Devil May Cry Timeline
Ok, I said I will update the old timeline I made, since some things got retconned(like Patty’s age and DMC2 taking place before DMC4 now)with the new novel “Before the Nightmare” and DMC5.
Old timeline post:
https://kaldea88.tumblr.com/post/177471935795/devil-may-cry-timeline
DMC timeline is a little bit tricky to find out and you need more than one medium to connect things, but once you did, it makes sense. I will list this in years, so you can be sure this is Dante’s and Vergil’s age and I will add Nero’s age(and Patty’s) in some parts. As before, I considered all canon media we got till now =)
Here we go:
(about -2000) Sparda defeated Mundus and closed the portal to the demon world
(0) Vergil and Dante were born (never mentioned when Sparda and Eva met but they were married)
(8) Sparda disappeared(died) and shortly after Eva was killed by demons, which were sent by Mundus
(early 18) Vergil visited Fortuna to search for tales and information about Sparda and impregnated a human woman(”Deadly Fortune” novel, Artbook 3142 SE) at the same time Dante was known as Tony Redgrave(”Before the Nightmare” novel)
(late 18) DMC Manga + Nero’s birth
(19) DMC3(Nero was around 1 year old)
(28) DMC1(Nero was 10 years old)
Up to this point, nothing changed in the timeline, except Vergil’s assumed age, visiting Fortuna.
(At some point between 28 and 31)The Order of the Sword found Nelo Angelo’s broken armor at Fortuna seaside and the broken Yamato at Fortuna outskirts(”Deadly Fortune” novel+”Before the Nightmare” novel)
(early 31) DMC Animation(Nero was 13 years old, Patty was 8 years old)
(late 31) DMC2
(late 35/early 36) DMC4(Nero was 17 years old, mentioned in the “Deadly Fortune” novel)
(40-41) “Before the Nightmare” novel events, taking place 5 years after the Fortuna incident and one year before DMC5 till the events of DMC5. The time skip in the novel’s plot is one year. (Nero is 22-23 years old, Patty is 17-18 years old)
(41) DMC5(Nero is 23 years old, Patty is 18 years old)(Dante’s age was mentioned on the ITG site to be 41 in 5)
I didn’t want to spam this post with maths and huge explainations, how I came up with this timeline, but don’t hesitate to ask me, if you need the exact source or information about something. I’ll try my best to explain with facts. =)
