Judgement Arcana

The Judgement Arcana is a recurring Arcana in the 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 Judgement Arcana are usually related to Judgement Day myths or are gods tied directly to the judgement 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.
Game 	Social Link/Confidant Title	Explanation
Persona 3	Nyx Annihilation Team 	The Specialized Extracurricular Execution Squad became this in order to stop Nyx and The Fall, after refusing to kill Ryoji Mochizuki.
Persona 4	Seekers of Truth 	The 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.
Persona 5	Sae Niijima 	While it's listed under a single person, the focus is of the 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 culprit behind the mental shutdown cases, and to enlist her help in preventing the 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 / FES / Portable / Reload
*Persona 4 / Golden
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth
*Persona 5 / 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.
Persona 	Persona 	Level
PSP 	Revelations	Level
Nike * 	Nike 	7 (Initial Persona of Eriko Kirishima)
Phaleg 	Halo 	18
Azrael 	Azreal 	36
Armaiti 	Allmighty 	55
Yamaoka * 	Alfred 	60 (Ultimate Persona of Kei Nanjo)
Michael * 	St. Michael	62 (Ultimate Persona of Eriko Kirishima)
Satan * 	Dark Angel 	79
Vohu Manah *	Abracab 	94
===Persona 2===
====Innocent Sin====
Persona 	Level
Phaleg 	7
Angel 	18
Principality	29
Melchizedek 	43
Armati 	48
Throne 	53
Ameretat 	69
Michael 	83
Satan * 	96
====Eternal Punishment====
Persona 	Level
Phaleg 	17
Nike 	23 (Initial Persona of Eriko Kirishima)
Melchizedek	32
Armati 	48
Ameretat 	69
Gabriel * 	76 (Ultimate Persona of Eriko Kirishima)
Michael 	83
Satan * 	96
===Persona 3===
The 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 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 SEES and allowing the newly formed Nyx Anihilation Team the opportunity to confront Nyx at the promised place on January 31st.
The Judgement Arcana increases as the protagonist ascends the final block of Tartarus, Adamah. Upon completing the Social Link, the protagonist gains access to the ultimate form of the Judgement Arcana, Messiah, the savior. Messiah is fused using Orpheus and Thanatos. It can also be obtained from Shuffle Time in the top level of Tartarus.
Persona 	Level
Anubis 	59
Trumpeter	65
Michael 	72
Satan 	79
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 Helel.
Persona 	Level
Anubis 	59
Trumpeter	65
Michael 	72
Satan 	79
Lucifer 	89
Messiah 	90
===Persona 4===
The Judgement Arcana Social Link is represented by the 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.
Persona 	Level
Anubis 	59
Trumpeter	67
Michael 	72
Satan 	76
Metatron 	83
Ardha 	90
Lucifer 	93
===Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth===
Persona 	Level
Red Rider 	29
Anubis 	38
Black Rider 	52
Trumpeter 	64
Michael 	71
Satan 	77
Metatron 	82
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.
Persona 	Level
Anubis 	37
Trumpeter 	59
Yamata no Orochi	64
Abaddon 	74
Messiah↓ 	81
Shiva 	82
Michael 	87
Messiah Picaro↓ 	90
Satan 	92*
====Royal====
In Persona 5 Royal, the Judgment Arcana remains largely the same, though Levels of some Personas have been altered.
Persona 	Level
Anubis 	34
Trumpeter 	59
Yamata no Orochi	64
Abaddon 	75
Messiah↓ 	81
Shiva 	82
Michael 	87
Messiah Picaro↓ 	90
Satan 	92*
===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.
Persona 	Level
Messiah 	P3P heroine's ultimate persona
Turdak 	29
Berserker 	35
Anubis 	42
Black Rider 	50
Ophanim 	57
Messiah Picaro ↓	60
Trumpeter 	64
Michael ° 	68
Satan 	81
Lucifer ° 	88
===Persona 5 Strikers===
Persona 	Level
Trumpeter	56
Abaddon 	66
==List of Demons==
===Persona 2===
====Innocent Sin====
Persona 	Level
Phaleg 	7
Angel 	18
Principality	29
Melchizedek 	43
Throne 	53
====Eternal Punishment====
Persona 	Level
Angel 	14
Archangel 	21
Principality	29
Power 	36
Virtue 	44
Dominion 	52
Throne 	57
Cherub 	64
==Characters==
Character 	Media
Eriko Kirishima	Megami Ibunroku Persona
Rihito Shimizu 	Persona: Tsumi to Batsu
Sae Niijima 	Persona 5
==Card Designs==
File:Judgement IS.png|Persona 2
File:Judgment.png|Persona 3 FES
File:P5 Judgement Arcana.png|Persona 5
==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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