Name: Alice Crowley

Age: 20

Gender: Female

Appearance:

Attire: Same as the Image

Arcana: Fool

Weapon: Two Kitchen knife-sized daggers, attached to her two index fingers via strings, effectively making them mid-range weaponry as well as close-range.

Personality: Like with most wild cards, Alice has very little in regard to actual personality. It's her connections with others that will shape it to completion.

Initially, however, she is a kind, reasonably mature, but often upbeat and energetic individual; often the optimist. She is fairly intelligent, although only knows the basic ideals of psychology as a just-starting college student in Psychology.

Backstory: -Black out-

Theme Song: "Off with her head" - Icons for Hire

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Persona Name: Dorothy (As in, Dorothy Gale from the Wizard of Oz)

(Ultimate Persona: ???)

Persona Appearance: A beautiful brown-haired teenage girl with long hair, her eyes a beautiful green as she wears the blue dress and white apron. A long black wolf wrapped around her like a snake, the bottom part the wolf being more like a swirling vapor akin to a tornado. Red ruby shoes dripping with crystal drops as if it was coated in blood.

Persona Attributes: Resists Wind and Dark, but is Weak to Lightning.

Persona Skills: Garu, Eiha, Dia

Character Relevance: As Alice before her, Dorothy represents an innocent girl entering stepping into a world that is fascinating yet terrifying, and while she is weak and wanting to go home, in time she will gain the courage and power to help this world from its troubles. For now, however, she is simply doing what it takes to get home.

Name: Adam Smith

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Attire: The same as in the picture.

Arcana: Emperor

Weapon: A Broadsword and shield

Personality: Adam is often a very quiet individual, to the point where one may consider him anti-social, but he's far from the gritty loner archetype such a trait is often associated with. He's polite, can be kind towards others, but simply unlikely to want to do things around others.

He is, above all else, a perceptive mind, analytical and always attempting to get a read on the people around him, be they friends or enemies.

Despite his own intelligence and calculative nature, he has a tendency to be impatient, wanting to get things done in as little simple moves as possible so that he could move on to the task at hand. While he shows himself off to be doing this because he is bored, or because he wants out of Wonderland and back to the real world as soon as possible, this is not quite true.

Upon realizing where he is and how he was brought there, he began to hide his true emotions in his silence and solo nature. In truth, deep down, his impatience is to find the children infected with P3 syndrome and held prisoner in Wonderland, and rescue them, damn the consequences to himself or others for it. For bringing the children to this place, imprisoning them, and endangering their lives, Adam has a loathing for all shadows of Wonderland, especially the white rabbit who brought the children here in the first place and starting this mess. While there are shadows assisting them like said Rabbit, they are still a bunch of unnatural monsters in his eyes, only allowed to live because of their use in getting those kids back.

Backstory: Born and Raised in London, Adam had a rough life in the early days of his childhood. His parents were relatively normal but overly stressed out from their day-to-day routine of jobs and taking care of Adam. At least, that was the excuse that was made by police and doctors alike when they succumbed to Apathy Syndrome and became members of the Lost during the early days of the Dark Hour. Their catatonic state left them unable to take care Adam, who had no relatives to turn to for help in this matter. As such, he was taken to an Orphanage, spending the rest of his days there.

At first, Adam hated it there, a brash change of the status quo was bad enough, but now he had to live with other parent-less kids in a building run by adult strangers, when all he wanted was to be with his parents again. However, as the fellow orphans began trying to converse and have fun with him, he eventually began to warm up to them.

As Adam grew older, and his parents showed signs of recovery early on the next decade, he continued to live his life in the Orphanage, deciding to stay and be a caregiver for the place that gave him a home when he had none left. He did leave the orphanage himself when he turned 16, wanting to make sure he wasn't taking any spots away from other Orphans, but he still worked there as a part-time job in addition to school.

Although he does not remember it, he was within the Dark Hour when the Fall occurred, and all he was thinking about, was running towards the orphanage to make sure the children there was safe. The Dark Hour ended, incidentally, right when he was at the door to the Orphanage, not remembering why he was there to begin with, but decided to visit them while he was.

Things were going well enough for him for the next few months of 2010...But then the P3 Syndrome occurred. From the moment he first heard of it, that it was taking children, he immediately rushed there, only to find that his fears were realized. He skipped school for the next few days, to help the children who were now in a state of eternal slumber and the adult caretakers who were having a hard time handling this situation. In the end, however, there was nothing he was able to do for them, as they were transferred to a hospital, the Orphanage itself closing its doors until this syndrome finally lifts.

He wanted to help somehow, but he doesn't know the first thing about this illness, and it seemed other doctors were just as stumped. Until this point, he had no real plans after school, he originally wanted to just be a caretaker of this orphanage and help the kids out the way the original caretakers helped him. Now that the children are comatose, and the orphanage shut down, Adam feels the best way to help these kids in their situation was to become a doctor, and find a way to cure P3 once and for all. Even if there was no cure for it, he wasn't going to stop until he found one.

Little did he know, that another, more effective way of saving the kids of this class was about to come to him.

Theme Song: N/A (For now)

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Persona Name: Alexander (The Great)

(Ultimate Persona: Horus)

Persona Appearance: Standing at about 7'5", Alexander looks relatively human, but with a lion's head, wearing golden scale armor with black trimming marking a design into it.

Persona Attributes: Resists Lightning, Weak against Wind.

Persona Skills: Zio, Cleave, Tarukaja

Character Relevance: Alexander was a grand conqueror and tactician in his day, which is what made him a legend, moreover he preferred simplistic tactics for complicated problems, such as when he cut through the gordian knot as oppose to untying it. Adam is an intelligent boy and the tactician of the group, though preferring the most simple and easy solutions as possible to whatever plans he has.

Name: Ex-Corporal Tyler Blackmore

Age: 23

Gender: Male

Appearance:

Attire: The same as in the image, however, it should be noted that the Dog tags have been scratched by a knife numerous times, rendering them unreadable.

Arcana: Hermit

Weapon: None

Personality: There was a time where Tyler was happy with his job, he always dreamed of being a soldier, knew the dangers and risks involved, knew that he would be sent to kill one day, and did so without much remorse, believing in the cause that he was fighting for the right reasons. The warfare around him tired and stressed him out to no end, and so when the Dark hour came every night, for one hour of the day he felt relaxed from its silence, and ready to fight once more by the he wakes the next day.

However, after the catastrophe that led him to leave the army, uncaring of how its viewed in the eyes of his superiors or the people around him, he changed. His life became isolated and anti-social and he himself becoming extremely pacifistic and unwilling to fight anyone for any reason. A notion that got particularly bad when the Dark Hour was no more, and he no longer had an hour of the day dedicated to peace in solitude and silence. He never socialized with anyone, even after he left America and moved to England, even after getting a normal 9-to-5 job there to keep himself alive. Even then, he's often questioned himself with why he would even bother with that, overburdened with the guilt of that same catastrophe leading him to question why he continues to even exist.

Still, that is not to say his heart has completely died, deep down beneath the guilt and the want for loneliness, there is a sense of morality and honor that he has had, and still has, since his days of being a soldier. It was naive feelings of wanting to protect his friends by destroying his enemies, and he has long realized it, but his guilt stems from his inability to protect, his depression stems from his inability to protect the innocent, and his pacifism stems from never wanting to bring harm to another human again. He truly does care for others, and will often try whatever he can to help others from the shadows, giving a little money to the homeless, helping a fellow employee in his time of need, and all without wanting any credit for himself, often trying to keep himself from being noticed by even those he tries to help.

Backstory: From the moment he could read and write in elementary school, Tyler was an american who dreamed of serving as a soldier in the army. His parents were patriotic folks, his grandfather once serving in the US Marines, and his comic books of american patriotic heroes (totallynotcaptainamerica) inspired him to want to become just like one. He trained his body for his entire life ever since his dedication started, doing sports, exercises, anything physical and mental he felt was needed for a soldier to have.

At the age of 18, he got his chance, enlisting in a military boot camp and being disciplined as a hardened army soldier, with some quality training as a military analyst. By then he matured his way of thinking, the naivety of his youth gone from him. He knew what he was getting himself into, and he knew what could happen to him in a battlefield, but he was prepared for any outcome that came his way...

Well, Almost any outcome.

After he was out of Boot Camp, he was immediately called into service in the middle east, and sometime during his call to action, he achieved the potential for a Persona, and by extension, unwittingly gained access to the Dark Hour. Discovered by him during a night raid on a terrorist camp, but spent earlier time within the Dark Hour sleeping, and only noticing how unusually well he slept due to having an extra hour.

