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Sparda

"In age of darkness, when the Earth was overrun with demons and humans were powerless under their rule... Humanity's hope lived in a demon named Sparda."

The demon father of Dante and Vergil, he was revered as the "legendary dark knight", as he saved humanity from the demon horde that wanted to conquer the human world. His sword shares his name, and possesses incredible powers.

  • Ascended Demon
  • Big Good
  • Cool Sword: The Force Edge/Sparda itself.
    • Awesome Yet Impractical: Is more powerful than the Alastor sword and provides a much longer range of attack, but it lacks a Devil Trigger, Air Hike, etc, so most players should probably just stick to using Alastor and Ifrit. When Dante does gain the Sparda's DT for the battle with Mundus, the sword becomes Awesome Yet Practical.
    • BFS: The biggest of the swords when it is in its awakened form.
    • Dark Weapon: The most sinister/grotesque-looking of all Devil Arms when fully awakened, but it doesn't actually do anything evil. It's more likely to help someone that's good of heart (such as Dante) rather than the bad guy (such as Sanctus).
    • Infinity+1 Sword
    • Laser Blade: In Round 2 of the Mundus fight, red streaks of energy extend from the Sparda blade during combos.
    • Morph Weapon: See below.
    • Named Weapons: Named after the man... er... demon himself.
    • Swiss Army Weapon: Can be a sword, a lance, or even a scythe in its true form.
    • Sword of Plot Advancement: In Devil May Cry 3. Arkham ends up getting it first. Vergil claims the incomplete Force Edge in the final mission. Dante finally obtains it after defeating Vergil, but doesn't use it until the events of the first game.
  • Defector From Decadence: Sparda apparently saw the good in humanity and decided to rebel against the demon world. He beat the crap out of everyone, sealed Mundus, and stayed in the human world. He married a human woman and had two sons: Dante and Vergil.
  • Disappeared Dad: Did he die? Is he just hiding? Who knows?
  • Dismantled MacGuffin: The sword's true form and power is only awakened if the dormant blade (the Force Edge) and Perfect Amulet (which was split in half and divied between Dante and Vergil) are brought together.
  • Game Face: His Devil Trigger, like all others. However, it's considerably more demonic and horrific than the others. [1] Description sums it up pretty well.
  • Generation Xerox: Subverted/inverted: he's said to be like both of his sons in different aspects (Dante's playful banter and rebellious streak normally, Vergil's stoic ruthlessness in battle). This is symbolized by his color of choice, purple: the combination of red (Dante) and blue (Vergil).
  • Glowing Eyes of Doom
  • High-Class Glass: In human form.
  • Hot Dad: Nevan lusted after him.

Nevan: "Your father was a handsome devil. But you're no slouch yourself."

Dante: "Well, from what I can figure, there's a lot of confusion surrounding him."


Eva

"Vergil, Dante... Happy Birthday."

Sparda's human bride, and the mother of Dante and Vergil. Shortly after the twins' eighth birthday, demons attacked their household, and Eva was killed in her attempt to save her children.

  • All There in the Manual: Or rather, the Sound DVD Book, the non-canonical Gaiden Game Viewtiful Joe and the novels. It's unknown if future games will use that characterization, but Kamiya and the author of the novels thought very highly of her.
    • Given that Kamiya is no longer with the series he helped create, it's anyone's guess at this point.
  • Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Eva's color is gold, which associates her with the golden orbs. This makes sense, since she's the one who brought not just Trish but Dante back to life. She also wears a red shawl over her clothing, as Dante wears a red coat over his, referencing how he choose his mother's humanity over his father's power.
  • Continuity Snarl: The first game implied that Dante survived most of his near-fatal wounds through Eva haunting the amulet. That, and she had the power to bring Trish back to life. Devil May Cry 3 just makes Dante really, really durable, the amulet doesn't do much except open the demon world. Eva's involvement with Trish being revived isn't so much as thought of in the installments taking place after Devil May Cry 1.
    • Viewtiful Joe, created by the creator of Devil May Cry 1 (Hideki Kamiya), stated that Dante actually died during the initial attack, and was brought back to life by Eva's spirit in the amulet.
  • Disposable Woman : The first game came out in 2001, and there is still no real backstory given to Eva aside from her being the wife of Sparda and mother of Dante and Vergil.
    • In fact, it is Bayonetta (another series helmed by Kamiya) that sheds more light on Eva than this series ever did. In a brief Shout-Out, Eva is depicted as an accomplished and powerful Umbra Witch who was able to repel the forces of Inferno after making a contract with Sparda. Eva also apparently created the Bangle/Band of Time and presented it as a gift to Sparda.
  • Expy: Two (or more) in-universe ones: Trish is a deliberate one: Mundus meant to use his memories of Eva against Dante, and Nell in the first novel, a retired gunsmith who acts as a rather abrasive mother figure.
  • Go Through Me: Implied through the manga and the first game's Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming.
    • Not just implied in the first novel: Vergil caused Nell to perform a Heroic Sacrifice specifically to remind Dante of Eva's.

Dante (lamenting over Trish's death): "My mother risked her life for me, and now you too. I should have saved you. I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIIIIIIGHT!!"

