Glenn Rayford

Glenn Rayford (グレン レーフォード Guren Reefoodo) is a S-Class Mage of the Fairy Tail Guild, wherein he is a member of Team Storm Harbingers. In X728 he became an S-Class Mage at the age of 16, which, makes him the youngest one to achieve this title.

Appearance
Glenn is a lean young man of average height (5feet, 10inches) with spiky black hair which partially covers his ears, slanted dark eyes and thin eyebrows. He dons a small, white bandage on his left cheek as well as a red pouch around his waist. His initial attire consists of a high-collared, red-and-black open jacket with the sleeves rolled up to his forearms, pockets on either side of the chest, and two black laces attached to the neck of his jacket hanging behind his head. Underneath, he wears a simple black t-shirt and a red design on the front which patterns out into a Y-shape. He also wears baggy, black-coloured trousers which possess a noticeable white detail on both sides. Lastly, his footwear are a pair of simple, black boots.

Personality
Glenn is carefree and reckless in nature, and, although he often starts brawls, he is a fiercely loyal and protective friend. He is willing to go down fighting for his comrades, regardless of how futile it might seem. He loves to get the job done. Glenn has a straightforward mind, and often tackles issues with a "hands on" approach. His solution to problems often involve violence. Even when disrespected or faced with obvious hostility, Glenn rarely ever reciprocates the feelings, and often forgoes grudge-holding.

He also believes that those that have done wrong should work to actively make up for their wrongdoings. He always holds his enemies accountable for their misdeeds, regardless if he has forgiven them or not. His open, friendly, and non-judgmental attitude, indomitable will, and stubbornness has earned him the respect of almost everyone he meets, even Kino Drangleic's - a boy who's his sworn rival. It has also earned him the affection of numerous girls, though his undiscovered feelings for Diana, combined with his somewhat dense personality, has made him largely oblivious of this fact.

While an immensely endearing and honest person, who can win over people with his tenacity, Glenn can come off as quite stupid to those around him. Glenn is not exactly stupid but growing up in the middle of nowhere has left him ignorant of many things that others consider common knowledge and his headstrong nature makes him come across as the stereotypical muscle head with little to no brains. Even though he takes a great pride in being the youngest S-Class Mage in Fairy Tail's history, he is actually very humble.

Magic and Abilities
Storm Dragon Slayer Magic - is an original magic that combines the power of Water Dragon Slayer Magic taught to Glenn by his dragon, Mercphobia, and Lightning Dragon Slayer lacrime embed in his body. Glenn is adept with his Dragon Slayer Magic and makes use of it in many different ways in combat. As with all Dragon Slayers, he can consume his respective elements, with the exception of that which he has created, to replenish his energy reserves. Glenn's Dragon Slayer Magic can be strengthened by his emotions, however, as the Storm was never meant to be contained, the more powerful it is, the harder it is to control. If Glenn ever loses control over his power, strong winds with massive downpour and thunder strikes will devastate even the biggest cities.


 * Storm Dragon's Roar - Glenn's signature Dragon Roar that incorporates the element of water and thunder. Glenn gathers given elements in his mouth and releases it in the form of a concentrated, destructive blast, capable of destroying everything in a wide area in front of him. The special effect of this attack, aside from the high damage it causes, is that, even if the target survives, the lightning paralyzes them to a degree, leaving them numb and preventing them from escaping Glenn's following attack.
 * Storm Dragon's Turbulent Claw - Glenn engulfs his hand in both water and thunder and then swipes at their target in a claw-like fashion, unleashing powerful slashing waves of storm that cut anything on it's way. This attack can also be performed with both hands at once.

Water Dragon Slayer Magic - Water Dragon Slayer Magic is a form of Dragon Slayer Magic that allows its user to generate, manipulate, and presumably consume (like other forms of Dragon Slayer Magic) the element in question, which in this case is water. The user can use this Magic to split the ocean, create a barrier, move the sea into the sky, create pillars of water, converting ice to water in an instant and creating a giant deadly whirlpool. The user is also able to cover their body with water giving them immunity against fire based attacks.


 * Water Dragon's Roar - Glenn quickly gathers and releases a large quantity of water from his mouth at his target in the form of a concentrated, destructive blast, capable of destroying everything in a wide area in front of him.


 * Water Dragon's Wave - Glenn gathers a wave mass of water, and by pointing their hands forward, releases a massive burst of water that explodes from the ground, generating a giant tsunami that covers the entire area. Alternatively, the user can release it as a spiralling torrent from one of their palms.


 * Water Dragon's Whip - Glenn raises his right hand and clinches his hand in which appears a long whip of water, which extends from his hand and has unpredictable movements when swung. It has enough pressure and speed to destroy a building.

Lightning Dragon Slayer Magic - Glenn's Lacrima Magic that allows him to produce and manipulate lightning and electricity at his will, having complete control over its manifestation. He can attack with a single or both hands. By generating electricity on different parts of his body, he’s capable of making his attacks in melee deadlier, and of propelling himself around to gain extra momentum. The bright light from his lightning can be also used to momentarily blind enemies. In addition, much like other Elemental types of Magic, Lightning Magic allows Glenn to turn his own body into lightning, in order to evade enemy attacks, move around at high speed and strike every opponent crossing his path, and take, or even block, lightning-based attacks without being injured.


 * Lightning Dragon's Roar - Glenn generates lightning in his mouth and releases it in a concentrated, destructive blast, capable of destroying everything in a wide area in front of him.
 * Lightning Dragon's Swords of Judgement - Glenn raises both of his hands in the air at his sides and generates electricity between their open, facing palms. This is rapidly shaped into multiple shards of lightning, with four lines going through each shard, which Glenn proceeds to hurl at the enemy.
 * Lightning Dragon's Sparkling Fist - Glenn gathers a large amount of lightning around one of his fists, bends the arm and then extends the fist forward in a punching motion. When it connects with the enemy, aside from inflicting damage upon them, the electricity stuns them, leaving them open to Glenn's subsequent attacks.

Dragon Force - The weather changes into storm and destruction begins. Strong winds with massive downpour and thunder strikes devastate the area and boost his abilities. This ability is said to be the final and most powerful state a Dragon Slayer can attain, and it has been said that their power becomes comparable to that of a real Dragon's. The phenomeon usually appears when Glenn is in his emotional peak.

Quotes
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Trivia

 * He shouts all of his spells in Polish language.