Lucy Heartfilia

Lucy Heartfilia (ルーシィ・ハートフィリア, Rūshii Hātofiria) is the series' main protagonist. She is the teenage debutante of the wealthy Heartfilia family who embarks on a journey to join Fairy Tail, which she fulfills after Natsu Dragneel rescues her from a slave trader posing as a Fairy Tail member under his own moniker of "Salamander".[ch. 1] She performs paid guild missions together with Natsu and Happy to fund her rented house in Magnolia,[ch. 4] and is often exasperated when her teammates inadvertently reduce their reward due to their destructive antics.[ch. 70] She is also an aspiring novelist who eventually publishes her debut novel based on her experiences at the guild at the end of the series.[ch. 9, 545] As a celestial wizard (星霊魔導士, seirei madōshi), she uses magical keys that summon celestial spirits, collecting ten out of twelve rare golden keys that summon the powerful zodiac spirits as the series progresses. She is also proficient in battling alongside her spirits with a whip,[ch. 115] and eventually gains the ability to don magical Star Dresses (星霊衣, スタードレス, Sutā Doresu) that give her direct access to her zodiac spirits' powers.[ch. 422]