!Specific games in the series:

[[index]]
* ''Characters/{{Catherine}}''
* ''[[{{Characters/SoulHackers}} Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers]]''
* ''Characters/DevilSummonerRaidouKuzunoha''
* ''Characters/DevilSurvivor''
* ''Characters/DevilSurvivor2''
* ''Characters/DigitalDevilSaga''
* ''Characters/{{Persona}}''
* ''Characters/{{Persona 2}}''
* ''Characters/{{Persona 3}}''
* ''Characters/{{Persona 4}}''
* ''Characters/Persona4Arena''
* ''Characters/PersonaRecurring''
* ''Characters/ShinMegamiTenseiI''
* ''Characters/ShinMegamiTenseiII''
* ''Characters/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''
* ''Characters/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''
[[/index]]
This page is meant for the characters that occur frequently in the series.

!!Abaddon / Apollyon
The Fallen Angel of the Abyss and [[CrossoverCosmology his Greek incarnation]]. The Apollyon horde serve Abaddon or the one carrying the title King Abaddon in ''King Abaddon''.

* AchillesHeel: Creating a weapon using a piece of cursed metal obtained from a certain chaos god nullifies its healing powers.
* AllYourPowersCombined: After Earth has consumed his fellow teammates in DigitalDevilSaga 2, his Yaksa form becomes Abaddon and can now use his teammates' skills.
** BlowYouAway: Uses Zan spells in his Cu Sith phase
** PlayingWithFire: Uses Agi spells in his Ganga phase.
** ShockAndAwe: Uses Zio spells in his Ganga phase
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The [[spoiler:Psycho]] and regular Apollyons embody mankinds despair.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: Aleph fights his heart in ShinMegamiTenseiII
* BigCreepyCrawlies: The Apollyon horde in ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon''.
* BlobMonster: Most of his depictions.
* CaveMouth
* FallenAngel
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* HealingFactor: The Apollyons healing factor is so great it makes them NighInvulnerable.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja: His Devil Children design.
* KickTheDog: In ShinMegamiTenseiII, Abaddon tells Aleph that Michael promised to restore it as an angel if it swallowed Valhalla District. It's BlatantLies.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent
* RecurringBoss: Apollyon and [[spoiler:Psycho Apollyon]] are fought many times near the end of ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon''
* TheHeartless: What the Apollyon [[spoiler:specifically the Psycho Apollyons]] are.
* ThoseTwoBadGuys: With [[CampGay Fenfir]] in the Devil Children anime.
* WombLevel: in ShinMegamiTenseiII, Aleph gets to explore his innards after Abbaddon eats Valhalla.

!!Alice
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Alice is a minor character appearing in the ShinMegamiTensei series. A young girl possessing formidable magic powers, she is taken care of by her 'uncles', the Count in Red and the Baron in Black, of which both care for her deeply.

* AliceAllusion
** The Shin Megami Tensei Alice shares many physical similarities with the character, most notably the blue dress and the blond hair. Also, her signature move "Die For Me!" seems to draw inspiration from the book. Furthermore, her Shin Megami Tensei: IMAGINE attack, "Mad Tea Party", takes further inspiration from the book as it references the chapter in which the protagonist met the Mad Hatter and March Hare.
** In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]]'', Alice desires to catch the Hare of Inaba in the Ex Mission "Catch That Rabbit". It involves falling down several holes.
* BackFromTheDead
* BonusBoss
** In ShinMegamiTenseiII, Alice can be fought should Aleph manage to find a distinct gold chest in the factory near [[Film/{{Beetlejuice}} Betelguese's]] lair. Upon reaching the Gold Chest, Alice appears and asks Aleph whether she can keep the treasure. Should Aleph answer no, Alice attacks Aleph. Defeating her awards players with one of the [[InfinityPlusOneSword five strongest weapons]] of the game.
** Alice appears as a secret demon in RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy. In order to summon her, Raidou Kuzunoha the XIV must first hear a rumor from the blond girl in the Shin-Sekai Soda Joint describing telephone booths around the capital. He then must check the public phone in Tsukudo-Cho near the shrine with a Belial in the party. Next, he must check the phone in Harumi-Cho with a Nebiros in the party. Finally, with both demons in party, Raidou must answer the phone in Ginza-Cho, which will call Alice up from Hell. If Raidou defeats her, he can then summon her by fusing Raja Naga and Jack Frost.
** Alice appears as a Case File boss for the Chaos-Alignment exclusive "One Girl's Happiness" case in RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon. First, Raidou must complete the two "My Wish" cases. Later, a request from "[[ArsGoetia Uncle Red and Uncle Black]]" will appear in the Case Files section. They have lost Alice and come to Raidou for help finding her. Raidou must then speak to two girls by the Tamoten Shrine in Tsukudo-Cho. According to them, there's a rumor that a blue-eyed foreign girl lingers in the back stall of a bathroom in their school. The girl will ask a person if they will be her friend, and if somebody agrees then she will kill them. The girl who explains the rumor reveals that she said no and that the girl is still haunting her. Alice will then appear and pose the same question to Raidou. [[ButThouMust Regardless of the answer]], a battle will initiate.
** Alice can be summoned in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' after the MC finishes the Ex-Mission "Catch that Rabbit" in Sector Fornax and after reaching Level 39 with the Fiend Converter. Originally, she posts the mission herself to ensure the capture of the "rabbit", upon which the MC pursues the rabbit across several holes until cornered. Once this happens, Alice, if allowed, will begin [[KickTheDog brutalizing the rabbit]] until stopped by the protagonist and confronted. Upon defeat, she will fade away.
** In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'' she is the ultimate boss who can only be fought during a NewGamePlus and once all other bonus bosses have been defeated. [[spoiler:She is also accompaned by Belial and Nebiros in the fight.]]
** During the Snow Queen Quest in ''MegamiIbunrokuPersona'', at Devil's Peak, Alice can be found as a BossInMooksClothing. She's level 99, strong to everything and has 999 HP. You can't run, negotiate, or recruit her. Beating her nets you quite the sum of XP. though.
* ButThouMust: When the Protagonist confronts Alice in ShinMegamiTenseiI, she questions if the Protagonist would "die for her" and join the citizens of Roppongi. Should the Protagonist decline, he is forced to fight both Belial and Nebiros in separate battles. Alternatively, even should the Protagonist agree, he will not die, bemusing Alice and forcing them to fight both Belial and Nebiros.
* CameBackWrong: ''Very'' much so. She was once just a normal human, you see. Now she spends her days befriending everyone who will take the time to chat with her for a while... before brutally having them killed [[CreepyAwesome by Wonderland's soldiers and her obscenely overpowered magic]].
** The Hare of Inaba explains it best in Strange Journey: the Fiend you keep on fighting throughout the games is very likely not even the real Alice, but rather, her memory, born of the magics that rendered the original insane and very likely killed her. This is what caused the rather twisted form of reincarnation, as mentioned above. And the worst part? The demons gave her that magic because they loved her. [[TearJerker They wanted her to be forever young]], forever happy. Talk about HoistByHisOwnPetard...
* CatchPhrase: "Could you die for me, please?" which is the origin of her SignatureMove "Die For Me!".
* CompositeCharacter: While the Lewis Carroll references are abundant, there's also a Scandinavian myth of a girl named Alice that died when she was young, became a spirit, and was driven insane from her extreme magical power. The myth was used to scare children into behaving, or else Alice would kill them at night so that she could be "friends" with them. Her actions in the first ''[[ShinMegamiTenseiI Shin Megami Tensei]]'' are an allusion to this myth, and her compendium entry in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]]'' seem to suggest that she could be a reference to one or the other.
** The Mad Hatter and a demon based on the White Rabbit called Clock Rabbit have appeared within the Devil Children games. With Alice and Clock Rabbit appearing in Devil Children White. Making it possible that she could possibly be both.
* CreepyChild: Her innocence, her powers and her sadism really don't mix well.
* CreepyDoll: In ''ShinMegamiTenseiII'' she's shown holding dolls resembling the Red Count and the Black Baron, two important characters from ''ShinMegamiTenseiI''.
* CuteGhostGirl
* DarkMagicalGirl: For all her cuteness, she's still a powerful Fiend and often ranks high in Lovers and Death Arcanas.
* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Alice had befriended Nebiros and Belial since she was an ordinary mortal girl.
* ElegantGothicLolita
* FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming her "friend"...
* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: In ShinMegamiTenseiI, she asks the protagonist to give her a Hiranya. In ''RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', she repeats the request.
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two "Uncles"]]: [[ArsGoetia Nebiros and Belial]]
* HumanoidAbomination: She looks like, and unusually for this trope, ''acts'' like a little girl. Doesn't mean she ''is'', though. Her Racial Skill in ''DevilSurvivor2'' is even ''Unearthly Form''.
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: Even if she has no idea of how to treat them.
* LifeDrain: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', Energy Drain was one of her starter attacks. Then, in ''DevilSurvivor2'', she got Vitality Drain, which allows her to siphon HP from nearby enemies in a very wide area, allwing her to easily refill her tanks to immediately get back to pounding you.
* LittleMissBadass: You ''will'' die if you decide to get cocky with her.
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: She's [[GenkiGirl cheerfully oblivious]] to the horrors she causes.
* NightOfTheLivingMooks: In the Raidou Kuzunoha games, her battles have her continuously summoning undead monsters. And then [[FridgeHorror you realize]] [[FateWorseThanDeath what happens to "her friends"]]...
* ObliviouslyEvil: She just wants friends. A pity she doesn't quite comprehend that she would have plenty more if she did not continuously kill and devour them.
* OriginalGeneration: A [[{{Mons}} Mon]] who doesn't come from any existing mythology (though see CompositeCharacter above).
* [[RaisedByAnimals Raised By Demons]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', the Hare of Inaba notes both he and Alice were nothing but memories doomed to forever wander, repeating the cycle of pain and death endlessly, until the Protagonist defeated Alice and allowed both the Hare and Alice to move on.
* SealedEvilInACan: After the battle with her in RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon, Belial and Nebiros will appear and trap Alice's soul in a Staff of Death. They then give Raidou the Staff of Death asking him to revive Alice through fusion.
* SignatureMove: "Die For Me!", the strongest Curse/Mudo-based skill in the Megaten series. [[NightmareFuel She summons corrupt armies of undead Wonderland soldiers to skewer her enemies]]. Even worse, the thing is, it's not quite as much a ''demand'' as it is a ''request'', which means it is pure loneliness, not anger or spite, making her ask you to die...
* TheSociopath: Exhibits traits of this. Unusually, she never actually tries to deceive you or manipulate you; she's just that innocent, naive and sadistic.
* UndeadChild: She has been that way for a ''very'' long time...
* {{Yandere}}: If you value your life, have no compunctions about destroying her. [[FateWorseThanDeath The results of failing to do so have already been amply exposed]]. On the other hand, be ready to deal with Belial and Nebiros if you do. The results of failing to do so are even worse. [[spoiler:Except in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2 where they leave after her death, and in ''King Abaddon'' where they seal the weakened Alice in a staff and ask Raidou to revive her with it.]]

!!Angelic Orders
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The Orders which make up the heavenly host. Demons that usually make up the entire Divine clan. The demons that are included in this group are Angel, Archangel, Principality, Power, Virtue, Dominion, and Throne. Cherubim, Ophanim, and Seraphim are usually the exceptions, being part of the Seraph clan instead.

