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Player Information:
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Character Information:
Name: Vergil / Nelo Angelo
Canon: Devil May Cry (Game, Manga and Anime; he is not in the anime but bits are important)
Canon Point: Just after Dante and Nelo Angelo's 3rd battle in DMC1.
Age: Around 30-ish.
Reference Links: Devil May Cry // Vergil // Nelo Angelo
Setting:
-World-
The world of Devil May Cry is much like the world we live in. Set just a bit in the past, but pretty much the same, as far as world dynamics go. Some cities have different names. For example, their city of Fortuna is someplace in Italy for us. The timeline of their world and our own, more or less, run side by side. The big difference is that their world is brimming with magic and darkness, hidden just in the shadows. If someone’s eyes are not open to it, they never see it.
Demons have been around since the dawn of time. Two thousand years ago the demon king, Mundus, sought to take over the earth, and rule the humans. It was at this time one of his strongest followers awoke to justice. His name was Sparda, and he alone stood against his own demonic brethren, defeating them all to protect the humans. To ensure the safety of the world, he sealed the Temem Ni Gru, a tower erected by demons and corrupted humans who revered evil. With the help of a human priestess, the Perfect Amulet, and his own sword, Yamato, he slammed the door to the demon world shut, but by sealing the tower, Sparda locked up most of his own power on the other side, and the priestess died in the process.
Though weaker than before, Sparda’s job was far from done. He quietly guided the humans from the shadows over the next two decades, working to make sure people forgot about demons. He wanted humans to rule themselves, and saw them as more than simply food, or entertainment, like others of his kind. Most people think demons, even Sparda himself, are myths, much like the Greek gods. This is how Sparda wanted it: to make sure people make their own paths. Most governments know the truth, keeping it quiet to stop panic from spreading. If demons cause a problem this is where highly skilled humans, whose eyes were opened to the darkness, come in; the Devil Hunters.
Now, Devils and Demons are more or less the same thing. They are all demons at the end of the day. They come in all shapes and sizes. Some are, as one would think, supernaturally large and powerful. The level of their power usually shows the level of their honor. The more powerful the demon, the more they have some sense of honor, even if they do not normally show it. These demons tend to show this honor by gifting their souls, in the form of weapons called Devil Arms, to the one who defeated them. Sometimes they can even loan their power if they so choose. However, the loaning of power is less common than the creation of Devil Arms. An example of Devil Arms would be the Succubus Nevan, who turned herself into a lightning guitar, when Dante defeated her in the Temem Ni Gru. These powers are usually loaned, or given, to help the stronger opponent on their quest. They believe it is better to lose themselves honorably, in this fashion, than to die pointlessly.
Some demons could pass for human and one would never know they were not. This however, is more common in the mixed breed children of humans and demons, the Cambions. Their offspring tend to get the best of both worlds and be almost unnaturally beautiful due to their combined DNA. They also tend to grow past the power of their parents with age. Children of the demons almost always show power from a young age. The demonic parents can be defeated by Devil hunters, humans or cambions who are trained to kill demons with highly powerful weapons. They are either gunsmiths or know a good one in order to get weapons strong enough to take down these demons. Because of the need for weapons, gun laws pretty much do not exist and no one asks about it. It’s just how it works. The business of Devil Hunting can be highly profitable, or drive one to the poor house. It mostly depends on their motivations. Some do it for revenge, others for money. Usually behind the best devil hunters are loss. That loss drives them to risk their lives for vengeance..
There are some humans who not only know about demons but can contract or enslave them to work for them. These are witches. Magic in the world of DMC is a birthright. If magic runs in your bloodline you can use it. Some people are skilled in it even without it being in the blood, much like the muggleborn witches of Harry Potter. Like the demons they are considered myths. Those with these powers tend to keep their mouths shut for fear of being locked in an asylum, or chased from their homes by superstitious humans. Even if they may not believe, it does not stop people from fearing what they do not understand. It is extremely rare though, these natural born witches, they can grow to be just as powerful as some of the demons. However, being different in this world is not a good thing if you want a normal life. A fine example of a witch like this is the mother of the twins, Sparda’s wife, Eva. She was witch who contracted the weakened Sparda. She not only worked with him towards the end of his life, but married him and had cambion (half demon) twins who were born with powers like their parents. After Sparda’s death, suspicious townspeople who saw the feats of the young Dante, and the magical skills of Eva, became wary when bad things happened and would chase them out. They did not want those who stand out or might bring bad luck around them. Fear rules the weaker.
Normal humans can also know of the demons, as sometimes demons just slaughter humans and leave a few alive. Usually these humans are considered mad, but generally become devil hunters if not locked away in asylums. The deaths are always covered up by either ‘terrorist attacks’ ‘freak accidents’ or ‘serial killers’. As the government would really rather not deal with a panic. Some people can live their whole lives without ever knowing. Some even marry demons without knowing. Even though Sparda slammed the door, demons do sometimes leak through cracks or can be sent through by other means. Some of these demons want nothing more then a new life. Like humans some of the demons have a capacity to love and feel. These are the stronger demons, like Sparda himself. There are also some humans who not only know but worship the demons. In the city of Fortuna there is a cult by the name of ‘The Holy Order of the Sword’. They worship Sparda, and his deeds. This is a full blown city. Its church is beautiful, and its members are willing to die for their savior. This city is one of the few places where you see people who know of a demon but still fear them when they attack. Generally though, humans are just something demons use as a shell, or food it doesn't matter. There aren’t a whole lot of interactions between them without humans dying.
There are many books of these subjects just floating around in public libraries or used book stores. People can find them and learn magic given time and effort, but again most simply do not believe. Those who do tend to take darker means and shortcuts to simply become demons themselves. An example of this is Arkham, a once normal man who was married and had a child named Mary. He came across the story of Sparda, likely through books, became seduced by the idea of demons and evil and dedicated his life to becoming a devil, he went so far as to sacrifice his loving wife just to ascend to that point. Human Sacrifice is a good way to become a demon, but humans can not be fully demon, nor can cambions be full demon either. It was Arkham who eventually sought out one of the Sons of Sparda to help raise the locked Temem Ni Gru, knocking open the power of Sparda on the other side of that demonic gate.
That gate leads into the demonic world, the world where Mundus rules with complete authority. The demon king is still sore over his loss at the hands of Sparda. He not only cloned Eva after killing her, but he also enslaved Sparda’s eldest son, Vergil, and mind washed him into thinking he was his adopted child. Mundus seems to have more power than he knows what to do with, but he is petty so he is easily angered and will hold a grudge forever. There is not much hope or light in the demonic world. It is almost all clouded and dark. The only water is blood. Mundus can see all in the demonic realm and sometimes on Earth, like a really messed up Santa Claus. He always knows what his minions are doing and can grant them more power or destroy them even when they are not physically in the same realm.
-Timeline-
As stated before, Sparda ruled from the shadows for at least two millennia before he met and married Eva. The two raised their children with love and taught them how to be compassionate. The elder, Vergil, was always the more responsible and quiet child. He worshiped the ground his father walked on and always listened to whatever he had to say, while his brother Dante was the same towards Eva. The irony is they both turned out the opposite. Dante was rebellious and cared more about his wishes than over the road laid before him. Vergil, like Eva, was clever and would do whatever it took to get what he wanted. Though the twins were close, as children they often fought like bulls, going from being best friends one minute to screaming at one another the next. This started to change when Sparda vanished, leaving behind the swords he wanted his sons to have.
