Vergil (Devil May Cry)

"I need more power!-Vergil" Vergil is the first son of the demon Sparda and human Eva, and the older twin brother of Dante. He is a recurring antagonist in Devil May Cry, the main deutagonist/antagonist of Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, and the main antagonist of Devil May Cry 5 (also a playable character in all Special Editions since the third game). Following the death of their mother as children, Vergil and Dante go their separate ways, with Vergil rejecting his humanity and embracing his demonic heritage, in contrast with his younger brother's embrace of humanity and initial rejection of the demonic. Stoic and reserved, Vergil displays a willingness to do anything in his quest to obtain the power of his father, Sparda.

Suffering defeat in confrontation with Mundus in the secret ending to Devil May Cry 3, he is tortured and transformed into the Black Knight – being encountered in Devil May Cry under the name Nelo Angelo (also alternatively spelled Nero Angelo). After numerous conflicts throughout the game, he is finally defeated by Dante and Nero.

Why He Is The Storm That Is Approaching!

 * 1) While his brother  Dante is a man about style, Vergil is the brooding and aloof type that cares about power more than anything. His calm, cool, collected personality is pretty much the opposite compared to his brother.
 * 2) Vergil has an inferiority complex, and has been a victim to post traumatic stress disorder which shows that not all power hungry villains are generic and cliched. It just needs to be done right. His mother died when he was a little kid and he believed he was too weak to save her, which lead him to become stronger by becoming Arkham's apprentice and betraying him for more power.
 * 3) * Whether you liked the DmC: Devil May Cry reboot or not, he still has more charm and likability than the reboot counterpart of his twin brother.
 * 4) Speaking of Dante, their sibling rivalry is one of the sole reasons why Devil May Cry is an awesome franchise.
 * 5) As mentioned earlier, Vergil had already suffered a lot in his life: finding out that his mom is already dead, believing that his human self is what makes him weak, wants to get more power, he sees his twin brother as his obstacle, and had been brainwashed to become Mundus' knight.
 * 6) After being free of Mundus' control, Vergil is now dying, so he went to steal his son Nero's arm, went to his childhood home, stabbed himself with the Yamato, and split himself into V and Urizen to escape his pain, suffering and his weakness.
 * 7) * Speaking of V, he has a knack for reading poetry and literature.
 * 8)  Just like his brother and his son, he has his own badass theme.
 * 9) Vergil has a really cool character design. Black coat (blue in DMC 3), a katana called a Yamato, stylish hair, and most importantly, his cold, but badass stance.
 * 10) Lots of memorable dialogue:
 * 11) * "Where's your motivation?"
 * 12) * Show me your motivation!
 * 13) * "Now I'm a little motivated!"
 * 14) * "I need more power!/So this... is power..."
 * 15) * "Defeating you like this has no meaning."
 * 16) * You shall die. (Performs Judgement Cut End)
 * 17) * Scum.
 * 18) * Rest in peace.
 * 19) * Go to hell!
 * 20) * This barely counts as a warmup.
 * 21) * Try me.
 * 22) * "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."
 * 23) * "If you want it, then you'll have to take it. But you already knew that."
 * 24) * "So it is written." (As V)
 * 25) * "I have no name. I am, but two days old. Just kidding, you can call me V." (As V)
 * 26) * "I shall enlighten you, DANTE!" (As Urizen)
 * 27) * Prepare... ...TO DIE!!!
 * 28) * (After using Judgement Cut) "Ashes To Ashes!"
 * 29) * "You think you can stand a chance? Hmph."
 * 30) * "All things end, Dante, even us."
 * 31) * "Funny. Because I seem to remember you crying whenever father raises his voice."
 * 32) His theme Bury the Light in Devil May Cry 5 is his absolute best, and summarizes Vergil's trauma, experiences, strengths, weaknesses, and hunger for power perfectly.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) His design as Urizen was really messy and hard to follow. Fortunately, he looks much cleaner and better when he achieves his true form.
 * 2) * V's name made it really obvious that he is the other half of Vergil, unless if you go back to one of the cutscenes of V inaudibly telling who the mastermind was to Dante.
 * 3) Devil May Cry 5 retconned his death from the first game. After he was defeated by Dante in the first game, Vergil's body vanished. With no trace of his whereabouts, not after 20 years of being free from Mundus' control.
 * 4) Outside the Special Editions of the games, he's not a playable character.

DmC: Devil May Cry

 * 1) While his DmC reboot counterpart is the least unlikable, he's not any smarter nor stronger compared to the original.
 * 2) * His fighting style is rather brutal, but slow and sloppy. Whereas the original Vergil is calm, collected and calculated when it comes to stances.
 * 3) * He shot Lilith and her demon child in exchange for Kat's life, which didn't really have much impact to their plan, except to spite Mundus as revenge of killing his and Dante's mother.
 * 4) * He revealed his evil plan in taking over the world to replace Mundus. Vergil may tend to take his word with good intentions, but the way he words them made the story poorly jump the shark into making him the true villain and final boss. And thus, him explaining it and fighting Dante just for disagreeing with him kind of ruins the game's ending and his character. And it also doesn't help that Dante plans to do the same as Vergil.
 * 5) * In the Vergil's Downfall side story, his descent into villainy was rather petty.
 * 6) Besides his sword, his design with a simple black trench coat and black fedora is a tad bit generic.

Trivia

 * Vergil's name in DMC comes from Publius Vergilius Maro, commonly known as Virgil, a Roman poet, and author of the Aeneid. He is as well a character in Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, being a companion to Dante in the epic poem.