Nero is one of the primary characters of Capcom’s Devil May Cry series. He first appeared as the protagonist of Devil May Cry 4 (2008) and returned as a main playable character in Devil May Cry 5 (2019). Nero grew up in Fortuna and served the Order of the Sword, an organization that worships Sparda. Capcom later confirmed that he is Vergil’s son, which makes him Dante’s nephew and Sparda’s grandson. In Devil May Cry 4, Nero is a teenager who uses demonic powers inherited from Sparda to hunt demons. He has also appeared in printed media related to these two games.
Updated October 2026. Story details were corrected against the character’s published plot summary, unverified ages were removed, and a source was added.
Personality
Nero has a lone-wolf reputation in the Order of the Sword and often works alone to defeat demons. In Devil May Cry 4, he wears a long, dark blue coat with the Order of the Sword emblem on both shoulders, a red zip-up vest over a black shirt, a red wristband on his left wrist, and blue trousers with a rose buckle belt. Nero also wears brown boots and two rings, one with an Order of the Sword symbol and the other with a rose design. He has the same white hair as Dante and Vergil.
According to the Devil May Cry 4 novel, Nero was found as an infant in Fortuna and taken in by the family of Credo and Kyrie, and he later joined the Order of the Sword. In the game, Nero is injured while protecting his childhood friend Kyrie from a pack of demons, and his injured arm later becomes the Devil Bringer, a demonic arm whose powers he learns to use.
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Appearances
In Devil May Cry 4, Nero’s injured arm transforms into the Devil Bringer during a mass at the Order of the Sword when Kyrie is in danger. He is then sent on a mission to find and capture Dante. Along the way, he learns that the flood of demons on the island was arranged by Sanctus, who had been resurrected as a demon by the Order scientist Agnus. Nero is revealed as Sparda’s descendant, and Sanctus uses Kyrie as bait to force Nero into the role he had planned for Dante. Dante helps free Nero, who saves Kyrie and destroys Sanctus and the Savior.
In Devil May Cry 5, Nero runs a mobile branch of the Devil May Cry business with Nico, Agnus’s daughter. His life is turned upside down when a mysterious figure rips off his Devil Bringer arm to take the Yamato sword. Nero gets a prosthetic Devil Breaker arm and follows the figure to Red Grave City, where he rejoins Dante and meets the mysterious V. It is later revealed that V and Urizen are splintered halves of Vergil, his father. Nero decides to stop the brothers’ fight and overpowers Vergil with his awakened Devil Trigger. This convinces Dante and Vergil to trust him with the safety of the world, and they trap themselves in the Underworld.
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How old is Nero in DMC?
Capcom presents Nero as a teenager in Devil May Cry 4. Devil May Cry 5 is set some years later, so he is a young adult by then, and the light novel Devil May Cry 5: Before the Nightmare covers what he did between the two games. Exact ages differ between fan sources, so treat specific numbers you see online with caution.
What is Nero’s Devil Trigger?
The Devil Trigger is a special power that demons and hybrids have allowing them to use their supernatural powers. Nero receives his devil bringer but keeps it hidden by bandages. It starts glowing before he shoots the vicar, Sanctus. After he meets Berial, the demons ask if the arm signifies Nero being a demon, to which Nero says, “Don’t ask.” It could be that he doesn’t know what to believe about himself. When Nero defeats Agnus for the first time, he doesn’t want the mad scientist to look at his arm. When Nero was about to be killed, the demon blade repaired itself and gave Nero the power and ability to use the Devil trigger. After he is healed, Nero accepts his extraordinary powers and aims to use them to protect Kyrie.
In Devil May Cry 5, Nero’s Devil Trigger awakens fully, and its power is what lets him overpower Vergil.