Their family was now on the run from Mundus’ minions. Once he knew Sparda was gone, Mundus wanted every trace of him gone. If the humans they lived near did not chase the family out of their new homes, Mundus’ soldiers would show up and destroy the towns they lived in. This happened once when a town got burned to the ground. The family was chased out soon after. It was this year on the run that shaped a lot of the dark views Vergil would grow to have against humanity in adulthood. His brother, using an alias like he could change who he was, enraged Vergil. He started locking himself away in their homes, paying attention to Eva’s crafts and reading his fathers old books. As he withdrew, Dante became more outgoing, it made Vergil start to resent his twin.
On the day of their 8th birthday, Eva gifted them halves of the Prefect Amulet their father had given her. Not long after Vergil was sent out on an errand for his mother. By the time he returned everything he knew was no more. There was blood everywhere. He couldn’t find Dante, only his mother’s lifeless form. Grabbing Yamato he did the only thing he knew to do and ran. Vergil blamed himself for his mother’s death, for being weak. He swore he would do whatever he had to become powerful so he would never suffer like that again. He swore off his human side and spent the rest of his youth running from foster homes and orphanages. He was caught every time only to try and be on his own s he could train and be stronger. Still books were the comfort he kept from his childhood. Taking from the fictions the ways old knights acted, and from non-fiction all the knowledge they had to offer. He did not grow like a human child. He wanted to be a demon, a powerful demon, and to reject all sentiments and never again be hurt.
During the years after he not only traveled to seek all he could on his father, he found ways to gain money through mercenary work and bounty hunting. He cared little about the humans he killed so it did not bother him. When he was 18 his travels eventually brought him to the city of Fortuna, where he openly mocked the cult leaders, stating they could Worship Sparda, but who would they worship when his son surpassed him. It was in his time in Fortuna that he impregnated a prostitute. The woman died in childbirth, and Vergil panicked realizing he did not have it in him to be fatherly, though he reasoned that he was not strong enough yet. He abandoned his son on the steps of the Fortuna orphanage and set out once more to seek power, to be strong enough one day to return for his son.
Not too long after his 19th birthday, mere weeks after abandoning the baby, he met a man by the name of Arkham while he was at a library. The man knew who he was and just what to say to get Vergil to work with him. With the promise of having Sparda’s power, and with the foolishness of youth still on his side, he arrogantly followed Arkham never noticing he was being played. It was in this time with Arkham he found out not only that was Dante alive, but well, and he had something they needed to get Sparda’s power. Vergil foolishly hoped his brother would help, but that was not to be, so he fought Dante.
A year later the tower was erected once more from its resting place under the very city where Dante lived, killing a thousand or so people.The twins battled through the night slowly growing weaker, and falling into Arkham’s plan: to steal Sparda’s power for himself. With both halves of the Amulet and the demonic blood, plus the blood of his own daughter who was a descendant of the priestess Sparda sacrificed, the spell was broken. Arkham beat the twins to the demon world retrieving Sparda’s power first along with the sword of Sparda, Force Edge, which had been left in the Demon world.
The twins stopped him by working together for the first time since their youth. But all was not well and good, Vergil flipped the script, grabbed Force Edge and tried to get Dante to leave him in the Demon world. This ended in another battle before Vergil dropped the sword, clutched his half the amulet and warned Dante he needed to run and return to the human world. He was staying in the Demon world. Vergil backed himself over a cliff clutching his sword, Yamato, and sliced Dante’s hand before Dante could grab him, falling into the demon world and seemingly to his death before Dante’s eye.
When Vergil woke in hell, he saw three red lights coming at him. He knew it was Mundus, and he charged at them. Only he was weakened and easily defeated. The price of pride was a high one. Yamato was snapped in half and all sense of self stripped away. Leaving behind Mundus’ new powerful soldier, the silent but honorable, Nelo Angelo.
Nelo Angelo had no memories of his time before being in Mundus’ service. He believed himself to be the adopted son of the Demon King, but there is no love shared between the two. This was more revenge against Sparda from Mundus. Not only had he cloned the fallen Demon Knight’s dead wife but his oldest son thought Mundus was his father, unable to to remember Sparda or his life before. It was a beautiful thing for the Demon King.
After nearly a decade in the service of Mundus, the Demon King hatched a plan to take over the mortal world. He would not return through the Temem Ni Gru but through a lesser hellgate, on a mostly empty island, called Mallet Island. It was here that Nelo Angelo faced a Devil Hunter not once, but three times. Each time he could not take the killing strike as the Hunter’s Amulet fell from his shirt, making Vergil remember parts of his memory Mundus locked away. This would cause him great agonizing pain and he would flee. During the final battle he vanished, seemingly destroyed after he gave one last powerful scream. It was then that Dante realized that the knight had been his own lost twin, Vergil.
Of course Dante not only defeated Mundus, but the Island was destroyed in the process, assuring Mundus could not return that way again.
Personality: Vergil is the opposite of his twin, Dante. Where Dante is an easy going playful man. Vergil is cold, calculated and cruel. To explain why would mean sharing a small bit of his life.
He was born the eldest son of the Legendary Dark Knight, and even in his youth he was always the quiet son. He learned quickly and toddled after his father with dreams of being just like him. He hero worshipped the old demon and memorized every tale Sparda told the boys. His best friend and worst enemy was all rolled into one, and he shared a room with the wild child; Dante. His twin. The growing boys were one minute the best of friends, at the drop of a dime screaming at each other. However, if anyone looked at Dante wrong when Vergil was around, he would step in as fast as he could. Luckily for his brother, Vergil spent most of his time reading, even before Sparda left.
He learned young how to use his sword, able to lift the Katana which was larger than he was. It was a matter of pride. Next to his mother and brother, that sword was the thing he valued most when Sparda left. It was all he had left of his father in his mind. He felt betrayed by Sparda's departure, pulling more into himself and doing what he could to help out his mother. At this point in his life, it is easiest to say Dante would be the one to ask for hugs, but Vergil needed them more and would not ask.
As they were chased from one town to another, Vergil found a means to keep safe in the grimoires and novels saved from his father’s old library. While his brother ran and made friends and tried to be a normal boy, Vergil would lock himself away in their room rereading the old books, learning their secrets. It started a passion for learning to fill the void left by Sparda and deepened by the rejection of the humans towards his family.
On the day of his eighth birthday, their mother gave both twins haves of the Perfect Amulet, the key to the Temem-Ni-Gru. Vergil was sent off on an errand and returned to find his mother slaughtered and his brother missing. In the shock of this sight he did not look hard for Dante, believing him dead. He took Yamato and ran, His father’s books were lost to the house, a loss Vergil never quite got over, having so little of Sparda. This is a big part of why he keeps his mother’s amulet and father’s sword always at hand, for fear of losing anything else.
