#also for the record both the Styx and Portia ones remain in the files as well. portia was w the shadows though

[p5x-theories]

An update to the Persona battle portraits (pretty sure that's what these are, because all the shadows have them following the same naming convention)- here's the new Personas!

Some other interesting stuff in these under the cut:

First and foremost, the plot thickens, as it so often seems to with Okyann. Cleodora's listed as "chiyome", and the "chiyome" from the first beta's still here as well, though organized with the other shadows.

Chiyome has a similar appearance to Shadow Kayo, though it's not exact (but it's probably safe to assume they're connected, given Cleodora is Kayo's Persona).

Second, Leo's Persona is listed as "Ekedena", and Kii's is "Xuke" :

Not sure if this means particularly Leo's Persona was incorrectly fan-translated up to this point, or if it's just how they wrote it. Persona names, especially shadow names, in these files aren't always 1:1 with the English names; for instance, Agathion is "Agation", Shiisaa is "Sisa", and perhaps most drastically, Pyro Jack/Jack o' Lantern is "Rantan", probably as a shortening of how his name is written in at least Japanese, Jakkurantan. Prosymna is "Puluoximuna", which I'm pretty sure is in fact just the way it's pronounced in Chinese (the pinyin spelling?), or at least an altered version of the Japanese pronunciation (which would be "Puroshimuna"). "Xuke" could, similarly, be Syke, although it feels like just a bit more of a stretch? "Ekedena", though, kind of sounds like Echidna off the top of my head, more than Erytheia. But it could be some other mythical figure I'm not thinking of, or maybe a previous name, or something weirder going on. Genuinely not sure how deep this one is, just wanted to note it somewhere.

Third, Pegasus:

It appears twice, both with the shadows and with the Thieves' Personas. There's no Pegasus shadow in P5 (or any of the Persona games for that matter, as far as I can remember or find on the SMT Wiki), so this is new. Not sure whose it is or why, though. But it's certainly here.

Fourth, and probably least consequential:

"Weizhi02"? Looks like a placeholder, just stands out in name to me because Wonder's mom's text sprite in the first beta was also named weizhi.