Acnologia
Acnologia is a male anime and manga character who features in Fairy Tail.
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Biography
Acnologia (Japanese: アクノロギア, Hepburn: Akunorogia) was originally a male human whose name was forgotten to the centuries where he lived 400 years ago in the Earthlands. He grew to adulthood where he served as a doctor in the hidden land of Montes Secreta where he used his healing magic to treat those of injuries. The people of the town were protected by the great Dragons with them working alongside the humans that cared for Them. Among the great beasts was a white dragon called Acnologia who was the guardian protector of his home. One day, he treated the beast's injuries with Acnologia commenting that there was a disturbance in the western continent involving other Dragons. However, when he returned, the white dragon seemingly turned against his former charges and alongside others of his kind they began massacring the population of the town. The doctor was among the only survivors where he saw the death of his family and friends. This sparked a hatred of Dragon's in him and he departed his ruined home in order to learn the art of Dragon Slaying magic. As a result, he became one of the first Dragon Slayers where he participated in the events of the Dragon King Festival. Initially, the goal was to slay the cruel Dragons and instead fight alongside the peaceful members of their kind for a world that promoted coexistence. However, in time, the Dragon Slayers began to abandon their cause and instead looked to kill all the Dragon's out of vengeance. Over time, the former doctor killed many of the Dragons and began to forget his own identity with him losing memory of his own name. It was then that he decided to take the name of his former guardian Acnologia as it was the only name he could remember as it was the source of his wrath. The relentless hatred he felt led to him to commit countless acts of bloodshed and murder of the Dragons. The height of this was when he saw a young girl called Sonya slain and the overuse of the Dragon Slayer magic resulted in his body being corrupted as he transformed into a Dragon himself. Transformed into a Black Dragon, he declared himself the Dragon King and set forth to exterminate all Dragons from the world regardless of their origin. Thus, his mark on history was etched as the name of Acnologia was met with terror in the annals of history. For years, he was known to slumber with the people of the Earthlands regarding him with fear and it was said that Acnologia had single-handily destroyed an entire country. Years ago, he was noted to had encountered an S-Class Wizard named Gildarts Clive of the Fairy Tail guild who was taking part in his 100 Year Quest at the Zonia Mountains. A battle erupted between the pair with the Black Dragon defeating the human whose left arm, leg and a part of his body being badly wounded. Acnologia left Gildarts to die but the wizard managed to survive in injuries though had retained permanent damage from the encounter.
Years later, Acnologia took notice when he was signalled by the Black Wizard Zeref causing the dragon to arrive at his location on Tenrou Island and wreaking destruction in his wake. Sensing the destructive capabilities the Black Dragon possesses, Makarov Dreyar enters Giant mode, attempting to hold the Dragon at bay to allow the other members of Fairy Tail to escape. After a brief struggle, Acnologia took advantage of Makarov's previous injuries in order to nock the Guild Master to the ground and pummel him with his claws. Just as he as about to kill Makarov, Natsu Dragneel latched onto Acnologia, preventing the killing blow. Despite Acnologia's attempt to rid himself of Natsu, the Fire Dragon Slayer remained latched onto the Black Dragon's scales, demanding that he leave their Master alone. Led by Erza Scarlet, the other members of Fairy Tail return, aiding Natsu in his assault against the Dragon. As Gildarts noted that Acnologia was simply toying with them all with the Dragon flying into the air, and then proceeds to seemingly obliterate Tenrou Island with his Dragon's Roar. After the deed was done, Acnologia soared off into the distance and departed the area. Acnologia appears again at the ruins of Cube where the battle between Fairy Tail Mages and Tartaros takes place. As he nears his destination, both Mages and the Demons take notice of his presence. Effortlessly, Acnologia creates huge explosions with his breath and shockwaves with his wings alone, much to the Mages' despair. He approaches Mard Geer and the Demon deduces that the Black