Vergil felt responsible for her death, for not having been there to protect her or Dante, even if he couldn't have done anything to save either. It was this event that put him on the path he would walk the rest of his days: to gain power and reject his humanity, to never again be weak and feel as helpless as he did that day. He hardened his heart and devoted his years to getting stronger. It’s his guilt and anger that drove and shaped him into the man he became. Vergil is a prideful, arrogant prick. He is very proud of the demonic blood given to him by his father and will not hesitate to say as such and cut down anyone who stands in the way of what he wants. He shows no fear to any enemy that steps before him, to do so would be cowardly, and he is no coward. He's a stubborn asshole at his core.
He tries to appear emotionless, whatever he feels on the inside is irrelevant. Showing more than necessary gives people power, and he can not have that.
He is cold. If he holds people away, he can't get hurt. The exceptions are his childhood family. He loved Eva and Sparda with all he had. And he does love Dante, Dante is his twin, his other half. Dante just happens to annoy the living shit out of him. He has shown this affection to Dante even when being cruel, an example is in DMC3 when he stabbed Dante and told him 'Might controls everything, without power you cannot protect anything, let alone yourself.' If he didn't care, he wouldn't have wasted his breath on such advice. The fact that he showed up when Dante was fighting Arkham and even went against his own desire to not use firearms is only further proof. The biggest showing of affection for Dante happened when he told him to go before the portal to the demon world shut. He did not want Dante stuck there with him. Dante is not the only recipient of this cold affection. It was also clear when he abandoned his own son (born from a prostitute), in Fortuna where he knew the boy would be safe. The people there worship Sparda, and it was a chance for the boy to have a normal life that Vergil was not yet powerful enough to give him. Had he kept the boy Nero likely would have been killed along the way by one of his enemies. This gave Vergil even more reason to get power and return for the boy. (Vergil abandoned Nero as a baby, without even naming him, or leaving a trinket. As Nelo Angelo he does not even remember the boy.)
So, now you have that. And now we move on, because that is all locked deep in his mind. Now we face the other half. After his fall into the demon world, he suffered a terrible defeat due to his weakened state and became enslaved and mind washed by his father's old nemesis, the Demon King Mundus. He was reshaped into Nelo Angelo, the Black Angel. He got power he so craved, but lost his free will, his memories of who he was and anything close to himself. Even Yamato was stripped away from him.
Nelo Angelo has no idea he is under mind control. Nearly all of the decade he was under Mundus’ terrible mind control he simply followed blindly, believinga he was Mundus’ adopted child. There is no love shared between the two at all despite the fact that he is Mundus’ favorite soldier. He carries out his orders with no regret, no questioning and absolute loyalty as his ‘father’ demands. He has no love for Mundus’ other minions either. In the Demon World it is all about keeping yourself alive and at the top.
Nelo Angelo does not speak often, well really at all. Mostly he has nothing to say. Mundus' control would be more of a speak when addressed then allowing Vergil to speak his mind. Inside the suit of armor he is no more than Mundus' powerful puppet. He fights for his master's cause because he does not know anything else. The only thing he truly shows of himself is that he is a man of honor. He will not have a cheap victory. This is shown when he refused to stab Dante in the back when he had a chance, instead leading him to the garden for their duel. He is brave and still stubborn, this shows when he faces Dante multiple times despite his first defeat. He keeps coming back to the Devil Hunter.
Part of him defies his master's orders due to his curiosity over the pain the Perfect Amulet gives him. Despite having his own half tucked in the armor, each time he saw Dante's half he would cry out in agonizing pain and back off and flee. Dante's amulet was triggering something lost long in his mind, causing cracks in Mundus' hold on him. The last time they fought Nelo Angelo let out a terrible cry holding his head as glowing power escaped him, vanishing, and leaving his own amulet behind. Only death awaited failures of Mundus. But he failed, and vanished into the darkness. Better to die with honor than to die with nothing else.
Nelo Angelo knows his name is Vergil, but he cast that name aside. Something about that name rubs him wrong, it doesn't feel right on him. He prefers Nelo Angelo, even if it’s more a title then a name. He did not realize the things he KNEW were possibly a lie until the Demon Hunter Dante came to Mallet Island. Seeing Dante’s Amulet triggered something painful inside, memories of a life that was not quite his. Despite his orders to kill the Demon Hunter, he could not make the killing strike. Even with his honor pushed aside something from inside told him not to kill this man.
He has the capacity to feel deep emotions as Mundus never found a way to fully destroy his human side. Though Nelo Angelo tends to remain stoic or keep his helmet on to hide his emotions, it still shows in his body language. Much like Vergil had before, he walks with pride, he does not slouch. Even if he no longer remembers exactly who or what he was, he knows he is meant to be proud and that pride carries him. Unlike Vergil who walked his own path, Nelo Angelo is very much a soldier, he is meant to follow orders. So, he will be a bit lost without his master's orders. Even if he hates Mundus, which he does simply because he is not fond of being ruled, he knows nothing else.
Vergil is still deep inside of Nelo Angelo, locked under the weight of memories that are trying to claw to the surface. When he lost his fight with Mundus, a powerful spell was placed on him to subdue the son of Sparda, locking his dominant personality away. This gave way to Nelo Angelo. At first Vergil fought to get control, but over time, and with Yamato being snapped and lost to the underworld, he gave up. His pride broken, he gave himself fully to the other personality. Bits of Vergil do show in Nelo Angelo, aside from his looks and his powers. The Black Angel enjoys reading too, just not to the extent that Vergil did. He is prideful and does not like being looked down on.
In addition, I should mention that when Vergil eventually regains himself it will change part of him. Ten years enslaved to the man his father hated will not be forgotten. At first it will be a shock that he let such a thing happen, and he will not want to talk about it, ignoring and suppressing those feelings to a stubborn fault, but the damage is already done. What being Nelo Angelo has done for Vergil is reminding him of his honor and grounding him, making him realize though his pride defines him, he can not let it blind him. He will return to his cold demeanor but he be a little more willing to listen to reason and work out problems before charging blindly into battle. He is stubborn, yes, but he learns.
Appearance: Vergil
Nelo Angelo 
and Devil Trigger 
What is hard to see in the screenshot of Nelo Angelo is that aside from being deathly pale he also has blue lines going down his face now and red glowing eyes.
Abilities:
Vergil has extraordinary power thanks to the demonic blood. Most of his base powers are the same as Dante's thanks to the blood of their father. This grants him a vast array of powers. First being his superhuman strength. He is able to hit things with enough force to shatter them, something most humans could never dream of doing. This helps when stepping up to opponents who appear much stronger. Superhuman speed is another skill granted by their father’s blood, as well as advanced teleportation, which is much stronger than Dante's own skill, due to Vergil's vast understanding and experience with his own demonic blood.
Vergil is also very agile, able to do moves that even a fantastic gymnast would not be able to pull off easily. He can jump in the air and spin with relative ease, which is a big part of his Dark Slayer style, which I will touch on more in a moment. Vergil moves with almost cat-like grace, elegant and silent, even when cutting people down he makes it look like child's play.
Next up is his healing, and boy this one is important. Sparda's blood grants him near instantaneous healing. Being able to be shot at point blank, or seriously injured, he will get right back up and get back to work. The exception here is when he is tired or has been fighting for a long time. It slows down the healing and makes him easier to take down, as Arkham said in DMC3 'You could have cut me into confetti if you were in tip top condition.' So even with the advancements, without rest he can be taken down quite easily, even if he will likely get back up and stubbornly get back to work.
