Demon Sword Yamato

The **Yamato** is Vergil's signature dark-forged katana from the Devil May Cry world. It is a legendary sword once wielded by his father, Sparda, who originally created it along with Sparda and the Rebellion when the Dark Knight divided his power into three pieces, and was named by him. is the embodiment of a "grim reaper". It was later left to Vergil as a keepsake, it is currently being used by Vergil's niece after his death.

While the Rebellion can fuse the human and demon halves of an individual, Yamato can instead separate the two forces.

## Description

The Yamato is a katana, arguably of ōkatana-esque length; not long enough to be considered a nōdachi, nor curved enough to be considered a tachi. The exact details of its form changed throughout its existence.

In the first, the tsuka ("handle/grip") has the traditional gold wrapping, with black ornaments, and the tsuba ("(hand) guard") is octagonal. In later installments, the guard is an oval, and the tsuka string seems to be braided from white and dark blue material. The blade features several intricate ornaments, most notable is a relief of a dragon at the endpoint of the hilt and with an ornate bronze guard with dragon motifs. The inside and back of Nero's Devil Bringer mimic the design of the blade's hilt.

After that, the Yamato has been given a renovation. The tsukamaki (handle/grip coiling) has a pattern closer to a real katana, giving it the traditional diamond shape in the negative space. There is no longer a dragon on the pommel/tsukagashira, and the rim fittings from throughout the sword no longer have flowing line patterns in gold on shakudo like black metal; rather, gold dragon styled menuki are inserted underneath the tsukamaki to allow for the fingers to grip. The tsuba/hand guard is now gold and a deep navy blue, shaped like an octagon with two trapezoidal halves, each with gold dot pattern patches and in a grove like motif with gold rings, inside of which are various circles in clusters of three, arranged in triangular patterns, and the gold habaki/fuller is also with a similar embossed pattern. The hamon (wave crest) pattern featured is a kawazuko chōji or tadpole head clove flower-styled hamon as similar to those found on blades historically made by Osafune Nagamitsu. The blade has also been given prominent temper lines.

The scabbard is black, made of traditional lacquered wood, and features several metallic ornaments on its far end. The color of kurigata is black. It also features a yellow sageo, the cord used to tie the katana to the waist. After that, the sageo is blue, with gold dot accents. In Devil Trigger, Vergil and Nero have different, but similar designs for the scabbard. For Vergil, it alters to appear similar to the sheath of a Kris, an Indonesian traditional dagger and is colored dark blue. It attaches to an additional appendage on his left arm, and it can adjust the position to allow Vergil to draw or sheathe his sword quicker and thus leaves Vergil's left hand free to wield the blade or other weapons. For Nero, the sheath appears to be more segmented, but it is otherwise identical.

In Sin Devil Trigger, Vergil absorbs the Yamato into his body and it can be manifested from one of his two blue arm-mounted energy blades.

Despite having a scabbard, Yamato is only occasionally worn on the waist also in spite of its length; Vergil and Dante carry it with their hands during battle (though Vergil has been shown to wear it on his waist when not in use), Nero absorbs the Yamato within his Devil Bringer, and Sparda used to strap it to his back when he was alive. While currently, it is worn by Vergil's niece on her left waist.

## Powers

Yamato is far sharper than ordinary blades, and is imbued with tremendous demonic power. The sword is said to be able to cut through anything, even the very fabric of space itself. This ability is shown primarily through the sword's ability to create portals for its wielder to travel through.