

**Contains spoilers for fans who have not reached the timeskip.**

The story takes a seven year timeskip at the end of the Tenrou Island arc.
Members who went to the Tenrou Island to participate in the S-rank exam go
missing. With the 8 exam participants and their respective partners, the 3
examiners, Master Makarov, and Laxus, that would be **21** members. Is this
calculation correct?


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How many Fairy Tail members went missing from the guild during the timeskip?


At the end of the Tenrou Island arc,

> Acnologia sinks the Tenrou Island along with all the people on it.

  * Mest Gryder, one of the eight exam participants, is actually a Magic Council member, and he left the island earlier anyway.
  * Gray's partner, Loke/Leo, returned to the spirit world earlier.
  * Wendy and Gajeel took their Exceed partners, Carla and Pantherlily respectively, to the Tenrou Island. 
  * Laxus was not a member at this time, since he had been expelled and Makarov refused to readmit him.

Taking all the above into account, altogether **20** Fairy Tail members (and
Laxus) were missing from the guild during the timeskip.

List of members (clockwise in the human circle they formed, starting from Lucy
and excluding Laxus):

  1. Lucy Heartfilia
  2. Natsu Dragneel
  3. Erza Scarlet
  4. Cana Alberona
  5. Gildarts Clive
  6. Levy McGarden
  7. Gajeel Redfox
  8. Wendy Marvel
  9. Carla
  10. Happy
  11. Pantherlily
  12. Makarov
  13. Bickslow
  14. Freed Justine
  15. Evergreen
  16. Elfman Strauss
  17. Mirajane Strauss
  18. Lisanna Strauss
  19. Juvia Lockser
  20. Gray Fullbuster

![Fairy Tail human circle](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PdzXv.jpg)


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