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| “ | Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness. Might controls everything. And without strength, you cannot protect anything. Let alone yourself. | „ |
| ~ Vergil to Dante in Devil May Cry 3. |
| “ | Unfortunately, our souls are at odds, brother. I need more power! | „ |
| ~ Vergil expressing his lust for power. |
| “ | That day, if our positions were switched… Would our fates be different? Would I have your life, and you mine? Let's settle this… Dante. | „ |
| ~ Vergil in Devil May Cry 5. |
Vergil, also known as Nelo Angelo, is the main antagonist of the Devil May Cry franchise.
He is a devil-human hybrid, being the son of the Dark Knight devil Sparda and the human Eva, the older twin brother and arch-rival of Dante, as well as the father of Nero.
Contrasting with Dante's goofy, carefree personality, Vergil is cold, stoic, and megalomaniacal, seeking to gain as much power as possible to ensure that he never has to suffer the death of a loved one again after he and Dante lost their mother, Eva, at a young age. Despite usually acting as an antagonist, Vergil has, on rare occasions, assisted his own brother to take down an even tougher opponent, making him an anti-hero.
In the English version, he is voiced by David Keeley in the first game and by Dan Southworth (who also portrayed Urizen in Devil May Cry 5 and Eric Myers in Power Rangers Time Force) since Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening. In the Japanese dub of Vergil's appearances since Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3, he is voiced by Hiroaki Hirata.
Personality[]
In contrast to his twin brother Dante's boisterous, outgoing, and extroverted personality, Vergil is calm, cool, collected, and introverted, constantly maintaining an aura of fearlessness and coolness. Vergil cares little for the well-being of those around him, and is unflinching in his pursuit of power; however, in spite of his cold and ruthlessness demeanor, he is an honorable warrior who maintains his own set of morals, disciplines and values. Vergil despises cheap, dirty tactics and refuses to use firearms, deeming them unworthy of a "true warrior", while staying true to only his blade as well as other melee weapons he managed to obtain from his defeated enemies.
His code of honor still surfaces while he is corrupted as Nelo Angelo: he refuses to attack Dante from behind and calmly waits until both are outside the mansion to begin their first fight. In Devil May Cry 5, after being restored and was attacked by his brother, Vergil refused to fight Dante when the latter was injured and tired from his last fight against Urizen, saying that defeating him in such a state has no meaning and gave his brother time to heal his wounds and get strong.
In dire situations, he is not above actions that would seem desperate or those that would contradict his views. As seen in Devil May Cry 5, he took Nero's Devil Bringer and the Yamato by force, still bearing influences of his time as Nelo Angelo. If Dante's fighting something he's also opposing, he'll team up, even though he has reservations. He won't hesitate to take drastic measures such as punishing traitors too.
Unlike Dante, Vergil is willing to embrace his demonic heritage, and seeks to emulate his father's power and cold persona. While Dante seeks to protect humanity from the demons, Vergil wants more demonic power, regardless of the consequences for those around him. Despite his normal personality of cold dismissal, he does cherish certain things - the Devil-blade Yamato, a dark katana left to him as a keepsake by his father, his own half of the Perfect Amulet, a keepsake from his mother and, after his own realization, his own son Nero. In Devil May Cry 3, Vergil seems to reveal some of his feelings by claiming to Dante: "Might controls everything, and without strength you cannot protect anything, let alone yourself.". This may be a reference to their mother's death. It may also imply that Vergil seeks power as compensation for failing to protect her. His failure may also have made him forsake close human relationships, due to his perceived fragility of humanity.
Through his human side, V, he is able to see his past without the coldness and uncaring eyes of himself. This is his human manifestation that he has kept suppressed all his life to attain his goals of power. V describes Vergil as "One who lost everything", and that all the defeat he suffered only caused him to sink lower. V recognizes the gravity of crimes he committed and how important the things he threw away in the endless pursuit of power really were, such as his humanity, younger brother, and his own son. V originally went to Dante in the hope that he could right the wrong that Vergil created with the birth of Urizen. V explained to Nero that "he", meaning Vergil, only wanted to be protected and loved, but since he was alone his only option was to survive. It is obvious some mannerisms of V manifest in Vergil after reemerging, prominently his humanity.
