This page lists tropes related to background characters who appear in the classic Devil May Cry continuity.
For other characters that appear in the DMC franchise, see the Devil May Cry Character Index. For tropes related to background characters in the alternate continuity reboot, see the DmC: Devil May Cry Character Page.
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Sparda
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"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 armies that wanted to conquer the human world. His sword shares his name, and possesses incredible powers.- The Ace: "The Legendary Dark Knight". His sons Dante and Vergil each inherited half of Sparda's techniques (Dante the more stylish, Vergil the more practical and efficient), while the man himself could do practically anything with a sword.
- Ascended Demon: He was a demon who fell in love with a human, and so chose to protect humanity and rebel against his kind.
- Badass Longcoat: Wore a purple Victorian variant in human form. A fondness for longcoats must run in the family.
- BFS: He wielded a large sword that was named after him.
- Cool Sword: Force Edge/Sparda and Yamato, the latter of which he passed down to Vergil. He also had the Rebellion, which would be passed down to Dante as a memento.
- Dark Is Not Evil: He's a demon, has the powers associated with being one, and his outfits are mostly dark-colored. But after seeing the good in humanity and waking up to justice, Sparda rebelled against his own kind.
- Defector from Decadence: Sparda apparently "woke up to justice", saw the good in humanity and decided to rebel against the Demon World's legion. 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. That's his general backstory which is brought up several times in the series, such as the opening cutscenes in 1 and 3, or some dialogue lines in 4.
- Depending on the Artist: Dante's Sparda costumes implied that Sparda's human form strongly resembled his sons. A family painting in 5, however, depicts him
as an older-looking man with powdered wig-like hair. - Disappeared Dad: He raised and trained Dante and Vergil with Eva until he died when they where still young.
- Dismantled MacGuffin: "The Legend of Sparda" document in 5 states that Sparda split his power into three weapons: clearly describing Sparda, Rebellion and Yamato. The Demon Sword Sparda was even further split into three parts: the two amulets given to Dante and Vergil and Force Edge. Combining everything but the Yamato eventually creates the Devil Sword Dante.
- The Dragon: The prequel novel of 5 confirms he was Mundus's second-in-command, and most trusted general before his Heel–Face Turn, giving him a backstory similar to his DmC: Devil May Cry counterpart.
- The Dreaded: Sparda's name is hated just as much as it is feared throughout demonkind, considering how he almost singlehandedly defeated and sealed all of them two thousand years ago.
- Famed In-Story: TAS (mostly) notwithstanding, there is a 99.9% chance that Sparda's exploits are directly related to whatever Dante's currently dealing with. Whether or not he gets praise or disdain, however, depends on who Dante is talking to; certain demons understandably hold Sparda in contempt, while others hold him in high regard (Fortuna, in particular, essentially worships Sparda as if he were a god, but it's unknown if Sparda is privy to the Order of the Sword's existence or if he would react negatively to them).
- A Form You Are Comfortable With: While it's assumed that using Devil Trigger allows those with demon blood to tap into their full potential, Sparda is the only one with an explicit mention that his human visage is not his true form. If you look closely at his shadow, it's shaped like his demon form.
- Generation Xerox: 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). And completely inverted with his grandson Nero, who seems to be his polar opposite and wears both red and blue.
- 5 takes this trope even further with his sons' Sin Devil Triggers which, in contrast to their more humanlike "normal" Devil Triggers, more closely resemble Sparda's own Devil Form.
- Genre Savvy: 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 DMC 5. Unfortunately only Dante has the chance to use it, as Vergil had been seperated from Dante and Eva when Mundus' forced did appear.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: Subverted. He's a demon with distinct glowing eyes in his true form, but had a Heel–Face Turn long before the games' events to become a sort of savior figure to parts of the human race.
- Greater-Scope Paragon: He was a legendary demon that turned good and sided with humanity.
- Has a Type: Going by his relationships with Eva and Matier, it seems Sparda had a thing for human, or in Matier's case, partly human women.
- Heel–Face Turn: Sparda "woke up to justice" and then proceeded to kick Mundus's ass and seal him away.
- Heroic Lineage: His son Dante became humanity's greatest defender against demonkind, while his other son's son, Nero, became a heroic demon hunter as well.
- Hero of Another Story: The series' backstory revolves around Ascended Demon Sparda who rebelled against the forces of the demon world to protect humanity. In the modern day, his legacy is carried on by son Dante and grandson Nero.
- High-Class Glass: In human form, he wears a monocle. It goes well with his choice of clothing. It's also present in the unlockable "Legendary Dark Knight" costumes (that represent Sparda) for either Dante or Vergil in some games.
- Hunter of His Own Kind: Sparda turned against his fellow demons and sealed them back to their own world.
- I Know Your True Name: According to the 3 manga, Sparda was able to imprison The Seven Sins as the first of many seals placed upon the Temen-ni-gru by nailing them to the earth with cursed stakes and taking their names away.
- Informed Attractiveness: In 3, Nevan describes Sparda as a "handsome devil" when she meets his son Dante in person. Considering that some of Dante's costumes imply that Sparda looked like his sons, her description holds water.
- Interspecies Romance: Eva is his human bride.
- Long-Dead Badass: Sparda is dead by the time the Devil May Cry games take place. He's renowned for rebelling against his demon kin and saving humanity from them, which is no small feat, and he even got known as the "Legendary Dark Knight" because of it. Dante has taken up his legacy, but we never got to see Sparda himself in action. Interestingly, the series never states exactly how he died, and the only game-related source where he's directly confirmed as dead is in the prologue of the first game.
- Man of Wealth and Taste: The family portrait in 5 shows him wearing a formal attire while in human form. The unlockable "Legendary Dark Knight" costumes that reference him also have elegant coats and a monocle.
- Meaningful Name:
- "Sparda" sounds like a corruption of "spada", the Italian word for sword. The Devil Sword Sparda also shares his name (some supplementary material such as "The Legend of Sparda" library file in 5 confirms that the latter naming choice is intentional).
