Theodore

Theodore, known as Teodor in the Japanese version, is a non player character from Persona 3 Portable. He is the younger brother of Elizabeth and Margaret, and the older brother of Lavenza. He can be chosen by the player between him or Elizabeth to serve as Igor's assistant in the Velvet Room if the female protagonist is chosen. It is impossible for him to be chosen by the male protagonist. Theodore has a similar appearance of Kanji Tatsumi, but with white hair and yellow eyes. He wears a black-collared and long-sleeved shirt under a blue suit complemented with a blue necktie. He also wears black pants with blue lines running through the sides, black shoes, and a hat similar to a flight attendant or even a bell boy. He also carries the Persona Compendium. In concept art, his face and hair were redrawn multiple times. Theodore is drawn in contrast to Elizabeth who uses the elevator girl concept, Shigenori Soejima gave Theodore the bellboy motif. In Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth, he wears a heart-shaped pink apron with a strawberry at the bottom, which was given to him by Elizabeth. In Persona Q2: New Cinema Labyrinth, he wears a theater popcorn mascot costume. He only dons this costume as a merchant; When battling the party, he uses his default Velvet Room outfit. Theodore is a polite and serious young man. Despite his seemingly taciturn disposition, he is actually quite a show-off to the protagonist whenever he requests her to escort her in the outside world and, through this attitude, his naïveté greatly shows, usually with humorous repercussions. Though nothing is shown of Theodore's interactions with his sisters in P3P, some of his quests briefly hint at his relationship with them. Elizabeth's presence (or even just the thought of her) is implied to make him wary, as shown in Request #28 (which gives the task of finding a drink of Elizabeth's namesake), where he states that the "Queen Elizabeth" gives him a chill down his spine, leading to his decision of not drinking it. Additionally, his naïve and vulnerable nature is hinted at more during Request #63, where he mutters to himself of the time when "they" (hinting to Margaret and Elizabeth) fed him dog food (during which he had no knowledge of). He trusts his sisters' knowledge concerning the outside world, sometimes to the point of gullibility; he is fooled by Elizabeth telling him that cola is an ebon monster compressed into a metal cylinder, waiting to be released in order to be sprayed into the eyes of others. Elizabeth's disrespect towards him is further shown in the Q series, where she often forces him to wear strange costumes when he is in charge of a service. The only Velvet siblings that don't treat him in a disrespectful manner are Caroline and Justine (Lavenza). Like his sister to the male protagonist, Theo develops feelings for the female protagonist as they spend time together around Port Island. The result, though, is tragic: due to Theo's duties as the Velvet Room's attendant, he is forced to break off the relationship. When Theo challenges the protagonist, his politeness is still shown, prompting the player to fight as if she wants to kill him. He also apologizes to her when he attacks and lands a hit. Despite his politeness, he won't think twice in using Megidolaon when certain easy to achieve requirements are met.