Vergil is also a master swordsman, as he finds firearms to be distasteful and unfitting for a true warrior. He has taken his time to master the sword. He has his own Dark Slayer Style, which is a modified version of Iaido, a practice which uses both sword and sheath as weapons. Drawing more strength from the draw then the blade itself, he uses his sword in combination with his speed quite often, cutting an opponent down before they realize he has even attacked. His swordsmanship is more advanced than Dante's due to his practice and skill. He is also able to swing his sword fast enough to make a shield of it to stop bullets as shown in Devil May Cry 3.
He has a strong distaste for guns as mentioned, but that does not mean he does not have projectiles. One of his abilities, the 'Summoned swords', makes blue astral swords spin around him which he can fire at people the same way one would fire a gun. This skill is not used much as Nelo Angelo, a lot of his powers are not, as he heavily relies on the strange black zweihänder he uses while under Mundus' control. He can and will learn other weapons and styles and is a quick study.
Vergil is also a fast learner. Give him books or something to watch and he can learn what is useful to him. He is curious about the world around him even while cold to it, so he learns what he can from books, and those who are useful enough to have skills worth sharing. He is always eager to learn more. Knowledge is power, and power is everything.
As Nelo Angelo his power is amplified but his attacks are much more watered down. The price for power seemed to be not only his mind but a lot of his attacks being locked away as well. He did not lose these abilities he simply doesn't use them while Nelo Angelo.
Inventory:
Nelo Angelo will arrive with his armor that pulsates with his vitality. The cape is still attached, but the helmet is missing, as he took it off before his last fight with Dante. The gauntlets and greaves are electrifiedmagic, always magic.. The armor amps Vergil's power. And of course the nameless zweihänder. That's it.
Suitability: I find Vergil to be suitable for Tu Shanshu because it is a world where he could not gain the extra power he desires and would be forced to come to terms with the fact not all people are scum, and that some people are okay. I want him to learn to work with others and this seems like a fun game to do that. Starting out with Nelo Angelo gives him the chance to explore the city while learning to live again without the orders of Mundus. Nelo Angelo is a honorable demon knight who would step in and protect someone weaker from being hurt without asking anything in return. Fighting is all he really knows. As/when he gets his memories back, that honor will remain, and leave Vergil with a more open view, making him more willing to help out with things in gamewhile still being a dick. He is a smart man and could offer insight to those who need it once something comes to light that catches his attention.
In short, I see lots of reasons to have him in this game. I think it will be a good fit for him to evolve in.
In-Character Samples:
Third Person (Prose): (I am writing samples for both Vergil and Nelo Angelo, it seemed wiser.)
Sample 1: Nelo Angelo
So he was in a new world, one his master did not own. A place without Mundus. What would life be like without his master's commands? He bit his lip some, lost in the daze of his own jumbling thoughts as he made his way down the streets. How would he live in a place like this? What would his purpose be? A new start maybe, though that seemed like false hope. The power of Mundus was mighty, and he would never let one of his valued puppets escape. As far as he had known Mundus could even control time. He would think death had finally claimed him, but he has seen hell, been there, and this was too pleasant to be hell.
He stopped before a booth that had jewelry on display, his hand idly reaching up to his neck to find nothing, his necklace was gone. He must have lost it in his fight with that Devil Hunter that made his head ache and swim with strange thoughts he could not explain. His red eyes shifted over the jewelry. He had no money, no means to buy anything and its not like a necklace matters when one is in a suit of armor, but his neck feels naked without it. The thought crossed his mind that it was pointless for him to stand there looking at such gems, so he turned to head off once more.
Just an idle trek to explore the city, he really had nothing better to do, and it was better than staying in his room letting his worries of his master’s vengeance plague him more than they already were. Maybe seeing how the creatures of this world lived would be enough of a distraction. Yet his mind kept painting the streets filled with blood. The horrors of hell in the busy streets of the city he walked. Reality overlapping with long lived nightmares.
Then a sound caught his attention, a music box playing in one of the shops. It was a simple little harmony, yet it made him squeeze his eyes shut trying to focus as pain started to twist in his mind. He reached out for the nearest wall and clutched his head. Flashes of memories passing so quick he could not tell what they were, all he could focus on was the pain as the music slowly stopped. He did not teleport away this time. He had no where to go that he knew. So once the pain subsided he pushed off the wall ignoring the sounds of the random nearby kedan asking if he was alright and moved on to walk more.
Sample 2: Vergil
The room was dark. Night had fallen, and Vergil had not moved from the chair he’d been sitting in for hours. He turned the pages of the old book he had come across in the marketplace. He was lucky he could read it at all. It was an old book with stories of knights and battles of the past, fiction at it's finest. These were the kinds of stories the half-demon could truly lose himself in. While he read his mind did not shift to plots of power or thoughts of revenge, merely the desire to see what the next page held. He was nearly done, he would finish the large book before the hour was over. That would be alright though, surely he could find another if he had nothing else to do.
Vergil always had a love for literature. Sometimes books were bad, sometimes books were amazing. It was really all about what you found. He always preferred to grab older looking books just to see what he would come across. Having found a book that looked both old and lacked a photo on its hardback cover, it had called to him. It was like a book he could have found in the study of the home he once shared with his family before Sparda vanished. Vergil had loved the smell of that study, the old books and leather of the chairs that used to sit there. An early point that was, but it started a lifelong love of reading. He hated people, people were always a let down, but a lot of times the books he found were not. He could live forever surrounded by them.
A knock came hard on the door, someone trying to get his attention it seemed. He raised his eyes from the page, casting them towards the door, pondering, trying to decide if he really wanted to venture over and see who dared rap upon his door. He didn't care enough and was not motivated enough to move from his spot and open the door, nor did he call out to his mysterious knocker. He looked back down to the book, turning another page. Another night he may answer. If it was important they would come back, or beat on the door harder. He let himself drift back into the story. It was just starting to get good anyway. The world could wait. The only adventure he cared about at the moment was the one in text.
Network:
Sample 1: Nelo Angelo
[ A pale man with red eyes and blue lines running down his face greets those that see the transmission. He didn't really have anything to say, he was just curious to see what it could do. The red eyes blinked once as he looked closer at it. As quickly as it started he logged off. He had nothing to ask or share he just wanted to see if he could make the thing work like he saw others doing. He had not seen such technology before that he could remember.]
Sample 2: Vergil
[ Vergil logged on, taking a moment to push his hair back up into its proper spikes before casting his cold eyes down at the recording video.]
Hello. [ He spoke with a tone of both pride and authority, even if he did not have the latter.] My name is Vergil. I am sure some of you may recognize my face. Well, let me clear that up, you do not know me.
And that likely will not change.
My point for addressing you today is simply this, I want information. Do any know what kind of magic fuels the flames in the Fire District? A light that never warms and seems real, that strikes me as a powerful magic. That is all. [ He ends the video there. A simple question, he hoped to receive a helpful answer.]
Other Info Vergil is mentioned as Nero's father in the DMC4 novel Deadly Fortune. They also state he was in Fortuna basically being a prick to the order worshiping Sparda. If Vergil saw Nero, he wouldn't realize he is his child. Honestly I would rather handle that however a potential Nero player feels best on.