* AngelicBeauty: A lot of the early Angel designs were more beautiful besides the higher ranked ones like Cherub or Ophanim. Later games started to diverge with the lower Angels have more different and bizarre appearances.
* [[HumanSacrifice Angel Sacrifice]]: In ''Strange Journey'' two EX missions involve the summoning of a Seraph which is done by having a Angel, Archangel, Principality, Power, Virtue, Dominion, and Throne, and Cherub sacrifice themself to summon him.
* BondageIsBad: The lowest ranked Angel is usually dressed in bondage gear. Only Devil Survivor and Raidou Kuzunoha use the earlier designs.
* BonusBoss: Seraphim appears as a bonus boss in ''Strange Journey'' in the Ex Mission ''Mara's Desire''.
** EliteMook / DegradedBoss: Cherub appear as as a boss in Sector Delphinus of ''Strange Journey'', guarding the Cosmic Egg of that sector. Only to become a random encounter in Sector Horologorium.
* ElementalPowers:
** BlowYouAway: Angels tend use wind skills in the Raidou Kuzunoha games.
** LightEmUp
** NonElemental: Some of the higher ranked Angels known Almighty skills.
** PlayingWithFire: Throne is known to use fire spells.
** ShockAndAwe: Though rare, some do use electric skills in certain games.
* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: Comments made by angels disguised as humans in ''DevilSurvivor'' make it very clear they don't ''quite'' get Remiel's (and occasionally Gabriel's) interest in human life and the value of free will itself. They are particularly baffled by the idea of "salvation for all".
* GenderBender: In the earlier games some of the angels were the opposite gender. Such as Thrones and Virtue.
* GuardianAngel: The lowest ranked Angel also act as these, watching over individuals.
* HolierThanThou
* HolyHalo: Noticeable in that most Angels ''lack'' these in the games. Several such as Archangel have Halos in the ''Devil Children'' series.
* JusticeWillPrevail: Angels are usually part of the Justice Arcana in the ''Persona'' games.
* KnightTemplar
* LightIsNotGood: Unless you are on their side and even then you'll likely face them in random encounters.
** DarkIsEvil: Quite a few of the Angels in Devil Children were dark element in the first three games.
* LivingStatue: Virtues tend to appear as statues with beating hearts.
* MagicKnight: Some can perform in this role. Others are more magic or physical oriented.
* MechanicalLifeForms: Some of them are this like Cherub in ''Soul Hackers''. Plenty are mechanical in ''Devil Children''. Being obsessive creatures of Law, [[FridgeBrilliance this isn't surprising]].
* {{Mooks}}: They are the foot soldiers that make up the Heavenly Host. Only the higher ranked ones are treated above such roles.
** MookMedic: Some of the Angel Orders may act as healers.
* NoSell: Angels usually null or resist Light elemental attacks.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The Devil Children Angels tend to look humanoid to mechanical in nature and usually the higher ranked ones in the main series tend to be different from the lower ranked ones. Cherubim for example has appeared as a animal, statue, machine, Centaur, and a humanoid sitting on a throne that's atop a cloud.
* OurCentaursAreDifferent: Cherub appears as one in ''Megami Ibunroku Persona''.
* PaletteSwap: Earlier games had some of the Angels be palette swaps of other angels. One example is the Throne being a palette swap of Angel.
* SocialDarwinist: The Angels are part of the Reason of Yosuga in ''Nocturne''.
* SummoningRitual: In the same quest that has them sacrificing themselves in ''Strange Journey''. Unfortunately [[YouCantThwartStageOne it's impossible to stop them from performing it]].
* TankGoodness: Galgalim appears as a demonic tank in the Devil Children series.
* WingedHumanoid: Most of them. Though there are exceptions.

!!Aniel, Kazfiel, and Samael
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Three ArchAngels of Judaic lore. Aniel and Kazfiel have shown up alongside the other throughout the series while Samael is one of the demon who switches between Law and Chaos throughout the series.

* AmazingTechnicolourPopulation: Aniel and Kazfiel are blue.
* BonusBoss:
** Kazfiel was a optional boss fight in ''Shin Megami Tensei I''.
** In ''StrangeJourney'', both Aniel and Kazfiel were optional boss fights in the three EX Missions ''Before The Holy Battle''. The third one being a DualBoss against the two. Samael also appears, but is more of a random boss due to the mechanics of finding hidden demons in the game.
* TheDragon: Samael is this to Hikawa in ''ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''. Anael along with Sariel are ones to Metatron in ''Devil Survivor''.
* ElementalPowers:
** BlowYouAway: Aniel in ''Demi Kids'' and Kazfiel in ''Strange Journey''.
** CastingAShadow: Samael.
** LightEmUp: All three have known light spells at least once throughout the series.
** NonElemental: Whenever they known Mystic or Almighty skills.
** ShockAndAwe: Aniel
** StandardStatusEffects: Samael has ''God's Curse'' as his SignatureMove (which also falls under SecretAIMoves) in ''Nocturne''.
* FallenAngel: Samael is fallen in some games. Kazfiel name after the Fall is Kazbiel, "he who lies to God".
* TheGrimReaper: Kazfiel and Samael are both Angels of Death. Anael's design is a Grim Reaper in ''Devil Survivor''.
* IHaveManyNames: Aniel is also known as Anael, Haniel, and Hanael. Kazfiel is also known as Biqaiel, Kazbiel, and more.
* KnightTemplar: Samael in ''DigitalDevilSaga'', when fought in the Sun.
* LightIsNotGood
* [[LoveGoddess Love Angel]]: Aniel fastens the bonds of love and is associated with Venus, the planet associated with love.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Aniel and Kazfiel are usually depicted as six winged blue skin humans without legs and doll arms, while Samael is depicted as a Dragon or Winged Serpent. Aniel has also been depicted as a Cupid, Grim Reaper, and horned humanoid.
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Samael, natch.
* PaletteSwap: Aniel and Kazfiel were different colored versions of each other in ''Shin Megami Tensei I'' and ''Majin Tensei'', Samael is one of Azazel in ''Majin Tensei II'', and Aniel as Anael is one of Sariel in ''Devil Survivor''.
* WesternZodiac: Aniel represents Capricorn. This plays a part of his design and theme with the other Zodiac Angels in ''Demi Kids''.

!!Ashura-Oh/Asura/[[RaidouKuzunohavsKingAbaddon Vairocana]] / [[VideoGame/MegamiTenseiII Ahura]] [[MajinTenseiII Mazda]] / [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Asherah]]
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Originally Gods of Light. They were demonized and became Asuras thanks to YHVH. Though it might seem like they are all the same demon they are in fact a group of demons that share the same name. With each one having a different true form.

* AlternateTimeline: The goal of Ashura in RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon is to travel to the future of one.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation (Ashura form)
* BadassLongcoat: Ahura Mazda in Majin Tensei.
* BalefulPolymorph: YHWH did this to Ahura Mazda and Asherah and made them turn into Ashuras.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: Asherah
** She actually does have nipples, but they are very hard to see thanks to lack of areola.
* BonusBoss: In ''King Abaddon'' Asura is a boss in one of the case files from the last chapter of the game. The player must be law aligned to receive it from the Herald of Yatagarasu and complete all their previous case files. He is faced in Akarana Corridor and can be fused after being defeated.
* {{Demonization}}: Sufferers of this, thanks to YHVH.
* DragonInChief: in ShinMegamiTenseiI.
* EvilBlonde: Asherah
* FetchQuest: Before facing Michael on the Law path in ShinMegamiTenseiI, Ashura-Oh asks the protagonist to retrieve various things from Lucifer's generals to unlock the path to Michael
* FinalBoss: In the Law and Neutral paths of ShinMegamiTenseiI.
* GenderBender[=/=]OneWingedAngel: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'': Ashura Oh(male)-> Asherah(female)
* LightIsNotGood: They were originally Gods of Light worshiped in Persia.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: Asura/Ashura-Oh usually, Ahura Mazda in Megami Tensei II.
* MultipleHeadcase: Ashura Oh
* NobleDemon: In RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon he does exactly what you wish after beating him even though he was holding back.
* OneWingedAngel: In RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon, turn out that he's combat form of Dainichi Nyorai AKA Vairocana. [[spoiler: His true form is Ahura Mazda.]]
* RapunzelHair: In Asherah form.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: Asura in RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon desires to become his true form of [[spoiler:Ahura Mazda]] which is only possible by fighting other beings. [[spoiler: So he intends to travel to the future of a AlternateTimeline and lead the forces of chaos against God. Which is implied to be ShinMegamiTenseiI.]]
* TakenForGranite: His body does this while his soul acts as the [[HatePlague Delphinus Parasite]] in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''.
* TimeTravel: Asura aka Danichi Nyorai has the power to travel though time.

!!Astaroth/Ishtar/Astarte/Ashtar
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Astaroth/Astarte is one of Lucifer's generals, who is actually the goddess Ishtar forcefully fused with her counterpart Ashtar and turned into a demon by YHVH.

* BareYourMidriff: Ishtar
* BladeOnAStick: Astaroth
* ChekhovsGunman: In RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon, Astaroth first appears after you defeat Inugami at Dark Tsukudo-cho mentioning he would like to challenge you to a battle in the future. In the Law and Neutral alignment Astaroth challenges you a battle near the end of the game, while he'll simply join you if your alignment is Chaos. If your alignment is Neutral or Chaos you will be able to fuse him after his second appearance.
* CompositeCharacter: The result of a forced fusion of Astarte's counterparts [[MesopotamianMythology Ishtar]] and Ashtar.
* CoolMask: Astaroth
* DarkSkinnedRedhead: Ashtar
* {{Demonization}}: Ishtar wants to get rid of Ashtar.
* DemotedToExtra: Ashtar hasn't appeared since ''Shin Megami Tensei II''.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Ishtar and Astaroth
* FetchQuest: In Chaos route of ShinMegamiTenseiI, after locating the throne room of Asura in the last floor basement, the hero will need to go back to Astaroth's room, where he will give him the "Wings of Astaroth"--a valuable item needed so Asura can forge the "Devil Ring" and the fight against Michael and his followers become available.
* FieryRedhead: As Astaroth in Shin Megami Tensei and as Trisha in Catherine.
* FunnyAfro: As Trisha in Catherine.
* FusionDance: According to Ishtar in ShinMegamiTenseiII, YHVH forced Ishtar and Ashtar to merge and become Astaroth before ShinMegamiTenseiI.
* GenderBender:
** Ishtar (female)->Astaroth (male)
** As Astaroth in Catherine
** ''Giten Megami Tensei'' has Astaroth appear as the female Astarte.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Astaroth rides on a snake.
* MorphicResonance: When Astaroth disguises himself as Louis Cypher in ShinMegamiTenseiII, his hair remains red.
* MsFanservice: (Catherine) Not in the main game, but after you complete Axis Mundi [[spoiler:there's a scene where she basically seduces you through the fourth wall. Makes sense, given how she's a LoveGoddess.]]
* [[PhysicalGod Physical Goddess]]: The [[MesopotamianMythology Mesopotamian goddess of love and war]].
* ShesGotLegs: Ishtar
* SignificantAnagram: (Catherine) Rearrange "Trisha" and you get "Ishtar"; her true identity.
* SkippableBoss: In ShinMegamiTenseiI, He appears defending the third floor basement if you are in the Law or Neutral paths, saying that "there's nothing more pitiful that the man who discards his individuality to willingly become a slave" (referring to the protagonist) before engaging the player in battle if he's not chaos aligned. This fight, however, is entire optional, as the player can choose to just take the stairs towards the next floor without having to enter Astaroth's room. After his defeat, he express his desire to regain the form of goddess Ishtar.
* SpearCounterpart: Ashtar is one to Astarte in mythology.
* WingedHumanoid: Astaroth

!!Beelzebub/Baal Zebul/[[VideoGame/DevilSurvivor Belzaboul]]
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Beelzebub, also known by his human avatar form Baal Zebul, is a powerful and high-ranking demon; he is the right-hand man of Lucifer.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
* AmbiguouslyBrown: Takajo Zett.
* AttractiveBentGender: MajinTenseiII where Beelzebub appears as a woman wearing [[http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/2605/beel.png dominatrix gear]].
* BigBad: Devil Children first anime.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: His OneWingedAngel form.
* Bishounen: His armored form in Devil Children Fire/Ice Book.
* BonusBoss
** Late in ShinMegamiTenseiI, Louis Cypher sends the Protagonist over to talk to him. Should the Protagonist follow the Law or Neutral alignment paths, Beelzebub will engage the Protagonist in battle.
** Beelzebub appears as an optional boss in DigitalDevilSaga: Avatar Tuner. Unlike other optional bosses, the party is required to fight him twice before killing him for good. Defeating Beelzebub's fly-form will grant the ammo Magatama and the item "Tyrant's Skull", which unlocks the High Priest Mantra, granting the access to several of Beelzebub's skillsets. Players will also net the Karma Ring which protects the wearer from Dark-based attacks, which can be [[OldSaveBonus equipped in the sequel]].
** ShinMegamiTenseiII: Beelzebub appears in Castle Kether in the Abyss. He is a voluntary challenge; if you walk into his chamber, he will challenge you and you may decline and even come back later. You don't need to fight him to complete the game - he can be skipped entirely.
** [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]: Beelzebub appears only in the updated release and only if Hito-Shura accepts the old man's request of retrieving all of the stolen Candelabra, Hito-Shura can face Beelzebub in the Fourth Kalpa of the Labyrinth of Amala, in Hell's Hall.
** Beelzebub appears as the ultimate boss and highest level summonable demon in the game in RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy. He must be defeated at the lowest level of the Training Hall. The player must save at the last save point in the game and return to the Training Hall. A voice will speak to Raidou when he enters the northern section of the bottom floor. Then Raidou must collect 3 special items (the Emblem of Hell, the Phantom Skull and the Tyrant Spawn) to prove his worth to Beelzebub. These items are obtained by fighting 3 Hyakki-Yakkkou battles (Battles where 100 demons attack) at certain moon phases in certain sections of different floors. (A Kudan will hint at their location a phase or two before the battle's set phase) Then Raidou can fight Beelzebub in the same spot where he heard the voice, but he must beat some Ukobach and Nebiros before Beelzebub will appear.
** Beelzebub returns as a BonusBoss in DevilSurvivor2. Here, he's a BarrierChangeBoss par excellence.
* DemonicPossession: Does this to [[spoiler:''Lucifer'' in Devil Children anime.]]
* TheDragon: To Lucifer in most of the games, but works under Belberith in Devil Survivor; it turns out he was ordered by Lucifer to help Belberith become the King of Bel.
* FaceFullOfAlienWingWong: Belzaboul's strategy in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor mostly consists of planting his spawn in your bodies, which [[{{Squick}} burst out and become full grown flies]]. Meaning Belzaboul is a giant demonic Bot Fly.
* FatBastard: When in Baal Zebul form (from ShinMegamiTenseiII) onwards.
* FinalBoss: Of Jack Bros.
* FusionDance: If Bael is in your company in Megami Tensei II, upon defeat Bael will attempt to union with Beelzebub (presumably this is accomplished by Bael the toad somehow eating Beelzebub the fly - as toads will do.) If this is allowed to happen, Majin Baal will emerge from the two and gladly join the ranks of your digital devil horde.
* HeelFaceTurn: Takajo Zett sides with Setsuna Kai against Beelzebub near the end of Devil Children anime.
* LiteralSplitPersonality: Takajo Zett in the anime.
* NumberOfTheBeast: Beelzebub (human form) in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' has 666 HP.
* OneHitKill: Beelzebub, at least from ''Nocturne'' and onwards, has ''Death Flies'', an Almighty-elemental spell that deals plenty of damage and has 100% chance of instantly killing anything that doesn't nullify or repel Curse-elemental spells. The good news is that you may acquire said skill in the Digital Devil Saga series and by leveling your Beelzebub in ''Nocturne''.
* OptionalPartyMember: In the Chaos alignment path of ShinMegamiTenseiI, Beelzebub instead joins the Protagonist.
* PointyEars
* RedEyesTakeWarning: In Beelzebub form
* SevenDeadlySins: Represents Gluttony amongst the seven.
* SignatureMove: "Death Flies"
* SpawnBroodling: Beelzebub in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor can implant his fly eggs in you, which hatch a turn later, and [[FlunkyBoss join in]].
* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: Depending on the route in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor, [[spoiler:Belberith will also absorb Belzaboul]].
* WildMan: Baal Zebul form.
* WormThatWalks: Beelzebub from RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy and RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon is a massive fly created from a swarm of other flies.

