Dante Alastor


 * "No, you're always there. Always watching. I can't stand it, everything you do. I hate your big eyes. Especially the way you look at me."
 * ―Dante briefly confessing his feelings to Elise.

Dante Alastor is the second protagonist of Blue Rose and War of Hearts.

Appearance
Dante stands a little over six feet tall and with a more rounded face, a small scar going across his right eyebrow and cheek, and wide jaw.

His eye color seems to be grey-blue. His hair is black, with the sides of his head shaved, forming a mohawk out of the hair at the top of his head, tapering off into a point at the nape of his neck. As the game progresses, the hair at the back of his head can be seen changing permanently white.

He also sports a strange glowing tattoo on his back between his shoulder blades. In one trailer, this tattoo glows briefly and heals scars he has on his back, and during gameplay it can be seen through his coat as he switches to an angelic or demonic weapon, which is also accompanied by a blue or red color.

His attire consists of a faded black, 3/4-length, hooded leather jacket with red interior linings and the British Union flag sewn on the left arm, a gray tank top, black fingerless gloves, black faded jeans, black military boots, and a necklace reminiscent of half of the Perfect Amulet that features prominently throughout the series.

His sword is slung over his back favoring his left hand, and his pistols are placed in holsters which are located at the back of his waist, under his coat. Dante also seems to be ambidextrous, favoring either hand for melee attacks with his weapons.

When Dante uses Devil Trigger, his hair is flushed completely white, his coat becomes bright red, his eyes become red with white irises and small vein-like cracks run across his skin. These effects fade when Devil Trigger deactivates, but after his final battle his hair remained white permanently.

As the series progresses he's seen to be consistent with his style but sometimes favors white t-shirts and ripped blue jeans as well. After War of Hearts ends, he is known to wear his wedding ring on his finger.

Personality
The young man carries himself in a different slick, confident manner as his counterpart, with a more vulgar and spiteful tone.

Dante is very rebellious towards authority figures, but laid-back to anyone else. Living on the periphery of society and caught between two worlds, he feels like an outcast. Young and angry, but with a quick wit and black humor, he is disaffected and disassociated with society, and seemingly quite apathetic.

He has no fear, and no respect for authority, especially not the demonic authority that runs the world in which he lives. He has no qualms with engaging in debauchery and other hedonistic acts, mostly because he believes he won't be around for too much longer, because of all the demons constantly breathing down his neck.

However, Dante has a huge heart beneath all of this rough exterior. He purposely chose to live out his life his own way because his eyes were opened to evil as a child, especially when the people who were supposed to take care of him turned out to be demons. He decided to take a stand and fight back, no matter what happens.

But even after all of the hatred, violence and murder, Dante would often look at himself and see if he could call himself human, going so far as to rip his chest open to see his own heart. He just knew that he had to convince himself he wasn't insane. Dante displays a more caring side to his female associate, Kat, telling her to leave him and find safety when they come under attack, and even risking The Order's plans to save her life.

History
Dante is the elder child of an angel named Eva and the demon Sparda, and seemingly hunts down other demons in the twisted shadows of Limbo City, while slowly coming to grips with his ethereal powers. Dante grew up in various institutions, orphanages, youth correction facilities, and foster homes, but these were mostly operated by demons, and often resulted in torture and violence. Dante has therefore developed a deep hatred of demons and authority in general, but tries to stay incognito.

In spite of this he attracts attention thanks to his violent tendencies and the actions of the demons against him. Dante is not subtle in his war against them, even going so far as punching out a bouncer in front of a group of people in order to enter a nightclub run by demons. The demons are even less subtle when fighting Dante, perfectly willing to tear apart Limbo City to subdue him. These mutual acts of sabotage have allowed the demons to use the media to portray Dante as public enemy number one.

One day in Limbo where the demons had been chasing him, he had encountered Elise Relevart who helps him escape them by cloaking him and the pair become friends shortly after. After his 13th birthday, he searched for her in Limbo and found her in hiding. He helped her hide for three weeks before they were finally found by Asmodeus and Elise was then forced to erase his memories of her ever existing.

Weapons
Dante once again wields Rebellion, but this time the sword can morph into different types of other weapons. Its forms include a demonic battle-axe named Arbiter, an angelic scythe named Osiris, demonic gauntlets named Eryx, an angelic pair of shurikens named Aquila, and a claw-like grappling hook named Ophion.

He also has his trusty Ebony & Ivory, a pair of semi-automatic pistols; one silver, Ivory, and one black, Ebony, with curved grips, and engraved actions resembling the Desert Eagle's, the possible basis for the weapons. Dante also once again wields the franchise staple shotgun called the Revenant and a dart-shooting gun called Kablooey.The design philosophy behind both Rebellion and Ebony & Ivory is to create the impression that they were crafted a long, long time ago, and since their creation, they have sent innumerable demons to their doom.

Powers and Abilities
As a Nephilim, Dante posses a wide vairety of supernatural abilities enjoyed by demons and angels alike. He is also capable of destroying the demon king due to his lineage.

Powers
Superhuman strength: Dante is strong enough to punch Mundus' giant form with his bare hands and knock him back. As a youth, his raw physical strength was sufficient to fight off demons and even human authorities; it took a whole battalion of armored police officers to restrain him.

Superhuman speed: Dante possessing reflexes necessary to dodge most attacks that come his way.

Superhuman agility: Dante is capable of jumping many times is own height, as well as performing a variety of acrobatics including mid-air flips to avoid attacks.

Superhuman stamina: Dante's very high stamina allows him to run and fight continuously without need for rest.

Superhuman durability: Dante is able withstand immense amounts of physical trauma without showing injury. He was tackles out of a skyscraper by Mundus, through a brick wall and onto a building had no visible harm on his body.

Accelerated healing: Dante can heal from minor wounds in seconds and healed from Mundus digging his fingers into his chest seconds after they were removed. When he was younger has tore open his own chest to see if he had a heart with seemingly no long lasting damage. However this ability is not passive as it only activated once he awoken and he has a few notable scars on his face.

Demonic power manipulation: Dante can channel demonic energy into his weapons to empower them with different effects. He can also use this energy to enhance himself, temporarily giving himself a boost in strength.

Angelic power manipulation: Much like his demonic energy, Dante can tap into his angelic power to empower his weapons. He can also use this energy to push himself through the air and to perform short teleports.

Devil Trigger
Dante can unleash his inner demon to increase his powers. While using it his hair turns white and red glowing veins spread across his face. His irises glow red while his sclera turned black and red energy envelopes his coat.

While in Devil Trigger, Dante gains an increase in strength, speed, endurance, and regenerates health. For the duration of his Devil Trigger, the sky in Limbo turns white and Dante's scream echos in the air. Dante's Devil Trigger ability throws lesser enemies in the air and holds them there.

Abilities

 * Weapons proficiency: Dante has the ability to use whatever weapon he picks up with great efficiency and little to no practice. He uses a variety of unorthodox weapons like a scythe and an exploding dart gun with immense skill. Despite his skill, Dante's movements are sometimes unrefined and unpolished.
 * Swordsmanship: Dante is capable of using a variety of bladed melee weapons including scythes, swords, axes, and cyclone blades.


 * Marksmanship: Dante is able to shoot pistols with great accuracy without needing to aim and is well-versed in other firearms such as shotguns and an exploding dart gun.

Arsenal
Rebellion: A keepsake sword left to Dante by his father Sparda, it has the ability to transform into other weapons after absorbing energy from opponents.

Ebony & Ivory: Dante's twin pistols that he uses for rapid fire.

Amulet: Dante's amulet left to him by his mother. It allows him to enter Devil Trigger.