Devil May Cry/Characters/Other

Sparda
""In age of darkness, when the Earth was overrun with demons and humans were powerless under their rule... Humanity's hope lived in a demon named Sparda.""

The demon father of Dante and Vergil, he was revered as the "legendary dark knight", as he saved humanity from the demon horde that wanted to conquer the human world. His sword shares his name, and possesses incredible powers.

"Nevan: "Your father was a handsome devil. But you're no slouch yourself.""
 * Ascended Demon
 * Big Good
 * Cool Sword: The Force Edge/Sparda itself.
 * Awesome Yet Impractical: Is more powerful than the Alastor sword and provides a much longer range of attack, but it lacks a Devil Trigger, Air Hike, etc, so most players should probably just stick to using Alastor and Ifrit..
 * BFS: The biggest of the swords when it is in its awakened form.
 * Dark Weapon: The most sinister/grotesque-looking of all Devil Arms when fully awakened, but it doesn't actually do anything evil. It's more likely to help someone that's good of heart (such as Dante) rather than the bad guy.
 * Infinity+1 Sword
 * Morph Weapon: See below.
 * Named Weapons: Named after the man... er... demon himself.
 * Swiss Army Weapon: Can be a sword, a lance, or even a scythe in its true form.
 * Sword of Plot Advancement: In Devil May Cry 3..
 * Defector From Decadence: Sparda apparently saw the good in humanity and decided to rebel against the demon world. He beat the crap out of everyone, sealed Mundus, and stayed in the human world. He married a human woman and had two sons: Dante and Vergil.
 * Disappeared Dad: Did he die? Is he just hiding? Who knows?
 * Dismantled MacGuffin: The sword's true form and power is only awakened if the dormant blade (the Force Edge) and Perfect Amulet (which was split in half and divied between Dante and Vergil) are brought together.
 * Sealed Badass in a Can: Sparda voluntarily sealed his power into his namesake sword because he realized he had grown too powerful.
 * Game Face: His Devil Trigger, like all others. However, it's considerably more demonic and horrific than the others. Description sums it up pretty well.
 * Generation Xerox: Subverted/inverted: he's said to be like both of his sons in different aspects (Dante's playful banter and rebellious streak normally, Vergil's stoic ruthlessness in battle). This is symbolized by his color of choice, purple: the combination of red (Dante) and blue (Vergil).
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * High-Class Glass: In human form.
 * Hot Dad: Nevan lusted after him.
 * Hot Dad: Nevan lusted after him.

"Dante: "Well, from what I can figure, there's a lot of confusion surrounding him.""
 * It's likely she lusted after his devil form, which is considerably less hot.
 * Perhaps, but she was admiring a non-DT'ed Dante. Regardless, the fact remains that she considered both father and son to be very delectable slabs of meat.
 * Hunter of His Own Kind
 * Man of Wealth and Taste
 * My Species Doth Protest Too Much
 * One-Man Army
 * Physical God: Implied to be this at the height of his power (before he sealed it in his sword), as he had defeated at least two top-class demon lords who themselves qualify for this trope.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old: In his human form, he appears to be in his twenties or thirties. He lived to be more than two thousand years old at the very least.
 * Shrouded in Myth: So much that Dante comments that The Order of the Sword may have gotten a few of their facts wrong.


 * Sobriquet: The Legendary Dark Knight.
 * Theme Song Reveal: Sparda's theme in the first game, Super Public Enemy, was made very similar to.
 * Ugly Guy, Hot Wife: Only when in his true form. Otherwise, he and Eva avert it.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: Only in his human form.
 * Worthy Opponent: Is clear that many devils crossed his path in the past. A few of them have actually fought him on par, including Berial, Bolverk and Beowulf. The last one got his left eye slashed out.

Eva
""Vergil, Dante... Happy Birthday.""

Sparda's human bride, and the mother of Dante and Vergil. Shortly after the twins' eighth birthday, demons attacked their household, and Eva was killed in her attempt to save her children.

