Morgana is a playable character from Persona 5. He is a mysterious being with ties to Mementos. He doesn't know who he is, and seeks answers to restore his memories.
Morgana is an amnesiac that remembers almost nothing about his parst or himself, beleiving that the cause is the distortions within Mementos. This causes him to lose his sense of self in the process, and wishes to get it back. Despite his appearance of a mysterious cat-like creature, he believes himself to have been human. He theorizes the core of Mementos may have the answers, but access from most of it is blocked and he cannot go very deep.
In order to achieve his goal, he began to investigate the Metaverse, and checked on numerous Palaces for clues.
During his investigation in Kamoshida's Palace, he gets captured and locked in a prison cell. The Shadow of the Palace's owner, Suguru Kamoshida, tortured him while he was apprehended.
Locked in his cell, Morgan eventually spots two teenagers scurrying outside the prison - the protagonist and Ryuji Sakamoto, and implores them to help him out, the two are confsued and distrustful of him, and Morgana resorts to make a deal with them; if they release him, he'll help them escape the castle. Ryuji concedes to help and in return, Morgana fulfills his end of the bargain, guiding them towards the exit.
During their escape, Morgana refers to the two as "Blondie" and "Frizzy Hair". When their escape route is blocked by shadows, despite Ryuji starting to panic, Morgana doesn't flinch, and summons his Persona, Zorro. Being knowledgeable of the Metaverse, he teaches the basis to the protagonist, who joins him in battle. After helping the two escape, they go on their separate ways, with Morgana staying behind to investigate. However, Morgana becomes interested in the two, especially the protagonist, believing that they could be useful to helping him discover his past.
The day after, Morgana finds them again at the castle's entrance. He's asked by Ryuji to guide him towards the other students imprisoned within the castle. Since he wasn't aware Ryuji wanted to free them, Morgana accepts, with the only condition being that the protagonist tags along. During that day, Morgana taught the protagonist some battle techniques and further explained how the mysterious world works, though it's built upon the assumption they're working on a deal. However, since the two have never promised anything, they leave him behind. This infuriates Morgana, as he feels played for a fool.
For the next few days, he moves to the real world to search for the protagonist and Ryuji, getting lost in the process. Eventually, he finds them in Shujin Academy, the school which the two attend, appearing before them as a normal cat. He's overheard them talking about their failed attempts to deal with Kamoshida, so in order to get the two to ally with him, Morgana temps them by giving them a rough idea on another solution: Kamoshida's castle is deeply connected to his heart, and causing it to disappear will erase the real Kamoshida's distorted desirse adn turn him into a good person, with the guilt of his crimes forcing him to confess. However, compared to his previous attempt, Morgana wants them to settle a deal first before he guides them even further. Despite that, Morgana warns them about the potential risks behind his operation: erasing a person's desires entirely can erase their will to eat, sleep, and necessities to survival. If they're not given proper care, they might even die. This makes Ryuji hesitate, so Morgana gives them additional time to think.
The day after, Shiho Suzui's sudden attempted suicide encourages the protagonist and Ryuji to act on taking down Kamoshida, having the three share the determination needed to take the risk of murdering him, continuing the deal. They resume their investigation in Kamoshida's Palace after school, but their infiltration is quickly interrupted by Ann Takamaki's appearance and imprisonment in the castle, having the three shift their foces on rescuing her instead. When they return back to the real world after her awakening, they agree to recruit her, giving the team the remaining manpower they need.
The group decides to plan on finding a quick way to gather for their missions, with Morgana choosing to stay in the real world as he can't contact them otherwise. In that case, he needs someone to take care of him for the time being, selecting the protagonist to take that role. He moves in together with him at Cafe LeBlanc, sharing the bed in the attic. As normal people cannot understand Morgana, he imitates the life of a normal house cat. The two settle on a deal, having Morgana teach the protagonist how to craft infiltration tools over time in exchange for him being taken care of.
Morgana also decides to accompany the protagonist whenever he goes, mainly to look after his daily life and the effects it'll have on his Persona's strength, suggesting several methods to help boost his productivity and development when appropriate. As getting around in cat form seems to be inconvenient for him, he decides it's best to deal with being carried in his bag instead. In addition, Morgana wants to participate in their group chats as well, asking the protagonist to type for him.
