Disclaimer: I don't own anything about DMC, however, every character in this story other than Dante are mine.
((This story takes place after Devil May Cry and doesn't recognize DMC 2 or DMC 4))
Prologue
Many people believe there are three planes of existence: heaven, earth and hell. In the past they would have been wrong.
Long ago, when devils ruled over humanity hell and earth existed as a singular merged plane. The gods that looked over the demons, from heaven, could no longer bear witness to the torments of humanity. They used their powers to grant mankind freedom by splitting the world into separate dimensions.
One god, Hoenn, however saw this justice for humanity a crime to the demons and fought for their right to claim earth. Agreeing their decision was haste the gods chose to give the devils a chance to regain earth if humanity ever became equal to them in strength, power or content.
Hoenn soon found that the other gods were not as devoted to his goals of restoring the realms. When humanity surpassed the devils in their sins Armageddon did not take place. In an effort to continue without his siblings Hoenn bore a son in the demon world with a devil. To his dismay his son, Mundus, only gained immortality from his father remaining a pure bred demon.
Mundus quickly rose to power within hell's domain and made an attempt to unknowingly fulfill his father's wishes of restoring hell on earth. But in both his attempts Mundus was defeated by the lineage of Sparda.
Now ten years after Mundus' defeat Hoenn has turned on his brethren to restore what he sees as balance…