!!Belial and Nebiros
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Two powerful demon lords who have a soft spot for a [[AliceAllusion certain dead human girl]].

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Nebiros, had a redesign like Jynx, and this trope was the result.
* ArsGoetia: Both of them.
* BadassLongrobe: Nebiros.
* BigDamnHeroes / BigDamnVillains: In ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Lone Marebito'' the two [[spoiler: as the Red and Black Count save Raidou from Alice, return his weapons and demon tubes, and a key back to earth before they head into their home with Alice]].
* BodySurf: Nebiros does it [[spoiler:in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2]].
* BonusBoss:
** Nebiros appears as one in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked''. Having come to test the protagonist at the request of his master.
** [[spoiler:In Devil Survivor 2, both of them have their own separate battles and join Alice in the BonusBoss battle against her.]]
* TheCameo: Alice carries dolls that resemble their human forms in ShinMegamiTenseiII.
* CastingAShadow: Nebiros.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Nebiros.
* DualBoss: In VideoGame/DevilSurvivor, Belial works with [[NorseMythology Beldr]] for part of Babel's BossRush. [[ThatOneBoss He can attack 3 times every turn, he's strong against everything except ice, and has about 3000 hp]].
* FacialMarkings: Nebiros has these in the form of a skull.
* FateWorseThanDeath: In ShinMegamiTenseiI, Nebiros and Belial turn the people of Roppongi into zombies to make them Alice's "friends".
* FourStarBadass: Nebiros ''is'' the General of Hell.
* GracefulLoser: When you defeat him in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor, Belial congratulates you and comments that [[spoiler:[[HumansAreCthulhu humans are more qualified for the Throne of Bel than demons are]]]].
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two "Uncles"]]: They both raised and cared for Alice.
* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Belial does this to Haru in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor.
* LightEmUp: Nebiros.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: In ShinMegamiTenseiI, they admit they are holding Alice sort-of alive against God's wishes; they also indicate her soul may have been bound for Heaven, but considering the [[GodIsEvil local version]] [[KnightTemplar of]] {{God}}, they may have a very good reason for keeping her in that state.
* {{Necromancer}}: Nebiros is one.
* PaletteSwap: Nebiros gets one in the form of Lich.
* PapaWolf: Mess with Alice and you ''will'' feel their wrath.
* PerversePuppet: Nebiros uses a puppet whenever he fights.
* PlayingWithFire: Belial.
* ProngsOfPoseidon: Belial.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: According to RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon, they have adored Alice since she was just a normal girl. It's her sudden death that makes them call God a heartless bastard, since Alice surely would like to enjoy life more.
* {{Sidequest}}: In the Raidou Kuzunoha series, they have sidequests that revolve around Alice.
* SignatureMove: Sodom's Fire /Fire of Gomorrah for Belial, Necromancy for Nebiros.
* ThoseTwoGuys / ThoseTwoBadGuys: ''Especially'' in the Raidou games.
* WeaponsThatSuck: In ShinMegamiTenseiI, the Red Baron (aka Maou Belial) is unbeatable unless you have "the gushing jar". Then it will just suck him up.

!! Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu
The sacred trinity of Deva called Trimurti. Brahma is the one who created the Universe, Vishnu is the one who preserves it, and Shiva is the one who destroys it.

* ALoadOfBull: Shiva's steed Nandi.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Shiva and Vishnu. Brahma was one in ''Majin Tensei II''.
* BonusBoss:
** DigitalDevilSaga 2:
*** Vishnu appears as an optional boss in a room opposite that of Shiva's. To meet with Vishnu, the Embryon must first prove their worth to his avatar Narasimha and obtain his sword. Upon meeting the Seraph, Vishnu states that it has been a while since the dharma (righteousness) has vanished from peoples hearts and been replaced by adharma (wickedness) as it has now. He claims that he must cleanse this impurity by destroying Seraph and the others, and the only way to change his mind is for them to show the strength of their dharma. In Vishnu's room is the bullet Pandemonium, the strongest in the game, and defeating him infuses the Nandaka with his power, unlocking the God of Light Mantra.
*** In order to fight Shiva, you need to get the Pinaka from Parvati. After that, he can be found on the 3f of the 6th layer, behind the door next to the restoration node before you fought Meganada.
** ''Persona 2'': Sakya appears as a randomly appearing boss in the second door of the Abandoned Factory. Defeating him causes him to drop his Material Card, Buddha's Words, allowing him to be fused in the Velvet Room.
** ''Devil Survivor 2'': On Saturday if one does not go down Daichi's route then they will face Shiva in the battle against [[spoiler:Hinako and Jungo]]. It's possible to defeat them without having to fight Shiva, who leaves when [[spoiler:Hinako]] is defeated.
* CombinationAttack:
** "Trimurti" from ''Persona 2'' by the personas Shiva, Vishnu, and Brahma. It will KO all non-boss enemies. It is more broken since these three can be obtain far earlier than Lucifer and Satan and do not require the insane MP consumptions. This only applies to ''Innocent Sin'' since it was nerfed in ''Eternal Punishment''.
** Shiva, along with his wife Parvati, grants the accessibility to the fusion spell Ardhanari in ''Persona 3''.
* DemotedToExtra: Brahma, except in ''DigitalDevilSaga''.
* EyeBeams: Shiva's ''Pasupata'' is a WaveMotionGun shot out of his third eye.
* FusionDance:
** The traditional method of fusing Shiva from Barong and Rangda originated from the first game. It should be noted that Shiva is the highest recruitable Tenma, and that Shiva cannot be fused with any other demons - the game won't even create a slime from fusion, it literally will not allow any fusions.
** Ardha can only be created by fusing Shiva and Parvati.
** Harihara is the fusion of Shiva and Vishnu in Hindu lore and the Atma Avatar of [[spoiler:Jenna Angel]].
* [[GodInHumanForm God In Avatar Form]]: The Avatars of Vishnu known as Kalki, Hayagriva, Krishna, Rama, Narasimha, and Sakya have appeared as demons through the series. Brahma is also believed to be the avatar of Brahman.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Nandi is a steed for Shiva, while Hamsa is one for Brahma.
* HumbleHero: Sakya speaks humbly to the party in ''Persona 2'' during Tatsuya's scenario.
* KungFuJesus: Sakya
* InfinityPlusOneSword: Vishnu is the ultimate Emperor Persona, at level 86. To obtain Vishnu, you need to obtain a spell card from every demon in the game.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Krishna
* MorallyAmbiguousDucktorate: A Hamsa NPC in ''Strange Journey'' mentions a love for human flesh and is one of the demons living in Mitra's palace.
* MultiarmedAndDangerous
* OptionalPartyMember: Vishnu will join the party in ShinMegamiTenseiI to defeat his old archrival, Ravana, if the player is following the path of Law.
* PantheraAwesome: Narasimha.
* PettingZooPeople: Narasimha and Hayagriva.
* PhysicalGod
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Kalki replaces Vishnu, which is absent in ShinMegamiTenseiII, symbolic of the apocolypse.
* WhiteStallion: Kalki's horse. Significant in that is it ridden upon by the harbinger of the apocalypse

!!Cerberus
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Cerberus is one amongst the earliest of demon allies to appear as part of the Megami Tensei franchise. His roots put him as far back as the very first [[Literature/DigitalDevilStory Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei]] publications.

* BraggingRightsReward: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', Cerberus first appears at the Burial Chamber in the Amala Labyrinth's First Kalpa, where it will challenge Hito-Shura to prove his worth as a demon by quickly vanquishing once more those that he has once killed in the Vortex World using the Black Visor. After meeting all the requirements and starting a new cycle, meeting with Cerberus again in the same location will have him take Hito-Shura to his master's resting place instead at the Tomb of Yomi in the hidden 666th floor, where Hito-Shura will receive an extra Press Turn.
* CrutchCharacter:
** ShinMegamiTenseiI: Because of Pascal's former loyalty towards his master passed on to him by the fusion, Kerberos can be used even when his level far surpasses that of the Hero--something that generally is impossible. He aids him in only one battle however, disappearing through a teleporter after a boss fight. He later rejoins in Tokyo Destiny Land provided you give him a Golden Apple.
** ShinMegamiTenseiII: Cerberus first joins you on the quest Madam gives you: Find and bring back Hanada. After the quest, he leaves the party. Later when Valhalla is swallowed by Abbadon, you will find him at the former entrance to the city from the underground passageway. He joins your party shortly after meeting him for the 2nd time.
* DummiedOut: Using a debug code in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}'' will allow you access to another Cerberus Persona that knows Great Seal and some Fusion Spells. (Using Great Seal will freeze up the game) When summoned, the white, single-headed lion-esque version appears, suggesting that it's the likeness that may have been planned for official use in the game but later altered, being used instead as a base to create the Beast series shadow.
* FusionDance: The result of one in ShinMegamiTenseiI.
* HeelFaceTurn: The Cerberus from ''Tokyo Revelation'' was a demon sent to kill the Protagonist by Ose's dragon, Gagyson. The Monk who defeats him convinces him to protect the protagonist in the name of his master Hecate instead.
* HorseOfADifferentColor: Acts as Masakados flying steed in ''Tokyo Revelation''.
* PlayingWithFire
* ShoutOut / MythologyGag: Cerberus takes you to his master's grave in the land of Yomi in ''Nocturne''. This is a reference to Akemi Nakajima who is also the reincarnation of Izanagi.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: in DigitalDevilSaga 1, as a result of Lupa not eating flesh when needed to.]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou[=/=]MythologyGag: He typically appears as a white dog with a lion-like mane, unlike the Cerberus of Greek mythology. However, the Atma Avatar of Lupa and Koromaru's Persona are three-headed. The reason why Cerberus is usually portrayed with one head is not because of graphical limitations (somewhat) but because that's how he was portrayed in the original ''Literature/DigitalDevilStory'' novel.

