Skadi

Skadi
Japanese Name	スカディ
Rōmaji	Sukadi
Also known as	Quaking Lady of Shadow (P5)
Origin	Norse Mythology
First Appearance	Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Race(s)	Lady (Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne, Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE, Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, Shin Megami Tensei IV, Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse, Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2) Deity (Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2)
Arcana(s)	Empress (Persona 3, Persona 3: FES, Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4, Persona 4 Golden, Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth) Priestess (Persona 5, Persona 5 Royal)
Evolves from	Scathach (SMT III)

Skadi is a recurring demon in the series.

History

Skadi (Norse: Skaði), alternatively referred to as Öndurguð or Öndurdís (lit: Snowshoe goddess), is a jötunn, a giantess in Norse mythology. Associated with skiing, the hunt and winter, she is the daughter of Thjazi, one-time wife of the god Njörður, and stepmother of Freyr and Freya.

In The Woman's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets authored by Barbara G. Walker in 1983, Skadi was said to be a Celtic goddess who carries the meaning of darkness and shadow, and thus an equivalent to the Irish Scathach. Today, many unique interpretations of mythological figures including Skadi and Mem Aleph by Walker are largely dismissed as unreliable, but her influence has already been spread to the modern popular culture including the Megami Tensei series. Not only Skadi's design by Kazuma Kaneko which is completely black from head to toe, in the Japanese version of all games of the series, Skadi's background commentary recycles the same prose which cites Walker's theory without mentioning Skadi's origin as a Norse snowshoe goddess.

Appearances

• Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Lady Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Earth Mother Race
• Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Lady Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IV: Lady Race
• Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse: Lady Race
• Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Empress Arcana
• Persona 4 / Golden: Empress Arcana
• Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Empress Arcana
• Persona 5 / Royal: Priestess Arcana
• Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Empress Arcana
• Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2: Deity Class
• Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Lady Race

Profile

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

Skadi appears one of the guardians guarding the flow of Magatsuhi to the center within the Amala Temple, in which Skadi represents the guardian of the Red Temple. The Demi-fiend is later requested by Isamu Nitta to liberate the three temples, thus allowing the large amount of Magatsuhi flow towards the center and allows Isamu to harvest it to summon his God of Reason.

Inside the Red Temple, the Demi-fiend must then solve the puzzles of locking him between the normal world and the shadow land; in which the latter transforms into a floor-ridden trap that slowly drains the Demi-fiend's HP. Upon reaching Skadi's throne, Skadi informs the Demi-fiend that she is hungry for Magatsuhi, and that his blood will quench her thirst, engaging the Demi-fiend in battle.

After defeating Skadi, the Demi-fiend can recruit Skadi as his minion by evolving Scathach by reaching at least Lv. 74 himself and completely mastering Scathach's skillset. Skadi is also capable of learning her distinct attack, Earthquake, which inflicts mega Physical damage upon all enemies, in addition to having the unique property of not being able to miss nor critical hit under any circumstances.

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Skadi can only be acquired through fusion. She acts as a mid-boss in the Shinagawa Ice Caves and appears as an enemy in the Second Home Extra Dungeon instance.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

"A giantess called the "snow-shoe goddess," and the embodiment of winter.
According to legend, all the gods will return to her at the end of Ragnarok."

—Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey compendium

Skadi will appear in Sector Horologium to confront the protagonist in the neutral route, guarding the wrecked remains of the main elevator shaft which she demolished to prevent anyone from reaching Mem Aleph.

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

Skadi can teach Nanashi the Cold World, Makajamaon and Mamudoon skills through her Demon Whisper. She benefits from learning Ice, Darkness, ailment and healing skills.

Persona 3

Skadi appears as a Persona of the Empress Arcana. She can be summoned by the protagonist once he reaches Lv. 75 or above. Alternatively, Skadi can be obtained via Shuffle Time in the optional dungeon, Monad Depths.

Skadi also holds the distinction of being able to learn the most powerful Ice elemental skill throughout the game, Niflheim.

FES

Skadi retains most of her attributes. However, her fusion prerequisite level has been shifted to Lv. 80. In the playable epilogue of FES, titled The Answer, Aigis can also summon Skadi by fusing the appropriate Personas in the Velvet Room.

Persona 4

Skadi appears as a Persona of the Empress Arcana. She is available to be summoned once the protagonist reaches Lv. 52 or above. Similar to its predecessor, Skadi excels in Ice-elemental affinities, but she no longer learns the skill Niflheim; the skill is instead learned by Loki.

Persona 5

"A Norse giantess called the "snow-shoe goddess" and the embodiment of winter. According to legend, all the gods will return to her at the end of Ragnarok."

—Persona 5 background

Skadi is the eighth Persona of the Priestess Arcana and can be found as a Shadow in Niijima's Palace and the Sheriruth area of Mementos, with the title "Quaking Lady of Shadow." She is one of two Personas to learn the Null Despair and Repel Ice skills and one of three to learn Ghastly Wail. When itemized using Electric Chair execution, Skadi yields the Snow Queen's Whip melee weapon for Ann Takamaki, which has 210 ATK, 90 ACC and bestows Ann with Auto-Sukukaja at the start of battle.

