History Characters / ShinMegamiTenseiFiendRace

The Fiends are a recurring race of demons associated with despair, fear and death itself. If a character is a Fiend in a game, they're probably going to be one of the strongest demons around. More often than not, they have a SkullForAHead, though exceptions may apply. The roster has shuffled numerous times between games, but they are generally divided into two groups: the ones from the ''Literature/BookOfRevelation'' and those from other sources.

* LargeHam: After the remake of '''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne''' introduced voice acting, he became less serious and more of a thug; his vocal performance ended up being reminiscent of Wrestling/RandySavage.

* FanDisservice: Courtesy of her ButterFace. Definitely played up in her appearance in ''Nocturne,'' with the camera focusing on her legs and her attrative figure, right before flashing her skeletal face.

* OriginalGeneration: A HuMon who doesn't come from any existing mythology. While clearly a walking reference to ''Literature/AlicesAdventuresInWonderland'', and in some games is implied to be a Scandanavian folklore spirit of the same name, those're the closest she's got in terms of representative mythologies.

* OriginalGeneration: A [[{{Mons}} Mon]] who doesn't come from any existing mythology.

* TheDeathOfDeath: All of the Fiends are incarnations of death in many forms, but with [[BonusBoss a lot of effort]] and [[LuckBasedMission a lot of luck]], all of them with the exception of Plasma can be slain and [[DefeatMeansPlayable can be summoned]] as a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion personal demon.]]

* 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.

** 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.

** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', the Harlot is the penultimate Fiend (discounting the Dante rematch). She is encountered in Yoyogi Park after the first three Riders and Sakahagi are defeated. She holds one of the Candelabra and must be defeated on the True Demon Route.

** Daisoujou would return in ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'' as the third Fiend and the first one not required to beat the game. Daisoujou guarded a Candelabrum with sturdy defenses and one hit kills in Ikebukuro.

** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIIINocturne'', Hell Biker is one of the Fiends with a Candelabrum. Outside of the Mantra Headquarters on a highway, Hell Biker senses the Demi-fiend and challenges him.

* TheDeathOfDeath: All of the Fiends are incarnations of death in many forms, but with [[BonusBoss a lot of effort]] and [[LuckBasedMission a lot of luck]], all of them with the exception of Plasma can be slain and [[DefeatMeansPlayable can be summoned]] as a [[ReforgedAsAMinion personal demon.]]

* FragileSpeedster: In ''Nocturne'', he has relatively low defense compared to the boss before him, meaning that he actually doesn't take too many hits to kill. The main issue is trying to hit him in the first place, due to him buffing his hit/evasion to max.

** In ''VideoGame/{{Persona}}'', at Deva Yuga, Avidya World, the Ruins and in 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. and she can drop the item Pagan King, which enables the player to fuse Beelzebub, though she has an enconter rate of 1/256 making her a MetalSlime.

* 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).

* SignatureMove: She has Death Lust (remade as Babylon Goblet in ''Strange Journey'' and ''IV''), which deals minor damage with a chance of ailments, and in ''Nocturne'', Beast Roar, which does heavy Almighty damage and heals MP.

* BonusBoss: In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI'', Pale Rider appears as one of the three Fiends, being encountered on a specific square with a 1/256 chance of spawning. Defeating him gives another 1/256 chance to drop the ultimate weapon for the Law alignment.

** In ''VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiStrangeJourney'', Mother Harlot is guarded by Kazfiel and Aniel. The two Heralds, if the protagonist is Law aligned, will allow him to challenge Mother Harlot is he clears the Heralds' own challenges. The Fiend will offer an alignment affecting choice if beaten, either allowing herself to be killed or killing herself.

* UnexpectedCharacter: In ''Strange Journey''. After only two previous appearances, his return to the main Fiend lineup was quite surprising, and he has since become a mainstay.

** 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 ''Megami Ibunroku VideoGame/{{Persona}}'', at Deva Yuga, Avidya World, the Ruins and in 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. and she can drop the item Pagan King, which enables the player to fuse Beelzebub, though she has an enconter rate of 1/256 making her a MetalSlime.

* 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...

* 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 ''VideoGame/{{Shin Megami Tensei|I}}'' 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.

* FateWorseThanDeath: Becoming her "friend"...
* GiveMeYourInventoryItem: In VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiI, she asks the protagonist to give her a Hiranya. In ''VideoGame/RaidouKuzunohaVsKingAbaddon'', she repeats the request.
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two "Uncles"]]: [[Literature/ArsGoetia Nebiros and Belial]]

* 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"]]...

* OriginalGeneration: A [[{{Mons}} Mon]] who doesn't come from any existing mythology (though see CompositeCharacter above).

* SignatureMove: "Die For Me!", the strongest Curse/Mudo-based skill (Almighty in ''VideoGame/DevilSurvivor2'') in the Megaten series. [[NightmareFuel She summons corrupt armies of undead Wonderland soldiers to skewer her enemies]]. Even worse, 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...

* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: Everything she does.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Easily the most [[BuffySpeak un-Fiendly]] Fiend of the ensemble. He doesn't have a SkullForAHead, he doesn't represent an aspect of death or disaster, and rather than working toward TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt he's content to be a walking BigLippedAlligatorMoment that shows up out of nowhere to mess with the player. By all accounts, he may as well not even be a Fiend at all.

* UnexpectedCharacter: His return in ''Apocalypse''.

* UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories: They were [[SelfFulfillingProphecy born]] from this particular fear of mankind.

A mysterious Buddhist monk who has undergone a practice of asceticism to become Sokushinbutsu, a type of living mummification through self-poisoning and willing starvation, which could take from three hundred days up to ten years. Daisoujou is the personification of the ultimate form of mortification.

Certain religions had some of their monks starve themselves for three years in a form of self-mummification. Daisoujou is the personification of these monks.

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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.

* LightningBruiser: He turns himself into one in ''Nocturne'', buffing his agility to max with Red Capote and dancing around your attacks. Unless you counteract this, he will wipe the floor with you.

* WakeUpCallBoss: A very well known example in ''Nocturne''. He pretty much teaches you how important buffs are by [[LightningBruiser buffing his speed up like crazy]] to dodge most of your attacks (which wastes up your precious Press Turns) and has strong physical attacks that are guaranteed to hit.

* EyesDoNotBelongThere: The White Rider's horse is ''covered'' in them.

* HellishHorse: The White and Red Riders. And that only makes them look more badass.

* AmbiguousInnocence
* BackFromTheDead

* CuteGhostGirl

* ElegantGothicLolita

* [[RaisedByAnimals Raised By Demons]]

* ShoutOut: His design borrows a lot from ''Comicbook/GhostRider''.

* DashingHispanic