Persona Disappearing Dreams/Characters

This is a list of all the (Current) characters on Persona: Disappearing Dreams. This is a work in progress, so bear with us while we try to get everything set up!

Ishida Ryusaki
The so called "Protagonist" of the RP, played by Shonen Kaiser himself. He grew up in Yasoinaba with his mother and sister while his father lived in the Port Island to work. Being bored with quiet life in Inaba, he entertains himself with Manga, Video Games, and Music. He has an affinity for the Magician Arcana, with his initial Persona being Mephistopheles. His weapons are a variety of swords, bows, and shields; but he mainly defaults to swords. He detective like mentality is what causes him to quite strategic and gives him many leadership skills.

He is transferred to the Port Island in his second year of high school shortly after a girl at Gakkoukan goes missing, causing him to begin an investigation of her disappearance. These eventually leads to him entering the Mirror World, awakening his Persona, and establish the Mirror World Investigation Team.


 * Anti-Hero: Type III.
 * Mr. Vice Guy
 * Badass Longcoat: His trenchcoat. Subverted as he finds it outdated and unfashionable and only wears it because he doesn't have anything else to wear.
 * Byronic Hero: For a protagonist, he is very greedy and power hungry to the point of sacrificing anything to achieve his goals without caring about anything else. His Persona is even the devil!
 * Dare to Be Badass
 * Darkskinned Blonde
 * Deadpan Snarker: He has shades of this around Alice and Adam.
 * Expy: He shares some traits with Junpei and Yosuke, which he also happens to share an Arcana with.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: Although he can use several different kinds of weapons, he fights best with sword mainly due this trope applying to video games and manga as well as his kendo training.
 * I Just Want to Be Special
 * I Know Mortal Kombat: Most of his skills in swordsmanship come from a combination of video games, manga, and actual Kendo training.
 * Shout Out: Uses Cloud Braver limit break as his critical strike.
 * Limited Wardrobe: Justified as he comes from a poor family that can't afford that many clothes.
 * New Transfer Student
 * Otaku: He is an avid fan of Final Fantasy, The Legend of Zelda, and various Anime and Manga.
 * The Power of Rock: How Mephistopheles casts spells.
 * Playing with Fire: The specialty of his Persona.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * The Red Mage: His Persona has a mix of damaging spells, healing spells, and buffs.
 * Second Year Protagonist

Zach Grant
One of The Lancers of MWIT and a transfer student from America. His affinity is the Chariot Arcana, which grants him use of Ares, his starting Persona. He uses shotguns and machineguns as his weapons.

He was raised in a military family and was taught how to use a firearm by his father when he used to go hunting, causing a belief that a gun is the greatest weapon invented.


 * Expy: Of Eikichi but only sharing a firearm in an instrument case and being the Lancer.
 * Friendly Sniper
 * Gun Fu: Specializes in this during battle.
 * Guns Akimbo: A shotgun and Evoker.
 * Manly Men Can Hunt: He used to go hunting with his dad.
 * Military Brat: He grew up in a military family.
 * More Dakka: His weapon progression. Starting from pump-actions then to semi-autos, and finally full-autos
 * Playing with Fire: Ares, like Mephistopheles.
 * Pride: His main flaw.
 * Shotguns Are Just Better: He has strong belief in this.

Nicholas "Nick" Sinclair
Like Zach, Nick is a transfer student from America. He has an ambiguous knowledge of the Mirror World that could be just guesses or hinting to something in his past he has regrets about.

His Persona is Vishnu of the Strength Arcana and his weapons are both One and Two Handed Swords which he duel wields.


 * Blow You Away: His Persona's Garu spell.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: His mysterious past which might explain how he knows so much.
 * Dynamic Entry: Throwing Your Sword Always Works
 * Dual-Wielding: His trademark, with both sword types.
 * Fragile Speedster: His fighting style as well as his persona who excels in Strength and Agility with lacking Endurance
 * Hollywood Healing
 * Magic Knight: His persona learns powerful single target magic and he's very skilled with a sword/swords
 * Nakama
 * One-Handed Zweihander: Nick dual wields a one handed sword and a two handed sword.
 * Real Men Cook
 * Shock and Awe: Vishnu's Zio spell.
 * Shout-Out: His battle ending catchphrase, "Same Sh** Different Day" is a reference to Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2
 * Throwing Your Sword Always Works: As M.W.I.T. enters the battle against, Nick does and it ticks off the cat just enought to distract so the group can save   Also, a Dynamic Entry.

Kenichi "Ken" Takuma
A third year student of Gekkoukan High School. Having taken a trip around Japan for several months, he's finally returned to Port Island where he goes to school. He has a strong interest in boxing, though he's been trained in karate as well. His Person is Cu Chulainn of the Tower Arcana and his weapons are gloves.