At first his mind couldn't comprehend what he was seeing as he began to suffer through the common symptoms of a Persona-user's first time in the Dark Hour. Not helped was the fact that nobody believed him, thinking he was coming down with some sort of post-traumatic stress disorder. However, as each day flew by and each time he went into the Dark Hour, he got used to it over time. In the stress of wartime, it was a single hour of silence from the screams of other soldiers, and the firing of artillery and guns; ironically, the Dark Hour was the only time Tyler could relax for a little while.

Eventually, he even started to find ways to use the Dark Hour against his foes, studying up on the coffins that were the transmogrified humans around them, to see if he could break them open somehow. But none of the technology was working during the Hour, inconveniently enough, and the coffins proved to be made of a very sturdy material and with no way to open it from the outside; a combat knife couldn't even scratch it. He noticed however, that all technology inoperable during the Dark Hour was turned right back on as soon as the dark hour ends, exactly as they were before it started, as if it never happened to them. One day, as an experiment, he decided to steal a package of C4, arming it just before midnight. Then he walked through the dark hour to a safe location away from his men or any other people and waited, pressing the button on the remote for the C4 to no avail. When the Dark Hour passed, he noticed that the C4 was still armed, and still exploded upon pressing the remote detonator like it should have done.

After coming to his own conclusions of how the Dark Hour works based on his experiences and similar experiments, the whys not really concerning him after spending so many nights in it, Tyler decided to use this knowledge to his advantage, and the advantage of his allies and comrades. Though treated as if he was insane by others, he was granted permission to attempt at stealing information of an enemy base not far from the US' own encampment. He couldn't drive there during the Dark Hour, so instead he drove there on recon duty just before midnight, his experience as an analyst and reconnaissance soldier in the past few missions at the time assisting him here, setting and arming a time bomb he borrowed from the base just before midnight. When the Dark Hour came once more, he ran into the military encampment, everyone inside and outside becoming transmogrified and every surveillance camera or electronic security going offline for this one hour of the day. Since it also meant he could not take anything from any compartment that happened to have an electronic lock of any kind, he instead took what he could, and placed the bomb he borrowed into what he assumed to be the war room area of the camp. After which he ran out of the camp, out of any potential enemy sight, and when the Dark Hour was over, the time became active once again, and exploded, causing major damage to the enemy base and killing several enemy soldiers inside, the ones still alive having no idea what just happened to them.

While not giving the details of how he pulled this off, he returned to his superiors and reported that he took out the camp in question and took what he could from them, further proven by other analysts and recon soldiers sent to verify his story. Impressed by this mysterious method, and told that he could do more of these kinds of missions for them without much problem, he was told to perform it again a few times as proof of his word. Without hesitation and without question, he did followed his orders and become known as an expert soldier of Espionage, a "Phantom Bomber" who was said to come in the night, steal information and place armed explosives into their enemy bases without a trace. No matter what advance defensive technology they throw in preparation, Tyler always seems to do his mission and leave without suspicion or detection.

Needless to say, Tyler got cocky over time, over confident in his skills and the effective use of the hour, he might not have been able to bomb a base a day, but he certainly managed to steal from them every night. His superiors decided to use this loyal and obedient soldier to their advantage, promoting him to corporal, and giving him a particularly shady mission for them.

It sounded simple, there was a house in one of the towns that served as a strategic vantage point against the terrorists they were fighting against. It was already filled with an enemy unit disguising themselves as an everyday ordinary family inside the house while serving as a hideout for others to come to in order to hide from soldiers there. Since it's a position that more serves the terrorists than the army, he was ordered to establish a bomb there in secret as usual and destroy it. Overconfident by his recent victories, and yet to be misdirected before now, Tyler followed his order without question, waiting for the Dark Hour as usual and preparing the bomb to be placed in the house in question.

If only he could see what were inside the coffins of that house. The transmogrification made him unable to see who it was he was bombing, and so it was easy to assume that they were enemies in disguise as his superiors told him. As such, he planted the bomb, left the house, waited for the dark hour to pass, and detonated it like he has many times before,

...The truth can be a painful thing to realize, especially when it's realized too late. He walked into where he bombed it, and saw the burnt corpse of a man with no armor, a woman with no armor...and a child they found upstairs, an area Tyler didn't bother to look into. Why would he? There was no mention of any hostage scenario, and if it was an enemy up there, they'd be dead anyways.

It turns out his Commanding Officer at the time did not technically lie about this point being a strategic vantage point, but did lie about it being for the enemy. The town they were in happened to be on the neutral end of the spectrum, and so he wanted to get them to support the army US as more allies against their enemy by any means necessary, even going as far as doing it behind the back of his own allies. The house was smack in the middle of the town, so it would cause attention and alarm if it was attacked and blown up, and if it was revealed that it was caused by the terrorists and that the US came to help them, they would join them as supposed "vengeance". He tried to pay the family in secret to get them out of the house, promising to get them out of the region as well so that no one would actually get hurt, only for them to refuse. Without much option other than giving up, he decided to use Tyler, the "Phantom Bomber", to launch the attack with them inside. He did not know about the whole transmogrification that occurs during the Dark Hour, so he hoped that Tyler was gullible enough to fall for the "enemy in disguise" line. How fortunate for him that Tyler never actually saw who he killed.

This catastrophe, regardless of the aftermath's outcome, was a cause of major trauma for Tyler. He was suppose to be a lone hero, protecting people from violent terrorists, only to be commanded to do a violent act of terror that costed the life of an innocent family. He didn't know the result of that of what he did, and he no longer cared; he killed innocent people, and began to question if there anyone else he killed in his own actions that was innocent, who else died simply because they were at the wrong place at the wrong time. It was too much for him to bear, and it broke his spirit completely. Though he was given pardon for his actions by the Commander in question as his reward, he had had enough. He began to attack fellow soldiers, fellow allies, anyone who so much as looked at him funny, though never bringing much harm to them, questioned orders, ranted towards superior officers, anything to get him discharged, even if dishonorably so. Eventually he was court marshaled and got his wish, He left his unit and military in general, coming back as violent careless soldier who let his arrogance get the better of him, and he was okay with such a damning reputation. Eventually he didn't even want to be in the country anymore, moving to the United Kingdom to spend his days. Ever since, he moved into a small area of London, keeping himself in isolation for as long and as much as he could.

Eventually, even the Dark Hour stopped happening, memories of his time in those hours becoming hazy, only guilt after the fact remaining. It was as if even his greatest ally had abandoned him in the end. After-which came the P3 Syndrome, but those rumors fell on his deaf ears in the end, as he confined himself to solitude, and was looking to keep himself that way until the day he dies.

Theme Song: "The Art of War" - Sabaton

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Persona Name: Sun Tzu

Persona Appearance: That Actual Persona Seems to a rather massive humanoid mass of fire energy, surrounded by what appears to be clay armor, protruding outward like spikes or stalagmites coming from them and a helmet that appears to also protrude from atop like a crown, his feet completely covered in clay stuck to a platform also made of clay, and a giant golden ring with a fiery design, a symbol of the sun, floating behind him. However, Tyler himself is completely covered in a clay cocoon just below the platform, that can produce a spire above Sun Tzu's platform that extends it upward like a tower. Inside the Clay Cocoon at the bottom is a dimensional space of his own, (Akin to Necronomicon's dimensional space in Persona 5.) where he sees through Sun Tzu's eyes and is able to move all but Sun Tzu's feet with his own body.

Persona Skills: Analysis, Area Surveillance

Persona Attributes: Contrary to its looks, Sun Tzu is a Navigator and Analysis Persona, he himself serving as a humanoid antenna for Tyler himself. When extended at a high enough vantage point, The Cocoon works like a giant monitor encircling Tyler, through which he can see multiple happenings around him at once, and able to zoom in on multiple battles at once, and analyzing multiple enemies at a time within range. Moreover, he able to use his position to mark his monitor, and communicate with everyone, relaying strategies without much problem. Later on, he will be able to use the ring around his back to assist his allies indirectly, via buffs and shields. In addition, he has no weaknesses of any kind. However, The drawback is, again contrary to how he looks, his persona is by no means offensive or capable of completely defending itself. It cannot fight, and has no strengths of its own.

