Player nickname: Pie Player DW:tentacular Way to contact you: Email: pieberman@gmail.com AIM: dmnthepatriots Other:plurk Are you at least 15?: Y Current Characters: Tibarn (hawkblocker) Character: Louis Cyphre (also occasionally goes by Louisa Ferre) Fandom: The Shin Megami Tensei video games (main verse- SMT1, 2, 3 and 4 - not including the Persona, Digital Devil Saga or Devil Survivor universes. Possibly including the Devil Summoner 2 version further down the line, however hence the inclusion in the history. SMT has a complicated world-history.) Character Notes: History:
NOTE: Firstly, it must be said that the chronology of the games is never exact; the world is stuck in an eternal loop, and there are many alternate worlds beside. As a result, it can easily be assumed that while Louis – who, as a demon, is outside the loop – is the same Louis in each game, it is not always the same reality that he is in.
Since time immemorial, the human world has been a battleground for the forces of chaos and law. Over and over, under the will of the origin of Gods (YHVH), the world has been reborn only to be destroyed anew. The cycle repeats over and over. An endless process of suffering in order to create a place of perfect law, where all minds become one and nothing so much as blinks. This is the will of God, and it is for this reason that his angels and the demons of Hell fight over this middle ground.
However, throughout the turmoil-filled history of these repeating worlds, there have been humans known as Devil Summoners, who have used technology to harness the powers of demons. These Devil Summoners are often the ones tasked with the choice. A world of freedom and anarchy, where only the strong can survive alongside the demons? Or a world of stillness and holiness, where nothing can sin and all will is lost?
Sometimes, however, their role is simply to keep the chaos of the demons from affecting the world – or to keep themselves from causing disasters due to the powers they now wield. However, when things become far too hot – that is where Louis Cyphre tends to appear.
The story began in Shin Megami Tensei. After a series of prophetic dreams, the hero of the story awoke to discover he had been sent a devil summoning program by a stranger named STEVEN. Soon afterwards, demons began to invade Tokyo and he came to realise that in order to survive he would need to negotiate with demons to gain their aid in battle. Demons, in the SMT-verse, are a blanket term for all non-human beings; even the angels themselves are demons, of a sort. And all demons take their forms from the minds of humans, resulting in many of them appearing as figures from mythology. To survive, one must negotiate with them, use their skills to their best advantage, and even fuse them into new and stronger forms.
As the demonic invasion grew ever more powerful and more people began to die, the US government decided on a contingency plan. They decided to nuke Japan from the face of the earth. To survive, the hero and his friends were transported to another reality – an event which lasted mere hours for them, but returned them to what remained of their own world more than thirty years later.
In this time, the world had been transformed. Nuclear war had wrecked the land, demons had taken over, and humans had divided themselves into two majority groups. There were the Messians, followers of the Order of Messiah, who intended to bring the Thousand Year Kingdom upon the world where only the holy might survive. And there were the members of the Gaea Cult, who sought chaos and freedom. The hero, however, chose neither route. He sought a world where demons and humans could co-exist without either side being wiped out.
Along the way, however, he encountered an unfamiliar figure. Louis Cyphre had cleared the first floor of demons and waited for him, with one purpose in mind – to bring the demon Lilith to meet the hero once more. Over the course of the game, Lilith had appeared more than once to cause them harm, although in disguise. This time also she attempted to, despite having come in peaceful intent, but was unable to hurt the hero and fled. Louis merely offered his apologies for her and left, leaving Ueno free for the demons to halt progress once more.
Soon enough the hero discovered that the Cathedral must be claimed in order to prevent either law or chaos from claiming the land and the Archangel Michael, at the bottom of it, must be stopped. Before that could be done, however, a demon known as the Asura Lord would need to be defeated. Knowing that they could not handle it, Louis directed their attention to a nearby island where his servant Beelzebub would challenge them. Tricking Beelzebub into thinking he feared this hero, he sent him against them – and Beelzebub was defeated.
Denying the hero’s desire for balance, his friends – the Law Hero and Chaos Hero – turned against him. One had become a holy figure, the other had fused with a demon. Both were defeated in turn, and the Archangel Michael too was destroyed. However, the desire to have humans and demons work together backfired greatly.