!! The Four Archangels
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They are the four Seraphim archangels in the service of YHVH: Michael, Gabriel, Uriel, and Raphael. Usually seen with each other.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
* AnimeHair: Raphael
* ArchangelMichael, ArchangelGabriel, ArchangelUriel and ArchangelRaphael
* {{Bishounen}}: Uriel in the main games, Michael in ''Devil Children Fire/Ice'', and Raphael in the Devil Children series as a whole.
* BladeOnAStick: Michael
* [[BlondesAreEvil Blondes Are]] LawfulEvil: Uriel and Raphael
* BossBattle
** BonusBoss: In DigitalDevilSaga 2, after the events of Sera's awakening, [[SummonBiggerFish a Karma Facility scientist released four Seraph based Atma demons, hoping to stop the turmoil and chaos]]. Should Gale be able to successfully interrogate the scientist, he will reveal the presence of the Seraphs, unlocking the option to challenge them.
** BossRush: Should players defeat the first three Seraphs in DigitalDevilSaga 2, Uriel, Raphael, and Gabriel, Michael will await the party in the ground area of the Occupied Sector, where the Sun shines down. The player must then defeat the first three Seraphs continuously, where Michael fights the party finally. He calls the party 'fools' for ignoring the "Great Will", and asks God to give him power to destroy the party's ignorance and sins.
** DualBoss: Uriel and Raphael in ShinMegamiTenseiII.
** FinalBoss: Michael in the Chaos route in ShinMegamiTenseiI and he shares it with Ashura-Oh in the Neutral route of ShinMegamiTenseiI.
** WolfpackBoss: Uriel, Raphael and Gabriel in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Their belief literally created a false YHVH, which they obeyed without question, believing it to be their God.
* CoDragons: With Metatron and Satan for YHVH.
* CombatMedic: Raphael in the Devil Children games. His design is even that of a Doctor. This makes sense since he's a Angel of Healing.
* CouncilOfAngels
* DemonicPossession: They do this in ''DigitalDevilSaga'' to four early victims of the Demon Virus, converting them so strongly they forget about their human pasts and really believe themselves to be/''become the actual Seraphim'', during the events of SMTII.
* ElementalPowers: Changes from game to game, but some remain constant.
** AnIcePerson: Gabriel in the later games.
** LightEmUp: All four of them
** MakingASplash: Gabriel in the older games.
** PlayingWithFire: Uriel
* GenderFlip: Gabriel (from ShinMegamiTenseiII onwards.)
* GodWasMyCoPilot: They appear in the guise of the senate elders in ShinMegamiTenseiII.
* GodzillaThreshold: In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'' [[spoiler: Metatron summoning them to deal with the Overlord is treated as this since ''they'll destroy the earth in the process''.]]
* InterspeciesRomance: Michael and Setsuna Kai's mom from Devil Children Red/Black.
* KickTheDog: In ShinMegamiTenseiII, Abaddon tells Aleph that Michael promised to restore it as an angel if it swallowed Valhalla District. It's BlatantLies.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Uriels Devil Children design.
* KnightTemplar
* LightIsNotGood
* LukeIAmYourFather: Michael reveals himself to Nagahisa Kai that he is his father in Devil Children Red/Black.
* MagicKnight
* OnlySaneMan: Depending on the circumstances, Gabriel fills the role to a degree. For example, she's possibly the only one who thinks of improving the living conditions for the humans under their control in ''ShinMegamiTenseiII'', and in ''DigitalDevilSaga'', she's the only one who actually realizes they are in the wrong Earth, even if she is devoted enough to her teammates she will not abandon them.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Usually appearing as AmazingTechnicolourPopulation humanoids, but Raphael's design for ''Shin Megami Tensei IV'' is very different from his older designs, due to the artist change from Kazuma Kaneko to several different artists.
* PaletteSwap: Their sprites were usually swaps of each other in some of the older games such as ''Shin Megami Tensei I'', ''Majin Tensei'', and ''Megami Tensei II''.
* PastLifeMemories / FakeMemories: Implied to be happening to the four of them during ''DigitalDevilSaga'', as they remember what seems to be part of the plot of ''ShinMegamiTenseiII''.
* RedOniBlueOni: Uriel is the Red Oni, while Raphael is the Blue Oni.
* TokenGoodTeamMate: Gabriel.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Gabriel and Michael.

!!Four Gods

The Four Gods are the central figures of an ancient Chinese system of astrology and geomancy which was imported to Japan and absorbed into Onmyodo mysticism, among other beliefs. In this system, there were 28 'star houses' (constellations) which ran the circumference of the sky. The Heavenly Emperor divided the sky into the northern, southern, eastern, and western quadrants, each with 7 star houses; each quadrant was ruled by a divine beast.

* AllYourPowersCombined: In ''Strange Journey'', using all four of them in a Special Fusion unlocks Kohryu, one of the strongest Chaos demons in the game.
* BonusBoss: After the party has reached the top floor of the final dungeon in DigitalDevilSaga and if the player returns to the bottom, a Tribe member will notify Serph that several enemies have occupied old areas, later to be called the Four Guardian Beasts.
* EvolutionaryLevels:
** In Nocturne, Gui Xian can be obtained by evolving Nozuchi.
** The player can get Seiryu in Nocturne by leveling a Mizuchi to level 40 or until it evolves. It has the ability to drain Ice attacks and null Expel. However its weakness is Fire.
* TheFourGods
* MultipleHeadCase: Genbu
* PantheraAwesome: Byakko
* ThePhoenix: Suzaku
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Seiryu
* TurtlePower: Genbu

!! The Four Heavenly Kings
Four powerful Buddhist devas: Bishamonten, Lord of the North, Jikokuten, Lord of the East, Koumokuten, Lord of the West, and Zouchouten, Lord of the South, under the service of Taira no Masakado.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation
* BossBattle
** BonusBoss
*** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', Bishamonten appears first at the Temple north of Ueno Park after finding the Kimon Sphere, and second in the Bandou Shrine. After the first fight, the player will receive the Gundari Magatama, and Bishamonten will tell the player to [[GottaCatchThemAll collect all of the Magatama]] and find him again with his master. After aquiring the Lord's Blade after collecting all 24 Magatama, the player can access the Bandou Shrine and fight the four Devas for the right to receive the [[InfinityPlusOneSword Masakados Magatama]].
*** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', you can fight them if you satisfy their conditions.
** DualBoss: Zouchouten and Koumokuten in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor, as they try to avenge Bishamonten's death.
** SkippableBoss: They will join you in ShinMegamiTenseiI without fighting you if you are strong enough for them on the Chaos Path.
** WakeUpCallBoss: Bishamonten in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor. Not only is his fight the second with Rangda enemies (which Repel Physical, making Atsuro and Izuna completely useless), his Hassohappa (which can deal 1000+ damage to the entire party) makes it almost impossible to approach him unless you at least Null Phys. Not to mention he has (respawning) allies that can heal his massive HP stores (making Hassohappa hit worse). While most battles so far were almost all affairs where you mostly attack and exploit weaknesses, this one puts emphasis on defense using passive abilities.
* BrokenBridge: you have to beat them on the Neutral or Law routes to access the Cathedral in ''ShinMegamiTenseiI''.
* FourIsDeath: This group is one of the {{trope namer}}s, after all.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Koumokuten uses an ink pen and scroll in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'' and Zouchouten uses a sutra made of pearls in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''.
* OptionalPartyMember: On the chaos route of ShinMegamiTenseiI, they will join the party if the protagonist is strong enough.
* SecretAIMoves: In VideoGame/DevilSurvivor, the Four Heavenly Kings have their unique racial ability if you fight them as bosses, while the fusable versions are just regular Kishin.
* TheUnfought: Jikokuten was dead before the events of VideoGame/DevilSurvivor.

!![[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse The Four Riders of the Apocalypse]]
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The Four Riders whose march heralds TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: the Pale Rider, Bearer of the Scythe of Death; the Red Rider, Bearer of the Sword of War; the White Rider, Bearer of the Bow of Conquest; and Black Rider, Bearer of the Scales of Famine.

* AffablyEvil: You can briefly chat with them in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''. While it is pointless, as they will never contemplate the possibility of joining you through conversation, they prove to be rather entertaining and reveal a bit of their personalities.
* BonusBoss: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', you can seek them out and defeat them to unlock them for fusion, and ''will'' have to do so to unlock the sixth ending.
** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', each of the Riders appears in a different Sector; White in Delphinus, Red in Eridanus, Black in Fornax and Pale in Grus.
** In ''RaidouKuzunohaVSKingAbaddon'', they appear after a new moon when Raidou's luck is low. You can bribe them to avoid fighting, but they demand some high-end items in order to let you go. Several case files involve a rematch with them, the rewards are weapon ingredients that forge into the Longinus.
* CoolHorse: All four of 'em.
* DareToBeBadass: They are ''very'' enthusiastic if the Hito-Shura proclaims he will indeed, challenge them for their candelabra. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'' they also challenge you to prove them you are capable of altering Mankind's fate when talking to them.
* DiscOneNuke: They stalk you in ''King Abaddon'' as early as Episode Three, however the first two riders have weaknesses you can exploit. Defeat them early enough and you can fuse them because they have no level restriction. They have a load of resistances and can be augmented with Mitama fusion.
* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The White Rider's horse is ''covered'' in them.
* FourIsDeath: Quite possibly one of the oldest examples of this in the book.
* TheGrimReaper: The Pale Rider. Possibly all four.
* HellishHorse: The White and Red Riders. And that only makes them look more badass.
* OptionalPartyMember: All are available for fusion. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', you will require Deathstones, found in the Labyrinth of Amala, to create them. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', you will need the Death Omen forma to create the Fiend Converter.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Neutral aligned demons that tend to show up in games working for Lucifer.
* WhiteStallion: Either subverted or played straight, with the White Rider's horse.

!!Jack Frost
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Jack Frost, sometimes commonly known as Jack, is the mascot of Atlus Co., Ltd. and he makes appearances in a number of Atlus games, primarily in the Megami Tensei series. Jack Frost's counterparts, also known his "brothers" are called Pyro Jack and Jack Ripper, along with many other varieties also appear in many games, some of which include [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Black Frost]], [[LargeAndInCharge King Frost]], [[VigilanteMan Frost Ace]], [[FlatWhat Lucifroz]], [[SuperDeformed Mini Frost]], [[OverlyLongGag Strawberry Frost, Lemon Frost, Demonee-ho, etc]]...

