Sons of Sparda

Sons of Sparda is the family ship between Dante and Vergil from the Devil May Cry fandom.

DmC Devil May Cry
Dante and Vergil are Nephilim twin brothers born to a demon father named Sparda and an angel mother named Eva. For the first seven years of their life, they lived in peace with their parents. Dante and Vergil were typical young boys, playing and rough housing with each other. When they were seven years old, Mundus, the Demon King, had found them. Eva ended up giving her life for her family to escape. In order to protect Dante and Vergil before Sparda’s capture, Sparda decided to hide his sons amongst the humans. He erased their memories and separated them, leaving them at St. Lamia’s Orphanage. While Vergil was adopted out into a rich family and lived a privileged life, Dante was not. Dante spent his childhood in various demon-run institutions, orphanages, youth correction facilities and foster homes that often resulted in torture and violence.

The brothers don’t meet again until they’re adults in their early to mid-20s. Vergil sends his friend and fellow Order member, Kat, to Dante’s home under the pretense that Kat’s “boss wants to meet him”.

Dante and Kat arrive to The Order’s base of operations. Upon Vergil seeing Dante for the first time in many years, he says, ''“…Amazing! Dante, it really is you.”'' Dante doesn’t recognize him, asking who he is. Vergil tells him how when he was seven a car accident gave him “total amnesia” where Dante tells him he had meningitis, resulting in the same. Vergil informs him of The Order, how they’re fighting against the demons, attempting to free mankind. Dante is skeptical; he tells Vergil he’s not interested, that he’s “more of a loner type”. Not quite deterred, Vergil asks Dante, “At least give me a chance to show you.” Dante agrees and he and Vergil leave for their old childhood home where Vergil leaned who and what he was.

Arriving to the home, Vergil asks Kat to open a portal – a rift – from the real-world to Limbo, a dimension that exists parallel to the human world. Through the portal, Dante will learn who and what he is, as well as who Vergil is. Dante steps on Kat’s created rift and is transported into Limbo.

Dante arrives back into the real-world where Vergil and Kat are waiting. As Dante takes in his surroundings, Vergil watches him closely, waiting for Dante to speak. When Dante does, the first thing he says is, “You’re my brother.” Vergil clarifies that he’s Dante’s twin brother to be exact. With the knowledge that Dante now knows who he is, Vergil steps forward and pulls out his blue amulet, similar to Dante’s red amulet. He reveals that their amulets were given to them by their mother, that Vergil believes their mother knew this “moment would come”. Dante wants to know where they come from, what happened to them and above all else, wants to know who is responsible for all this. As Dante turns to leave the home, Vergil turns back to smile at Kat that he finally has his brother back after looking for so long.

A short time later, Vergil takes Dante to an old park that their mother used to take them too. While there, he explains how their parents met and how they, as demon-angel hybrids, are the only beings capable of killing a Demon King. While they talk, Vergil also makes it known that the demons are unaware that there are two of them, the demons believing Dante is the only remaining Nephilim. As they’re walking, a demon spotter sees them, forcing Vergil to kill it. Though it’s too late, Dante is already being pulled into Limbo. As Vergil runs, he tells Dante that he’ll find Kat – that she’s the one who can get him back out.

With Dante back in the real-world, Vergil explains how they are going to defeat Mundus – by making him leave the vicinity of the Hell Gate, the gate that gives him his power within the real-world. A plan is conceived that Dante is going to kill Mundus’ succubus, far down in the city’s Virility factory. Dante and Kat head for the factory with Vergil staying back as Mundus is unaware of his existence for the time being.

DmC Devil May Cry

 * Dante describes Vergil as the “mask freak on the net”.
 * Vergil’s first reaction to seeing Dante after many years is amazement.
 * Vergil warns Dante it can get “rough” through the portal into Limbo.
 * Dante and Vergil walk through a park.

DmC Devil May Cry
"…Amazing! Dante, it really is you."

- Vergil, seeing Dante since they were seven years old, DmC Devil May Cry.

Fanon
On AO3, Sons of Sparda has 230+ works within the classic Devil May Cry tag, and 30+ within the DmC Devil May Cry tag.

Fandom
FAN FICTION

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Variations

 * Kerte refers to the ship between Kat, Dante and Vergil

Trivia

 * In the classic Devil May Cry games, Vergil is the elder twin, while in the DmC Devil May Cry reboot Dante is the elder twin.
 * In the classic Devil May Cry games, Dante and Vergil are demon-human hybrids, while in the DmC Devil May Cry reboot they’re demon-angel hybrids.
 * In their own way, Dante and Vergil are similar to Rin and Yukio Okumura from Blue Exorcist. Since they too are twin brothers of a demon father and a human mother.