Amadeus del Fantasma/Axel the Phantom

Amadeus and Axel are Original Characters of the video game franchise, as well as an anime series, Devil May Cry [DMC]. Once the son of the ruler of hell, Lucifer himself, Amadeus was enslaved by the Prince of Darkness Mundus, but now walks his own path with nothing but hatred at the mention of Mundus and Lucifer both, while Axel is now an employee of the devil hunter Dante in his shop, Devil May Cry, both having only one right eye, the other being scarred and blinded.
==Appearance==
Depending on whoever's in control of the body, the appearance of this unique Phantom demon varies. They both have mid-long black hair, but that is the only thing they have similar. Amadeus has ghostly pale skin, a black sclera that contains a red iris. He resorts to wearing a formal white shirt with a black tie, on top of that a custom made black uniform with a hood that suspiciously resembles the Nazi uniform of World War II, a pair of black leather knee high boots, and finally a black leather trench coat with a single collar strap, a black leather belt with 5 rows of stitching, with red silk as the inner layer. He also wears a pair of black leather gloves. Axel, on the other hand, looks quite like the average human when it comes to appearance, with regular blue eyes and normal skin color, although still somewhat pale. He also has a much more casual pick when it comes to clothing, consisting of a white hoodie, on the outer layer a black leather jacket with a pair of red wings imprinted on the back, blue denim jeans, a pair of leather fingerless gloves, and black sneakers with white soles. Axel also has a holster for a submachine gun inside his jacket, as well as another one for his back for an M4 rifle.
==Personality==
Interestingly, Axel and Amadeus, although they both share the same body, their characteristics are the complete opposite. Amadeus is, much like Dante's twin brother Vergil, quiet, almost heartless, and never has any sympathy for people. In fact, he suffers from partial "Super Sanity", a condition in which one has no biased perception of one's actions. For example, if a man shot another person with a pistol, most would see a murderer and a victim, while he would only see a man with a gun and a man with a hole in his forehead, lying on the ground. This means he would feel almost no remorse for his actions or someone else's actions while the average person would. Unless given certain circumstances, Amadeus would stop at nothing in order to reach his goals, which would most likely be a quest for power. Being unable to sleep, Amadeus spends most of his time either reading or searching for information, sometimes that of a person of interest. He would have found out about any person he meets within a short amount of time, given that they have records that could help him trace them. In battle, he would show no mercy, whether the opponent be a man or a woman. He could leave the most gory and disturbing scenario when he's done with his opponent. He also is a master strategist, always a step ahead of the opponent, unless if he wants a fair fight with his opponent.
Axel, being the polar opposite of Amadeus, is quite the shy type. He would occasionally stutter when conversing. He's also quite friendly, having a good relationship with almost everyone he meets. Socially, he's quite likeable, generally. Provided that someone has characteristics that aren't repulsive in his opinion, such as having multiple limbs for example, he would most likely have established a good impression on them at a first glance. In combat, Axel's quite predictable, relying only on brute force than strategy. If the opponent has at least a sketch of strategy against Axel, then he or she has already won, provided that the opponent has a good amount of skill and strength, of course. 
==Weapons & Abilities==
Weapons:
*Revolution: A black bladed double edged sword that was given to Amadeus by his creator, Mundus. He chooses not to use it in most situations, unlike Axel. Generally, both Amadeus and Axel are able to wield it in the same fashion as Dante and Vergil wield Rebellion and Force Edge , with equal skills as well.
*Satsugai: A katana with black and red sheathe and handle, also given to Amadeus by Mundus. It's his favored weapon of all three, using only it in almost all of his battles. It has characteristics that are similar to Yamato, but not entirely. For example, it doesn't quite have the ability to open the Hellgate at Fortuna.
*Balrog: A spear with a tip that burns with eternal hellfire. Axel, being the one that uses it most of the times, chooses to use it much like how he would wield Revolution or any other double edged sword. Unlike the previous two devil arms, this one was gained by Axel when he went on a mission with a companion named Rose.
*Black Jack: A fully custom M4 rifle Axel chooses to use under a few circumstances. Its firepower's already immense and would be more than enough to leave a demon headless with a single demonically charged shot.
*Hyena: Also a fully custom submachine gun Axel uses. It wouldn't do as much damage as Black Jack, but would still have enough firepower to leave a demon without its head within a second, firing about 20 rounds a second.
Abilities [Axel]:
*Royal Guard: Exactly the way Dante uses Royal Guard, he gets into a defensive stance, tensing his body and preventing most exterior damages from doing too much harm.
*Royal Release: Also exactly like Dante's Royal Release, he releases all the damage he absorbed onto the opponent while in Royal Guard.
*Drive: A lightning quick sword swing that sends a powerful red shockwave in a single destination
*Doppelganger: The ability to summon a cloned image of himself that can act as either a decoy or an aid for battling.
