Gabriel

For the party member Persona in Persona 2: Eternal Punishment, see Gabriel (Persona).

Gabriel
ガブリエル
SMT1 SFCSMT2SMT4DeSumP5XDCW SFC artwork from Shin Megami Tensei Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei II Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei IV Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner Artwork from Persona 5: The Phantom X Artwork from Devil Children White Book
Other Name(s)	Declarer of AnguishPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal
Origin	Abrahamic religions
Race(s)	BossDevil Children Black Book and Red Book Devil Children White Book DivineDigital Devil Story: Megami Tensei II Kyūyaku Megami Tensei Majin Tensei Majin Tensei: Blind Thinker HallelMajin Tensei II: Spiral Nemesis HeraldShin Megami Tensei if... Shin Megami Tensei IV Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine Shin Megami Tensei: J Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2 Shin Megami Tensei Trading Card: Card Summoner LightDigital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2 SeraphShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne Maniax Ronde
Alignment(s)	Light-LawShin Megami Tensei Shin Megami Tensei V Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance LawShin Megami Tensei IV
Arcana	EmpressPersona 3 Persona 3 FES Persona 3 Portable Persona 3 Reload Persona 4 Persona 4 Golden Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth Persona Mobile Online PriestessPersona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth TemperancePersona 5 Persona 5 Royal
Voice Actor(s)	Atsuko TanakaShin Megami Tensei IV (JA)

Gabriel is a Demon in the Megami Tensei franchise.

Profile

Origin

Gabriel is an important angel in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. In the Book of Daniel, Gabriel appears to the eponymous prophet Daniel and explains some of Daniel's visions. In the Gospel of Luke, Gabriel appears to Zechariah announcing that he will have a son (John the Baptist) with his wife Elisabeth, and also appears to Mary and tells her that she will conceive and give birth to Jesus. In Islam, Gabriel appears to the Prophet Muhammad, relaying the message of Allah.

Design

In Gabriel's Shin Megami Tensei II artwork and most subsequent appearances, Gabriel has been designed as a woman, despite being described in the Bible as having the form of a man and being referred to with male pronouns. According to Kazuma Kaneko, Gabriel's feminine appearance is meant to allude to Gabriel's role in the Annunciation to the Virgin Mary, which is thematically related to Shin Megami Tensei II. Gabriel's in-game sprite in Shin Megami Tensei II is a recolor of that of Dominion; the Shin Megami Tensei II artwork's design was first used in-game in Shin Megami Tensei if....

Gameplay

For complete gameplay information, see Gameplay:Gabriel.

Compendium

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Compendium Entries
Shin Megami Tensei (A-Mode DDS)	Origin: Israel One of the 4 heralds, the seraph of water. She is known as the angel who told the Virgin Mary about her Annunciation. Though angels are said to be of neither sex, Gabriel is commonly thought to be female. She is said to be the supervisor of the Garden of Eden and the cherubs. Some say Gabriel is also the one who dictated the Quran to the prophet Mohammed.
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne	One of the four major angels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for 'governor'.
Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne HD Remaster	One of the four major angels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor.
Shin Megami Tensei IV	One of the four major archangels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor."
Shin Megami Tensei V	One of the four major angels. The name Gabriel means "God is my strength." Acting as a messenger for God, Gabriel is the one who informed the virgin Mary of her pregnancy. Though often depicted with a feminine face, there are various interpretations suggesting that Gabriel is not androgynous but is in fact a woman.
Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance
Persona 3	One of the four major angels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor".
Persona 3 FES
Persona 3 Portable	One of the four major angels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor."
Persona 3 Reload	One of the four major archangels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor." She is the angel who told Mary of her pregnancy.
Persona 4	One of the four major angels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor."
Persona 4 Golden
Persona 5	One of the four major archangels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor." She is the angel who told Mary of her pregnancy.
Persona 5 Royal
Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth	One of the four major angels. Because she is depicted as a beautiful girl, she is interpreted as female. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor".
Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth	One of the four major angels. Because she is depicted as a beautiful girl, she is interpreted as female. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor".
Persona 5 Tactica	One of the four major archangels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor." She is the angel who told Mary of her pregnancy.
Persona 5: The Phantom X	One of the four major archangels. She is also the only female angel at this rank. Her name comes from the Sumerian word for "governor." She is the angel who told Mary of her pregnancy.
Devil Children Black Book and Red Book	GBC: セカイのおわりを　ラッパをふいて　しらせてくれる　いきものに　いのちをあたえる　うつくしいテンシ PS: 世界の終わりを　ラッパをふいて　知らせてくれる　生き物に　命をあたえる　美しい天使 Translation:
Devil Children White Book	セカイのおわりを　ラッパをふいて　しらせてくれる　いきものに　いのちをあたえる　うつくしいテンシ Translation:

