However, since the tower had been unsealed, a column in the tower began to rise and, using the trio's surprise to his advantage, Arkham knocked them off. Arkham completed the ritual, but Vergil, Dante, and Lady seemingly managed to corner him. He told Vergil the reason his ritual had not worked was that it was incomplete and that the blood of a mortal priestess, who Sparda had sacrificed to seal the Temen-ni-gru, was required, the blood which now flowed in Lady's veins. After this, Jester begins to laugh out loud as he's left the room.Īfter Dante, Vergil, and Lady began fighting in the Sacrificial Chamber, Arkham appeared before all of them as Jester and began revealing his manipulations, while switching between Arkham and Jester. He also warned him that it will drains the soul of those who hold it in exchange for power. Eventually, Jester explained to Dante that the Neo-Generator in his hand is the key to move forward. He also explained that Vergil is planning on using their amulets to open the gateway, and was located in the tower's basement. After threatening him, Jester informs Dante that the Temen-ni-gru is actually a gateway between the Human World and the Demon World. Eventually, Jester appears again to annoy Dante. Shortly after Dante defeated Beowulf and acquired the Haywire Neo-Generator, Dante noticed that he felt weaker. He asked Lady to avenge him, and her mother's death. Moments Dante left, pretended to be dying and claimed that all he had done was caused by Vergil controlling him. Sometime after he was cut down by Vergil, his body was found by Dante and, eventually, Lady. However, Vergil revealed that he knew that Arkham was planning to betray him and cut him down. The two found their way to the final door, which Arkham unlocked.
He dodged the blade easily and it struck the panel needed to open the door, opening the way out.Įventually, Dante found his way to the top of the tower and after Vergil defeated him, Arkham told him that since they had the half of the amulet they needed, they should be on their way. Jester appeared and taunted the half-demon into attacking him with his sword, Rebellion. An example is when they first met, when Dante could never open the door to the room he was in. As Jester, he taunted and annoyed Dante, though his taunts were mixed with advice that helped Dante get through the Temen-ni-gru. Jester and Dante in one of their encounters.Īt other times, he appeared to Dante as a supposed resident of the Temen-ni-gru, Jester. (She survived, due to Dante catching her). At one point, Arkham left in order to take care of his daughter, Lady, and after taunting her, he threw her off the tower. He then joined Vergil at the top of the Temen-ni-gru, where the two waited for Dante to arrive. While Vergil cleared the path, Arkham went to Dante's office in order to entice him into coming to the tower. While Vergil waited in his mansion, Arkham went looking for the names of the seals, which was needed to unlock them.Īrkham with Vergil on top of the Temen-ni-gru.Īfter Arkham found the names of the seals, he and Vergil found their way to the base of the Temen-ni-gru.
Arkham told him about the seven seals that were on the tower. However, Arkham came to decide that he wanted the powers of Sparda and began researching the Temen-ni-gru.Īrkham eventually met one of the two sons of Sparda, Vergil.
This resulted in Arkham's daughter Mary (who later changed her name to Lady), to bear a strong hatred towards him and all demons, and wanted to get her revenge for the death of her mother. It is known that he began researching into demonic magic and eventually sacrificed his own wife so he could gain supernatural power. Very little is known about Arkham's past. When he begs Mary to help him, Lady shoots him dead knowing that her father is beyond redemption and he is simply trying to trick her.
Arkham seems to enjoy lying to people, then revealing his true intentions, as seen when he told Lady that Vergil had controlled him, then when he showed his true colors, he taunted her with something he had said earlier.Įven after being defeated by Dante and Vergil, Arkham is still determined to become a god and even tells Lady that he had done nothing wrong. In Dante's case, he appears as a supposed resident of the tower named Jester, who mocks Dante, but also advises and challenges him. For Lady, Arkham constantly taunts and enrages her, so as to keep up her pursuit of him, only to later convince her that his acts of evil were caused by Vergil's manipulations. To Vergil, he acts sycophantic, aiding him, but was secretly plotting to use him for his own gain.
DEVIL MAY CRY 4 SPECIAL EDITION WIKI HOW TO
He is a mysterious master manipulator who knows exactly how to play others into his hands.