Decarabia

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Decarabia
デカラビア
SMT1 SFCSMT1 PSGMTP5X SFC artwork from Shin Megami Tensei PS artwork from Shin Megami Tensei Artwork from Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation Artwork from Persona 5: The Phantom X
Other Name(s)	Vicious PentagramPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal Shadowless PentagramPersona 5 Royal
Origin	Ars Goetia
Race(s)	FallenShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Nine Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Requiem Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Soul Hackers 2 Devil Survivor Devil Survivor: Overclocked Devil Survivor 2 Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker FiendDigital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner KoutenshiGiten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation
Alignment(s)	Neutral-ChaosShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation Shin Megami Tensei: Tokyo Requiem ChaosShin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse
Arcana	CouncillorPersona 5 Royal FoolPersona 3 Persona 3 FES Persona 3 Portable Persona 3 Reload Persona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona 5 Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth Persona Mobile Online
Order(s)	Wind

Decarabia is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

Decarabia is a spirit in European demonology first attested as Cambea, the 27th spirit in the manuscript Plut. 89 sup. 38 of the Laurentian Library in Florence. He is a great count who appears in the likeness of a faun. He knows the power of herbs and precious stones, and he can control birds. He has twenty legions under his command.

Decarabia is later included as the 52nd (labeled as 51st) spirit in Johann Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, which draws on earlier traditions. Rather than a great count, Decarabia, also known as Carabia, is said to be a great king and count, and he has thirty legions under his command. The word for what form Decarabia appears in was either missing or illegible in Weyer's source manuscript, so Weyer wrote an asterisk (*) as a placeholder.

In the Ars Goetia section of the Lesser Key of Solomon, which is heavily based on the Pseudomonarchia Daemonum, Decarabia is said to be the 69th spirit summoned by King Solomon of Israel. The Lesser Key misinterprets the asterisk in Weyer's Pseudomonarchia Daemonum; rather than being understood as a placeholder for a missing or illegible word, it was understood by the Lesser Key's author as meaning that the demon literally comes in the shape of a pentacle (⛤).

Design

In all of its appearances, Decarabia is a red, starfish-shaped demon with a single large eye at its center. This design was inspired by the appearance of the Pairans in Warning from Space, a 1959 science fiction film directed by Koji Shima.

In its Shin Megami Tensei design, Decarabia's eye is yellow and its body is covered in bulging veins.

In its design revision for the PlayStation version of Shin Megami Tensei, Decarabia's eye is blue and has prominent lower eyelashes. Its back was also colored blue, and its body is now smoother in texture. The red color on its front side has also been lightened.

In Shin Megami Tensei: Nine, the blue half of Decarabia's body is treated as a carapace of sorts -- the red half moves separately during some animations, and the shell falls off completely during its death animation. Both parts are connected in future 3D appearances.^{[clarification needed]}

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Decarabia.

Compendium

Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: Israel One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He usually appears as a pentagram, but can appear as a human if his summoner wishes. He excels in knowledge of ores, gems, and plants, and will teach them to his summoner.
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster
Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this odd demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of minerals and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to lend one [sic] his bird-formed familiars.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this odd demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of minerals and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to lend one his bird-formed familiars.
Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this odd demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of minerals and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to lend one his bird-formed familiars.
Shin Megami Tensei V	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance	One of the 72 demons of the "Ars Goetia." He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine	ソロモン７２柱の１柱。 悪霊３０軍団を従える序列６９番の地獄の大侯爵で、惑い、謀反、降伏を司る。 五芒星の姿で召喚される。 植物や石に隠された力の知識をもたらすといわれ、 それ以外にも召喚した者に鳥の姿をした使い魔を与える。 Translation: One of the 72 pillars of Solomon. He is the Great Marquis of Hell, number 69 in the hierarchy with 30 legions of evil spirits, and is the ruler of deception, rebellion, and surrender. He is summoned in the form of a pentagram. He is said to bring knowledge of the power hidden in plants and stones, and he also gives his summoners messengers in the form of birds.
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. This odd demon usually appears as a pentagram, but can show himself in human form if his summoner wishes. He holds great knowledge in the hidden powers of plants and stone. Decarabia is known to gift his summoner with command of bird familiars.
Soul Hackers 2	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Raidou Remastered: The Mystery of the Soulless Army	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star. Has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. King Abaddon	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this strange demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of mineral and herb lore, Decarabia is said to lend one of his bird-formed familiars.
Persona 3	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 Portable
Persona 3 Reload	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of jewels and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to have the ability to shape-shift at will.
Persona 4	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 5	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of jewels and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to have the ability to shape-shift at will.
Persona 5 Royal
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia. He comes in the shape of a star and has vast knowledge of herbs and jewels. He can also control birds at will.
Persona 5 Tactica	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of jewels and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to have the ability to shape-shift at will.
Persona 5: The Phantom X	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of jewels and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to have the ability to shape-shift at will.
Devil Survivor: Overclocked	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this odd demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of minerals and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to lend one his bird-formed familiars.
Devil Survivor 2	One of the 72 demons of the Goetia, this odd demon appears as a pentacle. Keeper of minerals and herbal lore, Decarabia is said to lend one his bird-formed familiars.
Devil Survivor 2: Record Breaker

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne

In Shibuya, a Decarabia can be found complaining that his friend Forneus, the same one from the Shinjuku Medical Center, is late to meet up with him. If spoken to he will ask the Demi-fiend if he has seen Forneus, though he will not believe him if he answers that he has, and continues to wonder where he is. If the Demi-fiend returns to him later, Decarabia will wonder if Forneus was killed, and will once again ask him if he is okay. If the Demi-fiend tells Decarabia that he killed him, Decarabia will not believe him again, underestimating the Demi-fiend's prowess simply based on his appearance. He goes back to wondering where Forneus could be.