As Nelo Angelo, Vergil only depends on fighting battles to finish the work. While also becoming fully demonic, he will only make dark chuckles instead of commenting on his foes' own efforts to beat him. As addition to his boosted demonic abilities, his mind is slim and any form of memories (which also includes the half of the Perfect Amulet that Dante had) will cause his mental state to be stimulated with scarred ones.
Powers and Abilities[]
- Supernatural Powers: Inherited from his father Sparda, Vergil has similar powers to his biological twin brother Dante. Despite being part-demon, Vergil has shown himself to be much more powerful and skilled than the strongest pure blood demons of the Underworld. Even before devouring the Qliphoth Fruit, a mythical demonic fruit which grants near omnipotence to whomever consumes it, Vergil's demon side Urizen outclassed both Mundus and Argosax, easily overpowering Dante with very little effort. After his demon half consumed the Qliphoth Fruit, he became the most powerful supernatural being in the series and is rivaled only by his own son Nero and his twin brother Dante. So far he has shown.
- Supernatural Strength: Vergil has incredible supernatural strength, due to his demonic heritage. He possesses supernatural strength to the point where he can punch through stone with little effort and overpower demons much larger than him without much difficulty. Even in a severely weakened state, he was able to tear off Nero's nigh-invulnerable demonic arm to regain Yamato.
- Supernatural Mobility: His supernatural mobility is so great that he can move faster than the eye can see, and his agility is at a superhuman level, allowing him to perform feats such as running so fast that he appears to be teleporting. This was seen when in Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition's opening, how he instantly dashes from one opponent to the other. His agility was seen seen he sliced up Beowulf's head into four pieces In Devil May Cry 3. His reflexes are also similarly enhanced as well. He is able to combat Dante in terms of reflexes as well.
- Supernatural Stamina: Even after he was extremely tired by battling Dante, he was able to regenerate his vitality and stamina within a few minutes after Arkham tossed him. After gaining more power via the Qliphoth Fruit, Vergil's stamina was enhanced to the point where he and Dante fought each other for weeks in Hell without tiring or slowing down for long.
- Supernatural Durability: While not bulletproof, his physical constitution can withstand high levels of physical trauma. Even after being extremely tired by fighting Dante, when Jester overpowered him and attacked him, Vergil showed no signs of fatigue or injury.
- Regenerative Healing Factor: Due to his demonic heritage, Vergil possess an astonishing regenerative healing factor. His regenerative abilities are seen while he is fighting Dante for the second time. Even after Jester caused a massive amount of physical trauma to him, he was able to recover and go just in time for the final battles. Even after Dante dealt a fatal blow to him during their final battle, he was still limbering and not dead.
- Immortality: Due to his demonic heritage, he is immune to the passage of time. It has even been revealed that he is still alive, severely weakened, and trying to get over his trauma of his servitude of Mundus by splitting his human and demon halves with the Yamato.
- Supernatural Senses: He is able to sense oncoming attacks from miles away. His enemies always have an extremely hard time evading him or even sneaking up on him.
- Devil Trigger: Vergil’s half-demon nature allows him to release his demonic powers fully through his Devil Trigger, which increases his speed and increases the potency of his healing factor and even grants him several new abilities. After eating the Qliphoth fruit and regaining his human and demon halves back, he gained Sin Devil Trigger, which is far more powerful than his original devil trigger.
- Demonic Magic: Vergil is already the son of an extremely powerful ascended demon. As such, he possesses a great deal of demonic mystical energies. Vergil can channel his demon energies into objects, such as his weapons or even the air itself. He uses these energies to create his Summoned Swords as long-range weapons, which are energy swords resembling the Force Edge. After his demonic half's consumption of the Qliphoth Fruit and re-merging back into Vergil, Vergil gained near omnipotent levels of magical power.
- Supreme Combatant: The half-demon has also used a number of demons fighting styles, emphasizing mastery of Devil-Arms and their elemental powers. He uses a demonic fighting style known as Dark Slayer style, which lets him teleport & utilize a lot of dark force energy inside Yamato mixed with his skills.
