Sparda
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Sparda is a fictional character from the Devil May Cry series of video games. During a war between humans and demons that happened two millenniums ago, this demon rebelled against his own kind for the sake of the human world. With the sword that bore his own name, he defeated the demons and their king, Mundus, and shut the portal to the demon world, sacrificing his blood and a mortal priestess.
But because of being a demon, Sparda had to leave his powers in that world, which were sealed in his own sword and trapped there, only capable of being unleashed with the amulet that he took with himself to the human world.
Much of Sparda's activities in the human world are unknown, but in modern times Sparda married and impregnated a human woman named Eva, who later gave birth to twins, Dante and Vergil. Sparda continued to preserve the harmony in the human world until his death. He and his wife were eventually killed by demons loyal to Mundus. Even before his death he had became a legend, the legendary dark knight, Sparda.
Though absent in the games' main storyline, there is a secret playable character in Devil May Cry and Devil May Cry 3 which is known as Legendary Dark Knight, and much evidence indicates that he is the same Sparda in a human form (Probably because of having left his demon powers, or most of these, in the demon world). Looking at his shadow, it's easy to see the silhouette of Sparda's demon form. Also, when he activates his Devil Trigger, the Legendary Dark Knight resembles Sparda's demon form.
In Devil May Cry, the Legendary Dark Knight's primary weapon is Yamato (a katana-esque sword that Sparda once wielded), the same sword which was wielded by Vergil in Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening, and in Devil May Cry 3 he weilds Force Edge, the sword wielded by Dante in Devil May Cry 1 and which resulted to be Sparda's sword. He also uses two handguns named Luce & Ombra.
[edit] Sparda's Sword
The enchanted sword that Sparda used to defeat Mundus, and that Dante used to defeat Mundus a second time. It is the true form of the Force Edge, the broadsword that was Dante's default sword in the first game (Devil May Cry). He obtained it by combining Force Edge with the Perfect Amulet, which was formed by combining his own piece of the amulet with the one dropped by Nelo Angelo, who in reality was Dante's brother Vergil, brainwashed and corrupted by Mundus. The Sparda is given to Trish near the end of the game by Dante.
In Devil May Cry 3, the prequel to Devil May Cry 1, Arkham was able to use the perfect amulet to unlock the power inside the force edge. It was revealed in this game that after Sparda defeated the demons he chose to live life as a human and thus abandoned his demonic lineage by transferring his power inside this sword. After Arkham used the perfect amulet to power the force edge it did not revert to its true Sparda form because he lacked the blood of Sparda. Dante was able to unlock the Sparda sword in the first game using this method because he was Sparda's son.
Even after the force edge turned into the Sparda sword only someone from Sparda's lineage can wield its power, as Trish is only able to use it as a physical weapon, but not its power.
