"To make skies roar... to make earth boil... to make the seas silent. That is Sabertooth." — Jiemma in "Malice is Concealed by the Veil of Darkness"

Jiemma
Kanji	ジエンマ
Rōmaji	Jienma
Characteristics
Race	Human
Gender	Male
Hair Color	White
Eye Color	White
Professional Status
Affiliation	Sabertooth
Guild Mark Location	Forehead
Occupation	Guild Master
Base of Operations	Sabertooth
Personal Status
Status	Active
Relative(s)	Minerva (Daughter)[1]
Magic
Magic	Blast Magic
Debuts
Manga Debut	Chapter 281
Anime Debut	Episode 164
Portrayal
Japanese Voice	Eiji Miyashita
Image Gallery

Jiemma (ジエンマ Jienma) is the Guild Master of the former strongest Guild in Fiore, Sabertooth.^[2]

Contents 1 Appearance 2 Personality 3 Synopsis 3.1 Grand Magic Games arc 4 Magic and Abilities 5 Quotes 6 Battles & Events 7 References 8 Navigation

Appearance

Jiemma is a tall, elderly man distinguished by his massive, extremely muscular physique, untarnished despite his advanced age. The man has long light hair which is tidily gathered on the back of his head and tied in a braid, which reaches down below his middle back, and is secured near its end in a large tuft;^[3] the thick beard and mustache covering Jiemma's lower face, linked to his hair by the Master's sideburns, are untamed, with several spiky strands jutting outwards from the latter one. He has marked facial features and a long, massive and mildly rounded nose. His sunken eyes, topped by light and bushy eyebrows, are very distinctive, being almost completely white, as if they lacked pupils, and has a black underlining around his lower eyelid; something which gives him an otherworldly look. Jiemma's small, dark Sabertooth mark is located in the center of his high, mildly wrinkled forehead. During his introduction, Jiemma was portrayed as having a very hairy chest, with his torso and abdominals sporting spiky hair in a shape reminiscent of a cross;^[4] this, however, wasn't present in his subsequent appearances.^[5]

Jiemma's outfit is Eastern in look: he wears a short, mildly loose and dark kimono with light edges and cuffs, secured around his waist by a light sash tied on the front with a simple knot, whose right side is casually left hanging over the side of Jiemma's corresponding leg, revealing part of the man's muscular torso. While the right part of the garment is sometimes worn normally, with Sabertooth's Master keeping his left arm in the sleeve, Jiemma has also been seen resting such arm in the front part of his kimono, casually hanging from it, and thus leaving the other sleeve hanging from his left shoulder hollow. His legs are covered by a very loose pair of light pants, which on the front of each leg bears a vertical line composed of many dark rhombs joined together and lined up. For footwear, Jiemma dons a simple pair of sandals,^[6] (black shoes in the anime) and his forearms are wrapped in light bandages. Circling the Master's massive neck is a necklace composed of many large, dark spheres, reminiscent of an over sized series of Buddhist prayer beads, and topping his head is a light headgear similar to an Eastern crown, with many vertical sections with pyramid-shaped tops surrounding a massive, central semicircle jutting upwards from it.^[4] All in all, his appearance resembles that of the mythical Tengu.

Personality

Jiemma is very strict in his beliefs. He firmly believes that Sabertooth is the strongest guild in Fiore and wishes it to remain that way. When Yukino Aguria lost a match in the Grand Magic Games, he forced her to strip down in public, remove her guild mark, and leave the guild. He also does not seem to care much for his subordinates that fail to meet his expectations as he constantly called Yukino "trash" after she lost her match.^[7] Even Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney, despite their fame, power, and numerous victories prior, were "trash" in Jiemma's eyes and were ordered to erase their Guild Marks after their single-handed defeat by Natsu.^[8]

It appears that Jiemma also dislikes animals and thinks nothing of, or, at the least, very little of them, as seen when he "killed" Lector without remorse, thinking nothing of it, even going as far as to claim afterwards that the guild had lost nothing, acting insulted at the very thought of animals in Sabertooth. Jiemma couldn't fathom why Sting would even be sad over the death of an animal.^[9]

Synopsis

Grand Magic Games arc

After Yukino loses her match, Jiemma along with quite a few other members of Sabertooth assemble in the hotel where the Sabertooth members lodge in Crocus. Jiemma is extremely angry at the fact that Yukino lost in her battle with Kagura in the Grand Magic Games while betting her, by Kagura then pitied, life on the match. Jiemma throws grapes at Yukino, and tells her to strip off her clothes, remove her guild mark, and subsequently excommunicates her from the guild.^[7]

Later that night, Natsu Dragneel invades the Sabertooth lodgings, having learned of what he did to Yukino. When Jiemma answers to his demands to see him, Natsu scolds him for his behavior and asks Jiemma whether he too will be kicked out if he loses to him.^[10] Jiemma orders Dobengal to fight Natsu, but the Sabertooth Mage is quickly defeated. Afterwards, Jiemma begins to clash with Natsu. However, the battle is soon interrupted by the arrival of Jiemma's daughter, Minerva, making him surprised to see her return. Minerva reveals that she captured Happy, and Natsu decides to leave with Happy. As Natsu walks away, Jiemma comments on the young Dragon Slayer's fortitude.^[11]

