Aldoron, commonly referred to as the Wood God Dragon, was a fearsome member of the Five Dragon Gods, alongside Ignia, Mercphobia, Selene and Viernes. Titanic in size, he had five cities across his back and hands, and could be considered his own country in his dormant state. He also had God Seeds that helped contain his power and served him both as extensions of his body and mind. These God Seeds were Aldoron (the humanoid God Seed serving as Aldoron's brain), Wolfen, Metro, Gears, and Doom.
Appearance[]
Aldoron was the biggest Dragon God and the biggest dragon in the world, his body covered in scales of tree bark, with trees and other wood-like features adorning his massive body. His face was mainly a large plank with small slits as his eyes and mouth similar to a simple wooden mask, with a pair of treelike horns protruding from his head. Originally, Aldoron was not as big as he is currently but his body was still large enough to bear a single town. Currently, his shoulders, both hands, and back all have cities of Draseal upon them. When awakened, his wooden horns were lit on fire.
Aldoron's God Seed form. This humanoid form acted as Aldoron's brain and commanded the other four God Seeds.
Personality and Abilities[]
Personality[]
Aldoron was evil and ruthless, seeing humans as little more than nutrients to sustain himself. He was also very violent when awoken, as he destroyed the entire fleet of Guiltina's Magic Council ships that tried to stop his rampage. Aldoron was also manipulative and deceitful; for 300 years, he allowed people to rest on his back, tricking the people of Draseal into thinking he was their divine protector, when in truth he was slowly absorbing their energy to restore himself after his battle with Acnologia. He had roughly killed more than 300,000 people when he awoken after his God Seeds were unleashed and the people turned into trees while he fed on them, essentially making him a mass murderer. Aldoron believed dragons were the pinnacle of life in Earth-Land, and viewed his race as the apex beings in the world. Aldoron also looked down upon Igneel, as he saw the fire dragon king's love for humanity and especially Natsu as nonsense, but his reactions later turned to shock and awe at how Natsu, someone he viewed as an inferior human, could summon the flames of his dragon father, Atlas Flame and Ignia to defeat him. His feelings in his last moments were surprise, as he had gravely underestimated Natsu's burning will and strength of body and heart.
Abilities[]
Doom, one of Aldoron's God Seeds.
In regards to his abilities, Aldoron was exceedingly strong, enough to surpass Acnologia after 400 years of resting; he fought Gajeel Redfox to a standstill when Gajeel was enlarged by fellow wizard Brandish μ in order to battle the dragon, and this was only after four of his five God Seeds were destroyed. Had the fight continued, Aldoron would probably have won due to his greater skill. His God Seed form Aldoron was strong enough to injure, maim and kill opponents without touching them so long as the other God Seeds were alive, but his power significantly weakened each time a God Seed was killed. He could also attack using a hail of thorns in a spell known as the "Thicket of Arms", which could even pierce the armored skin of an Iron Dragon Slayer. Aldoron's God Seed form was also a master hand-to hand combatant, but was ultimately no match for the might of Fairy Tail wizard Natsu Dragneel when the latter powered up using the flames of three fire dragons he'd consumed as well as his own unique flames. His other God Seeds all had unique abilities: Wolfen could read minds of anyone he touched and then create armies from the memories of Aldoron's enemies. Metro created armies of gigantic brutish tree golems. Gears could trap opponents in their own guilt and slow them down as well as injuring them. Doom could kill enemies by covering them with spores which caused a flower to sprout. The petals would fall off one by one in 60 seconds, killing them when the flower wilted.
Gears, one of Aldoron's God Seeds.
History[]
Aldoron existed as far back as the Dragon King Festival and, like the other Five Dragon Gods, fled to Guiltina in fear of Acnologia. Aldoron decided to rest in Guiltina after he was injured in an encounter and battle with Acnologia. Since then he had been resting, storing power from absorbing the nutrients of the citizens of Draseal, the series of cities on his back, knowing that once he would awaken again it would be to crush and claim the continent of Guiltina as his own.
Wolfen, one of Aldoron's God Seeds.
Around 300 years ago Aldoron decided to allow his humans to cultivate five cities upon his body, which turned into the biggest city in the continent, Draseal. It was revealed that Aldoron, in order to contain and suppress his power linked five orbs and five guardian deities tied to each orb for his body, keeping him still. Eventually, the role of the citizens upon his body was to heal him from the wounds he received centuries ago from Acnologia once he were to awaken.
