Elizabeth

Elizabeth is a character from Persona 3 and a denizen of the Velvet Room. Elizabeth is also the assistant of Igor, the proprietor of the Velvet Room.

Appearances

 * Persona 3: Non-playable character / Ultimate Boss
 * Persona 3: FES: Non-playable character / Ultimate Boss
 * Persona 3 Portable: Non-playable character / Ultimate Boss
 * Persona 4: Mentioned by Margaret
 * Persona 4 Arena: Playable character / Ultimate Boss

Design
Elizabeth has short white hair and yellow eyes. She wears a blue dress that resembles a stewardess's outfit with five black-lined circles inside small yellow circles, blue gloves, blue attendant-like hat, black leggings and blue boots. She carries the Persona Compendium with her.

Personality
She is a cheery, curious, humorous, and fun-loving young lady. She serves Igor and takes responsiblity of her duty in the Velvet Room. Her final request with the Protagonist reveals that she fell in love with him, but she stopped pushing their relationship further for fear that she might forget her duties as a Velvet Room assistant. Despite that, her love for the Protagonist shows once again when she resigns from her position as an attendant and pursues the Protagonist, who had become the Great Seal, in order to save and free him.

Persona 3
Elizabeth is a character that resides in the Velvet Room, along with Igor, whom she assists. She makes her first appearance when the Protagonist awakens in his subconscious, visiting the Velvet Room, where she greets the Protagonist. Whilst Igor is responsible for the Persona fusions, Elizabeth handles the Persona Compendium, which allows the Protagonist to keep track of his fused personas and re-summon them. Elizabeth also provides various side-quests for the Protagonist, ranging from bounties to getting various daily-life objects for her.

As the Protagonist completes the side quests, Elizabeth may reward players with rare items and special items needed to fuse several specific personas. She also requests tasks that involve Tartarus and retrieving special equipment from there. Not only that, Elizabeth also requests items from the real world that could only be retrieved on specific days.

If players choose to start the second cycle, Elizabeth will offer an extra side-quest of challenging her at the top of the bonus dungeon. Upon reaching the final level, Elizabeth reveals her frustration of being unable to find out her true meaning to life, and hopes that someone stronger than her would be capable of giving her that answer. In the events of the Protagonist's battle with her, Elizabeth reveals herself to be a Persona-user just like the Protagonist, also capable of switching between multiple Personas mid-battle.

Persona 3 FES
Elizabeth takes a larger role in the updated release of Persona 3: FES. The Protagonist can date Elizabeth, however, she is not a Social Link. Throughout their dates, the Protagonist teaches her the cultures of the world. In return, Elizabeth grants the Protagonist various key items to summon several specific Personas. As the Protagonist dates her, Elizabeth becomes interested in the Protagonist, moreover towards the culture of the outside world. Should the Protagonist complete her final 'dating' request, Elizabeth will reveal that she has fallen in love with the Protagonist. She stops the relationship there, however, to stop herself from forgetting her duties in the Velvet Room.

Elizabeth retains her role in the playable epilogue of Persona 3, titled The Answer. After Aigis inherits the Protagonist's Wild Card ability and the access to the Velvet Room, she comes to know Igor and Elizabeth. Since The Answer prohibits Aigis access to the Persona Compendium, Elizabeth would only greet Aigis whenever she visits the Velvet Room. However, throughout the events of The Answer, Elizabeth tries to cheer Aigis up from her grief regarding the Protagonist's death. Upon learning the nature of the Abyss of Time, Elizabeth remarks that Aigis has finally found her answer, and that her Journey is about to end.

Persona 3 Portable
She can still appear as Igor's assistant in the Velvet Room in the Female Protagonist path if the appropriate choice is made. Aside from her usual requests, she will also tell the Protagonist when there is a person who is stranded inside Tartarus within a set range of floors.

Persona 4
In Persona 4 it is revealed that Elizabeth has an older sister, who is revealed to be Margaret, the assistant of Igor in Persona 4. Through the Protagonist's conversation with Margaret, Margaret states that she is disturbed by Elizabeth's abrupt decision to leave the Velvet Room, and hopes to bring her back. However, Margaret, who also begins to question her existence, believes that she should discover her true self as well, and gives the Protagonist an invitation, challenging him to a fight.

Should the Protagonist accept Margaret's challenge and defeat her, Elizabeth's motive of leaving the Velvet Room would later be revealed to be attempting to free the soul of the Protagonist of Persona 3 from the seal of Nyx.

Persona 4 Arena
Elizabeth was recently confirmed to be in  Persona 4 Arena, with Thanatos as her Persona. She appears as a secret boss within Score Attack, only appearing after players defeat all 10 characters plus Labrys and Shadow Labrys, and as a playable character. Her theme is the original version of "The Battle for Everyone's Souls", even when fought in a Mirror Match (even though she's a Persona 3 character). Similar to other hidden bosses in fighting games such as Akuma from Street Fighter, and in some cases her own secret battle in Persona 3, she has extremely powerful attacks and many options to defeat her opponents as well as a much higher grade of AI than many of the other computer controlled characters. She posesses Invigorate which consistantly increases her SP Gauge over time as well as the R-Action Shuffle Time which inficts a status condition depending on her current SP (including SP after Awakening). She also posseses the Mahamaon and Mamudoon spell supers which, like in the games, can cause an instant kill when they hit, as well as the super Diarahan which heals her quite a bit. She also has the super Concentrate which drops her health down to 35 percent, putting her in Awakening and converting the health drained into Blue Life which she can start healing on her own. Finally, she has access to her signature spell, Megidolaon, her Mortal Blow, which is triggered by absorbing 3 attacks (which doesn't have to be on the same activation window). Upon absorbing these attacks, she will trigger the spell which shows the characteristic graphic of 9999 damage when it connects, however this is a purely aesthetic touch as the nature of the fighting game medium have many characters' life that exceed this numerical value.

