Dante Sparda

Dante Sparda

Dante (Japanese: ダンテ), also known under the alias Tony Redgrave (トニー・レッドグレイブ, Tonī Reddogureibu), is a fictional character from the Devil May Cry video game series, created and published by Capcom. Introduced as the protagonist of the 2001 game of the same name, Dante is a vigilante demon hunter dedicated to exterminating them and other supernatural enemies in revenge for losing his mother Eva and having his twin brother Vergil lost. He is the son of Sparda, inheriting superhuman powers which he uses with a variety of weapons in the games. The character also appears in several Devil May Cry novels and manga volumes and appears in the 2007 anime television series. Dante has also made multiple guest appearances in crossover games.

Character

Devil May Cry character First apparition: Devil May Cry (2001) Last appearance: Devil May Cry 5 (2019) Created by: Hideki Kamiya Interpreted by: Toshiyuki Morikawa

Personal information

Actual status: Asset Birth name: Dante Alias: The Scarlet Demon

Physical characteristics

Sex: Male Height: 1.93 m (6′ 4″) Hair color: Silver Eye color: Blues

Family and relationships

Family: Vergil (twin brother) Nero (nephew) Parents: Eva and Sparda (Deceased)

Professional information

Occupation: Mercenary Demon Hunter Connections: trish lady

Appearance and Personality

Dante possesses the ability to manipulate a large arsenal that ranges from demonic swords to the use of firearms, such as his twin pistols Ebony and Ivory. Dante is shown as a guy with quite a rock and carefree attitude throughout the plot. Dante could be considered an anti-hero, but there are situations in which his demonic side prevails and Dante truly becomes a being that inspires terror, while still being "the good guy" in the story. Dante usually wears a red leather or vinyl trench coat, his hair is silver, and he is quite tall. Dante has a twin brother named Vergil, who despite being his twin, are total opposites. Dante and Vergil will have more than one confrontation throughout their story, in which finally only one would be left standing. In the end Dante would show affection to his brother, crying his loss with light tears. Dante possesses two swords that are left by his father to him, Rebellion, a mysterious sword and to his brother Vergil, another mysterious magical sword called Yamato, Rebellion that would show its true form once Dante's demonic blood and the Force Edge fully awaken, the sword of the legendary Sparda. Force Edge has the ability to change its form to a demonic one by combining it with the amulets that Eva left her children, this sword also changes its name to that of its former owner (Sparda). Dante also uses various firearms, but his weapons par excellence are Ebony and Ivory, two semi-automatic pistols that have the ability to fire unlimited ammunition. Later, after what he experienced on Mallet Island, Dante would change the name of his agency to its new name: "Devil Never Cry", like the one that can be seen in the anime series of this saga.

Background

Dante is the son of Sparda, a demon; and Eve a human. The result of this union was Dante and Vergil of the half-demon, half-human race, the perfect hybrid. When they were little, demons attacked them in their childhood, and Eva died after this attack after protecting her beloved children. From this point, Vergil realized that power is necessary to protect loved ones, while Dante was affected by what happened and at this point, the two took different paths. In the anime, he says that Dante was sheltered in a village where his mother was known, and to hide he used the name Tony Redgrave. From this point on, the chronology of the original Devil May Cry saga already happens.

Dante's ability

Dante possesses superhuman strength to the point where he can pass through stone walls and destroy columns with one blow, as well as subdue demons much larger than him who oppose him. His speed is so great that he can move faster than the human eye, which is why he was shown to evade a shot at such a short distance from Nero. His agility is at a superhuman level, allowing him to perform feats such as jumping great heights and maintaining balance. on a moving rocket or the enormous jumps he demonstrated when facing the 'savior' during the video game Devil May Cry 4. He can channel his demonic powers into objects, either in bladed weapons such as melee weapons, which are generally his Rebellion and Ebony & Ivory to use charged shots or, as seen in chapter 2 of the anime adaptation, boost the speed of a motorcycle to overtake a demon on the highway. He possesses self-regeneration, as he was shown to heal his wounds effortlessly and without the need to activate the Devil Trigger; This can be seen when he is attacked by Cerberus in the opening scene of mission 1 for the video game Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. It is stated that Dante surpassed his father Sparda as of the end of the Devil May Cry game and also the information that is given about him in the Devil May Cry 4 game in the library menu.

Transformations

Devil Trigger is Dante's nature allows him to unleash his demonic powers fully through his Devil Trigger, which increases his speed, strength and stamina, plus he has more abilities, usually gliding. In terms of gameplay, it allows you to recover lost vitality when activated. In the video games Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, the appearance of this form varies depending on the Demon Weapon he has equipped, because his Devil Trigger would not have matured. In the video games Devil May Cry 2 and Devil May Cry 4, he demonstrates his Devil Trigger in a more developed state. In the video game Devil May Cry 2, he also demonstrated the "Majin" form; Little is known about him in this way due to the scarcity of information about him. He has also used a number of demonic fighting styles.

combat style

In combat, Dante masters a great variety of styles. Four of his styles are his own and improved by himself, and two others are foreign styles that he obtains externally. Dante's four natural styles are: Trickster, Swordmaster, Gunslinger, and Royalguard. Trickster: It is his style in which he demonstrates his great ability to evade and maneuver, apart from being able to teleport through his Air Trick ability, which is obtained from level 3 in the video game Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening and from level 4 in the video game Devil May Cry 4. Swordmaster: Here Dante demonstrates his great mastery of melee weapons and enhancing them. Gunslinger: Dante demonstrates his great skill in firearms with more efficiency or elegance, apart from demonstrating how to use firearms in a very versatile way, such as his Firework movement in which Dante uses the shotgun as a nunchaku to damage more enemies. in area. Royalguard: This is the most powerful style if mastered, it is Dante's defensive style that demonstrates his ability to resist. Here you can block all enemy attacks if you can block at the moment of impact with the Royal Block and be able to counterattack very powerfully with the Release or the Royal Release. Apart from using Ultimate, which is an energy shield that can be used in the video game Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening from level 3 of Royalguard, and one more transformation of him in the video game Devil May Cry 4 with his Dreagnouth form , in which he absorbs and is immune to all attacks.

Other external styles

Quicksilver: Acquired in the video game Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. With this style, he is able to freeze or slow down space at will, as seen in the final scene of mission 12, where Dante stops some debris that falls on top of him with this style. Doppelganger: He acquires it in the video game Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, when he defeats Doppelganger. This style allows you to create a dark clone with the appearance of Devil Trigger in which you can perform combined combos. Dark Slayer: Acquired in the video game Devil May Cry 4, after recovering the Yamato sword that was taken by the Order of the Sword. With this style he can summon the Yamato sword and use it in combat.

Dante's power

It is believed that Dante's power not only comes from his demonic blood, but also from his willingness to protect other people. This may mean that demons can achieve human form by having the ability to protect and care for another, but this has only been done by Dante, Vergil and Nero, due to their part human, as well as being part demon. Dante has shown himself capable of a wide variety of weapons, which he has collected throughout the games.