*Teleportation: The ability to travel distances within a range of 3 miles within seconds by disintegrating into tiny bits of ashes and reintegrating in the desired destination
*Phantom Blades: Similar to Vergil's, these are summoned red magical blades that fling towards an opponent, projected by the sheer force of will. Axel is able to summon a maximum of 4 of these blades at once.
*Healing Factor: The ability to heal minor injuries, such as bullet wounds and gashes, within minutes
*Most of Dante and Vergil's skills and abilites when it comes to wielding a double edged sword.
*A far exceeding strength than that of the average human, being able to lift an entire truck at maximum strength.
Abilities [Amadeus]:
*Escudo Esferico: Amadeus' version of the Royal Guard. He lets rise the ashes that surround him at all times to raise a thick black ashen sphere around him that absorbs the impact of incoming damage.
*Disparo: Using the absorbed damage from the shield, Amadeus embeds the ashes of the remains of the sphere into his right hand. The first thing to come into contact with the ashes expreriences the full damage the sphere has experienced.
*Zona Malevolencia: Similar to Vergil's judgement cut, Amadeus unsheathes Satsugai with blinding speed that forces the formation of a black sphere around his enemy, slashing every single thing inside with multiple violent slashes.
*''Sacrificio Blasfemo: Also quite similar to one of Vergil's trademark moves, Rapid Slash, Amadeus quickly rushes at his foe like a blur that had just seemingly passed through the opponent. The next moment, he's usually behind them, as the opponent later notices that they've already been destructively slashed across the abdomen several times, causing deep gashes.
*Fantasma Estoque: Similar to Vergil's summoned swords, using the ashes around him, Amadeus projects multiple solid black blades that fling towards an enemy with the speed of a bullet fired from a pistol. He is able summon a dozen of these blades at a time.
*Impulso: A lightning quick sword swing that sends a thin red shockwave, travelling faster than the speed of sound, that cuts through anything within its path.
*Doppelganger: The ability to create a solid projection of himself using ashes, mostly used as a decoy. Amadeus is able to switch places with his doppelganger provided he has enough time to.
*Regeneracion: The ability to heal severe wounds within hours depending on how much damage is done. This enhanced healing factor even enables him to regenerate dismembered limbs.
*El Corrupcion: Whilst using this "Half Devil Trigger" ability, Amadeus chooses to put on the Phantasm mask as well as his hood to cover his face. What remains behind the mask is his blackened veins and fully red eyes, an image he despises as it reminds him of his days when he served Mundus.
*Diablo Disparo: Within an hour after unleashing El Corrupcion, Amadeus eventually loses control, instead an iron clad creature known as the Black Knight taking over. This form sets his blade on red blazes of hellfire, able to burn flesh like paper, as well as greatly increasing his speed, strength and durability. The second stage of this form allows him with more enhancements of these traits, as well as the gaining of the broadsword on red hellfire, with much resemblance to Nelo Angelo's zweihander.
*Most of Dante's, as well as Vergil's, skills and abilites whilst possessing Yamato .
*A far exceeding strength than that of the average human, being able to lift an entire truck at maximum strength.
*[Details about Amadeus' Battle Profile can be found here.]
==Story==
Originally thought to be a creation of Mundus, Amadeus was to serve as a substitute for Nelo Angelo, the form Vergil took during his enslavement under Mundus, if he were to ever regain control or be defeated. In the end, Nelo Angelo indeed did lose his life in the hands of Dante, his own brother, and Amadeus was to face Dante next. Never having quite complete control over him like Trish, Mundus couldn't ensure that he would, which he didn't indeed. Attempting to punish Amadeus only resulted in Mundus having lost Amadeus. He chose to leave the island, and leave Mundus to face Dante, a battle which he knew Dante would win, given his studying of the man in red throughout his battles with the many demons on the island.
Months later, Amadeus had finally discovered the location of Dante. He lead Dante to the top of the Temen-Ni-Gru, or at least what remained of it. Challenging him to a fight there, Amadeus was slowly but surely winning the battle. Before Amadeus was able to proceed with his final blow, however, Dante chose to use Holy Water against him. This was Amadeus' one and only weakness. Compared to the average demonic entity, the effects of it against him was twice as effective. It sent him back from Dante, skidding to a halt almost on the edge of the tower. While he was weakened, Dante used Holy Water once again, followed by a powerful blow that sent him falling down the building. The next day, Dante would find the same pale figure lying on the ground beneath the Temen-Ni-Gru, with no injuries thanks to his healing ability. When Dante got ready to draw his sword as soon as he got up on his feet, however, he noticed something strange. It seemed that Amadeus feared Dante. Dante would soon discover that the man was suffered from brain damage, or amnesia, most likely a result from the beatind Dante delivered to him the day before.
