History Characters / DevilMayCryOther

* BadassNormal: 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 BigBad 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.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Matier fought side by side with Sparda to seal away the demon Argosax the Chaos and even briefly had a relationship with him. In the present, Dante and Lucia save the world from Argosax's return just as their parents did all those years ago. The Protectors clan that Matier and Lucia belong to are a race of demon-human hybrids who have defended the human world for years but their exploits are not talked about aside from the aforementioned team up of Sparda and Matier and only Matier and Lucia are shown in the game.

* InterspeciesAdoption: Although Lucia isn't aware of this until TheReveal. From there on, it turns into HappilyAdopted, as their ties are "bound by history and experience, which is much deeper than blood." Matier then outright tells Lucia "You are my daughter."

* HeroesWantRedheads: She's got red hair and is Nero's love interest.

* GenreSavvy: He knew that his family would be targeted to get revenge against him, so he set up an escape tunnel in Redgrave City near his house to allow them to escape should they be attacked when he can't protect them, and is used in Mission 12 of DMC5. Unfortunately only Dante has the chance to use it, as Vergil had been seperated from Dante and Eva when Mundus' forced did appear.

* GreaterScopeParagon: He was a legendary demon that turned good and sided with humanity.

* UnwittingPawn: She [[spoiler:died]] but it [[JustForPun backfired]] painfully for [[spoiler:Vergil]].

* TheCameo: She makes a brief vocal appearance in ''Devil May Cry 5'', calling Dante up ''very'' loudly to invite him to her 18th birthday. She's apparently been trying to rope him into it for ages. Dante's reaction is to look incredulous at her yelling down the phone before hanging up and then yanking the line as Morrison laughs. Data files you can find in the game suggest the two of them still have the same relationship they've always had, with him lazing around and her berating him for it.

* TheVoice: In ''5'', she is only ever heard offscreen or over the phone.

* ParentalFavoritism: Subverted. Vergil believed that she abandoned him and left him behind to prioritize Dante's safety over his, which is the catalyst for his StartOfDarkness and resentment towards Dante. However, ''5'' reveals that after securing Dante's safety, Eva's last moments were spent calling out to Vergil and trying to find him.

* AmbiguouslyBi: It's made abundantly clear that Nico is attracted to women, given her reaction to Lady in the nude (referring to her as having a "smokin' body" and awkwardly stammering after she exposes herself) as well as comments in the prequel novel where she thinks to herself that Kyrie is the loveliest thing she's ever seen. On the other hand, there is one cutscene that has her attempt to play it cool after a near-crash "Eww, are you flirting with me?". At the same time, it's such a bizarre and out-of-place accusation to resort to, especially for a man she knows is in a committed relationship, that it has undertones that she's not actually as against the idea of men flirting with her as she seems.

* TheConfidant: He's only shown briefly in ''Visions of V'', but Vergil clearly feels comfortable enough with him to complain about what Dante's done to annoy him.

* NiceGirl: Very sweet and patient with Nero, and quick to reassure him that she doesn't consider his demonic heritage something to be ashamed when his actions saved the day.

* BigScrewedUpFamily: Her father was a MadScientist. Her grandparents all died before she was even born. Her mother died when she was a child from a terminal disease. And her adoptive father, who raised her for most of her life, is actually her mother's half-brother. Nico isn't even blood related to Nell Goldstein at all, as her mother was born from her grandfather's second marriage, after he divorced Nell, with only her uncle[=/=]adoptive father being Nell's child. All the same, [[FamilyOfChoice she considers herself a Goldstein and Nell her grandmother]].

** Exhibits some of the same MadScientist and stress-induced SpeechImpediment traits of her father Agnus, in particular her stuttering when excited.

* MsExposition: As made obvious by the name, "Nico's Reports" are written from her own perspective, providing a lot of exposition and backstory regarding the other characters, weapons, enemies and bosses. She also loves to insert her own side comments and flavor of humor from time to time, especially when specific Report files reveal that she's giving all of the {{Infodump}} to Nero. Nico also cites the files of her father Agnus as the source of some entries, especially when it comes to demons [[ContinuityNod that were relevant in the past installments]]. However, this doesn't mean she knows everything, as evidenced by her inability to find an old reference to V's familiar Nightmare simply because the Order of the Sword was unaware of the original Nightmare's existence in Mallet Island.

