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I've already had this in mind shortly after watching Kamen Rider Kuuga series last year, and really, I already had plan to make James Rogers the version of Kuuga (Yusuke Godai) as American Rider Neo, a representation of a new era. But for American Dream (Shannon Carter)... I was almost in shambles. Funny enough, I wanted to fuse her with Kamen Rider Build (Sento Kiryu), but then, I remembered that Kamen Rider Agito celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, so I decided to mix Shannon with Agito (Soichi Tsugami) as American Rider Lucen, given the fact that KR Agito was meant to be Kuuga 2.0, but got ultimately scrapped instead.

I imagined that James Rogers, being the son of American Rider (Steve Rogers) and Natasha Romanoff, found the Arcle belt by accident, that stored the power of the Amadam stone, the very same stone that ironically turned Cynthia Schmidt into Red Skadi (or Red Daguva?). While encountering the belt, he was accidentally given a vision of the previous Kuuga warrior, Riku, the protector of the Rinto. Realizing the dangerous potential behind the belt, SHIELD decided to re-utilize the Arcle belt for James, where he continued his father's legacy as American Rider Neo.

Meanwhile... Shannon Carter, the niece of Sharon Rogers, decided to investigate the whereabouts of the Gurongi tribe, who has a long rivalry with an entity named Prometh. Learning that Prometh was responsible for creating the Amadam stone and also the Maternal stone (both considered to be Spirit Stones by the Rinto people), Shannon decided to steal one of the fragments of the Maternal stone from HYDRA and she eventually transformed into American Rider Lucen. A bit close to the 2015 Kuuga manga, but still keeping the connection between Prometh and Agito.

I did a LOT of creative liberty when designing these two. For James, the primary influence was the Nuovo Battleworld version of him: https://www.deviantart.com/captainarv/art/Nuovo-Battleworld-Captain-America-James-Rogers-1282259650

While borrowing influences from the Arkham Knight (Jason Todd) concept art, the OG Kuuga, and Kamen Rider G3. James' sword is basically the Titan Form version of Kuuga's sword; I am way too lazy to draw TryGouram (or Trychaser) motorcycle.

Shannon's design wasn't straying away from the usual Agito primary suit; she was also inspired by HTTYD3 Astrid's Dragon Armour. Pose based on Marvel Heroes game version of American Dream.

During his research into what would ultimately become the Super Soldier Serum, Dr. Abraham Erskine outlined a special revolutionary diet and isometric exercise regimen that he theorized would create a super-soldier. However, because the diet and regime required a lifetime of adherence in order to produce the desired results, this research was rejected by the US government who demanded super soldiers that could be produced immediately, not over the course of years. Erskine passed over his methodology when he perfected his serum. When Erskine was assassinated, what little research pertaining to the serum was sequestered by the government, and his prior research notes were deemed inconsequential enough to not even classify as secret; thus they were passed down through his family, finally ending up in the hands of his grandson, Brian Van Patrick, who used the research to develop a successful organic food business.

You get it right. Brian Van Patrick, the father of Michael Van Patrick. Brian's son, Michael, was not interested on continuing his father's business, and instead became one of the most successful athletes in the University of Kentucky. Michael was close the Peter Parker, who somehow took part in Michael's research on the said Erskine's diet.

On the other hand, Oscorp, who secretly obtained Erskine's remaining Super Soldier serum, decided to illegally injected it to their experimental (and genetically altered) spider, but somehow let loose for an unknown reason. When Michael was invited by Peter to visit the Oscorp Building in New York, Michael didn't realize that the said spider was still roaming around the building, eventually biting him in the process. It didn't take too long for Michael to finally figured out what exactly happened to his body; he could crawl on walls, shoots some organic webs, and most importantly, having a similar power to the Super Soldier, as intended by his great grandfather, Abraham Erskine.

But somehow, Michael was in torn. How could he make use of his new power, when he didn't even know what should he do alongside continuing his study? Vance Astrovik of the New Warriors has an answer to that: recruiting him directly to Astrovik's team. Despite nicknamed MVP at first, Michael decided to took his own persona: US Arachnid. He was make a valuable (reserve) member of SHIELD, where he could still spend most of his time at the University of Kentucky while secretly fights as your friendly neighborhood vigilante, US Arachnid.

Somehow, there will be a time when Michael Van Patrick realized that his action might also have a consequence to HYDRA, as they've also released their own doctor to capture him alive...

[UPDATE 2nd July 2026: Kamen Rider Kilat (Yusuf Vajrasatya) and Kamen Rider Apollyon are now part of my Captarv-Verse multiverse as Earth-ARV71! You'll also see the Earth-ARV71 variants of Super Sentai/Power Rangers and Ultraman later one! So, Kamen Riders, Sentai, and Ultraman are all situated in the exact same universe here (Earth-ARV71), just with my own theme tho.]

Yep, I did not make this name up. Apollyon is originally a Greek word for Abaddon, the demon of destruction and plagues. That sounds pretty cool tho.

In Kamen Rider Kilat's universe, Apollyon is the leader of his cyber demon army (his own race too), who managed to plague the humanity for many years... until the humanity sealed him centuries ago. Well, that didn't last long; by an unknown circumstance, Apollyon woke up in the 21st century, continuing his long-time infernal conquest. Quite similar to Davoth from Doom: Eternal game, design wise.