Character Relevance: As the supposed and legendary author of the Art of War, Sun Tzu was believed to be a master general and tactician, employing tactics that go beyond the typical nature of battlefield combat, and employing the many detailed assets of an army, believing supreme excellence is "breaking the enemy resistance without fighting". Tyler was a soldier in a modern war, and knows the inner workings of warfare, but preferring to never actually step into a battlefield and witness the horrors of war again if he could help it, preferring instead to find ways of assisting his friends and allies from outside the battlefield using the expertise he's learned from his experience in the war.

Name: "The White Rabbit" Later to be called Peter White or Jill White

Gender: Male/Female (Gender is more about preference than fact when it comes to Shadows. Since shadows are essentially the physical embodiment of emotion, they don't really have an actual gender to them. As such, the gender they have is the gender they prefer to be. Shadow Selves however, who are doppelgangers of their original selves that they come out of, are the sole exception to this. Since the White Rabbit was tasked with taking children through the looking glass to Wonderland, He must take a form that gives comfort to those children, usually the form of a female, but sometimes taking a male form as well. As such, White Rabbit holds no gender preference, and can change it at any point in time.)

Appearance: True Form (Male):

True Form (Female):

Male Human Form:

Female Human Form:

Note: Male has blue eyes, Female has red eyes.

Arcana: The Star

Power: Besides the power to enter into the dreams of people and allow them access into Wonderland, as well as the ability to change into a human like appearance, (A power that all "awakened shadows" like him possess.) The White Rabbit has the ability of Manifestation. A shadow's body is made up of organic emotion, and as such is normally a thing of goop. The White Rabbit possesses the ability to take out a part of him, and shape them into what he wishes. Upon completing this, the part becomes the real thing, in the same manner of the Shadows taking physical form. With this, he can create weapons that he or anyone else can use. Given he knows about it, he can also shape it into items of any kind. It is through this ability that the persona users gained the Pocket-Watches necessary to awaken their personae. The bigger the item, the more time it takes to make them, the more of his body he has to use. Small items are nothing he needs to be returned to him, as he can heal himself and replace the part missing. However, bigger stuff he'll need to have returned to his body, or else he'll be incredibly weaker. Whether it was because of this power that's able to switch his gender, or because he could switch gender so loosely that he learned this power is unknown.

Additionally, because of said Gender-Swap, He has two personae instead of one.

Weapons: True form: A set of large knives between the knuckles as claws, and his trusty Flintlock Pistol (Will be .45 Magnum as the story progresses.)

Male Form: A staff with a hidden sword blade within it.

Female Form: Small throwing daggers and her over-sized pocket watch.

Personality: Because of his ability of gender-swapping, he developed a split-personality disorder between his male and female selves.

The Male version is an aristocratic snob of a gentleman. He is calm, calculative, sometimes suave, and very well-mannered, but also cold and cynical with a hint of sarcasm. He never truly raises his voice even when angered, and often he is as he can have something of a short-temper. He sees these humans as a means to an end, and not much more, determined to fight the queen and then send them home, but eventually will open up to them as time goes on. Speaking of which, he is very picky when it comes to time. Always wanting things to go on schedule, and annoyed greatly when something delays it. It's also worth mentioning that he absolutely hates carrots, not much for the vegetable himself, but for the stereotype it represents in the human world. As such, he is greatly irritated if someone offers him a carrot. He is often a rabbit of danger, and is willing to put himself on the line for the sake of helping others out, as annoying as it may be for him. While he seems like a jerk ultimately, his heart seems to always be at the right place, and the right time, and seems to have a beneficial goal.

The Female version, meanwhile, is a hyperactive, energetic, nutcase of a teenager. She is always active and always on the move, and always seems to be happy when she's not either panicking or crying her eyes out. The former of which being something she has a bad habit of. Like the male version she takes great care of wanting to be on time for something, and rather than sitting back and planning things out like the male, she goes into a panic about it. She is most happy around friends and is glad that she met the humans she did; one of her great fears seems to be being alone in the end. She is friendly, kind and filled with joy, which is why she is the one that used to take the children to Wonderland.

Theme song: "Street of Dreams" ~ Blackmore's Night

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Persona Name: Sisyphus/Shirousagi (Evolved from Nix/Siren)

(Ultimate Persona: Prometheus/Nanabozho)

Persona Appearance: The male Persona, Sisyphus, looks like an old thin man wearing a royal robe with a boulder strapped to his back, the straps torn and wore out as he holds on to them. While Shirousagi looks like a small rabbit with stitched up patches of fur of many different colors all over his body, and standing on what appears to be the back of a moving shark.

Persona Attributes: Resists Physical and Fire, Weak against Ice and Psy/Resists Ice, Weak against Fire

Persona Skills: Agi, Bash, Power Charge/Bufu, Media, Patra

Character Relevance: While Nix and Siren represented the White Rabbit at his original job, luring in the children with a sense of False-hope and a false sense of security, (Effectively making him a Reverse-Star or a Moon) Sisyphus represents the White Rabbit's knowingly futile hope, as well as his defiance against a much higher power than his own. While Shirousagi represents their usage of the humans as tools to achieve that end, also representing Jill's embrace of the stereotypes of being a rabbit. The multiple colored patches not only show how colorful she is, but...just how scarred the white rabbit truly is.

Name: Crobalt Nicholas "Cronic" Crystalis
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Attire:
A dark blue trenchcoat and trousers, dark grey shirt, light grey necktie, blue dress shoes with brown soles. Later gets brown belts across his waist and chest for his sword sheath and shield.
Arcana: Sun
Weapon: Sword and Shield
Personality: Calm and caring most of the time. Not the kind of guy you want to get angry though; He'll drop the nice guy act and kick your ass six ways from sunday if you try his patience, or worse, threaten those he calls friends or family. Those who earn his trust will find themselves with a stalwart guardian and friend.
Backstory: Crobalt hails from a fairly simplistic background; No special heritage or anything of note. It's just that circumstances beyond his control led him to have to mature early, becoming a more charitable figure. But don't mistake his charity for naivete; He's learned through trial and error that some people would sooner prefer to rob him blind, or worse, and trained himself to be able to handle himself in a fight. Whether it be in defense of himself, or in defense of another, he'll be there even if he has to wield whatever's to hand.
Theme Song: Skillet - Battle Cry

Persona Name: Phoenix
Persona Appearance:

Persona Skills: Agi, Kouha, Dia.
Character Relevance: Phoenix symbolizes both Cronic's desire to aid those who need it, and to defend those who can't defend themselves. But the most important thing it symbolizes to him, is the Phoenix can be seen as a symbol of hope to those who have none.

Name: Serena Salvatus "The Six of Hearts"
Gender: Female
Appearance:

Arcana: Lovers
Power: Can empower those she considers allies through song, and heal wounds by direct contact.
Weapons: A double edged, two-handed sword with five hearts forming the guard and one for the pommel.
Personality: She might seem calm, sweet and gentle at first glance, often unable to overlook those who are injured, but if provoked, she will strike back with steadfast resolve.
Theme song: (Again, completely optional.)

Persona Name: Ame-No-Uzume
Persona Appearance:
Persona Skills: Dia, Kouha, Tarukaja, Dekunda
Character Relevance: Ame-No-Uzume relates to Serena in that she can bring joy and relief to those around her, no matter how bad things may seem. She ushers in a new dawn of resolve to those who are wavering.

Name: Zerenis Aotisa "The Ace of Clubs"
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Arcana: Strength
Power: Channels dark purple flames to boost his physical striking power. His body sprouts these flames primarily around his shoulders, legs and forearms when in use.
Weapons: Black and purple gloves with the Club suit symbol on the backs.
Personality: Zerenis is fiercely loyal to his cause, and will not hesitate to act if an enemy appears in front of him. Even if it is a former comrade. But to those on his side, he's more supportive; He'll help those around him to grow stronger, even training with them on occasion.

Persona Name: Titan
Persona Appearance:

Persona Skills: Skull Cracker, Heat Riser, Agilao, Rakunda
Character Relevance: Titans are commonly depicted as a stalwart figure of strength. It took the combined might of the Greek Pantheon to overthrow them, and Zerenis is no different; If fighting him in single combat, there's a good chance you'll lose.

Name: Izaroth Aestorm, "Traitorous Jack", "Tweedle Dum"
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Arcana: Hermit
Power: Possesses incredible jumping power, allowing him to launch above and strike down unsuspecting enemies.
Weapons: A Halberd with the blade and the spearhead being shaped like the suit.
Personality: Izaroth typically tends to remain calm and quiet, choosing to read a book than interact with others, and when he does interact with people, he tends to try to figure out, understand them. In relation to the humans, he's determined to defend them, even if it costs him everything to do it.

