of hers, which can make her deadlier in melee or, when combined with her Telekinesis, allow her to target opponents which are out of her physical range.^[40]

Telekinesis (テレキネシス Terekineshisu): Erza's first use of Magic as a child was to levitate discarded weapons from the ground and launch them at her enemies, something which she did inadvertenly, due to the shock caused by Rob's death.^[41] Erza's most common use of Telekinesiscomes with her Sword Magic, in which she can perform different attacks by controlling her swords remotely.

Master Swordsmanship Specialist: Erza's skills in swordsmanship are of the highest caliber. Her offensive capabilities mainly come from her swordsplay, which enables her to effectively utilize the weapons that herRequip provides. She is even capable of employing her swords effectively using her feet, by wielding their hilts between her hallux and second toe.^[42]Her swordsmanship is enough for her to slash through Aria's presumably intangible airspaces,^[43] and to deflect hundreds of needles which were shot at her by Evergreen with relative ease.^[44] In addition, her sword slashes possess so much force behind them that they are able to slice through metal using only the air pressure from the swings.^[45]

Immense Endurance: Erza has been shown to possess a vast amount of physical endurance. After using up all of her Magic power during her fight with Azuma by focusing it all in a single slash,^[46] she was still able to join the battle against Hades, requipping different armors and performing combo attacks with her teammates.^[47]

Immense Durability: Erza has also proved herself to have a vast amount of physical durability: with the aid of herAdamantine Armor, she was able to take the brunt of the Magical Convergent Cannon - Jupiter on herself,^[48] and then go on to defeat Aria, an S-Class Mage,^[49] and fight Jose Porla, the Phantom Lord Guild Master and a former member of the Ten Wizard Saints, after a brief amount of time.^[50] While clad in her Heaven's Wheel Armor, she was capable of taking on the counter effect of 200 Lacrima orbs from Laxus’ Thunder Palaceeven though the effect of one of the orbs is enough to endanger someone's life.^[51] and she was also able to survive the highly-damaging Terra Chrymal twice, and still manage to continue to fight and defeat Azuma.^[52]

Enhanced Strength: In stark contrast with her slim and womanly figure, Erza possesses a large amount of physical strength, having been repeatedly shown capable of lifting and dragging around objects many times her own size and weight,^[53] most prominently due to her habit of carrying around vast amounts of luggage.^[54] She was also able to send Midnight flying against a wall, several meters away from both of them, with a flick of her wrist.^[55]

Keen Intellect: Erza has proven herself to be clever and to possess a thorough knowledge of the Magic world: she was able to figure out why the people of Galuna Island were changing into demons (or thought they were) after only a brief period on the island,^[56] and could work out the mechanics behind Midnight’s Reflector Magic after being struck by it only few times, something which even got her praise from Jellal Fernandes.^[57]

Expert Hand to Hand Combatant: Despite favoring the use of her various weapons, Erza has proven herself to be a skilled hand-to-hand combatant. She was able to knock Shô unconscious with a single kick while she was bound to a wall.^[58] She was also able to engage Erza Knightwalker in an unarmed fight after all of their weapons were shattered in their previous battle, attacking her counterpart with powerful punches and performing throws and takedowns to push her away.^[59] She is even able to mix hand to hand combat with her swordsmanship while in battle.^[60]

Immense Reflexes: Erza possesses tremendous reflexes, agility and speed. Despite her being severely battle worn, she was able to dodge a blast from Jose Porla while balancing herself on one hand.^[61] She was also able to skillfully and acrobatically dodge a barrage of Darkness Magic Spells from Jellal Fernandes, ^[62] and when he knocked her through the walls of the Tower of Heaven she launched herself off of a few small falling rocks back into the Tower with ease.^[63] When Evergreen shot a few arrows at her as a surprise attack, she easily dodged the arrows with a side jump.^[64]

Immense Magic Power: As an S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, Erza has a tremendous amount of Magic Power. Throughout many battles Erza was able to requip powerful armors in rapid succession without showing signs of fatigue. She was also able to requip her Heaven's Wheel Armor and over 200 swords after requipping herLightning Empress Armor without running out of Magic Power. When exerted, her Magic Power is red in color.^[65]