Dante (Devil May Cry)
Dante is a male video game character who features in Devil May Cry.
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Biography
Dante (Japanese: ダンテ) was born a male half-demon as the child of the demon Sparda and his human love who was a mortal woman named Eva where he had a win brother named Vergil. The family lived in a remote home near Red Grave City. As young children, Sparda would train the boys and for much of Dante's early childhood, he didn't realize his father was a demon. Sometime before their eighth birthday, Eva gave Dante and Vergil each one half of the Perfect Amulet. Eventually, Sparda died under unknown circumstances, leaving Eva to care for the twins alone. Some time later, they were attacked by demons. Eva was killed, and though both Vergil and Dante survived, the twins were separated, and Dante believed Vergil to have died. Dante followed his mother's last wish and took up a new identity to hide from the demons, adopting the name "Anthony 'Tony' Redgrave". Some years later, he found himself under the care of a woman posing as his mother on Morris Island. He befriended a young boy named Ernest. Tony/Dante and his "mother" were forced to leave when a demon attacked and burned down the town.
Now having returned to his true name, Dante opens up a business, selling his services as a demon-hunter. With Dante's then-unnamed shop still just opened, his old associate Enzo Ferino, an information broker, comes by to offer him a job; a four million dollar reward for the return of a missing child named Alice. Despite his initial reluctance, Dante agrees to take the job. He tracks Alice down to a demon-infested castle, and soon learns that Alice had run away with a demon known as the White Rabbit, which had possessed her beloved rabbit doll. The White Rabbit reveals that Dante's twin Vergil is still alive, and offers to arrange a meeting between them, an offer which Dante refuses. The White Rabbit strips Alice of her innocence, a human trait valued by demons, and transforms her into a beautiful adult woman. The now adult Alice begins to flirt with Dante, but after he rejects her advances, she turns into a demon and attacks him. Dante is forced to change into his Devil form to subdue her but manages to do so without harming her. The White Rabbit soon reveals that he was the one that gave Dante the job to track Alice down, telling him that he wished to see "the legendary son of Sparda" in action. Before Dante leaves, the White Rabbit offers to buy his half of the Perfect Amulet, an offer Dante rejects. He returns to his shop only to find Alice waiting for him. He attempts to scare her off and leaves his half of the amulet unattended while he takes a shower. Alice steals the amulet and leaves a map for Dante to follow. He tracks her down in an old church where an associate of the White Rabbit known as the Mad Hatter attempts to trick Dante into giving a name to an ancient demon whose name was stripped from it by Sparda. Dante refuses but is surprised when his brother appears and names the demon. The two brothers speak for the first time in many years, and Dante is shocked to learn that Vergil intends to raise the Temen-ni-gru and open the way to the demon realm. Vergil takes Dante's half of the amulet and the two fight, with Vergil effortlessly defeating him. Despite needing the amulet to open Temen-ni-gru, Vergil returns Dante's half, declaring he can take it from him any time.
One day, he was at his unnamed shop when a man named Arkham came to him with an 'invitation to the Temen-ni-gru on behalf of his brother Vergil; as soon as he leaves, Dante is attacked by a swarm of hell jailers. Dante effortlessly kills them all, and heads to the tower in search of an 'interesting time'. Meanwhile, Vergil speaks to Arkham about his plan to reopen the portal to the demon world and obtain his father's power, in the form of the Force Edge sword that lies there. Within the tower, Dante encounters and defeats the demonic gatekeepers who were sealed away by his father, as well as the demon huntress Lady, who is in pursuit of her father Arkham, and the demon Jester, who guides him through the tower for his own reasons. Upon defeating most of these demons, Dante acquires their souls in the form of new weapons and combat styles. Making his way to the top of Temen-ni-gru where Vergil is, the brothers reunite as they both face off each other in combat. Vergil questions why Dante refuses to gain power from their father, but he denies it as Sparda was never around much for him. But Vergil quickly finishes him off with Yamato, disappointed with what Dante lacks. Vergil steals his amulet and stabs Dante with his own sword when he tries to get up. As Rebellion tastes his blood, it starts a change and Dante's demonic power started to trigger. With this newfound power, Dante continues his pursuit of Vergil, to get even and reclaim his amulet. Dante meets with Lady again to find Arkham dead, revealing to be her father. They have a shootout throughout their conversation. Sharing his family experiences with Lady, she denies what he says and thinks only of him as a demon after shooting him in the head when he saved her from falling. For that, he just left her alone. Meeting up with Vergil, the brothers go for a second round with Vergil wielding the gauntlets and greaves of the vengeful demon Beowulf, who lost his other eye in Dante's fight.
