Churel

Churel
チュレル
Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Origin	Hinduism
Race(s)	Haunt
Alignment(s)	Dark-ChaosShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux

Churel is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

A Churel is an evil spirit in Hindu lore. Churel are hideous revenants that latch themselves to trees, and disguise themselves as beautiful women to lure unsuspecting men who they either eat or suck the virility out of and some legends say they are the ghosts of women that died unfairly, taking revenge on their family members. Churel have the ability to serve Kali and become Dakini.

Design

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Gameplay

Shin Megami Tensei IV

	Name Level HP MP Churel 32 197 190	Strength 33 Dexterity 37 Magic 47 Agility 31 Luck 44
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Ghost — —
Resistances — — — — — — WkWeak NulNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Energy Drain 10 MP Weak Almighty HP and MP drain to one enemy. Innate Shibaboo 5 MP 50% chance of Bind to one enemy. Innate Mudoon 10 MP chance of instant K.O. (Dark) to one enemy. 33

Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse

EnemyAlly

	Name Level HP MP Churel 32 244 192	Strength 21 Dexterity 28 Magic 49 Agility 37 Luck 39
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills EXP Recruit Beg Speech RERandom Encounter Ghost Chaos — — — Girl (A) ✔
Drop — — —
Resistances — — — — — — WkWeak NuNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — — — — — — −3 +3 — +2 −2 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Marin Karin 5 MP 55% charm to one foe. Shibaboo 5 MP 50% bind to one foe.

	Name Level HP MP Churel 32 230 192	Strength 24 Dexterity 31 Magic 52 Agility 40 Luck 42
Race AlignmentFactored with certain skills Speech C. CostCompendium Summoning Cost Ghost Chaos Girl (A) 5060
Resistances — — — — — — WkWeak NuNull ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×2 ×1
Ailment Resistances ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1 ×1
Skill Affinity — — — — — — −3 +3 — +2 −2 —
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target Effect Phys 1 Single enemy —
Skills Skill Cost Description Level Marin Karin 5 MP 55% charm to one foe. Innate Shibaboo 5 MP 50% bind to one foe. Innate Mudoon 12 MP Heavy dark damage to one foe. Smirk: +55% instant death 33 Dark Pleroma — Boosts dark attack by 25%. 34

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	A Hindu ghost of a woman. She bewitches young men and possesses them. A woman who dies in childbirth or during impure rituals becomes a Churel. She has no mouth and her legs are on backwards.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	A Hindu ghost of a woman. She bewitches young men and possesses them. A woman who dies in childbirth or during impure rituals becomes a Churel. She has no mouth and her legs are on backwards.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	A Hindu ghost of a woman. She bewitches young men and possesses them. A woman who dies in childbirth or during impure rituals becomes a Churel. She has no mouth and her legs are on backwards.
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers (3DS)	A female Hindu ghost that bewitches young men and possesses them. A woman who dies in childbirth or during impure rituals becomes a Churel. She has no mouth and her legs are on backwards.
Kētai Akuma Densho	若い男を誘惑し、取り憑くとされる邪悪な女の幽霊。不浄な儀式などで死んだ女性がなると言う。 出身地：インド 出産の際に無念の死を遂げてしまった女性や、不浄とされる儀式を行う際に命を落としてしまった女性の霊。ごみごみした場所を好んで現れると言われ、一見すると美しい女性の姿をしているが、口を持たず、足の向きが逆になった奇怪な姿をしていると言われる。若い男性に近づいては誘惑し、この誘惑に乗った男性は、老人となるまで彼女たちに取り憑かれたままになると言われる。 Translation:

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Churel
Japanese	チュレル Churel	Churel
Korean	추렐 Churel	Churel

Gallery

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  Artwork from Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei IV
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  Sprite from the Sega Saturn version of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from the PlayStation version of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from the Nintendo 3DS version of Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
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  Sprite from Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner