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Aleph, initially referred to as "Hawk", is a gladiator and amnesiac man living in the Valhalla district of Tokyo Millenium. He is praised and noticed for his exceptional fighting skills, and is equipped with a COMP with the Demon Summoning Program installed, enabling him to summon and command demons. He has long black hair, has two gun holsters, and wears yellow and black armor across all of his designs.

In his original design, he wears a white scarf and blue-tinted goggles that connect to his white COMP. In his Playstation redesign, his goggles are swapped with a visor. His COMP is now black and, along with his armor, has a sleeker look to it. His footwear is curled at the end, and he is noticeably wearing a lot less straps. "Aleph" is named after the 1st letter in the Hebrew alphabet, whose name means "ox".

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Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei II

Before the start of the game, the Protagonist is wandering around Valhalla in a daze when a demon attacks him. A gladiator trainer named Okamoto stumbles upon him, and saves him from the demon, though he is impressed with how he managed to fend the demon off. Seeing his potential and how he cannot remember anything, Okamoto names him Hawk and recruits him to his gym to make him a gladiator. Hawk further impresses him by going through a Virtual Battler unscathed and earning himself the high score. Once the game begins, Hawk is awoken from his sleep by Okamoto who recalls the circumstances that led him to be a gladiator there and demands that he train for the upcoming tournament finals to be held at the Colosseum. After getting some training done, Okamoto sends him off to use the Virtual Battler of the other gym, and on the way, is told by a civilian that someone is looking for him, which prompts him into a flashback involving an unknown man asking him to name someone. If Hawk chooses not to name the person, he will be told that their name is Zayin, the same person the man says is looking for Hawk after the flashback ends. Hawk also comes across a Fortune Teller, who searches his soul and finds the name of a woman who she describes as very important to him. He is asked to provide a name for the woman, and if he opts not to, he will be told her name is Hiroko. When he finally enters a Virtual Battler, he meets Stephen inside, who installs the Demon Summoning Program onto his COMP. When he enters it again, he receives another flashback where he is asked to name someone. If he refuses to name them, the unknown man will say their name is Gimel.

When the day of the tournament finals comes, Hawk is set to fight Red Bear in a dungeon match, where both opponents must go through the dungeon to pick up items and fight off demons as they reach the ring in the middle. Right as Hawk enters the ring to commence his fight, he is hit with another naming flashback, where this time refusing to name them will have their name be Daleth. As their match begins, Hawk is snapped out of his reverie by Red Bear. Aleph wins the fight, and so becomes the newest champion of Valhalla, which finally allows Hawk to use shops around town and lets Okamoto take over Haneda's gym.

While celebrating with Okamoto in his new gym, Hawk is approached by a Holy Knight named Hiroko, who requests his help in finding a child she lost in the confusion of an explosion that occurred at the Center 6 months prior. Believing that the ones responsible for the explosion, the scientists Hanada and Mekata, were also responsible for the child's disappearance, she tracked the former of them to Madam's mansion in Valhalla, and as Madam usually invites new Champions to her mansion, she wishes for Hawk to take her with him as a guest, which he agrees on doing. Coincidentally, Hawk receives the invitation from Madam's butler at that same moment, so the two head to the location immediately. There, Hawk receives another flashback featuring a woman who, if he decides not to name, will be called Beth. When the flashback fades, Hawk is greeted by Madam, who requests that he find and bring in the same scientist that Hiroko was speaking about, Hanada, who had been recently working for her before fleeing. Madam offers them assistance in the form of her pet Cerberus, after which they track Hanada down to the Slum. When the party confronts him on the bottom floor, Hanada opens a portal to the Makai and tries to order the demon that comes out of it to attack them, but it quickly kills him before turning it's attention onto Hawk's group.

Hawk's party defeats the demon and returns to Madam, who while disappointed, brushes it off to inform him that a messenger from the Center arrived looking for him. The man looking for Hawk comes forward and tells him to remember his real name, prompting Hawk into a final naming flashback where the man vaguely wonders what path Hawk will choose to take before asking that he give himself a name. If Hawk chooses not to, then he will be told that his name is Aleph, the same name that the man says when the flashback ends. The man introduces himself as Zayin and tells the now-named Aleph that he was originally a resident of the Center, and tells him and his party to come with him.

Arriving at the Center's HQ, Aleph is taken to the command room to meet the Center Bishop, who firstly separates him from Hiroko to question her on why she left the Center on her own. He then welcomes Aleph back and tells him that because Mekata had kidnapped him and erased his memories, he does not remember his purpose; That he is meant to become the Messiah that will guide the people to create the Millennium Kingdom. He then introduces who he claims to be Aleph's destined partner, Beth, who promises to never leave his side. The Bishop then gives out a set of tasks to Aleph involving defeating demons that are threatening the safety of Millennium, including defeating a Basilisk and King Frost in Holytown who have been spreading poisonous gas and freezing the area respectively, and then defeating a Betelgeuse and a herd of Demi-Nandi that have been causing havoc at the Factory. When Aleph returns from these missions, he is greeted by Zayin who recommends that Aleph visit Gimel in Arcadia in an attempt to jog his memory.