I wanted to make the rivalry between Kamen Rider Apollyon and Kamen Rider Kilat being similar to that of N-Daguva-Zeba and Kamen Rider Kuuga. Imagine how brutal and bloody their fight is gonna be. LOL

The primary design for Kamen Rider Apollyon is the Blackguard armor concept art from Halo: Master Chief Collection! I think it fits the entire "medieval-futuristic" design language for Apollyon, because he's also inspired by General Xaviax from Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight. The color schemes are based on Samael from the Darksiders game series.

Apollyon's helmet (or head?) is based on the Marauders from Doom: Eternal (who doesn't love that creatures?). For Apollyon's wings, they're based on Predaking's unused concept art for Transformers: Prime. And well, Apollyon's sword, Loimos, is a near 1:1 replicate of the Augmented Scaevan Magitek Greatsword from Final Fantasy 14. The name, Loimos, means plague in Greek, also recorded Loimos tôn Athênôn (the Plague of Athens).

And oh yeah, don't mind why he's called Kamen Rider Apollyon while Kamen Rider Abbadon already existed. Because, umm, there are Kamen Rider Blade and Kamen Rider Blades (with an extra 's') from two completely different series each too.

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[UPDATE 2nd July 2026: Kamen Rider Kilat (Yusuf Vajrasatya) and Kamen Rider Apollyon are now part of my Captarv-Verse multiverse as Earth-ARV71! You'll also see the Earth-ARV71 variants of Super Sentai/Power Rangers and Ultraman later one! So, Kamen Riders, Sentai, and Ultraman are all situated in the exact same universe here (Earth-ARV71), just with my own theme tho.]

I’ve been thinking about his civilian name, and before you complain, that kind of name is actually quite normal for we, Indonesians, to say. Definitely inspired by Bima Satria Garuda (Ray Bramasakti), our own version of Kamen Rider (not to mention because it was also developed by the creator of Kamen Rider, Ishimori Production!).

Quick info, Yusuf Vajrasatya is a Muslim Indonesian who settled for a while in Kyoto after obtaining an international scholarship to Kyoto University. For the motif, I chose peregrine falcon as an inspiration, because it is the FASTEST BIRD IN THE WORLD, and I think it will fits his speedster ability pretty well. Kamen Rider Kilat's universe is basically similar to the Doom game series universe; fighting some literal cyber demons but make them more kid friendly; they don't have the same destructive capacity as the actual Doom universe ones. LOL

For his designs, getting a lot of DMC5 Dante Devil Trigger (and Sin Devil Trigger), CW’s Flash, Kamen Rider Ixa Rising Form, Kamen Rider Ichigo, and Tekken 3 Jin Kazama vibes there, with several inspirations from Tekken 7 and 8 Yoshimitsu and winged Garo (from Garo series) for the wings. For Sabit, it is inspired by Tekken 7 Yoshimitsu sword's design, while for Purnama, it's clearly inspired by Sidewinder from Mass Effect: Andromeda, with some flairs from the unused gun concept arts from Bayonetta game.

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In the early 25th century, the government of the United States of America reactivating the centuries old Project Rebirth to anticipate the potential threats from HYDRA, led by the Red Prophet. Named Project RENATUS by SHIELD, the Government took a radical approach: to produce mass super-soldiers with a combination of genetic engineering and mechanical augmentation.

Of course, this Project was incredibly risky; very few people have ever survived such kind of augmentation, as the excruciating pain resulted from the augmentation could also led to physiological stress that could produce cardiac arrest, in addition to cross-chemical complications that can result in augmentation failure. One of the most successful candidates of the Project RENATUS augmentation was, in fact, Kiyoshi Morales.

Being born of Latino, African American, Japanese, and Native American descent, Kiyoshi Morales received rigorous training by both SHIELD and US Army since the age of 14. Since late childhood, Kiyoshi already exhibited excellent strength and durability, alongside strategies and tactics. Kiyoshi was considered to be a "national asset" by the US Government, where he was eventually given an exoskeleton armor by Stark Industries and was christened as Commander A.

As Commander A, Kiyoshi led his country into several victories against HYDRA. As battle hardened he is, he was well respected by his most trusted ally, Admiral Shabazz (the descendant of Isaiah Bradley) of the US Navy, and also by the people of the US. Despite suffering casualties from the war, thanks to them, the United States is now free from HYDRA's threat... for now.

Shannon Carter, the cousin of Sharon Carter, grew up idolizing Captain America (Steve Rogers) since childhood. Hence, when the new Avengers team was formed, Shannon Carter, who once worked as a tour guide at the Avengers Tower, was also invited to join. To honor Steve, she had already designed a costume that resembles Steve's uniform; in addition to this, she also created a laser disc weapons that are all stored inside her bracers. She would undergo a lot of physical training to make herself as strong and as agile as humanly possible.

Earning her own title as the American Dream, she became the leader of the Avengers alongside Spider-Girl (May "Mayday" Parker), Mainframe, Saberclaw (Hudson Logan), Thunderstrike (Kevin Masterson), and so on. When the Avengers faced several dangerous threats, Shannon has proved herself worthy of Cap's colors... and also his shield.

AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Err... I dunno how do I even write her bio. But anyway, her story was quite the same as her Earth-982 counterpart; being the cousin of Sharon Carter aka Agent 13, a big fan of Captain America, and last but not least, she doesn't even need a Super Soldier Serum to become herself!

Yep, we got American Dream here. Another popular MC2 (Marvel Comics 2, I guess?) character alongside Mayday Parker, I thought it's probably a good time to introduce her to my Captarv-Verse entry. Her Earth's designation, Earth-412, is actually an analog to how Marvel Comics 2 being a possible alternate future universe of the original Marvel Universe. So, Earth-412 seems like a possible alternate future for Earth-41, in this case.

Anyway, I didn't really change much of her basic design, but somehow, I managed to make her suit as close as Steve's Earth-41 Cap attire. And oh, I actually change her mini-discs into more like laser/energy discs instead, because I thought using physical discs while using Cap's shield seems impractical for me.

[I forgot to credit myself on the OG post's title, so I had to delete it and post it again]

Originally, I had no idea which Kamen Rider should I mashup with Sam Wilson (Falcon) as Captain America, so I decided to do this poll more than a week ago:

https://www.deviantart.com/captainarv/poll/If-I-did-the-Kamen-Rider-treatment-for-Sam-Wilson-s-Captain-America-which-one-should-I-choose-8692510

And really, the result of this poll was quite tough. It wasn't until one of my friends on DeviantART suggested me to mix him with Kamen Rider Super-1 instead, who is one of the three candidates of the said poll. Funny enough, at the time of this writing and drawing, the majority also chose Super-1, so I guess I've found the winner of this poll.

Kamen Rider Super-1 (Kazuya Oki) was actually an astronomer who became a volunteer of the Super-1 program in order to produce an astronaut that can survive outer space for an extended time without the need of the bulky astronaut suit. While the astronaut term doesn't really fit MCU Sam Wilson as a whole, I would like to think that adopting some major aspects of this background could work with several liberties.

Hence, in this universe, Sam Wilson was once a US Air Force pararescue airman who voluntary agreed to become part of the Super Falcon-1 program, and underwent several cybernetic surgeries in order to survive the high altitude (with low oxygen and high pressure) without the need of the G-suit (a type of pilot suit to prevent gravitational g-LOC during the flight's accelerated phase). This was done secretly by SHIELD due to the fact that they couldn't replicate the method of the so-called Prana Experiment from HYDRA, as this was of specialty from Abraham Erskine and Arnim Zola.

Originally designated as Super Falcon-1, Sam Wilson stood down from his role in the Air Force after an accident in Afghanistan killed one of his friends, Ronald Riley. But that changed after SHIELD actually found American Rider 1 (Steve Rogers) and American Rider 2 (Bucky Barnes) survived in the ice during their discovery in the Arctic, that Sam Wilson renamed himself as American Rider Super-1 and joined force with the Double American Riders. Not pretty sure how I am gonna chose the Marvel counterpart of the Dogma Kingdom tho.

American Rider Super-1's design is heavily based on The Falcon and The Winter Soldier series version of Cap's suit, because I love it. Decided to mix the helmet of Kamen Rider Super-1 with Cap's oxygen helmet from Captain America: Brave New World movie, albeit with white colour instead of blue. I also borrowed the elements from Kamen Rider Super-1 3D art by Pray Wibowo on Artstation. (link here)

https://www.deviantart.com/captainarv/art/Captain-Coulson-Earth-ARV212-1242697602

In Earth-ARV212, the discovery of Steve Rogers' body in the Arctic seemed to go awry instead. Possibly due to the brain aneurysm, Steve never survived his stint in the ice. However, thanks to Bruce Banner's aid, the improvised version of Super Soldier Serum was successfully extracted from his blood, and was kept by SHIELD until it was needed.

Around a year later, Agent Phil Coulson was heavily injured when Loki attacked the SHIELD Project PEGASUS Facility, but was subsequently saved by Clint Barton, who was never brainwashed by the Norse God of Mischief. Although hesitant at first, Director Nick Fury Jr. agreed to "revive" Coulson using the Super Soldier Serum. The lack of vita-ray during the experiment indeed didn't change the size of Coulson's body unlike Steve's, but it does giving him the same strength and feats of the original Captain America, Steve Rogers.

Being the biggest fan of Captain America, Coulson has always dreamed to become like him. However, when he was trusted to carry on Steve's legacy, he realized that the reality of superheroes fighting against the force of evils are way more complicated, much more different than the stories of Captain America that he had heard as a child.

Came Tony Stark aka Iron Man. He was the one who offered Coulson a "second chance" to help, or even lead, the Avengers had a new threat on Earth emerged. Coulson already learned the consequences had he step up becoming the new Captain America. But knowing the real burden behind the Super Soldier serum, Coulson thought that his entire life was worth it: to become SHIELD's best. Even when SHIELD might turn its head against him due to his action, he knew that he did it for the greater good. The good becomes better, the bad becomes worse, they said.

[Basically my previous attempt of posting got deleted by mods for violating their rules, so...]

Meet the Resident Evil: Code Lacrima version of Jill Valentine!

