He then proceeded to study magic at Mildian Magic Academy where he studied the connections between life, death, and magic in the hopes of resurrecting his lost brother. He created an elite group of the most powerful mages in the empire, and they bear the name the Spriggan 12.Ĥ00 years ago, Zeref's parents and little brother were killed by dragons. He is regarded by his citizens as a great and kind ruler, but also a fearsome and powerful one.

Mard Geer reveals that the reason Zeref created the demons of the books of Zeref (dubbed the Etherious) was to relieve Zeref of his immortal life and successfully kill him.Īt an unspecified point in time, Zeref created the Alvarez empire, which is an empire comprised of all 730 magic guilds of Alakitasia that Zeref brought together by means of martial force. As a result, Mard Geer the leader of the underworld is the guild master. Although the leader of the guild is supposedly E.N.D (the strongest of all Zerefs demons), he has yet to be summoned. Tartaros, one of the 3 dark guilds of the balam alliance is comprised completely of demons from the books of Zeref. He has taken residence on Tenrou island to avoid contact with other humans so that he can’t kill them. Later on, it is discovered that Zeref found a way to achieve immortality and has been alive for over 400 years, however on top of that he has also picked up the undesirable ability of killing everything around him regardless of whether or not he wants to.

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