Seriously, Sparda™. I'm sorry, but Sparda IS dead. The first game outright said it, the MANGA said it, the ANIME said it, REPEATEDLY, the fact he was dead is the reason Eva was murdered. He's DEAD, that's the entire reason Dante and Vergil resented him for years; he wasn't there. Not vanished, not unseen, outright dead. The entire prologue of DMC1 is based around that fact, hell, the entire mythos of why Dante is the new Dark Knight of the human world is centered around that. And no, the story is not based on DMC3, it's all based on DMC1 the first came to come out. DMC3 was a prequel, setting up stuff BASED on that story. This isn't Friggin' Star Wars where they went back and reditted the original to match a newer one. YOu have to say that the entire prologue info of the first game is invalidated in order to say "he's not dead".
And again, WHERE does Arkham ever say "I named you after your ancestor" All he said was that a priestess was sacrificed in addition to Sparda's power, and that the same blood as that priestess was in Mary's veins. He never said she was named for the priestess, and never said ANYTHING about requiring a virgin's blood, only that her blood specifically was the third key to the lock on Temen-ni-gru. You have not said WHERE this is supposedly revealed, you just keep going "well, she's named for the priestess". You are not giving me references, no quotes from exact place. I want that before you go saying "what I say on this is the canon". Otherwise, you can't say "this is the fact". I want exact quotes and the source of your supposed information. Until then, I still refer to the Priestess as Beatrice. Why? That should be obvious why. And for reference, for QUOTE the revelation of Mary's lineage.
"He sacrificed two things to suppress the tremendous force of this tower: His own Devil’s blood and a mortal priestess. I needed you, in whose body flows the same blood as the sacrificed woman. His spell cannot be undone without your blood!"
I fail to see where it mentions she shares the same name, just the "same blood".
Oh, and actually, yes, we do have proof of celestial beings in DMC. The fallen friggin' angels from DMC3 and the fact that angels are directly referenced in DMC4, as well as the references in DMC3 manga. We don't see the real thing other than those that Fell and were in Temen-Ni-Gru, but there is documented references to their existence.
Rai: "From that day forth, my arm changed". You know, that's an indication of when the change started. If he's said "On that day, my arm changed," that would be different. Nero's arm, as we saw, was not in full Bringer form even at the beginning of DMC4, It was in a "cocoon" state, and fully bloomed into Bringer form when impacted on by Rebellion, a Sword of Sparda. It was constantly evolving, it was not a "poof!" all at once change. Rai, you're constantly arguing against canon that Nero is not related to Sparda at all, when the developers have admitted yes he is. Agnus considered him a dirty work errand boy, just like the rest of the order, why would they use him as a experiment? Considering they only used the Angelo fragments on their best and honored knights and members, why use a "trash-collector" for something that important> He was surprised that Nero had ANY inkling of demonic power, let alone the power of friggin' Sparda. He's part of the lineage, it's canon, Word of God, the works. You don't randomly develop Demonic power from a lousy blood injection.
