Death (Dante's Inferno)

Death is the reaper of the souls of the dead, bringing them to the next world and a villain from the video game, Dante's Inferno.

History
Since the beginning of time, Death was tasked with ferrying the souls of those that died and bring them to their place in the afterlife. After Dante Alighieri was stabbed in the back by an escaping prisoner at Acre, Death appeared before him as time stopped and told him that he would suffer eternal damnation for his sins. He demanded that Dante come with him to hell, but the crusader refused to accept this fate. Death drew him into a void between the mortal world and the spiritual world and the two battled. Despite the grim reaper almost succeeding in defeating him, Dante managed to take his scythe and finished him off with it. Afterwards, Dante kept Death's scythe and used it in his travels back to Flroence, and more importantly, his journey through Hell.

Powers
Death has great spiritual powers and is able to freeze time, bring souls to their place in the afterlife, and teleport. In combat, his main weapon is his scythe, which he can attack with in a number of ways.

Trivia

 * Dante may not have actually destroyed Death during their encounter since people continued to die afterwards. It is possible that Dante simply weakened him enough to dispel him and drive him away.


 * Death was voiced by Richard Moll in the English version of the game and Norio Wakamoto in the Japanese version.


 * He has never made any appearance in Dante's Divine Comedy, despite it being about the realms of the afterlife.