Trumpeter

Trumpeter is a demon in the series.

History
The Trumpeter is based on one of the angels mentioned in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament. It is said that will be sounded by seven angels, and each trumpet signifies a different event or plague on Earth before the final moments leading to the Apocalypse.

Appearances

 * Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne: Fiend Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE: Fiend Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey: Fiend Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei IV: Fiend Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse: Fiend Race
 * Shin Megami Tensei V: Fiend Race, DLC Boss
 * Persona 3 / FES / Portable: Judgement Arcana
 * Persona 4 / Golden: Judgement Arcana
 * Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth: Judgement Arcana
 * Persona 5 / Royal: Judgement Arcana
 * Persona 5 Strikers: Judgement Arcana
 * Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth: Judgement Arcana
 * Devil Survivor 2: Fiend Race
 * Devil Survivor 2 The Animation
 * Shin Megami Tensei: Liberation Dx2: Fiend Race

Shin Megami Tensei III: Nocturne
Trumpeter is one of the Fiends that the Demi-fiend must face while undertaking Lucifer's demonic trial in retrieving all of the stolen Candelabra.

Appearing as the fiend that holds the last missing Candelabrum, Trumpeter intercepts the Demi-fiend in Yurakucho Station (en route to the Diet Building), transporting him to another realm and challenging him to a duel. He will be faced even if the Demi-fiend has not encountered the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in the Labyrinth of Amala and defeated them in the Vortex World.

During the battle, Trumpeter introduces the Demi-fiend to his two distinct attacks, Holy Melody and Evil Melody; the former fully heals any character having the lowest percentage remaining HP to max while the latter instantly kills one character having the lowest percentage remaining HP regardless of their affinities. He will sound his trumpet after "every eight breaths" - meaning every eight turns, counting both the Demi-fiend's and his. If all party members are at full health, Holy Melody will randomly heal any combatant, even Trumpeter himself, while Evil Melody will randomly kill any party member but never Trumpeter.

Fully healing the party and having a demon use a Physical skill to consume HP will ensure they are the one hit by Evil Melody when it is cast. Reviving that demon with a Revival Bead and then switching them in before Holy Melody is used will see them reap the benefits instead of Trumpeter.

Trumpeter first uses Holy Melody on his first turn, the Evil Melody on his fourth turn, then switches between them every four turns thereafter for the duration of the battle. Trumpeter will actively use all-target elemental skills to target the weakness of the Demi-fiend's party members during the battle. Should there be no weakness to take advantage of, Trumpeter will begin infrequently casting Megidolaon. Using a buff skill will cause Trumpeter to waste a turn casting Dekaja, but he has no way of removing debuffs used by the party.

Defeating Trumpeter grants the Demi-fiend the final Candelabrum needed to open the Fourth Kalpa: The Candelabrum of Godliness.

The Demi-fiend can later summon Trumpeter in the Cathedral of Shadows with a Deathstone in his possession and performing a fusion that will result in a Tyrant class demon during a Full Kagutsuchi phase.

Shin Megami Tensei IMAGINE
Trumpeter first appeared as a rare boss spawn within the Second Home instance before being added as one of the fiends possible for players to obtain through the 7th anniversary event. Within the Soul Prison instance, he spawned alongside Mother Harlot's second form. By defeating all three of Mother Harlot's forms, players had a chance of looting a silver statue of an angel, which granted the player the plug-in for his fusion. Trumpeter can be created through a triple fusion of Black Rider, White Rider and Red Rider. In the Abyss Tower instance, he spawns alongside Mother Harlot again.

Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey
Trumpeter returns once again as a demon of the Fiend Race, however, he must be found first on Sector Horologium to engage and destroy him so he can be fused. He possesses highly dangerous attacks such as Horn of Fate (high chance to kill either party with Expel or Curse), though he is immune to both, preventing the attack from hitting himself, Megidolaon, and Hostile Terror, a status attack that can inflict all ailments. Like other Enemy Search enemies, Trumpeter cannot be recruited through negotiation but has a unique response when talked to.

Following his defeat, Trumpeter fusion is enabled with the Fiend Converter SubApp.

Shin Megami Tensei IV
Trumpeter can be found in Kiccigiorgi Forest, where the roads meet at an X. Like most of the Fiends encountered in the game, he has a 1/256 chance of spawning. His attack pattern consists of using Mahamaon until there are no targets that do not resist Light, then, he will move to Mamudoon until there are no targets that do not resist Dark. Once he's used each of them once and everyone has Light and Dark resistance, he completely stops using Mahamaon and Mamudoon and instead will spam Great Logos and his basic attack, while also wiping off any new demon summoned with Hamaon or Mudoon. Additionally, Trumpeter will mainly use his basic attack on the party member with the lowest HP, provided they do not have physical resistance. The best strategy for defeating him would be to have Flynn and 2 other demons null Light, while continuously summoning fodder demons with Endure and Enduring Soul that exist to keep Trumpeter locked to Mahamaon. The reward for defeating him is the Refreshing Tune accessory, one of the best accessories in the game, and the ability to create him via special fusion.

Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse
Trumpeter, along with all the other Fiends, is encountered in Twisted Tokyo. Trumpeter is encountered on B36F and drops the Angel's Trumpet (Gun, 96 power, 1-9 hits to multi) from the second cycle onwards. He is fought at level 982 on cycle 9.

Unlike the previous Fiends, Trumpeter is fought as a horde rather than a single target. Multi-targeting Gun attacks like Heaven's Bow will prove to be useful in the fight. If any 1 member is Smirking, Trumpeter will spend their first Press Turn using Magaon to remove it, and at lower HP counts, may even start to use Smile Charge at the end of their turns. Prepare your own Magaon to counter that, as Evil Melody has an incredibly high instant kill rate when used while Smirking. Other than that, Trumpeter is more content on attacking with elemental attacks and Riot Gun, and if they do detect an elemental immunity they will spend a turn with a Will skill to allow the Ma-dyne to pierce.

Shin Megami Tensei V
Trumpeter, along with the other Fiends that held Menorahs and the Demi-fiend, are set to appear as part of the Return of the True Demon DLC pack. As before, defeating Trumpeter unlocks the ability to fuse him.

Persona 4
Trumpeter is one of the four Personas that can only be obtained using a hexagon spread fusion in the Velvet Room. Trumpeter is created by fusing Matador, Pabilsag, Daisoujou, White Rider, Taowu and Tao Tie, all of which can be obtained from various dungeons in the Midnight Channel via Shuffle Time, except for Tao Tie.

Trumpeter holds the distinction of being able to learn both Heat Riser and Debilitate. The aforementioned skills are considered special and cannot be passed on to other Personas.

Margaret's final request, which maxes out the Empress Arcana Social Link, is to create a Trumpeter with the skill Mind Charge. The easiest way to do this is to level up a Tao Tie to level 38 where it learns that skill, or to fuse Daisoujou on November 8th, and get the skill from the Fusion Forecast. Even with one of the component Personas having Mind Charge, Trumpeter's inheritance type does not favor inheriting this skill. However, this is not a problem in Persona 4 Golden, as the player can select which inheritable skills are passed on.

If Trumpeter inherits or is taught skills that grant immunity to Physical, Fire and Wind skills (an easy task for a hexagon fusion) it becomes immune to most attacks. Along with Debilitate and Heat Riser, this is one of best Personas for defense and support, especially against strong enemies or boss battles.

Persona 5
Trumpeter is the second Persona of the Judgement Arcana. Trumpeter is unlocked for advanced fusion once the protagonist reaches Rank 5 in the Strength Confidant with Caroline and Justine. The fusion recipe calls for the use of White Rider, Red Rider, Black Rider and Pale Rider. Trumpeter is the second of two Personas to learn Brain Buster and the second of four to learn Fortify Spirit. Trumpeter is the second of three Personas to learn Cripple, but as they do not learn any Gun skills naturally, they will need to be supplied with one through fusion. Trumpeter is the first Persona to learn Life Aid and Debilitate. When itemized through Electric Chair Execution, Trumpeter yields a Debilitate skill card. Trumpeter is also required as an ingredient to produce Lucifer through an advanced fusion.

Persona 5 Strikers
Trumpeter is the subject of one of Lavenza's requests, "Prison Mail, Part 7." She wishes to see a Trumpeter with the Diarahan skill. Leveling Norn once to learn Diarahan and then fusing Norn with Sarasvati will allow Norn to pass the Diarahan skill on to Trumpeter during skill selection.

Devil Survivor 2
While searching for a way to cancel Benetnasch's ability to unsummon demons, the party finds an entry on Trumpeter in JP's, and discover that its melody has unusual properties and may be able to negate Benetnasch's un-summoning ability.

They head to Bugeikan Stage to unseal it, but Trumpeter refuses to cooperate at first. Fumi Kanno then chooses to "convince" it to work with them by smacking Trumpeter with laptops repeatedly until it agrees (noting that human females are quite terrifying).

During the battle with Benetnasch, Trumpeter is summoned to block the demon revoking ability. However, the party notices that Trumpeter's waves will also prevent further summoning of demons, and thus they will have to keep their demons alive to be able to damage Benetnasch. Trumpeter also needs to stay alive during the entire battle, or all their effort will be for nothing.

Trumpeter becomes available for fusion after Benetnasch's defeat. He can only be obtained by fusing Remiel with Tzitzimitl. Like most of the Fiends in this game, he has an absurdly low amount of MP.

The Animation
Trumpeter appears as a demon summoned by Fumi. Unlike in the original game, there are fewer complications in summoning Trumpeter, as Fumi seemed to know about the demon's abilities and predicted Benetnasch's demon-revoking properties prior to the battle.

After Benetnasch revoked opposing demons in its range, Fumi summoned Trumpeter from a far distance. On her orders, Trumpeter emanates its own frequency waves to counteract Benetnasch's waves, which damages the "true" Benetnasch portion somewhat. However, this small victory was short-lived, as the portion containing Phecda and Merak sent out a deadly beam, obliterating Trumpeter immediately.

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Trivia

 * Trumpeter's appearance as a Horde of seven Trumpeters in Shin Megami Tensei IV Apocalypse is a reference to the seven angels who sound their trumpets during the apocalypse.