Excelsior

"Onwards and upwards."

- Excelsior

Excelsior (イックセアスィーアー), the Cardinal's Lion Sin of Pride (カッダナルズ・ライアﾝ・スィﾝ・アヴ・プライド), is one of the Seven Cardinal Sins, representing Salen's inner to raise against the gods. As the living manifestation of Salem's pride, Excelsior is not a human being and can be compared to being a Etherious, but he's not an Etherious, and is referred as an Celestial by the Witches of Salem.

Over 300 years ago before joined the Fairy Tail Guild, the witch known as Salem decided to bring out seven of her emotions and feelings to manifest as living, individual beings. The Celestials was the race that Salem called them, and were grouped together as the Seven Cardinal Sins. Excelsior was the Cardinal's Lion Sin of Pride, and thus represents Salem's inner pride. As such, he viewed almost everything as below him, however Salem's plans backfired when Pride began to become too prideful for even Salem, seeing her creator as weak. Along with the other Sins, they'd decided to kill and disembowled Salem and they parted ways.