Post by Dante on Dec 9, 2012 18:08:27 GMT -5
Presenting DANTE
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Character Name: Dante
Date of Birth / Age: 20's/30's
Nicknames: (if any) Lazy Ass (assorted other insults), The Legendary Dark Knight, Handsomest Devil Ever, The Devil Hunter
Position: Half Human/Half Devil
CHARACTER DESCRIPTION
Appearance: Stands at a about average height if not a little taller with a lean athletic build, but well toned in musculature. His skin is fairly pale, but not unhealthily so. Dante's hair is straight and a bit jaggedly cut with bangs that hang in his face, occasionally to the right. His hair is stark white in color and his eyes are a more grey blue. A snide smirk is his most common expression, an air of over confidence perpetually about him.
He dresses in a long, red, two tailed duster that has short sleeves and black cuffs. Under the coat he wears a red vest which dons leather straps across his chest, resting above a black dress shirt. Above these two articles of clothing hangs a silver amulet, his half of the Perfect Amulet. Even his legs are clad in snug red leather, tucked into black biker boots.
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CHARACTER PERSONALITY
Strengths Unflappable, Strong sense of Justice, Amazing fighting ability, Loyal, Witty
Weaknesses Bullheaded, overprotective of friends/family, pizza, seeks out strong opponents, love of fighting
Personality : Dante comes off as a sarcastic, oafish, snide, overbearing, reckless hero type, which is mostly true. He does not take competition very seriously, even in dire circumstances, either as a defense mechanism or an unchangeable belief that he can beat any odds. Despite this behavior he is driven very strongly by a desire to protect innocents and his loved ones, no matter the cost.
He does have extraordinarily bad luck and little control. The king of overindulgence, he does not really understand limits, even going so far as proposing to a mop in state of questionable sobriety. There is little that stops him from his true motivations.
Dante is unrepentant in the way he treats others, from belittling high class demons, to unabashedly "borrowing" money from his close "friends". He has no problem speaking his mind or correcting any action. Truly a "I do what I want!" kind of guy.
OVERALL BACKGROUND
Father: Sparda
Mother: Eva
Siblings: Virginia----Vergil...
Overall History:Born to the Devil Sparda and the Human Eva he was given a half of the Perfect Amulet by his mother sometime before his eight birthday. It was on his eighth birthday that his mother was murdered by demons, his father was dead/gone and his brother Vergil was seperated from him. Assuming his brother dead Dante was alone in the world.
Some time afterward he opens up a shop to acquire jobs dealing with demons and other supernatural beings. It is during this time he gets an invitation from Arkham to go to the Temen-ni- Gru on the behalf of his brother. Accepting mostly for the fun of it he proceeds through the tower. Whilst inside he meets Lady, a human woman seeking to avenge her mother who was sacrificed by her father. In a battle with his brother here he unlocks the devil within him after being stabbed through with Rebellion and uses this new power to make his way through the rest of the tower. In the end he discovers that his previous guide, Jester, is actually Arkham, Lady's evil father and has used both brothers and daughter to try and obtain Sparda's power and become a god. They stop him, Dante takes the Force Edge and Vergil decides to stay behind.
Lady inspires Dante to become more motivated in his demon hunting business and with this new found purpose names the store "Devil May Cry".
Some years later a blonde woman named Trish challenges him and upon defeat reveals that Mundus is back and leads him to a castle where he may be found. Dante clears through the castle with relative ease until battled by an azure demon who is repelled with his amulet. After Dante wins the battle he discovers the other half of the Perfect Amulet, revealing this creature to be his manipulated brother Vergil, and gains the true form of the Force Edge, Sparda.
Trish betrays him soon after revealing that she is working with Mundus and despite his fury at this and his threats toward her he saves her twice, claiming it is because of her likeness to his mother. In a rage he unleashes a great power that allows him to take on an appearance similar to his father, defeats Mundus and helps Trish escape the collapsing island.
She is apologetic and he accepts this and says she has proven herself to be more human and she joins the posse.
Role-Play Sample
Rain pattered melodiously on the dirty window panes. It was rather advantageous because he had no plans on actually cleaning them, but it was really making the storefront look bad.
It was a day that drained motivation entirely.
Just the idea of moving from his reclined position made him want to groan in displeasure. Slowly he cracked open his eyes to peer at his booted feet on the dark wood of his desk. The few papers there were lightly dust covered, more for decoration than anything else. His intertwined fingers had lost feeling as they had been over his head for a few hours now and as his consciousness slowly filtered in there was a low throbbing in his back where the chair was digging into muscle.
With a deep sigh he lifted one leg off the other, leather creaking just as grumpily, and he thumped his heavy feet on the floor. Letting his chair land on all four legs he stretched his arms out to get the blood flowing back through them.
Slowly his head leaned forward to rest upon the desk.
"I should just go back to bed" he mumbled to the motes flitting about through the only light source, the small lamp on the corner of his resting place.
His eyes were just about to shut once more when the knock came. It was soft, hesitant and reluctant.
With a curious squint he rolled his head over to peer at the door. Exhaling a loud burst of air he pushed himself back sitting and then, with a great will of force he rose, complaining both internally and externally.
Great kicking motions were made down his path to the door as he tried to get his appendages used to movement once more. Once there he paused with his hand on the doorknob, not sure if he was willing to do much more than this. Another sigh and he cracked it open.
A small man stood before him, a box in hand. "Uh, sir, your pizza?"
Dante's eyes widened, he didn't remember ordering anything, but it wasn't in his nature to look a gifthorse in the mouth.
"Thanks" he responded opening the door to take the pizza, turning about on heel with it in hand and kicking the door closed simultaneously.
From the other side he could hear protestations of desired payment, but he paid no mind, it wasn't like this was absurd behavior for him. He shouted back something about a tab and tossed the box on the desk.
With one quick motion he tossed the lid back and inhaled the delicious scent wafting up at him. Barely taking the time to sit down he folded a slice and shoved it into his gaping maw.
His eyes slowly drifted closed and he delightedly chewed in the relative silence. The rain ambiently soothing as cheese burned down his throat.
ALL ABOUT YOU
Nickname: Riles
Age: 23
How did you find us: I know the owner....personally
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