Changes: Hell Vanguard

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The Hell Vanguard is a minor villain and the first boss encountered in the videogame Devil May Cry 3. Bearing a resemblance to the Grim Reaper from popular culture, this high level demon is feared even among others of the same kind for its viciousness and sadistic personality. Even though Dante first battles him as a boss and is then killed by Vergil, is later hinted that the name "Hell Vanguard" does not refere to a particular demon, but to a type of them (meaning that there're more than one).

History

After Dante killed a certain ammount of demons outside of his nameless shop, a Hell Vanguard appeared on top of a building, and attempted to kill him. However, Dante managed to defeat the Vanguard. Just when Dante was about to kill the Hell Vanguard, the Temen-ni-gru rosed from the ground. This distraction, caused the Vanguard to retreat. The same Hell Vanguard, in a weaken state appeared behind Vergil and attempted to kill him. But with a single slash, Vergil managed to kill the Hell Vanguard, via splitting it in half.

Despite the Hell Vanguard getting killed by Vergil, Dante encounters multiple Vanguards while journeying the Temen-ni-gru. There are even some incidents where Dante encounters two of these demons at the same time.

Powers and Abilities

The Hell Vanguard are demons with various abilities. They show a great skill with using the scythe. They also teleport by creating a ripple in time-space; they can teleport in two different ways: appearing from the ground (jumping and performing a swing movement with the scythe) or in the middle air (performing a devastating dash attack that deals a lot of damage). Vanguard also have more health than regular enemies (even when they appear in not-boss fights) and their agility allows them to survive or skip more of Dante's attacks.

Trivia

It is possible that the Hell Vanguard is based on the Grim Reaper.

Villains

Devil May Cry 2
Agrosax the Chaos/The Despair Embodied | Arius/Possessed Arius/Arius-Argosax | Bolverk/Freki & Geri | Furiataurus | Infestants/Infested Tanks/Infested Chopper | Jokatgulm | Nefasturris | Noctpteran | Phantom | Plutonian | Tartarussian | Tateobesu | Trismagia | Uroboros

Devil May Cry 3
Agni & Rudra | Arkham/Jester | Beowulf | Cerberus | Doppelganger | Damned Chessmen | Geryon | Gigapedes | Hell Vanguard | Leviathan | Nevan | Vergil

Vergil's Downfall
Hollow Dante | Hollow Kat | Hollow Vergil

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