Having a real BLAST designing her, ever since she's one of my favourite RE characters besides the Claire and Chris Redfield. She’s still of French-Japanese descent here; you can clearly see the fleur-de-lis symbol on her shoulder pad. It’s probably part of her family’s heirloom armour here. Her design borrows heavily from RE5 Lost in Nightmare outfit and also Marvel Rivals Elsa Bloodstone suit, but the beret is actually from RE Revelations unused concept art for Jill Valentine (I love her STARS suit, okay?). The Corone sword is based on the real life French Model 1816 Sword.

Oh, while the ARV98 version of Jill was never brainwashed by Albert Wesker unlike her RE5 counterpart, she was once partially cursed by Wesker into activating her Devil Trigger, which resulted in her gradual hair change from dark brown to blonde. Think of how Devil Trigger also affected Dante’s hair from black to white due to its extensive usage in DmC Reboot.

Her DT design is heavily inspired by Crane Orphnoch from Kamen Rider Faiz series, but with crow motif instead. But why? You’re not gonna ready for this conversation… (link here)

One of the most trusted partners of Captain America (Steve Rogers), Falcon (Sam Wilson), was originally born in Harlem, New York, to Paul Wilson, a former prominent minister, and Darlene Wilson. He would be later raised in Louisiana, however, and his parents had another child, Sarah Wilson, who would become Sam's sister as well. Sam had an aunt, whom he referred to as his TT, whom he was very close to. When his aunt passed away, Sam attended her funeral, which was well attended and continued for many days, celebrating her life.

Sam's parents, Paul and Darlene, were very helpful people, earning many favors from neighbors, who helped them with their family business, the Wilson Family Seafood. But something was different to Sam; in fact, he started showing affection to birds, and he even had a pigeon coop once in his home in Louisiana. However, the racial tension at that time actually affected his hobby, and as Sam's parents eventually both died, Sarah decided to work on the business in Delacroix, while Sam entered the military instead.

Sam Wilson eventually joined the pararescue squad of the 58th Rescue Squadron from the US Air Force, serving in Afghanistan during the War on Terror. Alongside his former wingman, Ronald Riley, he became a test pilot for the then prototype version Exo-7 Falcon Suit by Stark Industries, but his tide tragically turned when Riley, also equipped by Exo-7 Falcon Suit, had his wings hit by an RPG, ultimately leading to his death. Losing his friend, Sam doubted that he could ever continue his duty in Afghanistan, and finally left the Air Force and formed the District of Columbia Support Group on his efforts to recovering war veterans from PTSD.

Around 2 years after Captain America was thawed, Sam, who was appointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs, met Steve Rogers for the first time during a jog in Washington DC. The two immediately became friends, but it wasn't until during the Project Insight incident in 2014 that Sam was convinced by Steve to adopt a persona that inspires Sam's people to fight against injustice, and secretly, against HYDRA. In such ad hoc situation, Sam adopted the alias of Falcon, after the so-called Exo-7 Falcon suit, and together with Captain America, they were able to steer away HYDRA's influence in SHIELD, as well as restoring Winter Soldier's (Bucky Barnes) memories using the Tesseract (nicknamed the Cosmic Cube).

Ever since the Project Insight incident, Falcon became one of the agents of SHIELD, and actually had an on-off rivalry with Bucky Barnes, now rehabilitated and was also induced into SHIELD. Despite their differences, they decided to put aside their respective emotions beside, and instead work together against a new emerging threat from HYDRA, Watchdogs, and the National Force, even without the help of Captain America.

[One of the pockets from the Invaders' Bucky was accidentally colored blue, my bad...]

James Buchanan Barnes, nicknamed Bucky, was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, on March 10 1917, to George Barnes and Winnifred Barnes. Bucky's mother, Winnifred, has died when he was a child, leaving Bucky with his father, George, and also Bucky's sister, Rebecca "Becca" Barnes. Since then, Bucky's entire family decided to move from Shelbyville to Brooklyn, New York. Sometime during his childhood, he met Steve Rogers when bullies were trying to steal his money. The two became best friends and stuck together for many years, with Barnes often defending Rogers from the bullies who would have attempted to take advantage of Rogers' short height and small build. But his childhood nearly took its toll when George Barnes died in an accident while stationed at Camp Lehigh, and Bucky was only 15 in that time. His only family left was Becca, but the two even shared interaction together with Steve as well.

Both Bucky and Steve eventually spent their holidays together in Rockaway Beach and Coney Island, where in the latter, Bucky even convinced Steve to ride the Cyclone, and much to Bucky's amusement, Steve got thrown up.

But it all changed however, when in 1936, Steve's mother, Sarah Rogers, died from tuberculosis, and she was later buried alongside her husband, Joseph Rogers. Bucky walked Steve home after her funeral and offered to let Rogers move into his family house in exchange for Steve doing chores, but Steve refused, saying he could get by on his own. Seeing Steve struggling to find his house keys, Steve took out a hidden key and told him that he did not have to because he was with him "to the end of the line," something Steve would always keep to heart. Their friendship would eventually continue, as Steve shared his interest in arts, while for Bucky, his hobby was reading books (his favourite was the Hobbit).

When the United States joined World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 1941, Steve and Bucky decided to enlist themselves into the US Army. However, Steve was classified as 4F, while Bucky was accepted to the Army where he earned the rank of Sergeant and underwent sniper training. Barnes, along with the rest of the 107th Infantry Regiment, had been trained during the winter at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin.

