Wendy Marvell

Wendy Marvell (ウェンディ・マーベル Wendi Māberu?), also known as the "Priestess of the Sky"[n 9], is a 12-year-old[ch. 144] Dragon Slayer introduced as a member of the Cait Shelter[n 10] guild together with her cat partner Carla.[ch. 132] Mashima created the character in response to a remark about the lack of little girls in Fairy Tail, and noted the character's popularity among his associates.[vol. 16:afterword][10] Having mastered in the Sky Dragon Slayer magic (天の滅竜魔法 Ten no Metsuryū mahō), she can heal others' injuries and ailments such as poison, and temporarily relieve Natsu's motion sickness.[ch. 135,152] She later learns how to perform combat-based spells such as breathing powerful gusts of wind, and augmenting her friends' or her own speed, strength, and defensive power.[ch. 161,191,243] Wendy can replenish her magical power by "eating" unpolluted air.[ch.

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Wendy is raised from infancy by the dragon Grandine, who disappears when she is five years old.[ch. 136] She is rescued by Jellal, later revealed to be his Edolas counterpart Mystogan ,[ch. 167] whom she travels alongside for months during his exploration of Earthland.[ch. 145] "Jellal" eventually leaves Wendy in the care of Cait Shelter's guild master Robaul[n 11] who, unbeknown to her, is a spirit who uses illusion magic to create the guild and care for her.[ch. 164] Seven years later, she and Carla represent their guild in an alliance with Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, and Blue Pegasus to stop the dark guild Oración Seis from acquiring Nirvana,[ch. 132] a destructive spell developed by Robaul's tribe.[ch. 164] In the ensuing battle, Wendy is kidnapped by Oración Seis and forced to resurrect Jellal Fernandes, whom she mistakes for her former traveling partner.[ch. 135] After her guild vanishes together with Robaul's appeased spirit following Nirvana's destruction, Wendy joins Fairy Tail.[ch. 164,165] In the Japanese version of the series, Wendy's voice is supplied by Satomi Satō.