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: Humorously, Black Frost makes this claim if you use him in a fusion in ''Devil Survivor 2''.
* TheBeastmaster / SummonMagic: Raiho is able to summon Jacks in the ''Soulless Army'' and has improved enough to summon demons like ''Mahakala'' despite being at a lower level than him in ''King Abaddon''.
* BerserkButton: In ''Strange Journey'', do NOT call yourself a "hee-ho" around Jack Frost or Pyro Jack unless you want them to have a free turn.
** In the same game, calling Pyro Jack a mascot is a ''very'' bad idea.
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Unlike a regular Frost and despite his appearance, King Frost is ruthless and his power unyielding. He is not friendly and likes to exercise his status as a king to even go so far as to consider his summoners as his subjects as well.
* BonusBoss:
** Raiho is a optional Boss fight in both ''Soulless Army'' and ''King Abaddon''. He can only be faced in New Game Plus in ''Soulless Army'' and a case file on the first playthrough onwards in ''King Abaddon''. He also summons demons to help him.
** ''King Abaddon'' also has the [[JustForPun Jack-san Five]] which are a group of four Black Frosts and one Jack Frost. They are creating noise pollution with their music and Raidou has to put an end to it.
** After Serph and company defeat Mick the Slug in DigitalDevilSaga 1, King Frost takes the opportunity to reoccupy Coordinate 136 with his own demons. Upon reentering the castle, Serph encounters two Pyro Jacks fiddling away at a treasure chest. Having tried their luck, the Pyro Jacks turn to the party to find a suitable key within the castle promising that the treasure within is for Embryon to keep. It was however a lie. After the party retrieves the correct key, the Pyro Jacks run off with the treasure to present it to their king. To get back their spoils, the party ventures to the top of the tower to find King Frost sitting on the platform above the bed in the Princess' Bedchamber. Declaring that all possessions belong to him, King Frost decides to smite the party for their insolence. After a harsh struggle combined with the forces of his minion Jack Frosts, the party defeats King Frost and obtains the Ice Crystal.
* BreakoutMookCharacter: Jack Frost is the protagonist in Jack Bros. He, along with Pyro Jack and Jack the Ripper, have to make it back to the Makai world before midnight.
* BrokenPedestal: PlayedForLaughs with Raiho.
* CuteLittleFangs
* FourthWallObserver: Raiho. Constantly.
* GuestFighter: In a SnowboardKids game, along with Black Frost.
* HenshinHero: Frost Ace
* HotbloodedSideburns: Raiho
* AnIcePerson
* InItsHourOfNeed: Lucifer Frost will come to Dem/Makai Ice's aid in its hour of need.
* JackTheRipper: He's a demon and the brother of Pyro and Frost but [[DemotedToExtra hasn't made a appearance since Jack Bros.]]... until ''Shin Megami Tensei IV'''.
* JustInTime: Lampshaded in ''Strange Journey'' with Demonee-Ho. His compendium info even says "True heroes always show up late".
* LargeAndInCharge: King Frost.
* LegacyCharacter: Raiho wishes to be Raidou the Fifteenth.
* MascotMook: One of the first examples.
* MediumAwareness: Tends to be aware that he's the SeriesMascot. In ''Strange Journey'', pointing this out not only makes him very happy, but also gets him to join your party, no further questions asked. Doing the same with Pyro Jack, on the other hand, [[BerserkButton makes him rather angry]].
* NiceHat: Raiho and [[ShinMegamiTenseiIf Hee-Ho-Kun]]
* OptionalPartyMember: In VideoGame/DevilSurvivor, Black Frost first appears as a Jack Frost in an event with Midori on day 3 in which he learns about the power of love. He is later seen on day 6 defending a group of low level demons from humans. Should the party choose to help him, he will automatically join on Day 7 on Naoya's, Kaido's, and Gin's routes.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: In Devil Children/Demikids and in the 3DS version of ''Soul Hackers'' games exists the Lucifer Jack Frost/Lucifroz. A Jack Frost based on Lucifer who belongs to the [[FlatWhat Seraph]] clan.
* PopQuiz: Jack Frost is a random encounter mini-game in DigitalDevilSaga 2 as the player progresses and an optional boss. Jack asks 20 questions per battle, stopping only when the player answers wrong or correctly answers all questions for the round. Should the player correctly answer all 100 questions they win a certificate for answering the 100th question correctly, and a set of Stat-increasing Data. Players will also have the opportunity to fight Jack Frost should all questions are answered correctly in the final dungeon, the third layer of the Sun. Defeating him nets the Pass Ring, and Magatama ammo. Should all answers have been correctly answered, every time the party encounters Jack Frost, he may give the player random items before running away.
* {{Samurai}}: Raiho summons the Samurai Frost as one of his attacks in ''King Abaddon''.
* {{Sentai}}: Five Different flavored Jack Frosts create their own Senshi clan. [[spoiler: They can also be made into a single demon where all five count as one. With repel all on all stats.]]
* SeriesMascot [[MascotMook Mook]]
* {{Snowlems}}: The whole lot of 'em.
* SuperEmpowering: [[spoiler:Lucifer empowers a Jack Frost and turns him into Lucifer Frost to aid him against Beelzebub in the Devil Children anime.]]
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Black Frost
* TookALevelInBadass:
** ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'': Hoping to become as powerful as the "Great Emperor", a Jack Frost in a quest for power (the same one who was running the Junk Shop in Shibuya) finds the Satan Magatama, and eats it, increasing his powers and transforming himself into Black Frost; with his new powers, he would later take over Kabukicho Prison long after the Mizuchi jailer has been vanquished, and freezes the entire facility, taking several Jack Frosts as his subordinates. If Hito-Shura revisits the facility and runs into Black Frost, The latter will force Hito-Shura to battle him to test out his new powers as the new Great Emperor. He will revert to a normal Jack Frost upon his defeat, and eventually melt. He later returns to join the group if Hito-shura visits the Third Kalpa of the Labyrinth of Amala.
** ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'': In the middle of the week, Midori enlightens a lowly Jack Frost (level 14 Fairy) of the virtues of fighting for love and justice. Near the end of the week, he shows up to defend a bunch of low level demons as Black Frost, a level 47 team leader Demon. And you get to use him in a few routes.
** In the first ''[[RaidouKuzunohaVsTheSoullessArmy Raidou Kuzunoha]]'' game, in a second playthrough, an NPC will gift you a Bancho cape, which will be promptly stolen by a Jack Frost and taken to local MadScientist Dr. Victor to fuse with it. This will turn Jack Frost into Raiho, [[TedBaxter who will instantly challenge you]].
** ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey]]'': A lonely Jack Frost appears in Sector Carina's basement, moping over the loss of his family. In an effort to achieve revenge, he asks the Protagonist to get him an Ice Vest to increase his power. Upon getting the item and using it, it grows and becomes a Frost Ace, unlocking the Frost Ace Special Fusion combination and granting a powerful gun to the Protagonist.
* VerbalTic: He often says "Hee-ho" and interjects "hees" and "hos" into his dialog, a common verbal tic shared with other variations of "Jacks", such as King Frost and Black Frost.
* VigilanteMan: Frost Ace in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''.

!! Kresnik and Kudlak

A Krsnik or Kresnik is a Slovenian type of vampire hunter, a shaman whose spirit wanders from the body in the form of an animal. The krsnik turns into an animal at night to fight off the kudlak, his evil vampire antithesis, with the krsnik appearing as a white animal and the kudlak as a black one.

* AdaptiveAbility: The Kudlak in Devil Survivor.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: The Kresnik is the representative of goodness and light and the Kudlak symbolized evil and darkness.
* ArchEnemy: Kudlak's appearances and dialogue often revolves around his eternal enemy, Kresnik. He is depicted with a sinister and vile personality to contrast his rival. Similarly, he is always weak to fire and usually resistant to ice attacks which are the opposite of Kresnik's traits.
* CloudCuckoolander: The Kudlak that appears in the first Devil Survivor.
* FeatheredFiend: Kudlak in the Demikids series. He's also TheStarscream to both Light and Dark Imperius in the second anime.
* FeedItWithFire: In Devil Survivor, Kudlak will arise stronger every time it's killed, unless done so in a special way. It tries to goad the party into killing it.
* ForeverWar: They're destined to fight each other until the end of time no matter who gains the upper hand.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou - Kresnik is the only one allowed to defeat the vampire Kudlak. Well, there's also the fact that if Kudlak's not killed with said AchillesHeel, he simply reincarnates stronger...
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Kudlak
* {{Sidequest}}: Alongside Kudlak he appears in Sector Delphinus as a NPC. He has a role in EX Missions given by him and his archenemy. He requests the [[BladeOnAStick Hawthorn spear]] for the final fight against Kudlak. After receiving their weapons the two will go to the far north of the 1st Floor to battle. If his mission is done then he will inflict great harm to Kudlak, who will retreat. If Kudlak has the [[WhipItGood Pest Crop]] he will poison Kresnik, who retreats. If they both have the weapons it will end in a draw.
* SymbioticPossession: In DevilSurvivor, with Mari, who allows Kresnik to possess her to destroy its mortal enemy Kudlak.
* VampireHunter: Kresnik
* WhiteKnight: To contrast his rival, Kresnik usually has a benevolent and noble personality acting as something of a white knight.


!! Lilith
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Lilith is the demon seductress known the first wife of Adam and the mother of the Lilim. Her primary role as a character in in the first ''Shin Megami Tensei'', where she takes the form of the human Yuriko and attempts to win over the main character, who, according to her, is the reincarnation of Adam.

* BonusBoss: Lilith appears as a bonus boss on the 4th Day of ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2''. She is seen having charmed several men and [[FlunkyBoss sends them to fight the player]]. Because the men are fighting against their will, the player has to defeat Lilith without defeating any of the charmed men.
** She's one in ''Soul Hackers''.
* BiTheWay[=/=]SecretAIMoves: Lilith possesses a unique racial ability limited to her boss fight in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'': Temptation. At the start of a skirmish, Temptation activates and attempts to charm the opposing team. It always works against male team leaders, but has a moderate chance of success against anything else.
* DemotedToExtra: Lilith appears as a random encounter enemy on Sector Horologium [=B4F=] and onwards in VideoGame/StrangeJourney.
* DummiedOut: In the Debug mode of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', there is a cutscene involving Lilith opening an optional dungeon near the Mantra HQ. This dungeon was dropped in favor of the Labyrinth of Amala.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: See {{Bi The Way}}
* EvolutionaryLevels: In Nocturne, Lilith is the highest level Night demon, and can be obtained by evolving a Lilim. She can also be contracted normally, of course.
* FeatherBoaConstrictor
* FemmeFatalons
* MurderTheHypotenuse: VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI, Lilith attempts to kill the Protagonist's female partner, the Heroine in an open execution, but the three heroes just reach there in time and finally rescued her from any harm.
* StalkerWithACrush: In VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI
* UnholyMatrimony: With Chaos Hero In VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI. [[spoiler: Subverted; she's just using him as a weapon against the Hero, and either dies or ditches him when it becomes clear that she isn't going to get the guy.]]
* TheVamp

!!Loki
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Loki is the primary antagonist of the original ''Literature/DigitalDevilStory: Megami Tensei'' novel, as well as the cult-classic anime adaptation it spawned. Similar to the Norse Mythology, Loki is portrayed as being rebellious and tricky; but at the same time, possesses a cruel and ruthless personality.

* TheAlcoholic: Spends most of his time in Nyx's Lounge in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''.
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation:
** His original design had bronze skin.
** His design for the OVA and the early games had blue skin
** His Shin Megami Tensei design has Purple skin.
** His Soul Hackers design has light blue skin.
* BackFromTheDead: In Megami Tensei, he was resurrected by Lucifer to act as his {{Dragon}}.
* BigBad: of Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei
* BigOlEyebrows: First and second designs.
* {{Bishounen}}: In the Devil Children games.
* DopplegangerAttack: In his VideoGame/DevilSurvivor boss fights.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: summoned by Akemi Nakajima in ''Literature/DigitalDevilStory'' to get revenge on a bunch of students, but he sets the plot in the process.
* HandsomeLech: Has a negotiation abilty called Wooing in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''.
* AnIcePerson: Mabufudyne
** In the Persona saga, his SignatureMove is Niflheim.
* LouisCypher: He pretends to be human when he is in his Gigolo form in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His original design.
* TricksterArchetype
* WhatTheHellHero[=/=]HannibalLecture: In Yuzu Tanikawa's route of VideoGame/DevilSurvivor, Loki appears in his human form and tells off the protagonist for attempting to escape the lockdown instead of fighting for the Throne of Bel. In some cases, he even chastises the protagonist for failing to even face Belial.

!!LouisCypher/Lucifer
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Lucifer, otherwise known as LouisCypher, appears first in ''ShinMegamiTenseiI'' and then in the second and third games of the main series. Appearing for the first time [[ManOfWealthAndTaste in a suit]] and giving you cryptic and often misleading information, he shows his true colours when you get the Chaos path ending, appearing as a blonde man with horns and wings swathed in white robes. Just don't confuse him with {{Satan}}, who actually works for [[{{God}} YHVH]].

In ''ShinMegamiTenseiII'', Lucifer again takes the form of Louis Cypher, in order to convince you to follow the Chaos path. [[MultipleEndings If you chose the Law and Neutral Paths you will face him in battle]], [[OptionalPartyMember but in the Chaos path]] he will join your party [[EnemyMine in order to stop Satan and YHVH]]. According to dialogue, he was ordered by YHVH to cause [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt The Great Destruction with Kuzuryu]], [[ThatsNoMoon the nine-headed dragon that makes up the mountains of Makai]], but [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters Lucifer plans to use Kuzuryuu against YHVH instead]]. If Aleph's alignment is neutral, and he defeats Lucifer without the aid of Satan, Lucifer will warn Aleph that Kuzuryu must be defeated as well since it will go berserk without him to control it.

In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', he appears in two forms, that of a young blonde-haired boy and an old man in a wheelchair, in both forms accompanied by a nurse in black, who changes ages with him albeit oppositely. When he is young she is old and vice-versa. He is in some way responsible for setting in motion the events of the game by giving Hito-Shura his first Magatama, allowing him to live in the Vortex World. If the optional dungeon in Nocturne is traversed, [[TheReveal it is also revealed that he was the one to give candelebra to the Fiends]], in order to train Hito-Shura to a level of strength where Hito-Shura is able to beat Lucifer himself and lead a second Rebellion.

In RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon, Louis makes an appearance in the Tamonten Shrine as a "blonde young man" who appears to serve as a "spark" for Raidou and his actions. He is also referred to as Beelzebub, according to the Mushibito race due to the fact that they see him as a fly, not as a human.

After you get the "Chaos" ending and start a New Game Plus+ file, Raidou can take case files involving Louis and end up discovering his true identity while also battling his Lucifer form. Raidou can also use a Skill demon to transform as Louis, whose special ability is to gain money from talking to demons in the Dark Realm.

In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', Louis Cypher [[GenderFlip appears]] as a "blonde woman" in a blue dress, using the name "Louisa Ferre". She wears a goat's head hairclip.


