Now with a shorter haircut, Nero loses his Devil Bringer which contained most of his demonic power, and has Yamato stolen from him after his arm is severed by one of the new antagonists in the lead up to the game. He returns as one of the protagonists of Devil May Cry 5.

His weapons of choice are Red Queen, a custom single-edged messer, a double-barreled revolver called the Blue Rose, and a Japanese sword of Sparda's discovered in Agnus' underground lab (later given to him as a gift for good by Dante) named Yamato. However, Nero soon discovers a series of Hell Gates are being opened all over the island he lives on, his childhood love Kyrie has been kidnapped, and that he inherited the blood and power of Sparda.Īs a quarter-demon, Nero has Super Strength, Super Speed, Nigh-Invulnerability, and a Healing Factor, along with the power to form spectral projections and an outright Guardian Entity through his demonic right arm, the Devil Bringer. Image Songs: The Time Has Come ( DMC4), Devil Trigger ( DMC5)Īn orphan raised as a demon slayer by the Sparda-worshipping church, the Order of the Sword, with a demonically-superpowered right arm, first appearing in Devil May Cry 4.Īt the start of the game, Nero is sent by the Order to track down Dante after the Son of Sparda seemingly kills the Order's leader, Sanctus.

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