Nyarlathotep
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Nyarlathotep (also known as "The Crawling Chaos") is a malevolent being who serves as a counterbalance to Philemon. Unlike Philemon's neutrality, Nyarlathotep can operate fully in the outside world. He delights in causing mischief and madness in lives of humans, and is the main antagonist of Persona 2. It is learned that Nyarlthotep was able to manifest as Guido's Persona in Revelations: Persona. In contrast to Philemon, who appears chiefly as a young man and a gold butterfly, Nyarlathotep can assume the form of anything he chooses. In Innocent Sin, Nyarlathotep takes the form of Jun's late father, Akinari Kashihara. In Eternal Punishment, he appears as a clone of Tatsuya.
Nyarlathotep employs evil twins of the main characters (known as "Shadow Sides") to do most of his work. Shadow Sides appear as bosses in both games; Shadow Yukino, Lisa, Eikichi, and Maya fight the party in Innocent Sin, and Shadow Maya, Katsuya, Ulala and Baofu attack in pairs in Eternal Punishment.
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