Jellal Fernandes

Original : Jellal Fernandes
Japanese : ジェラール・フェルナンデス ( Jerāru Ferunandesu )
Hair Color : Blue
Eye Color : Brown
Occupation : Independent Mage
Magic : Heavenly Body Magic, Thought Projection, Darkness Magic, Fire Magic, Abyss Break, Bind Snake, Self-Destruction Spell, Telekinesis, Telepathy, Magic Staves
Japanese Voice : Daisuke Namikawa
English Voice : Robert McCollum

Jellal Fernandes is a childhood friend of Erza Scarlet. Before he lost his own memory, he was a Dark Mage who tried desperately to revive Zeref by using the R-System. Jellal served as the main antagonist of the Tower of Heaven arc and is currently a member of the Crime Sorcière Guild.
When he was young, Jellal was a very kind boy, deeply caring for his friends. He was always cheerful and optimistic, even in his times of slavery. He most likely lost his parents just like his fellow slaves. After a failed attempt to escape, he readily accepted punishment so that Erza wouldn't have to, and he never lost his faith in freedom. Later, as he was manipulated by what he thought to be Zeref, he drastically changed. He became insane with the idea of building a new R-System and treated the slaves much better - to the extent that they didn't even think they were still slaves. But through this method of treatment, they did more work, which was Jellal's ultimate reason for treating them as such in the first place. He sees his actions as a game even if this will cost lives, including his own. After he was revived by Wendy Marvell, he suffered from amnesia and he seemed to be somewhat scared of the world. Though not remembering his own identity, he remembered the names of Erza and Natsu. As he learned of his sins, he wished to die as penance, but a scolding from Erza convinced him to instead live in order to atone for his actions. To the moment of his arrest after the defeat of the Oración Seis, he had returned to his original kind personality. Mavis Vermilion even commented that Jellal isn't evil and even has the same "heart" as everyone else in the Fairy Tail guild despite him not being a member. Seven years later, after regaining his memories and having returned to his original personality, Jellal is now a calm, mature, and intelligent individual and has proven his kind personality is still there. He's shown a cheerful side, as he often smiles when pleased or happy when his friends are happy. While as "Mystogan", he makes sure he keeps a quite and distant nature around others to not blow his cover nor risk Fairy Tail being exposed for having an escaped convict participating on their behalf. However, his past deeds has caused Jellal to feel a strong sense of atonement, as he created Crime Sorcière as a way to atone by destroying Dark Guilds. Despite this, he still feels he deserves punishment, as he told Ultear and Meredy that "punishment" is the theme of their guild. It is this guilt that keeps Jellal from responding to Erza's feelings, which are mutual on his part, as he believes he doesn't deserve her. Despite his rather serious nature, Jellal does have a comedic side, as seen in his fight with Jura in which he gave comedic looks as Ultear and Meredy tickled him to lose while he laughed uncontrollably and later when he walked back to his team in shame and comically admitted his shame and how he couldn't even respond to them due to his embarrassment.