History Characters / ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse

* AntiVillain: Law, Chaos, Neutral don't matter to him, and in universe were only ever tools as part of the larger system. What matters is obeying the creator of the universe. That said he has some standards for what the creator should be, and so comes to decide that nanashi should replace YHVH.

* VerbalTic: During the battle with him he has a tendency to always start his sentences with "I am".

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The God of Monotheism and the {{Final Boss}} of ''Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse''.

->''"I am Satan, the ancient angel... The arbiter."''

* TeethClenchedTeamwork: She ''really'' hates Gaston's guts at first,for his arrogance. Then there's that [[spoiler: brief team-up with Adramelech ]]

->"''Without a dought. I am Gaston the Magnificent, after all"''

A young Samurai hailing from Mikado. He is Navarre's younger brother.

* NiceGuy : He is quite supportive of Nanashi and Asahi.

* ShockAndAwe: Uses Zio spells.

* HitmanWithAHeart: [[spoiler:Her job is to hunt down and kill Flynn, but she actually does care about the others.]]

[[folder:Fat Guy]]
!Fat Guy

* StatusBuff: Learns various buff and debuff skills, up to and including Doping and Debilitate.

[[folder:Maruo]]
!Maruo

[[folder:Fat Guy]]
!Fat Guy

* GreaterScopeVillain: Of ''IV'' and ''Apocalypse'', having set up the Forever War in this set of universes. He doesn't do much otherwise, letting Satan's two halves run the show. The final arc, however, allows Nanashi to put YHVH in the Big Bad role.

* OneWingedAngel: He transforms into a hideous, seven-headed beast covered in blue, black, and purple in his second form, resembling depictions of the Beast of Revelation. Given how said Beast is supposed to be the AntiChrist, an ally of the ''false prophet'', this is a quiet indication he and the Great Will are different entities.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi (JP) D.C. Douglas (EN)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi (JP)

* NonStandardCharacterDesign: Compared to the more inhuman demon designs present in ''IV'', Krishna is noticeable for how utterly normal he looks.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Michiko Kaiden (JP)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji (JP)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasakiTerasoma

The protagonist of ''Shin Megami Tensei IV: Final''. A member of the Hunters, he is killed during a mission, only to be resurrected by a mysterious demon.

* DelinquentHair: He has half of his head shaved.

* HeroicMime: Wouldn't be SMT without one.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:In the Massacre ending, he comes to agree with Dagda that any extreme to stop the abuse of divine power as the Creator-such as the complete annihilation of every human currently alive-is acceptable. [[TheExtremistWasRight Given how paradisical the new world appears, he may have a point there]].]]

* IHateYouVampireDad: For a long time he secretly harbored hatred for his father. [[spoiler:When he meets Shemyaza in the Chaos Zone he finally went it all out on him after which he expresses immense happiness over killing him]].

* MysticalWhiteHair: He has tanned skin, blue eyes, pointy ears, and white hair. It helps give him a otherworldly appearance.

* BladeOnAStick: He uses a spear with a flag on it. It also says [[GeniusBonus Archon Michael]].
* BigLittleBrother: Taller than Navarre.

* BadassAdorable:

* ImpliedLoveInterest: Once again to Flynn. To the point that much of her arc is essentially one big ShipTease

* CelticMythology: Dadga is a Celtic god from Irish mythology.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikiIto

* CoolMask: She wears a silver mask upon her face.

* ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler: On the Bonds Route when Flynn tries to restore him he denies his restoration, revealing that he passes his legacy as guardian to the two Godslayers and that he will leave Tokyo forevermore.]]

* LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Lucifer in ''IV and Final'' is revealed to be half of Satan, with the other half Merkabah.]]
* NotAsYouKnowThem: [[spoiler:'Lucifer' as he appears in this game is a false flag, not a true embodiment of chaos. [[TheOtherDarrin He has the same name but he's actually half of Satan, who in turn was created by YHVH to be one of the two halves of his system who face off against eachother.]]]]
* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Resembles a ScaryBlackMan dressed in shining gold and residing on a golden sun throne. His wings are actually the twelve rays of light from his sun throne. [[spoiler:Unlike previous Lucifer's he's also not an equal of Satan, instead being an aspect of him meant to be the "bad side" of the war between Law and Chaos.]]

* LiteralSplitPersonality: [[spoiler:Merkabah and by proxy the Four Archangels in ''IV and Final'' are revealed to be half of Satan, with the other half being Lucifer.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Michiko Kaiden

-->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi

* BladeOnAStick: He holds his spear Gungnir in one hand with [[GeniusBonus Gungnir written in runes on the tip]].

* ManipulativeBastard convinced the Kunitsu to join the their group as well as Nanashi and Asahi to free Krishna.

* ShockAndAwe: Uses elec magic.
* SuperHeroGods: His design is meant to be a hybrid between Marvels alien (Norse) superheroes and Ultraman.

* NightmareFace: [[spoiler: When revealing the Flynn they knew is a fake his appearance is briefly changed to a real photo of a hideous reptilian Flynn.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: Acts as a sort of parent to Hallelujah, not a very good one but still. [[spoiler:Turns on it's head later in the game when it turns out he actually is Hallelujah father, Shemyaza]].

* BadassInDistress: Despite being TheHero of the previous game [[spoiler:as well as being TheHero alongside Nanashi in the climax of the bonds route]] and slaughtering bad guys left and right, He still manages to become captured for a large portion of the game.

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler: The Divine Powers do this to him in order to make him an obedient Godslayer for their cause. On the Massacre route he's killed and brought back by Dagda brainwashed to serve Nanashi]].

* DistressedDude: Gets taken captive by the Divine Powersearly into the game. Saving him is one of Nanashi's objectives.

* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: He and Isabeau are the only major characters to be Samurai.[[spoiler:Until Jonathan/Walter's brief resurrection on the bonds route.]]

* FightingFromTheInside: [[spoiler: On the bonds Route he starts to turn against Krishna in their Vishnuflynn form due to Isabeau and Nanashi calling out to them, ensuring his survival and separation.]]
* FusionDance: His previous incarnation did this with Masakado to create the dome and save Tokyo. [[spoiler:He does this in Massacre/Bonds Route with Krishna, becoming Vishnuflynn.]]

* PromotedToPlayable:In the context of this game. Due to being demoted to an NPC for much of the game. [[spoiler: The final fight on the bonds route uses a premade team of the Mikado samurai. Led by Flynn.]]

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HiroShimono

-->'''Voiced by:''' Tomoko Seike

-->'''Voiced by:''' Shintaro Ohata

-->'''Voiced by:''' Toshiki Masuda (JP), Creator/YuriLowenthal (EN)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Misaki Kuno

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* HumansAreFlawed: He's not very impressed by humans, pointing out how inefficiet eating orally is or being amused by how humans use a machine to summon demons.

The mother goddess and progenitor of the Tuatha De Danann. She serves as an advisor to the current queen Nozomi.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hers is green.

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* TakingTheBullet: Uses his body as a shield to protect Asahi from a. attack.

-->'''Voiced by:''' [[Creator/YuichiNagashima Cho]]

* MrExposition: He reveals the true enemy that stands in the way of true freedom to Nanashi on Massacre/Bonds Routes , as well as revealing the nature of the enemy and a cosmic force that influences things.

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukoKaida

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Mugihito}}

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MieSonozaki