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei

Gabriel is one of the leaders of the Lawful forces situated in one of the upper rooms of the Basilica.

In the Law route, he will deem the Hero and Heroine as the new Adam and Eve and join the party. Later on the route, the Hero must go to Sugamo Prison to visit the old man who fuses Gabriel together with Raphael and Uriel to make the Angel Ring.

In the Neutral and Chaos routes, he instead acts as an optional boss.

Shin Megami Tensei II

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After Aleph defeats the Elders, who were in actuality the Archangels, and the false YHVH in the Center, Gabriel appears, revealing herself as the final elder controlling the Center. While she says it is a shame that the other archangels met such a fate, she congratulates Aleph on his victory over them, revealing that they had attempted to create a savior artificially after one failed to appear in Tokyo Millennium. God then spoke to her directly, telling her to abandon the path the other archangels took and thus orchestrated their fall. She undoes the curse placed upon Zayin and directs Aleph to the control room, where he is waiting.

Later, once Aleph finishes hearing Lucifer's story in Keter Castle, Gabriel takes him to Zayin once more, who resides in Eden. In Eden, Gabriel had gathered up many citizens who were deemed worthy to be part of the true Millennium Kingdom that would be created, chosen regardless of status or class.

On the Neutral route, after defeating Lucifer, Aleph additionally learns that Gabriel was tasked with creating a Megiddo Ark to replace the Kuzuryu following Lucifer's deceit.

In the Law ending, after the Earth has successfully been cleansed and YHVH has been defeated, she notes that as she is a servant of God, she no longer has a purpose or place to go now that He is dead, but disregards this and tells Aleph and Hiroko that they on the other hand do have one, and tells them to go to Eden.

Visionaries

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

In "Lily Corsage", the Elders are discussing what to do with Zayin and Aleph now that they are rebelling against them, and decide to start a new Messiah Project after they have been disposed of. Gabriel, however, has had enough of their scheming and loudly protests their actions, saying such deceitful lies could never bring about the coming of the Millennium Kingdom. They try to justify their actions and hope that correcting their mistakes will earn them God's forgiveness, but Gabriel tries to continue arguing that their image of God no longer matches that of the true God, before giving up and deciding to leave the other archangels. The others are saddened by this, but they resolutely conclude that they have gone too far to be able to turn back now.

End of spoilers.

Shin Megami Tensei IV

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Prior to the rule of the God of Law, Gabriel served Baal, the Nahobino that sat on the Throne of Creation, alongside the other three Seraphim. Upon the God of Law usurping Baal, the Seraphim became loyal servants of the new ruler. They led the forces of Bethel until all four were defeated in the battle of Armageddon, with leadership of Bethel falling to Abdiel.

Giten Megami Tensei: Tokyo Revelation

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Gabriel is first mentioned by the residents of Shibuya saying she'll come to save them from the demon invasion led by Morax the Koutenshi

Gabriel reveals to Ayato Katsuragi many things to him in Shibuya, such as Yuuka Tachibana being indeed the reincarnation of Ishtar, that Babylonia was once the capital of Ishtar and that many blood was shed in her name and that she followed a lustful path, but that she was defeated so God tore her soul apart, the bad part was what became Astarte, the other half became Virgin Mary and that Yuuka is this part of Ishtar's soul, but that Bael has tainted her soul with fear and hatred.

When asking if she can be revived Gabriel says that while it is possible to revive Yuuka she may not be the Yuuka he once knew as her soul has been tainted with fear and hatred by Bael.

Gabriel also says that Yuuka as Ishtar was once Bael's wife, but when he was known as Baal and ruled over Palestine, and that many sacrifices were done for Ishtar and bathed in the blood of the ever-reviving Baal to become immortal.

Gabriel also tells Katsuragi that he bears the mark, but that he is not the Messiah, that he is merely preparing the land for the coming of the true Messiah and that his fate is interwined with Ishtar's and Bael's, that he must find a way to break free from it.

She also tells Katsuragi that he was once a hunter god in ancient Babylonia who slayed a divine dragon. He was then reborn and once again slayed a dragon and obtained the hand of a goddess.

She also reveals that Bael is an ancient, powerful god once known as Baal and that he's a recurring adversary of the Almighty Father. Bael has also revived many times by performing a blood ritual where he himself perishes at the end. This ritual made Bael even more powerful, and every time he revived he craved even more blood. The Almighty Father and angels fought Bael, felling that evil god. His soul was sliced into many parts and cast into hell. In hell, Bael devoured those fragments, regaining his power and thus returned to Earth.

Lastly, she reveals that Katsuragi wavelengths are similar to Bael's and that he was once a soul who offered to Ishtar and that if Katsuragi dies his soul will become one with Bael's, due to having a fragment of Bael within him and making Bael even more powerful.

After all this Gabriel leaves and protects Shibuya.

End of spoilers.

Majin Tensei

After clearing stage 39, if the Hero allowed Étienne Alphonse Laflèche to join him and still has Uriel in his party, Gabriel will approach him and join his party.

Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner

Herald Gabriel is one of the three deities that Rei Reiho can call upon near the beginning of the game.

Nomenclature

From Hebrew גַּבְרִי אֵל gaḇrî ʾēl, meaning "the strong man, God".

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Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Gabriel
Japanese	ガブリエル Gaburieru	Gabriel
Simplified Chinese	加百列 Jiābǎiliè	Gabriel
Traditional Chinese	加百列 Jiābǎiliè	Gabriel
French	Gabriel
German	Gabriel
Italian	GabrielPersona 3 Reload Persona 5 Persona 5 Royal Persona 5 Tactica
	GabrieleShin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance	Gabriel
Korean	가브리엘 Gabeuriel	Gabriel
Polish	Gabriel
Brazilian Portuguese	Gabriel
Russian	Гавриил Gavriil
Peninsular Spanish	Gabriel
Turkish	Cebrail

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
English	Declarer of AnguishPersona 5 Persona 5 Royal
Japanese	責苦の告知者Persona 5 Persona 5 Royal Semeku no Kokuchisha	Announcer of Torment
Simplified Chinese	苦难的告示者Persona 5 Royal Kǔnàn de Gàoshìzhě	Notifier of Suffering
Traditional Chinese	苦難的告示者Persona 5 Royal Kǔnàn de Gàoshìzhě	Notifier of Suffering
French	Annonciatrice de douleurPersona 5 Royal	Announcer of Painfeminine form
German	Verkünder der QualPersona 5 Royal	Declarer of Anguishmasculine form
Italian	Messaggero del TormentoPersona 5 Royal	Messenger of Tormentmasculine form
Korean	시련試練의 고지자告知者Persona 5 Royal Siryeonui Gojija	Announcer of Ordeals
Peninsular Spanish	Declarador de angustiaPersona 5 Royal	Declarer of Anguishmasculine form

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