Louis Cyphre | Shin Megami Tensei | Not Reserved - 1/?
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Email: pieberman@gmail.com
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Are you at least 15?: Y
Current Characters: Tibarn (
Character: Louis Cyphre (also occasionally goes by Louisa Ferre)
Fandom: The Shin Megami Tensei video games (main verse- SMT1, 2, 3 and 4 - not including the Persona, Digital Devil Saga or Devil Survivor universes. Possibly including the Devil Summoner 2 version further down the line, however hence the inclusion in the history. SMT has a complicated world-history.)
Character Notes:
History:
NOTE: Firstly, it must be said that the chronology of the games is never exact; the world is stuck in an eternal loop, and there are many alternate worlds beside. As a result, it can easily be assumed that while Louis – who, as a demon, is outside the loop – is the same Louis in each game, it is not always the same reality that he is in.
Since time immemorial, the human world has been a battleground for the forces of chaos and law. Over and over, under the will of the origin of Gods (YHVH), the world has been reborn only to be destroyed anew. The cycle repeats over and over. An endless process of suffering in order to create a place of perfect law, where all minds become one and nothing so much as blinks. This is the will of God, and it is for this reason that his angels and the demons of Hell fight over this middle ground.
However, throughout the turmoil-filled history of these repeating worlds, there have been humans known as Devil Summoners, who have used technology to harness the powers of demons. These Devil Summoners are often the ones tasked with the choice. A world of freedom and anarchy, where only the strong can survive alongside the demons? Or a world of stillness and holiness, where nothing can sin and all will is lost?
Sometimes, however, their role is simply to keep the chaos of the demons from affecting the world – or to keep themselves from causing disasters due to the powers they now wield. However, when things become far too hot – that is where Louis Cyphre tends to appear.
The story began in Shin Megami Tensei. After a series of prophetic dreams, the hero of the story awoke to discover he had been sent a devil summoning program by a stranger named STEVEN. Soon afterwards, demons began to invade Tokyo and he came to realise that in order to survive he would need to negotiate with demons to gain their aid in battle. Demons, in the SMT-verse, are a blanket term for all non-human beings; even the angels themselves are demons, of a sort. And all demons take their forms from the minds of humans, resulting in many of them appearing as figures from mythology. To survive, one must negotiate with them, use their skills to their best advantage, and even fuse them into new and stronger forms.
As the demonic invasion grew ever more powerful and more people began to die, the US government decided on a contingency plan. They decided to nuke Japan from the face of the earth. To survive, the hero and his friends were transported to another reality – an event which lasted mere hours for them, but returned them to what remained of their own world more than thirty years later.
In this time, the world had been transformed. Nuclear war had wrecked the land, demons had taken over, and humans had divided themselves into two majority groups. There were the Messians, followers of the Order of Messiah, who intended to bring the Thousand Year Kingdom upon the world where only the holy might survive. And there were the members of the Gaea Cult, who sought chaos and freedom. The hero, however, chose neither route. He sought a world where demons and humans could co-exist without either side being wiped out.
Along the way, however, he encountered an unfamiliar figure. Louis Cyphre had cleared the first floor of demons and waited for him, with one purpose in mind – to bring the demon Lilith to meet the hero once more. Over the course of the game, Lilith had appeared more than once to cause them harm, although in disguise. This time also she attempted to, despite having come in peaceful intent, but was unable to hurt the hero and fled. Louis merely offered his apologies for her and left, leaving Ueno free for the demons to halt progress once more.
Soon enough the hero discovered that the Cathedral must be claimed in order to prevent either law or chaos from claiming the land and the Archangel Michael, at the bottom of it, must be stopped. Before that could be done, however, a demon known as the Asura Lord would need to be defeated. Knowing that they could not handle it, Louis directed their attention to a nearby island where his servant Beelzebub would challenge them. Tricking Beelzebub into thinking he feared this hero, he sent him against them – and Beelzebub was defeated.
Denying the hero’s desire for balance, his friends – the Law Hero and Chaos Hero – turned against him. One had become a holy figure, the other had fused with a demon. Both were defeated in turn, and the Archangel Michael too was destroyed. However, the desire to have humans and demons work together backfired greatly.