Personality: Dante is the very definition of a 'devil-may-care' attitude. He can come off as extremely aloof and uncaring, though deep down he harbors a strong sense of honor and justice. Unlike his brother Vergil, Dante embraced the human side of his heritage, choosing to fight for and defend humans while trying to deny his demonic side. He makes it a point to try not to kill humans for any reason, even if they prove to be evil, though there have been exceptions. No unnecessary killing, that's his viewpoint. Often he will pretend to be disinterested in a job, especially if it doesn't offer good pay, though he usually ends up investigating anyway. Unfortunately for him people take advantage of his good nature and often don't pay, or end up charging him instead for the property destroyed during his jobs. This has resulted in a fairly massive debt, not that Dante seems to really mind it too much, it gives him something to complain about.
Though he's matured greatly over the years, Dante remains ever the sarcastic rebel. Rarely does he display much in the way of seriousness, and even less often is he caught without a sarcastic remark (or several). He is notorious for absolutely terrible jokes, but that's never stopped him from making them. Despite his dark past and even darker profession, Dante is remarkably quite the optimist. As he says, there's no use being all gloomy over a situation, and the worse it is is just more reason to go out with a bang.
For all of his optimism and care-free sarcasm, Dante is ever plagued by the loss of his mother and twin brother, Vergil. His mother's death, and his subsequent desire for revenge were the main reason he chose his life path of demon hunting, to protect others from the same fate. He is ever at war with himself over his demonic blood and extremely reluctant to accept it, much less embrace it, even if it does give him the strength to wage his personal war on Hell. This duality keeps him ever at odds with himself, though Dante craves very much to be human, deep down he knows he cannot be, leaving him secretly quite lonely. He has very few friends, and those he does have he still manages to keep at arm's length. His twin's disappearance into the Underworld, and later death at Dante's own hands also still weighs on his heart.
Also, don't touch the man's sundaes, this will be taken as a personal offense. He also has a bad habit of gambling, even though he is absolutely terrible at it.
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Though he's matured greatly over the years, Dante remains ever the sarcastic rebel. Rarely does he display much in the way of seriousness, and even less often is he caught without a sarcastic remark (or several). He is notorious for absolutely terrible jokes, but that's never stopped him from making them. Despite his dark past and even darker profession, Dante is remarkably quite the optimist. As he says, there's no use being all gloomy over a situation, and the worse it is is just more reason to go out with a bang.
For all of his optimism and care-free sarcasm, Dante is ever plagued by the loss of his mother and twin brother, Vergil. His mother's death, and his subsequent desire for revenge were the main reason he chose his life path of demon hunting, to protect others from the same fate. He is ever at war with himself over his demonic blood and extremely reluctant to accept it, much less embrace it, even if it does give him the strength to wage his personal war on Hell. This duality keeps him ever at odds with himself, though Dante craves very much to be human, deep down he knows he cannot be, leaving him secretly quite lonely. He has very few friends, and those he does have he still manages to keep at arm's length. His twin's disappearance into the Underworld, and later death at Dante's own hands also still weighs on his heart.
Also, don't touch the man's sundaes, this will be taken as a personal offense. He also has a bad habit of gambling, even though he is absolutely terrible at it.