History Characters / DigitalDevilSaga

Her Atma is ''Clarion'', and her demon form is ''Ardha''.

** [[SubvertedTrope Zig-zagged]] in regards to her elemental association. Seraph is not associated with Expel-elemental attacks as her name would imply, though she can learn them.
** Her demon form, Ardha, is named after the hermaphroditic result of a fusion between Shiva and Parvati.
* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is half-silver half-black, matching Serph and Sera's hair colors respectively.

* PowerFloats: When idling or moving she floats along instead of standing or walking. She stands normally when talking to others and in some cutscenes.

* WalkingSpoiler: Discussing her existence spoils the entire final act of the second game.

* BerserkButton: Do not come into battle with any immunities, or do anything that will cause immunities, other than Null Sleep ([[NonIndicativeName which causes attacks to miss the user when they're asleep]]) and Null Critical (which the Demi-Fiend ignores for some reason and is ''vital'' for dealing with his physical attacks). Otherwise, well, see OneHitKill below.

* OdangoHair: She has two realistic-looking buns (as much as the graphics allow, at any rate) with several strands of hair coming down.

* GoOutWithASmile: As Serph carries Heat out of the room, a faint smile can be seen of Heat's face.

* GoOutWithASmile: Her HeroicSacrifice.

* GoOutWithASmile: His HeroicSacrifice.

* GodInHumanForm: He's implied to be another form of YHVH, the Main villain of the mainline ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTensei'' games in the same vein as Kagutsuchi from ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiNocturne''.
* GodIsEvil: Not really, actually. He's responsible for Cuvier Syndrome, but this is only because Serph Sheffield was so evil that he gave up on humanity, and he's more than willing to stop it if he is defeated.

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He is deeply in love with Sera, but his harsh attitude and jealousy towards Serph drove her away from him. During the final dungeon of the second game [[spoiler:it's implied he still has feelings for Sera even after she fuses with Serph, as well as having feelings for their fused form Seraph, as he refers to the latter as "cute" if the correct choices are made in both games.]]

* AllLoveIsUnrequited: He is deeply in love with Sera, but his harsh attitude and jealousy towards Serph drove her away from him. During the final dungeon of the second game [[spoiler:it's implied he still has feelings for Sera even after she fuses with Serph, as well as having feelings for their fused form Seraph, as he refers to the latter as looking "cute" if the correct choices are made in both games.]]

* CutscenePowerToTheMax:
** He can use magic in human form. Nobody can do this in gameplay, himself included.
** And in the [[spoiler:Corrputed EGG Facility]], he suddenly ''teleports''. In human form. He only does this exactly once.
* DidNotGetTheGirl: He is deeply in love with Sera, but his harsh attitude and jealousy towards Serph drove her away from him.

* ForcefulKiss: He does this to Sera, causing her to run off.

* PurityPersonified: Reason being is that [[spoiler:she is actually still a child. She just suffers from RapidAging.]]
* RapidAging: [[spoiler:A side-effect of her [[BlessedWithSuck Cyber Shaman]] powers.]]

Roland's right hand man. Because of fellow Lokapala and leader Roland's alcoholism, Adil is the de facto leader of the Lokapala until Roland sobers up. Is very distrustful towards tuners but remains trustful towards Roland even after he gets his Atma.

* ScreamDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:When Adil is killed by Meganada, the Embryon hear his screams through the walkie-talkie Roland was using]].

* TheUnfought: Subverted. [[spoiler:Argilla and Roland kill it in a cutscene-only suicide attack, but its solar data ascends to the Sun and guards the FinalBoss.]]

Their Atma is ''Clarion'', and their demon form is ''Ardha''.

* EleventhHourSuperpower: Only becomes available during the final dungeon. Furthermore, if the right choices are made, they can obtain Angel's ''Reincarnation'' skill.
* HeroicMime: while it was played straight when they were Serph, this trope is completely averted in their fused form.

** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in regards to their elemental association. Seraph is not associated with Expel-elemental attacks as their name would imply.
** Their demon form, Ardha, is named after the hermaphroditic result of a fusion between Shiva and Parvati.
* NonElemental: Seraph has no elemental alignment.
* PowerFloats: Stands like normal, but floats along instead of walking.

* WalkingSpoiler: Discussing their existence spoils the entire final act of the sequel.

The God of the ''Digital Devil Saga'' universe. Along with Serph Sheffield, he's the one responsible for everything that happened, particularly in the second game. After Sheffield angered Brahman, he turned the Sun black, causing Cuvier Syndrome. Most of the second game after Sera's saved is spent trying to communicate with him, which results in everyone dying. After fighting through the Solar Data of the antagonistic tribe leaders and Meganada, the party meets Brahman, who tests them as the Final Boss.

* AmbiguouslyBi: He thinks the {{Hermaphrodite}} [[spoiler:Seraph]] is cute.