Meanwhile, as a Phantom Thief, Morgana takes on the role of being their mentor and guide, often leading group meetings and major decision-making. Additionally, his connections to the Metaverse grants him natural understanding of its functions and mechanics, a vital tool for traversing through the other world. He also fills in additional roles, such as analyzing enemies or serving as rear support when he's been knocked out of battle.
As the team reaches Kamoshida's treasure room, as well as secure an escape route, he explains to them that his treasure will need to manifest a physical form for them to steal it, which they can achieve by directly sending their target a calling card. On a later day, they write and set one up on the school's bulletin board, accusing him of his crimes and threatening to reveal them to the public, which triggered a reaction within Kamoshida. With the treasure now manifesting a physical form, they re enter his Treasure Room, where they discover the air of fog has turned into a giant crown. As Ann wonders why Kamoshida's desires look so "pretty," Morgana loses all self-control and fawns over it, particularly because it's the "embodiment oh human desire."
As the thieves carry the treasure outside, Kamoshida swiftly takes it back from their hands, forcing them to battle him. They successfully defeat him and take his (now shrunk) treasure with them, right as his Palace starts to collapse. This ensured that Kamoshida would soon drop his plans on calling for expulsion, and confess his crimes.
As the group has secured Kamoshida after his public confession, they sell his treasure and using their earnings, the quartet celebrates their achievement via making a reservation at Wilton Buffet. There, they also decide they are going to continue their activities as thieves as the Phantom Thieves of Hearts.
The Phantom Thieves' victory against Medjed causes a boom in popularity, resulting in massive support and even merchandise to capitalize on their success. Though it excites some of its members, considerably Ryuji, Morgana isn't interested by their fame, even expressing preference over the old days when they weren't relevant.
To help Futaba overcome her social shyness, they spend several days taking turns hanging out with her. And to wrap up their plan, the group takes her to Miura Beach, and spends their day enjoying themselves. Though for Morgana, he's shown to be unable to actively participate or contribute much to their gathering, misunderstanding Makoto's problems out of tactlessness, and even being left behind by the boys to have him keep an eye on their stuff while they attempt to pick up girls. Their outing wraps up with Ryuji making fun of Morgana's perceived inadequacy, considering that Futaba's taken over his role as Navigator, proving herself to be far more naturally talented than he is at scanning and analyzing Mementos.
The night after, Morgana's insecurities of his own identity manifest in a dream, seeing himself emerging out of sludge in Mementos while snarling, having an eye color that matches those of people's shadow selves. This nightmare distressed Morgana greatly, making him worry that he could actually be a monster. This occurred due to his failure to find anything about his past for months on end, having him doubt whether he's human in the first place, which causes him to let go of his assertions, admitting to himself that he'd be able to accept living as a cat. Since Morgana can't figure out his origins and doesn't have anywhere else to go, he decides it's best he stays with the Phantom Thieves.
However, since he no longer knows what he is, he begins to feel lost and confused, and worry about who he is and what his role in the group is. He ends up becoming vulnerable to general consensus and peer pressure: this ends up hurting him psychologically, ranging from his appearance as a cat, and his allies' opinion of him to a larger degree. He tries to seek validation from his friends, e.g. checking how much value they have in his ability to transform into a van; but since they don't take that ability seriously, he loses merit in it himself. Eventually, he enters a state of withdrawal.
Despite being in an apparent state of depression, nobody realizes that something's wrong with him. This is because the Phantom Thieves' newfound fame, or simply the acceptance and support from society made them desensitized without realizing it, which caused them to lose grasp of why they're Phantom Thieves. However, the night before Shujin's school trip to Hawaii, before most of the group parts with Morgana, he tries to muster the courage to tell the protagonist about his troubles, but he fails to do so, discarding the topic entirely: his self-doubt makes him lose his trust in his friends as well, making him afraid and hesitant towards opening up to him. Eventually, due to his state of mind, his trust towards the group dwindled in the process, potentially making him trying to deny the feelings the group implanted into him, which makes him more aloof with the group.
