The First Fairy Tail Building is a large, two-story high building that was the headquarters of the Fairy Tail Guild. This building is now in ruin because it was foreclosed since the members of Fairy Tail couldn't afford to keep it with their core members gone, and thus, the building was neglected.[1]
Localization of the building
Situated in the Kingdom of Fiore, it lies on the southern coast of the country in Magnolia Town where it was the only guild, until the rise of Twilight Ogre.[2]
It is located in the southern part of the town not far from the coast,
and lies about 4-5 kilometers up the Magnolia central path.[3] It is located near Fairy Hills and Caldia Cathedral.
Fairy Tail's first headquarters resided in an imposing building
consisting of three floors and incorporating several architectonic
styles: it took on a shape reminiscent of a pagoda,
with each floor being smaller than the one below it and sitting on the
latter's roof. The roofs also bore great resemblance to those of real
pagoda, consisting of extremely long, arched tiles lined up one after
the other and possessing simple curved protrusions jutting upwards on
the building's angles. On the highest roof, topping the summit of the
building, sat a simple, round and pointed dome, highly reminiscent of
those seen on Arabian buildings,
which bore a flag on its point. The roof below the one with the dome,
the middle one, housed a large banner with Fairy Tail's symbol on it,
held up by a pair of vertical poles. The building's large entrance was
again Arabian in design, with its shape being reminiscent of that of the
dome on the summit, and above it was the guild's name, topped by a
protruding, stylized heart shape and flanked by a pair of carved
fairies. Stylized heart shapes were also visible on the frames of the
numerous, large pentagonal windows located on each floor, with the top
floor housing smaller, arched windows partially covered by banners.[4]
The inside was similar to a large lunch hall, and mainly consisted of wood, possessing a parquet
floor and a mezzanine held up by wood beams overlooking it. Several
long benches and the related tables stretched across its length with a
bar managed by Mirajane at the end. Several other waitresses also assisted her.[5] The request board was located beside the bar.
S-Class Request Board
The second floor, which is strictly off limits to everyone under
S-Class, contained another request board which is dedicated strictly to
S-Class Jobs, off-limits to everyone except S-Class Mages.[6]
The floor appears to have a few, small round tables and chairs seated
around the tables for sitting. In addition, there are also barrels,
crates, and bags scattered in corners around the room.[7]
The S-Class Request Board is located on this floor. It is a brown,
decorative board that is set off into its own area of the hall. It is
adorned by velvet curtains, which are tied with golden tassels.[8]
The basement
The guild also had a basement, which had a stone floor and housed
several round tables complete with chairs, as well as a number of
barrels piled up one on the other and some wooden crates. The walls
seemed to consists of cement reinforced with wood beams, and other,
coarse wood beams placed vertically held up the ceiling, with smaller
ones branching off from them horizontally and connecting them to the
walls and to each other. The concept of the wooden beams are not unlike
that of English Tudor homes. From one of such horizontal beams, facing
the stairs leading to the room, hung a sign reading "Fairy Tail Basement".[9]
Gajeel Redfox heavily damaged the building, by sending multiple
large, iron rods running throughout it. Despite this heavy damage, the
building was still functional, although Fairy Tail was only able to
safely occupy the basement. It was eventually destroyed by the battering
rams used by Jose Porla's Shades, and the building was reduced to nothing more than debris and rubble.[10][11]
Once Phantom Lord
was defeated, the members of the guild immediately went to the task of
rebuilding the guild with Mirajane drawing up crude and nonsensical
plans.[12] Once Team Natsu returned from the Tower of Heaven, the building was complete.[13]
Outdoor Cafe
It is extravagantly different from the former building: while
retaining the pyramid shape of the former building and consisting of
three floors, this one strongly resemble a castle in appearance, having
battlements on top of its two upper floor, while the ground floor has a
more Western-looking roof than the former building, consisting of many
small, square tiles of different size. Over the battlements several
large torches are lined up. Topping the building and the last floor is a
small, tower-like dome containing a large bell, which has a pointed
roof made of tiles; two more towers are present at both sides of the
entrance, these having elongated glass windows running through them and weathercocks
shaped like Fairy Tail's symbol on their tile tops. The front part of
the top floor houses a large banner with the guild's insignia on it,
while two smaller banners placed at its sides, some meters away from it,
bear, respectively, the Magic Council's
emblem and an unknown symbol. The top floor seems to be the most bare,
while the middle one's front walls are intricately decorated and sport a
pair of ornamental windows. The ground floor's roof bears a highly
decorative balustrade on its top, and the floor itself possesses many
small windows lined up its front walls, together with wood
reinforcements, while its edges bear large, rectangular wood beams.
