Thanatos

Thanatos is the Ultimate Persona of Makoto Yuki, and a demon in the Shin Megami Tensei series. He is the mascot character of Persona 3.

Thanatos is the ultimate Persona of the Death Arcana in Persona 3. It first appears near the beginning of the game, when the male or female protagonist first attempts to summon Orpheus. Thanatos emerges from Orpheus' head, ripping Orpheus apart and mercilessly slicing apart the Arcana Magician looming ahead. Later, the protagonist can gain access to Thanatos after the Social Link with Pharos is completed.

It is the final evolved form of Orpheus, who evolves into Messiah, and later evolves into Thanatos.

Physical Appearance
Thanatos is a tall slender humanoid wearing a black cloak and white mask in the shape of a skull. It has thin white legs and arms and wields a blade. It has chains and belts around it and has nine coffins that appear as wings/ cape.

Occasional Appearances
Thanatos appears in Megami Ibunroku Persona as one of the bosses of the three towers in the Snow Queen Quest. In this appearance he is a short and grotesque monster with green skin wearing a black cloak.

In Persona 3, Thanatos (Death) appears as a young boy who wears a striped shirt named Pharos who lives inside of Makoto Yuki, a piece of Nyx placed there by Aigis.

Later, Pharos transforms into Ryoji Mayuzuki, an older boy around Makoto's age, who wears a white shirt and yellow scarf.

In his true form of death, he is a Shadow who wears tattered and decaying clothes. He also wears a skull mask but has a decaying corpse head underneath it, again also wielding a sword.

Thanatos appears in Persona 5 DLC in a Picaro form, which is a form he takes after being influenced by the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.

Powers and Abilities
Thanatos is of the Death Arcana and while he doesn't have a specific attribute, he deals mostly Almighty and Dark attacks.

Appearances

 * Megami Ibunroku Persona
 * Persona 3
 * Persona 3 FES
 * Persona 3 Portable
 * Persona 4 Arena
 * Persona 4 Arena Ultimax
 * Persona 5
 * Persona 5 Royal

Trivia

 * The depiction of Thanatos in Persona 3 seems to be derived more from the earliest mythological accounts, being characterized as a grim warrior surrounded by a mantle of metal coffins.