Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald (フランシス・スコット・キー・フィッツジェラルド,) is the latest leader of the American organization known as the Guild until its eventual dissolution and split, upon which he currently leads the Renewed Guild. His ability name is known as The Great Fitzgerald.

Appearance
Fitzgerald is a tall and slender man who has short combed blonde hair, and clear blue eyes. He wears a properly buttoned pink shirt with a tie, and creamy yellow tailored suit and trousers. When his ability is activated, green tattoo-like stripes appear all over his body and outfit.

After the Guild war, he wears a brown suit over his black long sleeve polo shirt and a cream colored tie.

Personality
Being the wealthy person that he is, Fitzgerald is very proud, boasting about his fortunes very often. He is extremely arrogant and possesses a lot of confidence in himself.

He dislikes when his offers are rejected. But he is a determined man who would do anything in order to get what he wants.

Nevertheless, he is not outright evil, because it's seen that he cares about his subordinates, always taking the best course of action for their safety, and he does even more for his family, caring genuinely about his beloved wife and his deceased daughter.

Ability
Fitzgerald's ability, The Great Fitzgerald (華麗なるフィッツジェラルド,) allows Fitzgerald to gain more physical power according to the money he spent; while the final battle over the Moby Dick, Francis showed strength, speed, agility, and endurance far beyond the human level. Simply by throwing off his cheques is also counted as 'spending' his wealth and activating his ability. It is noted that to activate his ability, it is not restricted to his own wealth, or even to something that cont as money itself, like a wedding ring.

Francis is also a moderated hand-to-hand fighter, as showed against Atsushi and Akutagawa when he combated just bare hands.

Background
Fitzgerald mentions that "before being rich," implying that he was poor, he worked for two whole years in order to buy a gun; later, he killed four people to get more money.

At some point, he married a woman named Zelda and had a daughter. Nevertheless, his daughter died, and unable to accept this, Zelda fell ill and still believes that she's still studying abroad. Resolved to bring her back to life with the power of the Book, he plans to raid Yokohama in order to find it to bring happiness to his family once again.

It is known that he is the owner of three conglomerates and five hotels under his name; and an airline, and a railway company.

Appearances
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 * Chapters =

Armed Detective Agency vs. Port Mafia Arc

 * Chapter 12 - Rashomon and the Tiger

The Guild Arc

 * Chapter 15 - Constantly Pushed to the Past, Part 1
 * Chapter 19 - The Three-Way Battle
 * Chapter 26 - Will of Tycoon
 * Chapter 27 - Upon the Shattering Shores
 * Chapter 28 - The Emergancy Plan
 * Chapter 29 - Even If My Head Be Mistaken
 * Chapter 33 - A White Whale, into the Oceans of Heaven
 * Chapter 34 - The Last Tycoon
 * Chapter 35 - Rashomon, the Tiger and the Last Tycoon
 * Chapter 36 - If I May Lay Down This Burden Today
 * Chapter 37 - Closing the Party

The Guild Aftermath Arc

 * Chapter 44 - Fitzgerald Rising
 * Chapter 45 - Fix it, Master Craft

Cannibalism Arc

 * Chapter 53 - Echo, Part 3

Decay of Angels Arc

 * Chapter 63 - Enemies of Society
 * Chapter 64 - You and I, Children of Sin
 * Chapter 65 - Dreaming of Butterflies, Part 1
 * Chapter 67 - The Sadness of Those Without Wings, Part 1 (flashback)
 * Chapter 69 - The Escape (flashback)
 * Chapter 76 - Skyfall, Part 3 (image)
 * Episodes=

Armed Detective Agency vs. Port Mafia Arc

 * Episode 10 - Rashomon and the Tiger

The Guild Arc

 * Episode 12 - Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past
 * Episode 17 - Three Companies Conflict
 * Episode 19 - Will of Tycoon
 * Episode 20 - Though the Mind May Be Wrong
 * Episode 22 - Part 1: Poe and Rampo; Part 2: Moby Dick, Swimming in the Sky
 * Episode 23 - Rashoumon, the Tiger, and the Last Emperor
 * Episode 24 - If I May Shed Away My Burden Now

The Guild Aftermath Arc

 * Episode 30 - Slap the Stick & Addict (cameo)
 * Episode 32 - Fitzgerald Rising

Cannibalism Arc
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 * Episode 37 - Echo

Quotes

 * (To Kyōka Izumi) "Though I haven't known you for long, heed this counsel spoken from my own experience: saving people doesn't suit you. As for what does… You already know that don't you?"
 * (To Louisa May Alcott) "Every single thing in here belongs to me! The ship, the pen, even the blinds on the windows! And that naturally includes you and my other subordinates as well! So from now on, I won't let any of my subordinates die. I... own you, and I have the right to protect you!"

Etymology

 * The name Francis is of latin origin and means "free man".
 * The middle name Scott is of Old English origin meaning "Scottsman".
 * The middle name Key is of latin origin and means "rejoice".
 * The surname Fitzgerald is of Old French origin meaning "Son of the Spear-Ruler".

Trivia

 * He made an appearance in the mobile game "Kimito Lead Puzzle 18" as a stage boss and as a limited-time character.
 * Since he was interrupted by Fukuzawa, it's possible that he may be the owner of more companies or whatever else.
 * He shares many similarities with Jay Gatsby, the protagonist from Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby:
 * Both characters are arrogant, overly optimistic, and flawed but are nonetheless, determined and hardworking in order to obtain what they desire.
 * Both made a fortune but it is unknown where it came from, other than the commits of illegal activities.
 * Both use money as their power to get what they want.
 * Both end some of their sentences by "old sport".
 * , was in real life, the actual Fitzgerald's wife.
 * Both Zelda's also fell ill with serious afflictions.
 * His animated character design appeared in the Bungou Stray Dogs Facebook website prior to his appearance to the anime.