“Sea of Souls” Expanded Universe AU

An Expanded Universe AU connecting the protagonists and characters of all the Persona games into a single future narrative.

Timeframe: Splits off after Persona 5: Dancing in Starlight and Persona Q2. Starts when the year is ~2017

plot: After remembering bits and pieces of what happened in his dreams, Akira Kurusu suddenly realizes that there are other Persona users, one of them is trapped on the moon, and sets out to make it right. A connection is forged between Persona users going back 2 decades. The Phantom Thieves, the investigation team, SEES, and more, all get to know one another.

Tartarus opens again, and the Moon Mission starts. But once they’ve rescued Minato and Kotone and destroyed Nyx for good, that’s when the problems really start. The fabric of the universe is starting to become unstable…

major elements:

💫 Minato Arisato (P3 MC) and Kotone Arisato (FeMC) were originally siblings, but Kotone was temporarily erased from memory and the flow of reality due to shutting herself behind the door to fight Nyx for all eternity while her brother guarded the door from outside. When the Persona Alliance is created to rescue Minato, they rescue her as well, and the memories and effects of her reality are restored to the universe.

💫 Nanjo Group and Kirijo group re-merge as companies. The former S.E.E.S. squad and Nanjo’s shadow security agents join and become one paranormal task force.  

💫 The Kirijo group had originally split from the Nanjo Group in 1997 when Kei Nanjo appropriated the SEBEC research on the DEVA system. (this is implied but not stated outright in canon.)  The Kirijo group’s shadow research was kickstarted with the SEBEC data.

💫 A major shift in the fabric of the universe occurred between 2000/2001 which altered the nature of reality, and defeating Nyx has threatened to undo that change.

💫 The protagonists of Persona 2 are able to interact with one another again without threatening the fabric of the universe– well, any more than it’s already being threatened.

major themes: You can absolutely fight fate, bonds and friendship across time and space