Dark Guilds

Dark Guilds are guilds that are not officially recognized by the Magic Council; therefore, they are treated as criminal organizations. Dark Guilds are typically disdainful of Legal Guilds, seeing that they abide the rules imposed by the Magic Council. Their belief is that the rules of the Council would only limit the full potential of guilds, as they place too many restrictions.

Organization

There is very little information known about the hierarchy of Dark Guilds. All Dark Guilds, like legal guilds, are run by their respective Guild Master. Dark Guilds have S-Class level Mages, but it is unknown if the Mages in question are called "S-Class Mages". In the Grimoire Heart Guild they have a Deputy Commander, or second-in-command, of their guild.

Balam Alliance

The Balam Alliance was an alliance between the three most powerful Dark Guilds in Fiore. Despite being referred to as an alliance, the three guilds do not interact with each other at all, and their alliance is nothing more than a non-aggression pact. In X784, they controlled all Dark Guilds, with the exception of Raven Tail. As of year X791, it is officially defunct with Tartaros as the only lone member standing.

Guild Name	Description	Guild Master	Status	Symbol
Oración Seis	An extremely powerful Dark Guild, being one of the three ruling Dark Guilds of the Balam Alliance. Though they comprised the smallest guild ever shown, with only six members, they had many Dark Guilds under them. They made an attempt to seize Nirvana and use it to destroy the world, but they were defeated by the Allied Forces. After their fall the Guild was dissolved and all members were imprisoned.	Zero	Dissolved
Grimoire Heart	One of the three major Dark Guilds and a member of the Balam Alliance. In X784, it was the strongest Dark Guild in existence. Its members reside in a very large airship that flies over the land. Their purpose, to reawaken Zeref and create the Ultimate Magic World, led them to Tenrou Island where they found Fairy Tail's S-Class Mage Promotion Trial to be taking place. A war occurred between the two Guilds, which Fairy Tail ultimately won.	Hades	Dissolved
Tartaros	One of the three ruling Dark Guilds of the Balam Alliance made entirely of Demons from the Books of Zeref. For many years they've kept silent, staying completely hidden from the world, and waiting for the right moment to make their move.	N/A	Active	N/A

Other Dark Guilds

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Trivia

• The word Balam, in "Balam Alliance", is the name of a King of Hell who rules over 40 Legions of demons.