Dragon is after E.N.D. However, Acnologia's rampage is temporarily interrupted, as the Fire Dragon Igneel, released from within Natsu's body, attacks him, with an intention to stop his rampage. Acnologia and Igneel begin to clash, while all the Mages below watch in horror and awe. After Natsu jumps on Igneel, the latter fired a huge flame blast towards Acnologia, although the beast easily shrugs off the attack and comes out of it unscathed. Acnologia was then later punched by Igneels' version of Fire Dragon's Iron Fist, however he shrugged this attack off as well. Shortly thereafter, taking advantage of Igneel's worry for Natsu, Acnologia fires a Dragon's Roar at his opponent's head, but misses. Acknowledging Igneel as his enemy, Acnologia speaks to him, citing his displeasure at the existence of Dragons; he ends his comment by saying that he will slay Igneel. As the fight goes on, Acnologia tells Igneel that he won't escape. However, the latter explains that he didn't intend to run, and that he moved so that he can fight without holding back, in order to defeat the other creature. Acnologia, however, says that it won't be a simple defeat, but a one-sided obliteration. Later as the Face bombs across the continent begin to detonate, Acnologia is sent plummeting towards the earth extremely wounded, much to everyone's surprise. His body is then used as a victory stand by Igneel, who announces the arrival of the other Dragon Slayers' foster parents to stop the mighty threat of the Magic Pulse Bomb. Acnologia doesn't stay down for long though, as he slashes out at Igneel and takes their battle back up into the sky. There, he questions Igneel's motives for having the other Dragons hide inside their foster Dragon Slayer children, and, when Igneel asks if he is scared of E.N.D. reviving, berates the Fire Dragon and declares that all he wants is utter destruction. Acnologia quickly overwhelms Igneel and repeatedly crushes his torso with his claws whilst screaming about destruction; he also derides the Dragon for being the Fire Dragon King yet not being able to fight equally with him and continues his relentless assault. Acnologia is then quickly overtaken by Igneel and loses his left arm, however in return, Acnologia destroys nearly the entire left half of Igneel's torso and then kills him with his Dragon's Roar. With his arm gone and his target slain, Acnologia then leaves Magnolia.
He later travelled to Fiore when he smelt the scent of dragons and intended to eliminate the last of their number. Acnologia then came upon a battlefield where the Wizard Saints had been defeated by God Serena of the Spriggan 12 that served the Alvarez Empire. Serena had wielded 8 different dragon slayer magics and had defeated the Wizard Saints that opposed him. He was then prepared to battle Acnologia and defeat him but the Black Dragon effortlessly killed his foe. He then proceeded forward to find the remaining dragons that he sensed thus leaving the other combatants unharmed. Acnologia was then confronted by the enchanter Irene Belserion who utilised a special spell called Universe One that reshaped the land of the entire continent. This displaced people and even places all over the country with Acnologia being sent far away in an effort to delay him long enough for Zeref to claim the Fairy Heart. He then made his way back in an effort to find the last remaining Dragon Slayers in order to eliminate them. Eventually, Irene was slain and the lands were returned to normal with Acnologia coming to the island where she had been slain. Upon arriving, he came to learn that she was in fact the founder of Dragon Slayer magic and he mockingly regarded her as his 'mother'. Acnologia then proceeded to defile the corpse of Irene by stomping on it leaving the remains even further bloodied before he was told to stop by Erza Scarlet. It was then that the Black Dragon revealed his identity as he was in his human form and turned his attention to Wendy Marvell in order to kill her. A surprised Erza was then attacked by Acnologia only to be blocked by Jellal. Jellal wasted no time in attacking the dragon king but Acnologia does not bother defending and takes absolutely no damage to their gathered surprise Acnologia devours Jellal's magic revealing that while he does not have a specific Dragon Slayer Magic element his magic makes him immune to all Magic. Acnologia then transforms into his Dragon form. Wendy refuses to back down and prepares to fight Acnologia, but Acnologia was rammed by the Blue Pegasus's flying vehicle Christine. Erza, Jellal, and Wendy get on Christine with Acnologia chasing them.