Eventually, Dante, Lady, and Vergil discover that Arkham was the Jester, and was using all of them in order to open the portal and acquire the Force Edge for himself, using it as a means to gain Sparda's power and become a god. Dante heads up to the top of the tower again, only to find a desperate and angry Lady in his path. Dante and Lady then began their real gunfight and spares her in the end, making her realize that he's half-demon born from Sparda's lineage. For that, he owed Lady for having him realize what he's fighting for and what it means to be human. Feeling accepted by Lady, she gives him her rocket launcher while in the Demon World, exchanging names. As Dante enters the Demon World, he goes through many labyrinths and portals to get to the place where Force Edge was, only to find Arkham in Sparda's demon form. However, Arkham lacked what Sparda had revealing his own mutated form of a blob. Just when he was almost beaten, Vergil suddenly appeared as the brothers worked together before finishing their business. After defeating Arkham in the Demon World, Vergil and Dante duel for the ownership of the Force Edge and to stop Vergil's dark path for power. At the end of the battle, Dante claims ownership of the Force Edge, while Vergil chooses to remain in the Netherworld. Dante matures considerably as a result of his ordeal, and inspired by Lady's courage and commitment to her own family, he continues his demon-hunting business with a greater sense of purpose. They become partners and he decides to call his shop "Devil May Cry", in reference to what Lady said to comfort him over the loss of his brother Vergil.
Overview
Personality and attributes
At one point, he was noted to had operated under the alias of Tony Redgrave (トニー・レッドグレイブ, Tonī Reddogureibu). Due to his father, he came to be referred to as the Son of Sparda (スパーダの息子 Supāda no Musuko?) by demons. Meanwhile, his skills led to him being called the Strongest Demon Slayer (最強の悪魔狩人 Saikyō no Debiru Hantā?, lit. "The Strongest Devil Hunter") and as the Legendary Devil Hunter (伝説のデビルハンター Densetsu no Debiru Hantā?).
Dante was incredibly flippant, casually mouthing off to even the most powerful of demons, and he generally enjoys showing off and taunting his adversaries as often as he can. Dante also displays a fearless, almost disinterested attitude towards incredibly dangerous situations, such as assuming Trish simply had to use the bathroom after crashing through his office's front door on a motorcycle, being attacked by the 7 Hells in his office, being swallowed by Echidna, and effortlessly shrugging off wounds such as a headshot or impalement numerous times, the latter of which happens quite frequently for the Devil Hunter.
While maturing as time goes by, Dante never loses his care-free, devil-may-care attitude. He can be serious when the situation calls for it, but still maintains an overall laid-back demeanor during tense situations, and is never without a witty taunt or comeback. Although seemingly shown at times to be uncaring or callous, Dante maintains a very strong sense of justice like his father, and prefers to fight fair. He can be counted on to do the right thing, even if he makes humorously cynical quips about it the entire time.
Powers and abilities
He had demonstrated some degree of telekinesis where he was able to stop a motorcycle in mid-air allowing it to be targeted by gunfire.
Dante's signature weapon was his trademark magic sword was called Rebellion (リベリオン, Riberion).
As a result of his heritage, he was able to unleash his inner demonic potential through his Devil Trigger (デビルトリガー Debiru Torigā?) power. This allowed him to shift from his human guise to his demonic visage at will were his superior physical capabilities was amplified greatly and his form gained the ability to fly.
An even more powerful form was that of the Sin Devil Trigger (真魔人 Shin majin?).
Notes
- Dante was created by Hideki Kamiya where he featured in the setting of the Devil May Cry universe.
Alternate Versions
In other media
Television
Video games
Appearances
- Devil May Cry: (2001)
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