- His name also sounds similar to the word Sparta, a city-state filled with brave and strong warriors, which Sparda definitely was.
- Messianic Archetype: Sparda, despite ironically being a demon, is frequently regarded as a Christ-figure throughout the series due to him saving humanity from the demonkind before sealing his powers away into his swords and dying from unspecified reasons. DMC4 is really on the nose about the allusions, as the Medieval Stasis citizens of Fortuna explicitly worship Sparda as "The Savior" and have an entire religion based on him called the "Order of the Sword", led by a Pope-like figure named Sanctus. However, these worshippers are the antagonists since they misinterpret Sparda's good deeds as an excuse to be a Knight Templar in a mad grab for demonic power. The protagonist Nero calls Sanctus out on this in the finale.
- My Species Doth Protest Too Much: After falling in love with a human.
- One-Man Army: This line from the opening narration of the first game says it all:"But somebody from the underworld woke up to justice and stood up against this legion alone."
- Only the Chosen May Wield: Downplayed in the case of his namesake sword, the Devil Sword Sparda. While several characters have wielded the Sparda, it actually has certain conditions before its power can be properly utilized. As shown in 4, Sanctus wielded the sword, but it doesn't give him strength because he lacks The Power of Love. It's also discussed in 5; Griffon explains that the wielder of Sparda needs to be strong in both mind and body, but V is too physically weak, so it took him a lot of effort to even lift the sword for a single downward stab.
- 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.
- The Power of Love: His love for a human, Eva, made him more powerful than most demons. Even Nero is aware of this at the end of 4, claiming that what made Sparda so powerful was that he had a heart that could love others.
- Purple Is Powerful: He's pretty much the most powerful character in the setting, and his Color Motif is purple.
- Precursor Heroes: Two millennia ago, Sparda defended humanity against demonic invaders. In the modern era, his role as humanity's protector is inherited by his son Dante and grandson Nero.
- Really 700 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.
- Rebel Leader: Or rather, he was the entire army who rebelled against Mundus.
- Red Baron: The Legendary Dark Knight.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Dante's Legendary Dark Knight costume references the human form of his father Sparda, who has a one-way purple monocle over his left eye. In 3, the costume's official artwork has the monocle obscuring his eye in white light, which contrasts the official artworks of the first and fourth games where the monocle is transparent.
- The Shadow Knows: In 1 and 3, you can unlock an alternate costume for Dante which makes him resemble his dad Sparda. Although Sparda looks like an ordinary handsome human with a fashionable outfit, the shadow he casts is always shaped like his demon form.
- Shrouded in Myth: The only concrete things known about him within the story are: A) he used to be Mundus's right-hand devil and blood-brother, B) rebelled against Mundus two thousand years prior to 1 and 3 before sealing both worlds away from each other, C) probably spent some time with the Vie de Marli clan and on Fortuna, and D) had Dante and Vergil with Eva before disappearing from their lives... and that's it. So much that Dante comments that the Order of the Sword may have gotten a few of their facts wrong in 4.Dante: "Well from what I can figure there's a lot of confusion surrounding him."
- Strong Family Resemblance: Granted, the only times Sparda appears in the series are as a costume for Dante, but it's strongly indicated that his human form really was a dead-ringer for Dante's and Vergil's.
- Super Mode: Like his sons, he had a Devil Trigger form, though it's implied that he's just reverting back to his true demonic form.
- Strong as They Need to Be: 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 surpass 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.
- Worf Had the Flu: He needed help to defeat Argosax because he had sealed much of his power within his swords.
- World's Strongest Man: Before he was surpassed (or not) 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.
- Worthy Opponent: It's 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.- 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.
- 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. Viewtiful Joe, created by the creator of DMC1 (Hideki Kamiya), also stated that Dante actually did die during the initial attack, and was brought back to life by Eva's spirit in the amulet. 3 just makes Dante really, really durable, and 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 1.
- Death by Origin Story: Her death caused Dante to become a demon hunter, hoping to eventually find the one responsible for it in order to avenge her. Although early canon is decidedly unspecific on how she died, the prequel manga for 3 at least hints at a demon attack. 5 then shows a flashback of her final moments with Dante way back when their household got attacked and engulfed in flames. According to a newspaper excerpt from the library section of the latter game, Eva's corpse was damaged and charred after the incident, although witnesses were still able to identify her.
- 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, and grandmother of Nero.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: At the very least, Sparda did. Mundus tried to capitalize on Eva's beauty by making Trish in her image in an (almost successful) attempt at baiting Dante.
- Go Through Me: Early materials such as the first game and the prequel manga of 3 imply that Eva did this in order to allow a young Dante to hide when demons attacked their home... at the cost of her own life.
- Dante, as he laments over Trish's apparent death, remembers what his mother did.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!!"
- Not just implied in the first novel: Vergil caused Nell to perform a Heroic Sacrifice specifically to remind Dante of Eva's.
- 5 finally reveals what happened, where in the middle of a demon attack on their home, Eva has Dante hide in the closet, while telling him that she still needs to go and find Vergil, as well as giving him instructions as to what to do if she doesn't return. While it's never shown on screen, it's implied that she died before she got to Vergil, resulting in believing he was left for dead.
- Dante, as he laments over Trish's apparent death, remembers what his mother did.
- Guile Heroine:
- In Viewtiful Joe, Mundus considers her this, going so far as to rant, "The real enemy was you, Eva!" The game reveals that she's responsible for basically all of the first game. If she hadn't brought Dante back to life, there would have been no one to stop Mundus, it's implied that it was the amulet that woke up Nelo Angelo and kept him from killing Dante, not to mention unsealing the Sword of Sparda and the arrival of Trish in time to save Dante, which seemed like a Deus ex Machina, was also her doing.