Prior to the 107st Regiment's shipment to England, Bucky and Steve decided to attend the Stark Expo together, and that was the last time they meet for a while. As a farewell, Bucky warned Steve not to enlist into Army again, and in the next day, Bucky was eventually shipped into England. Bucky eventually led the front line of the 107th Infantry Regiment... until he was captured by HYDRA. There, he was an experiment lab rat by Arnim Zola, as Bucky was injected by Zola's version of Super Soldier Serum. He was eventually rescued by Steve Rogers, who was also injected with Super Soldier Serum during Project Rebirth, and as Bucky shocked at what Steve had become, together, they eventually rescued 107th Regiment. alongside Sergeant Nick Fury Sr, and many more, from HYDRA's grapple.

As Steve Rogers was now hailed as Captain America, he would eventually formed a predecessor to the Avengers, the Invaders, with Steve himself as the leader. Bucky took part in the Invaders too, having met several extraordinary members such as Namor, HYDRA Stomper (Howard Stark), Union Jack (James Montgomery Falsworth), Iron Fist (Orson Randall), and so much more. However, his life once more took a toll in the Austrian Alps, when he, Captain America, alongside several members of the Howling Commandos prepared for a mission to board the Schnellzug EB912 train carrying Arnim Zola, with the aim of capturing him to learn about the Red Skull's plans. The mission itself was quite faulty; in fact, Bucky was seemingly fall from the train, and Steve was unable to save him. Since the mission, and for the next decades, SSR declared Bucky as dead.

In reality, he didn't. In fact, thanks to the Super Soldier Serum, Bucky initially survived the fall, with the cost of losing his left arm. He was once more captured by HYDRA, eventually turning him into a mindless, living monster of HYDRA, the Winter Soldier. He became a ghost story; some authorities were in doubt that the Winter Soldier himself actually existed. He has became a haunting tales during the Cold War, much to HYDRA's rude enjoyment.

The story of the Winter Soldier ultimately ended in year 2014, when Steve Rogers, who happened to have survived 66 years in ice few years earlier, decided to bring Bucky's memory back using the Tesseract. Despite slowly gaining his memory back, Bucky questioned Steve's use of the Tesseract, and when Bucky managed to grab the Cosmic Cube, the Cube's effect eventually brought him into what was once Camp McCoy instead. Remembering his past, Bucky decided to make an amend to get rid of his sin of Winter Soldier, and while he was taken custody by SHIELD, Nick Fury Jr especially recruited him into SHIELD Special Task Force as Fury was amazed by Bucky's skills and past achievements.

His name is James Buchanan "Bucky" Barnes, and he is not a Winter Soldier anymore. Now, his new journey of a lifetime is about to begin.

[And also, excuse for a very bad timing if you've known what happened to Ninja Theory currently]

The Island of Vie de Marli (or Dumary to some), which was located not far from the America continent, has an interesting yet exotic story. The island itself was said to be found by the Mediterranean refugees who were branded as heretics for continuing to believe in the old pagan gods by followers of different beliefs. They were not alone; most of these refugees often came with the runaway slaves from faraway countries, eventually assimilating to each other there, eventually creating a new culture. They came to worship deities from a different dimension, and the rites performed in honor of these beings often resembled exorcisms and demon sealing ceremonies. Its story became famous when Sparda became a temporary guardian of Vie de Marli many years ago, and even after his ‘disappearance’, the tales of the Island remained vibrant. No wonder why this Island was nicknamed as the Island where the Holy and the Evil Merge.

Katherine, or Kat for short, was one of these people of Vie de Marli, whose parents were actually part of a sect named the Protectors, being charged with the duty to safeguard the island from would-be evil entities and once sided with Sparda in a conflict. Born of Romani descent, Kat was taught by her mother about sorcery, demonology, occultism, and the peculiar nature of Hell and Limbo.

It all changed when a multimillionaire and sorcerer Arius, who was also the CEO of Uroboros Corporation, decided to take over Vie de Marli. Many people of Vie de Marli weren’t happy with Arius’ decision, Kat’s parents included. So, they decided to escape from the Island via boat, and young Kat was eventually brought by his parents in search for much more safe place to live. And this was where Kat’s memories with her parents ended. Upon their journey, a raging storm destroyed their boat, eventually killed Kat’s parents. She was orphaned after all, and she was adopted in Limbo City.

Being born under the guidance of the Protectors who saw demons as a threat had turned Kat into having a problem to fit in Limbo City. She was considered crazy for seeing demons and was put on drugs. Kat was told they would make her better, but she was really kept weak and docile. Later on, she discovered that her foster father was a demon who physically abused her daily, resulting in her to escape into Limbo where Vergil heard her cries for help. Vergil, who happened to know about his own father’s past, learned that Kat was in fact from Vie de Marli, and Vergil told Kat that her potential can be useful for saving humanity. With his guidance, Kat then killed her adoptive father and began working under Vergil, as the member of the Dark Knights.

Under the guidance of Vergil, Kat decided to improvise her past knowledge during her childhood in Vie de Marli. She eventually became able to cast ancient Wiccan spells, mostly through the use of her special spray paint. With these, she also learned to focus her mind on something constructive, rather than the “nightmares” of her past.