When the Phantom Thieves come back from their trip overseas, they immediately host their next meeting the night after. However, his friends' inaction involving infiltrating Okumura, mixed with their initial thirst for fame causes a misunderstanding, making Morgana think they've grown indolent and arrogant. He especially focuses on Ryuji, whom Morgana was disappointed in the most, believing that he's now only a thief as an excuse to pick up girls. However, Ryuji counters him carelessly, claiming he's also acting out of his own benefit. Though a misunderstanding, his words cause Morgana to lash out at him. He then declares that he'll infiltrate Okumura and catch the supposed culprit behind the mental shutdowns all on his own, with the goal of getting them to acknowledge him, as well as to acknowledge himself in the process. However, his impression on his friends made him feel like they never accepted him in the first place, thus supposedly talking down on and trying to shun him beforehand. Feeling lost and alone, Morgana leaves the team. But despite his assumptions, his running away caused the group to be immensely worried for him, especially Futaba and the protagonist. And even though Ryuji never realized what Morgana's been going through, hence expecting him to come back in no time, it also conveys that he sees him as part of the team as well.
While trying to infiltrate Okumura's Palace, Morgana is almost immediately defeated by the Palace's Shadows, who only leave him alive because they do not regard him as a threat, especially due to his feline appearance. However, he is saved and nursed back to health by Haru Okumura, who retains the ability to understand his cat form in the real world due to having been inside the Palace. After learning about her personal troubles, he decides to help her become a Phantom Thief despite her lack of a true Persona at that time due to her unwillingness to acknowledge her more selfish motives in rebelling against her father. The two have tried to infiltrate his Palace together by sneaking in.
When the original Phantom Thieves show up to Kunikazu's Palace to look for their friend, Morgana introduces Haru as "Beauty Thief" (which is later revealed to be Haru's idea) and claims her to be a far better apprentice than his former teammates; a claim that is immediately undercut by Haru's inexperience and shyness. It also becomes obvious that the two have also rehearsed their lines in advance, with Haru forgetting her own. Eventually, Morgana cuts their conversation short, turning focus on taking the treasure instead, having Haru unlock the next gate locked with a biometric scanner. But since the other end of the gate is brimming with Shadows, everyone's forced to flee, causing the two sides to go astray from each-other.
Over time, Morgana and Haru have been taking on requests from the Phantom Aficionado Website. Deducting that, the Phantom Thieves enter Mementos in an attempt to retrieve Morgana and apologize to him. Though Ann gave him a heartfelt apology, Ryuji's obliviousness made him deliver an awkward apology and overall making him sound half-hearted, and in turn condescending and derisive. This hurt Morgana in the process, but he tried to rule them out as just being overly cocky jerks, angering him in the process. Desperate to invalidate their opinion of him, he dares them to try and catch him in his bus form, while they chase him on foot.
Morgana and Haru eventually flee, finding themselves in a back alley in the real world. Morgana started insisting that he wants nothing to do with the group, denying his trust and desire to stay with them. However, Haru's abusive fiance finds Haru and tries to abduct her; Morgana tries to save her as he blindly jumps on her fiance's leg, and yelling for help after he's hurt from the fight, drawing the Phantom Thieves and in turn dealing with the fiance themselves, though they receive threats from him once he leaves. Although Morgana tried to endure and discard his injuries, he took Haru's troubles seriously (who was in physical and emotional pain,) causing him to soften and beg the party to help her - their putting aside their differences and agreement to give her a place to rest was what brought Morgana back to some of his senses and realize how much he misunderstood them.
Back home, Morgana has a discussion with the rest of the group. Initially, he's reluctant to return back with the Phantom Thieves; he explains to them that, since he no longer has anything to bring to the table and that it's unlikely he'll turn back into a human, there's no good reason to stay with them and believes it's best they split up, ignoring his personal wishes in the process. However, Haru catches onto the situation and encourages him to allow his true feelings out, finally giving Morgana the courage he needed to come clean - he admitted that though he saw this team as a temporary dwelling until he regained his memories, over time he couldn't make any progress on who he is or why he was born, having no other place to go; he wanted to become human because he wanted a reason of his own to stay with the Phantom Thieves, as he had no one he wanted to save or get revenge on, feeling like he wouldn't have a good reason to stay otherwise. With his friends' encouragement, in the end, he admits that he really wants to stay with them because he trusts them. Though he is insistently worried if the group is certain in putting up with any trouble he might attract their way, they quickly brush away his doubts, accepting him in the family with open arms, to his relief. Morgana's now certain he belongs with the Phantom Thieves.