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2

Skadi appears as a normal enemy encounter in the final dungeon of the game, the Sun. Skadi also appears in packs without being assisted by other demons.

Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2

"A Nordic goddess of winter, and daughter of a giant. According to legend, all the gods will return to her at the end of the Ragnarok for her name contains the meaning "shadow." After her ill-fated marriage to Njord the god of the sea and wealth, she happily remarried Ullr the god of winter."

—Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 compendium

Stats

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

• Boss
• Summonable Ally

Race Level HP MP Strength 40 Magic 20 Vitality 25 Agility 20 Luck 15 Lady 75 4,000 3,000 Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak - Physical Expel/Death/Ailments - - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Earthquake none Severe physical damage to all foes. No critical chance. Dragon Eye 1 MP Grants user's team four blinking turn icons. (Enemy-only) Tarukaja 12 MP Buffs physical power by 1 level, all allies. Rakukaja 12 MP Buffs defense by 1 level, all allies. Dekaja 10 MP Removes all buffs from all foes. Dekunda 10 MP Removes all debuffs from all allies. Thunderclap 12 MP Chance of halving remaining HP to one foe. Expel-type. Mazandyne 25 MP Heavy force damage to all foes. Makajamon 11 MP 20% mute to all foes. Curse-type.

Race Level HP MP Strength 23 Magic 29 Vitality 21 Agility 18 Luck 15 Lady 74 570 309 Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak - - Force/Expel/Curse - Elec Obtainable Evolution only after boss battle Evolved from Megami Scathach List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Makajamon 11 MP 20% mute to all foes. Curse-type. 75 Makakaja 12 MP Buffs magic power by 1 level, all allies. 76 Elec Repel Passive Equipper expels electric attacks. Overrides all other resistances and weakness of the same type. 77 Earthquake 45% HP Severe physical damage to all foes. No critical chance. 78

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

Race Alignment Level HP MP Strength 52 Magic 41 Vitality 46 Agility 51 Luck 44 Lady Light-Chaos 73 614 322 Attack Type Single Foe/1/Physical/None - - Weak Drain - - - - - Poison Paralyze Stone Strain Sleep Charm Mute Fear Bomb Rage - - - - - - - - - - Natural Skills Mabufudyne Explosive Fist Ice Boost D-Source Skills Cold World Bufudyne Mudoon Password xQywE#evc$uxjYvS EdQgF4gMpeD6EZhK

Shin Megami Tensei IV

Race Level HP MP Strength 68 Dexterity 76 Magic 98 Agility 64 Luck 91 Lady 73 390 378 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark - - Weak Drain - - - - Ailment Resistance - Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mabufudyne 32 MP Heavy ice damage to all foes. Innate High Ice Pleroma Auto Boosts ice attack by 50%. Innate Mortal Jihad 13 MP Heavy physical damage to one foe. High critical but low accuracy. 74 Mamudoon 30 MP 55% instantly kills all foes. Dark-type. 76

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse

Race Level HP MP Strength 52 Dexterity 68 Magic 115 Agility 79 Luck 93 Lady 73 480 409 Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Light Dark - - Weak Drain - - - - Ailment Resistance Null:Mute Normal Attack Phys x1, 1 enemy Skill Affinities Ice +3 · Dark +3 · Ailment +1 · Healing +1 · Fire -5 List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Cold World 70 MP Heavy ice damage and 15% instant kill to all foes. Innate Makajamaon 15 MP 45% mute to all foes. Innate Mamudoon 28 MP Heavy dark damage to all foes. Smirk +55% instant death 74 High Ice Pleroma Auto Boosts ice attack by 50%. 76

Persona 3

• Persona 3
• FES / Portable

Arcana Level Strength 48 Magic 48 Endurance 45 Agility 45 Luck 46 Empress 75 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Ice - Ice - - Fire List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mabufudyne 32 SP Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) Innate Tetrakarn 55 SP Barrier that reflects physical damage 1x per ally. Innate Ice Amp Passive Greatly strengthens Ice attacks by 50%. Innate Akasha Arts 19% HP Deals heavy Strike damage 1x to 2x to all foes. 78 Absorb Fire Passive Drains damage from Fire attacks. 79 Niflheim 32 SP Deals severe Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (100% chance) 81

Arcana Level Strength 48 Magic 57 Endurance 47 Agility 45 Luck 50 Empress 80 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Ice - Ice - - Fire Skill Card Absorb Fire (Lv 88) List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mabufudyne 32 SP Deals heavy Ice damage / Freezes all foes. (8% chance) Innate Tetrakarn 55 SP Barrier that reflects physical damage 1x per ally. Innate Ice Amp Passive Greatly strengthens Ice attacks by 50%. Innate Akasha Arts 19% HP Deals heavy Strike damage 1x to 2x to all foes. 83 Absorb Fire Passive Drains damage from Fire attacks. 84 Niflheim 32 SP Deals severe Ice damage / Freezes one foe. (100% chance) 86

