[@yoshua171] WHAT criminal underground? Never have I, nor anyone else, mentioned a criminal underrground, and if there was such a thing, the Royal guard and capital Solders would have destroyed it as a potentially magical taking. It seems that you are making things up that do not fit in the story. While that normally works, in this case it doesn't As for this person that has a grudge on him joining a dark guild, THAT doesn't seem possible. As Burth Said, the dark guild would have had to approach this candidate and get them to join, but probably wouldn't have trusted them enough yet to allow them to send another member after your character. Again, it seems like you are changing things to suit what you want. The only way that would work if, IF the guy that had a grudge on him created his own dark guild. AND AS FOR A CRIMINAL DARK MAGE, not affiliated with any guild, I doubt they would have lasted long by themselves, as they would have been apprehended by people like Jamie and Jarvis, who wish to get magic respected and believed in once more, or the Royal guard. I really am not trying to be picky, but some things just don't fit in the story line. You have to understand, people were terrified of any mages after the zeref/slayers incident. Any sign of magic would have been destroyed, and there probably were enough killings to discourage any magical uprising.