Stephen (Shin Megami Tensei)

Stephen is a character in Shin Megami Tensei and appears in most of the main line games as a guide for the protagonist. He invented the Demon Summoning program and guides the messiahs in each games to neutrality, basically he serves as the neutral equivalent to Lucifer or Metatron. 
==Personality==
Stephen is a calm and collected character, who is mysterious, and very little is known about him. He loves humanity and constantly tests their potential and guides them into neutrality. As long as the messiahs choose neutrality, he cares very little about what they do or what impact their actions have, but he still warns the protagonist in the massacre route that he might end up like YHVH himself and he shows preference towards the Peace route. 
==Appearance==
Stephen is a slim man, who wears a red suit with a white shirt and a black tie alongside black shoes. His hair is white and his glasses are non-transparent. He is constantly shown sitting in a black wheelchair, with crossed legs. When he gets serious in battle his eyes turn red and he stands up from his wheelchair.
In SMT Nine his suit is turquoise, with a purple shirt and shoes, while his tie and socks are red. The wheelchair he is sitting in is gray and purple in this game.
==History==
===Shin Megami Tensei===
In the original Shin Megami Tensei game, he is saved by the protagonist in the Echo Building, where he tells the protagonist invented the demon summoning program when he tried to invent teleportation. He was accidentally thrown in the expense where demons live, when he tried to make contact with one of them it got hostile, resulting in the demons attacking him. This motivated him to learn more about demons and to invent the Demon Summoning Program, so demons can be used by humans. Afterwards, he will constantly improve on the demon summoning program improving the number of demons the protagonist can carry. 
===Shin Megami Tensei II===
Stephen encounters Hawk for the first time in the Virtuals, where he gives him the demon summoning program to protect the Valhalla district from the upcoming demon invasion.
===Shin Megami Tensei: If...===
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===Shin Megami Tensei: Nine===
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===Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine===
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===Shin Megami Tensei IV===
It is implied that Stephen created the AI Burroughs that acts as a guide on Flynns Comp. The first time he appears is in Alraune's Domain, where he is accompanied by a little girl, he helps the player, by healing his wounds and tells him that the girl has taken interest in them. Should, the player take the Neutral ending Stephen will meet him at the expense, after Flynn entered the black hole and helps him in the battle against the white, by healing his wounds. Later he explains that the girl following him was the goddess of Tokyo and that Flynn has to destroy the celling over Tokyo with Masakados help to restore her full power. 
====Masakado DLC====
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===Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse===
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====Messiahs in Diamond Realm====
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==Trivia==
*The boss theme of Stephen is "Enemy of God"
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