Edits In green
Both In red
Player Information:
Name: Koko
Age: 28
Contact:
Other Characters Played: N/A
Character Information:
Name: Vergil / Nelo Angelo
Canon: Devil May Cry (Game, Manga and Anime; he is not in the anime but bits are important)
Canon Point: Just after Dante and Nelo Angelo's 3rd battle in DMC1.
Age: Around 30-ish.
Reference Links: Devil May Cry // Vergil // Nelo Angelo
Setting:
-World-
The world of Devil May Cry is much like the world we live in. Set just a bit in the past, but pretty much the same, as far as world dynamics go. Some cities have different names. For example, their city of Fortuna is someplace in Italy for us. The timeline of their world and our own, more or less, run side by side. The big difference is that their world is brimming with magic and darkness, hidden just in the shadows. If someone’s eyes are not open to it, they never see it.
Demons have been around since the dawn of time. Two thousand years ago the demon king, Mundus, sought to take over the earth, and rule the humans. It was at this time one of his strongest followers awoke to justice. His name was Sparda, and he alone stood against his own demonic brethren, defeating them all to protect the humans. To ensure the safety of the world, he sealed the Temem Ni Gru, a tower erected by demons and corrupted humans who revered evil. With the help of a human priestess, the Perfect Amulet, and his own sword, Yamato, he slammed the door to the demon world shut, but by sealing the tower, Sparda locked up most of his own power on the other side, and the priestess died in the process.
Though weaker than before, Sparda’s job was far from done. He quietly guided the humans from the shadows over the next two decades, working to make sure people forgot about demons. He wanted humans to rule themselves, and saw them as more than simply food, or entertainment, like others of his kind. Most people think demons, even Sparda himself, are myths, much like the Greek gods. This is how Sparda wanted it: to make sure people make their own paths. Most governments know the truth, keeping it quiet to stop panic from spreading. If demons cause a problem this is where highly skilled humans, whose eyes were opened to the darkness, come in; the Devil Hunters.
Now, Devils and Demons are more or less the same thing. They are all demons at the end of the day. They come in all shapes and sizes. Some are, as one would think, supernaturally large and powerful. The level of their power usually shows the level of their honor. The more powerful the demon, the more they have some sense of honor, even if they do not normally show it. These demons tend to show this honor by gifting their souls, in the form of weapons called Devil Arms, to the one who defeated them. Sometimes they can even loan their power if they so choose. However, the loaning of power is less common than the creation of Devil Arms. An example of Devil Arms would be the Succubus Nevan, who turned herself into a lightning guitar, when Dante defeated her in the Temem Ni Gru. These powers are usually loaned, or given, to help the stronger opponent on their quest. They believe it is better to lose themselves honorably, in this fashion, than to die pointlessly.
Some demons could pass for human and one would never know they were not. This however, is more common in the mixed breed children of humans and demons, the Cambions. Their offspring tend to get the best of both worlds and be almost unnaturally beautiful due to their combined DNA. They also tend to grow past the power of their parents with age. Children of the demons almost always show power from a young age. The demonic parents can be defeated by Devil hunters, humans or cambions who are trained to kill demons with highly powerful weapons. They are either gunsmiths or know a good one in order to get weapons strong enough to take down these demons. Because of the need for weapons, gun laws pretty much do not exist and no one asks about it. It’s just how it works. The business of Devil Hunting can be highly profitable, or drive one to the poor house. It mostly depends on their motivations. Some do it for revenge, others for money. Usually behind the best devil hunters are loss. That loss drives them to risk their lives for vengeance..
There are some humans who not only know about demons but can contract or enslave them to work for them. These are witches. Magic in the world of DMC is a birthright. If magic runs in your bloodline you can use it. Some people are skilled in it even without it being in the blood, much like the muggleborn witches of Harry Potter. Like the demons they are considered myths. Those with these powers tend to keep their mouths shut for fear of being locked in an asylum, or chased from their homes by superstitious humans. Even if they may not believe, it does not stop people from fearing what they do not understand. It is extremely rare though, these natural born witches, they can grow to be just as powerful as some of the demons. However, being different in this world is not a good thing if you want a normal life. A fine example of a witch like this is the mother of the twins, Sparda’s wife, Eva. She was witch who contracted the weakened Sparda. She not only worked with him towards the end of his life, but married him and had cambion (half demon) twins who were born with powers like their parents. After Sparda’s death, suspicious townspeople who saw the feats of the young Dante, and the magical skills of Eva, became wary when bad things happened and would chase them out. They did not want those who stand out or might bring bad luck around them. Fear rules the weaker.
Normal humans can also know of the demons, as sometimes demons just slaughter humans and leave a few alive. Usually these humans are considered mad, but generally become devil hunters if not locked away in asylums. The deaths are always covered up by either ‘terrorist attacks’ ‘freak accidents’ or ‘serial killers’. As the government would really rather not deal with a panic. Some people can live their whole lives without ever knowing. Some even marry demons without knowing. Even though Sparda slammed the door, demons do sometimes leak through cracks or can be sent through by other means. Some of these demons want nothing more then a new life. Like humans some of the demons have a capacity to love and feel. These are the stronger demons, like Sparda himself. There are also some humans who not only know but worship the demons. In the city of Fortuna there is a cult by the name of ‘The Holy Order of the Sword’. They worship Sparda, and his deeds. This is a full blown city. Its church is beautiful, and its members are willing to die for their savior. This city is one of the few places where you see people who know of a demon but still fear them when they attack. Generally though, humans are just something demons use as a shell, or food it doesn't matter. There aren’t a whole lot of interactions between them without humans dying.
There are many books of these subjects just floating around in public libraries or used book stores. People can find them and learn magic given time and effort, but again most simply do not believe. Those who do tend to take darker means and shortcuts to simply become demons themselves. An example of this is Arkham, a once normal man who was married and had a child named Mary. He came across the story of Sparda, likely through books, became seduced by the idea of demons and evil and dedicated his life to becoming a devil, he went so far as to sacrifice his loving wife just to ascend to that point. Human Sacrifice is a good way to become a demon, but humans can not be fully demon, nor can cambions be full demon either. It was Arkham who eventually sought out one of the Sons of Sparda to help raise the locked Temem Ni Gru, knocking open the power of Sparda on the other side of that demonic gate.
That gate leads into the demonic world, the world where Mundus rules with complete authority. The demon king is still sore over his loss at the hands of Sparda. He not only cloned Eva after killing her, but he also enslaved Sparda’s eldest son, Vergil, and mind washed him into thinking he was his adopted child. Mundus seems to have more power than he knows what to do with, but he is petty so he is easily angered and will hold a grudge forever. There is not much hope or light in the demonic world. It is almost all clouded and dark. The only water is blood. Mundus can see all in the demonic realm and sometimes on Earth, like a really messed up Santa Claus. He always knows what his minions are doing and can grant them more power or destroy them even when they are not physically in the same realm.
