Persona

Personas are a method of combat used by namely characters of the Persona franchise. A Persona is a manifestation of a Persona User's personality in the Persona series, referred to as a "mask" for an individual to use to face hardship. Characters can awaken their persona naturally, but they also can receive them artificially. Artificial Persona users are Persona users whose Persona has been pulled out by force, breaking the rules of obtaining it naturally. If measures are not taken to control the erratic Personas, they will attack and possess the host, causing them to transform into Demons or Shadows. Personas may be summoned in many different ways. The most prevalent method is by an Evoker, in which the user points a gun-like device to their temple and fires.