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After returning to the Center, however, Aleph finds out that demons have invaded the area, and according to the Center Bishop, a false Messiah is running about disparaging Aleph's name, claiming that Aleph himself is the false Messiah. This false Messiah turns out to be Daleth, who publically challenges Aleph to fight to the death at the Colosseum to prove who the real Messiah is. During the fight, Daleth momentarily gains the upper hand and is about to strike a fatal blow on Aleph, but Beth intervenes and jumps in the way, taking the blow for him. Aleph proceeds to win the fight and can try to either spare or kill Daleth, but if he tries to do the latter, Beth will plead for him not to, allowing Daleth to escape with his life. After the Bishop comes forward to announce that Aleph is the Messiah to the crowd, Aleph is approached by a child who gives him a letter from Mekata asking for him to go to the Slum. There, Mekata vaguely hints that he knows the truth behind Aleph's past. Still, before he is willing to elaborate on it, he requests that Aleph rescue Hiroko, who was imprisoned at the Internment Camp after she was separated from Aleph. To get there, Aleph goes through the elevator in the Valhalla-Center Passage, where he once again encounters Daleth, who he defeats and watches as he escapes again. As he heads to the old aqueduct connecting to the Factory, he can find a shrine housing Kotoshironushi, who has been turned to stone, and if Aleph has a dis-stone or a demon with Petradi with him, he can restore the deity to normal. Continuing through the old aqueduct, Aleph can optionally encounter a Nadja who, thinking he is cute, joins his party and teleports them to a locked door that allows them quick passage to the Internment Camp. If he doesn't recruit the Nadja, Aleph must fight the demon guarding the elevator leading to the camp.

When Aleph arrives at the Interment Camp, he is stopped by Zayin who maintains that the law is absolute, but after a brief fight, Zayin changes his mind about the law and allows Aleph to go through to Hiroko's cell. When he tries to free Hiroko however, she acts strangely uncooperative and refuses to leave her cell. If Aleph recruited Nadja in the old aqueduct, she will fuse with Hiroko so that she can be part of the one he cares for, which restores her mental state, allowing her to leave with Aleph. If Aleph never recruited Nadja however, he must force Hiroko to go with him, with her returning to her right state of mind once they leave the Factory's vicinity. When the two try to head back to see Mekata however, they are stopped by Zayin, who hurriedly informs them of the Center ordering Abaddon to swallow Valhalla. When they try to enter Valhalla, all that greets them is a black void, though once they leave, they find Madam's Cerberus who had managed to escape and joins Aleph's party.

After listening meeting with Zayin to discuss his rebellion against the Center, Aleph heads to the Underground under the assumption that Abaddon is there. On his way to the Grand Church's elevator that leads there, he is ambushed by Daleth again, though the encounter ends the same as the last one, with Daleth fleeing once again.

When Aleph gets to Shinjuku, Daleth blocks his way once again and orders a fairy named Puck to throw something at him. Hiroko gets hit with it instead however and becomes enamored with Daleth, chasing after him and leaving Aleph's party. Aleph is informed by Hanoun, another fairy working with Daleth, that the item used on Hiroko was the Infidelity Sap, a love potion that Daleth had intended to be used on Aleph to make him fall in love with Hanoun as a way to get the better of him. Hanoun directs Aleph to the fairy king Oberon for assistance, who in turn asks that Aleph locate Puck and take the Infidelity Sap from him. Once Aleph finds him at Higashi-Shinjuku, he chases him through the dungeon, enduring ailment-inflicting items thrown at him until he finally corners the fairy. Puck will propose that Aleph give him 10,000 macca in exchange for the Infedelity Sap, a proposal that Aleph can accept or refuse. Either choice will result in Puck yelling that he was just kidding, however, and he will offer to give the Sap to him for free. If Aleph refused to pay him at first, he can reject getting it for free either, which will make Puck give him 10,000 macca instead. He can refuse this as well, which scares Puck and makes him run away, though in the process he drops the Infidelity Sap for Aleph to collect. Once Aleph returns to Oberon and gives him the Sap, the fairy king breaks the spell placed upon Hiroko, making her return to Aleph's side. Aleph also gives Hanoun the Infidelity Sap, who uses it to make Daleth fall in love with her in turn.

Trivia

• In the Super Famicom version of Shin Megami Tensei II, when Nadja fuses with Hiroko at the Internment Camp, a message will pop up saying that each of Hiroko's stats have been raised by one point. However, this is bugged; Hiroko's stats will not actually increase. Additionally, if Aleph does not have Nadja with him when he rescues Hiroko, his stats will receive the stat increase instead. These bugs were fixed in future versions of the game.
• Aleph received his COMP as a Colosseum tournament prize.