Name: Elijah Layre
Nicknames: Eli, Mist
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Appearance: Personality: Eli is a particularly nice fellow. Not nearly to the point of annoyance but he's rarely ever rude. However, he is no where near jolly and can tend to seem uncaring or ignoring though he doesn't mean to be, this is just how he was treated as a younger child and it can sometimes be seen through the way he treats people. He comes off as rather expectant of people and tends to not help anyone, unless he benefits from it (a sample of his uncaring attitude)
Eli's not cocky and is more so the opposite, he won't risk fighting or doing something that may hurt him or his guildmates. He's a strong-willed mage and though he's no where near a genius he is rather intelligent. He prefers well-timed, prescision based combat and is not one to turn down a wise plan.
Eli hasn't formed much of a bond with anyone at the guild other than the guildmaster, Dia as she is the one who took Eli in to Fairy Tail (if that's okay with Damon) but it's mostly because of Dia's natural motherly personality. However, anyone with a good bond with Eli would know that he's a very good friend and is very protective of the guild.
History: Elijah was born and raised, for the most part, in Bosco, (Which just so happens to be the name of my dog) a country to the west of Fiore. When Elijah was born his parents had divorced, Eli's mother had undisclosed reasons for leaving his father. Elijah's father, Harris Layre, was a travelling Shadow Mage that would look for work wherever he was staying at the time and would accept work that folk would ask of him to do. Harris was a kind man but would often come off as cross to Elijah, mostly because he would pester his father while he was working. As a result of his father taking work all of the time he felt ignored.
Elijah had never once met his mother, Harris wasn't even sure of where she moved to. Elijah knew of his mothers existence as he would often find his father peering at a picture of a beautiful, tall, brown haired lady. He questioned Harris quite often but he would simply say, "Someone you know but haven't met..." Eli wouldn't annoy his dad too much about his mother, as he knew it would bring upon bad memories for his father, but he would find himself wondering what his mother was like. His father always told him that she had passed away.
11 Years of travelling for work passed, making Elijah 13, when Harris finally decided he could find work at a guild, the only issue here would be finding a guild. Wizardry guilds in Bosco were outlawed by the citizens as they caused too much chaos an brought destruction amongst an already poor country. This is when Harris decided he wanted to travel to Fiore, a small country that housed the guilds of which Harris longed to join. He had one in particular that he wanted to join. One of fabled stories about destruction and chaos, but one that brought together friends.
Finally Harris an his son earned enough money to buy a house. This is where their lives started to pick up. Slowly, Harris and Elijah gained Jewel and fame as father-son entertainers, using their Shadow Make magic as entertainment. However, Harris was soon hunted by two dark, stout men clothed in robes. The two claimed they were from a guild known as the Whispering Ghosts, to which Harris was a number one enemy to. Elijah's father spoke with them, hoping to resolve the matter. Instead he was kidnapped. At this point and time Elijah was waiting at home, when he hadn't received word from his dad he began to worry. Elijah stayed in Fannin (a town in Bosco) for about a week after his fathers disappearance. Elijah grew angry, wanting revenge for his fathers disappearance. But alas, Elijah eventually left, in search for a boat to sail to Fiore on. He quickly found a captain who was headed to Fiore, he paid with all of his Jewel and he eventually landed in the port town of Hargeon.
Elijah was 17 when he arrived in Hargeon and he decided to traveled far an wide, hoping to come across a guild in which he could work and practice his Mage skills even further. He found few guilds in his travels but none suited him. He did this for three years straight. He was soon going to give up, until he had bumped in to 'Dia', a Mage. He told her he wished to join a guild and she mentioned a guild by the name of Fairy Tail, the same guild his father had talk about so long ago. She told him where it was and how to travel there. That's when he found himself in Magnolia and standing infront of the Fairy Tail guild.
Much to his surprise Dia was a Mage at Fairy Tail, and a high ranking one at that. He quickly warmed up to everyone in the guild and that's where he is to this day.
Magic Type: Caster
Magic: Shadow Make/Shadow Elemental Magic
Eli's type of Make Magic is quite peculiar as Eli manipulates the shadows of himself and other peope/objects and, though it costs quite a bit of magic power, he can conjure up shadows from nothing. When manipulating shadows he shapes them into weapons, animals, what-have-you. He's 'mastered' the making of inanimate and animate objects, though animated obviously take more magic energy.
The other half of shadow elemental magic that Eli uses is for close combat, it's similar to wind magic where he can focus shadows in to a blast, he prefers Make magic over this though, because Make magic doesn't take as much energy. His elemental magic could be compared to that of Dragon Slayer magic (not by power but appearance)
Most-Used Make Spells
- Bow and Arrow - Self explanatory. Used for precision aiming and stealth
- Shield - Creates a thick wall of protective shadows
- Blitzkrieg - A barrage of shadow 'spears' rains down. For quick combat
- Lion - A shadow lion used to hunt down enemies with its sense of smell and vicious nature.
- Horse - Eli often uses this as a source of transportation as it doesn't use as much energy as an SE plug-type magic vehicle
