Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)

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==Summary==
Stephen is a non-player character, first appearing in Shin Megami Tensei. He is loosely based on the theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking.
In SMT I, Stephen is a brilliant computer programmer who is the main architect of the Terminal System project, a revolutionary technology which allowed instantaneous travel through computer networks. However, during one of those experiments, a terminal accidentally connected to the Expanse, causing a demon to travel through. The supernatural being tried to communicate with Stephen, but as Stephen wasn't able to comprehend its language, it eventually got hostile and attacked, resulting in the crippling of Stephen.
This event ended up motivating Stephen in developing the Demon Summoning Program, a computer file that, once downloaded in a COMP, will allow its user to translate the demon language, allowing for proper communication. He sent the Demon Summoning Program through e-mail to as many people as possible hoping that someone would one day be able to use it to ally himself with demons to avert the obliteration of Tokyo by the upcoming war of the rising Messian and Gaean factions.
Stephen also appears in Shin Megami Tensei II, IV and IV: Apocalypse, acting as a guide to Aleph, Flynn and Nanashi. He is also the one behind the DLC quest "Messiahs in the Diamond Realm", where he summons Kazuya, Aleph, the Demi-Fiend, Flynn and Nanashi, and through circumstances does battle with all five of them, stepping from his wheelchair and acting as the game's Ultimate Boss.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Stephen
Origin: Megami Tensei
Gender: Male
Age: Likely in his 50s physically, though he has long transcended the concept of time.
Classification: Transcendental Being, "Buddha", Creator of the Devil Summoning Program, Reincarnation of Abe no Semei, Agent of The Great Reason. Human.
Powers and Abilities: Abstract Existence (Type 1), Absolute Zero, Beyond-Dimensional Existence (Type 2), Black Hole Creation, Causality Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Type 1), Cosmic Awareness, Data Manipulation, Dimensional Travel, Durability Negation, Elemental Manipulation (Fire, Lightning, Ice and Wind Manipulation, all of which pierce right through resistances of any kind), Energy Manipulation, Hacking, Information Manipulation, Law Manipulation (Capable of bending and breaking the immutable laws of the universe established by The Great Reason), Magic, Nigh-Omniscience, Quantum Manipulation, Reality Warping, Resistance Negation, Status Effect Inducement, Statistics Amplification and Reduction
Attack Potency: Outerverse level (Ascended above the infinite Cycle of Transmigration that reaches through all of reality and beyond in Megami Tensei, becoming a transcendental entity capable of making contact with The Great Reason and directly glimpsing a small part of its movement, and as such, exists beyond even Philemon and Nyarlathotep's domain, as well as YHVH's Universe)
Speed: Unknown
Lifting Strength: Immeasurable
Striking Strength: Outerverse level
Durability: Outerverse level (Casually battled against Nanashi, Flynn, Aleph, Demi-Fiend and the Neutral Hero simultaneously as part of a simple test to showcase their worth, and was ultimately more satisfied with their performance than actually defeated at the end of the battle)
Stamina: Infinite
Range: Outerversal
Standard Equipment: Wheelchair, Demon-Summoning Program, Terminal System Program
Intelligence: Nigh-Omniscient. Even as a human, Stephen was able to create a multi-dimensional teleportation system in the 90's, as well as mathematically reproduce the exact procedures needed to complete esoteric rituals in order to create the Demon Summoning Program. After his attainment of enlightenment, he became an entity unbound by space and time, perfectly aware of events happening throughout the entire multiverse and beyond, and being able to perceive even a glimpse of The Great Reason's movement, which encompasses all of existence and non-existence.
Weaknesses: None notable
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
More detailed information on this character's skill list can be found in the Megami Tensei wiki
Buffs and Debuffs: A set of skills that, as the name implies, allows the caster to greatly amplify their own physical attributes and reduce that of their foes, thus allowing one to stand up to much stronger opponents by closing or even reversing the gap in power between them. Outside of gameplay limitations, they can be stacked indefinitely, and sufficient usages of buffs allow the caster to survive attacks that would otherwise obliterate them with only minor injuries and amplify their speed to the point of completely outspeeding opponents that could previously predict all of their movements, while debuffs have a directly proportional effect on the enemy's statistics.
* Debilitate: Decreases all statistics of an entire party (Strength, speed, durability and magical power) by one rank.
* Particle Annihilation: Decreases all statistics of an entire party (Strength, speed and magical power) by one three ranks.
* Pair Production: Increases all of his own statistics by three ranks.
Almighty Attacks: The highest class of spells in the Megami Tensei franchise, consisting largely of powerful non-elemental attacks that have the special property of completely bypassing any resistances or immunities that a target may possess, be them innate or magically enforced, the latter of which including anything from reflective barriers to items that distort the very laws of the universe in order to protect the user from all forms of damage, and they are likewise unable to blocked, drained or generally defended against.
* Black Body Radiation: Halves the remaining health of all foes.
* Calamity Code: Deals considerable almighty damage to an enemy, with a chance of simultaneously inflicting charm, panic or bind.
==Notable Matchups==
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