Urizen

Urizen is a demon in the series.
==History==
In the mythology of William Blake, Urizen is the embodiment of conventional reason and law. He is usually depicted as a bearded old man; he sometimes bears architect's tools, to create and constrain the universe; or nets, with which he ensnares people in webs of law and conventional society. Originally, Urizen represented one half of a two-part system, with him representing reason and Los, his opposition, representing imagination.
In Blake's reworking of his mythic system, Urizen is one of the four Zoas that result from the division of the primordial man, Albion, and he continues to represent reason. He has an Emanation, or paired female equivalent, Ahania, who stands for Pleasure. In Blake's myth, Urizen is joined by many daughters with three representing aspects of the body. He is also joined by many sons, with four representing the four elements. These sons join in rebellion against their father but are later united in the Last Judgment. In many of Blake's books, Urizen is seen with four books that represent the various laws that he places upon humanity.
In Blake's original myth, Urizen, the representation of abstractions and an abstraction of the human self, is the first entity. He believes himself holy and he sets about establishing various sins in a book of brass that serves as a combination of various laws as discovered by Newton, given to Moses, and the general concept of deism, which force uniformity upon mankind. The rest of the Eternals in turn become indignant at Urizen turning against eternity, and they instill these essences of sin within Urizen's creation. This torments Urizen, and Los soon after appears. Los' duty within the work is to watch over Urizen and serve as his opposition. In terms of Blake's Orc cycle, Urizen serves as a Satanic force similar to Milton's Satan. He has also been compared with the Ancient of Days or the Demiurge 
==Appearances==
*Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Zoa Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Entity Race
==Profile==
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
Urizen was introduced during the 2014 Kappa and the Lost Utopia event alongside Albion and the three other Zoa. He can be fused by players with the Zoas plugin through a special double fusion of Sudama and Flaemis. Like Albion and the others, he possesses a feature called Milton, which gives him 100% elemental resistance according to which Zoa are in the party. After Mitama fusion, he gains another feature called Bunrei (分霊, lit. Divided Spirit) which increases his elemental damage by 50% according to which Zoa are in the party.
==Stats==
===Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne===
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
Category:William Blake Mythology