- In the second prequel novel, they visit an alternate universe where Eva took over Sparda's army after he was killed by human traitors. The people who are still alive in that universe practically worship her memory, and it's implied her leadership after Sparda's fall was the only reason Mundus hadn't already finished conquering the place, since they had nothing else going for them. After hearing that story, Dante comments something along the lines of "she's the same in every universe."
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: She had blonde hair and was a kind and loving mother to her two sons.
- Interspecies Romance: Sparda is her demon husband.
- Mama Bear: She was killed by demons while trying to protect Dante and Vergil.
- Mayfly–December Romance: Human woman with a human life span paired with an immortal demon. So it goes.
- Missing Mom: Heavily implied to have died protecting her children years ago, although her status as a Posthumous Character has an air of ambiguity around it.
- Parental Favoritism: Subverted. Vergil believed that Eva abandoned him and left him behind to prioritize Dante's safety over his, which is the catalyst for his Start of Darkness and resentment towards Dante. However, 5 reveals that Eva's last words were calling out for Vergil, trying to find him after she secured Dante's safety.
- Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: "Eva" is the Latinate form of the name Eve.
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 manual of Devil May Cry, and also shows up in Devil May Cry 3's prequel manga.- Canon Discontinuity: You see that above quote pertaining to Dante? That was the original Title Drop of the series until 3 came along.
- Intercontinuity Crossover: Subverted. The Enzo of Bayonetta is a Mythology Gag/Shout-Out to Dante's Enzo by Kamiya, but they aren't the same person. The primary reason is due to how director Hideaki Itsuno of 2 through 5 stating that only the Human World and the Demon World exists in the DMC setting, whereas Paradiso also exists in Bayonetta's setting. Further lending credence that Dante's Enzo isn't the same person as Bayonetta's Enzo are the events played out in TAS's Audio Drama CD Vol. 1, where Dante had to amputate one of Enzo's arm due a Devil Arm gun that was going to completely possess Enzo after the events of 1 but before TAS, as well Enzo running a Devil Arm pawn shop of sorts.
- Lovable Coward: How he's described.
- Plot Armor: He's one of the very few to survive the prequel novel, since the game's manual established that he's still alive as of 1. TAS's Audio Drama CD Vol.1 has him lose an arm, but is running a Devil Arm pawn shop by the end.
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 1's prequel 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.- Ambiguously Jewish: Given her surname being "Goldstein".
- Ace Custom: She made Ebony and Ivory.
- "Blind Idiot" Translation: Her personality is used to justify one of the few instances of it (the inscription of Ebony and Ivory saying "'.45 Art Warks", instead of "'.45 Art Works") in the original game.
- Cool Old Lady: Usually bothered by the mercenaries who Dante hangs out with to make guns for them, but she doesn't take any lip.
- Empathic Weapon: Technically, she temporarily is one.
- Heroic Sacrifice: She stayed in a burning building to complete Ebony and Ivory for Dante. Vergil knew that she would and set it up in order to trigger Dante's memories of Eva.
- High-Class Glass: Wears glasses most of the time, but a monocle while working.
- In-Series Nickname: Nell was called the ".45 Caliber Virtuoso" according to her adoptive granddaughter Nico in 5.
- Memento MacGuffin: She made Ebony and Ivory and haunted them at least long enough to perform the series' first chronological "Jackpot."
- Replacement Goldfish: For Eva, not that "Tony" knows this. 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, that may be because she's not all that attached to her life...
- Retcon: The first light novel presents her as a bad speller to justify the "ART WARKS" spelling mistake etched on Ebony and Ivory, as her gun shop is also named that way. However, Devil May Cry 5 and its Before the Nightmare novel changed the origins of that phrase; Nell's son, Rock Goldstein, was the one who made the "Art Warks" misspelling when he was still young, yet Nell kept it to honor him. Rock was newly-introduced in Before the Nightmare, and at one point, Dante visited his shop to have his guns fine-tuned. Rock noticed the misspelled "WARKS" and corrected it.
- Unwitting Pawn: She died but it backfired painfully for Vergil.
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 1's prequel novel who takes Tony somewhat under his wing. Not as hard-boiled as he tries to be. And it kills him.- Badass Normal: Fights and kills demons for a living.
- Papa Wolf: He does it all for his three daughters. This gets extended to Dante later on.
- Parental Substitute: Not to the same degree as Nell, but it's still there.
- Perma-Stubble: Interior artwork shows him with this.
- Properly Paranoid: He keeps saying that it's a business and people shouldn't get attached. Vergil targets him because he's Dante's friend.
Jessica
Grue's daughter, who essentially holds the household together. And is a good cook. And doesn't deserve what happens to her.
- Bedlam House: With demons.
- Shoot the Dog: Dante is the one who has to put her out of her misery.
Beryl
A red-haired human demon hunter in the Devil May Cry 2 prequel novel with a big gun. Sound familiar? note
- Achey Scars: Has one along her collarbone that flares up in heat and pain whenever she's near the Beastheads, the demonic three-headed dog statue that her father had injured her with when she was a child.
- Action Girl: She's a demon hunter and kicks just as much ass as the guys.
- 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, Lucia killed Arius after he'd already been killed by Dante and Lady shot Arkham after he was crippled by Dante and Vergil.
- Disappeared Dad: Her father was killed years ago by the Beastheads, the artifact the second prequel novel revolves around.
- Heroic BSoD: In the alternate universe, after learning that Sparda was betrayed and killed by humans in that universe.
- 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 3 (both based off of the Lahti L-39 anti-tank rifle). 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.
Matier
"You must not worry my dear. I am sure that he will return."
Voiced by: Flo Di Re
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's machinations in Devil May Cry 2, 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. It is later revealed that Matier is not Lucia's biological mother, having found Lucia when she was cast away by Arius and subsequently raising her as her own. Despite this, the two remain a tightly-knit family.
- Ambiguously Brown: She has a tan complexion and speaks with what seems like a mix between a French and Eastern European accent. However, her exact race/ethnicity isn't clear.