Persona Name: Arahabaki
Persona Appearance:

Persona Skills: Garu, Garula, Rakukaja, Tarunda
Character Relevance: At one point in time, Arahabaki was considered a symbol of defiance. In defying his own kind, Izaroth is a kindred spirit in that regard, as he too is a symbol of defiance against the shadows, despite his former status as a Jack.

Name: Spia Aestorm, "Tweedle Dee"
Gender: Female
Appearance:


Arcana: Sun
Power: Capable of producing light-based chains to bind targets, can also generate lightning to empower her body on command, discharging it into enemies upon contact.
Weapons: A pair of black gloves with the symbol of Spades on the backs.
Personality: Unlike her sibling, Spia is the loud and proud of the two. She's always upbeat and cheerful, albeit bordering obnoxiously, but she will defend those she cares about down to the last, her mindset changing into one that is lethally serious. Even if her last moments come to pass, she'll go forward as she always has with her smile on her face and her brother at her side.
Theme song:

Persona Name: Gdon
Persona Appearance:



Persona Skills: Terror Claw, Zionga, Rakukaja, Diarama
Character Relevance: Gdon, or Dawon, assisted the Hindu Goddess Durga whenever Nirvana needed protecting from whatever threatened it. So too is the case with Spia; She'll fight by her brother's side to protect the Humans even if that means going against impossible odds.

Name: Mark Artemis Astaroth
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Appearance:

Attire: A crimson sweater, white lab coat, blue jeans, black shoes and corrective lens glasses.
"If there was one thing I wish I wasn't, it was born short-sighted."

Arcana: Heirophant
Weapon: Bow
"Ah crap. I guess it's a bad time to mention I completely forgot my archery lessons."
Personality:
"So what if my hobby is out of the norm? The people I meet on a daily basis aren't exactly normal either."
Observant and analytical are the best two words to describe this man; He tends to gather what facts are available, piece it all together in his head, and create an effective solution or improvement in response. As a mixture between a psychologist and an inventor, this enables him to think of solutions that none would quite realise. Though when he's deeply involved in his work, he has a subconscious habit of shutting out the world around him, focusing solely on what's in front of him.
Theme Song: [url=http://][/url]

Persona Name: Omoikane
Persona Appearance:

Persona Skills: Zio, Sukunda, Tarunda.
Character Relevance: The best aspect of Mark as a person would have to be his mind. Omoikane is able to give good counsel and wisdom, something Mark does as a psychologist, while also constantly seeking to learn new things, be it through reading, trial and error, or reverse engineering. What better way, albeit repulsively, to represent that besides a giant floating brain?

Name: Bayard
Gender: Male

Appearance: In his true form, Bayard is a heterochromatic black and tan hound that stands at 63cm in height. There are two vertical scars running down the left side of his face, starting from the forehead, running over his eyelids and down the side of his face, coming to a stop above his neck. On the right side of his face, another jagged scar runs nearly horizontally over his neck, as if someone had tried beheading him.
In his human form, he possesses a slender physique, standing at 168cm tall. Shaggy black and brown hair, he retains his scars and heterochromatic eyes. His attire consists of a black, high-collared, long sleeve shirt, black slacks, brown boots and brown fingerless gloves.

Arcana: The Moon

Power: Like the other Awakened Shadows, he can transform into a human form. His other ability, Chameleon, is limited to nighttime when the moon is out, and directly tied to how much moonlight there is. He is able to bend the moonlight to hide himself by blending into his surroundings. Of course, the brighter the moon, the more thoroughly he blends in.

Weapons: A katar dagger.

Personality: Bayard's personality is an ambiguous one: For the most part, he comes off as a sweet, docile, and sometimes shy youth when around people, whether they be friends, acquaintances or strangers. He usually shies away from attention, preferring to observe instead of being observed. Polite speech, courteous manners and quiet voice all contribute to people taking less notice of him, and lessens the chances of him making any impactful impression. As he gives off an honest and simple vibe, people tend to lower their guards around him, allowing themselves to be easily manipulated by him. As such, Bayard's role lies in being a spy and scout, leading people astray or gathering information.

However, his seemingly docile demeanour masks his darker side, which is that of a cold, ruthless, and calculating individual who has little problem in using others for his ends, which is ensuring his survival. He will resort to cruel and mostly violent methods if he truly feels threatened. He knows what he is - simply a being of congealed negative emotions - and he fears disappearing. Death is an absolution, one he doesn't mind. It is the thought of his physical body gone but his consciousness remaining that terrifies him. He doesn't like being a Shadow, constantly worried that he might vanish without a trace, but he can't become human either. Beneath all the violent and ruthless tendency lies self-disgust, paranoia and a need to prove that he can do something, even if it's working towards a goal he didn't care a whit about.

Theme song: "Flaws" - Bastille

Name: Meredith Fong

Age: 19

Gender: Female

Appearance:


Attire: Meredith has a particularly "rough and tumble" style to her outfits, giving her a rather rebellious and nonconformist air. She has a fondness for fur collars (though admittedly, it's more likely to be faux fur) as well as leather from time to time, as well as boots of all varieties. It's very rare (especially after she graduated from high school) for her to be found in anything that could be construed as even semi-formal, so it's pretty much all-casual all the time for her.

Arcana: II ~ The High Priestess

Weapon: An oar.

Personality: Despite her taste in clothing and seemingly punkish demeanour (accentuated by her naturally serious expressions), Meredith is in actuality a pretty amiable (albeit somewhat flighty) youth. She's welcoming, considerate and never seems to be actively malicious in any way. Anyone talks to her usually considers her to be a rather nice girl, and indeed, she is always happy to engage patiently with anybody who talks to her. An avid conversationalist, she takes to any topic with the utmost honesty, meaning that she can serenely do her best to keep up with every word thrown her way.

There isn't a moment where she isn't thoughtful, always musing on the nature of everything in existence, no matter if it's seemingly pointless or of a more esoteric nature. Meredith is an understanding girl, making use of her intuition and all the bits and bobs of knowledge she's picked up in a way that makes her a surprisingly good at giving out advice and mediating any issues you got. She's welcoming, after all, and it's like she really tries her best to "get" people.

Of course, that's not to say that people "get" her.

While it's not hard to strike a conversation up with Meredith, many are quick to realise that the young woman doesn't exactly prioritise the same things as what most would. They would describe her as somewhat ... ditzy and airheaded, her random musings sometimes completely dissociated from what's important at the time. She sets her own pace and follows her own instincts rather than simply accepting what's expected of her; the mind she has is incredibly open, so she sees no problem with just taking everything in and doing what she thinks is right in her own way. Sometimes she might seem insulting if she says what's at the forefront of her mind, but she's undeniably somebody with very few bad bones in her body.

She'll apologise immediately.

She's a good-hearted young woman, after all.

Backstory: Originally a resident of the ex-British colony of Hong Kong (and thus having started as somebody in possession of a "British Overseas Territories" citizenship), Meredith Fong was born to a pair of native Cantonese speakers from Yuen Long, spending the first few years of her life in the Hong Kong New Territories until her family moved across the world to the British Isles sometime around the handover, settling down in the city of Cardiff. While there were a few growing pains in adjusting to living in a completely different city with all its unique cultural and linguistic mores, the Meredith of then was young enough that she was quickly able to adapt to her new environment, treating Britain as equal a home to her as Hong Kong was (though she would frequently head back whenever the school hols came around to visit her cousins).

Most of her life was spent in relative normalcy. She knew nothing of the strange and occult (beyond reading up on some fun hocus pocus type books and dabbling with some Wang Long fortune telling with her cousins in HK when she was ten), nor was she much affected by the Apathy Syndrome that gripped many. She was curious of course, and sometimes worrying, but it was a distant mystery to her, and no matter how much she mused, no answer came that would explain why there were such unexplainable events occurring across the world.

So instead, she graduated from high school.

Meredith Fong was accepted into the History and Politics undergraduate course at Cambridge University, but instead of leaping straight into her post-secondary life, the young woman decided that she would defer. That she would take a year off, see the sights of the United Kingdom and have some nice and happy memories and experiences that would help her breathe in the positive vibes of life. Leaving Cardiff behind with a wave goodbye to her parents, she set off into the countryside, with nothing but some money, her beloved motorbike, and a head full of petty dreams.

She picked the wrong time to roll into London, however.

The capital was somewhere she thought would provide many experiences.

