Belphegor

Belphegor, also known as Phegor in Devil Children, is a demon in the series.
==History==
Belphegor is the demon lord of Sloth, one of the 7 Deadly Sins and a member of the Seven Princes of Hell. Belphegor gives people ideas for inventions that will make them rich and thus greedy and selfish. He was known as a phallic deity, associated with sex, orgies, and all forms of debauchery in general.
His most common forms are polarized in their appearances. Sometimes Belphegor is portrayed as a beautiful woman, naked in all her glory, to seduce those who would fall for his wiles, but other times Belphegor is portrayed as a monstrous male demon with leathery flesh, huge horns, long sharp teeth and fingernails and a gaping mouth.
Belphegor is invoked by mortals who wish to find fame and wealth through invention, often with as little effort as possible. These wishes, as with almost any demonic invocation, are doomed to fail, because Belphegor’s true mission is to draw the lazy into the sin of Sloth. Through the failure of whatever Belphegor provided to the invoker, he draws them into procrastination and idle dreaming rather than producing, thus damning them.
As one of the fallen angels, Belphegor was originally a member of the order of principalities, and after his fall he became a demonic counterpart to one of the ten Sephiroth that oversee the Tree of Life. As a demon, he is described in Kabbalistic writings as the "disputer," an enemy of the sixth Sephiroth "beauty." When summoned, he can grant riches, the power of discovery and ingenious invention. His role as a demon was to sow discord among men and seduce them to evil through the apportionment of wealth.
Belphegor is a lieutenant from Hell, who had been dispatched to Earth on many missions by the devil. Some rabbis claim that he must be worshipped on a toilet, with offerings being the residue of ones' digestion.
Belphegor was the patron of the Moab, a kingdom known to have been along the shore of the Dead Sea, on the eastern side, in what is now Jordan. According to De Plancy's Dictionnaire Infernal, he was Hell's ambassador to France. Consequently, his adversary is St. Mary Magdalene, one of the patron saints of France.
His name is a corruption of Baal-Peor, the name for the god of the Moabites.
==Appearances==
*Megami Tensei II: Vile Race, Boss
*Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei: Vile Race, Boss
*Shin Megami Tensei II: Tyrant Race
*Shin Megami Tensei V: Tyrant Race
*Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis: Fallen Race, Boss
*Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon: Skill Order, Case File Boss
*Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Mokushiroku: Tyrant Race, Boss
*Persona 2: Innocent Sin: Boss
**Persona 2: Innocent Sin Comic Anthology (DNA Media Comics)
*Persona 3 Reload: Emperor Arcana
*Persona 4 / Golden: Devil Arcana
*Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Devil Arcana
*Persona 5 / Royal: Tower Arcana
**Persona 5 The Animation
*Persona 5: The Phantom X
*Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Devil Arcana
*Devil Children Black Book & Red Book: Boss Race
*Devil Children White Book: Boss Race
*DemiKids Light Version / Dark Version: Boss Type
*Devil Children Fire/Ice Book: Boss Race
==Profile==
===Megami Tensei II===
Belphegor is an extra boss found in the Lands of Rage, a dungeon which can only be reached if the protagonist has its key, which he receives after returning the lost kid found in Moloch's Temple. After his defeat, the protagonist obtains the Vajra, the best weapon for the partner. He is later fought in the final dungeon, Suzuki Company Ltd., right before Satan.
=== Shin Megami Tensei II ===
Belphegor is the guardian of the Factory's watchtower in Tokyo Millennium, where he is found and fought on the tower's top floor. Zayin went to the tower earlier and tried to fight Belphegor, but was beaten and wounded by him, later warning Aleph to be careful in his fight against the demon.
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
Belphegor appears during the subquest "The Tyrant of Tennozu," in which Demeter requests the protagonist to eliminate him. During battle, Belphegor will use normal attacks following the use of Omagatoki: Critical. The protagonist meets Belphegor at the top of Tennozu, who attacks him to use as the first sacrifice in his domain. If the protagonist manages to defeat him, he becomes unlocked for fusion upon completing the quest.
If Belphegor is in the protagonist's party, he may speak to enemy Mermaids and Shiki-Ouji, resulting in humorous dialogue in which he asks the former to help flush his toilet and the latter to use as toilet paper, much to their disgust. He is fortunately able to diffuse the situation and obtains items from them to help with his problems.
