Ten Wizard Saints (HB)

"Pillars of Power are nice, but they can't do much when it comes to calming down the people. Symbols of Hope, now that's something to keep the people from going haywire."

- Guinevere Baron's reasoning for bringing back the Ten Wizard Saints The Ten Wizard Saints (聖十大魔導, Seiten Daimadō) were ten extremely powerful Mages of the Ishgar continent, chosen by the Chairman of the Magic Council. However, nine of the Saints have died, with only one, George Martos, surviving, albeit physically and emotionally crippled by the event.

Years later, following several events in the continent, the new chairwoman of the Magic Council, Guinevere Baron, assigned herself as the first new Wizard Saint, following a vote in her favor, beginning to assemble new Saints in order to become "symbols of hope" (表象の光明, hyōshō no kōmyo) in order to cull the people's fears and panics, as well as to have a powerful fighting force against any new threats.

Trivia

 * Prior, the author did not plan for the Saints to appear in Fairy Tail: Vice, but further thoughts and developing ideas allowed for them to appear as a neccesity, also out of a desire to give more importance to old characters and involve the Magic Council more in the story.