But as the P3 Syndrome continued without any sign of abating, Meredith arrived in a city down on its luck, a bleak, depressing pall having fallen over its great towers like the Great Smog of over half a century prior.

She had no clue what was going on.

But there were kids missing, and there were people who seemed pretty sad.

So she guessed she'd try her luck at messing with the occult again. Maybe she could bring a little more faith to people around her.

Theme Song: Rhiannon - Fleetwood Mac

Note: Her name in Chinese is 馮羽傑 (Pinyin: féng yǔjié, Jyutping: fung4 jyu5 git6).

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Persona Name: Rhiannon (will evolve into the Morrígan)

Persona Appearance: A tall figure with the overall shape of a woman, the Persona that has taken the form of the goddess Rhiannon is a strange sight, having incorporated the traits of both horse and raven into its body. Two large, feathered wings begin from the shoulder blades and drape over to grip across the front of its body, overlapping in an armour-like fashion to grasp onto both sides of the waist, tightly guarding its entire chest. This dark, foreboding colour is contrasted by the snow-white of a mane that flows majestically down its head, extending out to cover the entirety of its back. The hairs begin at the top of a crow's head, also black, which replaces what should've been a human's head. However, there is a distinctly human element to the avian body part (one that admittedly makes it more inhuman), as the red eyes are those of a woman's, and when the golden beak opens, one may catch a glimpse of human lips within. Her clothing is made up of silken brocades where there are no feathers or mane, the golden fabric decorated with pure white stylised horses in the vein of the prehistoric figure found at Uffington.

Persona Skills: Eiha, Dormina, Patra

Persona Traits: Resist Physical, Resist Dark, Weak Fire, Weak Nuclear, Weak Psychic

Character Relevance:

'Ah, boy, I can see the lady on horseback coming!' said Pwyll 'Bring me my horse.'

Pwyll mounted his horse, and no sooner than he had done so, she had passed him by. He turned after her, and let his lively horse prance at its own pace. He guessed that he would catch her up on the second or third bound. [But] no nearer did he get to her than [any of the times] before. He spurred on the horse as fast as it could go. But he saw it was useless following her [in this way].

Then Pwyll spoke: 'Maiden,' he said 'for the sake of the man you love the best, wait for me!'

'Gladly I'll wait' said she 'but it might have been better for the horse if you had asked me a good while before.'

Like the Rhiannon of the Mabinogi, who begot the hero Pryderi with Pwyll of Dyfed and later wife of Manawydan, son of Llŷr, Meredith is a young woman who follows her own pace in life, seemingly unbound and unfollowable. However, it is pretty clear that she is always welcoming the approach of others, and it is then that they will know of her compassion and kindness. She is a kind and intelligent girl like the Great Queen, and the image of that Briton has thus become the shape of her will.

Name: Snow Cecil

Age: 14

Gender: Male

Appearance:


Attire: Same as Apperance

Arcana: Heirophant

Weapon: A revolver with a mother-of-pearl-covered handle.

Personality: Snow is animated with a sense of purpose that gives him boundless energy when directed towards a cause that he is devoted to, but this sense of purpose also makes him pig-headed, stubborn, and sometimes arrogant in his determination. This is not helped by the fact that he does look down on others' intelligence, although the boy is quick to appreciate other people's 'qualities of heart'. At his heart is the need to be recognized, born of pride as well as insecurity, insecurity that he is anything without his intelligence. And finally, underneath it all is a desire to help others; he does care about other people despite his exterior.

Backstory: Snow was born a genius; that is not a good thing. Able to talk in complete sentences at eighteen months old, learning to walk at the age of one, and teaching himself to read one year later, Snow's gifts were admired by his parents even as the latter didn't know what to do with their child. This grew even worse when, at the age of six, the Dark Hour struck every midnight, forcing him to lock himself in his room lest he be eaten by the...creatures that roamed the world in that period of time. Otherwise, he and his family were relatively unaffected, with the latter being spared Apathy Syndrome.

As he grew up, Snow inevitably took an interest in both Occult Theory, High-End Phsyics, and considering his trauma, Psychology. He began obsessively researching the concept of the 'Collective Unconcious', as well as (secretly) theorized the existence of multiple planes of existence that overlapped with the 'regular' one. But the secrets behind the Dark Hour still eluded him. Then, The Fall happened, or rather, un-happened, and the Dark Hour stopped. But Snow's research did not; he would not let the secrets of the Supernatural get away from him so quickly! And then, when the Pied Piper Syndrome began putting children into a coma, Snow saw it as another break.

It was a good thing he was two years older than the victims' age range; that meant that he can find excuses to study the Syndrome...

Theme Song: None.

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Persona Name: Principality
Persona Appearance:

Persona Skills:

Kouha
Dia
Bufu

Character Relevance: Principality represents Snow's sense of purpose, his pride, his would-be cold exterior, and his hidden desire to help people.

Name:
Luke LaMotta

Age:
17

Gender:
Male

Appearance:



A very muscular man, Luke stands at 168 cm and weighs just shy of 97 kilograms, Luke has very little fat for his size, with a body fat of only 7%. He has blond hair that appears bleached, menacing features such as sharp eyes and teeth, and extremely pale skin thanks to his years in the hospital. His voice, very deep for someone of his age, is just a little unnerving when combined with his appearance. He usually wears his hair far from his face, slicking back the hair he has with gel. Most of his body hair is completely shaved off, as Luke enjoys the feeling of hairless skin. While hard to see since he rarely takes his clothes off, Luke has a large number of surgery scars on his legs and his head, mostly from accidents. Finally, he has very large hands and feet, to the point where he is referred to as the "Delinquent Gorilla" by the people in his high school.

Attire: Preferring light and relatively nonrestrictive clothes, Luke usually wears a sweat top and sweat pants, even when it is somewhat warm. When it iis ver hot, however, he will usually wear a light shirt. He does not enjoy jeans since they constrict his movement, but is fine wearing a suit for formal events. When it is very cold, he either wears another sweat top, or dons a leather jacket.

Arcana: Chariot

Weapon: Axe

Personality: Having spent most of his life bedridden, Luke is incredibly eager to explore the power of the human body - to the point where he had decided to become the strongest man on earth.

Luke trains incessantly, and it is his main defining trait - no matter the condition, he will work out five days a week, and has for the last 3 years. The other two days are for rest. He also keeps a very close eye on his diet and what he eats, usually only eating what he has to in order to not have "empty calories."

Luke has a very big height problem, viewing his respectable height as being short. When he sees someone shorter than him, he becomes very confident and happy, but he is distrustful of people that are taller than him. He sometimes calls himself a "Manlet" when he is angry about something he did.

Luke is extremely good at mathematics and English, while being mediocre or worse in all other subjects. This is primarily because the only thing he did while in the hospital was read books and study, creating a love in reading. He just happens to be good at math.

Luke has a generally rough personality, being extremely cocky around peers since he is physically strong. Still, were someone to show him up in something (pretty much any activity), he will usually adopt a more relaxed and docile personality - he will do the same with friends. Despite his cockiness, however, he is very respectful towards his elders and superiors - the years in the hospital have caused him to respect those older than him. He is especially respectful of those in the medical profession, who he will sometimes even offer money to.

Luke Is extremely kind around the weak and sickly, but hates the lazy and apathetic, viewing them as slothful bastards. He also has a very strong work ethic, preferring to work until a job is done to the best of his ability, rather than the bare minimum. This is how he managed to get back on track in school after a few years in the hospital - he never stopped studying.

Luke is very close with his mother, and will physically assault anyone who says something rude about her. He has only instigated two fights in his life - one was for this very reason.

Luke has a very negative self-opinion of himself, which he tries to hide behind his cocky attitude and tough guy attitude. He has extreme body dysmorphia, and views himself as a weakling if he goes off of his training and diet - he is also terrified of becoming weak again. Just the thought of being in that cold hospital bed sends shivers down his spine and causes him to hyperventilate. Without a doubt, were he to get seriously injured, he'd do his damnedest to stay out of the hospital - he even may lie about his wounds. This aversion to weakness has also made him a massive germaphobe, to the point where he carries hand sanitizer at all times. Were he to get sick, he'd be extremely nervous, and try to get better as soon as possible - he may even lift weights while sick simply because he is terrified of becoming weak again.

Backstory: Luke was born into a life of wealth and extravagance - his mother was an ex-model who, upon becoming pregnant with Luke, become a successful fashion designer. His father was a professional boxer. The tow cared deeply for Luke, and he wasn't left for much to want for in life.