Before the fourth day's third tag battle begins, Jiemma tells Sting and Rogue to make their victory overwhelming and to show them the power of the strongest guild.^[12] When Sting and Rogue activate White Drive and Shadow Drive, Jiemma states that the battle will soon be over, calling Fairy Tail a garbage guild.^[13] Following Sting and Rouge's defeat, Jiemma begins to boil with rage seeing two of his top Mages taken out by one Fairy Tail member. Unable to contain his fury, Jiemma pulls a terrifyingly angry expression, which doesn't go unnoticed by those sitting in the crowd around him. Becoming scared, the spectators flee in every direction, leaving Jiemma alone to seethe.^[14]

That night, in the Sabertooth lodgings, an outraged Jiemma bellows at Sting and Rogue for their defeat, beating them and saying that they must undergo excommunication. A scared Lector attempts to reason with him but Jiemma does not recognize the Exceed. Upon learning that he is also from Sabertooth, Jiemma, enraged at the thought of a weak cat being part of his guild, tells him to vanish, attacking him with a devastating blast. Outraged, yet also heartbroken, Sting suddenly attacks Jiemma, blasting him with a powerful White Dragon's Punch, creating a large hole through his torso.^[15]

As he lies on the floor, fatally wounded, Minerva nonchalantly tells Sting that he should become the new master now that he has defeated the previous one. When Jiemma asks his daughter what she's doing, she calls him a weak loser and orders him to shut up, reminding him of his "no weaklings are allowed in Sabertooth" policy.^[16]

Magic and Abilities

Blast Magic: Jiemma has shown the ability to generate explosions in places which are several meters away from him, something which is achieved by moving one of his open hands, with the fingers partially bent, towards the area he wants to detonate. It's currently unknown what power said explosions possess, seeing as Lector, who was targeted by Jiemma, was transported away by Minerva's Magic before he could be harmed.^[17] It's worth noting, however, that Sabertooth's Master believed the Exceed to have been killed and completely pulverized when he no longer saw him in the spot he'd struck,^[18] hinting at the danger this technique poses, at least to small beings.

Shockwaves: Jiemma is capable of producing shockwaves of varying intensity from his person without the need to perform any gesture or assume any particular stance. These can apparently be used continuously over short periods of time, as shown from Jiemma assaulting Natsu Dragneel with what looked like a gust of wind, slowly pushing him away from Sabertooth's Master as seconds passed (despite the Fairy Tail Mage eventually overwhelming it).^[19] Jiemma's shockwaves are strong enough to knock the two Dragon Slayers, Sting Eucliffe and Rogue Cheney, off their feet.^[20] It's currently unknown whether such ability stems from a technique or is simply a release of Magic Power.

Enhanced Strength: Incredibly massive and bulky despite his apparently advanced age, Jiemma appears to possess a large amount of physical strength: he was able to block a punch from someone as strong as Natsu Dragneel with a single forearm with ease, and this in spite of the blow coming enhanced with Natsu's signature Fire Dragon Slayer Magic further boosting its power.^[21]

Enhanced Durability: Jiemma's age doesn't seem to hinder him in terms of physical might: Sabertooth's Master is shown to be very durable, being capable of undergoing a barrage of fire-enhanced melee blows from the Dragon Slayer Natsu Dragneel, which had him struck a number of times with great force in mere seconds, without showing any visible sign of injury afterwards.^[22]

Quotes

• (To Sabertooth members) "Don't look at the insects around you. Don't speak to them. Simply trample over them."^[23]
• (To Sabertooth members) "To make the skies roar... to make the earth boil... to make the seas silent. That is Sabertooth."^[24]
• (To Natsu Dragneel) "It's 100 years too early for the likes of a common guild soldiers like you. If you want to fight with those on top, show me that you're qualified to do so."^[25]
• (To Lector) "And why do mere animals have the mark of my highest pride, the Mark of Sabertooth? Disappear!"^[26]

Battles & Events

• Yukino Aguria's Excommunication
• Natsu Dragneel vs. Sabertooth
• Rebellion within Sabertooth

References

Navigation

v • d • eSabertooth Members
Guild Master	Jiemma
Mages	Sting Eucliffe • Rogue Cheney • Frosch • Lector • Rufus Lohr • Orga Nanagear • Minerva • Dobengal
Teams
Twin Dragons of Sabertooth	Sting Eucliffe • Rogue Cheney • Lector • Frosch
Team Sabertooth	Sting Eucliffe • Rogue Cheney • Rufus Lohr • Orga Nanagear • Minerva • Yukino Aguria (Former)
Former Members
Excommunicated	Yukino Aguria