Daleth

Daleth (ダレス, Daresu) is a character in Shin Megami Tensei II.

Appearances

 * Shin Megami Tensei II

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A young man who appears as a recurring antagonist, proclaiming himself to be the true Messiah and challenging Aleph to several fights to prove himself. At the orders of the Center, Aleph confronts Daleth in the coliseum with Beth. During their fight, Daleth unleashes a powerful attack, and Beth takes cover for Aleph. The player is left with the decision to kill or spare Daleth. Regardless of whichever option is chosen, Beth pleads with Aleph to show mercy to Daleth, and he escapes. Beth then dies. For the remainder of the game, Daleth nurses a grudge against Aleph and tries to take revenge on him multiple times. In their last encounter, Daleth has the Fairy Puck use the Infidelity Sap on Hiroko. Because of the sap's effect, Hiroko falls deeply in love with Daleth at first sight. Despite his attempts to dismiss her, she pursues him. Aleph meets the Fairy Anoon, and she reveals to him that the sap was intended to be used on Daleth so that he would love her. The Fairy King Oberon disapproves of Puck's mischief and offers to lift the effects from Hiroko if Aleph recovers the sap. Aleph successfully retrieves it and Hiroko rejoins him. The Fairy Anoon then uses it on Daleth, and he falls in love with her, seemingly abandoning his vengeance for Aleph.

For the rest of the game Daleth is in Shinjuku and is helping the fairies to make their lives easier. When Aleph meets Mekata inside of Abaddon, he reveals that Aleph is a creation of Center. This includes Daleth, was was designed for the role of the "Anti-Messiah". His purpose was to be defeated at the hands of the true Messiah in order to increase the charisma of the latter in the eyes of the populace.

If the player follows the Law or Neutral routes and defeats Lucifer, he will appear to inform Aleph that Kuzurya is going out of control. During the ending on the Chaos route, he offers Aleph his gratitude for stopping the Megiddo Arc, and acknowledges him as the true Savior.

Trivia

 * As with the other creations from the Center, the origins of his name is from the Hebrew Alphabet. He is named after the fourth letter, Dalet.