** Her reports are somewhat filled with this though, playing it straight. She uses Goliath's ability as inspiration to expand the arsenal, spends her entry on Artemis gushing on how it was a gun made by a top tier gunsmith that fused to a human and made it, before talking on how the energy beams it shot were graceful and like "a ballet of destruction".
* NoHeroDiscount: She fully charges the trio in exchange for her stuff despite knowing they're on a mission to save the world. At least, she gives one Devil Breaker of each types to Nero, also leaving them spread about the place for him to pick up just in case, [[spoiler: and gives Dante the Dr. Faust.]]

** When Nero compliments Nico saying that they're finally acting like a real team, she accuses him of flirting with her. The quiet "Oh my Gawd" she gives after he walks away has created a number of interpretations. The number of times Nico has fondly checked out female characters, gives the impression that [[AmbiguouslyGay she's put off by male advances]]. Then again, given that she had just nearly rolled over Nero with the Van, stopping mere inches from his face, she could have been relieved that she didn't kill Nero.
** In the epilogue, Nico is grossed-out by the fact that [[spoiler:Nero regrew his right arm]].
* SmokingIsCool: Zigzagged and played for laughs. Nico rids herself of a demon crawling in through the window by stabbing it in the head with the burning end of a cigarette and then--[[MakesSenseInContext while in a van doing a barrel roll]]--snatches another cigarette with only her mouth, which Nero lights for her afterwards. Nero then waves away the smoke and sticks his head out the window for fresh air and the game flashes a disclaimer indicating it does not endorse or promote cigarettes.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Nico is the big sister Nero never knew he needed... and considering how much they snark at each other she's definitely the sister he's never sure he wanted. The pair are constantly throwing jibes, insults and knocks at each other whether it's regarding Nero's skills or Nico's quality control. She's also his most reliable partner and backup throughout the game, never far behind and creating his arsenal. Most of her jokes are at his expense too. The two are pretty much joined at the hip.

* WrenchWench: Wears a tool belt, likes to work with machinery and maintains Nero's mechanical prosthetic arms.

* MisplacedAccent: Redgrave is seemingly a city in the United Kingdom, but "Crew cut" speaks with an American accent and is armed with standard U.S. Army gear. It's possible, but never truly indicated in anyway, that he was part of American military aid sent to help Redgrave City.

* OvershadowedByAwesome: By no means is he a ''bad'' combatant, but he's a regular human soldier who held his own against Demons that are strong enough to mulch humans like wet paper and used everything he had to kill ''one.'' Compared to guys like Nero, Dante and V he's just a small fry.

The new ruler of the Fire Hell who once served as TheDragon to Argosax. He appears in prequel novel of ''5'' on Dumary Island and battles Dante, but is defeated and willingly becomes a Devil Arm for him.

* TheAnnouncer: He counts every time you land a hit, up to 10 in fist mode and shouts "Ignite the flame!" when using the move "Heat Up" in kick mode.

* VillainOfAnotherStory: Dante's encounter with Balrog is detailed more on the ''Before the Nightmare'' prequel novel than in the game itself, although Nico's Weapon Report on his Devil Arm form recounts tidbits of it, such as Balrog inheriting the burning throne of Fire Hell which was left vacant after the death of Berial, the fire beast from ''4''.

* WreathedInFlames: Can set his body on fire similiar to his Devil Arm form. He even shouts "IGNITE THE FLAME!" during Kick Mode when he uses Ignition.

* BitCharacter: They appear only once in the entire series, during a single level and boss fight in the first game. That's it. We don't ever get any dialog, mention, personality or even a lore backstory about Puff and his species.

A kindly gentleman from Redgrave City who's library was frequented by Vergil in his youth and gave him an anthology of William Blake poetry.

* {{Bookworm}}: He owned an entire library of books and self described bibliophile, and found Vergil a kindred spirit in this regard.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: Despite being much older than Vergil, he found the boys enthusiasism for reading charming, allowing him to freely look through his catalog and gifting him an anthology of William Blake.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Vergil's disappearance left quite the impact of the poor man, as he rightly suspected that the mysterious incidents in Redgrave had something to do with it and even thinks Vergil may have been killed.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It was an unquestionably kind gesture, but by giving Vergil his William Blake poetry book he inadvertantly set up the fight that would lead to Vergil running away from the Sparda household before Mundus' forces attacked, ultimately leading to Eva's death and the brothers becoming estranged.

* WorthyOpponent: It's clear that many devils crossed his path in the past. A few of them have actually fought him on par, including [[KillItWithFire Berial]], [[BladeOnAStick Bolverk]], and [[LightIsNotGood Beowulf]]. The last one got [[EyeScream his left eye slashed out]].