And at some point of time, Kat was given a task by Vergil to find Dante somewhere in Limbo City. Kat wouldn’t expect that her eventual meeting with Dante would change her life, and even the course of Limbo City at all.

Steve Rogers was officially introduced as Captain America at the end of 1942 and was considered to be America's hero of WWII, but this situation also led SSR into another problem: who would be responsible for defending the United States from the inside, while Captain America went overseas? SSR tried several ways to answer this, and the final solution went to the District Attorney of New York, Grant Gardner.

Alongside his secretary and lover, Gail Richards, Gardner was given a mandate by SSR to spy over any suspicious activities from both Axis Powers and HYDRA throughout the United States under the codename US Agent. Gardner was able to track down the records of the Scarab, which was actually an alias of the leader of the American Branch of HYDRA, Dr. Cyrus Maldor. The Scarab indeed had heard about the story of Lost Temple of Emeralds, and decided to join force with Red Skull (Johann Schmidt) for seeking revenge on his colleagues who refused Maldor's credit on the discovery of the Temple's ruin in Mexico. Upon learning this revelation, Gardner was able to push down both HYDRA and Scarab's influence in the United States, and as the Drummond Museum of Arts and Science was saved from Scarab's grapple, the map of the Lost Temple of Emeralds has been fully restored, and Gardner's identity as US Agent was eventually revealed to public as of 1945. Gardner was honored as wartime America's hero second to Steve Rogers himself; however, Gardner eventually passed away from heart attack in 1950.

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Born some times in the 1980s and growing up in Custer's Grove, Georgia, John Walker attended the Custer's Grove High School during his teenage years, where he met Lemar Hoskins (later Battlestar) and John's future lover, Olivia. Despite his failure on drama class, Walker joined and soon became captain of his high school's varsity football team, the Bears, and they won State championships three times in a row. Following his graduation from the High School, Walker married Olivia, and with Hoskins, Walker was commissioned into the United States Army; Hoskins and Walker were eventually sent to Afghanistan in 2009.

John Walker became the first person in American history history to receive three Medals of Honor and led RS One missions in counterterrorism and hostage rescue; despite this honor, however, Walker considered those days in Afghanistan to be worst of his and Hoskins' life.

The death of the Patriot (Jeffrey Mace) earlier in 2014 and the sudden 'desertion' of Captain America (Steve Rogers) in 2016 led SHIELD to re-activate the US Agent program. As such, the title of the US Agent was seized by John Walker himself in 2016, and shortly after receiving approval from the President, Walker was unveiled to the world and announced as US Agent by a Government Official, on the behalf of the Global Repatriation Council and the United States Department of Defense. Prior to this announcement, Walker also received a small portion of the Super Soldier Serum by SHIELD, granting him a similar power to that of Captain America.

Walker, alongside Lemar Hoskins as Battlestar, performed numerous acts of valor, during his missions against HYDRA, the Flag Smashers, the National Forces, and the Watchdogs, even after the return of Steve Rogers as Captain America. However, his growing trauma from his past life in Afghanistan eventually led Walker to exhibit his near unstable emotion, which can be rooted back to his already established anger issues.

To make matter worse, when the members of the Watchdogs was murdering Lemar Hoskins, Walker immediately executed the leader of the Watchdogs in public, earning him a controversial reputation towards American society. And it happened 8 years after Walker's official announcement as US Agent.

A year following the incident, Valentina Allegra de Fontaine, now the Director of the CIA, and was actually a rival to Director of Nick Fury Jr. decades prior before she eventually became a Deputy of SHIELD, approached Walker, telling him that Walker might had a chance to redeem himself as well as giving him a final lifeline following his last war against the Watchdogs. Here, he was finally given a second chance to become better, a chance to become the US Agent. And it will happen while it lasts.

"The President tasked me with finding the next Captain America. Not an easy job, but I did it. I delivered a patriot."

The disappearance of Captain America (Steve Rogers) in 1945 and the unexpected desertion of Isaiah Bradley during the Korean War didn't stop the US Government from creating another potential Super Soldier as a replacement of Captain America himself. Following the dawn of the 21st century, the mad SHIELD scientist Glenn Talbot decided to work with Calvin Zabo in order to recreated their own version of Super Soldier serum, and in the 2002 New Year celebration, a new Super Soldier was introduced: the Patriot. But some asked, who was the man behind the mask of the Patriot? Perhaps, a few years later, his identity was to be revealed: Jeffrey Mace.

Originally a Daily Bugle journalist, Jeffrey Mace grew up in Yancy Street, New York, and he wanted to enlist in the US Army. But despite his near-perfect physical conditions, he was rejected due to his webbed feet problem. SHIELD, who became desperate to find a perfect candidate of their Project Patriot program, decided to approach Mace himself, where he was injected with Zabo's Super Soldier Serum. Eventually gaining a power and strength similar to that of Captain America, Mace was christened as the Patriot, and was promised to be the new hero of the United States, fulfilling his dream.

However, at the time Mace became active as Patriot, the United States' politics were pretty much in jeopardy already following the infamous 9/11 Disaster, and the xenophobic phenomenon towards American Muslim became prominent. In addition, the United States has also declared War towards Iraq in 2003, and the 2003 Fallujah event happened there. This disgusted Mace a lot, as well as questioning his actual loyalty to his homeland, and he asked himself about his actual purpose on making himself a Super Soldier who had became blindly loyal to his country, while his own country itself commit atrocities toward each other.