Surrounding the headquarters is a fence composed of stone overtopped by
decorated railing, with some pillars over-topped by torches on its
length and an open gate giving access to the guild, this possessing an
upper part covered in tiles, with railing below it, bearing resemblance
to an open portcullis,
plus a large sign bearing the guild's name, with ornated decorations
above it, including a pair of detailed statues of fairies, each wearing a
dress and possessing a pair of wings and elongated ears sitting on
their heads. In front of the building, inside the fence, is the so
called "open air cafe", containing a little over two dozen tables, each
complete with a pair of benches at its sides, and with some of them
bearing striped beach umbrellas.
Souvenir Shop
There is also a small Souvenir Shop to the left of the entrance, composed of bricks and sporting a wood counter, which is run by Max Alors.
Lined up the building's sides are two lines of trees; the ones farther
from the entrance seem to be way taller than the others, appearing from
behind the balustrades of the ground floor; either that, or the first
floor itself has plants on its top.[14]
Interior scheme
The first floor greatly resembles that of the old building, but much
larger in size, with more tables and benches, as well as several long
beams supporting the wooden mezzanines present on both sides of the
hall, and a similarly long counter occupying the wall to the right from
the entrance. Above it, a large banner bearing both the guild's name and
its symbol is visible. The floor is still made of wood, while the upper
part of the walls, just below the mezzanines, consists of bricks.
When first entering the guild, there is a request board to the immediate
right, and an information desk to the immediate left. A few meters in
front of them, there are two dozen restaurant tables that stretch across
the length of the room. The tables end at a large, wooden stage that
has four stair cases behind it on it's left and right sides. Two of the
stair cases lead upstairs and two of them lead down stairs. In the upper
right hand corner of the guild, there is a rest/shower room.Indoor swimming pool
To the right of the restaurant tables, there is a kitchen, and next to
the kitchen there is a resting room. Next to that room in the lower
right hand corner of the guild is a Data Storage Room. There is a
library in the lower left hand corner of the room, and next to that is a
waiting room. To the left of that, is a storage room, which is located
next to a second rest/shower room. Behind the stage of the guild is a
large, interior swimming pool that is decorated to imitate an outside
environment, having its edges adorned by plants of various sort, mainly
palms and tropical-looking bushes, plus typical sunbeds complete with
beach umbrellas. The pool seems to lack a proper springboard, with the
guild members seemingly diving into it via some crates piled up one on
the other.[15]
Amusement Center
The basement has been turned into an amusement center located
downstairs. It is a relatively large room with brick walls, with their
lower parts being composed of long, horizontal wooden planks, and a
wooden ceiling, with stone pillars carved in the walls sustaining it,
and it contains a pool table, dart boards, video games, and other means
of entertainment. It also has a few tables for the occupants of the room
to eat and drink between playing. In a corner there are several
barrels, and attached to a wall is a noticeboard complete with some
notices, with more, scattered notices adorning the wall itself.[16]
Lumen Histoire
Residing deep below the guild is a stone underground passage,
consisting of a long spiral staircase, which has been described by Gildarts Clive as "huge".
The entrance to such place is secret, and the stairs end in a large,
mildly ruined and yet majestic room, possessing columns on its walls and
brick arcs, with its carved walls adorned by several Fairy Tail
symbols, with a larger one standing on a circular platform in the center
of the room, held up by four small bridges and being seemingly
suspended above a deep hole. Numerous long banners are attached to the
walls and ceiling, and a massive double door is located on the other
side of the room from the entrance. This seems to be usually kept closed
by a large, Magical glyph floating in front of it, which was shown
being undone by Makarov Dreyar. Behind such door is Lumen Histoire. This secret is only known by Fairy Tail's Master and is passed on to each new one successively. Purehito showed it to Makarov when he became Master, and in turn he showed it to Gildarts Clive when he wanted him to be next Fairy Tail Master.[17]
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