Weeks later, Axel, the name Dante would call him by, would be one of Dante's trusted employees and partner in demon hunting. He trained under Dante and learned most of his skills with Revolution from him. During this time, Axel would develop to be a likeable and sociable person. And then came a time when his prolonged healing factor took effect, recovering his brain fully. Amadeus was back. He initiated his plans for wrecking the entire city, starting with murdering Dante in cold blood. The plan failed, however, when Dante managed to subdue Amadeus. Had it not been for Rose, for whom he still had feelings for even after Axel was gone, he would have continued his unrelenting malevolent acts. She convinced him, with all her efforts, to bring back Axel. Fortunately, Amadeus knew quite a few arcane arts, one that even allowed him to switch between one state of the mind at one point, and another at the present. This made the return of Axel possible, the two minds now co-existing in one body. Eventually, Axel's wish to become humane was granted. His long will to become "one of us" made his appearance change to that of a normal human. How this happened still remains a mystery today, a question even Amadeus could not figure out.
Several months later, Amadeus was challenged to a fight by the former general of Hell, a werewolf who went by the name Stark. His power was too much for Amadeus to handle, even with his corrupt state. A demonically charged bullet, aimed towards Amadeus, scratched past his left eye as he bent back on his knees in an attempt to dodge it. His healing abilities proved near useless, as what it had achieved was not enough to get rid of the scar on his face, let alone heal the eye. After a while, the black knight, known as the Nelo Cavaliere, gained control over Amadeus. It had enough power to go toe to toe with Stark, and eventually prevailed. It had annhilated the demonic werewolf and walked away with his amulet. Now, Amadeus has a constant reminder of that battle, the scar across his left eye.
Quite a time had passed and a day came when Amadeus finally managed to break the "barrier" that prevented his access to the infernal power within Stark's amulet. It however came with a catch: it's limited time. He had only  about half a day to use the immense power within, as it proved too much for him to handle and slowly began to kill him from the inside. In a rush, Amadeus immediately set forth to Hell itself, knowing that Mundus still lived. He faced Mundus in the first circle of hell, and eventually was victorious in the battle. He then progressed further down to hell, his intentions a mystery. In the second circle, he faced Asmodeus, the demoness lord of the sin of lust. Her head would eventually be crushed beneath his boot. Then, he faced Beelzebub in the circle of Gluttony, Mammon in the circle of Avarice, Amon in the circle of Wrath and Leviathan in the circle of Violence. He prevailed over all of them with ease until he faced Stark yet again in the circle of Fraud. He was victorious in the battle, of course, but it was an exhausting battle. With the little time he had, Amadeus eventually went to the final circle: Treason. He had come to face Lucifer himself, only to see that he had Amadeus' personal love interest, Rose, taken hostage. Lucifer offered Amadeus to join his force, and if he accepted, he'd free Rose. Amadeus refused in anger and engaged in a battle against Lucifer. The ruler of Hell eventually revealed that Amadeus was indeed his son. He'd given Amadeus away to Mundus for he thought his son was weak. If he were to break free of Mundus' enslavement and defeat him, then Lucifer would finally acknowledge his son's worth. Disappointed upon learning that Amadeus didn't defeat Mundus with his own power, Lucifer nearly killed his own son. It was then when it hit Amadeus that his own weakness must be Lucifer's weakness as well. So he requested that Rose handed him one of her Holy blades and used it against Lucifer. He dealt the final killing blow and reduced Lucifer to nothing, not even ashes. With the little time and power he had, Amadeus transported both him and Rose back to his mansion in the world of the living. He then drew his last breath, right in front of her eyes... and was no more.
A few days later, it is revealed that Amadeus was in the ninth circle of hell, lodged in ice for his sin of betraying his kin, apparently. He managed to thaw himself out and escape from hell itself in a matter of days. This feat could mean to serve as a proof that Amadeus cannot be stopped, even by death. Upon resurrection, he discovered that the curse which allowed him to Devil Trigger and grant his iron clad ashen armor was lifted, perhaps during his crusade in hell or the escape from it. No one really knows, including he himself. He could also care less about it, since his efforts were not in vain.
==Themes==
Both Amadeus and Axel have a total of 8 themes, 5 of them being battle and 3 of them non-battle themes.
*[Axel's Battle Theme ]
*[Amadeus' Battle Theme ]
*[Amadeus' Battle Theme in El Corrupcion ]
*[Diablo Disparo: Black Knight Battle Theme ]
==Trivia==
*Amadeus was originally planned to be Dark Dante at first
*Amadeus' mask is greatly inspired by the DC character "The Phantasm"
*Amadeus is technically the only one of his race, being a type of demon created specially by Mundus