* ContraltoOfDanger: Husky-voiced and not a lady to mess with, especially behind the wheel.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It was an unquestionably kind guesture, but by giving Vergil his William Blake poetry book he inadvertantly set up the fight that would lead to Vergil running away from the Sparda household before Mundus' forces attacked, ultimately leading to Evas death and the brothers becoming estranged.

-->'''Morrison''': This can't be happening... Dante '''[[DefeatingTheUndefeatable lost]]'''?

* BareYourMidriff: Also shows off a row of tattoos on her belly.

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Because it is ambiguous how powerful he was, his power in relation to his children seems to vary. In the second game it is believed that Dante managed to surprassed Sparda, but in the fifth game, after Dante gets several power-ups, it is believed that Dante 'maybe' is more powerful than Sparda, so it is ambiguous who is more powerful between Dante from dmc 5 and Sparda.

* StrongAsTheyNeedToBe: Because it is ambiguous how powerful he was, his power in relation to his children seems to vary. In the second game it is believed that Dante managed to overcome Sparda, but in the fifth game, after Dante gets several power-ups, it is believed that Dante 'maybe' is more powerful than Sparda, but is almost certainly more accomplished than his father.

* WorldsStrongestMan: Before he was surpassed by his sons, Sparda was one of the strongest demons in the world, beating out many of the demon armies that stood in his path.

* AmbiguouslyBi: As detailed in the prequel novel of ''5''. She's completely awe struck by Kyrie the first time they meet, remarking she believes her to be the loveliest ''thing'' she's ever seen, and then appears to attempt to flirt with her. She later remarks to Nero how gorgeous Kyrie is, and that he doesn't deserve her. She also has some extremely suggestive dialogue when tuning up Red Queen, Nero's sword (who she starts ''flirting'' with, while referring to it in female pronouns). But then again, while it may just be her fangirling, the fact that she could barely not stutter when talking to Dante (who has a history of having some girls [[ShipTease liking him]] ) and also her calling Nero "honey" in an almost similarly flirtatious manner says something.
** That's not even getting into the fact that she made Sweet Surrender. Did she make it for Kyrie because she realizes that Nero's usual replacement arm isn't exactly suitable for such a task or was it for her to indirectly pleasure Kyrie as well, seeing as she invented it?
** Upon seeing Lady naked, Nico remarks that she has a “smokin’ body”, and awkwardly stammers that she wasn’t checking her out.
*** In the Mission 5 start screen, she can be seen hovering over Lady, who is sound asleep, naked with only a ModestyBedsheet covering her up. It looks like she's just making sure Lady's okay, but with way she's nervously leaning in and reaching and fumbling with her hands, it also looks like she's fighting the temptation to [[DudeShesLikeInAComa have a peek under the bedsheet or just outright remove it]].
*** That being said, when Lady wakes up and casually discards the bedsheet, leaving her nude, Nico has no real reaction outside of an annoyed glare that reeks of PleasePutSomeClothesOn.
** One cutscene has her mistake Nero for flirting with her, going so far as to say "Ew!" Is she [[IncompatibleOrientation irked by the idea of a guy flirting with her]] or was she just messing with Nero?
** Likewise, when she meets Dante, she nervously stutters around him in a way that suggests either being starstruck, or having a CelebCrush.

* LadyInRed: Eva's red shawl is her most noticable item of clothing and in-universe, this was likely Dante's reason for wearing his signature red coat. Unlike most examples of this trope she isn't depicted as evil or seductive.

* {{Expy}}: Of Eva.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Like practically everyone else in the novel.]]

* ParentalSubstitute: For Dante.

%%* KilledOffForReal
* KnightInSourArmor: His default attitude.

* {{Bishonen}}: Modeus.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: Implied: despite Nero scoffing at Nico's joke that Kyrie would kill him if she saw him holding a naked Lady [[NotWhatItLooksLike (he had just cut her loose from Artemis)]], when Nico leaves Nero mutters that Kyrie probably ''would'', and his tone makes it plain he genuinely dreads her wrath.

* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Once she meets Dante, she gets absolutely nervous, to the point of fans feeling she has a CelebCrush, and delves into Papa Angus' stuttering habit.

-->'''Nero:''' ''Did you just sniff that?'' Do you have any idea where that's been?
-->'''Nico:''' [[DeadpanSnarker Up yer butt?]]