 * Badass Bookworm: He had to keep up perfect grades in order to continue learning karate and boxing.
 * Bare-Fisted Monk: His weapons on increase his strength and the stronger ones slow him down due to weight and make him tired faster.
 * While not an actual monk, he made frequent visits to Naganaki Shrine before he left Port Island, and making a donation there is the first thing he does upon getting back.
 * Cool Shades: Part of his weekend/holiday outfit.
 * Difficult but Awesome: His Persona only has two spells, one non- element attack and one buff, and has low Magic and Speed. On the upside, it has the highest Strength and Endurance.
 * Dynamic Entry: His main method of attack, usually a "Hey You!" Haymaker.
 * Estrogen Brigade Bait: Tall, Dark and Handsome? Check. Dark and Troubled Past? Check. Shirtless Scene, containing a girl getting physically hot and bothered at the sight of him? CHECK. Ken embodies this trope.
 * Expy: Of Akihiko.
 * First-Name Basis: He does it to everyone out of habit
 * Genius Bruiser: He's got the highest stats in Academics possible, and is a trained martial artist to boot.
 * Gotta Catch Em All: Whether by chance, his status or his skill, he is fully willing and able to seek out and date every single girl in the entire school. And even those outside of it.
 * Mambo Intimacy 5: And as a reward for this, his social links will benefit from this attitude, although...
 * Love Dodecahedron: ...This is the only end result. And if they catch on, there is no escape.
 * Mighty Glacier: As stated above, he is slow but has the highest Strength and Endurance.
 * Power Fist: His gloves.
 * Shirtless Scene: During intense training, he goes into this. Anzu approves.
 * Your Door Was Open: Causes him to end up at gun point by Alice.

Adam
A living doll that resides in the Mirror World and the father of all of humanity. He serves as the Mission Control due to his Psychic Link with mankind giving him knowledge of all Shadows created by human emotions as well as communicating with them via telepathy.

His Personae are Apple of Knowledge of the Fool Arcana and Yggdrasil of the World Arcana.


 * The Fool: Being the father of man, he would've represent the start of the journey, making this Arcana fitting.
 * Hive Mind: Somewhat with humanity.
 * Mission Control
 * No Biological Sex: He is merely a blank for the design of humanity.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic: He was originally an emotionless doll that was curious about emotions and the temptation to learn about formed Eve, his Shadow who became the Apple of Knowledge, giving him emotions. In short, Eve was born from him and caused him to gain Apple of Knowledge which cause him to become self aware.

Minoru Anzu
A 16 year-old girl who is quite eccentric making absurd comments and out of the world observations. Her Persona is Unicorn of the Priestess Arcana.


 * Alliteration: Has a habit of doing this, to the chagrin of others.
 * Berserk Button: Do NOT insult her 'masterpieces'.
 * Beware the Nice Ones: She acts quite sweet towards her opponents, before skewering them with her crossbow.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Very much so. Mon sometimes refers to her as the Cloudcuckoolandian Ambassador.
 * Covert Pervert: She justifies some of her racy drawings as 'art,'that are merely for storing into her personal 'art collection.'
 * Disappeared Dad: Her father left after a messy divorce with Anzu's mother. Surprisingly, she doesn't resent this, and merely believes that he'll come back to Iwatodai eventually.
 * Gratuitous English: The badges that she wears.
 * It's Not Porn, It's Art: Her drawings range from bizarre, to refined, to... racy. All for her 'art collection' though!
 * Luminescent Blush: Whenever she's around Ken in his shirtless boxing attire.
 * Long Hair Is Feminine
 * The Archer

Vincent Klous
An American who moved to Japan 3 years ago, he is a straight A student and a calm person. His persona is Halos of the Hanged Man Arcana and his weapon is an axe.


 * An Axe to Grind: His Heavy Axe
 * Playing with Fire: Halos can use Agi.

Ora Yurichi
A female Gekkoukan High School student who lives in the Iwatodai Dorm with Ryusaki, Zach, and Nick. She is a very quiet girl who rarely shows emotion. She is known for her Gothic lolita clothing and her creepy stuffed bunny that she always carries around.

Her Persona is Hel of the Death Arcana and her weapons are scythes.


 * An Ice Person: How fitting...
 * Casting a Shadow: Her Persona is able to learn Mudo.
 * Creepy Doll: Her stuffed bunny.
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita: On weekends and holidays.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Sinister Scythe: Her main weapons.
 * Sugar and Ice Girl: She rarely shows emotions and tends to be cold to other people, but this may change in the future.

Nagamura Keiko
A shy, third year student at Gekkoukan high school. She is a typically quiet but nice girl. She appears to take her school work seriously, causing her to leave her room in a mess with textbooks scatter around her room. She and Ken appear to know each other and appear to be old friends.

Her Persona is Naga of the Hermit Arcana and her weapons are Naginata.


 * Blade on a Stick: Her Naginata as well as Naga's spear.
 * Lady of Black Magic: All of her spells eiter damage or enfeeble enemies.
 * Meganekko: She sports a pair of black frame glasses.
 * Nerds Are Sexy
 * Shock and Awe: Naga carries the spell Mazio.
 * Shrinking Violet: As stated she quite shy and tends to avoid talking to people.
 * Team Mom: She is now for cooking for other at the dorm as well as trying to convince others to stay on task in school.

