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Sumaru Castle (珠閒瑠城) is a dungeon found in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment. It is shaped like an old-fashion Japanese castle.

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According to the in-game legend (actually a rumor manipulated by Nyarlathotep), Sumaru Castle was burnt down to the ground during the conflict between Kiyotada Sumaru (Gozen), Tatsunoshin Suou, Maihime Amano and Junnosuke Kuroda in Warring States.

In the actual event of the game, when Torifune, the gigantic spaceship underneath Sumaru City, lifts the whole city into the air, Sumaru Castle emerges from the underground of Honmaru Park where Kiyotada Sumaru's mummy (head only) was unearthed by the New World Order executives decades ago. Tatsuzou Sudou with his New World Order executives arrives at the Utena (roof terrace) of the castle to prepare the Dragon Ritual in order to release the Kegare. This act will enrage the Earth Dragons across the world to ascend from the underground, causing pole shift.

A puzzle related to the Big Dipper (Ursa Major) is blocking players from accessing the Utena. It requires the player to collect 7 "Kotodamas" (characters) from the 7 lithographs scattered within the castle. Combining the 7 Kotodamas correctly according to the order of the lithographs which are represented by the stars of the Big Dipper will result in a mythological figure's name to access the locked door at 2/F to the Chamber of Henbai.

The figure differs between Japanese and English versions. In the Japanese version, it is Sonjōō (ソンジョウオウ / 尊星王*)?, the alternative name of Myoken, the Shingon Buddhist Bodhisattva. He is related to this puzzle because Sonjōō represents Polaris. The English version replaced it with Perseus, the Greek hero who slew Medusa. Perseus was picked for this replacement probably due to his constellation being located in the northern sky, which the Big Dipper is commonly known as the "Seven Stars of the North Dipper" in Taoism. Either way, Katsuya Suou finds it ironic that the puzzle correlates figures from different religions or mythologies, and wonders if this is due to the power of rumors.

Behind the locked door is the second puzzle which requires the player to walk in the specific path of "Henbai" to reach the other door. The pattern is hinted at by the golden lithograph "Form of Reverse Souryu Henbai" next to the entrance. The larger circles on the floor also mark the turning point of the path.

When the player party has reached the chamber of Utena, they find that Tatsuzou has slain all four New World Order executives as sacrifices for Gozen to initiate the Dragon Ritual. The Earth Dragons soar to Torifune, leaving severe ground fissures behind from where they ascend. Tatsuzou is then transformed by Gozen into a Detested Hunter, a deformed demon. After Tatsuzou's defeat, Gozen is awakened as a four-legged monster to conquer the player. The death of Gozen results in the outer rims of Torifune and the Earth Dragons to be crushed and the floating city is absorbed into the Collective Unconsciousness. The player team is teleported to Monado Mandala, greeted by Nyarlathotep itself.

Ancestral Personas[]

If the player has completed the prerequisites to obtain the ancestral Personas of Tatsunoshin Suou, Maihime Amano and Junnosuke Kuroda, Maihime can be found on 3/F and the other two on 7/F. They will give the player access in the form of Personas to be summoned in the Velvet Room, without the need of Material Cards, which are usually required to summon special Personas.


Major Characters
Playable Maya Amano - Tatsuya Suou - Katsuya Suou - Ulala Serizawa - Baofu - Kei Nanjo - Eriko Kirishima
Non-Playable Philemon - Nyarlathotep - JOKER/Tatsuya Sudou
Minor Characters
Plot Relevant X series robots - Eikichi Mishina - Jun Kashihara - Daisuke Todoroki (Kyouji Kuzunoha) - Youichi Makimura - Ginji Sasaki - Suou's father - Trish - Shunsuke Fujii - Junko Kurosu - Akari Hoshi - Hiroki Sugimoto - Yasuo Inoe - Matsuoka - Yung Pao - Miki Asai - Makoto Kuwahara
Seven Sisters High School Maya Okamura - Lisa Silverman - Takashi Hanya - Noriko Katayama - Akinari Kashihara - Miho Ogishima - Mami Shibata - Miyabi Hanakouji - Anna Yoshizaka - Saeko Takami
New World Order Tatsuzou Sudou - Takahisa Kandori - Chizuru Ishigami - General Sugawara - Captain Shimazu - Chief Togashi
St. Hermelin High School Graduates Hidehiko Uesugi - Maki Sonomura - Reiji Kido - Yukino Mayuzumi - Tamaki Uchida - Boy with Earring
Velvet Room Igor - Nameless - Belladonna - Demon Painter
Rumormongers Kenta Yokouchi - Chika Ueda
Shop Time Count - Garcon Soejima - Sumaru Genie - Kankichi Mishina
Shadow Selves Shadow Maya - Shadow Katsuya - Shadow Baofu - Shadow Ulala
Tatsuya's Scenario Lieutenant General Zula - Shiori Miyashiro - Chandraputra - Kouji Nakamura
Locations
Sumaru City Kasugayama High School - The Seedy CD - Mu Continent - Seven Sisters High School - Mt. Mifune - Sanitarium - Sky Museum - GOLD - Club Zodiac - Aoba Park - Padparcha - Sewers - Laboratory - Sumaru TV - Smile Mall - Factory - Nichirinmaru - Undersea Ruins - Mt. Iwato - Subway Tunnel - Ameno Torifune - Sumaru Castle - Monado Mandala - Bomb Shelter - Extra Dungeon
Music
Albums Original Soundtrack (PSX / PSP) - Punitive Dance - Persona 20th Anniversary All Time Best Album
Songs "Change Your Way" - "Satomi Tadashi Drugstore Song"
Archives
Terminology Persona (Initial / Prime / Ultimate / Reverse) - Persona user - Cards (Tarot / Material / Skill / Incense) - Mystic Change - Affinity - Mutation - Unknown Power - JOKER Infection (Artificial Persona) - Kegare - Other Side - Nanjo Group - Trapezohedron - Muses - New World Order - Tien Tao Lien - Shadow Self - Tatsuya's Scenario - DEVA System - Growth Rate - Rumor
Lists Arcana - Personas - Demons - Bosses - Skills (Fusion Spells) - Items - Rumors - Restaurants
Other Media
Productions Infinity Mask
Publications Eternal Punishment (novel) - Persona 2: Tsumi ga Ataeshi Batsu - Persona: Tsumi To Batsu - Comic Anthology: The Atoners / The Unforgivable / The Strays
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