Nero

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Appearance   
Nero wears a long navy blue and red coat with The Order of the Sword's insignia sewn into both shoulders. He also wears a red zip-up hoodie/vest underneath this coat, a navy muscle-shirt beneath that, and a pair of dark blue pants    
In addition, he wears two rings on his left hand: one on his index finger that has the emblem of The Order of the Sword on its face, and another on his ring finger which bears a rose design, identical to the designs on his belt buckle, coat clasp, and coat buttons. He has white hair brushed down and blue eyes, similar to Dante and Vergil.    
 

Personality   
In contrast with Dante's laid-back and occasionally flirtatious, cool and stylish attitude, Nero is a more serious, cynical, distant, sardonic and somewhat antisocial person. He is a choleric character, prone to mood swings, and has been seen to both cry and become very angry. He shares Dante's habit of casually mouthing off to even the most powerful of his enemies, making taunts and sarcastic jokes on the battlefield. Nero also taunts in a similar, sarcastic fashion to Dante: One taunt involves him bowing mockingly and asking, "Shall we dance?"; another has him aiming the Blue Rose at his enemies and saying "Bang!" instead of shooting; and another has him applaud his enemies. 
  
 He is also very loyal to his friends, even though he doesn't care for the Order of the Sword's religion, Nero still participates in some of their activities out of respect for Credo and Kyrie. However, his rebellious nature leads to the Order having him work alone on "special jobs." In fact, Nero actually prefers to act as a lone wolf.   
     
(Nero is one of the few characters in the Devil May Cry series to actually swear and showcased offensive and crude behavior to others. Such instances includes: He calls Agnus a "jackass" and his laboratory a "hellhole". He also almost calls Agnus a "son of bitch" later, but is cut short. Before fighting Dante, he tells him "Kid? Well, if that's how you see me I think you'll blush a pretty pink when I kick your ass." Later on, he tells Sanctus "Go blow yourself" and could say "I'm not interested in your bullshit!" when using a Buster in the first battle with the vicar. Lastly, he gives Dante the middle finger (pretty rude huh?) before being absorbed by The Savior.)       


History    
Soon after Nero was born, he was taken by Rumple and transported to Praelagus to be raised in an orphanage in Bellcross, a small town not far from the ferry to Fortuna Island. He resented not ever being adopted and the fact he'd been abandoned by his birth parents. He did eventually make friends with Credo and Kyrie and select few others.   
   
Because of Nero's difficult personality, he originally had been rejected by the Order at fourteen, but Credo did everything he could to help the younger man out. When he turned sixteen, he did cross Angelus' path. Instead of showing him respect he gave him the finger which earned him with acceptance into the Order, but at a price. Nero had to fight in the Arena and if he lost, he didn't want to find out what would happen.     
 
"Mentioned in an incident report, a number of demons appeared suddenly from the Mitis Forest and attacked Fortuna. Nero, 18, was present at the scene and exterminated all of the demons, but he couldn't prevent demons from injuring Kyrie and his own shoulder. Nero's sword, the Red Queen, was also damaged and sent for repair. Kyrie recovered completely, but Nero's shoulder never healed properly."     
   
This injury transformed his arm into something else. Initially he believed it to be an infection, but upon realizing it was demonic power, he began training with it in secret. He went as far as to cover it up with a glove and always wore a sling. He cannot hide its glow or ignore it when demons are close by.   
 
Shortly after he recovered he was expected to participate in the Arena even though he was without the use of his one arm. That was how he first met Dante. The battle was brutal, but Nero was no match for Dante and ended up revealing his devil arm to everyone. True to Angelus' word, Nero didn't want to find out what his failure to win meant. Agnus was granted permission to take Nero, but since the kid was volatile several members of the Order tried to restrain him.  It was Dante who chose to take Nero rather than get paid the large sum he would have won for making it through to the end.     


Powers & Abilities    
Like Dante, he has superhuman strength, speed, durability, regenerative abilities and demonic energy channeling  because of his demon heritage.  
  
[X]Expert Combatant: Nero's swordsmanship and combat abilities are great enough that the Order sometimes assigns him missions to carry out on his own.     
 [X]Swordsmanship: Nero particularly proficient with a sword, it being his main form of combat. He is skilled enough to take on a demonically enhanced Credo, who held the highest rank in the Order of the Sword.
 [X]Unarmed Combat: While hasn't been shown to be particularly adept in unarmed combat, he can take on several Scarecrows with only one arm using punches and kicks while evading and even catching a Scarecrow's leg mid-swing.  
[X]Engineering Skills: Nero modified Red Queen himself to bypass the limiter placed on the revving feature as well as to spray a flammable accelerate on the blade. He also built designed and built Blue Rose himself.    
   
 Devil Bringer: He has a demonic arm which is extremely powerful. With it he can use a spectral arm that can pull enemies to himself, pull himself to enemies, hold them, or slam them along with various other abilities. The size of the arm depends on how much energy and concentration Nero puts into it.  
Absorption: The arm has the ability to absorb objects into itself, either for storage or to enhance its powers and abilities. These objects can be summoned forth at will. One of this is the Yamato. 
 
 His Devil Trigger is quite unusual in that it doesn't transform Nero himself: instead, a blue, spectral demon avatar manifests behind him, wielding the Yamato almost as a second fighter. Nero himself only acquires a blue aura, burning red eyes, and a deeper, echoing voice. The specter usually mimics Nero's movements, doing right-handed versions of Nero's attacks.    
 
Weapons  
Nero's primary weapons are his customized Durandal; the Red Queen and his customized revolver; the Blue Rose. He also extensively uses his demonic right arm, the Devil Bringer in battle which gives him an increase in strength as well as the ability to use mid to long-range attacks through his Buster. Although he wields the Red Queen and Blue Rose with his left hand, Nero uses the Yamato with his right, leading to the assumption that he is ambidextrous.
   
Nero appears to have a unique connection to the Yamato, as he was the only one capable of repairing the sword completely, which Agnus was unable to do. The sword is also the only item known to be able to damage Devil Bringer; after being stabbed into his right arm, it seemingly drains Devil Bringer of its power and severely weakens Nero himself. Nero also appears to possess some innate skill with the blade, as he is able to use it expertly from the moment he obtains it.