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After the time skip following the Tenrou Island arc, a lot of Fairy Tail
members quit. So, my question is: how many members did Fairy Tail have before
the time skip, and how many do they have after the time skip? How many of them
quit?


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How many magicians quit after the 7-year time skip?


Yes, after the "Tenrou" arc, most of the Fairy Tail members quit the guild,
but all the members who had screen time are still in Fairy Tail .

Most of the important characters, or characters who had major or average
screen time and were at "Tenrou" island (Natsu, Ersa, Lucy, Gajil, etc.), and
even the most minor characters who had less screen time (like Waren, Romeo,
Romeo's father, etc.) are still in Fairy Tail. Even if some characters are
missing (I personally didn't notice any), all the important ones are still in
Fairy Tail even after "Tenrou" arc. On the plus side, we even get a new
character - Kinana.

My answer is based on only the anime, not the manga.


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I don't think there is an exact number, but I know episode 96 would have been
the the last episode where you can see other characters that were in Fairy
Tail.

<http://www.crunchyroll.com/fairy-tail/episode-96-he-who-erases-life-581682>

In 13:10 of the link above, I have not seen these characters after the 7 year
gap.

Also there are other background characters throughout this episode.


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I couldn't find the exact number right before they went to Tenrou Island but
we know how many member they have on Battle of Fairy Tail arc. When the battle
of Fairy Tail begin there was 83 member battling each other

[![Fairy Tail Chapter
108](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IY1Ua.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/IY1Ua.jpg)
* Fairy Tail Chapter 108 KA-BO--NK!!

This excluding Makarov, Happy, Laxus, the Thunder God Tribe, the member who
were out on mission such as Gildarts, Mest and Mystogan (although Mystogan
joined the battle latter) and the member inside the guild that turn into a
stone such as Erza, Lucy, Cana, Juvia, Mirajane, Levi, and Visca. So if we
count those guys, there was 99 members of Fairy Tail that time (not counting
unnamed member who were out on mission and those that joined after Battle of
Fairy Tail arc such as Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily).

Based on [Fairy Tail timeline](http://fairytail.wikia.com/wiki/Timeline),
battle of Fairy Tail happened in October 15, X784, and S-Class Mage Promotion
Trial happened in December 15, X784. So only two months has passed. In those
two months, Laxus was excommunicated from the guild, and Mystogan went back to
Edolas, Lissana also back to Fairy Tail while Wendy, Carla, and Pantherlily
joined Fairy Tail. With that in mind, there was probably **around 100
members** of Fairy Tail on Tenrou Island arc.

Seven years later, we know Fairy Tail only have **35 members** , [20 of which
went missing on Tenrou Island](https://anime.stackexchange.com/a/2763/2869).
12 old member who stayed on guild, they were Makao, Wakaba, Bisca, Alzack,
Max, Nab, Warren, Laki, Vijeeter, Jet, Droy, and Reedus. Two new member, Romeo
and Kinana. And Mest. Excluding Laxus who were still excommunicated from the
guild that time. So there was **around 60-70 members quit** Fairy Tail in 7
years


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