#i feel like bickslow being from the circus is fanon at this point

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Do you have any headcanon for the backstories of the Raijinshuu?

Huh, I haven't actually thought about it before. This will be fun!

Bickslow

His parents were members of the circus. Mother was a contortionist. Father was sword swallower

Bickslow was raised by the entire circus tho (it takes a village) and considered them all family

He was taught almost every circus skill growing up. He loved it and always planned to stay with the circus his whole life

His tattoo was given to him by a fire breather he considered to be his uncle

The ring master taught Bix how to carve wood. Bickslow's first job in the circus was selling his little carvings during shows

Unfortunately when Bickslow was around 12, the main tent caught fire during a show. Almost everyone had managed to escape with minor injuries (Bickslow wasn't in the tent at all)

Bickslow's parents, the fire breather, ring master and Bickslow's best friend made sure everyone was able to make it out alive. During their final check of the tent, the whole thing collapsed and killed all five of them

Bix used his magic to gather their souls into the remaining dolls he had, but he knew they'd never be actually alive again

The circus looked after him for a couple years after that but the memories were becoming too much. Bix ended up leaving and joining Fairy Tail with the hope of finding a way to help his family

Evergreen

She was born with her stone eyes power in a small village

Her parents tried everything to get her eyes under control, but one of them was almost always turned to stone. She wasn't powerful enough to keep them stone for long (nor did she want to) but it was enough to ruin their day

Her mother sold handmade jewelry and her father was a farm hand. They didn't have a lot of money and baby Evergreen's magic was effecting their ability to work

Evergreen's parents loved her very much. Her mother was always making her little wire fairies and her father would bring her a flower crown after work

But because of her powers, the towns people feared her. No one would even come near their house and her mother started loosing sales

Her father started working longer and longer days so he could keep food on the table

Evergreen tried really hard to get her eyes under control, but she was still super young and knew no other mages

After a particularly bad day, Evergreen accidentally turned both her parents to stone. Which wasn't that odd, but they never changed back

She was around nine at the time. She waited several months for them to turn back, but it never happened.

Evergreen worked odd jobs and stole to keep herself fed with the hope that one day they'd turn back. She took special care of their statues and made sure they always looked pretty (decorating them with flowers, fairies, and paints). It comforted her to take care of them

On her thirteenth birthday, Evergreen gave up and headed out on her own. Living in filth and stealing her way through life, hoping one day to live a beautiful life

A couple years later, she made her way to Fairy Tail. Because the name reminded her of her mother

Freed

He came from a wealthy family in a far away continent

His parents were rarely around. Instead he was raised mostly by nannies

In the rare times that his parents were home, they were kind, but strict. Freed was always expected to behave even as a small child

While Freed was given many extracurriculars, his favorites were fencing, reading, and languages

Freed also enjoyed geography and learning about different cultures

His parents were always traveling, but they never took Freed with them. As he got older, he would beg to go with them growing tired of being trapped at home

They always refused (partially because they didn't know how to babysit their own child) and told him he'd have time for that when he was grown

What they didn't tell Freed was that they had known Freed had demonic magic in him and they feared him for it.

He was born with one demon eye. His parents spend insane amounts of money to turn it to normal and block his magic

That fear is why Freed was raised to keep his feelings under lock and key. Why they glossed over magic lessons. Why the staff winced when he cried as a child. Why his door locked from the outside

They all feared what he was capable of. Feared that he would become a monster

Around age ten, Freed overheard a member of staff updating his parents on his condition and how the darkness emanated from him

Being the intelligent child he was, Freed turned to the library to figure out what all this meant

Freed grew obsessed with the magic of Fiore and the mages that worked there. One day, when his parents were planning a business trip to Fiore, Freed snuck onto their ship

His minor knowledge of magic helped him avoid being caught. And he managed to make it all the way to Fiore without being caught

Unfortunately, the ship left without Freed and he was trapped in Fiore with no way of contacting his family

After getting over the panic of being on his own for the first time, Freed realized he didn't want to be part of a family that feared and most likely despised him.

Instead he researched the strongest guild in Fiore and made his way there. Hoping to finally understand what was 'wrong' with him and gain the knowledge he was never allowed to have