Persona 4

Arcana Level Strength 27 Magic 37 Endurance 32 Agility 36 Luck 31 Empress 52 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Ice - Ice - Wind Fire List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mabufula 16 SP Deals medium Ice damage to all foes. Innate Aeon Rain 18% HP Deals medium Phys damage to all foes 1x to 3x. Innate Bufudyne 12 SP Deals heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. 54 Ice Amp Passive Strengthens Ice attacks by 50%. 56 Repel Ice Passive Repels Ice attacks. 57 Repel Fire Passive Repels Fire attacks. 59 Spell Master Passive Halves SP cost for magic skills. 60

Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth

Arcana Level HP + SP + Inherit Extract Fragment Empress 50 92 50 Wind Bufudyne Skadi's Shard List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mediarama 24 SP Moderate HP restore. (Party) Innate Mabufula 36 SP A medium Ice attack. (All enemies) Innate Bufudyne 46 SP A heavy Ice attack. (1 enemy) 51 Swordbreaker Passive Medium chance of halving physical damage versus the user's row. 52 Mind Charge 40 SP Nearly triple the user's magic attack for next hit. Lasts 3 turns. 53 Ice Amp Passive Raise Ice attack strength. 54 Resist Ice Passive Reduce damage from Ice attacks. 55

Persona 5 / Royal

• Shadow
• Persona 5
• Royal

Arcana Level HP SP Type Strength 31 Magic 98 Endurance 36 Agility 26 Luck 30 Priestess 55 818 489 Timid Phys Gun Fire Ice Elec Wind Psy Nuke Bless Curse Almi - - - Repel - - - - - Null 20 EXP Yen Battle Drop Negotiation Items 818 1,727 Raw Silk - Ghastly Wail (Skill Card) List of Skills Skill Effect Bufudyne Heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of Freeze. Evil Smile Medium chance of inflicting Fear to all foes. Ghastly Wail Instantly kill all foes under Fear.

"I am Skadi. I have come from the darkness within your heart to bestow power upon you... Now, take my mask..." Arcana Level Strength 35 Magic 39 Endurance 34 Agility 34 Luck 30 Priestess 55 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Ice Ice - Curse - - List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Mabufula 16 SP Medium Ice damage to all foes. Rare chance of Freeze. Innate Evil Touch 5 SP High chance of inflicting Fear to 1 foe. Innate Null Despair Auto Impart immunity against Despair. Innate Ghastly Wail 28 SP Instantly kill all foes under Fear. 56 Bufudyne 12 SP Heavy Ice damage to 1 foe. Rare chance of Freeze. 58 Spirit Drain 3 SP Drain SP from 1 foe. Almighty-type. 59 Repel Ice Auto Repel Ice attacks. 60

"I am Skadi. I have come from the darkness within your heart to bestow power upon you... Now, take my mask..." Arcana Level Strength 33 Magic 39 Endurance 32 Agility 34 Luck 28 Priestess 53 Inherit Reflects Absorbs Block Resists Weak Ice Ice - Curse - - Persona Trait Bloodstained Eyes: Increase allies' evasion against foes inflicted with ailments. List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Deadly Fury 18% HP Severe Physical damage to 1 foe. Stronger under Baton Pass. Innate Evil Smile 8 SP Inflict Fear (med odds) to all foes. Innate Fear Boost Passive Increase chance of inflicting Fear. Innate Ghastly Wail 28 SP Instantly kill all foes under Fear. 54 Mabufudyne 22 SP Heavy Ice damage and inflict Freeze (low odds) to all foes. 56 Spirit Drain 3 SP Drain SP from 1 foe. Almighty-type. 58

Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth

Arcana Level HP + SP + Type Extract Empress 42 62 21 Magic Masukukaja List of Skills Skill Cost Effect Level Assault Shot 28 HP Medium Phys attack that pierces to the back row. (1 enemy) Stronger in Boost. Innate Mabufula 36 SP Medium Ice attack. (All enemies) Innate Tentarafoo 12 SP Medium chance of Confusion. (All enemies) Innate Magic Talent Passive Increase Ma by 3. 44 Farsight Passive Display wide range of FOEs/chests/hidden passages on map. 45 Masukukaja 18 SP Raise accuracy and evasion for 3 turns. (Party) 46 Megido 14 SP Medium Almighty attack. (All enemies) 48

Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2

Race Level HP MP Drops Deity 52 360 432 ? Reflects Absorbs Void Resists Weak - Earth Expel, Mute, Panic - Electricity List of Skills Skill Effect Teradyne Heavy earth damage on one foe. Tentarafoo Medium damage and 33% panic on all foes. Mind Charge Multiplies next magical attack damage of caster by 2.5. Elec Drain Party drains electric attacks for 1 turn. Heavy Rock Medium earth damage on random foes.

Gallery

As she appears in Persona 3

Model in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

As she appears in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE

Skadi in Persona 5 Royal