Artemis

Artemis is a demon in the series.
==History==
Artemis is the virgin goddess of the hunt, childbirth, fertility and the moon, also a member of the twelve Olympians, child of Zeus and Leto along with her twin brother, Apollo, the god of arts. Depicted as a beautiful young woman, she is always said to carry her silver bow and arrows, and one of her main tasks was to protect the forests and hills. The deer and the cypress were sacred to her. As one of the most venerated deity in the ancient Greece, her figure appears constantly in various myths, usually as the one who executes punishments upon mortals who broke their oaths or have offended the gods.
Being a virgin goddess, she is one of the few goddesses not affected by Aphrodite's manipulations, being uninterested in men and instead spending time with female hunters. Artemis spent her childhood in the hills and forests, training with her bow and hunting beasts. As she grew older and more beautiful, she also grew proud and ruthless when slighted or dishonored, especially against those that claimed to be better hunters than she. Later in history, she started to be associated with the moon, overshadowing Selene, the personification of the moon itself. 
All of her female followers are said to take a vow of maidenhood. Callisto was one of Artemis' loyal companions, but Zeus raped her and as a result, she is transformed into a bear by Artemis. Orion, another loyal companion who was also a valiant hero, was killed by a scorpion. Artemis then asked her father to resurrect him, and Zeus placed him among the stars. Through cultural ties to Greece, the goddess Diana in ancient Rome became practically the same goddess as her.
Artemis was worshiped as a many-breasted earth mother in Ephesus.
==Appearances==
*Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei: Deity Race
*Shin Megami Tensei NINE: Lady Race
*Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Earth Mother Race, Boss
*Shin Megami Tensei V: Megami Race, DLC Boss ("A Goddess in Training")
*Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance: Megami Race, Boss
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin: Moon Arcana
*Persona 2: Eternal Punishment: Moon Arcana
*Devil Children White Book: Ghost Type
*DemiKids Light / Dark Version: Ghost Type
*Devil Children Fire/Ice Book: Ghost Type
*Devil Children Messiah Riser: Ghost Type
==Profile==
===Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei===
Artemis is one of the four Deities exclusive to the Kyuuyaku version of Megami Tensei II, alongside Zeus, Leto and Apollo. She roughly has the same stats as Vishnu.
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
Artemis can be acquired through fusion or Shinjuku Babel's hacked chip instance. She appears during the full moon as a field boss in Shibuya. Due to her Moon Goddess feature that significantly boosts synthesis success rates, she and Alilat are two of the most common demons used by those who want to train and use the "Synthesis" Chain Expertise. Her in-game model is that of Diana, who is basically her counterpart from Roman mythology.
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
Artemis appears as the focal demon within the DLC Quest, "A Goddess in Training," appearing near the Tokyo Tower in Da'at. 
Searching for a training partner, she arrived seeking to fight the Hydra, but had arrived much too late. She assumed Heracles had slew the beast, but was surprised to hear that the protagonist had done the deed. Unbelieving of his strength, Artemis tasks the protagonist to fight Quetzalcoatl. Once the Dragon is slain, she will then deem the protagonist ready to fight her. Once she's defeated, she'll hear Zeus' voice, consoling her over her loss. Should Zeus be in the Nahobino's stock instead, which can be done either during the endgame after unlocking the Deity for fusion or on New Game Plus runs, Zeus himself appears briefly to give the consoling, then urges the protagonist to look after Artemis.
She then decides to join the party, unlocking Artemis for special fusion as well, requiring Setanta, Cironnup, Makami and Bicorn for her fusion.
She wields a signature skill called Astral Saintstrike, which deals 15 Physical weak multi-hit attacks to random enemies.
===Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance===
Artemis, along with all of the DLC demons available for the original version of Shin Megami Tensei V, returns for Vengeance, and will come prepackaged into the game.
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
Artemis is the ultimate Persona of Maya Amano. In order to get her, one must successfully collect the Blue Swan Mask inside Mt. Iwato. Artemis' appearance seems more futuristic with the polygons attached onto her body parts with violet blue and white serving as primary colors, in contrast to Maya's initial persona, Maia, who wears traditional clothing in red and black. Artemis reflects all magical attacks, but in turn is weak against physical attacks. Her attacks consist in dealing Ice damage, and the Crescent Mirror can be used to perform the Grand Cross fusion spell.
===Persona 2: Eternal Punishment===
Artemis returns as Maya Amano's ultimate Persona, with minor cosmetic changes. She can only be summoned once her material card has been acquired on Mt. Iwato. Her stats remain almost unchanged, but her skills have been altered somewhat.
===Devil Children White Book===
Artemis can be obtained from Ishtar after giving her twenty Magnetite shards.
===DemiKids Light & Dark===
Artemis can perform the combo Acid Rain with Baku.
==Stats==
===Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei===
====Megami Tensei II====
===Shin Megami Tensei NINE===
===Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE===
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===Shin Megami Tensei V===
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
===Persona 2: Eternal Punishment===
===Devil Children White Book===
===DemiKids Light & Dark===
===Devil Children Fire/Ice Book===
===Devil Children Messiah Riser===
==Gallery==
Megami_Tensei_II_Scans.jpg|Artemis in Megami Tensei II
ArtemisSMT5.png|Artemis' model in Shin Megami Tensei V
SMT9_Artemis_RTS.png|Artemis' RTS map icon in Shin Megami Tensei NINE
Imagine-Artemis.jpg|Artemis in Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
P2 Artemis.PNG|Artemis as she appears in the Persona 2 duology
Persona2promoart.jpg|Persona 2: Innocent Sin promotional artwork
P2-Maya&Artemis.jpg|Persona 2: Eternal Punishment promotional artwork
Maya-Summon.gif|Maya summoning Artemis
Reverse Artemis.png|Reverse Artemis
artemis.JPG|Artwork from Devil Children White Book
AstralSaintstrike SMT5.gif|Artemis casting Astral Saintstrike in Shin Megami Tensei V
Headcrush_SMT5.gif|Artemis casting Headcrush in Shin Megami Tensei V
Somersault_SMT5.gif|Artemis casting Somersault in Shin Megami Tensei V
==Trivia==
* Persona Artemis was designed with the motive of a , specifically the ones worn by the astronauts of the during their moon landing mission in 1969. The mirror caps on the other hand are references to the .
* Persona Artemis appears as a palette swap for Artemisia in Persona 4 Arena when using Mitsuru Kirijo's Maya palette swap.
*Artemis' Shin Megami Tensei V appearence is modeled after the titular characters of Pegasus Seiya and Cygnus Hyoga from the Saint Seiya franchise.
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