Morgana

* Human
* Normal
* Cat

## Voices

**Morgana** (モルガナ, *Morugana*) is the tritagonist (along with Ann) of *Persona 5*. He is a mysterious being with ties to Mementos. He doesn't know who he is, and seeks answers to restore his memories.

## Appearance

As a human, Morgana is an attractive young man with sleek dark blue hair with side-swept bangs and blue eyes. He wears a gray jacket over a dark beige scoop neck shirt, alongside a thin yellow necklace. In addition, he wears white jeans with a black belt and black sneakers with white shoelaces, soles and toe caps.

In the Metaverse, Morgana is an anthropomorphic and biped tuxedo cat-like creature with a large spheroidal head. His fur is predominantly black, except on his limbs and tail which appear white. The bottom front half of his face or his mouth is also white. Morgana wears a mask that covers much of his face (which can be unbuttoned from behind) with elliptic eyes consisting of white sclerae, blue irises and black pupils. His outer ears are black with white inner ears. He has a yellow scarf around his neck and a utility belt around his hips, with two golden buttons and two bags attached. He has pink paw pads.

In the real world, Morgana retains the anatomy of a normal adult house cat. The fur coat on his body remains the same, though it has been described to be "smooth and silky" to the touch. His head is no longer covered by a mask, and is predominantly black with the exception of his white muzzle. He has a black nose, and whiskers on the sides of his muzzle and above his eyes. His blue irises cover his entire eyes, hiding his sclera. He wears a yellow collar in place of his scarf and no longer wears a belt. Unlike his Metaverse form, his cat form has retractable claws.

In the Metaverse, Morgana can transform into a van. Its design is based on the Citroën H Van. The paint is dominantly black, with three yellow stripes on the hood (with the middle one being the thickest) and though they are symmetrical with one another, they are asymmetrically aligned with the vehicle itself, as they converge toward his left windshield. On the grille, there is a small golden emblem representing Morgana's biped head. In addition, the headlights represent his eyes, his ears are attached on the front side of the roof, and his tail is attached on the back. Unlike normal vehicles, it can also bend in a cartoon-like manner.

For most of *Persona 5*, Morgana's anthropomorphic look is the one displayed in his dialogue portrait, no matter what form he's actually in or whether they're in the real world or not. However, after the Metaverse has been erased alongside his Metaverse form, he's instead perceived as a normal house-cat. However, should a new Mementos related incident occur and is known to him, his portrait will turn from his cat form to his anthropomorphic form, only to revert once the source of the incident has been removed.

In *Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight*, Morgana appears in his anthropomorphic form. For his Ball Stage Outfit, he retains his mask, but no longer wears a utility belt. Instead, he wears a white T-shirt with a gold "M" logo, with small "BAD★CAT" letters engraved below. He attains a large red scarf and black sneakers with gold shoelaces and white soles. He also wears a large gold crown on his head, with large "KING" letters carved around it, repeating the same word twice. Red diamond shaped gems are engraved between those letters, with the exception of those between "G" and "K," which are shaped like stars instead, serving as word spacing. Additionally, he also wears a golden chain bracelet on his left wrist.

## Personality

While appearing to be a cat-like creature, Morgana emphatically insists on being a human, and sticks with the Phantom Thieves as he believes they'll be able to help him discover his origins and regain his true form. Despite this, sometimes he instinctively meows and self-grooms, being able to get used to his lifestyle as a cat easily. However, he demonstrates a number of qualities which are absent in ordinary animals, such as his intelligence, a sense of morality, empathy, and even style.

Morgana lacks a sense of self, not remembering anything about who he is or where he comes from. This is the foundation of an identity crisis, as he's often confused and uncertain about who he really is. This is Morgana's deepest insecurity, especially when it comes to his appearance: although in technical terms he's a cat in spite of whether he had origins as a human or not, he rashly interprets remarks about him being a cat as him always having been one, making him torn and confused further, leading him to deny he's one outright in frustration, sometimes even thinking he's being made fun of. There are instances where some characters, such as Ryuji Sakamoto, outright doubt his story and question if he's misunderstood himself, which leads the two to be unable to get along initially. As such, for the most part, he's very cautious with openly admitting that he doesn't know who he was.

But generally because of his appearance, the rest of the group might be insensitive to him one way or another at times, albeit not intentionally or maliciously, which causes him to generally have his pride crushed, be left behind by the rest, or even be the victim of comical physical abuse. At certain times, he may even be treated as a scapegoat by the rest of the group, such as by Futaba Sakura, one of the weaker members of the group.

Morgana knows how to be dignified and level-headed, and often adopts a more realistic and logical mindset, easily prioritizing important missions over his own personal agenda. He strongly believes in doing the right thing, as he's willing to stand his ground against injustice, and has voiced he'll never forgive certain deeds on several occasions, including a minor target that inflicted abuse on stray cats to relieve stress. He was also shown to consider the ideal person to be a hero figure that helps people in need, which leads him to act gallantly at times. Morgana keeps things fair, conveyed by his settling give-and-take deals between others, and never goes back on his word either, as he promised to guide the protagonist and Ryuji out of Kamoshida's Palace when they first met, on the condition that they free him from his cell. And though some of his teammates might be pressured into questioning their morals in terms of whether what they're doing is right, Morgana shows autonomous faith in his own ideals.

