| “ | Soon, this world will be just like our home. Our own world where we don't have to live in fear, a world where no more violence can fall upon us. It will be...silent, peaceful. | „ |
| ~ Mephisto talking to Ardaux |
Summary[]
Mephisto Kagami is the main antagonist of Before the Sable Dawn, a demon that came from another realm entirely, a millennia-old force that would cause so much chaos within the mystical world that every other faction had to team up to simply weaken them. Having escaped from its home, it would wish to turn the world back into its home so that the rest of its brethren could live on the world. A goal that can only be accomplished via razing this new world of any life completely and building upon its ashes.
Combat Statistics[]
Tier: High 6-A | At least 6-C
Base: Prime | Weakened/Main Story
Name: Mephisto Kagami
Origin: Before the Sable Dawn
Age: None (Demons do not place importance on age and disregard how long they lived), possibly thousands of years (Claims to be this old via a side comment)
Classification: Demon, Devil, Denizen of Hell, "Discarded Creation"
Gender: None (Demons place no importance on gender), physically Male
Powers and Abilities:
Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Longevity (Stated to have lived for thousands of years), Immortality (Types II, III, IV, VIII, and IX), Regeneration (Mid-Godly) (Demons are beings that are "removed" from conventional life itself and rely on the fear surrounding their History to the point where their true forms exist deep within it, allowing them to reconstruct their History if it were ever broken as long as a small part of it remains), Duplication and Avatar Creation (Demons can split and duplicate portions of their essence to create avatars to carry out their will), Empowerment (Once in the living realm, demons can draw power from various portals and doorways to Hell created by Reasoning), Shapeshifting (Capable of changing and transforming into various animals such as bulls, bats, etc), Intangibility (Could turn into a cloud of dark mist), Acid Manipulation and Poison Manipulation (A Demon can use their spit as acid or their blood as poison that can even harm the Histories of others), Madness Manipulation (Type II) (Although straining on their own body and mind, Demons can project visions of hell into their victims to drive them insane), Enhanced Senses and Extrasensory Perception (Capable of seeing spiritual beings and abstract entities, could even sense invisible entities and Ardaux approaching them from behind), Non-Physical Interaction (Can damage spiritual and abstract entities easily, their fight against the mystical world was said to be 'tearing apart the Abyss itself'), Healing Negation (Mephisto's attacks were able to render healing impossible unless it was done by a herald of the Pleroma), Illusion Manipulation (Can cast realistic visions of themselves upon others), Fear Manipulation and Empathic Manipulation (Mephisto's mere presence makes others fear and feel the need to bow before them), Corrosion Inducement and Corruption (Type II) (Mephisto's presence is capable of corroding and corrupting one's History to the point where it can even destroy such), Conceptual Manipulation (Type I), Light Manipulation, and Magic (Capable of using Reasoning), Curse Manipulation, limited Time Travel, and Disease Manipulation (Could use Reasoning to bring a weakened version of the Black Plague from the past into the present), Unholy Manipulation (Naturally wields the energies of Hell as a demon)
Resistance to Soul Manipulation (Was unharmed by multiple attacks to its spiritual self), Perception Manipulation and Darkness Manipulation (Unaffected by Tiamat's darkness), Spatial Manipulation (Unaffacted by Nahum's presence), Life Manipulation, Blood Manipulation, and Absorption (Tiamat was unable to drain any life energy or blood from them), Empathic Manipulation and Heat Manipulation (Unaffected by Melachiel's aura), Telepathy, Mind Manipulation, and limited Precognition (Khadir was unable to read their mind nor predict their actions), Void Manipulation, Existence Erasure (Would've been unaffected by a portion of the Abyss), Fate Manipulation, Causality Manipulation, Conceptual Manipulation (Types I and II), Information Manipulation (Type II), Light Manipulation, and Magic (Its History is so alien and demonic that it cannot be altered unless, with even Reasoning proving ineffective against it), Madness Manipulation (Types II and III) (Could look at Apophis' true form for a time), Disease Manipulation, Life Manipulation and Death Manipulation (Would be left unaffected by the Black Plague which was fuled by the essence of Life and Death)
Attack Potency: Multi-Continent Level (At the height of its power, Mephisto was capable of knocking the moon out of its orbit and its battle with the entirety of the mystical world was threatening to do such [9.19 Exatons]) | At least Island Level+ (Although heavily weakened after being defeated by each faction's combined might, Mephisto was still capable of taking on both Melachiel, Khadir, and Dumah simultaneously without issue. Considered to be as strong as both Nahum and Tiamat combined. It took the required efforts of both Haruki and Shizuka to actually push them to their limits after fighting off multiple superweapons)
Speed: Massively FTL+ (Could simultaneously parry and destroy multiple projectiles coming for them at speeds so fast that it looked like light itself wasn't even moving [5000c]) | At least FTL (Although weakened, Mephisto was still able to blitz an inexperienced Tiamat and considered multiple attacks 'slow' by comparison, was able to attack faster than what beings like Melachiel and Khadir could barely perceive)
Lifting Strength: At least Class P (Their fight against the entirety of the mystical world was threatening to push the moon out of orbit with just their mere shockwaves alone) | At least Class M (Crushed Ardaux's hand in one fell swoop)
Durability: Multi-Continent Level | At least Island Level+
Stamina: Limitless. Full demons draw on the unlimited power of Hell itself and the energies of various portals and summoning rituals used by various cultists around the world. Even if certain portals are closed, demons still retain their connections to Hell and can still draw energy from it.
Range: Tens of Kilometers
Standard Equipment: None Notable
Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius (Was the one to discover and even use Reasoning in the first place and could discern the truth of the world and the creation of the entire universe. Discovered where the Pleroma lived and who they chose as their herald, forming an elaborate scheme to kill the chosen in question. Easily took apart multiple of Alex's inventions and reverse-engineered them in an instant. Nigh-instantly discerned what Gnosis was and what abilities it carried by merely looking at Alex. Fought on-par with Aurum Shincho and stated that it could go on forever in combat and that it was enjoying the fight)
Weaknesses: Incredibly cocky and powerhungry, always seeking a way to try and turn the world into a new Hell. Although closing portals created by Reasoning don't weaken demons, doing such can leave openings to exploit.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Incursion, the Demonic Scarring: As a full-blown Demon, Mephisto is akin to an alien and completely foreign entity within the mystical world. It is akin to a rule-breaker of otherwise strict and set rules of reality. It pulls its powers from another plane of existence entirely, not even following conventional systems of reality, only growing stronger and stronger by the creation of demonic portals created by Reasoning. In fact, Mephisto was the one to actually discover and create Reasoning in the first place, using it for a variety of abilities and powers. But without a doubt, the most deadly part of Mephisto is their aura. Such a deadly and lethal aura corrodes and corrupts the History of anyone who finds themselves in its grasp. It is nigh-instant, completely disintegrating and destroying such with but a mere second in its territory.