Hence, the world lost their mind when in 2003, Mace condemned the United States' action towards the prisoners of war in Iraq (and especially Fallujah region) as well as the United States' attitude against the Muslim Americans. Some praised Mace for his relentless action on speaking the truth, but some authorities despised the fact that Mace actually broke the order from his superior. As to Nick Fury Jr. himself, he admired that Mace has became an ideal person at the time the country definitely need another "Captain America" during the midst of political instability. Most of his early years as Patriot were also well spent in the streets of New York instead of the battlefield, defending the weak who became a victim of the United States' false persecution. This also motivated Josiah al-Hajj Saddiq to follow Patriot's footstep and became Josiah X in 2003 too.

That's why, when Captain America was thawed in the Arctic in 2011 (and was surprisingly found alive), Mace was still given a chance to continue his duty as Patriot, eventually fighting on par with the Man Out of Time, Steve Rogers. He also successfully suppressed the Watchdogs' activities for a quite long period of time. During the Project Insight incident in 2014, at the time HYDRA nearly took over SHIELD, Mace would eventually sacrificing himself when saving the SHIELD members and civilians of Washington D.C. from collapsing Helicarriers, eventually killing him in progress.

Mace was honored in Arlington Cemetery as the "Hero of Washington D.C.", and his costume was well preserved in the Smithsonian Museum, alongside the displays of Captain America, Invaders, and the Howling Commandos there. He may not be as perfect as Steve Rogers, but he died a honored way, and his idealism still lived up to this day.

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While the rumours surrounding Project Patriot started to came into surface since 2006, a new formula was created, derived from Calvin Zabo's Hyde Formula by Hank McCoy aka Beast in 2011. Named the Mutant Growth Hormone, or MGH for short, it was originally meant to be extracted from Mystique's blood in order to cure his mutation, but instead of curing it, the MGH furtherly amplified his mutation, turning him into a blue-furred monster instead. While it was never meant to be a serum similar to that of Super Soldier Serum, this McCoy's formula was said to be a predecessor to the widely distributed MGH, secretly refined by Ajax of Weapon X program. Now extracted isolated from any hormones of mutants (or officially, Homo superior), the MGH gave its users a superpower and strength that depends on the said mutants or superpowered people whose bloods were extracted into.

However, the MGH itself has its drawback: high addiction and aggressive personality following the usage. When someone became addicted to MGH, the MGH will affect its user's hormone, eventually leading the user into a state quite similar to those who uses any other illegal drugs. One of its near victims was Elijah "Eli" Bradley, the grandson of Isaiah Bradley.

Eli Bradley lived peacefully with his grandfather in Baltimore, Maryland. Originally living up on his grandfather's story in Korean War without knowing the truth behind the story, Eli's life changed when Steve Rogers, alongside Sam Wilson and Bucky Barnes, decided to visit Isaiah's house in order to uncover the secret behind the Super Soldier Program during the Korean War. At first, Isaiah didn't trust Bucky as he knew the actual identity behind Winter Soldier a while back, causing a little tension between the two. However, thanks to Faith Shabbaz-Bradley, the two settled, and the interaction between Isaiah, Steve, Bucky, and Sam left an impression to Eli.

Due to the fact that Eli's mother, Sarah Bradley, was born before Isaiah had received the Super Soldier serum, Eli was born powerless instead. However, driven by his grandfather's legacy, Eli decided to take up the mantle of Patriot, which was one owned by the late Jeffrey Mace. He would then joined the Young Avengers formed initially by Kate Bishop, and he fabricated his origin that he earned his power from his grandfather.

In reality, Eli used the MGH in order to gain himself a superpower similar to Captain America, and his intention was gradually exposed by his fellow Young Avenger, Wiccan (Billy Kaplan). This caused Eli's relation with the Young Avengers restrained, and it wasn't until HYDRA's attack on Baltimore that Eli was severely injured, and he was rescued by the Young Avengers.

Following the day when Isaiah was finally getting the honor he deserved, as his name and duty was finally immortalized by the Smithsonian Museum, Eli was finally given a blood transfusion by his grandfather, eventually giving him a new, yet permanent superpower instead. He would soon continue his life as the Patriot, and he would be forever an ideal leader of the Young Avengers following his introspection and rehabilitation shortly after HYDRA's Baltimore attack.

Originally posted on 2025: https://www.deviantart.com/captainarv/art/Vergil-s-Triumphant-Return-1129362886

Actually there's those Chinese Drama named The Dominant Heir's Triumphant Return and it was released in Dramabox. Considering the fact that I don't have one, I decided to watch it in Youtube instead. The series itself was basically a mix of Final Fantasy 15 and Game of Thrones (correct me if I am wrong), but without any supernatural elements, and more soap opera based and less budget LOL I watched this based on the fact that some people actually pointed out that the so-called King character from the series looks a lot like older DMCC5 Vergil a few years earlier, so I decided to create the meme out of it instead.

Yep, I created those Soyjak Dante and Nero drawings by myself

You got it right, his primary power is lightning! And he's a year younger than Dante and Vergil, btw.

