In a land far, far away lies the Kingdom of Fiore - a small peaceful nation of seventeen million, and a place filled with magic. Found in every home, bought and sold in every marketplace - for most magic is merely a tool, a mundane part of everyday life. For some, however, magic is an art, and they've devoted their lives to its practice. These are the wizards. Banded together into magical guilds, they apply their skills in search of fame and fortune. Many such guilds dot the landscape of Fiore, but there is a certain guild in a certain town that soars high above the rest. One from which countless legends have been born. A guild who would no doubt continue to create legends well into the future. Its name is Fairy Tail.
However, that isn't the beginning of our story... Hundreds of years before the kingdom of Fiore was founded and magic was widely used, there was war and chaos everywhere. The world needed a hero... well, more like four of them. And thus, the elementals - the only four magic-users - were born, each controlling a unique natural element: wind, fire, earth, and water. These four were able to put an end to all the fighting, however, they each lost their lives in the process. But, not all was lost! Before they passed, they shared their last ounces of magic energy with all of humanity, and the ones who were able to harness that magic became what were soon known as wizards. A few centuries later, four extraordinary wizards were born with the souls of the previous elementals within them. Are they fated to fall in the footsteps of their past lives, or will they make their own mark in history?