- Cool Old Lady: Lucia definitely considers her one, though she often gets on Dante's nerve on his return to the island.
- Generation Xerox: She once fought alongside Sparda just as her daughter fought alongside Dante.
- Hero of Another Story: Matier fought side by side with Sparda to seal away the demon Argosax the Chaos and even briefly had a relationship with Sparda. 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.
- Informed Attribute: Matier can use sorcery according to Daigo Ikeno, the character designer of Devil May Cry 2. She never displays this ability in the game.
- Interspecies Romance: 5's prequel novel Before the Nightmare confirms she had a brief fling with Sparda in her youth, which shocks Dante. Downplayed, as she's only partially human, and has some demon blood in her.
- Interspecies Adoption: Although Lucia isn't aware of this until The Reveal. From there on, it turns into Happily Adopted, as their ties are "bound by history and experience, which is much deeper than blood." Matier then outright tells Lucia "You are my daughter."
- I Was Quite the Looker: Apparently very beautiful in her youth, so much she caught Sparda's eye.
- 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.
- Shipper on Deck: Spends an awful amount of time in Before the Nightmare trying to get Dante to hook up with Lucia (stating she really wants Dante to give her a happy memory), which annoys Dante to no end, as he considers Lucia only a close friend, and partner.
- Uneven Hybrid: The percentage is unknown, but she does have demonic ancestry.
Alice
- Alice Allusion: One of several references to Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland.
- The Bait: The Mad Hatter intends to use her as a way of luring the Sons of Sparda out of hiding.
- Mysterious Waif: She has some supernatural powers. The third of the originally three-volume prequel manga was supposed to go more in-depth before production of it ended abruptly.
- Older Alter Ego: Alice actually goes so far as to trade her innocence to demons for the sake of becoming older and more attractive.
- Younger Than They Look: She is circa 12 years old, but she uses her powers to give herself the appearance of a woman in her early twenties.
J.D. Morrison
The Broker
Click here to see Morrison in DMC The Animated Series
"We've known each other a long time. Ya never had this much trouble... You gonna make it through this, Dante?"
Voiced by: Akio Ōtsuka (The Animated Series, DMC5; Japanese), Rob Mungle (The Animated Series, English), Joey Camen (DMC5)
A character featured in Devil May Cry: The Animated Series. He acts as Dante's agent in the stead of Enzo Ferino. He also appears in the fifth game, albeit... looking different.- Cool Old Guy: Not necessarily old, but does have a generally easygoing attitude.
- Knowledge Broker: He's the information broker of the Devil May Cry agency, keeping Dante, Lady, Trish, and Nero in touch whenever there's a potential demon-hunting job available for them.
- Mr. Exposition: Because Nero was still relatively new to the Devil May Cry agency when the demon invasion happened in Red Grave City, Morrison's letters provide a lot of exposition for the young devil hunter to catch up on the details regarding Dante's past as "Tony Redgrave", and how he got acquainted with Lady and Trish in separate events.
- Oh, Crap!: He has this reaction once he realizes Urizen defeated Dante and the Qliphoth's roots start spreading and attacking people.Morrison: This can't be happening... Dante lost?
- Race Lift: Morrison is portrayed as a black man in 5 despite being Caucasian in the anime.
- Remember the New Guy?: Morrison was introduced to the DMC universe via the 2007 animated series that takes place after the first Devil May Cry game, but the overarching lore, especially from his dialogue and letters in Devil May Cry 5, reveal that he knew Dante for a very long time, especially ever since the latter was still going by the alias of "Tony Redgrave".
- Morrison also knew some other key plot points that happened later in the DMC1 light novel spin-off (such as the circumstances of Nell Goldstein's death) despite not making an appearance there, but his letter justifies his absence by saying he was "out of town" at the time.
- His fourth letter in DMC5 also reveals Morrison chartered a ship that Dante and Trish rode to reach Mallet Island, despite yet again, Morrison himself neither appearing nor being mentioned in the first DMC game.
- Team Dad: Plays this role to some extent in maintaining Devil May Cry.
- What the Hell, Hero?: His usual reaction to the amount of property damage that Dante racks up in the process of doing his jobs.
Patty Lowell
Voiced by: Misato Fukuen (Japanese), Hilary Haag (English, The Animated Series), Haviland Stillwell (English, DMC5), Yu Shimamura (Japanese, DMC5)
A young girl who Dante takes care of until her mother can be found in Devil May Cry: The Animated Series.- Badass and Child Duo: Dante and Patty have this dynamic in the first episode.
- Big Brother Worship: She may snark at him endlessly, but in reality Patty adores Dante.
- Continuity Cameo: 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.
- Everyone Loves Blondes: Patty Lowell is a young blond girl who serves as Dante's female partner if Lady and Trish are absent. When they first meet in the Devil May Cry shop, Dante even thinks about asking Patty on a date in about 10 years or so.
- Famous Ancestor: Is descended from a magician/alchemist named Alan Lowell who defeated the demon Abigail (the only demon he could not control with his black magic/summoning powers) and sealed him away within an amulet called Alan's Tear. This amulet, now in Patty's possession, is what Sid seeks to unseal Abigail and take his power, and Patty herself plays a role in Sid/Abigail's defeat by rousing Dante into a Heroic Second Wind when it seems like he's on the verge of defeat.
- The Gambler: She is very good at games like poker.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Prissiness aside, Dante does eventually take a shine to this kid, even becoming something of an older brother figure to the girl.
- Has a Type: She stated to Dante she's into younger guys, though if you take 5's implications of Single-Target Sexuality at face value, then she wasn't saying this seriously.
- Intergenerational Friendship: She's far younger then Dante in the anime but they a pretty close, sister-brother relationship. 5 reveals they pretty much kept that strong friendship as she grew up, and at 18 Patty still adores him.
- Meido: Is responsible for the upkeep of Dante's office and can be frequently seen cleaning it. Even after she leaves Devil May Cry to move in with her birth mother Patty returns often to make sure it's kept tidy.
