"No. 01428

Babel (Second Phase: Cylinder of Darkness

バ・べル (後半 シリンダーオブダークネス)

Megami Ibunroku Devil Survivor

In the previous phase, Babel was an inorganic (manmade) tower with the appearance of a more modern building, but this most likely depicts its true form. With the entire outer shell peeled off, an unusual looking cylindrical body appears. It seems to be a living, moving organism, but it is somewhat difficult to perceive as a living being. When split in two, an endless abyss is revealed inside, much like outer space, from which the Bel Gods reappear (in-game). As the name of the "King's Gate" (王の門) skill from the first phase suggests, it is a "gate" that leads to another world. This quite possibly based on the common belief that the Sumerian word for "Gate of God" (神の門) was translated into Babylonian as "Bab-ilu" (バブ・イル), which in turn became Babylon (בבל, identical to the Hebrew word for Babel)."