  • Guile Heroine: In Viewtiful Joe, Mundus considers her this, going so far as to rant, "The true enemy was you, Eva!". The game reveals that she's responsible for basically all of the first game. If she hadn't brought Dante back to life, there would have been no one to stop Mundus, it's implied that it was the amulet that woke up Nelo Angelo and kept him from killing Dante, not to mention unsealing the Sword of Sparda and the arrival of Trish in time to save Dante, which seemed like a Deus Ex Machina, was also her doing.
    • In the also non-canonical second novel, they visit an alternate universe where Eva took over Sparda's army after he was killed by human traitors. The people who are still alive in that universe practically worship her memory, and it's implied her leadership after Sparda's fall was the only reason Mundus hadn't already finished conquering the place, since they had nothing else going for them. After hearing that story, Dante comments something along the lines of "she's the same in every universe."
  • Hot Mom: Trish was made in her image. Think about that for a sec.
  • Mama Bear
  • Missing Mom


Matier

"You must not worry my dear. I am sure that he will return."

Lucia's mother and a member of the Vie de Marli, a clan of warriors who have the blood of demons in them. She is the one who sent Lucia to find Dante and informs him of Arius' machinations, bribing him with a story about Sparda. Despite the hardships Dumary Island faces, Matier remains cheerful and optimistic, sure that the "Son of Sparda" will eventually triumph.

It is later revealed that Matier is not Lucia's mother, having found Lucia when she was cast away by Arius and subsequently raising her as her own. Despite this, the two remain a tightly-knit family.


Kyrie

"Nero, you're you and it's you I want to be with. I don't know anyone who is as human as you are."

Nero's love interest/sister figure, and Credo's little sister. She gets kidnapped as a power source for the Savior.

Nell Goldstein

Why should I be making weapons for a cold-hearted guy who drops the product of my blood, sweat and tears into a fire?

A prickly, no-nonsense retired gunsmith in the first novel. She fixes guns, Dante breaks them by pulling the trigger faster than humanly possible, she calls him an idiot but fixes him up new ones anyway, rinse, repeat.


Grue

Don't be so dramatic. Do you really think I'd be silly enough to die and leave my daughters behind?

A jaded mercenary in the first novel who takes Tony somewhat under his wing. Not as hard-boiled as he tries to be. And it kills him.


Jessica

Grue's daughter, who essentially holds the household together. And is a good cook. And doesn't deserve what happens to her.


Enzo Ferino

"Rumor says blue blood may be flowing in that guy's body. I tell ya, if he glares at a guy, even The Devil may cry."

An informer who sets up Dante's jobs, he's mentioned in the booklet of the first game.

  • Canon Discontinuity: You see that above quote pertaining to Dante? That was the original Title Drop of the series until Devil May Cry 3 came along.
  • Intercontinuity Crossover: A prominent character in Bayonetta also goes by the name of Enzo. Given that his manner of speaking is similar to his testimony in the manual to Devil May Cry 1, and he shows the same cowardice that characterized Enzo in the Devil May Cry 3 manga, it's implied that the creators intended for Devil May Crys Enzo and Bayonettas Enzo to be one in the same.
  • Lovable Coward: How he's described.
  • Plot Armor: He's one of the very few to survive the novel, since the booklet established that he's still alive as of the first game.


Beryl

A red-haired human demon hunter in the second novel with a big gun. Sound familiar? [2]

  • Action Girl: Duh.
  • Badass Normal: And it actually affects her combat performance, unlike Lady. Although, what do you have to say to a normal demon hunter who actually helps Dante during the battle against the Big Bad and actually punches a hole through its armor? For comparison, Trish only showed up after Mundus was sufficiently weakened, and Lady shot Arkham after he was crippled.
  • Disappeared Dad: Her father was killed years ago by Beast Heads, the artifacts the second novel revolves around.
  • Expy: She has two, in the games that were made after the novel was written. Lucia shares her look (to an extent) and Lady's character is very clearly based on hers.
  • Fingerless Gloves
  • Heroic BSOD: In the alternate universe, after learning that Sparda was betrayed and killed by humans in that universe.
  • Redheaded Heroine
  • Plucky Girl: Seriously, it takes guts to survive in an environment like hers.
  • Small Girl, Big Gun: She lugs around a rifle resembling the Spiral from Devil May Cry 3. Again, she was an obvious precursor to Lady.
  • Spy Catsuit: At the very least, the bodysuit she wears comes pretty darn close.
  • The Tease: She makes a few flirty passes at Dante during the course of the novel. She even plants a kiss on his cheek at one point.
  1. ↑ In his true form, Sparda was a slightly-larger-than-human-sized, vaguely insectoid demon with clawed hands, a scaly hide, a pair of downward facing ram horns, chiropteran (bat-like) wings with beetle-like wings underneath, hooves for feet, and reptilian spines protruding from his back. Parts of his body appeared to be made of grey scales with accents of red and purple. He also had gold veins on his hands and arms, chest, shoulders and back, a diamond shaped red gem in the center of his chest, and skull-shaped gold knees and elbow guards with small horns. His most notable feature were his slit-like eyes, which glowed red and did not have pupils.
  2. ↑ The answer is Lady.
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