But like other hidden bosses like Akuma/Gouki of Street Fighter tradition (or any of the infamous line of SNK Bosses), her playable version is much toned down for the sake of balance. Elizabeth as a playable version becomes a tricky character who has quite a bit of options but also the lowest health in the game. In addition, Invigorate and Diarahan are less potent and some moves are laggier on her. And asides from the Awakening super Memento Mori, her only other damaging supers are Mahamaon and Mamudoon, both of which now have a 10 second start up upon activation which will be reset and replaced by casting either spell while one is out and fizzle out if she is hit, blocking or not. Because of this, she relies heavily on EX specials and 1 More! Cancels.

Ultimate Opponent
In a new cycle, the 55th request, titled Defeat the Ultimate Opponent, will be unlocked. The aforementioned 'Ultimate Opponent' can only be found within Monad. As stipulated in the request, the Ultimate Opponent can only be fought one-on-one, meaning the Protagonist cannot take any party members with him, with the exception of Fuuka. Upon reaching the final level of Monad, Elizabeth will reveal herself as the Ultimate Opponent. Elizabeth has a lot of questions about her purpose and existence and hopes that a strong individual would defeat her, giving her the answer she seeks in the process.

Elizabeth has some unstated yet strict conditions for this request aside from requiring the Protagonist to fight alone:


 * No Persona with more than one Null/Repel/Absorb property is allowed. Only Resist skills can be used to cover any applicable weaknesses.
 * No accessory that nulls any kind of Physical/Magic attack is allowed.
 * It is forbidden to use a Persona whose singular Null/Absorb/Repel property counters her own currently summoned Persona.
 * It is forbidden to use the Armageddon Fusion Spell at any point in time. (Except when her HP is around 9,999 or lower, where she can no longer retaliate after being hit)

If any of these conditions are violated, Elizabeth will summon a Pixie to fully heal herself with Diarahan, then use a modified version of Megidolaon which deals 9,999 damage, well beyond the maximum HP that the Protagonist can attain. One casting means instant death. If the Protagonist is auto-revived by an item, Persona skill, or accessory, Elizabeth will repeat the vicious attack to do him in.

Elizabeth takes two actions per turn, one after the other. Apart from using powerful Strike and Pierce-based physical attacks, Elizabeth also switches between different Personas in a consistent pattern:

By defeating Elizabeth, she will come to a realization that only she herself can find the answer to life. Elizabeth is grateful to the Protagonist for showing her that and gives him her treasured bookmark. The Protagonist will also be rewarded with the Omnipotent Orb for completing the final request, an accessory that blocks every kind of attack except for Almighty.

Trivia

 * Elizabeth summons and uses Persona skills in battle by striking a floating card. This method is later used by the characters of Persona 4.
 * She is the older sister of Theo and younger sister of Margaret.
 * It seems that Elizabeth and Margaret have fought against each other. During the battle with Margaret in Persona 4, she states, "How marvelous... Even Elizabeth never backed me this far into a corner," implying that Margaret was the victor. Whether this was an earnest battle, a friendly sparring, or a training match is unclear.
 * In Persona 4, after fighting Margaret, she implies that Elizabeth has feelings for The Protagonist of Persona 3 and her reason for leaving the Velvet Room is to free the soul of the latter.
 * Even though she is the sole owner of the World Arcana in Persona 3, in Persona 4 Arena, the character select screen shows her Arcana as the Death Arcana.
 * Even though she is from Persona 3, Mass Destruction does not play in mirror matches in Persona 4 Arena. Rather, The Battle For Everyone's Souls, her theme in Score Attack will be heard.
 * She, along with Naoto, also can use Instant-Kill moves outside the universal system. Her Mahamaon and Mamudoon spells act as planned traps which only activate after a certain amount of time has past; they cannot be stacked more than once on the field. However, in the Console Version, Naoto's Mahamaon and Mamudoon only cause burst rather than an Instant-Kill.
 * Elizabeth gains access to more spells in Persona 4: Arena, usually a variation of other characters' spells, apart from Naoto. She can use Maragidyne (a blue version of Yukiko's Maragidyne), Magarudyne (based on Yosuke's Garudyne), Mabufudyne (based on Mitsuru's Bufudyne rather than her Mabufudyne), and Maziodyne (a purple version Yu's Ziodyne rather than Akihiko's Maziodyne)
 * To fit with the Glasses sprite that the Persona 4 characters can have, Elizabeth can wear reading glasses.
 * She may be named after Elizabeth Lavena, a character from Frankenstein.