After that evening, everything reverts back to normal as usual. Morgana's energetic and self-assured personality is back. However, he's now found a sense of duty towards the Phantom Thieves; as he promised that he'd pay his dues, he leads the group meeting over infiltrating Okumura's Palace the next day, with the goal of rescuing Haru. In addition, he's more laid-back with finding out who he is and is no longer worrying when his friends ignore or make fun of him.
Morgana naturally plays his role in the group, serving again as their guide. Despite Futaba's ability to scan and analyze the Metaverse, Morgana's knowledge on how the Metaverse works still proves to be valuable intel, even later on in their journey; his role involves pinpointing the team's goals and destinations and leading them there. Additionally, his role extends to representing the group and its identity itself, as he hosts their meetings and often speaks on their behalf in confrontations against their foes.
After the gang sent their calling card to Okumura and confronted him in his Palace, his Shadow self manages to manipulate Haru, successfully imprisoning the rest of the Phantom Thieves sans Morgana, who spotted his trap when he activated it. With Haru's refusal to join her father and leave her friends behind, he tries to bribe Morgana with money and fame. However, his deal is quickly declined, as Morgana proclaims that he values his friends to the point where they're irreplaceable for him, establishing his strengthened resolve and devotion. He proceeds to swiftly knock his remote out of his hand with his slingshot, unlocking the cage and in turn saving his teammates. In contrast to his debonair attitude during his speech, he got really excited over successfully hitting bulls-eye, with Ryuji and Futaba coming their way to praise him.
The team then successfully takes down Okumura and his Corporobo underlings, and Morgana takes his treasure. Ann later noted how he seemed to be calm and composed when he came across his treasure, unlike previous instances where he would lose control and fawn over them. Additionally, as Okumura's Palace was on the verge of self-destructing, they used Morgana's van form to escape fast.
Back home, Morgana admits to the protagonist that he was so hung up on wanting to be human because he needed a goal in life and a reason to live. But since he's certain he belongs with the Phantom Thieves, his goals have started to correlate with the group's as well, and he asserts he's going to do whatever it takes to ensure they succeed.
When the team's efforts to expose Shido are left null by the general public, after a long pause, Morgana decides to reveal to everyone that it's possible to change the masses' hearts by stealing the treasure from the depths of Mementos, thus erasing the Metaverse entirely. Though for Morgana, it's likely that he knew (although only on impulse and didn't necessarily understand it himself,) that erasing the Metaverse would mean he'd have to disappear as well, but never brought that up to the group. Instead, he warns them about other potential consequences they'll have to face, including the end of their work as Phantom Thieves and ability to steal the heart of any corrupt individuals in the future. In the end, everyone agrees to go with storming Mementos, leaving the responsibility of apprehending criminals to the adults.
That night, when Morgana and the protagonist get ready for bed, Morgana wants to let something out to him, but changes his mind and decides to keep quiet, though it's out of the want to have the protagonist rest well, instead of being caused by an insecurity. The protagonist allows him to talk anyway, and contrary to before, instead of talking about himself and his state of affairs, Morgana admits that he actually admires him, asserting that there is most definitely something special inside him. Morgana realizes that it's unlike him to talk to him like that, but he believes that it's not a problem, at least for that night. After that, Morgana's Persona reawakens into Mercurius. When the protagonist falls asleep, Morgana shows pity for his situation as well, saddened by the unfair circumstances he's been forced into after how much he's fought.
The morning when he wakes up with the protagonist, while preparing to erase the Metaverse, Morgana spends a short moment to appreciate how much the Phantom Thieves have grown over the year. However, when they first enter Mementos, he begins to hesitate over their mission, checking if the group has second thoughts about their choice. Though he ends up going anyway, Ann and Haru both notice that there's something wrong with how he acts.
