Mundus, A fierce devil prince was born deep in the darkest pit of the netherworld.
He grew rapidly. Within a short time he gained his full powers, and took over the Devil Throne. His first act as ruler of all devils was to declare himself emperor of the Devil Kingdom. His next feat was an invasion of the human world. His plan was to conquer it and rule over both the lower and the upper realms. (Devil May Cry Manual PS2)
Mundus consumed the Qliphoth fruit to become king of the underworld (DMC5 Documents – The Qliphoth)
A very young king of the Underworld, his body raging with pulsating magical energy (DMC2 novel)
According to legend, a dark prince of the Underworld mustered a great army of evil and slew the former god of evil (DMC1 Strategy guide)
Sparda - the Demon Emperor’s right and left hand, one of the very reasons why Emperor Mundus had even managed to take the throne in the first place. (Deadly Fortune vol 2)
Argosax vs Mundus, separating the underworld into 2 sides (DMC2 intro)
The side where Mundus, declared himself the Demon King, while the other was ruled by Argosax
Baul and Modeus, apprentices were mentored and trained by Sparda (DMC Anime Mission 10)
However, the King of the World of Darkness soon said. "What is wrong with reuniting this world that was once one?”
Planned to break through the thin veil separating the Underworld from the human world. Uniting the land of eternal darkness with the world of light (DMC1 Strategy guide)
Since then, Darkness stopped covering for Light, and Light rebelled against Darkness to escape. However, Humans are weak. They have no chance against the power of Demons from the World of Darkness. So, Light was devoured from the depths of Darkness
Mundus commanding an infinite army of demon troops to overwhelm the human world without challenge (DMC2 Novel p. 178)
Began their invasion of the World of Men. Their intelligence surpassing that of human, men were powerless against this evil force (The Sacred Heart p. 12)
In an age of darkness, when the Earth was overrun with demons... and humans were powerless under their rule (DMC2 intro)
But at that very moment the lives of Humans were about to be extinguished. He appeared Sparda
One of his foremost soldiers saw within human beings the fruit of kindness and generosity (DMC1 Strategy guide)
But somebody from the Underworld woke up to justice, and stood up against this legion alone (DMC1 intro)
Humanity's hope... lived in a demon, named Sparda. (DMC2 intro)
Though an inhabitant of the Demon World. He was one with a prideful soul. He holds no grudge against his own kind, but he holds his sword for light, or he wields his sword for the weak...
Sparda rebelled against Mundus. "During the battle between Sparda and Demon King Mundus, the King of the Underworld's forces devised the following strategies” (DMC2 novel p. 170)
He defeated all the Devil ruler’s armies (DMC1 PS2 Manual)
Knew that the Emperor of the Dark must be stopped in his attempt to take over the universe (DMC1 Strategy guide)
Against this sword, even the King of the Demon World was defeated and without a King, Darkness loses its power
Defeated, and sealed Mundus in a sealed vault in Mallet Island (DMC1 PS2 Manual)
Sealed him in the Underworld for 2000 years (DMC1 Strategy guide)
Sparda feared for the return of Darkness, and so he sealed that World along with the people who took sides with it
The Qliphoth never bore fruit again, after Mundus, as Sparda separated the worlds of demon and man (DMC5 Document – The Qliphoth)
He then sealed the gate connecting both worlds, using a sword as the key. While most records offer little to no details about this weapon, many speculate it to be the Sword of Sparda (DMC5 Documents – The Legend of Sparda)
And was cast out from the Underworld (DMC1 Strategy guide)
*See Locking the Temen ni Gru
As a result, Humans whose lives were extended worshipped him as a Hero who saved the Human World
These actions of Sparda have been passed down in legend from generation to generation in the World of Men (The Sacred Heart p. 12)
Later, he quietly reigned the human world, and continued to preserve harmony, until his death. (DMC1 intro)
And from a Legend it then became a Fairy Tale”
Lady: I thought it was just a child's fairy tale. I discover that the so-called legend wasn't a myth at all. Sparda existed… (DMC3)
To the general public, Sparda’s myth is almost like a fairy tale, and it’s hard to distinguish real historical facts from pure fiction. He was pretty sure the legends they spouted in Fortuna belonged to the latter category (Deadly Fortune vol 1 p. 86)
Nero: The stories do say that it also used to be a gate that Sparda sealed, but I thought it was just more of that fairytale nonsense.” (Deadly Fortune vol 1 pp. 162-163)
Nico: Mama told me stories of Sparda when I was a baby, but she thought it was just something you tell kids to get them to go to sleep. Daddy, though... Daddy was from Fortuna, so he believed in the whole shebang, though he never tried to make her drink the punch. Maybe he figured she'd never believe him, or heck, maybe he was so head over heels he didn't give a flip what she believed. They ain't around anymore, so I can't exactly go and ask them. I can imagine what Mama'd say if I told her I partnered up with a bonafide descendant of Sparda. She'd have me strapped up in a straightjacket, for sure! Sorry, Mama, but Sparda ain't just a fairy tale. Nero and Dante... them fellas are living proof. (DMC5 Profiles: Dark Knight Sparda)
Locking the Temen-ni-Gru – 2000 years ago
