Dante is the main protagonist of all of Capcom's Devil May Cry games except Devil May Cry 4. He has been featured every Devil May Cry game, but has been added as a playable character to many other games.
One of two sons of Sparda, a demon knight who sided with humanity and drove back an invasion of the human world 2,000 years ago, Dante is a mercenary specializing in paranormal cases, preferring those that call for demon slaying. As a half-demon, Dante has supernatural powers that aid him in his missions, including Devil Trigger. Confident and cocky, Dante frequently taunts his enemies before beating them to a pulp.
In major difference between the original Devil May Cry and the rebooted DmC is that both Dante and his twin-brother Vergil are nephiliim, half-demon and half-angel. Eva, their mother, was still killed when the two were young boys by Mundus and their father was exiled for loving her.
