List of Video Game Dante's Inferno characters

This list features the characters in the Dante's Inferno video game loosely based on the Inferno of Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy.[1][2] There was also a related animated film. The characters, some as fictional versions of real people, are described, below, using in-universe tone.

Characters

Main characters

Secondary characters

Denizens of Hell

Minor characters

Damned souls

In the game, Dante encounters several souls that are consigned to Hell (most are based on those encountered in the poem). The player has the option of absolving the souls (which leads to a button-pressing game before their ascension to Heaven) or punishing the souls (which has Dante gut-punching them and driving the scythe blade through their heads where they turn to ashes) to boost their Holy or Unholy meters. Doing either one to the Damned Souls gets "The Damned" achievement. The following are listed in order of appearance:

References

  1. Dante's Inferno, Dante Alighieri, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Random House Publishing Group, 2010, ISBN 0-345-52223-0, ISBN 978-0-345-52223-8.
  2. Dante's Inferno, Christos Gage, Diego Latorre, Illustrated by Diego Latorre, Publisher DC Comics, 2010, ISBN 1-4012-2812-7, ISBN 978-1-4012-2812-5.
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