Makoto Kusari
The son of parents who work a lot, leaving him home alone often. Instead of moping about it, he has deciding to make others happy for a living to fill the void of his own sadness.

His Persona is Heosphorus of the Star Arcana and his weapons are handguns.


 * Revolvers Are Just Better: His handguns.
 * Shock and Awe
 * Warrior Poet: He often compares this in life with music in a poetic manner.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: A male example.

Mao Leshiki
A Filipino boy who moved to Japan at the age of 10. He makes money by pickpocketing and gambling(which he cheats in of course). He often gets into fights in the back alley.

His Persona is Turdak of the Fortune Arcana and his weapons are claws.


 * Blow You Away
 * Dem Bones: His Persona Turdak a skeleton wielding two swords.
 * Five-Finger Discount: He's a former Pickpocket.
 * The Gambler: As if having a Persona of the Fortuna Arcana wasn't enough of a hint...
 * Street Urchin: He and his family made a living by pickpocketing and back alley gambling.
 * Wolverine Claws: His main weaponry. Usually gloves with blades attached to the fingers.

Yumeko Watanabe
A 14-year old Japanese girl here on a scholarship. She enjoys painting and clocks. Her persona is Andras of the Moon Arcana and her weapon is a katar.


 * Blade Below the Shoulder: Her katar.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: Downplayed, only when she is painting.
 * Last-Name Basis: To everyone due to being the youngest
 * Scholarship Student: For art
 * Shock and Awe: Andras' Zio spell
 * Shipper on Deck: So far, only Ken/Anzu
 * Status Buff: What she specializes in.
 * Winged Humanoid: Her Persona, Andras

Kimiko Matsumoto
A robot created as an anti-Shadow weapon, Kimiko looks like an ordinary 15 year old girl minus the silver mechanical joints that she hides normally. She seems to have a paranoia of men in black suits and closely guards her true past.


 * An Ice Person
 * Artificial Intelligence
 * Expy: Of Aigis.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal
 * Robot Girl
 * Ridiculously-Human Robots

Alice
The elderly new headmaster of Gekkoukan High School who also runs the Iwatodai Dorm.


 * Badass Teacher: Headmaster, but will still give a good whipping if your grades slip or you break the rules.
 * Never Mess with Granny: Pushing 90 with a weak heart and brittle bones, yet she can still kick your ass.
 * Whip It Good: To threaten student to abide by the rules.

Hitomi
A reckless 16 year girl Hitomi is a daredevil. As the Sun Arcana she is outgoing and trustworthy. Her Persona is Fenrir of the Sun Arcana.


 * Blow You Away: Her Persona's Garu Spell.
 * Rebellious Princess: She was born into a rich family but didn't like the teaching the forced upon her.
 * Slipknot Ponytail
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Monzaburou "Mon" Kakuryouji
A first year student at Gekkoukan High School. Mon suffers dificulties relating to Asperger's Syndrome, which he has had little past success in overcoming. Despite this, he tries hard to connect with his fellow persona users, and values them all highly, no matter their affiliation.

In combat, Mon plays a support role with his persona Ameno-Sagiri of the Temperance Arcana, and his weapons are hunting and sniper rifles.


 * Brilliant but Lazy: Manages to be one of the top scoring students in the school despite not even trying. Especially in math where he claims to have a sharingan-like ability to be able to learn how to solve any kind of problem after seeing it done once.
 * Brutal Honesty
 * Cold Sniper
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Disappeared Dad: Mon's father left to work in America for most of Mon's life. He's returned now, but Mon hasn't really been able to reconnect with him.
 * Embarrassing Nickname: He doesn't actually like it when people call him Mon, though almost everyone does considering how long his name is.
 * Friendless Background -- Incompetence: Successfully alienated every friend he ever tried to make with his eccentric and obsessive behavior.
 * Le Parkour
 * Mon: His nickname comes from his well known obsession with Mon games. It comes in handy in his support role, as he is practiced at remembering the weaknesses and resistances of the enemies they encounter.
 * Neutral Good: Tries to resolve conflicts peacefully, and cares little for causes or grudges so long as collateral damage is minimal. Shadows and demons are different. He looks at them like a natural disaster to be averted as quickly and completely as possible.
 * The Stoic: One of the most composed characters in the game, except when...
 * Not So Stoic: ...trying to interact with others in casual contexts.
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Particularly when annoyed.
 * Sophisticated As Hell

The Black Hooded Man
A mysterious man who started the rumors of the Mirror World. His true motifs are currently unknown.


 * In the Hood: His trademark.
 * Obviously Evil: He both looks and acts evil.

Angels
A clan of Demons that represent Arcana like Personae and Shadows. There are 20 in all.


 * An Ice Person:
 * Eldritch Abomination
 * Our Angels Are Different: The first angel seen is a freakin' kitsune!
 * Playing with Fire: Kyuubi no Kitsune.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic