Sparda (Devil May Cry)

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==Summary==
Sparda (スパーダ Supāda?) was a mighty demon swordsman who is known as the "Legendary Dark Knight" (伝説の魔剣士 Densetsu no Makenshi?, lit. "Legendary Demon Swordsman"). Two thousand years ago, he "woke up to justice" and alone defeated Mundus and his legions. Sensing his power had grown too strong when sealing the netherworld, he intentionally sealed himself and his demonic power.
Later, he escaped his prison under unrevealed circumstances, quietly reigned over the human world, and continued to preserve harmony. Eventually, a few centuries before the beginning of the series, he also contended against Argosax with help from the Vie De Marli clan before sealing himself and Argosax once more, after which he somehow managed to escape yet again. After this, before his death, he resurfaced in the modern day and married a human named Eva, who gave birth to his twin sons, Dante and Vergil.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least | | 
Key: As a Mundus General | Prime | Sealed
Name: Sparda, The Legendary Dark Knight
Origin: Devil May Cry
Gender: Male
Age: Over 2000 years prior to his death (Probably much older)
Classification: Demonic Knight
Powers and abilities:
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|-|Abilities=High Tier Demon Physiology and Sparda Heritage, Weapon Mastery, BFR, Time Stop and Power Nullification via Sealing (Is capable of sealing demons or dimensionsDevil May Cry 3 Code 1Devil May Cry 3 Code 2Devil May Cry 5 (2019)- History of DMC, this ability also sends the target to the Demon World and removes their powers. The seal is capable of prohibiting demons on a certain level of power from passing through there using their consciousness, since despite lesser demons being capable of sending their consciousness to the Human World to possess thingsDevil May Cry 5 Before The Nightmare Page 49-51 , this is something that the high-ranking demons can't do, since they have some problems, one of those beingDevil May Cry 5 Before The Nightmare- Page 226-227 because of their powersDevil May Cry 5 Before The Nightmare Page 232 being unable to pass through the gaps, requiring large portals to successfully pass throughDevil May Cry Kaitai Shinsho Guidebook. Vergil and Dante eventually sealed the Qliphoth roots' portal with the Yamato to stop the roots from tearing Red Grave City apart and from merging the Demon World with the Human WorldDevil May Cry 5 (2019)- Mission 20. When Sparda sealed the Demon World, time stopped in it), Fire Manipulation, Space-Time Manipulation, Durability Negation, Weapon Creation, Forcefield Creation, Portal Creation, Resurrection, Summoning, Memory Manipulation, Power Nullification and Conceptual Manipulation (Type 2) (With Yamato, the Yamato's blade is sharp enough to cut through dimensionsDevil May Cry 4 Deadly Fortune Page 183-184, can create magical swordsDevil May Cry 4 Special Edition (2014)Devil May Cry 5 (2019), is capable of creating a shield to protect the userDevil May Cry 5 (2019)- PrologueDevil May Cry 5 (2019)- Mission 8Devil May Cry 5 (2019)- Mission 10Devil May Cry 5 (2019)- Mission 11Devil May Cry 5 (2019)- Mission 12, can create portalsDevil May Cry 4 (2008)- Mission 18, was capable of resurrecting NeroDevil May Cry 4 (2008)- Mission 6 and the sword also came to help Vergil when he was a kidDevil May Cry 5 Visions Of V Chapter 26. Sanctus used it to nullify Nero's power and his resistance to absorption, allowing the Saviour to absorb him Can separate man from demon and power from heart, can change people's memories and give them a physical formDevil May Cry 5 Visions Of V Chapter 1 and can also be used to separate Nero from the SaviorDevil May Cry 4 Deadly Fortune Volume 2 Page 138 as seen when Dante threw the sword into the chest of the SaviorDevil May Cry 4 (2008)- Mission 19, since Nero's body and soul was absorbedDevil May Cry 4 Deadly Fortune Volume 1 Page 214-215 and melted together with the others bodies and souls inside the SaviorDevil May Cry 4 Deadly Fortune Volume Page 142-143Devil May Cry 4 (2008)- Enemy Files: The Savior and becoming one single existence with him when he fought against Sanctus and the Savior in the Advent ChamberDevil May Cry 4 (2008)- Mission 11). Electricity Manipulation, Darkness Manipulation
|-|Resistances=High Tier Demon Resistances, Resistant to the Following: Sealing (With Yamato, it can cut through and create portals between the Human World and the Demon WorldDevil May Cry (2001)- Weapon Files: YamatoDevil May Cry 3 Code 1Devil May Cry 4 (2010)- Mission 10, said dimensions had their connection sealed by Sparda in the pastDevil May Cry 5 (2019)- History of DMC, and since Sparda sealed the dimensions in the past, demons are no longer able to travel between the Demon World and the Human WorldDevil May Cry 5 (2019)- Documents: The QliphothDevil May Cry 5 (2019)- Nico's Reports: Hell Caina)
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Attack Potency: At least Multi-Solar System level (Before awakening to justice and helping the humans against the demons, Sparda was Mundus's right and left hand, and was also one of the very reasons of why Mundus became a Demon King in the first place. Superior to other Mundus generals) | Low Multiverse level (With the entirety of his powers, Sparda singlehandedly defeated Mundus at his full power and his Demon Army. Separated the Human World and the Demon World once more after they were fused by Mundus, and placed seals binding the Demon World to prevent the reoccurrence of such an event; said seals were maintained by his raw power. Massively superior to his previous self, he grew stronger just by existing to the point that he feared his own powers, eventually deciding to seal a good portion of it, created and sealed a good portion of his powersDevil May Cry 3 (2005) - Character: Sparda into the Rebellion, Yamato and Devil Sword Sparda. With the power given by the Devil Sword Sparda, which holds a considerable portion of his powersDevil May Cry 5 (2019) - Documents: The Legend of Sparda, but not the entirety of it, Dante was able to fight against and eventually defeat Mundus, and also sealed him away in a gap between the Human World and Demon WorldDevil May Cry 4 Deadly Fortune Volume 2- Stage 16 when Dante was unable to permanently kill him). Can ignore durability with Yamato | Low Multiverse level (While weakened, he fought and eventually defeatedDevil May Cry 3142 Graphic Arts: Page 161 Bolverk, who was his nemesis at that timeDEVIL MAY CRY 2 BradyGatmes® Official Strategy Guide: Mission 16: Page: 80, and also defeated and sealed Argosax the Chaos, albeit with help from the Vie de Marli clan of sorcerers. Fought and sealed all the Demon Kings). Can ignore durability with Yamato
Speed: At least FTL (Superior to others Mundus's generals) | Immeasurable (Superior to a full power Mundus. Eventually grow massively faster than his previous self just by existing) | Immeasurable (While weakened, he is comparable to Bolverk and Argosax the Chaos)
Lifting Strength: At least Class M (Superior to others Mundus Generals, which should be capable to stop Savior's hand) | Immeasurable (Superior to full power Mundus. Eventually grew massively more powerful than his previous self just by existing) | Immeasurable (While weakened, he is physically comparable to Bolverk and Argosax the Chaos)
Striking Strength: At least Multi-Solar System level (Superior to others Mundus generals) | Low Multiverse level (Superior to full power Mundus. Eventually grew massively more powerful than his previous self just by existing) | Low Multiverse level (While weakened, he is capable to harm Bolverk and Argosax the Chaos)
Durability: At least Multi-Solar System level (Superior to the other generals of Mundus) | Low Multiverse level (Superior to Full Power Mundus, Argosax The Despair Embomined and DMC1 Dante when he awakened his true power inherited from him to fight Full Power Mundus. Eventually grew massively more durable than his previous self just by existing) | Low Multiverse level (While weakened, he was capable of withstanding attacks from Bolverk and Argosax the Chaos)
Stamina: Superhuman (As a Demon, Sparda should scale to his descendants since he is the reason for their innateDevil May Cry 3 (2005)- Mission 20 abilitiesDevil May Cry 4 Deadly Fortune Volume 1 Pages 129-134, 196 and 210-211, which then being capable to last hours in battle without pause, fighting entire hordes of demons and fights against Demon Bosses without rest or relevant signs of fatigue, only showing it against prolonged fights against those who were comparable. They showed to need only mere seconds to recover. Scale to Dante, who showed to need only mere seconds to recover after the combatDevil May Cry Volume 1 Page 135 and was also shown to recover his stamina and energy when he is in Devil Trigger in middle of combatDevil May Cry Deadly Fortune Volume 2 Pages 156-157 and Pages 187-189.) | Superhuman (Should be comparable to Dante and Vergil, who both fought against each other for 39 days straight in the Underworld from June 15 to July 24 while having extremely short breaks.Devil May Cry 5 (2019)- Mission 19Devil May Cry 5 (2019)- Mission 20 fought against each other for 39 days straight in the Underworld from June 15 to July 24 while having extremely short breaks)
Range: Varies from Extended Melee Range to Tens of Meters with projectiles and energy attacks (Scales to Dante, who Devil Trigger Explosion destroyed the top of a skyscraperDevil May Cry: The Animated Series (2007)- Episode 12). and at least Interdimensional, Likely Low Multiversal with Sensing (Scales to Dante, who sensed Vergil on top of the Temen-ni-gruDevil May Cry 4 Prima Guide Book Recap- DMC3 and also scales to Vergil, who was able to sense Lady's presence when she entered the Temen-ni-gruDevil May Cry 3 (2005)- Mission 4 and Dante was also show to be able to sense killing intents from another dimension), Low Multiversal with Dimensional Travel (Can travel between the Demon World and the Human World and can also get out of Fault's body, which is another dimensionDevil May Cry 4 Prima Guide Page 46- Bestiary Section: Fault), likely at least Hundreds of Meters with Space-Time Manipulation (Should scale to Dante, who after making a imperfect technique was capable to cut the Hell's Gate from a far distanceDevil May Cry 4 (2008)- Mission 17) and Low Multiversal with Portal Creation via Yamato (Can create portals in the Demon World while in the Human World, even in the form of broken shards, as seen when both DMC2 Dante and Balrog used them to escape the Demon World back into the Human WorldDevil May Cry 5 Before the Nightmare- Pages 49-52, 79 and 80)
Standard Equipment:
Devil Sword Sparda.png|Devil Sword Sparda
Yamato DMC5SE.png|Yamato
152085047715103325.png|Luce & Ombra
*Devil Sword Sparda: Sparda's signature weapon. During the rebellion against his kind, he utilized it to strike down the whole legions along with numerous Demon Lords (including Mundus himself). The sword's power was later used to seal the gate between the Human World and the Underworld.
*Yamato:A mighty weapon once wielded by Sparda. It's so supernaturally sharp that it can cut through the dimensional walls and barriers. It was also used to seal away demons to prevent them from entering the Human World.
*Luce & Ombra: A pair of personally customized, semi-automatic pistols once crafted wielded by the Dark Knight Sparda, which were designed to rapidly fire bullets.
Intelligence: Gifted. An immensely skilled combatant known as the "Dark Knight", Sparda was able to wield various weapons but was renowned for his skill with the sword. He is also extremely knowledgeable about the Demon World and how to open and close rifts to it and is one of the only characters in the series to defeat Mundus and seal him.
Weaknesses: None notable
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