- Ojou: And it shows with her disdain for Dante's lack of cleanliness at his office.
- Pink Means Feminine: Her primary attire is a semi-Pimped-Out Dress with this coloration.
- Reckless Sidekick: In Episode 9 "Death Poker."
- Single-Target Sexuality: Implied. Devil May Cry 5 describes her as having grown into quite the looker and being the subject of a lot of male attention...which she largely ignores. But on her 18th birthday she apparently spends a large part of her afternoon trying to get Dante on the phone to invite him to her party.
- Time-Shifted Actor: For her brief cameo in 5, the now-adult Patty is voiced by a different voice actress (in both English and Japanese) than her child self was in The Animated Series.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Dante often tells Patty she's a spoiled brat, and Patty often calls him a lazy, messy pig, but it's mostly in good fun.
- The Voice: In 5, Patty only gets a brief Continuity Cameo in a phone call with Dante.
Baul and Modeus
Baul
Modeus
Baul voiced by: Joji Nakata (Japanese), Andrew Love (English)
A pair of brothers from the Demon World introduced in Devil May Cry: The Animated Series. They were disciples of Sparda prior to his rebellion against Mundus.- Continuity Nod: Their Devil Trigger forms are very similar to those of Dante and Vergil's in Devil May Cry 3. As the two siblings were Sparda's apprentices, they could also be considered his "sons" in a sense.
- Dark Is Not Evil: Modeus gave up fighting a long time ago to live as a pacifist and only attempted to kill Dante after the latter killed Baul.
- Dual Wielding: Baul uses two swords simultaneously in combat.
- Friend to All Children: Modeus seems to be this based on his interactions with Patty.
- Light Is Not Good: Baul is arguably a subversion in that he doesn't demonstrate any desire to deliberately inflict violence on civilians or pursue any unambiguously malevolent goals. He seeks to prove his worth as a warrior against Sparda's son due to not being able to fight against his departed mentor.
- Proud Warrior Race Guy: Baul is this through and through. Averted in Modeus's case as he has chosen to take a more pacifistic path in life.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: Baul is red while Modeus is blue overall. Though the brothers also have traits of the opposites in that Baul is a highly disciplined soldier and Modeus is not devoid of thinking in emotional terms, most notably when he was angered by Dante killing Baul and attempted a vendetta on Dante that cost him his life.
- Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Their names are respectively derived in reference to Baal and Asmodeus, two demons who are mentioned in Judeo-Christian demonology or the Ars Goetia.
- Revenge Before Reason: Following Dante's killing of Baul in combat, Modeus attempted to kill Dante in retaliation even after Dante told him of the futility of throwing his life away for such a cause.
- Unwitting Pawn: Baul is this to Sid, who used his and his brother's corpses as part of the ritual to gain the power of Abigail.
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 in Devil May Cry 4. She gets kidnapped as a power source for the Savior.- 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.
- The Bait: This was the reason the villains went after Kyrie in 4. They wanted to use Dante to power the Savior, but weren't quite equal to the task of capturing him, so after Agnus discovered that Nero had demonic power of his own and a relationship with Kyrie, he and Sanctus used her as bait to lure Nero into their trap so that the two of them could be used instead. Additionally, Sanctus brought her out of The Savior to catch Nero off-guard and steal the Yamato from him.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Implied. Despite Nero scoffing at Nico's joke that Kyrie would kill him if she saw him holding a naked Lady (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.
- Childhood Friend Romance: With Nero, an adoptive brother to her.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: It's stated by both Nico and Nero that Kyrie would be furious if she saw him holding the nude, unconscious Lady, regardless of what the circumstances were.
- Damsel in Distress: Several girls in this franchise are quite capable of protecting themselves from demons, but Kyrie's role in the story of 4 boils down to getting saved by Nero. Agnus and Sanctus exploited this by kidnapping her to lure out Nero and steal the Yamato from him.
- Demoted to Extra: Only gets a few lines from offscreen in Nero's prologue, and a few phone conversations in 5.
- Double Entendre: "She yearns for your touch." Who is Kyrie referring to: Red Queen or herself?
- Expy: Looks suspiciously like Orihime with her long red hair and her white maxi-dress. She also has a similar protector/love interest, and both even have the same English voices.
- Freakiness Shame: Mixed in with Be Yourself, Kyrie helps Nero get over his in the ending, positively regarding both the love of her life and his Devil Bringer when he tries to hide it from her. (In his defense, she was more than a bit frightened the first time she laid eyes on it, thinking at the time that Nero was threatening her brother Credo.)
- Good Wears White: She is Nero's loving girlfriend and wears a white dress in 4.
- The Heart:
- When Nero is so lost that he's beginning to doubt himself, he makes only a brief phone call to Kyrie, and she knows just what to say to put him at ease.
- According to Nico in 5, the Fortuna incident from the previous game affected the children in the orphanage so much, yet Kyrie is still doing her best to keep them in check altogether.
- Heroic Bystander: Puts herself in danger to save a small boy from a demon (which Nero quickly dispatches). It's unclear 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.
- Informed Attractiveness: In the prequel novel for 5, Nico is awe struck upon meeting Kyrie in person, and even remarks on her beauty in-game (via Kyrie's character profile).Nico: And don't get me started on how beautiful she is. She'd be beating the boys back with a stick if it wasn't for Nero.
- Interspecies Romance: Truly loves Nero, regardless of his demonic heritage.
- Light Feminine and Dark Feminine: Embodies the "light" end of the spectrum with her sweet nature and her gentle manners, in contrast to Trish and Lady who embody the other end.
- Nice Girl: Very sweet and patient with Nero, and quick to reassure him that she doesn't consider his demonic heritage something to be ashamed of when his actions saved the day.