At the age of two, Luke was told that his father had recently died - while on a plane flight to one of his fights, the plane had crashed. He did not survive. While Luke's mother took very poorly to this, Luke himself was too young to remember the incident or the funeral. Three weeks later, he entered the hospital for the first time since his birth - a very high fever.

The next 6 years of Luke's life were spent in and out of the hospital, regularly receiving treatment and contracting various illnesses. At the age of ten, he fell unconscious mysteriously, with no provocation - he simply went to sleep. Seeing as this was years before the Pied Piper Phenomenon, it wasn't correlated in the slightest - for some reason, Luke simply went into a coma. He didn't wake up for another year where, on his birthday, he awoke. Upon learning of his coma, he grew absolutely disgusted with himself. An entire year of his life was wasted - a year he could never get back. This was the moment when Luke changed. This was the moment when Luke became the Chariot.

After a few months of physical rehabilitation to get over the atrophy that had occurred, Luke continued to workout - At first, he used the hospital equipment, but eventually, he needed more. His mother even agreed to buy him a gym membership. At the age of 12, Luke had been physically active to an extreme. He had not entered a hospital since.

Luke was relatively normal throughout his school career - he was a little rough around the edges and got into several fights - only two of which he instigated. Many of his teachers were impressed he had such high scores considering his appearance, and several coaches had tried to get him into sports. Unfortunately, Luke never planned on playing a sport, considering it "too much of a risk."

His mother had grown even more successful, and LaMotta Fashion was a household name - still, nobody ever expected Luke to be the heir of such a prestigious conglomerate. Luke is fairly interested in fashion, but cares far more for his lifting than he does for his fashion. Luke's was doing very well up to this point.

It was one faithful day, when he had just finished his workout - his ankles ached, since it was cardio day and he had been running for a few hours. He had laid down, planning to sleep like any other night. When he woke up, he was in Wonderland.

Theme Song: "Birth" - Dora the Destroyer

Name: Melody Rhodes

Age: 17

Gender: Female
Appearance:

Attire: Melody's favorite color is black, so she's often seen wearing her clothes in black and white from head to toe, including short skirts and matching black T-shirts as casual attire, and black boots usually monopolize every other piece of footwear in her closet, unless the situation demands for heels or sneakers, in the case of her workout routine.

Arcana: I ~ The Magician

Weapon: Staff

Personality: Melody can be a bit of a witch when she's in conversation with someone, particularly if the gap between her intelligence and that of the other person is large. She's not afraid to berate, insult, or patronize anyone she deems not worthy, but when she's confronted with a figure of authority or someone who's proven to be overall smarter than her, she's very submissive and begs for mercy the instant she notices that loss is imminent. She acts tough when others are watching, but some of her fellow students have claimed to have spotted her in full cosplay attire during a J-Pop idol's performance. She probably has each of these students blackmailed, though...

Backstory: Melody is a very avid reader, with a near-perfect memory, to boot. When she was young, she was praised as an intellectual prodigy by doctors, parents, and teachers alive, and was even on the local news for a while. Eventually, the young girl got sick of all the attention thrown her way, and planted all of her hopes and wishes on a star, hoping she'll wake up the next day as a superhero, or more specifically, a defender of justice. While she didn't receive any kind of power afterwards, Persona or otherwise, the event gave her the ability to break out of the chains that prevented her from summoning up the willpower to take matters into her own hands and study (something she never thought she'd need to go) in the hopes of studying Physics at her dream college, London University. Ever since she had this revelation that took place sometime around 1996, she's put on a brave face that easily passes off as obnoxious or haughty to her peers, in an attempt to reject all the attention aimed in her direction.

Theme Song: What Doesn't Kill You (Stronger) ~ Kelly Clarkson

Persona Name: Cleopatra
Persona Appearance:
Persona Skills: Eiha, Tarukaja, Marin Karin
Character Relevance: The last of the Pharaohs portrays Melody as she represents not only Melody's lust for power and her underhanded methods to control her image portrayed to her "loyal subjects". (Read: Fellow Students) Her superiority complex matches with that of the original Cleopatra, since all Pharaohs are exalted and considered as direct descendants of the Gods. Her girly appearance with blonde hair and flimsy skirt, however, stem from the idea of innocence and curiosity that Melody hides within the deepest recesses of her heart... It's also reminiscent of the Japanese Teen Idol craze that almost ruined Melody's reputation. (See: Backstory)

Name: Shadow Melody
Gender: Female
Appearance:


Arcana: Magician
Power: Eigaon, Maeigaon, Marin Karin, Concentrate (Magic Forme)
Power: Brave Blade, Charge, Marin Karin, Vorpal Blade (Knight Forme)
Weapons: Wand, Sword
Theme song: The Battle is to the Strong ~ Yuki Kajiura

Name: Nicola “Nicky” Khumalo
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:


Attire: If she can afford it, Nicky likes to indulge in the latest fashion trends. If not, she falls back on her usual wardrobe, from which she favours a combination of a loose fitting shirt and pants coupled with a hooded jersey.

Arcana: Lovers

Weapon: An axe.

Personality: Nicky is a cheerful, free-spirited girl. She is a firm believer in the power of positive thinking, and she always tries to keep herself positive no matter the circumstances. She is big on the idea of community, and she sees it as a matter of duty to stick her neck out for a comrade in need. While always eager to help, she isn’t as assertive as she could be when it comes to disputes between friends, as she is reluctant to take a side in such situations. Opposing a hostile outsider is easy, but telling a good friend their wrong is much harder for her.

Independence is an important virtue for Nicky. She does not like to be told what to do, within reason, and neither does she like to tell others what they should be doing. It’s all well and good to take orders in an emergency situation or follow instructions from someone important, but being told how to live the more trivial parts of her life is a no go for her. Telling her how to dress or telling her to be more like someone else will really get her goat. Naturally, she finds the idea of telling someone else how to act along such trivial lines as practically immoral. In her mind, a person should always be free to follow their own way.

Backstory: Nicky was born and raised in London, but her family has its roots in South Africa. Growing up in a close knit community, Nicky was taught from an early age that sticking together was beyond important. She put this ideal into practise when, at the age of 10, she witnessed a young boy from their little corner of London being accused of theft. Nicky stepped in by asking his accuser to let him go, putting on the waterworks to evoke sympathy. She succeeded in getting them off the boy’s back, and the two of them became fast friends afterwards. His name was Charles.

However, it turned out that it was not by mistake that Charles was accused of theft, and nor was it a once off incident. Charles was much more deeply involved in petty crime than Nicky had realised, and as he got older, it only got worse. Around the time she was 14, Charles began to pressure her to get involved in his criminal acts, beginning with almost joking suggestions, and gradually building into blatant requests for help with this and that. Nicky always refused, but never broke ties, as she was reluctant to leave him for good. One day, he came to her with a much more forceful request to help him with what he claimed was the biggest job he’d ever done, insisting that she would be a huge help for it. He wouldn’t take a meek no for an answer this time, and came as close to threatening her as he could get. This was the straw that broke the camel’s back for Nicky, and she raised her voice at him for the first time in their friendship, telling him to leave and never come back.

Naturally, it was over between the two of them after that. While Nicky was shaken by the incident at first, she soon resolved to put it behind her and get on with life. She did not need a friend like Charles, and she was sure to make many more friends in the years to come.

Persona Name: Kundalakesi
Persona Appearance: An Indian woman with a shaved head, wearing a Buddhist monks robes. In one hand, she cares a Khakkara, or monk staff, and in the other, a palm-leaf inscribed with words in Tamil script.

Persona Skills: Media, Kouha, Rakukaja

Character Relevance: Kundalakesi’s story is one of a girl that sees a thief, named Kalaan, about to be executed publically in her home city. She intervenes on his behalf, saving him from execution and eventually marries him. By pure chance, she playfully referred to him as a thief one day, which enraged him beyond reason. He decided to lure her to a cliff side where he would push her to her death, but Kundalakesi managed to turn the tables and kill him instead. She decides to become a Buddhist monk afterwards, and achieved success and happiness in her new life.

The tale of Kundalakesi mirrors Nicky’s experience, though Nicky was never Charles’ lover by any means and obviously didn’t kill him when he turned out to be hostile. However, the story of coming close to another only to have to be rid of them is very pertinent to her, as is the decision to live a happier life after breaking with someone important to them.

Name: Hector Marden
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Appearance:



Attire: As pictured above.

Arcana: Death

Weapon: An embalming knife.