At the end of the game, once the Tower of Kagutsuchi has appeared, Decarabia will comment on its appearance, and how despite the time of creation being close, Forneus never came to meet him.

Shin Megami Tensei V

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If the Nahobino has a Forneus recruited and tries to speak to an enemy Decarabia, the Forneus may step forward to initiate a special conversation with it. Forneus is glad to see Decarabia and notes it has been a long time since the last time they saw each other, though Decarabia points out that the last time they were supposed to meet up, Forneus never appeared, referencing the Decarabia waiting for Forneus in Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne. Forneus is confused at this however and cannot recall having arranged to meet up with him, and suggests that he may be misremembering events due to how much the Netherworld has changed since then, which convinces Decarabia as his own memories of the time are fuzzy. Decarabia is nonetheless glad to see Forneus is okay and gives him an item to celebrate their reunion. He suggests arranging another get-together, but as Forneus declines, Decarabia leaves.

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation

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Decarabia is one the demons that eats the body of Yuuka Tachibana in Hatsudai Shelter once he arrives as a guest of honor alongside other demons with Murmur, he holds within his body the left leg of Yuuka.

Ayato Katsuragi finds Decarabia again at the Rinkai Colosseum, he says he's there to make an attack against Hiruko saying that he is only a shadow of what he once was, and so Decarabia throws a bomb at Hiruko and a light blinds Katsuragi and everyone in the room.

Depending on the choices made the story will play out different:

• If Katsuragi doesn't do anything he'll find himself at the Baal Cult Branch and Decarabia will say that he's persistent for following him to a place like that, and so he starts a fight with Katsuragi. After Decarabia is defeated he wonders why a guy like him has such power, and so he becomes dust and Yuuka's left leg appears.

• If Katsuragi jumps at the explosion he'll find himself at the Yomi and Hiruko will reveal his true form to him. After that he's send back to Tokyo.

Now after Katsuragi advances in the story he'll find Tammuz at Tokyo Tower, he says that he will not let him enter the Antarabhava, after he's defeated Decarabia will appear and say he expected too much from Tammuz and says that he's mad at Katsuragi for having survived the explosion at the Rinkai Colosseum, then a fight will begin and after he's defeated he drops the left leg of Yuuka.

End of spoilers.

Nomenclature

DecarabiaEnemy-only

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Decarabia
Japanese	デカラビア Dekarabia	Decarabia
	☆デカラビアGiten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation ☆Dekarabia	☆Decarabia
Simplified Chinese	单卡拉比 Dānkǎlābǐ	Decarabia
Traditional Chinese	單卡拉比 Dānkǎlābǐ	Decarabia
French	Decarabia
German	Decarabia
Italian	Decarabia
Korean	데카라비아 Dekarabia	Decarabia
Polish	Decarabia
Brazilian Portuguese	Decarabia
Russian	Декарабиа Dekarabia	Decarabia
Peninsular Spanish	Decarabia
Turkish	Dekarabya

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Vicious PentagramPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal
	Shadowless PentagramPersona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at)
Japanese	陰惨な五芒星Persona 5 Persona 5 Royal Insan na Gobōsei	Grim Pentagram
	無影の五芒星Persona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at) Muyō no Gobōsei	Shadowless Pentagram
Simplified Chinese	凄惨的五芒星Persona 5 Royal Qīcǎn de Wǔmángxīng	Miserable Pentagram
	无影的五芒星Persona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at) Wúyǐng de Wǔmángxīng	Shadowless Pentagram
Traditional Chinese	悽慘的五芒星Persona 5 Royal Qīcǎn de Wǔmángxīng	Miserable Pentagram
	無影的五芒星Persona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at) Wúyǐng de Wǔmángxīng	Shadowless Pentagram
French	Pentagramme vicieuxPersona 5 Royal	Vicious Pentagram
	Pentagramme sans ombrePersona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at)	Shadowless Pentagram
German	Grausamer SternPersona 5 Royal	Cruel Star
	Schattenloses PentagrammPersona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at)	Shadowless Pentagram
Italian	Subdolo pentacoloPersona 5 Royal	Insidious Pentacle
	Pentacolo senza ombraPersona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at)	Shadowless Pentacle
Korean	끔찍한 오망성五芒星Persona 5 Royal Kkeumjjikan Omangseong	Terrible Pentagram
	빛이 들지 않는 오망성五芒星Persona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at) Bichi Deulji Anneun Omangseong	Pentagram That Light Doesn't Reach
Peninsular Spanish	Pentagrama violentoPersona 5 Royal	Violent Pentagram
	Pentagrama sin sombraPersona 5 Royal (Path of Da'at)	Shadowless Pentagram

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