That's actually a really good point and thought Alittleacorn: Dante might work at that carnival. Carnivals would likely pay in cash, probably don't do a lot of background checks on employees (fictional carnivals anyway are always full of people with shady pasts), and someone with Dante's abilities would be perfect for either doing behind the scenes lifting or even wearing some sort of mask/disguise and preforming as an attraction himself.
I want to see Dante as a clown! Ninja Theory! If this doesn't happen patch it in!
I think you're right. Dante and Vergil must've ran away from their problems after the death of their mother, and they had to watch over each other. living on the streets, they felt the resentment of humans as they looked down upon them, which drove Vergil to deeply despise them. Eventually, someone finds them and asks them what happened to their parents, but there is no records of their mother and father in the system. Someone decides to put them in a foster home until a family decides to adopt them. Dante was beginning to act out at the time, traumatized by the death of his mother, while Vergil held it all in. A family finally wanted to adopt them, but seeing how Dante was behaving they decided to only adopt Vergil, which resulted in the separation of the brothers. Dante became more and more rebellious over time, and he knew he was different among everyone else. People saw him as a freak. He knew he was being watched by demonic apparitions, and harassed by them. He learned to fight by beating the **** out of the orphanage kids, and demons. He later felt he didn't belong in the orphanage, so he ran away and got into trouble wherever he went. Dante has been away from his original home for sometime so he decides to head back, when he got there there were nothing left, but a painting of his father. By exploring the house and reminiscing about his times with his brother and mother, he came across a secret compartment, which contained Sparda's jacket, his shield, and Rebellion in glass casings. He saw there was a third sword casing, but it was empty(Yamato). He took Rebellion, the shield, and his jacket along with him. Dante came across the carnival, and knew it was a perfect place suited for those who were different in society. He ran someone out of their trailer, and took it for himself. He immediately got a job at the carnival as a attraction. he would use rebellion to show his true swordsmanship, which came natural to him as though he was meant to wield a blade. When he raised enough money, he used the money to tailor Sparda's jacket to his own style, and used the metal from Sparda's demonic shield and turned them in to ebony and Ivory. He notice an up rise of Demons after he acquired rebellion, as though they wanted it for something. He's been using his new weapons to rid himself of these demons, but they seemed to keep coming. The news would keep an eye on him at all times, on the order of Mundus, but Vergil has been keeping an eye on his brother for as long as they have, watching over his brother and seeing his progress. He knew he was strong, but he still doesn't know how to awaken his true demon blood. Thus DmC.
. I think his character arc will be just like in DMC3, he starts out kind of a douche, then matures and becomes more responsible.