-Timeline-
As stated before, Sparda ruled from the shadows for at least two millennia before he met and married Eva. The two raised their children with love and taught them how to be compassionate. The elder, Vergil, was always the more responsible and quiet child. He worshiped the ground his father walked on and always listened to whatever he had to say, while his brother Dante was the same towards Eva. The irony is they both turned out the opposite. Dante was rebellious and cared more about his wishes than over the road laid before him. Vergil, like Eva, was clever and would do whatever it took to get what he wanted. Though the twins were close, as children they often fought like bulls, going from being best friends one minute to screaming at one another the next. This started to change when Sparda vanished, leaving behind the swords he wanted his sons to have.
Their family was now on the run from Mundus’ minions. Once he knew Sparda was gone, Mundus wanted every trace of him gone. If the humans they lived near did not chase the family out of their new homes, Mundus’ soldiers would show up and destroy the towns they lived in. This happened once when a town got burned to the ground. The family was chased out soon after. It was this year on the run that shaped a lot of the dark views Vergil would grow to have against humanity in adulthood. His brother, using an alias like he could change who he was, enraged Vergil. He started locking himself away in their homes, paying attention to Eva’s crafts and reading his fathers old books. As he withdrew, Dante became more outgoing, it made Vergil start to resent his twin.
On the day of their 8th birthday, Eva gifted them halves of the Prefect Amulet their father had given her. Not long after Vergil was sent out on an errand for his mother. By the time he returned everything he knew was no more. There was blood everywhere. He couldn’t find Dante, only his mother’s lifeless form. Grabbing Yamato he did the only thing he knew to do and ran. Vergil blamed himself for his mother’s death, for being weak. He swore he would do whatever he had to become powerful so he would never suffer like that again. He swore off his human side and spent the rest of his youth running from foster homes and orphanages. He was caught every time only to try and be on his own s he could train and be stronger. Still books were the comfort he kept from his childhood. Taking from the fictions the ways old knights acted, and from non-fiction all the knowledge they had to offer. He did not grow like a human child. He wanted to be a demon, a powerful demon, and to reject all sentiments and never again be hurt.
During the years after he not only traveled to seek all he could on his father, he found ways to gain money through mercenary work and bounty hunting. He cared little about the humans he killed so it did not bother him. When he was 18 his travels eventually brought him to the city of Fortuna, where he openly mocked the cult leaders, stating they could Worship Sparda, but who would they worship when his son surpassed him. It was in his time in Fortuna that he impregnated a prostitute. The woman died in childbirth, and Vergil panicked realizing he did not have it in him to be fatherly, though he reasoned that he was not strong enough yet. He abandoned his son on the steps of the Fortuna orphanage and set out once more to seek power, to be strong enough one day to return for his son.
Not too long after his 19th birthday, mere weeks after abandoning the baby, he met a man by the name of Arkham while he was at a library. The man knew who he was and just what to say to get Vergil to work with him. With the promise of having Sparda’s power, and with the foolishness of youth still on his side, he arrogantly followed Arkham never noticing he was being played. It was in this time with Arkham he found out not only that was Dante alive, but well, and he had something they needed to get Sparda’s power. Vergil foolishly hoped his brother would help, but that was not to be, so he fought Dante.
A year later the tower was erected once more from its resting place under the very city where Dante lived, killing a thousand or so people.The twins battled through the night slowly growing weaker, and falling into Arkham’s plan: to steal Sparda’s power for himself. With both halves of the Amulet and the demonic blood, plus the blood of his own daughter who was a descendant of the priestess Sparda sacrificed, the spell was broken. Arkham beat the twins to the demon world retrieving Sparda’s power first along with the sword of Sparda, Force Edge, which had been left in the Demon world.
The twins stopped him by working together for the first time since their youth. But all was not well and good, Vergil flipped the script, grabbed Force Edge and tried to get Dante to leave him in the Demon world. This ended in another battle before Vergil dropped the sword, clutched his half the amulet and warned Dante he needed to run and return to the human world. He was staying in the Demon world. Vergil backed himself over a cliff clutching his sword, Yamato, and sliced Dante’s hand before Dante could grab him, falling into the demon world and seemingly to his death before Dante’s eye.
When Vergil woke in hell, he saw three red lights coming at him. He knew it was Mundus, and he charged at them. Only he was weakened and easily defeated. The price of pride was a high one. Yamato was snapped in half and all sense of self stripped away. Leaving behind Mundus’ new powerful soldier, the silent but honorable, Nelo Angelo.
Nelo Angelo had no memories of his time before being in Mundus’ service. He believed himself to be the adopted son of the Demon King, but there is no love shared between the two. This was more revenge against Sparda from Mundus. Not only had he cloned the fallen Demon Knight’s dead wife but his oldest son thought Mundus was his father, unable to to remember Sparda or his life before. It was a beautiful thing for the Demon King.
After nearly a decade in the service of Mundus, the Demon King hatched a plan to take over the mortal world. He would not return through the Temem Ni Gru but through a lesser hellgate, on a mostly empty island, called Mallet Island. It was here that Nelo Angelo faced a Devil Hunter not once, but three times. Each time he could not take the killing strike as the Hunter’s Amulet fell from his shirt, making Vergil remember parts of his memory Mundus locked away. This would cause him great agonizing pain and he would flee. During the final battle he vanished, seemingly destroyed after he gave one last powerful scream. It was then that Dante realized that the knight had been his own lost twin, Vergil.
Of course Dante not only defeated Mundus, but the Island was destroyed in the process, assuring Mundus could not return that way again.
Personality: Vergil is the opposite of his twin, Dante. Where Dante is an easy going playful man. Vergil is cold, calculated and cruel. To explain why would mean sharing a small bit of his life.
He was born the eldest son of the Legendary Dark Knight, and even in his youth he was always the quiet son. He learned quickly and toddled after his father with dreams of being just like him. He hero worshipped the old demon and memorized every tale Sparda told the boys. His best friend and worst enemy was all rolled into one, and he shared a room with the wild child; Dante. His twin. The growing boys were one minute the best of friends, at the drop of a dime screaming at each other. However, if anyone looked at Dante wrong when Vergil was around, he would step in as fast as he could. Luckily for his brother, Vergil spent most of his time reading, even before Sparda left.
He learned young how to use his sword, able to lift the Katana which was larger than he was. It was a matter of pride. Next to his mother and brother, that sword was the thing he valued most when Sparda left. It was all he had left of his father in his mind. He felt betrayed by Sparda's departure, pulling more into himself and doing what he could to help out his mother. At this point in his life, it is easiest to say Dante would be the one to ask for hugs, but Vergil needed them more and would not ask.
As they were chased from one town to another, Vergil found a means to keep safe in the grimoires and novels saved from his father’s old library. While his brother ran and made friends and tried to be a normal boy, Vergil would lock himself away in their room rereading the old books, learning their secrets. It started a passion for learning to fill the void left by Sparda and deepened by the rejection of the humans towards his family.
On the day of his eighth birthday, their mother gave both twins haves of the Perfect Amulet, the key to the Temem-Ni-Gru. Vergil was sent off on an errand and returned to find his mother slaughtered and his brother missing. In the shock of this sight he did not look hard for Dante, believing him dead. He took Yamato and ran, His father’s books were lost to the house, a loss Vergil never quite got over, having so little of Sparda. This is a big part of why he keeps his mother’s amulet and father’s sword always at hand, for fear of losing anything else.
Vergil felt responsible for her death, for not having been there to protect her or Dante, even if he couldn't have done anything to save either. It was this event that put him on the path he would walk the rest of his days: to gain power and reject his humanity, to never again be weak and feel as helpless as he did that day. He hardened his heart and devoted his years to getting stronger. It’s his guilt and anger that drove and shaped him into the man he became. Vergil is a prideful, arrogant prick. He is very proud of the demonic blood given to him by his father and will not hesitate to say as such and cut down anyone who stands in the way of what he wants. He shows no fear to any enemy that steps before him, to do so would be cowardly, and he is no coward. He's a stubborn asshole at his core.
He tries to appear emotionless, whatever he feels on the inside is irrelevant. Showing more than necessary gives people power, and he can not have that.
He is cold. If he holds people away, he can't get hurt. The exceptions are his childhood family. He loved Eva and Sparda with all he had. And he does love Dante, Dante is his twin, his other half. Dante just happens to annoy the living shit out of him. He has shown this affection to Dante even when being cruel, an example is in DMC3 when he stabbed Dante and told him 'Might controls everything, without power you cannot protect anything, let alone yourself.' If he didn't care, he wouldn't have wasted his breath on such advice. The fact that he showed up when Dante was fighting Arkham and even went against his own desire to not use firearms is only further proof. The biggest showing of affection for Dante happened when he told him to go before the portal to the demon world shut. He did not want Dante stuck there with him. Dante is not the only recipient of this cold affection. It was also clear when he abandoned his own son (born from a prostitute), in Fortuna where he knew the boy would be safe. The people there worship Sparda, and it was a chance for the boy to have a normal life that Vergil was not yet powerful enough to give him. Had he kept the boy Nero likely would have been killed along the way by one of his enemies. This gave Vergil even more reason to get power and return for the boy. (Vergil abandoned Nero as a baby, without even naming him, or leaving a trinket. As Nelo Angelo he does not even remember the boy.)
So, now you have that. And now we move on, because that is all locked deep in his mind. Now we face the other half. After his fall into the demon world, he suffered a terrible defeat due to his weakened state and became enslaved and mind washed by his father's old nemesis, the Demon King Mundus. He was reshaped into Nelo Angelo, the Black Angel. He got power he so craved, but lost his free will, his memories of who he was and anything close to himself. Even Yamato was stripped away from him.
Nelo Angelo has no idea he is under mind control. Nearly all of the decade he was under Mundus’ terrible mind control he simply followed blindly, believinga he was Mundus’ adopted child. There is no love shared between the two at all despite the fact that he is Mundus’ favorite soldier. He carries out his orders with no regret, no questioning and absolute loyalty as his ‘father’ demands. He has no love for Mundus’ other minions either. In the Demon World it is all about keeping yourself alive and at the top.
Nelo Angelo does not speak often, well really at all. Mostly he has nothing to say. Mundus' control would be more of a speak when addressed then allowing Vergil to speak his mind. Inside the suit of armor he is no more than Mundus' powerful puppet. He fights for his master's cause because he does not know anything else. The only thing he truly shows of himself is that he is a man of honor. He will not have a cheap victory. This is shown when he refused to stab Dante in the back when he had a chance, instead leading him to the garden for their duel. He is brave and still stubborn, this shows when he faces Dante multiple times despite his first defeat. He keeps coming back to the Devil Hunter.
Part of him defies his master's orders due to his curiosity over the pain the Perfect Amulet gives him. Despite having his own half tucked in the armor, each time he saw Dante's half he would cry out in agonizing pain and back off and flee. Dante's amulet was triggering something lost long in his mind, causing cracks in Mundus' hold on him. The last time they fought Nelo Angelo let out a terrible cry holding his head as glowing power escaped him, vanishing, and leaving his own amulet behind. Only death awaited failures of Mundus. But he failed, and vanished into the darkness. Better to die with honor than to die with nothing else.
Nelo Angelo knows his name is Vergil, but he cast that name aside. Something about that name rubs him wrong, it doesn't feel right on him. He prefers Nelo Angelo, even if it’s more a title then a name. He did not realize the things he KNEW were possibly a lie until the Demon Hunter Dante came to Mallet Island. Seeing Dante’s Amulet triggered something painful inside, memories of a life that was not quite his. Despite his orders to kill the Demon Hunter, he could not make the killing strike. Even with his honor pushed aside something from inside told him not to kill this man.
He has the capacity to feel deep emotions as Mundus never found a way to fully destroy his human side. Though Nelo Angelo tends to remain stoic or keep his helmet on to hide his emotions, it still shows in his body language. Much like Vergil had before, he walks with pride, he does not slouch. Even if he no longer remembers exactly who or what he was, he knows he is meant to be proud and that pride carries him. Unlike Vergil who walked his own path, Nelo Angelo is very much a soldier, he is meant to follow orders. So, he will be a bit lost without his master's orders. Even if he hates Mundus, which he does simply because he is not fond of being ruled, he knows nothing else.
Vergil is still deep inside of Nelo Angelo, locked under the weight of memories that are trying to claw to the surface. When he lost his fight with Mundus, a powerful spell was placed on him to subdue the son of Sparda, locking his dominant personality away. This gave way to Nelo Angelo. At first Vergil fought to get control, but over time, and with Yamato being snapped and lost to the underworld, he gave up. His pride broken, he gave himself fully to the other personality. Bits of Vergil do show in Nelo Angelo, aside from his looks and his powers. The Black Angel enjoys reading too, just not to the extent that Vergil did. He is prideful and does not like being looked down on.
In addition, I should mention that when Vergil eventually regains himself it will change part of him. Ten years enslaved to the man his father hated will not be forgotten. At first it will be a shock that he let such a thing happen, and he will not want to talk about it, ignoring and suppressing those feelings to a stubborn fault, but the damage is already done. What being Nelo Angelo has done for Vergil is reminding him of his honor and grounding him, making him realize though his pride defines him, he can not let it blind him. He will return to his cold demeanor but he be a little more willing to listen to reason and work out problems before charging blindly into battle. He is stubborn, yes, but he learns.
Appearance: Vergil
Nelo Angelo and Devil Trigger What is hard to see in the screenshot of Nelo Angelo is that aside from being deathly pale he also has blue lines going down his face now and red glowing eyes.
Abilities:
Vergil has extraordinary power thanks to the demonic blood. Most of his base powers are the same as Dante's thanks to the blood of their father. This grants him a vast array of powers. First being his superhuman strength. He is able to hit things with enough force to shatter them, something most humans could never dream of doing. This helps when stepping up to opponents who appear much stronger. Superhuman speed is another skill granted by their father’s blood, as well as advanced teleportation, which is much stronger than Dante's own skill, due to Vergil's vast understanding and experience with his own demonic blood.
Vergil is also very agile, able to do moves that even a fantastic gymnast would not be able to pull off easily. He can jump in the air and spin with relative ease, which is a big part of his Dark Slayer style, which I will touch on more in a moment. Vergil moves with almost cat-like grace, elegant and silent, even when cutting people down he makes it look like child's play.
Next up is his healing, and boy this one is important. Sparda's blood grants him near instantaneous healing. Being able to be shot at point blank, or seriously injured, he will get right back up and get back to work. The exception here is when he is tired or has been fighting for a long time. It slows down the healing and makes him easier to take down, as Arkham said in DMC3 'You could have cut me into confetti if you were in tip top condition.' So even with the advancements, without rest he can be taken down quite easily, even if he will likely get back up and stubbornly get back to work.
