Vergil

For the DmC: Devil May Cry counterpart of the same character, see Vergil (DmC: Devil May Cry).

This character, Vergil, is 49 years old in 2022, based on his/hers birthday, which is 1973.

## Personal Info

### Age

19 (1992)
28 (2001)
45 (2018)
48 (2021)

## Relations

### Family

Sparda (father)
Eva (mother; deceased)
Dante (younger twin brother)
Nero (son)
Nero's mother (wife)
V (human half)
Urizen (demonic half)

## Details

### Powers/Skills

Energy projectile weapons
Demonic powers
Swordsmanship

### Type of Hero

Misanthropic Anti-Hero

“
Might controls everything - and without strength, you cannot protect anything; let alone yourself.
”
—Vergil's famous quote.

**Vergil** is the son of the demon Sparda and the human Eva, the elder twin brother of Dante, and the father of Nero. He is one of the main characters in the *Devil May Cry* series, introduced in the first game as the secondary antagonist, one of the main antagonists of *Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening* and the final antagonist in *Devil May Cry 5*. In addition to being a boss character in games he becomes playable in Special Editions of *Devil May Cry 3* through *5*.

Following the death of their mother as children, Vergil and Dante go their separate ways, with Vergil rejecting his humanity and embracing his demonic heritage, in contrast with his younger brother's embrace of humanity and initial rejection of the demonic. Stoic and reserved, Vergil displays a willingness to do anything in his quest to obtain the power of his father, Sparda.

Suffering defeat in confrontation with Mundus in the secret ending to *Devil May Cry 3*, he is tortured and transformed into the Black Knight – being encountered in *Devil May Cry* under the name Nelo Angelo. After numerous conflicts throughout the game, he is finally defeated by Dante.

It is revealed in *Devil May Cry 5*, years after his last encounter with Dante as Nelo Angelo, Vergil had survived and is now free from Mundus' control, but has become very weakened as a result. As the hooded figure who took back Yamato while ripping the Devil Bringer from his son Nero in the process, Vergil is the true main antagonist of the game after both the newcomer V and Urizen merge back together as himself, with both revealed to be his human and demonic halves.

Vergil will appear in a future Unity Force storyline.

## Appearance

In terms of physical appearance, Vergil has fair, yet pale skin, and white, swept back hair, which puts emphasis on the fierce, yet stoic expression on his face; however, when his hair is brushed down or becomes wet, his appearance is physically indistinguishable from his younger twin brother, Dante. Just like his brother, he also has the same, blue-colored eyes.

In terms of apparel, Vergil commonly wears a long, silver buttoned blue coat with three separated coattails. A white, serpentine pattern runs around the collar, with a snakes head hanging over the coat's left shoulder, and its tail slinking down the right, all the way to the bottom of the coat. A gold lining runs across the edges of the coat, and a silky, golden flower blossom pattern decorates the inner lining. Each cuff of the coat also possesses five, gold buttoned straps with gold lining; in *Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition*, the coat also features identical straps on each shoulder, decorated with silver buttons instead of gold. Before facing the demons, Vergil wore a long brown hooded cloak where he conceals his main outfit.

Underneath the coat, Vergil wears a navy blue ascot wrapped around his neck, which hangs over a black, sleeveless vest that reveals his well-toned arms and shoulders. He wears tan, finger-less gloves, a brown, snakeskin belt with a silver buckle, dark green pants with a scale pattern running across its surface, and tall, brown boots with two golden buckled straps at the top.

During certain in-game cutscenes in *Devil May Cry 3*, Vergil's golden half of the Perfect Amulet can be seen around his neck, yet it is not a permanent part of his character model.

As Corrupt Vergil, Vergil's appearance becomes much more sinister; his skin takes on a sickly, almost grey pallor with blue, pulsating veins running across his face. His eyes become a deep red, with black pupils. In addition, he now wears his father's clothing instead of his own, with his half of the Perfect Amulet replacing Dante's half as its brooch. In *Devil May Cry 4*, his outfit is slightly modified to his coat split into three coattails similar to his old outfit.

While serving as Nelo Angelo's base, Vergil has completely white skin tone, with blue veins and red, pupil-less eyes.