===Majin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis===
Belphegor is fought on the Neutral Route after beating Lucifer, where he guards the base in the mountainous area of Elleth.
===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
Belphegor is fought as a boss alongside Ixquic in Smile Hirasaka's bathroom when the party tries to prevent the place from being destroyed by King Leo's bomb.
===Persona 4===
A Persona that specializes in Electricity Skills, Belphegor is one of the Personas that can be awarded by Shuffle Time in Magatsu Inaba.
===Persona 5===
Belphegor is the second Persona of the Tower Arcana and can be found as a Shadow in Kamoshida's Palace, Okumura's Palace and in the Adyeshach area of Mementos, with the title "Ambassador of Filth." He is the first Persona to learn the Null Rage and Concentrate skills and one of four Personas to learn Ice Break. When itemized through Electric Chair execution in the Velvet Room, Belphegor yields a Mabufula skill card.
Belphegor first appears as one of the guard captains in Kamoshida's Palace. He will confront the party immediately after Ann Takamaki awakens to her Persona Carmen. He may attack with Magaru and heal himself with Dia. Belphegor is weak to Fire.
The Shadow of Akimitsu Tsuda takes the form of Belphegor during the request "Shady Deal in the Shadows" and must be defeated in order to complete Munehisa Iwai's Confidant. They can be found in the 4th area of the Path of Kaitul in Mementos. Shadow Tsuda will alternate between using Bufudyne, Mabufula and Evil Smile during battle, and he will follow up with Ghastly Wail to kill party members afflicted with Fear. When defeated, he will drop the Weird Wrap Armor that can be worn by anyone except Morgana, which has 160 DEF, 20 EVA, and gives the Null Fear effect to the wearer.
====Royal====
Belphegor is now the first Persona of the Tower Arcana and cannot learn cannot learn Bufula via level up anymore, with Bufudyne taking its place. When itemized during a fusion alarm, Belphegor will yield a Bufudyne Skill Card instead.
===Devil Children Red/Black/White Book===
Belphegor alongside his brothers Zebul and Berith are bonus bosses in the Deep Hole. He can be recruited after his defeat.
===DemiKids Light & Dark===
Phegor, like his brothers Zebul and Verrito, can be found in the Deep Hole as recruitable Bonus Bosses.
===Devil Children Fire & Ice Book===
Before the story began Phegor was kidnapped and sealed away by the demons of Fire and Light from Muspelheim. The Fake one would later seal away the real Zebul. When Akira defeats the Fake Berith he would express shock and stand in his way to prevent him from meeting the Fake Zebul. After his defeat, he would transform into his true demonic form and disappear. Like the other Fake Brothers, the difference between the real one and fake one is how they look.
=== Devil Survivor ===
While not appearing as a usable demon in this game, he makes an appearance on Belberith's body along with Baal and Bael, suggesting that they were also contenders to be King of Bel but were defeated and absorbed by Belberith.
==Stats==
===Megami Tensei II===
===Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei===
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===Shin Megami Tensei II===
===Shin Megami Tensei V===
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===Persona 2: Innocent Sin===
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===Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth===
===Persona 5 / Royal===
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===Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth===
===Devil Children Black/Red/White Book===
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===Devil Children Fire/Ice Book===
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==Gallery==
Belphegor_Human.png|Human Form in Kyuuyaku Megami Tensei
Persona 2 Innocent Sin DNA Media Comic Anthology Tribute art 2.jpg|Art of Belphegor featured in Persona 2: Innocent Sin DNA Media Comic Anthology
P5A Belphegor.jpg|Belphegor as he appears in Persona 5 The Animation
Belphegor_P5R.jpg|Belphegor in Persona 5 Royal
Belphegor (P O.A.).png|Belphegor in Persona O.A.
ベルフェゴール - 真・女神転生V 日めくり悪魔 Vol.149|Belphegor in SMTV Daily Demon #149
==In Other Languages==
Language	Name
Japanese	ベルフェゴール (Berufegouru)フェゴール (Fegouru)
French 	Belphégor
Italian 	Belphegor
German 	Belphegor
Spanish 	Belfegor
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