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Echidna
エキドナ
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Artwork from Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

SFC artwork from Shin Megami Tensei

Artwork from Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book

Origin Greek culture
Race(s) AkumaDevil Children Fire Book and Ice Book

FemmeShin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX

SoshinMajin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis

VileDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II
Kyūyaku Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2
Alignment(s) Neutral-ChaosShin Megami Tensei: Devil Colosseum 20XX

ChaosShin Megami Tensei

Echidna is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

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Origin

Echidna, or Ekhidna, is a monster of ancient Greek legend. According to the poet Hesiod, Echidna's upper half is a beautiful woman, while her bottom half is a massive snake's tail. Echidna was the mate of Typhon, and with him gave birth to the many monsters of Greek legend. In Greek, Ékhidna means "female viper."

Design

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Gameplay

Digital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II

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FCKMT
Name Level HP MP
Echidna 54 408 69
Vitality 15
Intelligence 10
Attack 22
Agility 16
Luck 15

Race Alignment Recruit RERandom Encounter
Vile Evil ✘ ✘
EXP Macca Magnetite Moon PhaseDemon Aggression
Resistances
Gun Sword Fire Ice Electric Light
×⅜×0.375 ×1 ×½×0.50 ×½×0.50 ×1 ×1
Force Bind Dark Nerve Mind
×½×0.50 NuNull NuNull NuNull NuNull
Magic Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Effect
Mediahan Healing 4 MP High HP recovery.
Extra SkillsRandomly used over basic attack
Skill Attribute Effect
Poison GasEnemy-exclusive [[]] Inflicts damage and chance of Poison.
Stun BiteEnemy-exclusive [[]] Inflicts damage and chance of Paralyze.
Name Level HP MP
Echidna 54 412 64
Vitality 15
Intelligence 10
Strength 22
Agility 16
Luck 15

Race Alignment Recruit RERandom Encounter
Vile Evil ✘ ✘
EXP Macca Magnetite Moon PhaseDemon Aggression
Resistances
Gun Sword Fire Ice Electric Light
×¼×0.25 ×½×0.50 DrDrain ×⅝×0.625 ×¼×0.25 ×⅝×0.625
Force Bind Dark Nerve Mind
RpRepel NuNull NuNull NuNull NuNull
Magic Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Effect
Mediahan Healing 4 MP High HP recovery.
Extra SkillsRandomly used over basic attack
Skill Attribute Effect
Poison GasEnemy-exclusive — Inflicts damage and chance of Poison.
Stun BiteEnemy-exclusive — Inflicts damage and chance of Paralyze.

Shin Megami Tensei
Name Level HP MP
Echidna 81 1920 200
Strength 32
Intelligence 17
Magic 19
Vitality 30
Agility 15
Luck 11
Location Tokyo Destinyland 4F
Race Alignment EXP Yen / Macca Magnetite Moon PhaseDemon Aggression Drop
Vile Chaos (245) 1296 ♄Macca3888 1620 0 Soma (113⁄256)
Attack Accuracy Defense Evasion M. Attack M. Effect
166 23 99 17 21 19
Resistances
Boss (2)
Sword Gun Fire Ice Elec Force Nerve Almighty
×1 NulNull ×½×0.50 NulNull ×¼×0.25 ×1 NulNull ×1
Expel Death Magic Bind Charge Dex Needle Non-Elem.
NulNull NulNull ×⅝×0.625 NulNull ×⅝×0.625 ×¾×0.75 NulNull ×1
Basic Attack Element Hit(s) Target
Sword 2~4Due to a bug, hits only once in the Mega-CD version Single enemy
Magic Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Mabufula Ice 11 MP Attack multiple enemies with strong ice.
Extra Skills
Skill Attribute Cost Description
Stun Bite Charge — Bites one enemy and Paralyzes it.
Venom Breath Force — Attacks multiple enemies and Poisons them.

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei
(A-Mode DDS)

Origin: Greece
The mother of all monsters. Her upper half is a beautiful woman, and her lower half is a spotted snake. Her offspring include such beasts as Orthus, Cerberus, Hydra, Chimera, and Ladon.

Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2

A monster from Greek mythology. Her upper half is a beautiful woman while her lower half is a spotted snake, and her name means "She-Viper". She gave birth to the most number of monstrous offspring in Greek mythology, including Cerberus, Orthrus, Hydra, Chimera and Ladon. She used her human half to lure unsuspecting travelers to her and devour them soon after. She was considered immortal according to some, but others also said that she was killed at the hands of the hundred-eyed giant, Argus.

Devil Children Fire Book and Ice Book 多くの　デビルを　生み出した母なる　デビル　すさまじいチカラで　どんなデビルも　にげだしてしまう
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Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei

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Echidna is a demon whose body serves as the foundation of Tokyo Destinyland.[1][2] After becoming privy to the Messian Church's plan to build a Basilica to summon the God of Law to Earth, she moved herself, and by proxy, the island Tokyo Destinyland is on,[3][4] near the mouth of the Sumida river to assist the Ring of Gaea in their plan to stop it. When the Hero meets her inside Destinyland, she tells him about the Messians' plans and about how the God of Law banished other deities to the Expanse in the distant past,[5] believing only more suffering can occur if He is successfully summoned. She asks him to slay Aniel, one of the angels overseeing the Basilica's construction who resides in Shinagawa, in hopes that his death will halt the Basilica's construction.[a] If the Hero goes through with the deed, Echidna will be pleased and asks that the Hero continue to assist the Gaeans in their plans. If the Hero refuses or is Law-aligned to begin with, Echidna will be outraged and attack him only to be slayed in return. However, if the Hero accepts the request, she will connect a bridge from Destinyland to the Basilica for him.

Visionary

Echidna is featured in the one Visionary cutscene in the Game Boy Advance and iOS versions of the game.

In "Dog Collar," Echidna encounters Pascal as Cerberus. As the mother of Cerberus, Echidna demands that she serve her, though Pascal continuously tries to refuse her as she is still loyal to the Hero, whom she aimlessly searches for in the aftermath of the Great Cataclysm. Fed up with her talks of a different master, Echidna poisons Pascal to erase her memories of him and assigns her to be her gatekeeper, leaving Pascal to feebly cry out for the Hero.

End of spoilers.

Trivia

  • Echidna is Chaos-aligned in Shin Megami Tensei, despite being a member of the Vile race which is otherwise classified as the Dark-Law alignment. This reflects her role in the story.
  • There is leftover unused data for Echidna as a demon in Shin Megami Tensei: Nine. She is of the Drake race and is level 73.

Nomenclature

Names in Other Languages
Language Name Meaning
English Echidna
Japanese エキドナ Ekidona Echidna
Traditional Chinese 厄喀德那 Èkādénà Echidna

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Notes

  1. ↑ The Hero will automatically accept the request if he is chaos-aligned

References

  1. ↑ "Echidna: The very foundations of Destinyland rest upon me." Shin Megami Tensei (iOS). Developed by Atlus. Published by Index. Translation by Atlus.
  2. ↑ "Echidna: As you can see, I cannot move, as I am holding up Destinyland." Shin Megami Tensei (iOS). Developed by Atlus. Published by Index. Translation by Atlus.
  3. ↑ "Echidna: That is why I have moved myself, along with Destinyland, all the way here to help" Shin Megami Tensei (iOS). Developed by Atlus. Published by Index. Translation by Atlus.
  4. ↑ "Man: Did you hear about the new island that appeared by the mouth of the Sumida river? Rumor has it that the island was actually moved from someplace else." Shin Megami Tensei (iOS). Developed by Atlus. Published by Index. Translation by Atlus.
  5. ↑ "Echidna: In the past, the God of Law banished many gods, including myself, to the Expanse. An age where gods and humanity prospered side by side ended. Would you repeat this tragedy? There are many Gaeans who still worship the ancient gods." Shin Megami Tensei (iOS). Developed by Atlus. Published by Index. Translation by Atlus.
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