- Swordsmanship: Vergil is a master swordsman with extreme and incredible skill, talent, precision, accuracy and technique. He's a master of Iaido (or Iaijutsu due to their great similarity). Iaido is a Japanese martial art that emphasizes being aware and capable of quickly drawing the sword and responding to a sudden attack (a quick yet precise counterattack) then sheathing the sword immediately. His opponents often not realizing they're dead until he sheathes Yamato. His sword fighting skills and feats are considered to be "legendary" and even leading many people to believe they're superior to Dante's or on par with him at least. Combined with his Superhuman strength and speed, Vergil is nearly unmatched in a swordfight, perhaps only surpassed by his father, Sparda.
- Hand-to-Hand Combat / Martial Arts: Due to the nature of series (which its primary fighting weapons are swords) Vergil is not shown frequently in fist fights or utilizing unarmed forms of martial arts. However, while using Beowulf as a melee weapon for combat, Vergil demonstrated some of his proficiency and skills on martial arts (those demonstrations may be a small part of his skillset), using multiple forms and techniques of punches, spinning kicks, roundhouse kicks, back hand punches, knee strikes and counter attacks, which many of these belongs to (but not limited to) : Boxing, Taekwondo, Karate, Kickboxing, Muay Thai and Krav Maga (Remember, he uses such techniques which strongly resembles these mentioned martial arts techniques and he necessarily doesn't need to possess master-level skills or/and being familiar with these forms), thus proving he's a master of a large number of fighting and martial techniques/style. Interestingly enough, his movesets with Beowulf are smaller than Dante's. However, they're far more efficient and powerful. Even stranger, the reason behind this has never been explained.
- High Intelligence: Vergil possesses an exceptionally sharp and analytical mind, allowing him to formulate complex strategies and adapt to any situation. He approaches battles and conflicts with calculated precision, often anticipating his opponents’ moves and exploiting weaknesses before they can react.
- Knowledge of Demon World: Vergil has an extensive understanding of demons, ancient artifacts, and mystical forces. He is well-versed in demonic hierarchies, forbidden magic, and the power of legendary weapons such as Yamato, which he can manipulate with skill and precision to control energy, open portals, or turn the battlefield in his favor.
Devil Arms[]
His primary weapons are Yamato, Force Edge & the Summoned Swords. He wields a katana called Yamato that he inherited from his father, which is a Devil Arm, a weapon made from demonic power. He later gained another Devil Arm, Beowulf, named after the demon he gained it from. It was a set of gauntlets and greaves with light powers, but Vergil lost these after falling into a void, and they were claimed by Dante. Beowulf also gave him a different Devil Trigger, a fact that is true for most Devil Arms.
Theme[]
Bury the Light by Casey Edwards[]
Quotes[]
Devil May Cry[]
| “ | Vergil: Wow! Dante: Cool! I want chocolate! Vergil: No, I want the chocolate! |
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| ~ Vergil arguing with Dante during a flashback to their childhood, foreshadowing their future rivalry. |
Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening[]
| “ | You showed up. | „ |
| ~ Vergil when confronting Dante |
| “ | My sincerest apology, brother. I was so eager to see you. I couldn't concentrate on preparations for the bash. | „ |
| ~ Vergil to Dante |
| “ | You got that right. | „ |
| ~ Vergil to Dante before battle. |
| “ | Where's your motivation? | „ |
| ~ Vergil taunting Dante during battle. |
| “ | Foolishness, Dante. Foolishness. | „ |
| ~ Vergil after defeating Dante. |
| “ | Why isn't this working?! Is there something missing? Must more blood be shed?! | „ |
| ~ Vergil after failing to open the portal to Hell. |
| “ | Dante: I'm sure you have time for one more game, right? Vergil: Why not? After all, we share the same blood. I'll just use some of yours to undo daddy's little spell. |
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| ~ Vergil accepting Dante's challenge for a rematch. |