* {{Badass}}: Not only is the only demonic being who can actually be a serious challenge to YHVH, he's often the BonusBoss of many games just to prove this. Often times, like in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', he was merely testing you ForTheLulz. In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', he was actually ''holding back'', merely testing to see if [[spoiler: you were strong enough to lead his armies to fight YHVH]].
** FourStarBadass: Every demon who wants to give YHVH the finger [[BadassInCharge answers to this guy]], especially in ShinMegamiTenseiII.
* BigRedDevil: His Devil Children design is one. [[SatanIsGood He's still good in those games though]].
* {{Bishonen}}: Human and Angel forms.
* BonusBoss:
** In ''Devil Survivor'', Lucifer appears in his devil form on the final day during a NewGamePlus. He proclaims that he has no interest in whatever happens to the title of Bel (and in fact ordered Beelzebub to support Belberith just to get it over with), but decides to [[BloodKnight pick a fight with you to amuse himself]].
** Lucifer appears in several case files in a NewGamePlus of ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon'' as one of the two ultimate bosses of the game. The first case file has him summon his servants Mara and Arioch, as well as [[spoiler:transforming into Beelzebub to fight]]. After defeating all three Raidou fights Lucifer briefly before the battle ends, after which Lucifer will give him one of two beneficial items to use. The next case file from him is a true battle against him, which ends with Lucifer giving him another beneficial item to use. The third fight he goes all out against Raidou. Defeating him allows Raidou to fuse Lucifer.
** FinalBoss: Of ''Last Bible''.
** TrueFinalBoss: Of ''Shin Megami Tensei Nocturne''.
* ButThouMust: No matter what route the protagonist goes down in ''Majin Tensei II'', he will face Lucifer in battle. This includes the chaos path.
* CaptainErsatz: Louis Cypher is believed to take his act from all-time world famous recording artist/performer DavidBowie. Some believe he is an amalgamation of Bowie's real life and stage personae; and Louis' mismatched eyes parallel Bowie's own ocular disfigurement; wherein one eye is permanently dilated leaving what is left of the originally blue iris reddish in hue.
* {{Chessmaster}}
* TheCorrupter: WordOfGod says it's his main role - to test humanity by offering power, manipulating and poking around the human soul.
* CreepyChild: Child Form in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''. After all, he frequently shows up from out of nowhere and caused the Demi-Fiend's transformation.
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: Given how manipulative and dangerous he is, this should come as no surprise.
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Done to ''him'' in Devil Children Anime.]]
* EvilPlan: Played with. The man's a certified bastard, but his plans revolve around ''saving'' Humanity. And the [[{{God}} other guy]] happens ''not'' to be particularly pleasant. On the other hand, the ultimate consequences of his plan would end in a chaotic, lawless world where not only EverythingIsTryingToKillYou, but the [[CrapsackWorld crapsackiness]] is written in stone in the very foundations of reality.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Revealed in RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon that while Louis Cyphre looks like a young man to Raidou, the insect-like Mushibito see him as a giant fly named "Belzeboo".
** AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: His "beholders" seem to see him as a comforting or grounding being. [[FridgeBrilliance Take note]] that he appears as a caring adult to [[ShinMegamiTenseiI a presumably frightened teenager]], a [[VideoGame/StrangeJourney charming civilian woman on a ship full of traumatized soldiers]], and [[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon fellow teenager to a protagonist expected to keep pace with demanding adults]].
* GenderFlip: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''
* [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks God And Lucifer Are Both Jerks]]: He's ''very'' good at making himself look good, especially given he wants to save humanity from the more blatantly evil Law side. However, in true DracoInLeatherPants fashion, some people will conveniently forget some of his less savory goals. YHVH might be a vicious, amoral tyrant... but Lucifer is a ''very'' vicious manipulator and in the pursuit of his goals ''there is no line he won't cross''.
* [[GodInHumanForm Prince Of Darkness In Avatar Form]]: He can take the form of his minion Beelzebub as revealed in ''King Abaddon''. [[spoiler: When he realizes that he isn't even speaking like the real deal he corrects himself and talks like Beelzebub including doing his EvilLaugh]].
* [[spoiler:InterspeciesRomance: With Setsuna Kai's mother in Devil Children.]]
* TheLeader: Type I, though with a lot of Type IV.
* LouisCypher: [[YouShouldKnowThisAlready Take a wild guess]].
* [[SatanIsGood Lucifer Is Good]]: At least in the second game, where, even if he is manipulating Aleph, he really does care about all of humanity, not just those who decide to worship him, and will blatantly help you in the Chaos path, and leave you the info on how to do the same with his dying words in the Neutral path.
** In Megami Tensei II, Lucifer is also good and can join the Protagonist to face the TrueFinalBoss YHVH in the Chaos path. It's interesting in that his race also changes from Tyrant to ''Deity''.
** [[spoiler: Lucifer is the BigGood of the Devil Children series. Where he desires to bring peace to the human and demon worlds. Only doing evil while under the control of [[BigBad Beelzebub]] in the anime and impersonated by Azazel in the first games. In the future games he knows that only the Devil Children can save the world so he helps the best that he can.]]
** On the other hand, [[spoiler: he gets ''way'' too much positive publicity, given his ultimate plans since ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'' involve levels of death and chaos normally unseen out of TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} - a Universe ''ruled by Chaos? [[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon Messing with established history]] ForTheLulz? [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Triggering]] a Z-Class ApocalypseHow?'']]
** [[spoiler: [[ZigZaggedTrope On his defense]], though, the option was a single Z-Class or an eternity of X-Class, one after another, until all of Humanity's free will was sapped into oblivion and the perfect world of Law came into being. And about the whole ''[[RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon King Abaddon]]'' affair, the original history is implied to have been ''ShinMegamiTenseiI'' - which is ''[[CrapsackWorld not]]'' a good future.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: He is Setsuna Kai's and Mirai Kaname's father from Devil Children Red/Black. He's only Setsuna's father in the anime.
* ManipulativeBastard: He will gladly give you immense amounts of power. [[MagnificentBastard It really doesn't matter what you do with it]]. [[TheChessmaster It's all]] [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy part of]] [[MoreThanMindControl the plan]].
* MismatchedEyes
* MoreThanMindControl: Practically his entire schtick. He's very, ''very'' good. Listen to him, but think all the way whether what he promises is ''really'' worth the cost.
* MotiveDecay: Depending on the games, he fluctuates between wanting to save humanity and demonkind out of pure principle and doing so only to piss off the Great Will.
* OneWingedAngel: His Devil Form. Actually, it's Six Winged Angel, and WordOfGod says [[OhCrap we haven't seen the ''real'' Lucifer]], who has been described as an amalgam of his Angel and Devil forms, with twelve wings, six angelic, six demonic.
* PerpetualFrowner: His Devil Form.
* ThePowerOfFriendship: Appears in ''Persona 4'' as the ultimate Persona of the [[TrueCompanions Seekers of Truth]] Social Link.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gave one to [[spoiler:[[HolierThanThou Mast]][[AmbitionIsEvil ema]] in the Chaos Route]] of Strange Journey.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RyotaroOkiayu: His seiyuu in the Devil Children playstation game and anime.
* ScrewDestiny: Lucifer's goal in King Abaddon is to change the future and find someone who can free the world from God's control. By fighting Raidou he realizes that Raidou is the one who can free the world from God's control.
* SevenDeadlySins: Represents {{Pride}}, which is the greatest sin amongst the seven.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Lucifer's Angel form from his BonusBoss fight in ''King Abaddon'', where any demon with a powerful ice spell and Makakajaon used can do such massive damage to him that when he switches back to his demon form he will automatically return back into his Angel form to take all the damage over again.
* XanatosGambit: [[spoiler: In ''Nocturne'', it literally didn't matter what the Hito-Shura did with the power of the Magatama. All he wanted was the combat data. Once the product was considered workable, it only was a matter of finding a willing accomplice. Passing the trials of the True Demon Path (venturing through the Labyrinth of Amala, defeating the Fiends, Beelzebub and Metatron, reaching him) was the guarantee he needed to test the power of his new friend...]]

!! Mara
Mara is the demon lord of all temptations. [[spoiler: And {{Squick}}.]]

* BlatantLies: (''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'') In Natural or Lawful path, Mara will try to tempt Aleph. First, she offers 999999 Macca. Next, she offers a 10 level increase. Finally, he offers the power that surpasses even Satan and Lucifer. If Aleph accepts any of her offerings, he will fall under Mara's spell and must fight Mara with a handicap.
* BodyHorror: (''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'') Mara emerges from the body of Kenta "Toro/Chunky" Yokouchi during an event battle in the Snow Queen Quest. He will use fire spells and cause Yuka Ayase's Persona to awaken.
* BonusBoss
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'': The Hito-Shura gets to fight an incomplete form of Mara when it appears after he encourages the SummoningRitual during a Full Kagutsuchi phase in Shibuya at the request of two Manikins. He will be rewarded with the Muspell Magatama upon defeating him.
** ''RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'': You face her in "[[WhichMe Fake Raidou Sighted]]!" and "7th Trumpet, Eternal King"
** ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'': If the Protagonist has chosen the Law route, Seraph will inform of the return of Mara, its eternal enemy. It will then post an EX Mission calling for Mara's extermination. Upon Mara's death, it will meet with the Protagonist and request to join his party.
* CombatTentacles
* DoubleEntendre: His {{Pre Ass Kicking One Liner}}s ''and'' his FamousLastWords are chock full of these.
--> "It will only take one thrust to penetrate your frail form and finish you off immediately!" \\
"Through my charms, your kind will reach their climax and...die!"
-->"I can easily go for a second round! I'll start with the fresher looking one... you!" \\
"You must have brass balls to dream of challenging me... Do you have the stamina to last any longer against my onslaught of thrusts?" \\
"How could this happen!? Can you be that frigid...!?"
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In ''RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', for her EstablishingCharacterMoment, she ''rams the screen''.
* GagPenis
** Once you get over Mara's face, you notice it riding a golden chariot with many sharp blades. [[FridgeBrilliance Then you realise it's an embodiment of our dark desire - lust, greed and violence]].
* GenderBender: First in ''RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'' and later in ''StrangeJourney''.
* MythologyGag: When in the Chaos Path in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', she posts a mission calling for the death of a Seraph. She'd go herself, [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne but wants to stabilize so she won't]] [[NeverLiveItDown become a Slime again]].
* OptionalPartyMember: She appears in Sector Grus after reaching a certain part of Sector Horologium. In the Chaos path, she hires the Protagonist to assault a gathering of angels and disrupt the ritual they were carrying out. Despite the attack, [[YouCantThwartStageOne the angels finish the fusion ritual and combine themselves to form Seraph]], forcing the protagonist into a fight. After Seraph's demise, Mara will arrive, regretting she did not participate in the death of the Seraph, and can join the Protagonist's party. Fulfilling her request also yields the right to summon her through fusion and the Peacemaker, [[InfinityPlusOneSword the most devastating]] [[RevolversAreJustBetter gun of the game]].
* PlayingWithFire: [[SignatureMove Maralagidyne]].
* SignatureMove: [[BrainBleach Mara]][[FridgeHorror la]][[SickAndWrong gi]][[{{Squick}} dyne]].
* SkippableBoss: (''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiII'') If Aleph's Alignment is Chaos, Mara lets Aleph pass either with minimum of 15 in Wisdom or by beating him in battle.
* SummoningRitual: (''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'') An incomplete form of Mara appears when Baphomet summons her during a Full Kagutsuchi phase in Shibuya at the request of two Manikins. It backfired. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny Hilariously]] and [[NightmareFuel horribly]].
* VisualPun: Mara's design is a pun of sorts, as "Mara", in the Japanese language, is a colloquialism for "penis".

!!Metatron
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A mechanical angel that serves as the Voice of God.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BonusBoss
** Should the Hito-Shura choose to ignore Metatron's warnings in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', Metatron will stand in the Hito-Shura's path in the final Kalpa, forbidding him to meet up with Lucifer. Enraged, Metatron chastises the Hito-Shura for disregarding his warnings, then proceeds to attack the Hito-Shura, hoping to kill him before he loses the last vestiges of his humanity. After Metatron is defeated, the Hito-Shura can summon him in the Heretic Mansion. Metatron can only be summoned by fusing Michael, any other Divine or Seraph demon, and a Tyrant demon sacrifice.
** DigitalDevilSaga: He can only be fought after the predecessor optional bosses, the Four Guardian Beast Suzaku, Seiryuu, Baihu, and Gui Xian have been defeated. If you beat him, Metatron will grant the item "Seraph Quill", which unlocks the Gyokuza Mantra, granting the access towards Metatron's several skill-set. Players will also receive the Karma Ring which protects the wearer from Expel-based attacks, which can be equipped in the sequel.
* CoDragons: With Satan and the Four Archangels.
* DemonicPossession: Does this to a poor sap in ''DigitalDevilSaga''; the guy tries to shake off his influence. [[DownerEnding It doesn't last]].
* TheDragon: To YHVH, with {{Satan}}.
* EyeBeams: Fire of Sinai.
* KnightTemplar
* LightIsNotGood: Except in [[spoiler: ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor'', and even then, he leaves you with a warning not to deliberately cross the heavens or they will kill you for betrayal.]].
** [[spoiler: Then it's revealed that he still isn't good in Naoya's 8th Day, ordering humanity to hunt you down and kill you. Those that don't agree to do this are killed by the Angels. Depending on your choices, this could backfire on him.]]
* MouthOfSauron: For the Great Will.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent
** [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot Mechanical Angel]]
* PiecesOfGod: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', the weakest piece takes Metatron's form after Alilat is defeated by absorbing the piece guarded by her.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'' he flees [[spoiler: when the Overlord awakens to his power as King of Bel and freely summons minor demons and resurrects two ''Bels'' to attack him he wisely chooses to flee for the moment. Like the rest of the Angels he also abandons humanity in Yuzu's 8th Day as well.]]
* SideQuest: In a New Game+ of ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', Metatron (originally appearing as a Strike Team member) appears in Sector Grus blocking a special door. After completing the Jack's Squad Pacification mission, he will entice the Protagonist by telling him of a powerful demon lying in the depths of Grus, holding a rare treasure. Upon crossing [[ThatOneLevel Grus]]' entire new side, the Protagonist eventually found and battled [[PowerLimiter Alilat]] which freed a piece that he absorbed that allowed him to become Metatron, which was also the keeper of the lock for the Great Father of the Schwartzwelt - Demiurge. His powers slightly replenished by Alilat's death, he hands her skull, her rare forma, to the Protagonist, and urges him to kill Demiurge next, so his power is fully free. [[ThatOneBoss Demiurge is not particularly interested in cooperating.]]
* SignatureMove: Fire Of Sinai
* StoneWall: In the ''Persona'' saga, the Metatron has access to enough abilities to resist, null or reflect nearly anything in the game.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill: Attempts this in both of Naoya's 8th Days in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'' [[spoiler: when he attempts to summon the Four Archangels to deal with the Overlord. Naoya ''panics'' because it means that he's trying to wipe out all mankind and the earth in the process.]]