Personality: Stoic, acerbic, and cynical. All words describing Hector Marden. Some think of him as a depressed individual, but he prefers to think of himself as a realist. In his opinion, life is about focusing on the goal in front of you and not fussing about in the meantime. He has little love for time wasting and silliness, and he won’t hesitate to let you know if you’re bothering him. He is not so above it all he doesn’t enjoy the odd sarcastic jab from time to time, but he can’t stand people who are just all too flippant.

There is a place in Hector’s heart for helping others. Unlike others, he prefers to take a long term approach to it. Rather than rush in and scream bloody murder in someone’s defense, Hector prefers to step back, take in the situation, and come up with a solution that will actually work, no matter how long it takes. He’ll absolutely help someone in need, he’ll just take his sweet time, and he won’t look like he gives a damn through the whole ordeal.

Backstory: Hector is the son of an Undertaker working in London. He had little to do with his father’s work as a lad, but it found its way into his life. After telling some kids at his school about what his dad did for a living, one of them began spreading nasty rumours about him. People began to whisper that Hector lived around dead bodies, that he liked seeing dead people, that he would kill them to prop up his dad’s business. It was all stupid childish nonsense, but more than a few in his class took to it, and Hector became somewhat withdrawn due to his treatment.

In spite of the negativity he had endured in relation to it, when Hector came of age, he began to help his father with his work as a part timer. He heard a lot of terrible stories about the people who came to them, and about how they died. At first it disturbed him, but eventually he became almost dead to it all. While he never stopped caring at all, he never reacted to someone’s tale of woe with an ounce of passion again. Although Hector works as a part time undertaker for now, his plan in life is to go on to become a doctor, and is presently attending med school. If asked, he’ll say he just feels like a change of pace.

Theme Song: Nah.

Name: Maria Kusonoki
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Appearance:



Attire: same as picture
Arcana: Temperance
Weapon: yoyo
Personality: Maria holds a keen and analytical mind that she often doesn’t let show. Rather she often hides behinds a mask of a jester trying to play the fool. However despite this she is a kind person and while some may find her jokes annoying they are never meant in harm. She is a kind person and while she often hides behind a mask she does hold those close to her high regards. She is willing to go to great lengths for them and as such can tend to seem a bit protective at times as a result.

Backstory: Maria Kusonoki grew up moving from place to place never really having staying in one place for long. Mainly due to how her parents was divorced. This resulted in her moving from her mother to her father after a set period which was hard on her growing up she couldn’t really get to know a lot of people due to it. Despite the moving well she was never really left wanting a lot of her needs and wants was often taken care of. However her parents split often left her having to choose between one or the other as they tried to buy her affection or win her affection and have her decide upon which one to live with. Things changed however when her grandfather had enough and she recently gained a permanent residence that she lived in for at least a year. However due to her childhood she never really learned how to make friends and as such tried to act as a friendly jester at times even if she felt otherwise.

Theme Song:

Persona Name: Grimgerde
Persona Appearance:



Strengths: Wind, Physical
Weakness: Electric, Nuclear
Persona Skills: Lunge, Garu, Sukukaja
Character Relevance: Grimgerde represents the part she tries to push away the calm and more taciturn part of herself she tries to hide. A valkyrie in Wagner’s Die Walkure Grimgerde represents the more duty bound of the valkyries often in portrayals as the one most hurt by the hunting of Brynhildr and Siegfried.

Name: Jeremy Hart

Age: 34

Gender: male



Attire: Just a tad bit too much effort put into it. Makes it look like he just came from some high-societal gathering.

Arcana: The Tower

Weapon: A rapier and its sheath.

Personality: Jeremy is filled with the conviction that he knows best how things should be. That he is the one best qualified to act or decide in any given situation. This makes him condascending towards most people, if not openly then always inwardly. He also has a tendency to not help only to watch others fail, thus validating his own superiority. The open display of others being better than he at something, aggravating. He finds some amount of kinship with others like him, those that view the world from a high and mighty place of elitism and selfrighteousness.

Backstory: Jeremy had an easy childhood, his parents sent him to a somewhat prestigious boarding school, and as fairly intelligent and physically exceptional by the current standard he easily performed at the top. He had the easiest time with language and physical education, trying a great deal of sports and martial arts, he even earned some amount of fame from some of it. This continued throughout his life and loving the feeling of superiority it gave him to be better than others he decided to become a teacher, something he of course excelled at as well. His students either hating or fearing him didn't bother him in the slightest, as he never saw them as the important part of his work, the important part was only to show that those he taught, they got better grades.
The P3 Syndrome sweeping the city was of course bothering his colleagues, but as long as his livelyhood wasn't threatened Jeremy didn't see it as a problem. And as he had no children of his own, well, why would he care.

Theme Song: (Doesn't really find one that fits him yet)

Persona Name: Daedalus



Info:
Daedalus was the inventor of the Labyrinthe on Crete, and the father of Icarus.
Due to his imprisonment after the construction of the labyrinth he made wings for himself and his son that enabled them to fly away, so his strength lies in wind. Then he watched his son dive to his death after the wings he made him melted in the sky, so his weakness lies in fire.

Persona Skills:
Lunge
Garu
Agi

Character Relevance: Daedalus represents Jeremy's belief in himself as someone reknown for their craft, but it is also the foretold fate of his hubris that what he accomplish and create will end up trapping and failing him.

Name: Rhys Lyons

Age: 16

Gender: Male

Appearance:



Attire: Due to his upbringing, trousers and button-up shirts are just about as common for Rhys as T-shirts would be for anyone else his age. Though in recent years he has been able to add some more casual clothing into the mix.

Arcana: Justice

Weapon: A Reflex Bow made almost entirely of ebony-coloured wood

Personality: Rhys comes off as somewhat... blank at first, seemingly not caring about others as he dons a rigid expression. A sharp mind and expansive vocabulary have left Rhys as naturally articulate when dealing with others, some may even go as far as calling him silver-tongued. Above all, an air of politeness and respect emanate from the young Brit.

In truth however, this cold, porcelain expression is fabricated and utilized only when Rhys doesn't know how to act, or when he needs to fool the one who forced such mannerisms upon him, his father. Although some parts of his "act" have begun to blend with Rhys's "true" personality...

Below his mask of formalities and frigid mannerisms, Rhys is a kind and highly empathetic boy who is far too trusting for his own good. He is a cool and calm type of person who is guided by logic rather than emotion. He has a very strong moral compass and believes that those who do wrong without remorse should get whats coming to them, at which point he won't lift a damn finger to help them. That being said, he himself is not remorseless, as Rhys would do everything in his power to help people he believes are innocent. Even when not putting up his "mask" Rhys has a tendency to act formally, a quirk he is not exactly aware of himself. Observing and analyzing a situation or even, a person is something that Rhys does a lot, both when using his facade and not. Never the type to judge a person based on their appearance, status, or situation, if you need someone to confide in, Rhys is your man.

Backstory: Rhys was born as the youngest of three sons to an English couple in London. His father was a businessman, cold, unflinching and pragmatic. Whilst his mother was and still is a complete enigma to Rhys, she was the unpredictable sort and left while Rhys was young. As such, he was raised solely by his father who had already deemed the two elder siblings as "disappointments" and "failures". The father was determined to not have his youngest go the same way as the two idiots who came before him. So from a young age Rhys had all manner of things drilled into him; respect, etiquette, obedience, and of course professionalism were all part of his father's "curriculum". He was restricted from things that most children would be allowed to have, but he managed to keep himself busy through reading. One thing that Rhys never understood but he accepted, was that he had been forbidden from seeing his older brothers, unless it was completely necessary.

Things went smoothly for a good part of Rhys's childhood, until he was 12 years old and he had his first experience with the Dark Hour. The things he saw during that time were... disconcerting to say the least, but what could he do about it? If he told his father about the things he saw it would lead only to either a lecture or him being declared as mad. As if things couldn't get worse, two years later Rhys found that his own father had been taken by the phenomenon known as Apathy Syndrome. His father had told him that only if something were to happen to him, was he to call one of his siblings. So he found his brother Matthew's phone number inside his father's jacket and he dialed the number. Moments later he found himself being taken to live with his elder brother, while his father was being taken care of by a family friend.

