Aleph (Shin Megami Tensei)

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==Summary==
Aleph is the main protagonist of Shin Megami Tensei II, directly following the Neutral Hero from the previous games, and living in the distant future shaped by his actions, in which the last remnants of human civilization have gathered in a city known as Tokyo Millenium, while everything outside of it became a barren, demon-infested wasteland. Initially presented as an amnesiac but nonetheless prodigious gladiator trained under the purview of a failed gym, Aleph is soon revealed to be the supposed "Messiah" sent by God in order to purify the Earth and lead humanity to its salvation, soon becoming involved with the organization that controls Millenium itself, and walking on a path in which his decisions will irrevocably change the course of the world at large.
==Powers and Stats==
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Key: Early-Game | Mid-Game | Late-Game | Messiahs in the Diamond Realm
Name: Aleph, Hawk
Origin: Megami Tensei
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown. Though physically very young, as he was genetically engineered and forcibly aged in laboratories
Classification: Artificial Human, Messiah, "Replicant."
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Martial Arts and Weapon Mastery, Cognition (Type 2), Summoning, Non-Physical Interaction (Can damage and interact with spirits and ghosts, as well as strike down the informational forms of Demons and entities devoid of time and space, and should likely scale to Flynn, who can strike down formless, nonexistent entities such as The White), as well as Healing, Regeneration (High-Mid), Invulnerability, Immortality (Types 2, 3 and 7), and Durability Negation (As a Messiah, Aleph's attacks likely hold the same property as that of his Demons' in that they function on both the physical and spiritual/mental/conceptual/informational levels, with wounds he inflicts being unable to be healed without spiritual power and capable of harming physically invulnerable foes, as well as killing undead beings and regenerative entities, such as Nagas and Blobs), Supernatural Willpower, Resistance Negation and Power Modification (Pierces through all resistances to gun-based attacks, be them drain, repel or null, while simultaneously turning one random resistance into a weakness with Gideon Bullet), Statistics Reduction, Accelerated Development, Reactive Evolution and Reactive Power Level (Should have the same nature as other Messiahs, such as Flynn)
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Absorption, Fusionism and Existence Erasure (Could normally exist within Atziluth, a realm of pure nothingness where the concept of the ego does not exist and all individuality dissolves into oneness, with ordinary people being immediately overwhelmed and scattered throughout all possible worlds by stepping into it), Conceptual Manipulation / Information Manipulation / Mind Manipulation / Soul Manipulation (Frequently does battle against Demons, who affect their targets on all of the above levels with every attack, often withstanding numerous strikes from them and emerging victorious through brute force alone), Fate Manipulation and Curse Manipulation (Like the other protagonists, he is likely able to fight and oppose White Rider, the abstract embodiment of victory and conquest whose crown assures his success in all battles and wars. Unbothered by interactions with Pisacas, which fate humans to die in the span of nine months), Disease Manipulation, Probability Manipulation, Madness Manipulation and Chaos Manipulation (Unaffected by the act of looking into Girimehkala's eye, which inflicts incurable sickness and misfortune into individuals, and by the gaze of Yakkha, which is said to inflict disease and madness), Petrification and Poison Manipulation (Can easily do battle against Basilisk and Cockatrice, both of whom turn normal people into stone simply by being touched or looked at, and have a gaze and breath so poisonous that any mortal being near them instantly dies, turning their surroundings into a desert), Life and Death Manipulation (Can fight Liches, whose presence drains the life of those who see them, and is not affected by Balor's gaze, which instantly kills enemies, and Chatterskull's laughter, which dooms whoever hears it to death, immediately stopping their heart)
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Attack Potency: Multi-Continent level (Defeated King Frost, who is capable of freezing the entire world with his power, and later did battle with far stronger enemies such as Betelguese and Daleth, the latter of whom he easily defeated multiple times) | Low Complex Multiverse level (Broke bonds that could restrain Amaterasu, who should be comparable to fellow Mother Goddesses such as Ouroboros. Defeated Raphael and Uriel simultaneously, and proceeded to kill Michael before destroying the false projection of YHVH created by the combined energies of the Three Archangels' faith) | Outerverse level (Can defeat Vairocana and kill Beelzebub, as well as control Shiva and Parvati, alongside their fusion, Ardhanarishvara. Fought and defeated Lucifer in the Law and Neutral Routes, wounding him so gravely that he died moments after their fight, and is capable of destroying the one-headed form of the Kuzuryu at this point of the game. Can defeat Satan, who states Aleph is the most powerful human that opposes God and His forces. Defeated YHVH's local manifestation, and can wield Masakado's katana and armor) | Outerverse level (Comparable to the other Messiahs, including Nanashi, and can fight against an unrestrained Stephen alongside them, although the latter was more amused and satisfied by their performance than significantly injured at the aftermath of the fight)
Speed: Speed of Light Reactions and Combat Speed (Should be comparable to Plasma, a notably weak demon who can attack using electromagnetic waves) | Immeasurable Reactions and Combat Speed | Immeasurable Reactions and Combat Speed | Immeasurable Reactions and Combat Speed
Lifting Strength: Superhuman
Striking Strength: Multi-Continent level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Outerverse level | Outerverse level
Durability: Multi-Continent level | Low Complex Multiverse level | Outerverse level | Outerverse level (Endured an extended battle against Stephen, who was fighting at full power by his own admission)
Stamina: Superhuman
Range: Extended Melee Range, Tens of Meters with firearms; up to Planetary with Demons | Same as before; up to Low Complex Multiversal with Demons | Same as before; up to Outerversal with Demons
Standard Equipment: His COMP, as well as a variety of weapons, armory and support items
Intelligence: Being an artificially crafted human whose development was overseen by the Center, Aleph has had a wealth of combat experience and knowledge directly imprinted into his brain as his body grew, as a result having been a natural expert since birth and possessing the ability to skillfully wield a variety of weapons, ranging from swords to knives, hammers, whips, maces, spears and firearms, with Okamoto calling him a prodigy and remarking that he was able to easily fight against demons even while in a "drunken stupor" and go through a virtual training simulation completely unscathed. Ontop of that, Aleph seems to be a competent leader, being able to easily lead groups of demons and direct their actions in battle while locked in combat himself.
Weaknesses: Observation is a phenomenon that happens entirely on the unconscious level and is intimately tied to Aleph's own beliefs, thoughts and subjective experiences, and thus its full applications, although vast, are not something that are able to be freely utilized in battle.
==Notable Matchups==
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