Editing Judgement Arcana


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The '''Judgement Arcana''' {{J|審判|Shinpan}} is a recurring [[Arcana]] in the ''[[Persona (Series)|Persona]]'' series.

==Overview==
The Judgement Arcana, in tarot, is associated with realizing one's calling, gaining a deep understanding of life and a feeling of acceptance and absolution.

In gameplay, the Judgement Arcana is commonly associated with a balance of Light and Darkness. Figures of the Judgment Arcana are usually related to Judgment Day myths or are gods tied directly to the judgment of humankind.

Characters of the Judgement Arcana are well-aware, quite intelligent and view the world with infinite possibilities. Most powerful when combining their intuition with their smarts, their thought process is among the most vast and realistic.

It is often associated with reborn organizations of Persona users that were being given new objectives or other characters associated with turning points of the game, and from ''Persona 3'' onward, is an automatically progressing Social Link/Confidant that progresses along the story.

{| class="table p1" align="center" style="text-align:center; margin:auto"
!Game
!Social Link/Confidant Title
!Explanation
|-
|colspan="1" rowspan="1"|''Persona 3''
|[[Social Link/Nyx Annihilation Team|Nyx Annihilation Team]]
|The [[Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad]] became this in order to stop [[Nyx]] and [[The Fall]], after refusing to kill [[Ryoji Mochizuki]].
|-
|colspan="1" rowspan="1"|''Persona 4''
|[[Social Link/Seekers of Truth|Seekers of Truth]]
|The [[Investigation Team|Investigation Team’s]] new resolve to find the true culprit, after deducing that [[Taro Namatame]] was not responsible for the deaths of [[Saki Konishi]] and [[Mayumi Yamano]], as well as correctly suspecting [[Tohru Adachi]].
|-
|colspan="1" rowspan="1"|''Persona 5''
|[[Sae Niijima]]
|While it's listed under a single person, the focus is of the [[protagonist|Protagonist (Persona 5)]] under interrogation by her, explaining the [[Phantom Thieves of Hearts]]' justice to her by recalling the beginning of their activites as the Phantom Thieves, to the point where he was captured in [[Niijima's Palace]] after stealing the treasure. This is with the goals of convicing her to their justice, revealing to her the [[Goro Akechi|culprit]] behind the [[Mental shutdown|mental shutdown cases]], and to enlist her help in preventing the [[Goro Akechi|traitor]] from murdering the Protagonist.
|}

Although the traditional British spelling of "judgement" is considered less common than the American spelling of "judgment" today, "Judgement" (capitalized as a proper name) is exclusively applied while referencing the tarot Arcana.

==Appearances==
*''[[Megami Ibunroku Persona]]''
*''[[Persona 2: Innocent Sin]]''
*''[[Persona 2: Eternal Punishment]]''
*''[[Persona 3]]'' / ''[[Persona 3 FES|FES]]'' / ''[[Persona 3 Portable|Portable]]'' / ''[[Persona 3 Reload|Reload]]''
*''[[Persona 4]]'' / ''[[Persona 4 Golden|Golden]]''
*''[[Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth]]''
*''[[Persona 5]]'' / ''[[Persona 5 Royal|Royal]]''
*''[[Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth]]''
*''[[Persona 5 Strikers]]''

==List of Personas==
In ''Megami Ibunroku Persona'' and ''Persona 2'', this Arcanum corresponds to the [[Divine]] and [[Herald]] races.

===''Megami Ibunroku Persona''===
The protagonist can guarantee a fusion accident resulting in a Judgement Arcana persona by starting from a "hard reset" (as in, not already mid-game and loading a save or selecting "Return to Title") and performing a ''White Fusion'' after taking exactly 656 steps in an area where no enemies will attack, such as the Mikage Sun Mall.

The Judgement Arcana is represented by [[Eriko Kirishima]].
{| style="text-align:center" class="table p1" align="center" width="67%"
! colspan="2" width="30%" |Persona
! rowspan="2" |Level
|-
! width="25%" |PSP
!Revelations
|-
|[[Nike]] <abbr title="Requires the Gottabe Shoes Totem">*</abbr>
|Nike
|7 ([[Initial Persona]] of [[Eriko Kirishima]])
|-
|[[Phaleg]]
|Halo
|18
|-
|[[Azrael]]
|Azreal
|36
|-
|[[Armaiti]]
|Allmighty
|55
|-
|[[Yamaoka]] <abbr title="Requires the Amber Glasses Totem">*</abbr>
|Alfred
|60 ([[Ultimate Persona]] of [[Kei Nanjo]])
|-
|[[Michael]] <abbr title="Requires the Judgement Contract Totem">*</abbr>
|St. Michael
|62 ([[Ultimate Persona]] of [[Eriko Kirishima]])
|-
|[[Satan]] <abbr title="Requires the Prosecutor's Diary Totem">*</abbr>
|Dark Angel
|79
|-
|[[Vohu Manah]] <abbr title="Requires the Daily Meal Totem">*</abbr>
|Abracab
|94
|}