In *Devil May Cry 5*, Vergil looks nearly identical to his younger self from the third game but is older in appearance due to the passage of time. His coat is now black with light neon blue serpentine patterns and three separated coattails with slightly tattered edges. Vergil is no longer wearing an ascot tie as he was seen wearing a black sleeveless zippered-turtleneck beneath his midnight blue formal vest. He also wears charcoal gray fingerless gloves, black pants and dark boots covered by teal gaiters.

When he initially appears in his weakened state and severs Nero's Devil Bringer to regain Yamato in order to separate his human and demon halves, creating V and Urizen in the process, Vergil wore a tattered long black hooded cloak to cover his outfit and half of his face was shown to be pale white with blue veins, retaining these features even after his defeat from Dante as Nelo Angelo and being freed from Mundus' corruption, however when V and Urizen reunite to bring Vergil back his skin returns to normal.

## Personality

In contrast to his twin brother Dante's boisterous, outgoing, and extroverted personality, Vergil is calm, cool, collected, and introverted, constantly maintaining an aura of fearlessness. Vergil cares little for the well-being of those around him, and is unflinching in his pursuit of power; however, in spite of his cold and ruthless demeanor, he is an honorable warrior who maintains his own set of morals and disciplines. Vergil despises fighting dirty and refuses to use firearms, deeming them to be unworthy of a "true warrior", though he will still use ranged attacks if they can be made to originate from a melee weapon. His code of honor still surfaces while he is corrupted as Nelo Angelo: he refuses to attack Dante from behind and waits until both are outside to begin their first fight. In *Devil May Cry 5*, after he was restored and then attacked by Dante, he noted that his brother was weak and wounded from his fight with Urizen. As such, despite having been able to easily kill Dante, Vergil allowed him to rest and recover, stating that defeating Dante while weakened had no meaning. He also has a tendency to speak in a very formal and somewhat antiquated manner, possibly as a consequence of reading a great deal of classic literature in his younger years. It should be noted however that his "code" is more based upon proving his dominance than any sort of underlying morality. As such he is perfectly willing to utilize methods or tactics that may be dishonorable for the sake of becoming stronger, or in situations where he simply has no other choice. For instance, when he tore off Nero's devil bringer arm to retrieve Yamato, he essentially ambushed Nero while his back was turned. However, as he was dying at the time, he likely lacked the time or energy to engage in a full-on battle with an opponent of Nero's caliber.

Unlike Dante, Vergil is willing to embrace his demonic heritage, and seeks to emulate his father's power and cold persona. While Dante seeks to protect humanity from the demons, the only thing which Vergil seeks in life is even greater demonic power. His desire for power is an almost character defining obsession for him, and almost certainly stems from having not only lost his family as a child, but from being on his own from the day of his family's destruction on. Despite his normal personality of cold dismissal, he does cherish certain things - the Devil-blade Yamato, a dark katana left to him as a keepsake by his father, his own half of the Perfect Amulet, a keepsake from his mother and, after his own realization, his own son Nero. In *Devil May Cry 3*, Vergil seems to reveal some of his feelings by claiming to Dante: *"Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything, let alone yourself."*. This may be a reference to their mother's death. It may also imply that Vergil seeks power as compensation for failing to protect her. His failure may also have made him forsake close human relationships, due to his perceived fragility of humanity. He appeared also to link the acquisition of power to loss or sacrifice, complaining as Urizen to Dante during their final battle that Dante should not be as powerful as he is due to having "never lost anything."

V is the human side of Vergil, and he is able to see his past without the coldness and uncaring eyes of Vergil himself. This is his human manifestation that he has kept suppressed all his life to attain his goals of power. V describes Vergil as "One who lost everything", and that the defeats he suffered only caused him to sink lower. V recognizes the gravity of crimes he committed and how important the things he threw away in the endless pursuit of power really were, such as his humanity and younger brother. V explained to Nero that "he", meaning Vergil, only wanted to be protected and loved, but since he was alone his only option was to survive.

