Persona: Story

**This is GamepadtheDreamer's OC series. Do not use these characters without giving credit or asking permission to use them. The original series is owned by ATLUS Games.**

## Story

When a group of college students discover that their school library is capable of transporting them into the world of books, they get thrown into a great mystery. The Shadows of people they know are being swapped with their real world counterparts! Who could be causing this? With the power of their Persona Grimoires, they will find the truth!

## Characters

### **Grimoire Court**

* Akira Ashihara *Fool*

* Hooter *Emperor*

* Gentaro Watanabe *Magician*

* Sanako Fukumoto *Lovers*
* Ryuga Ishimori *Chariot*

* Miu Minako *Priestess*

* Yuri Omura *Tower*

* Sento Kagami *Hermit*
* Konomi Shimohira *Strength*

### **Social Links**

* Kuroto Terui *Hanged Man*

* Tomoko Terui *Star*

* Souji Maki *Devil (Status-clearing Medicine)*

* Haruto Amachi *Hierophant*
* Kaito Mochizuki *Moon (Shadow Negotiation)*
* Wataru Fujihashi *Death (Skill Cards)*
* Otoya Katsurou *Fortune*

* Asuna Isurugi *Empress (SP restoring Talisman)*
* Mary *Judgement (Compendium)*

* Itsuro Shukyo *Sun (New) (Weapons)*

* Keiji Tachibana *Temperance*

* Kouta Fuchida *Justice*

### **Villains**

*Each of the villains are themed after one of the Nine Circles of Hell from Dante's Inferno. Note that they are not in sequential order.*

* Shingo Kamishiro *Lust*

* Chiro Shimohira *Fraud*

* Manami Takeshi *Gluttony*

* Issei Kiryu *Limbo*

* Reiko Fukami *Greed*

* Fumine Godai *Violence*
* Anger (Fifth Circle of Hell)

Angry at a publishing company for denying his book for publishing

Dante's Inferno Basis: Anger (Fifth Circle)

Novel Basis: The Phantom of the Opera

Boss Form: The Phantom himself

* Heresy (Sixth Circle of Hell)

Novel Basis: ???

* ??? Shimohira

Mordred under a different name

Dante's Inferno Basis: Treachery (Ninth Circle)

Novel Basis: The Chronicles of Narnia

Boss Form: Ice Dragon

## Symbolism

* This game is represented by the color **purple**. This represents the game's major themes of knowledge, secrecy, mystery, and self-reflection. Its usage is also meant as a call back to the first Persona game.
* The major symbol of this game is **books**, similar to cards in Persona 4 or masks in Persona 5. The characters in this game are quiet about who they are, and eventually learn about being an *open book*.
* Each party member embodies a fantasy character archetype, reflected in their weapons and ultimate Personas.
* Each dungeon is themed around a classic piece of literature and one of the Nine Circles of Hell from Dante's Inferno.

## Persona Story: Dancing Past Midnight

Persona Story: Dancing Past Midnight is a rhythm based spin-off of Persona: Story. The plot involves Hooter holding a grand ball to celebrate their victory over evil, only for the remaining Shadows in the World of Fiction to capture most of their friends and loved ones.

## Trivia

* The original concept for this series would have had an old-school video game theme and possess the name **Persona Digital**. The only other idea determined before being scraped is that Persona Digital would have used a rabbit for its mascot. The idea was scraped under the reasoning that the Void Quest from Persona 4 represented video games in a superior way than a full game could have, which would have struggled to carry the theme for an entire storyline.

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