Fiend

The Fiend (魔人, Majin, lit. Demon People or Magician) is a race of demons, often powerful in major attributes. With a few exceptions, the Fiends are dominantly portrayed as clothed skeletons due to the fact that they are often the incarnations of death or evil in various form, and even then, most of the exceptions tend to be closely associated with death and disaster of sorts. In some games, such as Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne and Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner, some bosses of the Fiend race are demon-related humans, like Dante and Sid Davis.

Appearances

• Shin Megami Tensei - Secret Boss Exclusive
• Shin Megami Tensei II - Boss Exclusive
• Shin Megami Tensei: if... / Hazama's Chapter - Rare Enemy Exclusive
• Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX Devil's Colosseum
• Shin Megami Tensei NINE
• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
• Shin Megami Tensei IV
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner - Boss Exclusive
• Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon
• Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku
• Megami Ibunroku Persona
• Devil Survivor / Overclocked - Boss Exclusive
• Devil Survivor 2

List of Demons

Shin Megami Tensei

The Fiends appear here as random encounters, though the odds of finding them are slim. In case they are successfully defeated, they have an equally slim chance (1/256) of dropping the most powerful weapons of each Alignment: the Reaper's Bell (Chaos) from Daisoujou, the Stradivarius (Neutral) from David and the Angel's Trumpet (Law) from the Pale Rider.

Demon	Level
David	99
Pale Rider	99
Daisoujou	99

Shin Megami Tensei II

Demon	Level
Ghost Q	16
Alice	25
Hell's Angel	35
Matador	40
Sage of Time	50

Shin Megami Tensei: if...

In Shin Megami Tensei: if... Hazama's Chapter, the Fiends are easier to encounter and defeat than in Shin Megami Tensei, yet still challenging for newcomers of the series. They have the same role as in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, but they can only be found in the entrance of the temple that links the school to the Expanse. Provided they are higher in level than the protagonist, their battles are optional; if not, they will not let the player pass without a fight.

Demon	Level
Pascal	7
Sadhu	25
En no Ozuno	48
Gotou	53
Little Rama	60
Alice	65
The Hero	80
Chaos Hero	99
Law Hero	99

Hazama's Chapter

Demon	Level
Akira	10
Pascal	12
Matador	25
Alice	40
Sage of Time	63
The Hero	80

Shin Megami Tensei: 20XX Devil's Colosseum

Demon	Level
Alice	55
Ghost Q	?
Matador	?

Shin Megami Tensei NINE

Demon	Level
Jeanne D'Arc	40
Alice	50
Yoshitsune	65
Tokisada	(scrapped)

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

The Demi-fiend starts out with the clan title of "Fiend" (which will change depends on the skills learned from Magatama). However, aside from this, the Fiend clan demons are not available to the original Japanese release of the game and the full clan was added to the Maniax and subsequent versions. Since the foreign localizations are based on the Maniax version, demons of this clan also makes their appearances. They serve as semi-optional bosses rather than encountered randomly with extremely low odds as in the previous installments.

As part of the blond boy's machinations, the Demi-fiend is given a special Candelabra, part of a set required to illuminate the darkness of the Labyrinth of Amala, and is informed other demons, the Fiends, have stolen the other pieces of the set and separated them. By killing the Fiends and collecting the Candelabra, the Labyrinth's deepest corridors and the highest powers are made available. This unlocks the sixth, "True Demon" ending.

Demon	Level
Demi-fiend	1
Matador	30
Daisoujou	37
Hell Biker	42
White Rider	52
Red Rider	55
Black Rider	61
Pale Rider	63
The Harlot	69
Trumpeter	77
Dante*	80

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Demon	Level
Matador	30
Alice	35
David	37
Hell Biker	46
White Rider	52
Daisoujou	55
Red Rider	58
Black Rider	65
Pale Rider	74
Jeanne D'Arc	75
Tokisada	83
Yoshitsune	87
Trumpeter	91
Mother Harlot	93
Demi-Fiend*	99

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

The Fiends appear as powerful resident demons of each of the Schwarzwelt Sectors from Carina onwards, with Matador appearing in Sector Carina, White Rider in Sector Delphinus, Red Rider in Sector Eridanus, Black Rider in Sector Fornax, Pale Rider in Sector Grus and Trumpeter in Sector Horologium. Three Fiends, David, Alice and Mother Harlot are fought in special EX Missions: David in Sector Bootes after the assault on Mithra, Alice in Sector Fornax, and Mother Harlot in Sector Eridanus after defeating both Kazfiel and Aniel by themselves and in tandem, with a Law alignment.

Demon	Level
David	22
Matador	30
Alice	39
White Rider	49
Red Rider	59
Black Rider	69
Pale Rider	78
Trumpeter	83
Mother Harlot	90

Shin Megami Tensei IV

In Shin Megami Tensei IV, most of the Fiends appear as random encounters on specified locations, each of them having a 1/256 chance of spawning after the alignment lock. Only David, Mother Harlot, and Plasma are not encountered this way, with the first two appearing in Challenge Quests and Plasma's fusion data requiring the "Death Has Its Applications" DLC.

