Mementos

**Mementos**, also known as the **Prison of Sloth,** the **Prison of Regression**, or the **Prison of Acedia,** is the incarnation of the Collective Unconscious in Persona Record Series.

## Profile

Mementos is the Palace for everyone's hearts, and the very core of the Metaverse. It takes the form of a twisted version of the Tokyo subway connected by a massive series of subway tunnels with wooden train tracks in place of rails, with various features of a prison such as chains or bars. The Shadows in upper Mementos resemble those of black humanoids with numerous masks. When a Shadow Self inhabits an area, the walls develop red cracks that resemble spider web or fractal patterns, and the veins that act as the "Will of the People" become prominent. The Phantom Thieves of Hearts explore the dungeon by traveling with Morgana's bus form.

Unlike other Palaces, exploring Mementos is optional, although it can be used for grinding on levels, items, money and Personas. Either way, spending time to explore is strongly recommended in order to cut a significantly huge amount of time reaching its depths when it becomes a necessity late in the game. Exploring it is also required to advance various Confidants, as heist requests related to their story will be issued, which must be cleared before they can be progressed further.

Mementos is divided into multiple "paths," each of which has its own unique architecture and floors, referred as "areas." They are randomly generated and areas open up as the fame of the Phantom Thieves grows with each Palace they defeat.

## Appearances

* Persona Record
* Persona Record: Magi Arena

## History in Persona Record Series

### **Persona Record**

In Persona Record, Half of The Phantom Thieves, Head to Mementos where They Discover Mitama Yakumo is there with Jose, It is Reveled Mitama That she was looking for magical girls she was with when she got Trapped in Mementos and Found Jose, The Phantom Thieves Decide to Help Mitama find, Riz, Melissa, Tart and Elisa with the Help of Pernelle.

### **Persona Record: Magi Arena**

In Persona Record: Magi Arena, Mementos appears as a Bottom Floor Arena Inside Shujin Tartarus, Here Iroha is Forces to Fight Ren when He gets controlled By a Mind Controlling Chip, She is able to Over right the Chip Control and Bring Ren Back to His senses. She also Fight Sumire Yoshizawa and Defeated her with her Doppel.

## Trivia

* Mementos is a randomly generated dungeon like Tartarus and the Midnight Channel. However, the Depths has a fixed layout and its own set of puzzles like the Palaces before it.
* The paths of Mementos are named after the Qliphoth, specifically the versions given by William G. Gray in his book *The Tree of Evil*. The Qliphoth is the inverted version of the Sefirot, the Tree of Life and acts as its Shadow or Shell, preventing humanity from reaching the same enlightenment as God. This ties into the ultimate master of Mementos being Yaldabaoth, as the Qliphoth is taken to be the "shadow of God," just as Yaldabaoth is only a deluded impostor of Ain Soph, Kabbalah's name for God as he was before the creation of the world. The only exception is the Path of Da'at, which is named after the center of the Sefirot representing wisdom and perfection, which ties to Adam Kadmon, the personification of infinite light from the real god and the perfect human; in the normal Kabbalah, Da'at is the part of the Sefirot that connects to the Qliphoth, which ties into both Maruki's thematic connection to the Garden of Eden and Adam Kadmon.
* As Mementos resembles a witch's labyrinth, the author put the idea into her story.