#smt3

In one sense, the protag is part demon for the mechanical purpose that the player has to support, rather than invent, a Reason. But I also feel like Nocturne is making a point that life as a human is different than demonic existence. Some days I think I grok that difference, other days I'm not sure really what they're trying to say the difference is.

Anyways, then we have the protagonist's in-between existence. And, well, unlike a human he can have magical affinity via magatama. I guess he might be influenced by the phases of kagatsuchi too? But most of the lore I've seen seems to imply it's all physical attributes, that he "retains his human heart." Can you think of any indication otherwise?

Thanks man

The one quote I always go back to is from the First Kalpa Loa:

I'd say there is almost zero chance that anyone on the staff actually read "Aradia, or the Gospel of the Witches," mostly because her name already appears in their favorite reference material of the time:

The rest feels like a classic overinterpretation, like the Lady in Black being Paimon because he is "the most loyal to Lucifer."