Three Wise Men

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Three Wise Men
三賢人
Artwork from Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Other Name(s)	Left Voice Middle Voice Right Voice Three Spirits
Affiliation(s)	Great WillShin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
Alignment(s)	Law
Voice Actor(s)	Chō

The Three Wise Men are characters in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. They are a trio of ethereal beings who seem to have knowledge of the Schwarzwelt.

Profile

The Three Wise Men appear as three male figures with unclear features, as they're portrayed as either too far away or completely obscured as silhouettes. They exist in a small white room with square floor tiles, three paintings on the back of the wall, and similarly square lights on the ceiling, where they sit on their own orange cushioned loveseats with a table of food and tea at their center.

Game Appearances

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey

When the Red Sprite crash lands into the Schwarzwelt, the Protagonist is knocked unconscious and then finds himself in an unfamiliar white room with three hazy-looking gentlemen. The men vaguely disparage the humans' attempt to stop the Schwarzwelt when they notice the Protagonist's presence. One of the men dismisses him as another soul soon to crumble, but the other two show interest in him, believing he will not be devoured so easily. The first man allows their opinion to sway him, with another one of them asking the Protagonist for his name and wondering what future he will find, though they tell him that before he can find out, he must first fall and struggle. They then seal away his memory of their meeting and send his consciousness back to his body.

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When the Red Sprite tries to escape the Schwarzwelt from the Vanishing Point, it is hit by a shockwave that causes it to crash again, rendering the crew unconscious. When the Protagonist comes to, he finds himself in the ethereal white room again, this time accompanied by Jimenez and Zelenin. The room's three inhabitants mock the crew for believing they could return to the Earth so easily, comparing them to apes who thought they could control the providence of the universe. They address the three crewmen and rhetorically ask them why their "Mother" did not grant them wings when they were born, answering that it was to stop them from becoming too arrogant, which is what they have become for believing that their wisdom and science made them infallible. They reprimand the crew for forgetting their boundaries and show them a vision of the Schwarzwelt Joint Project commencing Operation: Schwarzwelt Elimination, which ultimately fails. The unknown life forms mock the humans' supposed power for falling short and tell them that none can stop the Schwarzwelt, though they hint that they may still be able to find a path forward by collecting all the Exotic Matter held by the Mothers, then telling them to ask Arthur for more details as they send the crew back into their bodies. When the crew awakens, some are bewildered at the experience and question who the mysterious men are, but soon become preoccupied with Arthur's rebooting and the destruction of the graviton radio, rendering them unable to contact the Joint Project, which Zelenin suspects the three life forms are responsible for. When Arthur reboots, he states he has received new important data and explains what Exotic Matter is and that the three life forms had interfered with their escape attempt. He also determines that the information he obtained was from the three life forms, but concludes that though it distresses the crew, trusting it is their only option.

Later, when the Protagonist returns to the ship after defeating Maya, Arthur abruptly shuts down as the three unknown life forms appear on the ship's viewscreen. They declare that the time to reveal everything to the humans has come, having determined that they may truly possess the ability to change the Schwarzwelt, and before they can protest, drag them into a vision of a past civilization that, similar to the humanity of the present, were wiped out by a Schwarzwelt. The life forms explain that this is a cycle that the Earth perpetuates, summoning the Schwarzwelt whenever the current civilization has spoiled the Earth, and then reveal their identities as the Three Wise Men, who are beyond the reaches of time and one with the Earth. The Three Wise Men do not wish for this cycle to continue, so they reveal their ideal world for humanity, which involves turning all life on the Earth into a single unified collective. They propose that by using the power of the Schwarzwelt and Zelenin's song, those who are strong-willed and spiritually enlightened will be converted into a peaceful collective, while the weak-willed humans with fallen souls will be outright eliminated, thereby creating a world in which there is no desire or hostility, preventing the Earth from being abused again. After the power has transformed the world and converted and eliminated those who are worthy and those who are not, the converted that remain will be directed to sing God's praises daily and will nourish the earth as directed, existing as a solemn creation for the rest of time. As the Three Wise Men finish explaining their proposed plan for the world, however, they are interrupted by Louisa Ferre, who strongly rejects their plan.

The Three Wise Men only continue to appear on the Law route, where, after the Red Sprite crew has been converted by Zelenin's song and as the Protagonist is being told by Zelenin that the Three Wise Men will lend them their power as their benefactors, the two are enveloped in light and transported to the Three Wise Men's room. There, the Three Wise Men explain that they must stop Mem Aleph from unleashing the Schwarzwelt onto the Earth and overrunning it with demons, but also deny humanity's capability in saving the Earth themselves, believing that all it would result in is destruction just as surely as it would under Mem Aleph. As the Schwarzwelt contains an infinite amount of energy, they plan to make that energy into their own and so command the Protagonist to collect both the Cosmic Eggs and Mem Aleph's Exotic Matter to unleash them at the Vanishing Point, as under their guidance, their power will be used to create their world of order and light.

Once the Protagonist defeats the demon that destroyed the elevator leading to Mem Aleph in Sector Horologium, he is once again enveloped by light to meet with the Three Wise Men. The three reassure him that there is nothing to fear from the demons of Mem Aleph aside from Jimenez and Mem Aleph herself and encourage him to go forward and defeat her for her Exotic Matter.

Once the Protagonist finally reaches Mem Aleph and has Zelenin sing her song to make her visible to him, Mem Aleph is shocked and becomes outraged when she realizes that this is the work of the Three Wise Men, then cursing them for daring to forget their obligation. As the Protagonist proceeds to fight and seemingly defeats her, the voices of the Wise Men speak out to warn them not to let up with the song as Mem Aleph reveals her true form, Empty Mem Aleph. After Mem Aleph's death, the Protagonist and Zelenin are brought to the Three Wise Men's room one last time, where the Wise Men say that Mem Aleph has finally atoned for the sin of her body. They then congratulate the human and angel for breaking the eternal curse of the Schwarzwelt, praising the beauty of their spirits, and declare that now, sorrow will disappear from the Earth, as too will fear of the demons' invasion and the humans' destruction. They proclaim that by law and order shall the spirits play, and send the Protagonist and Zelenin back to their bodies to create their new world.

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Trivia

• In the files for Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey, a placeholder image of Daleth from Shin Megami Tensei II can be found with the phrase "Three Wise Men" showing up in the top left corner of the image.

Nomenclature

The title of the "Three Wise Men" comes from the Biblical Magi, who were wealthy foreigners from the east who visited Jesus after his birth bearing luxurious gifts for him. In Western Christianity, this event is celebrated with the feast of Epiphany.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	三賢人 Sankenjin	Three Wise Men

Gallery

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  The Three Wise Men in their room in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
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  The Three Wise Men in their room in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux
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  The Three Wise Men in the Empyrean Ascent in Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey Redux.