- Parental Abandonment: 4's Deadly Fortune novelization reveals that her and Credo's parents died in a demon attack. The culprits were actually Order members who could not fully complete the Ascension ceremony (for lack of physical and/or mental strength, coupled with the fact that demon energy might not be so good for the skin) and instead devolved into mindless, insane demons. For obvious reasons, Credo never told her.
- Protectorate: Of Nero. Even more so once they become an Official Couple.
- Satellite Love Interest: Kyrie is barely given any characterization at all besides the usual "kind and caring" shtick and for being Nero's romantic partner and emotional support. She spends a significant portion of 4 being a Damsel in Distress for Nero to rescue, and she is also completely offscreen for the entirety of 5. For what it's worth, she is one of the few people who tells Nero that she likes him the way he is. Her role in the series is inherently tied to Nero, and if he didn't appear in a game, it's unlikely that she would. Beyond these, the only other thing established about her is that she runs an orphanage on Fortuna after the events of 4.
- Slipknot Ponytail: Her hair clip breaks after Agnus kidnaps her.
- 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).
- Token Wholesome: Kyrie is the only female character in the games whose outfit covers her entire body from the neck down.
- The Voice: Kyrie never appears on-screen in 5. Her voice is heard from off-screen in Nero's garage and in phone calls.
Nicoletta "Nico" Goldstein
The Artisan of Arms
"My brilliant, badass work is worth every dime, you know it."
Voiced by: Faye Kingslee (English)
A self-proclaimed "weapon artist", Nicoletta "Nico" Goldstein is Nero's business partner in Devil May Cry 5. She created Nero's prosthetic arm "Devil Breaker" after he had his Devil Bringer ripped off. Her grandmother was gunsmith Nell Goldstein, the one who had created Ebony and Ivory for Dante. Meanwhile, her father was Agnus of Devil May Cry 4 infamy.- Alliterative Name: Likes to call herself "God's Gift to Gunsmithin'."
- Ambiguously Bi: 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 by saying "Ew! You, like, flirtin' with me?" to Nero after a near-crash. 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.
- Ambiguously Brown: Her father is Agnus, implying a mixed heritage. Also worth noting that her voice actress is an Australian woman of mixed Chinese-Irish parentage. On the other hand, her concept art shows her much more obviously dark-skinned, while her actual in-game model looks much more Jewish in appearance, with the curls and nose.
- Ambiguously Christian: Despite her very Jewish surname, in a comedic moment she makes the sign of the cross after barely stopping her van from driving off of a cliff.
- Ambiguously Jewish: Her full name is Nicoletta Goldstein, and she has curled hair typical of Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry, though it's rather unclear if her adoptive father/uncle Rock Goldstein raised her with any religious beliefs, let alone Judaism.
- Alchemy Is Magic: She came to Nero in order to gain access to her father's alchemy research, and with it learns how to use parts of demons to forge increasingly more dangerous and effective weapons.
- Badass Driver: She rams demons with the van she and Nero operate out of, and uses some debris as a ramp to let the van do a perfect barrel roll. And let's not get into how she reaches you while you're near the top of a multi-level building...
- Badass Normal: She rivals Lady in her ability to keep up with the Sparda boys despite not having a lick of demon blood in her. Unlike Lady, she doesn't take as much of a combat role, save for a few roadkill demons.
- Big, Screwed-Up Family: Her father was a Mad Scientist. 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, she considers herself a Goldstein and Nell her grandmother.
- Car Fu: Nico rams demons with the van she and Nero are riding on during the prologue. She also rams her van against an Empusa that was about to attack the unnamed soldier whom Nero nicknames "Crew cut".
- Disappeared Dad: Nico was abandoned by Agnus along with her mother, so she's not upset at him being dead nor does she hold a grudge against Dante for killing him.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: At first glance, the only part of Nico's overall design that seems provocative is her extremely short shorts. However, checking up on her tattoos, there are two mirrored pistols designed on her navel area, with the way they're positioned making it very clear the guns' barrels go down all the way "downtown".
- Drives Like Crazy: She drives a tad... aggressively (which is lampshaded by Nero in 5), crazy, and downright impossibly. Calling Nico to bring the van over for you to shop means she'll somehow get to you while near the top of a multi-level building or barrel through underground and up through concrete road.Nero: Hey! Do you have to hit every single bump in the road?
Nico: *cackles* - Dynamic Entry: Nico has a habit of suddenly appearing out of nowhere with her van, it becomes a sort of Running Gag whenever you call her over via a telephone booth. Sometimes, she arrives in unexpected ways, such as driving up through concrete from underground. She even pulls a Big Damn Heroes moment of saving "Crew cut" by bumping the Empusa that was about to attack the soldier.
- Establishing Character Moment: When a demon tries to crawl through the driver-side window, Nico doesn't even turn her head and puts her cigarette out on its face in the intro sequence. Later on, after Nico deliberately sends the van flipping through the air after crashing into several cars and demons, she calmly moves her head enough to catch a cigarette with just her mouth while Nero's outside shooting demons.
- Family Business: Nico comes from a family of renowned weapon makers. Her grandmother Nell made Ebony and Ivory, her uncle Rock created most of Lady's firearms, her father Agnus helped design Red Queen, and she herself is the one who created the Devil Breakers.
- Funetik Aksent: Downplayed, as it only occurs once in the story despite her thick southern (American) accent. At one point, the game's official subtitles spell out a stunned exclamation on her part as "Oh my gawd."
- Gameplay and Story Integration: Nico can't really do anything to power V and his demons up, so when V calls her the background animation for the upgrades menu will have a miniature Divinity Statue she keeps in the van.
- Gender-Blender Name: Downplayed if going by "Nico" only. While "Nicoletta" is the Italian form of "Nicole", the origin of the name is the Greek "Nikolaos", to which "Nico/Niko" is a unisex name.
- Generation Xerox:
- Exhibits some of the same Mad Scientist and stress-induced Speech Impediment traits of her father Agnus, in particular, her stuttering when excited.