Rhys expected that living with Matthew would be a chaotic mess that he would soon wish to forget, but instead he found the opposite to be true. Curiously enough, despite all of the scorn and bad things he'd heard about his brother from his father, Matthew seemed like a really great guy. He was respectful, genuine, and kind... the exact opposite of all the things he was told by his father... Living away from his father's oppressive rule for a while helped a part of Rhys's suppressed personality come back to him, and he couldn't help but wonder, Why? Why would his father demonize his brother if he was so kind and respectful? Why would his father lie to him? Were there other things he lied to Rhys about? Why would Mathhew simply lie down and take being falsely accused? None of it made any sense! In his heart he felt something he'd not felt in a long time.

Anger and contempt for the man who would try to rule his life.

The few months he was allowed away from his father's reign quickly passed, and soon the months turned to years. His father would not bounce back from Apathy Syndrome, and in his absence Rhys continued his crusade to find answers. There had to be some reason his father acted so rashly! The years passed and the strange 25th hour vanished, only for a new anomalous outbreak known as P3 Syndrome to rear its foul head. Strangely enough, the only victims appeared to be children. Rhys did his best to not concern himself with the outbreak, as there was very little that he could actually do about it... At least, that's what he thought.

Oh how wrong he was...

Name: Hitomi Miyamoto

Age: 17

Gender: Female

Appearance:

Attire:

Arcana: Empress

Weapon:

Weapon:

Personality: Hitomi is a quiet woman, usually wanting not exchanging in conversations unless she's approached first. She's a caring person, even wanting to help even a stranger that she knows nothing about. She also tries her hardest to be open minded to people even wanting to see the good in someone that is considered evil by someone. She tries to see the brighter side of things even in the worst of situations. She is also not good with pressure once it's put on her for a life or death situation. She happens to panic in certain situations involving life or death, terrified by a certain decision she made. Regardless of such, Hitomi isn't afraid to put herself in harm's way for anyone. She tends to hate it when she gets into arguments, mostly because the pressure on her is too much and she might get so mad sometimes that she eventually cries from all the anger she's feeling.

Persona Name: Glinda. "Sorceress/"Good Witch" of the North

Persona Appearance: Caucasian-skinned woman wearing a victorian-styled white dress and slippers of sapphire on her feet, her wings are akin to those of a dove and wearing a crown of white diamonds on top her long golden locks. ...She, however, only looks like this at a glance, a closer look would find that he skin is of porcelin, all of his joints unnaturally being spheres of silver and having no facial features whatsoever, save for a seemingly painted on smile of gentleness and serenity. A wand had a sphere at its top, but glowing with enough of an intense light to look like she had grabbed the tail of a shooting star, a sparkling glitter of tiny diamond shards flying off the wand's tp with every movement. When doing an action, be it healing or attacking with her, her mouth opens up, as if about to giggle at the enemy.

Persona Skills: Bufu - the ice spell, Rakukaja - a Defensive buff, and Patra - a cure spell for Dizziness, Sleepiness, and Forgetfulness.

Character Relevance: Hitomi and her Persona have a similar way of handling situations, having a level head and such. Um, another thing is that she aspires to be able to protect others and herself and such. They both have similar mindsets and such on how to handle certain situations.

"Wow, weeee! This place is so cool! It almost makes me not actually wanna go home..."

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Name: Tylissa Cannon
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Arcana: The Fortune
Weapon of Choice: Nunchucks

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Initial Persona: Hi'iaka
Skills: Kouha, Dia, Marin Karin
Elemental Affinities: Strong Against Bless Skills
Weak Against Fire Skills
Character Relevance: Hiʻiaka was originally conceived in Tahiti, but had been carried in the form of an egg to Hawaiʻi by Pele, who kept the egg with her at all times in order to incubate it. By that same token, Tylissa carries a certain stuffed toucan with her everywhere she goes, as it's the only thing left in which to remember her younger sister with. As such, she takes as much care not to misplace the toucan or let it get dirtied, damaged or the like as one would care for an egg, and is rather overprotective with it as a result.

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Main Theme Song: Smile, by Avril Lavigne
Battle Theme Song: Future Diary OST: High Speed Battle
Ideal Voice Actors: Kira Vincent-Davis (En)/Risa Taneda (Jp)

Name: Art "Arthur" Walsh

Age: 22

Gender: Male

Appearance:
Attire: Arthur's wardrobe mostly consists of casual clothing. He usually wears a green a green hoodie with blue jeans and a white T-shirt underneath. Though on special occasions he will dress in something more traditional.

Arcana: Devil

Weapon: Battle Axe

Personality: Arthur is what most would call a rebel, he's never really been the type to follow orders or do what he's told. He prefers to spit in the face of authority and choose his own path regardless of the difficulties his choice may bring. A thrill seeker by nature, some people see him as quite the daredevil, always running straight into danger without even thinking about the consequences. This has earned him quite the reputation but in all honesty, he couldn't care less.

Arthur has always been a leader amongst men, able to inspire courage in others despite his reputation as a pig-headed daredevil. At first, he seems welcoming and easy to talk to, and if you get to know him and earn his trust he's quite friendly. Arthur tends to be protective of those he cares about going out of his way to ensure their safety. If you manage to get on his bad side you'll know it, outright hostility is not something he will bother to hide. Nor will he hide his opinions on just about anything, preferring to speak his mind and not beat around the bush.

He tends to go a little overboard whether he is fighting, drinking, joking or insulting, this has caused him to gain many enemies throughout his life. Arthur tends to think with his heart instead of his head. He is very unforgiving and rough to those who betray his trust. He likes to gamble.

Backstory: Arthur was born in a small town in Ireland called Dingle. His father was the mayor of the tiny town and made quite a lot of money. His dad was a proud Irish man, he was always going on about how Ireland is way better than England in every way possible. Arthurs mother, on the other hand, was born in England and moved to Ireland where she met his father.

Arthur had three brothers which out of the four he was the eldest, and since he was the eldest his father set a plan for him to follow in his footsteps. Arthur was super protective of his brothers if anyone were to ever lay a finger on them, then they had better start running. He trusted his father more than anyone else in the entire world and he loved his mother more then he loved himself.

One eventful day after school his youngest brother was jumped by the strongest bully in school, this bully was known for being the monster that tormented every other student inside the school. After Arthur heard of what had happened to his brother he went on a hunt for the bully that had done this to him.

Later that day Arthur found the bully that had jumped his brother, he approached the spineless coward from behind and shouted: "Hey, asshole!" The bully then turned around and replied with "Whatcha want, shithead" as he towered over even Arthur. The odds were stacked against Arthur but that didn't stop him, filled with fury he lunged at the bastard. Arthur managed to lay a few lucky punches, driven on by his hatred. Before long, a crowd began to gather to watch the fight unfold. It wasn't long before a teacher noticed the gathering of students and discovered the bout. The teacher ran through the cheering crowd that was watching the fight and pulled Arthur off of the downed boy.

Arthur was expecting his father to be proud of how he stuck up for his brother but instead, he came home to his father full of anger and rage. The reason being was that something like that could ruin the family's reputation. So as a punishment from his father he was sent to go to a private school.

The private school was as expected, strict, tough and unforgiving. Arthur only went to the private school for a few months before being kicked out for his rebellious act and was forced to be put back into his old school. He never forgave his father after that and slowly but surely became a full-blown rebellious teen. By the time he turned 17 he'd been in a police station multiple times, for committing such acts as vandalism, assault and destruction of property. Lucky for him his dad was the mayor and was able to buy him out.

When Arthur turned 20 things finally came to a head between him and his father when he found a shady looking man enter his office holding what seemed to be a briefcase. Later that day he saw the man leave his fathers office but without the briefcase, so Arthur went to go investigate. He opened the door to the office, Arthur was then greeted by the sight of his father standing before an open briefcase completely filled with an insane amount of cash. "You like what you see kid? you could have all of this if you just keep your mouth shut and follow my lead" His father said with slight aggression.

"Keep your dirty money, I want nothing to do with it" Arthur replied with disgust in his voice. Arthur went back to his room and started packing his things. His father followed him to his room. "So you're just going to throw out everything I had planned for you, all you had to do was keep your damn mouth shut and you would be set for life." Arthur turns around to face his father with a face of disgust "I don't want to be anything like you!" Arthur walked past his father and left the house. This would be the last time that Arthur saw his father.

After this Arthur left Ireland to go live with his uncle in London, England. Anything to get away from his money driven father.
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Persona Name: King Beleth

Persona Affinities: Resist Dark, Resist Psy, Weak Light, Weak Electric
Persona Skills: Cleave, Evil Touch, Tarukaja
Character Relevance: King Beleth lead many demon armies and was very courageous, Arthur is very much the same. Arthur is someone that men could follow into battle, he is also very courageous.

Final Persona: ???