Dante/DmC: Devil May Cry

For the prime counterpart, see Dante.

This character, Dante/DmC: Devil May Cry, is 35 years old in 2022, based on his/hers birthday, which is 1987.

## Relations

### Family

Eva (mother)
Sparda (father)
Vergil (younger twin brother)

## Details

### Powers/Skills

Firearms
Demonic powers
Angelic powers
Swordsmanship

### Type of Hero

Anti-Heroic Anarchist

“
Not in a million years.
”
—Dante remarking his prime counterpart.

**Dante** is the protagonist of the rebooted portion of the *Devil May Cry* series. He is a demon-angel hybrid known as a Nephilim, who lives as a demon hunting vigilante. He is counted by the officials of his hometown of Limbo City as a member of an organization of "terrorists," and is being pursued by both national and worldwide authorities. Dante himself is a young and rebellious social punk outcast. He lives and fights in Limbo City, where demons seemingly influence every aspect of the world and the social condition of the humans living there.

This particular incarnation of Dante firstly appears in Chapter 13 of Unity Force: Stories.

## Appearance

Dante stands at around six feet and with a more rounded face, a small scar going across his right eyebrow and cheek, and wider jaw than he was in the TGS 2010 trailer, as the character model was updated to resemble the actor portraying him, Tim Phillipps, and his eye color seems to be grey-blue. His hair is black, with the sides of his head shaved, forming a mohawk out of the hair at the top of his head, tapering off into a point at the nape of his neck. As the game progresses, the hair at the back of his head can be seen changing permanently white. He also sports a strange glowing tattoo on his back between his shoulder blades. In one trailer, this tattoo glows briefly and heals scars he has on his back, and during gameplay, it can be seen through his coat as he switches to an angelic or demonic weapon, which is also accompanied by blue or red color.

His attire consists of a faded black, 3/4-length, hooded leather coat with red interior linings and the British Union flag sewn on the left arm, a gray tank top, black fingerless gloves, black faded jeans, black military boots, and a necklace reminiscent of half of the Perfect Amulet that features prominently throughout the series. His sword is slung over his back favoring his left hand, and his pistols are placed in holsters which are located at the back of his waist, under his coat. Dante also seems to be ambidextrous, favoring either hand for melee attacks with his weapons.

When Dante uses the Devil Trigger, his hair is flushed completely white, his coat becomes bright red, his eyes become red with white irises and small vein-like cracks run across his skin. These effects fade when Devil Trigger deactivates, but after his final battle his hair remained white permanently.

## Personality

The new Dante's personality is sort of similar to the original Dante's, but because of the change in setting and his past, there are quite a few pronounced differences in some of the ways Dante interacts with others, especially demons. The young man carries himself in a different slick, confident manner as his counterpart, with a more vulgar and spiteful tone.

Dante is very rebellious towards authority figures but laid-back to anyone else. Living on the periphery of society and caught between two worlds, he feels like an outcast. Young and angry, but with a quick wit and black humor, he is disaffected and disassociated with society, and seemingly quite apathetic. He has no fear, and no respect for authority, especially not the demonic authority that runs the world in which he lives. He has no qualms with engaging in debauchery and other hedonistic acts, mostly because he believes he won't be around for too much longer, because of all the demons constantly breathing down his neck.

However, Dante has a huge heart beneath all of this rough exterior. He purposely chose to live out his life his own way because his eyes were opened to evil as a child, especially when the people who were supposed to take care of him turned out to be demons. He decided to take a stand and fight back, no matter what happens. But even after all of the hatred, violence, and murder, Dante would often look at himself and see if he could call himself human, going so far as to rip his chest open to see his own heart. He just knew that he had to convince himself he wasn't insane. Dante displays a more caring side to his female associate, Kat, telling her to leave him and find safety when they come under attack, and even risking The Order's plans to save her life.

## Abilities

As a Nephilim, Dante possesses a wide variety of supernatural abilities enjoyed by demons and angels alike. He is also capable of destroying the demon king due to his lineage.

***Superhuman Strength**:* Dante is strong enough to punch Mundus' giant form with his bare hands and knock him back. As a youth, his raw physical strength was sufficient to fight off demons and even human authorities; it took a whole battalion of armored police officers to restrain him.

***Superhuman Speed**:* Dante possessing reflexes necessary to dodge most attacks that come his way.

***Superhuman Agility**:* Dante is capable of jumping many times its own height, as well as performing a variety of acrobatics including mid-air flips to avoid attacks.

***Superhuman Stamina**:* Dante's very high stamina allows him to run and fight continuously without the need for rest.

***Superhuman Durability**:* Dante is able to withstand immense amounts of physical trauma without showing injury. He was tackled out of a skyscraper by Mundus, through a brick wall, and onto a building had no visible harm on his body.

***Accelerated healing**:* Dante can heal from minor wounds in seconds and healed from Mundus digging his fingers into his chest seconds after they were removed. When he was younger has torn open his own chest to see if he had a heart with seemingly no long-lasting damage. However, this ability is not passive as it only activated once he has awoken and he has a few notable scars on his face.

***Demonic power manipulation**:* Dante can channel demonic energy into his weapons to empower them with different effects. He can also use this energy to enhance himself, temporarily giving himself a boost in strength.

***Angelic power manipulation**:* Much like his demonic energy, Dante can tap into his angelic power to empower his weapons. He can also use this energy to push himself through the air and to perform short teleports.

***Devil Trigger**:* Dante can unleash his inner demon to increase his powers. While using it his hair turns white and red glowing veins spread across his face. His irises glow red while his sclera turned black and red energy envelopes his coat, being an obvious reference to the original Dante.

While in Devil Trigger, Dante gains an increase in strength, speed, endurance, and regenerates health. For the duration of his Devil Trigger, the sky in Limbo turns white and Dante's scream echoes in the air. Dante's Devil Trigger ability throws lesser enemies in the air and holds them there.

***Weapons proficiency**:* Dante has the ability to use whatever weapon he picks up with great efficiency and little to no practice. He uses a variety of unorthodox weapons like a scythe and an exploding dart gun with immense skill. Despite his skill, Dante's movements are sometimes unrefined and unpolished.

***Swordsmanship**:* Dante is capable of using a variety of bladed melee weapons including scythes, swords, axes, and cyclone blades.

***Marksmanship**:* Dante is able to shoot pistols with great accuracy without needing to aim and is well-versed in other firearms such as shotguns and an exploding dart gun.