Demon	Level
David	22
Plasma	28
Chemtrail	83
Matador	84
White Rider	86
Red Rider	87
Black Rider	88
Pale Rider	89
Trumpeter	91
Mother Harlot	93

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Appears as the substitute of the Human Race.

Demon	Level
Sid	Varies

Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon

Fiend Order is a classification of demon. Several fiends appear as bosses during the story, and the Riders can appear during New Moons. They can also be fought as optional bosses in the Case Files inside the Catholic Church. Similar to Evil Order demons, fiends do not have an Investigation Skill and can only be made through Special fusion - if the fusion count is a multiple of 7 during a New Moon, there is a chance for the Fiend Fusion Fever event to occur; using higher quality gems during this event increases the chance of creating higher level fiends.

Demon	Level
Binbou-gami	33
Alice	42
White Rider	49
Red Rider	51
Yakubyou-gami	55
Black Rider	60
Pale Rider	69

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku

Demon	Level
Innsmouth	7
Mother-Child Fusion Demon	10
Demon Student Miki	22
Demon Student Yoshio	22
Demon Student Hiroko	23
Demon Student Akira	24
Vampyr	26
Adonis	46

Megami Ibunroku Persona

Demon		Level
PSP	Revelations
Alice	Alice	99

Devil Survivor / Overclocked

The Fiend race is a race exclusive only to certain bosses in this game (with the exception of one playable demon). Every member of this race has their Racial Skill known as "Fiend", which prevents them from moving but allows them to attack enemy teams from up to 3 squares away.

Devil Survivor 2

Fiends have the Uncanny Form Racial Skill, which allows their entire team to move and act a second time, albeit at the cost of over half the Fiend's MP. However, this cannot be used twice in succession within the same turn. Stronger Fiends have this skill changed to Unearthly Form, which reduces the MP % consumption. Fiends are also notable in that all members of the race are Unique demons, have to be unlocked for fusion, and that each one has their unique fusion recipe. Most Fiends, however, have low MP.

Demon	Level
Ghost Q	26
Sage of Time	43
Billiken	50
Trumpeter	63
Alice	88

Gallery

Red and Black Riders, Mother Harlot and Hell Biker

Trumpeter, Daisojou, Matador Pale and White Riders

Dante, from Nocturne

Trivia

• The Fiend race has the highest quantity of non-mythological demons, with Ghost Q, Alice, David, Matador, Daisoujou, Hell Biker, Chemtrail, Sid Davis, Dante and Demi-Fiend

• According to some sources, Tenma Crusader was originally intended to be a Fiend.

Race and species
Species	Races
Gods	Deity - Megami - Amatsu* - Enigma - Zealot* - Godly - Chaos - Lady* - Nymph - Vile* - Reaper* - Entity* - Meta* - Soshin
Kishin	Tenma - Fury - Kishin - Lady* - Femme* - Vile* - Reaper* - Wargod - Kunitsu - Zealot* - Entity* - Shinshou - Tenjin*
Demonics	Tyrant* - Genma* - Night* - Fairy* - Yoma* - Fiend* - Suiyou - Shinoma - Shin Akuma
Demons	Tyrant* - Night* - Yoma* - Fairy*
Flying	Herald - Divine - Fallen - Futenshi - Akuma
Avians	Avian - Flight - Raptor
Dragons	Dragon - Snake - Drake - Hiryu
Oni	Touki - Brute - Femme* - Jirae* - Jaki - Haunt* - Henii
Beasts	Avatar - Holy - Beast - Wilder - UMA - Food - Kaijuu
Vegetation	Tree - Wood* - Jusei
Elements	Element* - Mitama - Wood*
Fairies	Fairy* - Jirae* - Genma* - Element*
Evil Spirits	Haunt* - Spirit - Undead* - Rumor*
Humans	Human - Gaean - Messian - Summoner - Meta* - Ranger - Hero - General - Famed - Therian* - Fiend* - Kyojin - Shinja
Fiends	Fiend* - Therian*
Fouls	Foul* - Vermin - Demonoid - Rumor* - Karma - Machine*
Ghosts	Foul* - Undead*
Machines	Machine* - Virus - Vaccine - Kugutsu
Other	Zoma - Fake - Ghost - Foreigner - Horde - Primal - Enemy exclusive race Godslayer - Goddess - Player Character exclusive race
Type	Good - Evil - Holy - Ghost - Ogre - Fiend - Dragon - Alternate - Boss - Beast - Bird - Zombie - Myth
Order	Pyro - Frost - Volt - Wind - Fury - Pagan - Skill - Fiend - Evil - Element - Spirit
* Asterisk denotes race that has been put under different species throughout the series. Italic font denotes the race/species name (not in katakana for Western loanword) has not yet received any official English localization.