Acnologia continued to chase them, they fire a giant magical beam at him but Acnologia devoured it. They attempted to shoot the dragon down with bullets but Acnologia managed to dodge them. Whilst in the Christine, Anna Heartfilia claimed that she had found a way to seal Acnologia in an endless void of space and time. The Christine makes it to the time lapse with the pursuing Acnologia. However, the dragon king goes through the time lapse due to it being sealed. Acnologia clung to the ship but Erza has Ichiya destroy the mechanism to make it possible for Dragon Slayers to stay aboard the ship triggering Acnologia's weakness of motion sickness. After puking, Acnologia resumes his air board chase. He soon catches up to them and starts tearing Christine apart trying to get to Wendy. He claims that Dragons are unnecessary in the world. Jellal then challenges Acnologia to give Anna and the others time to open the Time Lapse themselves. Jellal attacks Acnologia but is ineffective. Acnologia then uses his Dragon Roar against Jellal resulting in the ocean being split in two. Jellal dodges but figures he won't last long against Acnologia. The Time Lapse opens on it's own but Acnologia sees it, blowing their element of surprise. Jellal then tries to lure Acnologia into the Time Lapse. Acnologia then grabs Jellal and starts to crush the life out of him. Soon though, Anna and Ichiya drive Christine to save Jellal by pushing an enraged Acnologia at full speed into the time lapse, sacrificing themselves to put an end to Acnologia's reign of terror once and for all. Acnologia reacts in shock as his body is distorted and he at long last disappears into the time lapse, taking the Christine and its co-pilots with him and seemingly bringing the war to a close. Later on, Wendy notices a crack in the sky where the time lapse was, indicating the Black Dragon's attempts to free himself are proving successful. He punches a hole in time and space and exclaims that by devouring the power of time and space, the power flowing through him reminds him of the time when he first mastered Dragon Slayer magic and became greater than a king.
Though trapped within the rift, he came to absorb its power thus dividing him between his physical dragon form and that of his spiritual sense.
Acnologia suddenly breaks out of the sky and declares that great power is surging within him. He then spreads his wings and proclaims that the world belongs to him. He then casts Eternal Flare, which sends hundreds of blasts flying into the world and destroying many things. Erza and Jellal notice that Wendy is suddenly in the sky. Acnologia appears above her and absorbs her. Acnologia proudly shouts that all of the Dragons are coming to his time. Around the kingdom, all of the Dragon Slayers begin to disappear. In the Space Between Time, Natsu lands on the ground and wonders where he is. Acnologia, in his human form, appears before Natsu and tells him that this is his world. Natsu realizes who is standing in front of him as Acnologia shows him all of the Dragon Slayers, who are trapped within crystals. Acnologia says that he has gained space-time Magic from the time rift, and that he will use the Magic to destroy the world. Outside the rift, Anna and Ichiya escape from the rift. They land in the water next to Erza's group. Anna tells them that Acnologia devoured the Space Between Time and gained time Magic. However, this caused him to split in two: a flesh Acnologia and a spirit Acnologia. In the time dimension, crystals begin to appear underneath Natsu's feet, trapping him in place. Suddenly, Wendy escapes from her crystal and frees Natsu. Soon after, all of the other Dragon Slayers escape and join Natsu as they prepare to face Acnologia, who smiles as he tells them he must teach them why people call him the 'Dragon King'. Gajeel runs towards Acnologia and uses Iron Dragon's Sword, which easily bounces off of Acnologia. Sting and Rogue run past Gajeel and get ready to attack, but Acnologia blasts them away, causing them to crash into Gajeel. Erik and Laxus run towards Acnologia and begin to use their Magic but Acnologia blasts them away too. Natsu yells their names as Erik realizes that he cannot hear Acnologia's mind. Acnologia charges an attack at Natsu, while Wendy tells him to dodge it. Natsu is hit by the attack, which creates a huge explosion. However, Natsu is able to block it. The Dragon Slayers begin to comment on Acnologia's immense strength, to which Acnologia asks them if they know why he is called the Dragon King. He tells them it's because when it comes to strength, he is number one. He then tells them that outside the dimension they're in, his flesh form is in the process of destroying the world. He tells them that he will annihilate everything and bring in the end of days. Natsu asks him what is it that he wants, to which Acnologia replies that all he wants is destruction. As the Dragon Slayers look in shock, Acnologia begins to cackle uncontrollably. Natsu tells Acnologia that he will soon find out that it will not just let him destroy it.
Overview
Personality and attributes
As a human, he was once referred to as the Doctor (ドクター Dokutā) in his early life when he used to take care of Dragons. It was known that he had long forgotten his original name and instead took the name of Acnologia after the former Dragon guardian of his homeland, Proton Acnologia (プロトンアクノロギア Puroton Akunorogia). After his transformation, he came to be known as the Black Dragon (黒龍, Kokuryū) and being the Black Dragon in the Book of Apocalypse (黙示録にある黒き龍 Mokushiroku ni aru Kuroki Ryū). After his final battle with Igneel, he lost his left arm to the fire dragon.
