Darkness. That was the first thing I met in life. Darkness. The second was heat. Not the heat of the deserts or heat of the tropics. I was feeling the heat of the Inferno. I was born in the seventh circle, my mother having killed herself after being violated by my father. Being half demon I was spared the dim fate of Limbo and instead was put to work trampling the trees of Suicide Forest. However, over the centuries as new souls came into the forests I found that my demonic gifts were also a curse. I began seeing the torment these souls had suffered above that had sent them to commit this act. At first it didn't bother me, in fact, I took pleasure in seeing these moments, knowing that I was stronger than these poor saps. However, as time passed and I grew these visions became haunting.
As time has passed something grew inside of me. A lump, a longing, that I could not name. I began noticing the details of these souls lives. A man, who took his life after witnessing the murder of his entire family and not being able to save them. A woman, who took her life after being raped and her family and friends told her for months afterwards that she practically asked for it. On and on the stories went, soul after soul filled with heartbreak and sadness. Eventually I couldn't bare it any longer and I forced my way to the judgment gate of Midas. It was there that I was given a choice, I could continue my self-appointed mission of saving the loveless from despair, but the price would be to give up my demonic powers and features. I would have to live as a mortal. My other option was to stay in the Inferno and live for eternity in any circle I chose.
If I had been smart I would had stayed, but something inside of me pushed me forward. I chose a mortal life, giving up everything that made me, me in order to try and save at least one soul for undo torture. As soon as I arrived in the mortal world I was wracked with pain as my powers were stolen from my very core, the next thing I knew I was absolutely freezing. The mortal world is nothing like the Inferno and I was incapacitated by the differences. I knew my mission, but I knew not how to move about this world. It was at that moment when I was about to become overwhelmed by despair when I was enveloped by a bright Violet. A voice from within the light spoke to me, "Dante, you have great love in your heart, but you also have a great lack of love. Therefore I shall test you, Prove yourself worthy of the light of The Predetor."