* ConvenientReplacementCharacter: When you lose Serph in the second game, Sera inherits his exact stats and Mantras.

* FusionDance: With [[spoiler:Serph, in the second game.]]
* GirlInABox: How she is introduced.

* LateArrivalSpoiler: [[spoiler:Her inheriting the Water Crown is spoiled on the second game's box art.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: In the sequel she stops being a DamselInDistress and gets herself an Atma so she can fight alongside Embryon.

* HellishHorse: His demon form Hayagriva.

* HonorBeforeReason: She refused to devour ''anyone'' because she did not like needless killing. That caused her to go insane.

* DefeatEqualsExplosion: Enforced by the Embryon, as they blow up the dungeon he was in to kill him after they defeated him.

* SignatureMove: ''Winds of Hell''. He actually warns the party - albeit mockingly - before he uses it for the first time.

* WouldHitAGirl: Has no problem beating the crap out of Jinana.

* EyelessFace: The three heads of Cerberus lack eyes.

Roland's right hand man. Because of fellow Lokapala and leader Roland's alcoholism, Adil is the de facto leader of the Lokapala until Roland sobers up. Is very distrustful towards tuners but remains trustful towards Roland even after he get's his Atma.

* ScreamDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:As he is killed by Meganada]].

One of the first to have been turned into a demon during the Black Sun incident. Angel was able to extract enzymes from it and in turn create the demon virus. It was kept sealed in the research center until Angel ordered it to be released.

* TheUnfought: Subverted. [[spoiler:Argilla kills it in a cutscene-only suicide attack, but it becomes Solar Data and guards the FinalBoss.]]

The entity created when Serph and Sera's data merges on their path to the Sun. Seraph is a powerful, unisex being who has the potential to communicate directly with {{God}} and reach enlightenment.

* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Thanks to being a fusion of Serph and Sera.

* BerserkButton: Do not come into battle with any immunities, or do anything that will cause immunities, other than Null Sleep ([[NonIndicativeName which causes attacks to miss the user when they're asleep]]). Otherwise, well, see OneHitKill below.

* PressStartToGameOver: He will end the fight ''before you've even taken your first turn'' with an instant [[TotalPartyKill Gaea Rage]] if you come in with any nullifying, repelling, or draining passives equipped in your party, except for Null Sleep.

** ''You'' need to invoke this in order to start the fight with him. If anyone in your active party or reserves has a nullifying-or-higher passive equipped other than Null Sleep, he'll instant-kill the party before you even take your first turn. Casting anything that will grant Null, Repel, or Drain anything will also make him do the same when his next turn comes.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: The first time we see Cielo's demon form in a cutscene, he uses some sort of [[BreathWeapon mouth]] [[FrickinLaserBeams laser beam]]. He never uses it again, and in TheVeryDefinitelyFinalDungeon he even lampshades it.

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* HeroicMime: Justified in-game as [[spoiler:Serph's lack of personality reflects Sera's lack of understanding of who the real Serph Sheffield [[ManipulativeBastard really was]].]] [[spoiler: Once he becomes Seraph, he averts this trope, though with Sera's voice]].

* MyRulesAreNotYourRules: He can re-summon any previously slain demon without needing to use an extra turn reviving them during battle, which is something players can't do in ''Digital Devil Saga'' or even ''Nocturne''.

* HeroicMime: Justified in-game as [[spoiler:Serph's lack of personality reflects Sera's lack of understanding of who the real Serph Sheffield [[ManipulativeBastard really was]].]] [[spoiler: Once he becomes Seraph, he averts this trope]].

* HeroicMime: Justified in-game as [[spoiler:Serph's lack of personality reflects Sera's lack of understanding of who the real Serph Sheffield [[ManipulativeBastard really was]].]]

* TheQuietOne: Interestingly, Serph's lack of expression is comented on by the rest of his team.

* SilentProtagonist: Serph never speaks in the first game. Lampshaded by Heat after the fight with Beck, who says he should speak up a bit more.

* NoSell: He's immune to everything except for Gun and Almighty attacks.

** All of his demons and skills are mid-level ones from his game of origin. This, combined with the fight theme being the normal encounter theme, adds to the implication that you're not even worth using his high-level demons and skills on (which, seeing as Gaea Rage is a guaranteed TotalPartyKill without exploiting a specific skill, is perfectly understandable). Given that Gaea Rage is already a tenfold overkill, he doesn't even need the famous Charge + Freikugel combo to win.

** It's more obvious in the original Japanese texts as the general translations differ, but his FamousLastWords are a reference to the GameOver text from his own game, where it is said that "death's comfort will come to everyone, whether man or demon, by the guidance of the [[{{God}} Great Will]]". Demi-fiend's version is the exact opposite, proclaiming that such comfort will never come to neither man nor demon, and substitutes "the Great Will" with [[BlasphemousBoast "my will". ]]