He was noted to had despised the Dragons and intended to kill all of their kind. According to him, he would not rest until all the great beasts regardless of their origin were eliminated.
In the present, Acnologia is a recluse who wants nothing to do with humans, in spite of the fact that he is one. According to Zeref Dragneel, Acnologia saw other humans as nothing more than insects, ignoring any and all attempts by them to converse. Even with one arm he was said to hold the power to rule the world yet elected not to do so. Instead, he had a vague desire to fight against humanity, as well as face an opponent strong enough to give him a real challenge. Ultimately, despite his inherent hatred for humanity, Acnologia preferred to take on the shape of his old human form in casual instances.
Whilst in his Dragon form, he was shown to be very destructive and violent as described before in legend. However, in his human form, Acnologia maintained a stoic and composed personality, even after striking down God Serena, Acnologia still maintained his composure. Despite that, Acnologia possessed a love for battle, as Zeref theorized he was looking for a worthy challenge and let out a smile after Zeref promised him he will soon have a worthy fight. When Acnologia came across strong opponents, he showed a more excited side to himself.
Powers and abilities
Originally, he was talented in the use of Healing Magic (治癒魔法 Chiyu Mahō) which he used to heal his patients while working as a doctor. However, he noted it only can stop the bleeding, not fully heal fatal wounds or pain.
He was one of the first Dragon Slayers in the world with him thus learning the art of Magic Dragon Slayer Magic (滅竜魔法 Metsuryū Mahō). It was said that he had no element type and was able to absorb any form of magic. After devouring and bathing in the blood of countless dragons, was able to consume any type of Magic element or 'evil' aura to replenish himself. Due to the Dragonseed in him, he was ultimately transformed into a Dragon with him able to switch between his human guise and his black dragon form. As a Dragon, Acnologia possesses the ability to fly, using his large wings to travel great distances, maneuver high up in the air, and perform aerial assaults on those below him. Given his immense size, Acnologia, in Dragon form, is easily capable of reducing a substantially sized area to rubble by simply landing on top of it. Living over 400 years, Acnologia has adept prowess at the art of close combat, easily combating away the seven Dragon Slayers that opposed him simultaneously.
While only in his human form, Acnologia's Magic Power was said to be absolutely overwhelming to the point of even members of the Wizard Saints and Spriggan 12, even the strongest male, 'Magic King' August himself, being awed and sweating at his enormous power. Even in his human form, he held a tremendous raw strength and was capable of killing a person with a single strike. In one case, he slayed the infamous God Serena who was held as the strongest Mage of Ishgar and a Shield of Spriggan, with a single bare hand alone, ripping right through his abdomen and killing him in one swipe almost instantly. He gained an incredible sense of smell that as common to all Dragon Slayers and was able to detect the presence of other Dragon Slayers through scent alone and across great distances.
Acnologia knew a number of special magic techniques that included:
- Dragon's Roar : similar to other Dragon Slayers, he could perform a roar that incorporated his respective element in a breath attack with this being strong enough to destroy entire islands and leaving them as a crater in the ocean.
- Eternal Flare (エターナルフレア Etānaru Furea) : allowed him to cast thousands of stars that rained down onto the ground leaving nothing but devastation in their wake as they struck the surface.
- Power of the End (終焉の力 Shūen no Chikara) : Acnologia created a destructive energy blast from the palm of his hand.
Similar to other Dragon Slayers, he was susceptible to motion sickness and thus being on a moving object caused him to react badly as a result.
Notes
- Acnologia was created by Hiro Mashima where he featured in the setting of the Fairy Tail universe.
In other media
Television
- In Fairy Tail, Acnologia appeared in the setting of the anime television series adaptation where he was voiced by Japanese actor Kōsuke Toriumi and by English actor J. Michael Tatum in the dub.
Films
- In Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry, Acnologia appeared in the setting of the 2017 anime film. He was seen walking through a deserted area when he comes across the depowered Dragon Cry that was now a red ribbon again. He then recalled the time he failed to save Sonya, the original owner of the ribbon from Dragons, which he then eliminated every Dragon present. He then leaves after apologizing to the girl, unaware that one of the surviving Dragons; Animus entered her body so they both could live. In the present, Acnologia destroyed the ribbon in his hand and proclaimed it 'foolish' with an menacing smirk. From a distance, Zeref, Invel and Brandish watch as they make their way to Fiore for war.
Video games
Appearances
- Fairy Tail:
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