Joachim Mizrahi

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Joachim Mizrahi, ex-husband to Juli Mizrahi, died in T.C. 4753, the year the Miltian Conflict began. A scientist known for his revolutionary work in the field of Realian technology and Zohar research, he was an advocate of the 100-Series Observational Unit Realians, and essentially MOMO's father. The Galaxy Federation benefited greatly from his contributions, as his numerous research findings played a large part in the Federation's growth. Despite his many achievements, many figures in the Xenosaga series deem Mizrahi as a madman who initiated the Miltian Conflict, the arrival of the Gnosis, and the disappearance of Old Miltia. However, Mizrahi was framed by Ormus for the events. Both his innocence and the truth behind the Miltian Conflict are archived in the Y-Data, which he sealed away in MOMO.

While completely absent from Episode II, Joachim returns in Episode III as a fairly prominent background character. Like Cherenkov he also appears to Shion on the "Beach of Nothingness" in one of his appearances.

His name, like many other things in the Xenosaga series, is a reference to Judeo-Christian mythos. His first name corresponds to the name of Saint Joachim (which translates as "he who is established by God") and the Jewish king Jehoiakim. In the Catholic canon Joachim is the grandfather of Jesus. Jehoiakim, the Jewish king, was thrown over the top wall of Jerusalem to prove to the attacking army he was dead; Joachim the scientist was thrown from the top of a building for similar reasons. His last name is an allusion to the Mizrahi Jews.