On their way down to the Depths of Mementos, Morgana slowly starts to regain some of his memories, recognizing parts of that place. He remembers seeing the humans that have trapped themselves in the cage, thus why he's assumed he's human himself. Later on, they find the mysterious Quarantine Cell, which Morgana also recognizes. He remembers he was born there, created by someone to guide the Phantom Thieves, though his memory is still foggy and can't remember anything else.
Once they find the Holy Grail at the bottom of Mementos, Morgana shows another hint of hesitation when they prepare to battle, but quickly ignores it and focuses on the task at hand. When their efforts to defeat it are rendered null, Morgana admits his frustrations about what humanity has turned into, as they're going against the reason why he admires them in the first place.
When the party is defeated by Yaldabaoth at the core of Mementos, they're thrown back in Shibuya. This is when Morgana regains all of his memories and understands his true purpose vividly. However, the act of merging Mementos and the real world starts to erase the group from the public's cognition, to which Morgana feels deeply responsible for.
Later, everyone else wakes up in the Velvet Room, and after the protagonist encourages the rest of his party to free themselves from their cages, Morgana shows up as well, explaining everything to them. It is revealed that Morgana was created by Igor to assist the protagonist in his journey, after he was imprisoned and replaced by Yaldabaoth, who disguised as him during the year. Additionally, the true identity of the Quarantine Cell is actually the Velvet Room.
The Phantom Thieves then return to Tokyo, which has been fused with Mementos. Although a majority of the public has forgotten the Phantom Thieves exist, as Morgana is now able to emit a special glow, nearby bystanders actually notice the Phantom Thieves' presence. The Phantom Thieves then climb the Qliphoth World to confront the Holy Grail and steal back the world. However, despite putting on a fight, Yaldabaoth obstructs their attempts abruptly via his rays of control.
When Yaldabaoth tries to rid all hope from the Phantom Thieves, despite everyone else's state of despair, Morgana stands up for everyone and declares that they're not going to give up until the bitter end. This helped the public remember the Phantom Thieves, but although a vast majority of them were still too afraid to listen, with the help of certain individuals rallying them into cheering (particularly Yuuki Mishima and the rest of the protagonist's Confidants), everyone was inspired to rebel as well. Their cheers in turn invigorate the rest of the Phantom Thieves, rendering any attacks that come their way void. Once they successfully defeat Yaldabaoth, Morgana's left feeling fulfilled due to helping those he admired, even if he humbly stated that they just needed someone to remind them the fact that they could change the world, and takes Mementos' treasure along with him back "home." Doing so, his existence tied to Mementos causes him to dissipate from existence as well, leaving the Phantom Thieves heartbroken. However, Morgana shows no regard to his own demise; instead, he gives them an inspirational message.
After the protagonist's confinement, the remaining former members of the group are left in a slump due to the absence of their leader, feeling unable to free him as they can no longer use the Metaverse to their advantage. However, the memory of Morgana's words and pride in them is what inspires them to snap out of it and do what they can to free their leader.
However, on the day the protagonist is freed from his confinement, Morgana also returns to Cafe Leblanc in cat form. He speculates that despite his other world self disappearing, he returned in his normal cat form likely due to the Phantom Thieves keeping him in their minds. While he reappeared back in Shibuya, he decided not to follow the Phantom Thieves home, instead waiting until the protagonist's release from Juvenile Hall to return, much to the anger of the party.
Now that the case is over, Morgana decides he wants to find a way to become human, because he believes that even though he was not human originally, it does not mean he cannot become one. With the protagonist's departure next month, Morgana decides to go with him, since he might be key to helping him change his form, as he says he's "special." In addition, he wants to continue looking after the protagonist as he originally has.
In the epilogue, Morgana is seen sabotaging a car with two spies targeting the former Phantom Thieves before leaving Tokyo together with the party.
In the Legacy of Chris Thorndyke,
And he is reprised by Cassandra Lee Morris in the English dub and Ikue Otani in the Japanese dub.