Belial

Belial is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Belial (Hebrew: בְּלִיַּעַל‎, romanized bəlīyyaʿal) is a Hebrew word meaning "worthlessness". The Bible several times uses the idiom "sons of Belial" to refer to worthless men. In the Second Temple period, Belial (or Beliar) came to be seen as a personal entity, mentioned as a fallen angel in opposition to God in the Dead Sea Scrolls.

Design

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Gameplay

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Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: Israel The fallen angel Satanel. He is known as the prince of lies and swindling. He rides a chariot of fire and has the appearance of two soft-spoken angels. However, contrary to his appearance, he is one of the most evil and lowly beings that exists. It is said that he is the one who brought immorality to Sodom and Gammorah.^[sic]
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, invoked by King Solomon. He leads 50 legions of demons as their cheif. He is said to appear before his conjurer as two beautiful angels in a chariot of fire. His name means "worthless" and he is cunning, causing the fall of Sodom and Gomorrah, as well as persecuting Jesus Christ.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, invoked by King Solomon. He leads 50 legions of demons as their chief. He is said to appear before his conjurer as two beautiful angels in a chariot of fire. His name means "worthless" and he is cunning, causing the fall of Sodom and Gommorah, as well as persecuting Jesus Christ.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, invoked by King Solomon. He leads 50 legions of demons as their chief. He is said to appear before his conjurer as two beautiful angels in a chariot of fire. His name means "worthless" and he is cunning, causing the fall of Sodom and Gommorah, as well as persecuting Jesus Christ.
Shin Megami Tensei V	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, invoked by King Solomon. He leads 50 legions of demons as their chief and is said to appear before his conjurer as two beautiful angels in a chariot of fire. His name means "worthless," and he is known to be exceptionally cunning, having caused the fall of Sodom and Gommorah in addition to persecuting Jesus Christ.
Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army	One of the 72 demons invoked by King Solomon. He leads 50 legions of demons as their chief. Said to appear before his conjurer as two beautiful angels in a chariot of fire.
Persona 4	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. It led the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ruin, and prosecuted Jesus. Those who summon Belial are granted high social status.
Persona 5	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He led Sodom and Gomorrah to ruin and persecuted Jesus. He grants high social status to those who summon him.
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. It led the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah to ruin and prosecuted Jesus. Those who summon Belial are granted high social status.
Devil Children Light Book and Dark Book	A war-loving demon that manipulates the unwary in order to achieve its own evil goals.
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker	One of the 72 demons invoked by King Solomon. He leads 50 legions of demons as their chief. He is said to appear before his conjurer as two beautiful angels in a chariot of fire.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei

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Belial is the true identity of the Red Count ruling over Roppongi. After the Great Cataclysm, he and Nebiros found Alice's body, and taken by her, resurrected the girl. After introducing themselves to her and becoming her "Uncle Red" and "Uncle Black", they resurrected more people to populate Roppongi so that Alice would have many more friends to play with. After the Hero delivers a Hiranya to her, she will request that he die for her, and seeing that he will not, breaks down in tears. The Red Count, seeing this, transforms into his true form as Belial and attacks the party in order to fulfill Alice's wish. As Belial is invincible, the party is forced to confront him with the Glancing Pot in their possession. He gets sucked into the pot, defeating him, which breaks the illusion placed on Roppongi's undead inhabitants and making Alice fade away. Right after, Yuriko appears and requests that the Hero give her the pot, and should he deny her, she will simply paralyze the party and take it by force anyway.

Later, at the Basilica, after either defeating Lilith should the Hero be on the Law and Neutral routes, or with her simply leaving should he be on the Chaos route, she will drop the Belial Pot, allowing the fusion of the Karyuken.

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Shin Megami Tensei IV

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Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

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Shin Megami Tensei V

Majin Tensei

Belial is the Tyrant faced on stage 32. Upon seeing the Protagonist, he proclaims he is foolish for daring to venture into the demon world and orders him to burn to ashes in the flames of hell. After he is defeated however, he immoblizes and teleports the Heroine away as revenge and taunts the Protagonist about it.

Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army

After hearing a rumor about a ghost girl haunting telephone booths around the Capital from a patron of the Shin-Sekai Soda Joint, Raidou can bring a Belial in his party to a booth in Tsukudo-Cho to have him answer the phone. After picking up the call, Belial recognizes the voice as she calls him Uncle and mentions that she is considering visiting the Capital. She tells him she will call again and then hangs up.

Later, after hearing the phone ring at a booth in Ginza-Cho, Belial will pick up the call alongside Nebiros and speak with the voice, who identifies herself as Alice. Following this, she will appear, asking them all to die with her, and attack Raidou and his party. Once Alice is defeated, Belial and Nebiros will state their intent to live together with Alice following the end of Raidou's current case, promising to build a home for them in the Capital safe from humans.

Devil Survivor

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Belial is one of the demons crowned with the name of Bel, and appears on the 6th day in Hibiya Park.

Devil Survivor 2

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Trivia

In the Mega-CD version of Shin Megami Tensei, a Decarabia NPC in the Basilica reveals that Belial and Nebiros were supposed to have taken over the Basilica, and had they not abandoned the plan in favor of raising Alice, they would have been able to have done it before the Great Flood could have occurred.^[1]

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language	Name	Meaning
English	Belial
Japanese	ベリアル Beriaru	Belial
	ベル・イアルDevil Survivor Devil Survivor: Overclocked Beru iaru	Bel-ial
	堕落の伝道師Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Daraku no Dendōshi	Evangelist of Depravity
Simplified Chinese	彼列 Bǐliè	Belial
Simplified Chinese	堕落的传教士Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Duòluò de Chuánjiàoshì	Depraved Missionary
Traditional Chinese	貝利亞 Bèilìyà	Belial
Traditional Chinese	墮落的傳教士Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Duòluò de Chuánjiàoshì	Depraved Missionary
French	Bélial	Belial
French	Missionnaire de décadencePersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Missionary of Decadence
German	Belial	Belial
German	VerdorbenheitsmissionarPersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Missionary of Depravity
Italian	Belial	Belial
Italian	Araldo della depravazionePersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Herald of Depravity
Korean	벨리알 Bellial	Belial
Korean	타락墮落한 전도사傳道師Persona 5 Royal (Shadow) Tarakhan Jeondosa	Depraved Evangelist
Polish	Belial	Belial
Brazilian Portuguese	Belial	Belial
Russian	Белиал Belial	Belial
Spanish	Belial	Belial
Spanish	Misionero depravadoPersona 5 Royal (Shadow)	Depraved Missionary
Turkish	Belial	Belial