!! Oberon and Titania
The King and Queen of Fairies from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream, respectively.

* AbductionIsLove: Titania kidnaps and traps Raidou in Faerie Land to keep him for herself so he can be loved by her in ''King Abaddon''. [[StockholmSyndrome Agreeing to stay with her]] is ''lawful''.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Both of them, in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', by Sakahagi. The entire Fairy populace of Yoyogi Park follows.
* CoolSword: Oberon
* DirtyOldMan: Oberon's Soul Hackers design has him as a fat, old man.
* TheFairFolk
* FairySexy: Titania
* FetchQuest: In ''ShinMegamiTenseiII'', Oberon tells you to get the Infidelity Sap from Puck, so he can work out a cure for Hiroko's Love Potion predicament.
* FlowerInHerHair: Titania
* FootFocus: Titania
* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: In [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Strange Journey's]] "Faerie Land Establishment V" EX Mission, the Pixie needs a Titania and Oberon.
* HandsomeLech: Oberon. He even gets an ability called Wooing in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''.
** He even attempts to get Raidou as his beautiful new page in ''King Abaddon''.
* LovePotion: It also appears in a side quest in RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon where Oberon uses it on Titania after she falls for Raidou.
* TheMaze: In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', she had several Pixies warp intruders back to a certain point if they run into them.
* PimpedOutDress: Titania
* RequisiteRoyalRegalia: Oberon
* ShesGotLegs: Titania
* TinyGuyHugeGirl: Oberon is the tiny guy and Titania is the huge girl. Justified because [[MythologyGag Oberon was cursed as a child, and has not grown any larger since]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Titania has been a fairly average demon/persona in many games. In ''DevilSurvivor2'', Titania becomes ''extremely useful'' when you unlock her, since she has a natural Null Elements (in other words, she can only be affected by status effects, physical attacks, and magic attacks that have pierce; at this point in the game, there are many strong magic demons) ''that do not take up any skill slots'' and has fairly high Magic. Fuse her so that she has Null Everything and she could be one of the best demons in the game.
* WingedHumanoid

!! Ose, Flauros, Decarabia, and Forneus
Four demons from the ArsGoetia, Ose and Flauros are known for sometimes interacting with each other and the same goes for Decarabia and Forneus.

* ArsGoetia
* AscendedDemon: Ose and Flauros once they go Hallel thanks to Chiaki.
* {{Badass}}: Both of them.
* {{BFS}}: Flauros
* BigBad: President Ose in ''Tokyo Revelation''.
* {{Cyclops}}: Decarabia
* DivergentCharacterEvolution: Flauros was a PaletteSwap of Ose in the first ShinMegamiTensei game, but got his own character design in the other games.
* DualWielding: Ose
* FlyingSeafoodSpecial: Both of them.
* {{Hachiko}}: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', Decarabia waits for his friend Forneus by the statue of Hachiko. Forneus, however, is the game's first boss and has already been killed by the protagonist at this point.
* AnIcePerson: Forneus
* LightIsNotGood: The Hallel forms given to them by Chiaki in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'', in which they are purified and regain the shape they had before their fall.
* {{Loincloth}}: Ose. Though he has been seen in other similar substitutes.
* OddFriendship: Decarabia and Forneus even have a Fusion Spell named ''Best Friends'' in ''VideoGame/{{Persona 3}}''.
* PantheraAwesome: Ose and Flauros
* PlayingWithFire: Decarabia
* TheQuietOne: Ose in ''Tokyo Revelation''.
* StealthPun: Forneus is described as a "sea monster" in the Ars Goetia, Kazuma Kaneko designed him as a manta ray, also known as the "devil fish".
* ThoseTwoGuys: Forneus and Decarabia
* WarmUpBoss: Forneus in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''

!!Pixie
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_pixiesmt3_7398.png]]

Pixie is one of the most frequently appearing demons in the Megami Tensei universe. She is almost always the first demon recruited and helps the protagonist through healing.

* BreakoutMookCharacter: Stars in a game with Jack Frost and his bros for the Virtual Boy.
* DiskOneNuke: There is a special staff password in Strange Journey that will unlock a Pixie with special starting stats. The resulting Pixie will only be Lv.1, but will have a magic stat of 10 and a luck stat of 99 along with knowing the skills Megidolaon and Mediarahan. [[hottip:The password is: Madoka Ueno.]]
* FairySexy
* FieryRedhead
* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: (''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'') Pixie will also issue the first possible EX Mission, The Injured Little Fairy, in which Pixie requests a Bead, which can be obtained as the spoils of the battle against Morax. Accomplishing this mission is rewarded with a Pixie Knife, a melee weapon that can inflict charm. Later, the same Pixie will evolve to High Pixie and begin issuing requests to bring Fairy demons to her so she can create a land for Fairies. However, direct evolution of Pixie to High Pixie in this game is not possible (the only way to do so is through a Special Fusion).
* LeotardOfPower
* MagikarpPower:
** The first demon you get in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'' is a Pixie, who wants to get out of the hospital and go to Yoyogi Park. She'll help you out in getting the card needed to get out. After you arrive at one end of Yoyogi Park, she'll try to part ways with you, but if you tell her you need her, she'll stay with you. For Nocturne Maniax, if you take Pixie (or one of her 'descendants') to a certain area of the Fifth Kalpa, she'll turn into a level 80 "super" Pixie.
** Raise a Pixie in ''Nocturne'' properly and she'll evolve into High Pixie. Keep her for long enough and you'll get Queen Mab.
* ShockAndAwe
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: After getting the leader Pixie in ShinMegamiTensei IMAGINE, you can choose to give her to Snakeman to create healing salves or [[VideoGameCaringPotential you could keep her to get a valuable item.]]
* WhiteMage
* ZettaiRyouiki

!!Satan
[[quoteright:300:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rsz_satansmt2_9320.jpg]]
Not to be confused with his archenemy Lucifer, Satan is the ultimate weapon of YHVH and the Law faction, and usually deals God's wrath upon the world.

* BonusBoss: In DigitalDevilSaga 2. Widely considered one of the [[NintendoHard hardest bosses]] ever in a JRPG.
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: In ''ShinMegamiTenseiII'', if he participated in the battle against YHVH, he will be reduced to a bunch of ashes in the Law Path, echoing the self-sacrifice themes of the same.
* CoDragons: With Metatron and the Four Archangels.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Mr. Suzuki, his human guise in Megami Tensei II
* TheDragon: To YHVH in Megami Tensei II and Shin Megami Tensei II.
* EldritchAbomination: Both of his OneWingedAngel forms.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: He ''really'' didn't think genocide was the solution for the world in ShinMegamiTenseiII, leading to a [[CallingTheOldManOut confrontation]] in which he proves '''''nobody''''' is above his authority to judge... not [[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu even God Almighty]].
* EvilOverlord: Calls himself the King of Demons and the Opposer when summoned in Devil Survivor 2.
* FallenAngel: In Devil Survivor 2 he is part of the Fallen Clan, whose members are all fallen angels.
* KnightTemplar
* MultiarmedAndDangerous: His OneWingedAngel form in [=SMTII=]
* NumerologicalMotif[=/=]NumberOfTheBeast:
** Satan has 6 arms, 6 wings and 6 breasts. All of them also contain 6, the number of the beast.
** In Persona 3, Black Viper costs 60 MP, its power is a multiple of 6 (900) and it's learned at level 86, which all contain 6, the number of the beast.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent
* PastLifeMemories / FakeMemories: Happens when confronted in the Sun in ''DigitalDevilSaga'', as he talks and acts about the events of ''ShinMegamiTenseiII''. The Four Archangels suffer from the same.
* SevenDeadlySins: One of several demons said to represent {{Wrath}}.
* SnakePeople: He has a snake's body instead of legs.
* {{Satan}}
* TyrannosaurusRex: His early concept art for the first Persona turned him into some kind of six limbed T-rex.

!!Setanta/Cu Chulainn
Cu Chulainn is an Irish mythological hero who appears in the stories of the Ulster Cycle, as well as in Scottish and Manx folklore. The son of the god Lugh and Deichtine, sister of the king of Ulster, he was originally named Setanta, but gained his better-known name as a child after he killed Culann's fierce guard-dog in self-defense, and offered to take its place until a replacement could be reared.

* BiTheWay: When the player uses him as a mount in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE, he carries the player bridal style and gazes into the player's eyes, regardless of gender
* BladeOnAStick: Gae Blog
* BlowYouAway
* CombinationAttack: ''Persona 3'': Cu Chulainn, along with Scathach, can use the Shadow Hound Fusion Spell, which inflicts severe Strike damage upon all enemies.
* DubNameChange: Cu Chulainn is renamed to Lance in the English release of ''Megami Ibunroku Persona''.
* EvolutionaryLevels: Cu Chulainn appears as a distinct demon in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. He cannot be encountered nor recruited by the Demi-fiend, rather, the Demi-fiend can only obtain him by evolving Setanta by reaching at least Lv. 52 himself and completely mastering Setanta's skillset.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Although the real name is Setanta while Cu Chulainn means "the Hound of Culann" (a title he got after killing Culann's hound and taking its place)
* OurFairiesAreDifferent
* PaletteSwap: Tam Lin is basically Cu Chulainn in blue. In fact, Tam Lin has been a recolor of Cu Chulainn since the first Shin Megami Tensei game. Interestingly, Cu Chulainn's old design from Soul Hackers returns in Devil Survivor 2, while Tam Lin uses the recolor of the Nocturne design, thus he and Tam Lin don't share the same, palette-swapped appearance.
** In ''Majin Tensei II'', Diarmuid is a palette swap of Cu Chulainn.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: Worn as Setanta
* SideQuest: Cu Chulainn appears as a NPC in the EX Mission A formal search request, in which his mother has traveled to the Schwarzwelt to find him. The trail for him leads first to Sector Bootes, where an Orthrus will indicate he has moved to Sector Antlia to offer support to his old teacher Scathach. Meeting with Scathach will reveal Cu Chulainn has heard of the search and is moving to meet the protagonist.Near the entrance to Sector Antlia, Cu Chulainn will be found with Enemy Search. He will leave for Sector Carina to meet with his mother; once met there, he will reward the protagonist by unlocking Cu Chulainn fusion, giving him Gae Bolg, his spear, and giving him the item Knight's Oath, which contains a Demonica code to summon him.
* ShockAndAwe

!!Taira No Masakado
A feudal Japanese warlord, one of the few true historical figures in the series. Masakado was also a samurai during the Heian period and hatched a plan to conquer by force most of the Kanto region. While he was slain, his influence was so strong his head was sent to Kyoto and later Edo, where it was set in a special shrine. To this day, he remains considered a demigod of sorts, and it is said conditions in his shrine dictate the city's fortune. Due to his fervant loyalty to his country and faith in humanity in general, he is widely considered to be the closest thing the series has to a Neutral representative.