- Nico is also proud to be a gunsmith just like her grandmother Nell Goldstein (who crafted Dante's Ebony & Ivory handguns), and she also helped in crafting some firearms for the heroes in 5. She made the Kalina Ann II in an attempt to replicate Lady's original rocket launcher after it was presumed lost, and The Art of Devil May Cry 5 artbook states that Nico made some modifications to Nero's Blue Rose revolver as well.
- Genki Girl: Nico has no off switch. She talks constantly, particularly about her weapons, and will never miss an opportunity to gush. She's also so blown away meeting Dante that she joins in his Michael Jackson dancing, pulling off his final pose and applauding enthusiastically. Hilariously contrasted to Trish who is looking very glad she's not actually Dante's mother.
- Happily Adopted: She has a very good relationship with her adoptive father, who's actually her uncle by blood, whom she considers also her mentor and teacher.
- Hero-Worshipper: Not only does Nico not have a problem with Dante having killed her father Agnus, but she absolutely geeks out at the mere idea of meeting a legend like him, and mimics his eccentric method of showing off the Faust Devil Arm when she gives it to him like an overeager fangirl.
- Impossibly Cool Clothes: The boot harness/straps she wears are decorated with bullets.
- In-Series Nickname: She's just addressed as "Nico", short for her first name, Nicoletta.
- In the Blood: On top of carrying on the Family Business, she got her looks, and nervous stutter, from Daddy Angus.
- Intrepid Merchant: Played for Laughs. No matter the improbability of it, Nico will always arrive nigh-instantaneously on her van wherever Nero and V call her up on payphones.
- The Knights Who Say "Squee!": Pretty much her reaction upon meeting Dante, acting like a fan meeting their idol for the first time.Nico: Wooahh. Yoou... are the infamous Dante!
- Like Brother and Sister: With Nero. And unlike most examples with this trope, it's the gross feuding sibling-type relationship as seen with the Goliath's horn scene.
- Like Parent, Like Child: Her obsession with experimenting on Demons and eccentric behavior makes her a heroic counterpart to her old man Agnus. Thankfully she seems to lack his complete lack of morality.
- Machine Empathy: She often speaks about how weapons are feeling when she's tuning them up.
- Mad Scientist's Beautiful Daughter: The attractive Nico is the daughter of Agnus, the Mad Scientist secondary villain from DMC 4.Nero: How's it feel to be rescuing the guy who killed your father?
- Major Injury Underreaction: Her reaction to Nero getting his arm ripped off is to ask him what happened in a tone that sounds like he backed the van through the garage door. She may have been already acquainted with his Healing Factor.Nico: I leave you alone for two minutes! What the hell happened!?
- Ms. Exposition: 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 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.
- Ms. Fanservice: Her outfit is very easy on the eyes, and the way she reaches down when revealing a new Devil Breaker for Nero gives the player a nice look at her.
- Nightmare Fetishist:
- Downplayed. When V tosses her one of Goliath's talons she asked for, she huffs the thing's fumes before exclaiming she can make something useful with it. A flabbergasted Nero can only ask "Did you just sniff that?"
- Her reports are somewhat filled with this though, playing it straight. She uses Goliath's ability as inspiration to expand the arsenal, and 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 about how the energy beams it shot were graceful and like "a ballet of destruction".
- No Hero Discount: 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 type to Nero, also leaving them spread about the place for him to pick up just in case, and gives Dante the Dr. Faust.
- Not Me This Time: Later in the game, when Nero is nearly crushed by one of her van's many Dynamic Entries, he's quick to call Nico out on her Drives Like Crazy tendencies... only for Nico to reveal she wasn't the one behind the wheel this time around.Nico: If you wanna bitch, blame it on Lady. She's behind the wheel.
[Lady looks out the driver's side window, smiling and waving playfully at Nero] - Platonic Life-Partners: Lives together with Nero and Kyrie at their Devil May Cry franchise office, while it also being very clear those two only have eyes for each other.
- Remember the New Guy?: Subverted. Nico didn't appear in the previous DMC games and she isn't given a formal introduction as she's shown casually working on Nero's mobile Devil May Cry office before Nero loses the Devil Bringer. However, she's already well-acquainted with Kyrie, and otherwise is hanging around as if she's been there the whole time. The Before the Nightmare Prequel novel actually explains how they all met.
- Sick and Wrong:
- 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 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 Nero regrew his right arm.
- Smoking Is Cool: 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—while in a van doing a barrel roll—snatches another cigarette with only her mouth, which Nero lights for her afterward. 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.
- Southern-Fried Genius: A rather brilliant inventor with a Southern accent.
- Squee: She can barely string two words together in front of Dante without vocally stumbling all over herself. Due to his signature guns Ebony and Ivory being her grandmother's work, she has heard a lot about him.
- Strong Family Resemblance: Really looks like her old man, especially their shared curly long fringe.
- Verbal Tic: She's inherited her father's stutter. While Agnus could barely go two sentences without it cropping up, Nico's seems to slip out whenever she gets excited, like when she first meets Dante.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: 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.
- Who You Gonna Call?: Sometime after the events of DMC4, Dante extended the Devil May Cry business to include Nero. By the events of DMC5, Nero and Nico run a mobile version of it, even placing a Devil May Cry neon sign on Nico's van.
- Womanchild: A bit of a dork and all too prone to childish jokes, the occasional bratty fit at Griffon or the like, and a bit of fangirling over Dante. For example, there's her sarcastic response to Nero in the Nightmare Fetishist scene above.Nero: Did you just sniff that? Do you have any idea where that's been?
Nico: Up yer butt? - Wrench Wench: Wears a tool belt, likes to work with machinery, and maintains Nero's mechanical prosthetic arms.
- You Killed My Father: Subverted; when Nero asks her about coming to the rescue of her father's killer, she states that since Agnus left her and her mother to die, she feels nothing for him.
"Crew Cut"
Voiced by: Patrick Seitz (English)
One of the human soldiers fighting the open demonic invasion of Redgrave City, a first for the series.
