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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. | 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 [[Alfred|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 (Shin Megami Tensei II)| | 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 [[Alfred|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 (Shin Megami Tensei II)|Slum]]. When the party confronts him on the bottom floor, Hanada opens a portal to the [[Makai (Shin Megami Tensei II)|Makai]] and tries to order the [[Mercurius|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. | 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 (Concept)|Messiah]] that will guide the people to create the [[Millennium Kingdom]]. He then introduces who he claims as 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 Millennium. | 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 (Concept)|Messiah]] that will guide the people to create the [[Millennium Kingdom]]. He then introduces who he claims as 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 (Shin Megami Tensei II)|Factory]]. When Aleph returns from these missions, he is greeted by Zayin who recommends that Aleph visit [[Gimel]] in [[Arcadia (Shin Megami Tensei II)|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 a 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, but before he is willing to elaborate on it, he requests that he 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|Center Passage]], where he once again encounters Daleth, though he defeats him without struggle this time. He then goes though [[Old Suidobashi]], where he can optionally meet a [[Nadja]] that can teleport him straight to the Internment Camp. | |||
==Trivia== | ==Trivia== | ||