Messiah (Persona)

Messiah (メサイア, Mesaia) is a recurring term revolving the Shin Megami Tensei series, which is more often associated with the LAW Hero character. In the Persona franchise, Messiah is also the Ultimate Persona of the Protagonist in Persona 3.

History
The term Messiah is prominent within the world's religions, especially in the Abrahamic religions Judaism, Christianity and Islam. A Messiah is regarded as the savior of mankind and would bring them salvation near to the end of days, although opinions between who the messiah refers to differs between religions. The most often-heard opinion in the West is the Christian one, which holds that the Messiah is Jesus. In fact, one could argue that the large object situated behind the Messiah Persona's back is a reference to Jesus's cross.

Appearances

 * Persona 3: Judgment Arcana
 * Persona 3: FES: Judgment Arcana

The Journey
Messiah is the highest leveled Personae in Persona 3. He is also the final persona of Judgement Arcana, which can only be accessed by venturing to the final level of Tartarus. Messiah can also only be obtained by fusing Orpheus and Thanatos in the Velvet Room once the Protagonist reaches Lv. 90 or above.

During the ending credits, Messiah can also be seen inside the protagonist's silhouette, indicating that Messiah is his "true" final Persona and role.

Unlike other Personae, Messiah is capable of producing various equipments and armors instead of a fixed equipment, below are the list of items he is capable of producing. These items are the strongest armor equipment that could be equipped by the characters.
 * Armor of Light
 * Shoes of Light
 * Aura Dog Suit
 * Aigis' Armor v.0 (Soul of Athena in FES)
 * Aigis' Legs v.0 (Swan Legs in FES)

The Answer
Aegis can summon Messiah once she reached Lv. 90 or above in the playable epilogue of Persona 3: FES, titled The Answer. As The Answer cancels the Social Link system, Messiah can be summoned by Aegis once she reached Lv 90 or above. Messiah's fusion prerequisite still requires the fusion of Orpheus and Thanatos, in which both Personae are accessible to Aegis.