- Action Survivor: Is saved by the timely intervention of Nero, and brings Nico up to speed on the invasion happening all over the world.
- Badass Normal: It is possible, although unconfirmed, that the military fought to contain the demon invasion of Redgrave and the surrounding area for over a month. Considering most humans last a matter of seconds against demons, it's a miracle there were any soldiers alive in the city whatsoever.
- Dull Surprise: Though he's clearly speechless upon seeing how easily Nero can handle demons, his expression is very hard to read underneath that helmet.
- Hold the Line: Held his ground against the hordes of hell with an ordinary M4, and managed to kill one.
- In-Series Nickname: The soldier gets dubbed "Crew cut" by Nero, and "Soldier boy" by Nico. His actual name is never given. The fanbase took to it like moths to a flame, and the devs noticed.
- Misplaced Accent: 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 any way, that he was part of American military aid sent to help Redgrave City.
- Narrator All Along: Interestingly, for the series timeline overview leading up to 5, as he's the guy that narrates it. Looks like he took Nero's advice to take notes to heart. This also means that he somehow managed to scrounge up details of over a decade of Dante's exploits.
- No Name Given: His real name is never stated in-game. Nero gives him the nickname "Crew Cut", and Nico refers to him as "Soldier boy". In the post-credits, he is identified simply as "Soldier".
- Overshadowed by Awesome: 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.
- Red Shirt: His team is killed to show how powerless most traditional force is against a supernatural threat.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Written all over his face as his team is killed right in front of him.
- Underestimating Badassery: His entire squad just got slaughtered, he himself is severely wounded, and the guy he sees charging in to fight the demons is wearing a prosthetic arm, so he tries to get this seeming amputee to run away. Thankfully for everyone but said demons, this amputee is Nero, equipped with the new Devil Breaker courtesy of Nico, and he's a One-Man Army more than capable of demon slaying.
Balrog
"Ignite the flame!"
Voiced by: Michael Schwalbe (English)
The new ruler of the Fire Hell who once served as The Dragon to Argosax. He appears in the prequel novel of 5 on Dumary Island and battles Dante, but is defeated and willingly becomes a Devil Arm for him.
- The Announcer: 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.
- Counting Bullets: A non-firearm example. Balrog counts every hit you use with him when building up Ignition from 1 to 10. When not using him, Balrog then begins counting backwards and once he says zero, the flames on the Devil Arm go out.
- The Dragon: To Argosax according to Matier in a similar way to how Sparda was once Mundus'.
- Dragon Ascendant: After Dante destroyed Argosax, Balrog assumed control of a great deal of his army.
- Eyes Do Not Belong There: In his Devil Arm form, he has a large yellow eye on each gauntlet.
- I Need You Stronger: A self example as his reason for becoming a Devil Arm is so Dante can make him stronger by using him in battle, then eventually they can have a rematch.
- Living Weapon: Balrog, rather than dying or becoming a soul for Dante to absorb, transformed into a Devil Arm and is consciously aware of everything around him. He even counts your hits when using him.
- Playing with Fire: Balrog can conjure and control flames that rival even Berial and is powerful enough to shatter the ice Devil Arm Cerberus.
- Villain of Another Story: Dante's encounter with Balrog is detailed more in 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.
- Worthy Opponent: Balrog sees Dante as his superior and becomes a Devil Arm for him to use.
- Wreathed in Flames: Can set his body on fire similar to his Devil Arm form. He even shouts "IGNITE THE FLAME!" during Kick Mode when he uses Ignition.
Puff the Dragon Demon
- Assist Character: Despite the fact that Dante's battle with Mundus is a one-on-one duel, either of them can call upon the dragon demons at any time for help.
- Bit Character: 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.
- Dragons Are Demonic: It's a fire/lava elemental demon that resembles either a Western (when summoned by Sparda/Dante) or an Eastern dragon (when summoned by Mundus).
- I Fight for the Strongest Side!: Possibly. Given the fact it can be summoned by both good devils like Sparda and Dante, as well as evil demons like Mundus, it's likely that Puff and his people are this trope.
- Shout-Out: Hideki Kamiya tweeted that the dragon in the original game is called Puff, most likely based on the song Puff the Magic Dragon.
- Summon Magic: Puff and the other dragon demons can be called forth to serve and assist high-ranking devils, such as Sparda/Dante and Mundus.
God of Time and Space
- Ambiguous Gender: The Divinity Statues depicts the God of Time and Space as a woman with the head of a male lion holding an hourglass. Given its godly nature, it very well may be both and neither.
- Dungeon Shop: The statues are everywhere even in places where the locals worship a different god. In 5, they are even in places where Nico can't get to so you still have a way to get supplies and edit your skills.
- Enigmatic Empowering Entity: There is very little known about it, but the powers it has are very real.
- The Power of Blood: The Divinity Statues take Red Orbs, crystallized demon blood as an offering in exchange for granting boons.
- Suspicious Video-Game Generosity: Statues often appear right before a boss so you can stock up and change your skills and abilities.
- The Watcher: The God's job description naturally, it has seen all there is and ever was as its domain is time and space and they do not intervene except to grant boons to those who offer it demon blood.
Old Man
- Bookworm: He owned an entire library of books and self-described bibliophile, and found Vergil a kindred spirit in this regard.
- The Confidant: He's only mentioned in the "Old Man's Diary" document in DMC5 and shown briefly in Visions of V, but Vergil clearly feels comfortable enough with him to complain about what Dante's done to annoy him.
- Intergenerational Friendship: Despite being much older than Vergil, he found the boy's enthusiasm for reading charming, allowing him to freely look through his catalog and gifting him an anthology of William Blake.
- Never Got to Say Goodbye: Vergil's disappearance left quite an impact on 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.
- Unwitting Instigator of Doom: It was an unquestionably kind gesture, but by giving Vergil his William Blake poetry book he inadvertently 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.