Morgana is very outspoken and straightforward, and often speaks his mind. He can be irritable, and warn or scold his teammates when they're not careful. Morgana also has a mischievous side, as he likes to boast and tease his friends on a whim, which especially applies to Ryuji. Either way, he doesn't rub salt in the wound if the person ends up feeling ashamed or guilty over their mistakes, and can empathize with them. This treatment includes Futaba Sakura while she was learning to open up and overcome her anxiety and distrust, having him withstand her playful animal abuse and any trouble that came his way.

Despite being knowledgeable on the Metaverse, Morgana has various blind spots in his understanding of the Metaverse. His uncertainty is demonstrated through having the group adopt the use of codenames as extra precaution. When explaining his own knowledge or theorems, he often adds "I think" to his sentences. This applies to his speculation about why he doesn't look like a human at first as well.

Morgana is chivalrous in nature, showing a very gentlemanly side towards women. This is most apparent with Ann Takamaki, who fits the description as she possesses an empathetic and courageous personality, alongside her beauty; he refers to her as "Lady Ann" out of noble respect. Compared to others, Morgana initially doesn't get agitated over being misunderstood by her, as what she says often came out of fear and stress, and notices that she shows the desire to understand him and his feelings, one reason why he could've developed a crush towards her. This leads to him often trying to impress her, though he's sometimes rather sheepish. In spite of his attempts, Ann never realizes he has romantic feelings for her, but she shows gratitude in his gestures nonetheless. However, despite his gentlemanly attitude, Morgana has a perverted side as well, as at first he was mesmerized by Suguru Kamoshida's cognition of Ann, which is her only wearing cat ears and bikini, even though he was aware she's a fake. Because of this, he often blurts out innuendos regardless of their appropriation, or even at one point, both him and Ryuji tried to peek under Ann's skirt.

Though he has an idea of how to be dignified and rational, deep down Morgana is more optimistic, making him a heavy daydreamer: he often immerses himself in his ideal self's shoes, as he's shown to fantasize about what would happen if he were to become human, to the point where he imagines his supposed true form having the appearance a handsome man while living a luxurious life. Additionally, he's modest with his own general value, thinking lowly of himself over others, making him naturally empathetic. This could expand towards fiction as well, making it easy for him to absorb himself in films and books and sympathize with their characters. Though at first he keeps his true feelings to himself, over time he begins to open up to the protagonist, rambling freely about his inner thoughts and dreams.

But despite being optimistic at the core, Morgana has a weak side; in reality, because of his ambiguous origins, he's deeply worried about who he really is and where he belongs. His uncertainty leads him to even question the integrity of his feelings, slowly becoming disconnected with them in the process. His condition worsens as he fails to make any progress on discovering anything about himself for months: eventually, he even forces himself to be positive, but the effect of that inevitably wears off as well.

Once he loses his sense of self entirely, due to the confusion he begins to assume general consensus and his friends' opinion of him as the truth, lacking the certainty to reject the idea they're more qualified to define what he is over himself. Worse, as Futaba joins the group and replaces him as Navigator, he begins to question his role in the group and all the knowledge he believed he had on the Metaverse, causing him to worry about how he doesn't compare to others. This results in him perceiving himself as a worthless cat or just a monster, leaving him in a state of dejection and withdrawal, and believing he's been rejected by the group for what he is. However, Haru teaches him that he should find the courage to trust his own true feelings and that doing so won't disconnect him from his friends. In the end, Morgana admits that he doesn't understand who he is and doesn't feel like he has a justified reason to stay with the group, but despite this, he wants to stay with the Phantom Thieves of Hearts as it's the only place he can belong. With them showing acceptance in return, he opens his heart and finds comfort in trusting and being himself, realizing that it doesn't matter if he doesn't understand himself and his origins.

Morgana's overall loyal to the Phantom Thieves, treating them as equals during missions and gatherings due to the nature of their deal, having both sides require one-another to work together in order to succeed. He refers to a number of contributions or mistakes the team makes as a collective effort. Though he initially held a distant give-and-take relationship with the Thieves and had been planning on leaving the group and moving on after restoring his memory, his fruitless journey led to the Phantom Thieves growing on him and gradually began to love being with them. He's shown gratitude for their hospitality, especially since he has no other place to belong. This helped develop a sense of duty towards their goals, boosting his loyalty to a state of selflessness, to the point where he's willing to sacrifice himself in order to protect his friends.

Early on, Morgana's been engrossed by "the embodiment of human desire." Usually Palace rulers' treasure, when he finds one present, he loses all sense of reason and starts fawning over it out of affection and admiration, as demonstrated with Kamoshida's treasure. While finally reaching the Depths of Mementos, Morgana remembers that humans are actually people he looks up to, and has shown to value them and their potential to change the world dearly. This is likely why he's shown to admire human desires at first, as he's been obsessed with belonging among them. However, this compulsion was shown to be neutralized after Morgana realized that he belongs in the Phantom Thieves. As Ann pointed out, he seemed calm and collected when he directly took Okumura's treasure. Despite this, he still holds a passion for humans in the end, so seeing them imprison themselves in Mementos so their wishes are granted was something that saddened him, and did everything he could to knock them back to their senses. Even though Morgana demonstrates modesty in terms of his own general value, he's persistent in following his own feelings and ideals, and in turn, protecting what he cares for.