Arkham: 2000 years ago, the world that Sparda saved was still unstable. With his own hands, Sparda wrought the seal to the path into the Demon World, using the power of mighty demons as binding steel. At that time, several of the demons ‘whose names were stricken were described in the Demon Sword Texts
Arkham: Names were erased. Of course, as this fact is written, the image is insufficient. To them a name is “truth”… More than those forms they take, it is said that the name of a demon is close to its true substance. Like heirs to a family, they model themselves after the meaning of the name
Vergil: To strike out a name… Sparda was capable of that
Arkham: He was a mighty demon of unequalled power. To him, the various demons assembled before him were like infants. Moreover, unlike a common demon. He had great intellect. And so perhaps that is why he betrayed them…
(DMC3 manga vol 2 Vergil)
Took the original names of the Seven Deadly Sins demons to imprison them, and use as seals to keep Temen-ni-Gru underground
Cerberus, Nevan, Beowulf, Agni & Rudra and a few others became gatekeepers of the Temen-ni-Gru
Leviathan was sealed by Sparda, alongside the tower
"The Dark Knight Sparda split his power in three parts. One blade bore his own name; the second blade was named to embody retaliation; the final blade was named to embody a god of death." (DMC5 Documents – The Legend of Sparda)
The legendary dark knight who defeated the Devil-king some 2000 years ago. When sealing the netherworld, sensing his power had grown too strong, he intentionally seals himself in as well. (DMC3 Character – Sparda)
DMC3 Intro, Lady: “With his sword, he shut the portal to the demonic realm and sealed the evil entities off from our human world. But since he was a demon himself, his power was also trapped on the other side.”
Arkham: “Detesting himself, and fearing that the power he has will one day cause more destruction. He seals off the Demon World, and his weapons. In particular, his sword with it” (DMC3 Manga Vol. 1 p. 21)
separated his sword into 3: Devil Sword Sparda, Rebellion, Yamato
separating DSS into 2: Force Edge and created the Perfect Amulet
use the Force Edge as a seal, and strengthen it using his demonic power
Crafted the Perfect Amulet and use it as a key.
sealed completely the hell gate with his, and the priestess' blood
Nero: “In the middle of Lamina Peak, the mountains give way for a depression in the middle, which is where the foundation of Fortuna Castle is built - the former lair of the Legendary Dark Knight Sparda”. (Deadly Fortune vol 1 p. 127)
The master bedroom in Fortuna Castle was said to have been Sparda's room (Deadly Fortune vol 1 pp. 262-263)
What did he do during those two thousand years? Allegedly, somewhere along that line, he’d been the lord of Fortuna. Dante had heard those stories, but honestly, he didn’t believe them. (Deadly Fortune vol 1 p. 86)
Nero: “According to the legends, Sparda used a seal to close the Hellgates that connected the human world to the demon’s… through my waning consciousness, I thought of the huge monument in the middle of the city. The stories do say that it also used to be a gate that Sparda sealed, but I thought it was just more of that fairytale nonsense.” (Deadly Fortune vol 1 pp. 162-163)
Ages before, Sparda had used Yamato to seal the Hellgate closed. (Deadly Fortune vol 2 p. 33)
Dante shrugged and looked at Yamato. He was probably wondering why Sparda hadn’t destroyed the gate in the first place - if he could seal it, he had more than enough strength to crush it, too. But Trish understood - Sparda was a demon. The underworld was his birthplace, unlike Dante who’d been born in the human world - even if he swore himself protector of humanity and eventually got accustomed to life among humans, he might never truly have stopped missing his home. She, like Sparda, was also a pure demon who’d been born and raised in the underworld, which was why she understood - she felt the same way? She dedicated a large chunk of her free time to learning about devil arms and demonology partly because of that reason… which she would never tell Dante about. He was born in the human world, he wouldn’t understand. (Deadly Fortune vol 2 pp 206-207)
John: “So, about that emblem you showed me…”
While he spoke, John showed Lady the cover of the ancient book, and sure enough, it bore that same exact emblem on it
Lady: “What’s this book about?
Lady narrowed her eyes while trying to read the title - it looked like unintelligible gibberish to her. John flipped the book open excitedly.
John: “This is a sacred text from the Order of the Sword!”
Lady: “Order of the Sword?”
John: “It’s a religious cult from a small island town called Fortuna… they worship the Dark Knight Sparda as a god. Their entire religion is based around the tale of how he sealed the gates of the demon world from ours.”
When she heard John’s explanation, Lady finally realized why that emblem was so familiar. She’d seen it, yes - as a child on a book in her father’s study. Lady’s father had been obsessively studying demons, and he had been especially interested in Sparda and his tales. Lady’s father was long gone, and his study, too, had been demolished. It wasn’t a topic she wanted to spare many thoughts about, and besides, she’d already gotten the answer she was looking for.
Lady: Thank you… say, do you know when this cult first formed?
The book looked incredibly ancient, at least four or five hundred years old. John quickly replied:
John: “Well, this book dates back to the Middle Ages (476 AD-1400 or 1450), but the Order has existed since long before that.”
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