Following is part of what I ramble in private conversations, my wildest theory of them all, and thought I should share with the public, cause you know, talking and speculating is fun.
Brace yourself, this will be a long post.
note: Scarlet - placeholder name for mystery woman
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Do you think pope Solemnis will be mentioned? He finally succumbed to poison sometime shortly before the night Vergil was seen by Sanctus, and since we don't know how long was Vergil in town before that, there is chance he saw the old dude still alive.
Maybe the woman is mixed into it all, maybe she was there to save Solemnis, maybe she was there to put poison into his food/drink. The second doesn't inherently make her evil, maybe she was something like Lucrezia Borgia, mixed into evil things simply for being a girl born into evil family.
You know, that would be an awesome plot. If Sanctus was like pope Alexander VI, and the mystery lady was Lucrezia. Pope Alexander did poison people left and right, as well as bribed them, and while I don't recall his story precisely, but he could have gotten to his position of pope by poisoning the predecessor.
Sanctus was a retired general with very radical views, the reason why Fortuna became a respectable place could be because he ruled with iron fist... in the background, of course, it was important to appear as nice, old grandpa to his followers.
That could mean Solemnis was a nice guy, maybe too nice. Maybe he knew Vergil from before? If Scarlet could hypothetically poison his food, then she was really close to him. And if Solemnis knew Vergil, then she could have seen him as well, which would explain why she was the only one to take interest in the cloaked man on the street, she recognized him.
Scarlet doesn't even need to be related to Sanctus (Nero would be screaming till judgement day to know the old fart is his grandpa), she could have been persuaded by blackmail and later on see Vergil as her savior from being a puppet to Sanctus (there are a lot of puppets, both literal and metaphorical, in Fortuna).
The part where Sanctus and Vergil meet is kinda full of unexplained things...
Sanctus was supposed to stay in that room to "inherit Sparda's noble soul" - never revealed what was meant by that.
He at first heard Vergil move, only after he prepared to attack him that he sensed obvious difference in strength through aura. Sanctus went through ascension ceremony sometime real close to Dante's attack, so he was still human at the time.
Possible explanations are that even humans can sense aura (perhaps more cautious people), Sanctus became a bit demonic through his selfish scheme to poison Solemnis (sold his soul in some way), or that "inherit the soul" thing previously mentioned had something to do with it.
What if Scarlet could fight and she was something like Lady and then her and Vergil have a scene like Dante and Lady when they find the "corpse" of Arkham?
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Other theories include:
- her being a courtesan, highly educated prostitute for higher class (cause Vergil is too vain to go cheap)
- just another girl that Vergil saved from demon attack, perhaps she gave him shelter after that
What I saw, but highly doubt:
- her being Kyrie's and Credo's mom. That would mean Nero is madly in love with his half-sister (not just adoptive, but actual blood relation), and even though Japan doesn't shy from certain things, DMC is not that kind of a story
- Nero being cloned from Vergil, who is currently being kept by the Order... somewhere. Someone forgot it had to be at least 16 years between Nero's birth and DMC4, and if it was post DMC1 that puts Dante in mid to late forties, much older than said.
If Vergil's DNA was extracted during that visit, it would be much logical. The Order doesn't really act like they have his body, anyway. Agnus is even surprised Nero is a demon (because his abilities weren't a dead giveaway something wasn't right, i guess), so it had to be some scientist before his time or even some scientist not working for the Order (perhaps Scarlet left Nero at orphanage to save him).
Anyway, if you survived this, perhaps you wish to share something? Feel free to discuss other theories on her as well.
Brace yourself, this will be a long post.
note: Scarlet - placeholder name for mystery woman
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Do you think pope Solemnis will be mentioned? He finally succumbed to poison sometime shortly before the night Vergil was seen by Sanctus, and since we don't know how long was Vergil in town before that, there is chance he saw the old dude still alive.
Maybe the woman is mixed into it all, maybe she was there to save Solemnis, maybe she was there to put poison into his food/drink. The second doesn't inherently make her evil, maybe she was something like Lucrezia Borgia, mixed into evil things simply for being a girl born into evil family.
You know, that would be an awesome plot. If Sanctus was like pope Alexander VI, and the mystery lady was Lucrezia. Pope Alexander did poison people left and right, as well as bribed them, and while I don't recall his story precisely, but he could have gotten to his position of pope by poisoning the predecessor.
Sanctus was a retired general with very radical views, the reason why Fortuna became a respectable place could be because he ruled with iron fist... in the background, of course, it was important to appear as nice, old grandpa to his followers.
That could mean Solemnis was a nice guy, maybe too nice. Maybe he knew Vergil from before? If Scarlet could hypothetically poison his food, then she was really close to him. And if Solemnis knew Vergil, then she could have seen him as well, which would explain why she was the only one to take interest in the cloaked man on the street, she recognized him.
Scarlet doesn't even need to be related to Sanctus (Nero would be screaming till judgement day to know the old fart is his grandpa), she could have been persuaded by blackmail and later on see Vergil as her savior from being a puppet to Sanctus (there are a lot of puppets, both literal and metaphorical, in Fortuna).
The part where Sanctus and Vergil meet is kinda full of unexplained things...
Sanctus was supposed to stay in that room to "inherit Sparda's noble soul" - never revealed what was meant by that.
He at first heard Vergil move, only after he prepared to attack him that he sensed obvious difference in strength through aura. Sanctus went through ascension ceremony sometime real close to Dante's attack, so he was still human at the time.
Possible explanations are that even humans can sense aura (perhaps more cautious people), Sanctus became a bit demonic through his selfish scheme to poison Solemnis (sold his soul in some way), or that "inherit the soul" thing previously mentioned had something to do with it.
What if Scarlet could fight and she was something like Lady and then her and Vergil have a scene like Dante and Lady when they find the "corpse" of Arkham?
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Other theories include:
- her being a courtesan, highly educated prostitute for higher class (cause Vergil is too vain to go cheap)
- just another girl that Vergil saved from demon attack, perhaps she gave him shelter after that
What I saw, but highly doubt:
- her being Kyrie's and Credo's mom. That would mean Nero is madly in love with his half-sister (not just adoptive, but actual blood relation), and even though Japan doesn't shy from certain things, DMC is not that kind of a story
- Nero being cloned from Vergil, who is currently being kept by the Order... somewhere. Someone forgot it had to be at least 16 years between Nero's birth and DMC4, and if it was post DMC1 that puts Dante in mid to late forties, much older than said.
If Vergil's DNA was extracted during that visit, it would be much logical. The Order doesn't really act like they have his body, anyway. Agnus is even surprised Nero is a demon (because his abilities weren't a dead giveaway something wasn't right, i guess), so it had to be some scientist before his time or even some scientist not working for the Order (perhaps Scarlet left Nero at orphanage to save him).
Anyway, if you survived this, perhaps you wish to share something? Feel free to discuss other theories on her as well.