Vergil is also a master swordsman, as he finds firearms to be distasteful and unfitting for a true warrior. He has taken his time to master the sword. He has his own Dark Slayer Style, which is a modified version of Iaido, a practice which uses both sword and sheath as weapons. Drawing more strength from the draw then the blade itself, he uses his sword in combination with his speed quite often, cutting an opponent down before they realize he has even attacked. His swordsmanship is more advanced than Dante's due to his practice and skill. He is also able to swing his sword fast enough to make a shield of it to stop bullets as shown in Devil May Cry 3.
He has a strong distaste for guns as mentioned, but that does not mean he does not have projectiles. One of his abilities, the 'Summoned swords', makes blue astral swords spin around him which he can fire at people the same way one would fire a gun. This skill is not used much as Nelo Angelo, a lot of his powers are not, as he heavily relies on the strange black zweihänder he uses while under Mundus' control. He can and will learn other weapons and styles and is a quick study.
Vergil is also a fast learner. Give him books or something to watch and he can learn what is useful to him. He is curious about the world around him even while cold to it, so he learns what he can from books, and those who are useful enough to have skills worth sharing. He is always eager to learn more. Knowledge is power, and power is everything.
As Nelo Angelo his power is amplified but his attacks are much more watered down. The price for power seemed to be not only his mind but a lot of his attacks being locked away as well. He did not lose these abilities he simply doesn't use them while Nelo Angelo.
Inventory:
Nelo Angelo will arrive with his armor that pulsates with his vitality. The cape is still attached, but the helmet is missing, as he took it off before his last fight with Dante. The gauntlets and greaves are electrified
Suitability: I find Vergil to be suitable for Tu Shanshu because it is a world where he could not gain the extra power he desires and would be forced to come to terms with the fact not all people are scum, and that some people are okay. I want him to learn to work with others and this seems like a fun game to do that. Starting out with Nelo Angelo gives him the chance to explore the city while learning to live again without the orders of Mundus. Nelo Angelo is a honorable demon knight who would step in and protect someone weaker from being hurt without asking anything in return. Fighting is all he really knows. As/when he gets his memories back, that honor will remain, and leave Vergil with a more open view, making him more willing to help out with things in game
In short, I see lots of reasons to have him in this game. I think it will be a good fit for him to evolve in.
In-Character Samples:
Third Person (Prose): (I am writing samples for both Vergil and Nelo Angelo, it seemed wiser.)
Sample 1: Nelo Angelo
So he was in a new world, one his master did not own. A place without Mundus. What would life be like without his master's commands? He bit his lip some, lost in the daze of his own jumbling thoughts as he made his way down the streets. How would he live in a place like this? What would his purpose be? A new start maybe, though that seemed like false hope. The power of Mundus was mighty, and he would never let one of his valued puppets escape. As far as he had known Mundus could even control time. He would think death had finally claimed him, but he has seen hell, been there, and this was too pleasant to be hell.
He stopped before a booth that had jewelry on display, his hand idly reaching up to his neck to find nothing, his necklace was gone. He must have lost it in his fight with that Devil Hunter that made his head ache and swim with strange thoughts he could not explain. His red eyes shifted over the jewelry. He had no money, no means to buy anything and its not like a necklace matters when one is in a suit of armor, but his neck feels naked without it. The thought crossed his mind that it was pointless for him to stand there looking at such gems, so he turned to head off once more.
Just an idle trek to explore the city, he really had nothing better to do, and it was better than staying in his room letting his worries of his master’s vengeance plague him more than they already were. Maybe seeing how the creatures of this world lived would be enough of a distraction. Yet his mind kept painting the streets filled with blood. The horrors of hell in the busy streets of the city he walked. Reality overlapping with long lived nightmares.
Then a sound caught his attention, a music box playing in one of the shops. It was a simple little harmony, yet it made him squeeze his eyes shut trying to focus as pain started to twist in his mind. He reached out for the nearest wall and clutched his head. Flashes of memories passing so quick he could not tell what they were, all he could focus on was the pain as the music slowly stopped. He did not teleport away this time. He had no where to go that he knew. So once the pain subsided he pushed off the wall ignoring the sounds of the random nearby kedan asking if he was alright and moved on to walk more.
Sample 2: Vergil
The room was dark. Night had fallen, and Vergil had not moved from the chair he’d been sitting in for hours. He turned the pages of the old book he had come across in the marketplace. He was lucky he could read it at all. It was an old book with stories of knights and battles of the past, fiction at it's finest. These were the kinds of stories the half-demon could truly lose himself in. While he read his mind did not shift to plots of power or thoughts of revenge, merely the desire to see what the next page held. He was nearly done, he would finish the large book before the hour was over. That would be alright though, surely he could find another if he had nothing else to do.
Vergil always had a love for literature. Sometimes books were bad, sometimes books were amazing. It was really all about what you found. He always preferred to grab older looking books just to see what he would come across. Having found a book that looked both old and lacked a photo on its hardback cover, it had called to him. It was like a book he could have found in the study of the home he once shared with his family before Sparda vanished. Vergil had loved the smell of that study, the old books and leather of the chairs that used to sit there. An early point that was, but it started a lifelong love of reading. He hated people, people were always a let down, but a lot of times the books he found were not. He could live forever surrounded by them.
A knock came hard on the door, someone trying to get his attention it seemed. He raised his eyes from the page, casting them towards the door, pondering, trying to decide if he really wanted to venture over and see who dared rap upon his door. He didn't care enough and was not motivated enough to move from his spot and open the door, nor did he call out to his mysterious knocker. He looked back down to the book, turning another page. Another night he may answer. If it was important they would come back, or beat on the door harder. He let himself drift back into the story. It was just starting to get good anyway. The world could wait. The only adventure he cared about at the moment was the one in text.
Network:
Sample 1: Nelo Angelo
[ A pale man with red eyes and blue lines running down his face greets those that see the transmission. He didn't really have anything to say, he was just curious to see what it could do. The red eyes blinked once as he looked closer at it. As quickly as it started he logged off. He had nothing to ask or share he just wanted to see if he could make the thing work like he saw others doing. He had not seen such technology before that he could remember.]
Sample 2: Vergil
[ Vergil logged on, taking a moment to push his hair back up into its proper spikes before casting his cold eyes down at the recording video.]
Hello. [ He spoke with a tone of both pride and authority, even if he did not have the latter.] My name is Vergil. I am sure some of you may recognize my face. Well, let me clear that up, you do not know me.
And that likely will not change.
My point for addressing you today is simply this, I want information. Do any know what kind of magic fuels the flames in the Fire District? A light that never warms and seems real, that strikes me as a powerful magic. That is all. [ He ends the video there. A simple question, he hoped to receive a helpful answer.]
Other Info Vergil is mentioned as Nero's father in the DMC4 novel Deadly Fortune. They also state he was in Fortuna basically being a prick to the order worshiping Sparda. If Vergil saw Nero, he wouldn't realize he is his child. Honestly I would rather handle that however a potential Nero player feels best on.