===''Persona 2''===
====''Innocent Sin''====
{| style="text-align:center" class="table p2is" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Phaleg]]
|7
|-
|[[Angel]]
|18
|-
|[[Principality]]
|29
|-
|[[Melchizedek]]
|43
|-
|[[Armati]]
|48
|-
|[[Throne]]
|53
|-
|[[Ameretat]]
|69
|-
|[[Michael]]
|83
|-
|[[Satan]] <abbr title="Requires the Prosecutor's Diary Material Card">*</abbr>
|96
|}

====''Eternal Punishment''====
{| style="text-align:center" class="table p2ep" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Phaleg]]
|17
|-
|[[Nike]]
|23 ([[Initial Persona]] of [[Eriko Kirishima]])
|-
|[[Melchizedek]]
|32
|-
|[[Armati]]
|48
|-
|[[Ameretat]]
|69
|-
|[[Gabriel]] <abbr title="Requires the Lily Material Card">*</abbr>
|76 ([[Ultimate Persona]] of [[Eriko Kirishima]])
|-
|[[Michael]]
|83
|-
|[[Satan]] <abbr title="Requires the Accuser's Diary Material Card">*</abbr>
|96
|}

===''Persona 3''===
The [[Makoto Yuki|protagonist]] gains access to the Judgement Arcana near the end of the game, and it symbolizes the protagonist’s actions and decisions through an awareness of himself and others. Personas of the Judgement Arcana are demons associated with the [[Alignment#Law|Law alignment]].

In ''Persona 3'', the Judgement Arcana starts should the protagonist choose not to kill [[Ryoji Mochizuki]], thus ending the Fool Social Link represented by [[Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad|SEES]] and allowing the newly formed Nyx Anihilation Team the opportunity to confront [[Nyx Avatar|Nyx]] at the [[Tartarus|promised place]] on January 31st.

The Judgement Arcana increases as the protagonist ascends the final block of Tartarus, [[Adamah Block|Adamah]]. Upon completing the Social Link, the protagonist gains access to the ultimate form of the Judgement Arcana, [[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah]], the savior. Messiah is fused using [[Orpheus]] and [[Thanatos]]. It can also be obtained from Shuffle Time in the top level of Tartarus.

{| style="text-align:center" class="table p3" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Anubis]]
|59
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|65
|-
|[[Michael]]
|72
|-
|[[Satan]]
|79
|-
|[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah]]
|90
|}

====''FES'' / ''Portable'' / ''Reload''====
The Judgement Arcana remains relatively the same as ''Persona 3'', however, an exclusive Persona, the fallen angel [[Lucifer]], was added to the Judgement Arcana repertoire. The original angelic Lucifer of the [[Star Arcana]] in ''Persona 3'' has been replaced with [[Lucifer#FES / Portable|Helel]].

{| style="text-align:center" class="table p3" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Anubis]]
|59
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|65
|-
|[[Michael]]
|72
|-
|[[Satan]]
|79
|-
|[[Lucifer]]
|89
|-
|[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah]]
|90
|}

===''Persona 4''===
The Judgement Arcana Social Link is represented by the [[Investigation Team|Seekers of Truth]], in which the Social Link can only be forged should the protagonist make the correct decisions on December 3rd, unlocking the ''Normal Ending'' instead of triggering the ''Bad Ending''. The Judgement Arcana powers up when the Fool Arcana is maxed, therefore the Seekers slowly find out the true culprit of the murder cases within the [[Midnight Channel]], and at one point, the protagonist is supposed to deduce the true culprit. Making the wrong deduction three times triggers the ''Bad Ending''.

Should the protagonist be able to point out the real culprit, the Judgement Arcana will continue to power up over the next few in-game days, until it reaches rank 8. The Judgement Arcana automatically maxes out once the alliance defeats the true culprit, and upon learning the truth, the Judgement Arcana bestows its ultimate form, [[Lucifer]], the Rebel King of Hell.

{| style="text-align:center" class="table p4" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Anubis]]
|59
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|67
|-
|[[Michael]]
|72
|-
|[[Satan]]
|76
|-
|[[Metatron]]
|83
|-
|[[Ardha]]
|90
|-
|[[Lucifer]]
|93
|}

===''Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth''===
{| style="text-align:center;" class="table pq" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Red Rider]]
|29
|-
|[[Anubis]]
|38
|-
|[[Black Rider]]
|52
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|64
|-
|[[Michael]]
|71
|-
|[[Satan]]
|77
|-
|[[Metatron]]
|82
|-
|[[Zeus|Warrior Zeus]]
|87
|-
|[[Ardha]]
|89
|-
|[[Zeus]]
|91
|-
|[[Lucifer]]
|93
|}

===''Persona 5''===
The Judgement Arcana is represented by the [[Confidant]] with [[Sae Niijima]], which ranks up automatically as the protagonist progresses in the interrogation. This Confidant doesn't unlock any gameplay bonuses, with the only "bonus" being unlocked being a story bonus, called "True Justice". Even when the Confidant is established, fusing Judgement Personas will not yield an Arcana Burst, nor will a Persona gain extra EXP from being strenghthened until after Niijima's Palace is completed.

