Levy McGarden

Levy McGarden (レビィ・マクガーデン, Rebi Makugāden) is a member of Shadow Gear (シャドウ・ギア, Shadō Gia), a three-wizard team that also includes Jet and Droy. She becomes one of Lucy Heartfilia's friends over their shared love of books, encouraging Lucy to let her be the first to read her novel.[ch. 48] Using the magic Solid Script (立体文字, ソリッドスクリプト, Soriddo Sukuriputo), Levy transforms written words into three-dimensional objects that take on the attributes of whatever is written. She is also proficient at translating and decoding ancient languages and runic magic. Gajeel Redfox frightens Levy after he wounds her and her team during his membership in Phantom Lord, leading to a war between their guilds.[ch. 47] She initially avoids Gajeel when he joins Fairy Tail, but reconsiders after he defends her from a disgruntled Laxus Dreyar.[ch. 105] She subsequently begins to develop romantic feelings for Gajeel,[ch. 202] with the two becoming temporary officers of the Magic Council's custody and arrest unit during Fairy Tail's one-year dissolution, and later committing themselves to each other while battling the Alvarez Empire. In the series epilogue, Levy is overheard by Lucy and Wendy Marvell telling Gajeel something about a baby.[ch. 545] Mashima designed Levy to be a background character in the series, but grew to "really [like] her".[vol. 27:184] He subsequently expanded her role in response to her rise in popularity, which he said defied his expectations.[vol. 32:191]