V mentioned that he originally went to Dante in the hope that he could right the wrong that Vergil created with the birth of Urizen and all the past horrors he had caused during his lifetime. The legitimacy of V's actions and words comes into question when he reveals in his final moments that he had manipulated Dante and Nero in order to remerge with Urizen, due to his fear of dying and being without power. However, either intentionally or not, he also achieved what he mentioned: stopping Urizen's invasion and making Vergil a better person. After Urizen's reintegration with V, Vergil was seen to question his choices as he stood atop the Qliphoth, wondering aloud if his fate might have been different if he had experienced Dante's life. He was also willing to leave his book of poems to Nero, and implied that he would be back for it at some point. His interactions with Dante in Hell after destroying the Qliphoth were also significantly less antagonistic than ever previously seen, with the two of them working in tandem to kill a demon horde and sparring rather than genuinely trying to kill each other.

Vergil is very strong-willed, capable of fighting off Mundus' control for a time and upon seeing Dante's Amulet, causes Nelo Angelo mental anguish.

## Abilities

* **Superhuman strength:** Due to his demonic heritage, Vergil has inhuman amounts of physical strength. So much so that he incorporates strikes with Yamato's sheath in combat and can throw it with enough force to pierce a scarecrow. Vergil is also strong enough to palm strike Rebellion through Arkham powered by the Sword of Sparda. He can effortlessly overpower much larger demons. Indeed, Vergil was even able to overpower Dante in a sword lock when Dante was not at his full awakened state easily and could match him after he had gotten considerably more powerful in his own right. After his time as Urizen and accepting his human side, Vergil has come to be Dante's match once again, constantly parrying his sword swings and holding Dante's blade back. Even after being drastically weakened, he was able to rip off Nero's Devil Bringer with ease.
* **Superhuman speed:** When wielding Yamato, combined with his prodigious swordsmanship, Vergil can cut and slash at speeds faster than the eye can see. He is quick enough to draw multiple slashes in one draw, to stop raindrops from hitting the ground in a heavy downpour, and swings Yamato fast enough that he can catch bullets and even launch them. Vergil is easily capable of outpacing Dante in his suppressed state and keeping up with him in all their subsequent fights.
* **Superhuman agility:** Vergil can perform jumps much higher than a normal human and perform a variety of flips and spins while doing so.
* **Superhuman durability:** Vergil is capable of taking brute force attacks without showing signs of damage.
* **Superhuman Stamina:** Despite taking a large amount of damage and large amounts of physical strain, Vergil is shown to be able to continue fighting and only needs a few moments of rest to move about again without strain. By *Devil May Cry 5* Vergil's stamina is great enough to the point he was able to fight Dante continuously for weeks while they were trapped in the Demon World.
* **Accelerated healing:** Due to his demonic heritage, Vergil can heal instantly as soon as whatever is injuring him has been removed from his body. It is strong enough that he came out unscathed from a strike from Rebellion that would have otherwise bisected him. This healing factor is extremely strong; even when Vergil is physically exhausted, his healing powers work at almost full strength. After his return to the human world, Vergil's body was breaking down due to unknown causes.
* **Demonic power manipulation:** Vergil is able to imbue his demonic power into objects to augment them. He mostly uses his demonic power to create weapons that can be used for various purposes. Since reuniting his human and demon halves, Vergil is able to create a doppelganger of himself to aid him in the battle against his opponent.
* **Teleportation:** Vergil has advanced teleportation abilities that he uses to strategically reposition himself around the battlefield. He is noted to be more skilled with teleportation than Dante, as he uses it far more frequently and sometimes with the aid of Yamato.
* **Force Field Generation:** Vergil can project a purple, spherical shield, made of demonic energy, around his body, whilst preparing his Devil Trigger. Although it only seems to last for a few seconds, the shield is strong enough to protect him from every manner of attack. The shield can also generate a repulsion field that prevents enemies from getting close. Vergil can control this repulsion field, disabling it when conjuring a set of Spiral Swords, which will harm nearby enemies.
* **Devil Trigger:** Vergil can unleash his demonic side to significantly enhance all of his powers and abilities. When he jumps during this state, wings sprout out, however he cannot glide or fly with them..
* **Sin Devil Trigger:** In *Devil May Cry 5*, Vergil obtains Sin Devil Trigger, it allows him to fly with new wings while retaining his regeneration ability and further enhancing his power.
* **Doppelganger:** In Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, Vergil can create a phantom doppelganger of himself.
* **World of V:** In Devil May Cry 5: Special Edition, Vergil can use Yamato to summon V & the Familiars for a short time.