"Without eyes, yet staring into your very soul.
Without lips, yet speaking the words that seal your fate.
Without ears, yet hearing the cries of your agonizing death."

I was talking to Dai a while back about a Persona 4 themed commission, and he referred me to someone by the name of Shunao on DeviantArt. He said they'd be great at drawing something up with that same look and feel as many of the freaky, yet awesome personas in the game. After seeing the end result, I admit he was not wrong at all. X3

Okay, story time! Back when I first really got into Persona 4 (and I'm still deeply into the Persona series overall), I contemplated what it'd be like if I were in the game with the other main characters and had my own persona. Silly, I know...but the more I thought about it, I became more and more fascinated with the idea of it. The strangest thing is...I didn't actually think up the original concept. Rather, it sorta came to me. I didn't piece it together from things I liked, but it just...well, yeah. Another thing I discovered is that it's actually quite like my true self, though I don't like to admit it or talk about such things. For those interested, allow me to explain. Otherwise, skip to the bottom. X3


He has many arms, but no face. Instead, he relies upon numerous floating cursed masks to express his emotions to others. Each of these masks represents nearly every emotion, state of mind, and personality type; ranging from joy/happiness, to anguish/sadness, to anxiety/fear, all the way down to the more negative ones; such as rage/anger, sadistic/cruel, manipulative/selfish, etc.

Truth be told...I relate to him rather closely because of several reasons. The masks aspect represents how I was when I was much younger. I had trouble making many friends when I was little. Oh sure, I had a few, but it was very difficult for me at times. I didn't really feel like I was important or that anyone would like me for me, so...I said what others liked. Did what others liked. I put on the "mask" that others liked to see. Made a fool of myself if necessary. As for the faceless aspect, well...after many years of doing this, I began to lose touch with who I really was. I'd pretended to be so many things and act in such ways that I had trouble remembering what parts of me were real and what parts were staged. I no longer felt like "me" anymore, and I couldn't figure out how to reclaim my lost self within my heart. It's not like I was miserable, though. Through all that time, I managed to make some really good friends without having to put on a mask. In fact, it's because of those good friends that I survived the fallout of a crushing breakup a few years before meeting my fiancee. And during that time, I also found myself. Surprisingly, it was through Claude, whom I worked hard on making inside and out. Part of my old, young, naive, shy self was exposed to me through him, but I didn't realize it until after the fallout. However, I also learned that all of the different sides I'd shown people (and even the sides I never showed anyone) were all part of me, too.


Anywho, tl;dr version is that the Faceless represents my true self in ways I didn't even realize until after I thought him up. He channels spiritual and aural energies with his hands (most commonly, the lower two hands), and holds a mask in front of his face before attacking; the rest of them orbit around his body. Typically, the mask he holds before his face is seen as a telltale warning of which attack he is about to use (unless he's just being casual). He sits atop a giant crystal orb, adorned in simple white robes and flowing raven black hair.

That aside, for the sake of the game and such, he is of the Last Judgment Arcana (thanks to Night for the re-revision), represented as Shani. He's weak to wind, nulls light, but is strong against electricity, and as such, uses lightning and fire elements in his attacks. He's a healer/support bomber, so he also has access to healing spells, buffs, and Megido.
...I can't wait to have the shadow boss version of him drawn up soon. X3


Art © Shunao on DeviantArt
The Faceless Persona ©  iceblueeyes
Special thanks to  dai-studios