"Dante : "My mother risked her life for me, and now you too. I should have saved you. I should have been the one to fill your dark soul with LIIIIIIGHT!!""
 * All There in the Manual: Or rather, the Sound DVD Book, the non-canonical Gaiden Game Viewtiful Joe and the novels. It's unknown if future games will use that characterization, but Kamiya and the author of the novels thought very highly of her.
 * Given that Kamiya is no longer with the series he helped create, it's anyone's guess at this point.
 * Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Eva's color is gold, which associates her with the golden orbs. This makes sense, since . She also wears a red shawl over her clothing, as Dante wears a red coat over his, referencing how he choose his mother's humanity over his father's power.
 * Continuity Snarl: The first game implied that Dante survived most of his near-fatal wounds through Eva haunting the amulet. That, and she had the power to bring Trish back to life. Devil May Cry 3 just makes Dante really, really durable, the amulet doesn't do much except open the demon world. Eva's involvement with Trish being revived isn't so much as thought of in the installments taking place after Devil May Cry 1.
 * Viewtiful Joe, created by the creator of Devil May Cry 1 (Hideki Kamiya), stated that.
 * Disposable Woman : The first game came out in 2001, and there is still no real backstory given to Eva aside from her being the wife of Sparda and mother of Dante and Vergil.
 * In fact, it is Bayonetta (another series helmed by Kamiya) that sheds more light on Eva than this series ever did. In a brief Shout-Out, Eva is depicted as an accomplished and powerful Umbra Witch who was able to repel the forces of Inferno after making a contract with Sparda. Eva also apparently created the Bangle/Band of Time and presented it as a gift to Sparda.
 * Expy: Two (or more) in-universe ones: Trish.
 * Go Through Me: Implied through the manga and the first game's Crowning Moment Of Heartwarming.
 * Not just implied in the first novel:.


 * Guile Heroine: In Viewtiful Joe, Mundus considers her this, going so far as to rant, "The true enemy was you, Eva!". The game reveals that she's responsible for and the, which seemed like a Deus Ex Machina,.
 * In the also non-canonical second novel, . After hearing that story, Dante comments something along the lines of "she's the same in every universe."
 * Hot Mom: Trish was made in her image. Think about that for a sec.
 * Mama Bear
 * Missing Mom

Matier
""You must not worry my dear. I am sure that he will return.""

Lucia's mother and a member of the Vie de Marli, a clan of warriors who have the blood of demons in them. She is the one who sent Lucia to find Dante and informs him of Arius' machinations, bribing him with a story about Sparda. Despite the hardships Dumary Island faces, Matier remains cheerful and optimistic, sure that the "Son of Sparda" will eventually triumph.

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 * Cool Old Lady
 * Heinz Hybrid: The percentage is unknown, but she does have the blood of demons in her.
 * Retired Badass: In her prime, she and the other members of the Vie de Marli fought demons alongside Sparda. She could probably still kick your ass.
 * Retired Badass: In her prime, she and the other members of the Vie de Marli fought demons alongside Sparda. She could probably still kick your ass.

Kyrie
""Nero, you're you and it's you I want to be with. I don't know anyone who is as human as you are.""

Nero's love interest/sister figure, and Credo's little sister. She gets kidnapped.


 * Almost Kiss: Her and Nero, thanks to the appearance of demonic Mooks. The cutscene after the credits reel shows them Holding Hands, implying that they kissed later.
 * But Your Wings Are Beautiful: How she regards Nero and his Devil Bringer in the ending, mixed with Be Yourself.
 * Damsel in Distress
 * Double Entendre: "She yearns for your touch." Who is Kyrie referring to: Red Queen or herself?
 * Expy: Is it just me or does she looks suspiciously like Orihime?
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Heroic Bystander: Puts herself in danger to save a small boy from a demon (which Nero quickly dispatches). YMMV as to whether she's shielding him with her body, trying and failing to push him down to avoid the blow, or just expects Nero will come save her when he might not otherwise have seen the kid in time.
 * Say My Name: Oh Lord.
 * Slipknot Ponytail
 * Theme Naming: Kyrie, Gloria, Credo, Sanctus and Agnus are, respectively, the first, second, third, fourth and fifth parts of the Catholic Ordinary of the Mass, a song traditionally sung in Latin (with the exception of the Kyrie, which is sung in Greek, the original language of the early church).
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: To Nero.
 * Woman in White: More or less.