Later, the White Wizard, who was trying to take away Aldoron's power, utilized Fairy Tail in her quest to kill Aldoron. Simultaneously, the Fairy Tail Team consisting of Natsu Dragneel, Lucy Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster, Erza Scarlet, Wendy Marvell, Carla and Happy travelled to Draseal to seal away Aldoron's power as part of the 100 Years quest given to them by Elefseria to seal away the power of all five Dragon Gods in Guiltina.
Metro, one of Aldoron's God Seeds.
Having previously sealed away the power of Mercphobia, Natsu's team was told to head to Draseal by the depowered Water God Dragon. Upon arriving, they were astounded to discover that Aldoron bore all five sections of Draseal on his back, hands and shoulders, and were rendered speechless, unsure of how to fight such a massive opponent. At this point, the White Wizard arrived, with the rest of Fairy Tail under her spell, leading to a fight between Natsu's team and the rest of the Guild when she tried to destroy the five orbs containing the guardians and Aldoron's power. The all-Dragon Slayer guild Diabolos was drawn into the battle as well, leading to a three-way battle for Aldoron's power. Diabolos was forced to retreat, overwhelmed by the sheer power of Fairy Tail's strength. However, between the three factions, all five orbs were destroyed, unleashing Aldoron from his slumber and causing the city's people to turn into plants to heal the dragon.
Aldoron's god seeds awoke, and began fighting against Fairy Tail, as the White Wizard had lost her power due to Aldoron's awakening and the intervention of Moon God Dragon Selene from her lair. Though Guiltina's Magic Council tried to stop Aldoron using a fleet of heavily armed airships, the armada was easily destroyed. Ignia watched from his lair, stating that nothing Guiltina's Magic Council possessed was capable of slaying Aldoron. Wolfen was destroyed by Natsu when he tricked Wolfen into transforming into his brother, Zeref Dragneel, activating the Curse of Ankhselam, while Metro was destroyed by Gray working with Juvia, his love interest and fellow Fairy Tail Member. Gears was destroyed by Erza's love interest, Jellal Fernandez of Crime Sorciere, while Doom was destroyed by Fairy Tail members Max, Reedus, Nab, Laki, Vijeeter and Kinana using an enchantment from Wendy to overwhelm the God Seed when Doom tried to kill Carla. Aldoron's God Seed form subsequently faced off against Natsu himself as Fairy Tail evacuated Draseal. Fairy Tail member Gajeel Redfox, the guild's Iron Dragon Slayer, was enlarged by fellow wizard Brandish μ to fight Aldoron's main body. However, both Natsu and Gajeel were injured by Aldoron's thorn attack and Gajeel shrank back to normal size when Brandish's spell wore off. Natsu however, shrugged off his injuries and called upon the flames of his father Igneel, as well as his dragon uncle Atlas Flame and his brother Ignia to defeat Aldoron's God Seed form after Aldoron openly confessed to viewing people as food and lesser beings. Astonished that a mere human could destroy him, Aldoron's God Seed form burned away, causing his massive body to begin crumbling apart. As his God Seed form was destroyed, Aldoron's final question was to ask Natsu if he would burn the world with the great power he possessed, with Natsu saying that the world would only burn if the world made Fairy Tail its enemy.
Aldoron's body terraformed into a forest after he was slain and his power was sealed away. Ignia was proud and impressed that Natsu was strong enough to defeat Aldoron, saying that the Dragon Slayer should keep on burning until nothing was left in the world to burn, while Selene decided to make it her turn to try and take over the world.
Trivia[]
- Aldoron is the second of the five Dragon Gods to be defeated.
- Aldoron counts as the fourth dragon defeated (third to be killed) by Natsu Dragneel after Animus, Acnologia and Mercphobia, respectively.
- Aldoron is the first of the five Dragon Gods that Natsu's team has faced that was shown to be evil. Selene is technically the first, but Natsu's team has yet to face her.
- Aldoron has killed more people than any other dragon in the Fairy Tail manga and anime with the exception of Acnologia. Acnologia destroyed an entire nation single-handedly, while Aldoron killed 300,000 people in a single move when he awoke.