| “ | Vergil: I'll try it your way for once. Dante: Remember what we supposed to say? Arkham: Don't do it! Dante and Vergil: JACKPOT! |
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| ~ Dante and Vergil as they finish off Arkham together. |
| “ | No one can have this, Dante. It's mine. It belongs to a son of Sparda. Leave me and go, if you don't want to be trapped in the Demon World. I'm staying. This place was our father's home. | „ |
| ~ Vergil as he casts himself into Hell after being defeated by Dante. |
Devil May Cry 4[]
| “ | Power… Give me more power! | „ |
| ~ Vergil's spirit communicating to his son, Nero. |
| “ | Well, I can't exactly call them misguided. But soon they shall know this devil's power. A power greater than they ever imagined. The power of a son of Sparda. | „ |
| ~ Vergil after investigating the Order of the Sword in Devil May Cry 4: Special Edition. |
Devil May Cry 5[]
| “ | I'm taking this back. I'm running out of time... | „ |
| ~ Vergil after ripping off Nero's arm. |
| “ | Defeating you like this has no meaning. Heal your wounds, Dante. Get strong. After that, we'll settle the matter. | „ |
| ~ Vergil to Dante after being resurrected. |
| “ | Thank you, Nero. | „ |
| ~ Vergil genuinely thanking Nero for his help. |
| “ | If you want it... then you'll have to take it. But you already knew that. How many times have we fought? | „ |
| ~ Vergil challenging Dante. |
| “ | My son means nothing to me! | „ |
| ~ Vergil to Dante about Nero, unaware the Nero Dante talked about and the one who helped them are the same person. |
| “ | Nero is my son? Well, well... That was a long time ago. | „ |
| ~ Vergil upon realizing that Nero is his son. |
Trivia[]
- It is believed by Dante that their immense supernatural powers come not just from his demonic blood, but due to a demon's will to never be weak again and protect the ones they care about.
- He implies this when he speaking with Dante, that without power you cannot protect anything, let alone yourself. This may mean demons can reach their full potential by having the ability to protect and care for another, as it is implied to be the reason why their father was one of the most powerful demons in the series. Dante expounds on this belief repeatedly throughout the series that Demons that acquire a "human soul" (i.e. Demons who learn to exhibit human traits such as love, compassion, friendship, etc) will be able to become truly powerful.
- Vergil is named after Publius Vergilius Maro, a famous Roman poet of the Augustan period. In the Divine Comedy, the namesake of Vergil's brother, Dante, makes Publius his guide to hell.
- Vergil is the first Devil May Cry boss to have a playable role in the games.
- Vergil the most recurring boss character in the series, with fourteen total boss battles. He is fought thrice as Nelo Angelo plus one optional battle inside Nightmare in Devil May Cry, giving him a total of four battles. He is also fought thrice in Devil May Cry 3. And he is fought five times as Urizen and twice as himself in Devil May Cry 5.
- Vergil is voiced in Japanese by Hiroaki Hirata, also known for the voice of Caliburn the Sword and Samuel Rodriguez.
- Vergil is voiced in English by Daniel Southworth, who previously played Eric Myers, the Quantum Ranger in Power Rangers Time Force.
- Daniel Southworth also voiced Urizen in the English Dub. This also foreshadows that Urizen is a disembodied embodiment of Virgil's Power. In Japanese dub However, Urizen is voiced by Shunsuke Sakuya.
- Vergil's outfit is a costume for Stylish Alastor in Viewtiful Joe: Red Hot Rumble for the PSP.
- Vergil appears as a playable character in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3. If the player completes the Arcade Mode with Vergil, his ending has him defeating Wolverine to claim his Muramasa Blade, and declaring that both his and the sword's soul cry out for more power.
- His other name, Nelo Angelo, is a misspelling of Nero Angelo, Italian for Black Angel. In UMVC3, this is the name of his Level 3 Hyper Combo.
- Vergil battled Sephiroth from Final Fantasy VII in ScrewAttack's DEATH BATTLE and lost.
External Links[]
- Vergil on the Heroes Wiki.
- Vergil on the Devil May Cry Wiki.
- Vergil on the Marvel vs. Capcom Wiki.
- Vergil on Wikipedia.
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