The land of Fiore, as envisioned by cartologists from ancient times.
The following is a condensed reiteration of the narrator's introduction in Fairy Tail:
While magic items are frequently used, sold, and purchased by the commoners of the Fiore Kingdom, there are those for whom magic is at the core of their occupation. These people are called wizards, and they undertake various tasks commissioned by the guild to which they belong.
There are several guilds throughout the land, but one in particular is known for fostering and producing wizards of legendary stature. The name of this guild is Fairy Tail.
Magic is just another part of daily life for the people of Fiore.
The headquarters of the Fairy Tail magic guild, where legends are born.
An obvious play on words, but in Fiore, fairies apparently do have tails.
Lucy is a young Celestial wizard who aspires to join the Fairy Tail guild someday. In the seaside town of Hargeon, she runs into Natsu, who, by outward appearances, is just a country boy in a big city.
The town of Hargeon. The scroll is a nice touch.
Lucy pulls a painting of a wizard's guild out of thin air! That must be one of her super-rare, ultra-powerful spells.
Natsu feeds his monstrous appetite while Lucy chatters on about wizards and her hopes of joining a popular guild.
In actuality, Natsu is a wizard himself, as well as a member of Fairy Tail. He is accompanied by Happy, a talking, blue, cat-like creature who can fly for short periods of time. Although Natsu is powerful, he has such severe motion sickness that riding on a train is troublesome, and the mere thought of being on a ship makes him queasy.
Natsu was taught ancient spells by a dragon named Igneel. He has come to Hargeon thinking that a man going by the name of Salamander, a term used for fire dragons and fire wizards, might be his old master.
However, this "Salamander" turns out to be an outcast wizard named Bora. He uses the fame of the Salamander persona to attract women. He employs charms, an illegal form of magic, to lure and capture them, then sells them as slaves.
Lucy falls for one of Bora's schemes and ends up captive on his ship. As a Celestial wizard, Lucy can use Gate Keys to summon elementals, but Bora throws her keys into the ocean after she tries to escape. Natsu soon comes to the rescue, but he is inevitably stricken with nausea. Lucy is forced to leave Natsu behind while Happy flies her off to safety.
The show's characters frequently invoke magic circles in their spells, some more elaborate (and some uglier) than others.
After finding her set of Gate Keys (in an all too convenient coincidence), Lucy calls forth a water spirit and orders it to bring Bora's back ship to shore. The water spirit, however, is rebellious. It not only tries to drown Lucy, but its unncessarily powerful spell sweeps the ship far inland, causing quite a ruckus in Hargeon.
In twirling, magical sequence fashion, Lucy flourishes a Gate Key as she summons a water spirit to aid her.
Lucy's water spirit knows how to make an entrance but doesn't follow orders very well.
Back on land, Natsu and Bora stir up some mayhem of their own, destroying large parts of the town during their fight. Natsu has the ability to "eat" fire-based attacks and use the energy for his own magic. Consequently, Bora, who uses fire spells, is easily defeated.
Natsu's tattoo is the Fairy Tail guild's reknowned symbol. Is this the obligatory tough guy pose?
Natsu powers up after ingesting Bora's attacks. He should have stuck with his other pose.
Unfortunately, the the ensuing chaos has drawn the attention of the military forces. Thus, Natsu, Lucy, and Happy have little choice but to depart the scene immediately else answer to the authorities.
A fire-eating bumpkin with pink hair and enormous power, a talking blue cat that can sprout wings, and a girl who has elementals fight for her. What's not to like?
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