Completing the Judgement Arcana Confidant will also bestow the ultimate form of the Arcana, [[Satan]], the Vilified Tempter.

{| class="table p5" style="text-align:center;" width="60%" align="center"
! width="32%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Anubis]]
|37
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|59
|-
| title="Downloadable Content" |[[Yamata no Orochi]]
|64
|-
|[[Abaddon]]
|74
|-
| title="Downloadable Content" |<abbr>[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah]]↓</abbr>
|81
|-
|[[Shiva]]
|82
|-
|[[Michael]]
|87
|-
| title="Downloadable Content" |<abbr>[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah Picaro]]↓</abbr>
|90
|-
|[[Satan]]
|92<abbr title="Requires Max Judgement Conf.">*</abbr>
|}

====Royal====
In ''Persona 5 Royal'', the Judgment Arcana remains largely the same, though Levels of some Personas have been altered.
{| class="table p5" style="text-align:center;" width="60%" align="center"
! width="32%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Anubis]]
|34
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|59
|-
| title="Downloadable Content" |[[Yamata no Orochi]]
|64
|-
|[[Abaddon]]
|75
|-
| title="Downloadable Content" |<abbr>[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah]]↓</abbr>
|81
|-
|[[Shiva]]
|82
|-
|[[Michael]]
|87
|-
| title="Downloadable Content" |<abbr>[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah Picaro]]↓</abbr>
|90
|-
|[[Satan]]
|92<abbr title="Requires Max Judgement Conf.">*</abbr>
|}

===''Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth''===
* ° indicates a Persona that can only be created through [[special fusion]]. Hover to see the combination.
* ↓ indicates a Persona that is only avaiable via DLC.
{|class="table pq2" style="text-align:center;" width="60%" align="center"
!Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah]]
|[[Kotone Shiomi|''P3P'' heroine]]'s [[ultimate persona]]
|-
|[[Turdak]]
|29
|-
|[[Berserker]]
|35
|-
|[[Anubis]]
|42
|-
|[[Black Rider]]
|50
|-
|[[Ophanim]]
|57
|-
|[[Messiah (Persona)|Messiah Picaro]] ↓
|60
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|64
|-title="Raphael x Uriel x Gabriel"
|[[Michael]] °
|68
|-
|[[Satan]]
|81
|-title="Helel x Satan"
|[[Lucifer]] °
|88
|}

===''Persona 5 Strikers''===
{| class="table p5" style="text-align:center;" width="60%" align="center"
! width="32%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Trumpeter]]
|56
|-
|[[Abaddon]]
|66
|}

==List of Demons==
===''Persona 2''===
====''Innocent Sin''====
{| style="text-align:center" class="table p2is" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Phaleg]]
|7
|-
|[[Angel]]
|18
|-
|[[Principality]]
|29
|-
|[[Melchizedek]]
|43
|-
|[[Throne]]
|53
|}

====''Eternal Punishment''====
{| style="text-align:center" class="table p2ep" align="center" width="60%"
! width="30%" |Persona
!Level
|-
|[[Angel]]
|14
|-
|[[Archangel]]
|21
|-
|[[Principality]]
|29
|-
|[[Power]]
|36
|-
|[[Virtue]]
|44
|-
|[[Dominion]]
|52
|-
|[[Throne]]
|57
|-
|[[Cherub]]
|64
|}

==Characters==
{|class="table" style="text-align:center;" width="60%" align="center"
!width="30%"|Character
!Media
|-
|[[Eriko Kirishima]]
|[[Megami Ibunroku Persona]]
|-
|[[Rihito Shimizu]]
|[[Persona: Tsumi to Batsu]]
|-
|[[Sae Niijima]]
|[[Persona 5]]
|}

==Card Designs==
<gallery>
File:Judgement IS.png|''Persona 2''
File:Judgment.png|''Persona 3 FES''
File:P5 Judgement Arcana.png|''Persona 5''
</gallery>

==Trivia==
*Much like the [[Fool Arcana]], in ''Persona 5'' the Judgement Arcana is the first one since ''[[Persona 3]]'' not to be represented by the main group of Persona users in the game, but instead by a standalone character, in this case being [[Sae Niijima]], who also represents a turning point of the game. Unlike the other cases where the Social Link starts during the turning point, the confidant with Sae is completed after the turning point of ''Persona 5''.

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