* BadassNormal: How else a samurai can lead the [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Four Heavenly Kings]]?
* BigDamnHeroes: If Masakado is restored in ShinMegamiTenseiII, he will help in banishing the guards around Castle Kether in Neutral Alignment.
* BonusBoss: One of the two ultimate bosses of the game alongside Lucifer in ''Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon''. He can only be fought on NewGamePlus, 99% completion of all case file at least once which requires beating the chaos route and facing the NewGamePlus ones given by Lucifer, and talking to a man outside the Narumi Detective Agency to get the case file. He can be found in the 999th floor of the confinement chamber and will be joined by a "imposter" Masakados who acts as a Mag Drain Battery but are not infinite in number. After bringing his HP down to zero Raidou must negotiate with him to end the battle. The reward for beating him is the material needed for the ultimate sword [[NamesTheSame Masakados]] and the ability to fuse Masakados.
* CameBackWrong: When you resurrect him in ShinMegamiTenseiII, he will be nothing but an animated corpse until Hiruko gives you the final part needed - Masakado's soul.
* ContinuityNod: To summon him, an item known as ''Masakados'' is almost always needed.
* GodInHumanForm: The protagonist from the OVA ''Tokyo Revelation'' is the reincarnation of Masakados.
* GottaCatchEmAll: In ShinMegamiTenseiII, his servant, Hiruko, will reveal Masakado was slain some time earlier. So he asks Aleph to gather the pieces of his corpse so he can be brought back to life.
** Also, if in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'' Hito-Shura can gather all Magatama, the priest at the Cathedral of Shadows will give him the Lord's Blade, allowing him to reach the Bandou Shrine and confront the Four Heavenly Kings, his servants, for the right of a single conversation with Masakado.
* MythologyGag
* PhysicalGod: The level needed to fuse him is almost always very high. And it shows. In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', for instance, he nulls instant death spells and is strong against literally everything except piercing.
** And the Magatama bearing his name nulls everything except Almighty attacks and imparts priceless augmentations in Nocturne. Given he is the protector of Tokyo, and Tokyo at the time ''is'' the Universe...
* PowerDyesYourHair: His reincarnations hair turns blonde when he awakens from inside his reincarnation.
* TakeUpMySword: Literally in ShinMegamiTenseiI, in the Neutral Path.
** In Nocturne, he manifests in the Bandou Shrine, and he's depressed, with good reason. He has to see Tokyo, the city he was bound to defend, utterly destroyed to create the Vortex World, its inhabitants dead and demons infesting it. Then the Hito-Shura arrives, and since Masakado cannot exist outside the shrine due to the laws of the Vortex World, he gives the boy the Magatama holding his power, telling him that whatever has happened to Tokyo, [[TrueNeutral it's still Tokyo]], and since he cannot continue in his duty, to please restore the world...

!!Thor
Thor is the thunder god of Norse Mythology. No more introductions needed.

* CoolHelmet: All depictions.
* DropTheHammer: Mjolnir
* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Regular depiction
* GodWasMyCopilot: (ShinMegamiTenseiI) Thor is actually an agent of God dedicated to the ideal of the Thousand Year Kingdom, sent to Earth after discovering that Gotou has discovered a way of summoning demons from Makai to the humans realm. He takes the form of the American ambassador to Japan, Ambassador Thorman, and requests the aid of the Protagonist in defeating Gotou and prevent the demons from overrunning the Earth. He later reveals his true Thor persona and objectives to the heroes.
* JudgeJuryAndExecutioner: In ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]'' but he lets the Protagonist go if they [[MightMakesRight beat him and his minions]] in combat.
* LeotardOfPower: Regular depiction.
* NukeEm: (ShinMegamiTenseiI) To neutralize the demon infestation, the "Hammer of Thor" is summoned: a cluster of nuclear ICB[=M=]s that will purge Tokyo of its sins. With this, Japan is completely obliterated.
* ShockAndAwe: It's Thor. What did you expect?
* SignatureMove: [[ShockAndAwe Thunder]] [[CaptainObvious Reign]].
* SkippableBoss: (ShinMegamiTenseiI) He congratulates the protagonist for aiding him in the purification of Tokyo on the Law alignment and promptly leaves, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse bringing up questions on his hiding location for the rest of the game]].
* SocialDarwinist (VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne) When he is working under the Reason of Yosuga.

!! Tiamat
Babylonian goddess of the seas and mother goddess of Chaos.

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Has appeared as dark blue, purple, and pink in her humanoid forms.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: Of the sea and saltwater.
* BackFromTheDead: StrangeJourney: Tiamat is responsible for rebirthing Morax, Asura , Mitra, and Horkos.
* GodCouple: With Apsu and later her son Kingu. She's appeared in several games alongside Kingu and appeared in ''Soul Hackers'' as a boss alongside Apsu.
* MookMaker: In ''Strange Journey''.
* MotherOfAThousandYoung
* OneBadMother
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: Tiamat has been portrayed as a sea serpent, a western dragon, a eastern dragon, as a giant [[http://images.wikia.com/megamitensei/images/8/8c/TiamatSMT2.jpg purple scaled humanoid with green hair]] in ''Shin Megami Tensei II'', humanoid forms that are almost human in appearance in ''Demi Kids'' and ''Majin Tensei II'', and as [[http://images.wikia.com/megamitensei/images/9/9f/Tiamat_%28Strange_Journey%29.jpg this]] in ''Soul Hackers'' and ''Strange Journey''.

!! Trumpeter
One of the Fiends, the Incarnations of Death, Trumpeter is the angel said to blow its horn at the end of the world, devatating the land.

* AntiMagic: DevilSurvivor2: While searching for a way to cancel Benetnasch's ability to un-summon demons, the party finds an entry on Trumpeter in JP's, and discover that its melody has unusual properties and may be able to negate Benetnasch's un-summoning ability.
* BonusBoss:
** Trumpeter appears in the UpdatedRerelease of Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, titled Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax. He is the one of the fiends that the Demi-fiend must face while undertaking Lucifer's demonic trial in retrieving all of the stolen Candelabra. Appearing as the fiend that holds the last missing Candelabrum, Trumpeter intercepts the Demi-fiend in Yurakucho Station, transporting him to another realm and challenges him to a duel.
** Trumpeter returns once again as a demon of the Fiend Race in StrangeJourney, however, he must be found first on Sector Horologium to engage and destroy him so he can be fused with the final Enemy Search.
* DareToBeBadass: Like the Four Horsemen he challenges the protagonist in ''Strange Journey'' to see if he can alter mans fate.
* DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale: Fumi chooses to "convince" Trumpeter to work with them by bashing it with laptops repeatedly until it agrees (noting that human females are quite terrifying).
* EscortMission: During the battle with Benetnasch in DevilSurvivor2, Trumpeter is summoned to block the demon revoking ability. However, the party notices that Trumpeter's waves will also prevent further summoning of demons, and thus they will have to keep their demons alive to be able to damage Benetnasch. Trumpeter also needs to stay alive during the entire battle, or all their effort will be for nothing.
* HumansAreCthulhu: His apparent opinion after his introduction to Fumi in ''Devil Survivor 2''.
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: For starters he's always part of the Fiend race and is Neutral aligned, and he tends to work for Lucifer.
* SignatureMove: During the battle in Nocturne, Trumpeter introduces the Demi-fiend to his two distinct attacks: Holy Melody and Evil Melody; the former fully heals any character having the lowest HP to max while the latter instantly kills one character having the lowest HP regardless of their affinities. To stack up the odds against the party, Trumpeter will randomly kill one of the characters if all of them are in full health. Though the last ability belongs to SecretAIMoves, Holy Melody and Evil Melody can be learned by regular, fusable Trumpeter.

!!YHVH
Also known as "The Great Will", YHVH is [[{{God}} the Abrahamic God]]. However, he is far from the kindly god you'd expect. Instead, he is a selfish, totalitarian tyrant obsessed with forcing his warped standards on the world by forcibly converting all mortal life to worshiping him and brutally slaughtering those who dissent. The lives of his followers - and even his angels - mean nothing to him. All he cares about is himself and his power. No more, no less.

* AsLongAsThereIsEvil: ShinMegamiTenseiII reveals that he will never truly die so long as even a single mortal still believes in him.
* DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Doesn't even care about creating a utopia like his followers do; he just wants to control everything forever and ever.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Not everyone on earth worshiping? ''[[NukeEm Nuke]]'' '''everything''' ''and turn the world into a barren wasteland''. STILL not everyone worshiping? ''[[KillEmAll Flood everything]]''.
** In ''RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'' God created the Abysmal Realm and the Apollyons for one of two reasons: to either strike down those who have given into despair out of divine wrath or to leave mankind in awe and restore their faith in him by having the [[CompletelyMissingThePoint Apollyons kill people which causes them to despair even more]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: In ShinMegamiTenseiI, the Machine Defense System in the police station has a face resembling YHVH's to an extent, and it is also law-aligned.
** Not to mention his face appearing on the door when you enter the Protagonist's name.
* EvilIsPetty
* ExpansionPackPast: His history is... somewhat convoluted:
** FromNobodyToNightmare: [[ShinMegamiTenseiI Echidna]] stated that long ago he was one God amongst many. However as more people worshiped him his power grew to the point that he demonized and tossed the others into the demon world. The Mothers of ''Strange Journey'' support this when they talk about how he trampled the Goddess worshiping world.
** TheMaker: Later games imply that TheMultiverse is God's creation. Whether this statement applies to some previous universe or whether it's a case of the TimeyWimeyBall ([[StableTimeLoop God created the universe]] [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve because mankind believes He did]]) is unclear.
** RoyalBlood: [[spoiler: DevilSurvivor2 reveals that [[TopGod God]] is a legacy with Polaris as the current ruler, though Vega and Kawkab preceded him. Eli (presumably YHVH pre-sovereignty) is next in line...]] However, [[spoiler:"Eli" is likely a mistranslation of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Errai Errai]], which will be the next pole star after Polaris. As all the rulers are named after North Stars.]]
* {{Expy}}: [[PowerRangers Metatron! Find me five Devil Busters with attitude!]]
* FallenHero: WordOfGod has hinted that he wasn't ''always'' the tyrannical despot he is now and that his current evil is due to a severe flaw in the fabric of reality.
* FinalBoss: In ''ShinMegamiTenseiII''. Yes, even on the Law route, in which [[EvenEvilHasStandards even the angels find him too cruel and ally with you]]. He is also the TrueFinalBoss of Megami Tensei II, where he is fought in the Chaos path.
* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: His trademark appearance is of a large, yellow head. [[spoiler:In StrangeJourney's NewGamePlus, he assumes a Red Sprite crewmember's form in order to manipulate the PC into freeing his sealed power by slaying Alilat and the Demiurge.]]
* [[GodAndSatanAreBothJerks God And Lucifer Are Both Jerks]]: Vicious, unending tyranny or absolute anarchy? Your choice, folks!
* [[GodInHumanForm God In Avatar Form]]: He has had several avatars of himself. Three of his names known as Elohim, Sabaoth, and Shaddai acting as a power source for Eden in ''ShinMegamiTenseiII'', while Kagutsuchi is the creative power in ''[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne Nocturne]]''. [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney The Red Sprite crewmember]] who requests your help with the pieces of God is actually the weakest piece taking the strongest form that he can.]]
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: It's implied by Kagutsuchi in the third ''SMT'' that, since he was decent enough to let people choose their own fates in the past, that ''something'' must have twisted him.
* GodIsEvil: Used to be the page image. Justified, given his [[KnightTemplar actions]].
* IHaveManyNames
* ItsAllAboutMe
* KnightTemplar: An ''extreme'' case bordering on TautologicalTemplar.
* LackOfEmpathy: He just doesn't give a shit about mortals, seeing them as little more than slaves or tools. It's suggested that he views his angels the same way.
* LighterAndSofter: Was actually made into a pretty decent guy in VideoGame/DevilSurvivor. Oddly enough, the usual hardline angels (Raphael, Uriel, Michael and Gabriel) are replaced with a softer one (Remiel). If this is just the result of Devil Survivor being its own universe, or a plot point isn't clear yet.
** It should be noted that he is far more morally ambiguous in the UpdatedRerelease, ''Overclocked''. [[spoiler:He set it up so that Cain would be the first murderer and for Abel to be the first martyr.]]
* LightIsNotGood
* MadGod: It's very likely whatever flaw in reality warped him has driven him into a madness of perfect Order.
** [[ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney Louisa Ferre's]] comments in the Chaos path suggest [[spoiler:that he's been one since ''before'' humanity was created]]. The Three Wise Man back up this belief to a degree by revealing [[spoiler: that the entire reason YHVH made humans was for the AssimilationPlot the Law faction plans to create in the game]].
* PiecesOfGod: More than implied that the Red Sprite crewmember who takes the form of Metatron after absorbing another piece and Demiurge are both pieces of him in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney''. After slaying the Demiurge, it seems he's almost, if not fully, complete...
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Wholeheartedly believes that he is [[AboveGoodAndEvil beyond mortals' conceptions of morality]] by virtue of having created them.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler: In ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor: Overclocked'' he abandons mankind Yuzu's 8th Day. He also forsakes humanity for good in both of Naoya's 8th Days even though he still plans on fighting the Overlord]].
* TopGod: Through eliminating the competition.
* WideEyedIdealist: It's implied in ''Nocturne'' that he used to be one. If no Reasons are chosen, Kagutsuchi will admonish the Demi-Fiend for choosing to create a "world of freedom"; in which people can make their own choices and choose their own fates... a world which, according to it, ''the Great Will apparently chose before''. If YHVH was this much of a good guy in the past then it's clear that something ''horrible'' happened to him.
** While something happening to him is completely debatable, it should be known that he views freedom as ''only'' bringing [[TheEvilsOfFreeWill sin, darkness, and ruin]] to the world. So his opinion on it could simply have changed after seeing what mankind did with it.

''Hee-ho!''
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