Nell Goldstein
"Why should I be making weapons for a cold-hearted guy who drops the product of my blood, sweat and tears into a fire?"

A prickly, no-nonsense retired gunsmith in the first novel. She fixes guns, Dante breaks them by pulling the trigger faster than humanly possible, she calls him an idiot but fixes him up new ones anyway, rinse, repeat.


 * Ace Custom: She made Ebony and Ivory.
 * Blind Idiot Translation: Her personality is used to justify one of the few instances of it in the original game (the inscription of Ebony and Ivory saying '45 Art Warks, instead of '45 Art Works).
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!: Debatable, but Nell's looking pretty good for her age.
 * Empathic Weapon:.
 * Expy: Of Eva.
 * : She stayed in a burning building.
 * High-Class Glass: Wears glasses most of the time, but a monocle while working.
 * : Like practically everyone else in the novel.
 * Memento MacGuffin: She made Ebony and Ivory.
 * Parental Substitute
 * Replacement Goldfish: For Eva, . Dante, on the other hand, reminds her of her dead son.
 * Retired Badass: A lot of mercenaries really want her to make guns for them. She's not impressed by threats. Of course, ...
 * Unwitting Pawn: Debatable. She, just as planned, but it ends up backfiring rather painfully for.

Grue
"Don't be so dramatic. Do you really think I'd be silly enough to die and leave my daughters behind?"

A jaded mercenary in the first novel who takes somewhat under his wing. Not as hard-boiled as he tries to be. .


 * Badass Normal: Fights and kills for a living.
 * Hot Dad
 * Knight in Sour Armor
 * Papa Wolf: He does it all for his three daughters..
 * Parental Substitute
 * Perma-Stubble
 * Properly Paranoid: He keeps saying that it's a business and people shouldn't get attached..
 * Properly Paranoid: He keeps saying that it's a business and people shouldn't get attached..

Jessica
Grue's daughter, who essentially holds the household together. And is a good cook. .


 * : With demons.
 * Kick the Dog: As if it wasn't already obvious that the novel's version of.
 * : Dante.
 * : Dante.

Enzo Ferino
""Rumor says blue blood may be flowing in that guy's body. I tell ya, if he glares at a guy, even The Devil may cry.""

An informer who sets up Dante's jobs, he's mentioned in the booklet of the first game.


 * Canon Discontinuity: You see that above quote pertaining to Dante? That was the original Title Drop of the series until Devil May Cry 3 came along.
 * Intercontinuity Crossover: A prominent character in Bayonetta also goes by the name of Enzo. Given that his manner of speaking is similar to his testimony in the manual to Devil May Cry 1, and he shows the same cowardice that characterized Enzo in the Devil May Cry 3 manga, it's implied that the creators intended for Devil May Crys Enzo and Bayonettas Enzo to be one in the same.
 * Lovable Coward: How he's described.
 * : He's one of the very few to.

Beryl
A red-haired human demon hunter in the second novel with a big gun. Sound familiar?


 * Action Girl: Duh.
 * Badass Normal: And it actually affects her combat performance, unlike Lady. Although, what do you have to say to a normal demon hunter who actually helps Dante during the battle against the Big Bad and actually punches a hole through its armor? For comparison, Trish only showed up after Mundus was sufficiently weakened, and Lady shot Arkham after he was crippled.
 * Disappeared Dad: Her father was killed years ago by Beast Heads, the artifacts the second novel revolves around.
 * Expy: She has two, in the games that were made after the novel was written. Lucia shares her look (to an extent) and Lady's character is very clearly based on hers.
 * Fingerless Gloves
 * Heroic BSOD: In the alternate universe, after learning that Sparda.
 * Redheaded Heroine
 * Plucky Girl: Seriously, it takes guts to survive in an environment like hers.
 * Small Girl, Big Gun: She lugs around a rifle resembling the Spiral from Devil May Cry 3. Again, she was an obvious precursor to Lady.
 * Spy Catsuit: At the very least, the bodysuit she wears comes pretty darn close.
 * The Tease: She makes a few flirty passes at Dante during the course of the novel. She even plants a kiss on his cheek at one point.