Full Name : Eclisfula (alias : Emrys Gao)

Prefers to be called : Eclisfula or Eclise or Emrys

Title and Alias : The Lost Lightning

Gender : Male

Weight : 82 kg

Height : 5’11" (180,34 cm)

Species : Half Human Half Demon Hybrid (Cambion)

Date of Birth : 16th January

Occupation : Demon Hunter and philanthropist

Hair : Black, with the hair being cut short. Eclisfula rarely showed his hair except at one point where he has to open his hood to reveal his hair.  

Personality : Quite an introvert, care free, calm, intelligent, quite polite, loyal to his allies and friends (especially Vergil), respectful (except to some of his rivals), and enjoys showing off and taunting his adversaries as often as he can. Eclisfula also maintains a very strong sense of justice and prefers to fight fair. Eclisfula values family and friends very highly. Eclisfula also has no problems on using guns and firearms.  

Likes : Chinese foods, variation of arts, bird watching, drawing, books (comic books included), video games, Cappuccino, sponge cake, pizza (specifically with pepperoni, cheese, mozzarella cheese, oregano, and no olives), fighting and devil hunting (besides working as a philanthropist), sword fighting, guns (for some reasons), chocolate, and tea

Dislikes : Boulders, bears, most demons, monsters, muds

Weapons and Equipments :

Fuhuo : A signature Chinese Jian sword of Eclisfula, which was originally made by Sparda during his time as a feudal lord of Fortuna and was eventually given to Eclisfula's family as a memento. Inside the sword, lies the lost souls of Fortuna which can be enhanced and summoned when Eclisfula used Fuhuo. Like all swords, he can stab and slash targets with its blade, but he can also make thunder blades out of his sword attacks. He can also use the scabbard as a blunt weapon much like a club or baton and levitate it. It was considered one of few sacred swords based on the records which were made by The Order of the Sword.

Strengths, Powers, and Abilities :

1. Electricity Manipulation or Electrokinesis, Teleport
2. Devil Trigger : Eclisfula could activate the Devil Trigger by plunging Fuhuo into the ground.
3. Swordsmanship and Marksmanship
4. Advanced Intelligence, Gadgetry and Weaponry
5. Supernatural Strength, Supernatural Mobility, Supernatural Senses, Supernatural Durability, Supernatural Endurance, Accelerated Healing
6. Special Moves : Lightning Shards (similar to Vergil's Judgement Cut), Storm Heir style (similar to Dante's Royalguard style), Thunderstorm Step (similar to Dante's Dreadnaught), Storm Slayer (similar to Dante's Swordmaster style)
7. Expert Martial Artist : Eclisfula has a sword fighting style that was inspired by Wushu. Even without his sword in hand, Eclisfula excels at Changquan and Tai Chi arts. Eclisfula is also ambidextrous (the ability to skillfully use both hands), although he mostly uses his right hand.

Weakness :

1. Fatigue : Eclisfula is prone to fatigue if he is in a prolonged battle against enemies that are more powerful than him or of equal strength.
2. Severe Anxiety

Bio :

Eclisfula was born as half human half demon, in a wealthy family once. Eclisfula's parents, the demon Kongzu (who took the disguise as Canto Hung) and his human wife, Eberta Hung, alongside Sparda, the Legendary Dark Knight, were known to opposed the Demons' control over humanity, not long after Sparda defeated Mundus for the first time. As Sparda became the feudal lord of Fortuna, he created a sword named Fuhuo using the lost souls of Fortuna who sacrificed themselves when sealing the Hell Gate there, in which he gave it to Eclisfula's family few years later as a memento, as Eclisfula's father, Kongzu, was once a member of the Order of the Sword (by, of course, hiding his demonic identity). With Sparda's unknown death, Eclisfula's family decided to life a more normal life there, until when Eclisfula grew up, his parents disappeared for unknown reason.

Believing that it was one of Mundus' acolytes who was responsible for his parents' disappearance, Eclisfula decided to make a contact with one of Sparda's twin sons, Dante, who later came under the alias Tony Redgrave. Eclisfula knew Dante thanks to Vergil, who turned out to be his childhood friend.

Eclisfula knew the risk that Dante and Vergil may not trust him because he was a half demon half human. But as he was virtuous, Eclisfula eventually won their trust as Eclisfula, Lady, Vergil, and Dante decided to stop Arkham, later Jester, from using Temen-ni-gru any further. But little did Eclisfula knew that Vergil used the Temen-ni-gru in order to gain his father's power.

However, Eclisfula started realizing about Vergil's true plan when Eclisfula and Dante tried to stop Vergil from opening the gate of Temen-ni-gru. At some point, Eclisfula was stabbed by Vergil using Yamato. He was saved by Dante, right after Vergil's defeat in the hand of Mundus, but as he regretted himself to separate Dante and Vergil for the second time, Dante calmed him down and promised that they would find Vergil together.

On the other hand, Eclisfula's Fuhuo sword gave him a vision of a place of Fortuna, and Eclisfula really hoped that he could see Fortuna again, while searching for Vergil.

You got it right: Eclisfula's primary power is lightning!

Actually, this guy existed since 2023! I've also uploaded his Main/OG timeline version of Reboot era version in this post, alongside his Sin Devil Trigger.

But for some reasons, I am more proud with his DMC Earth-ARV13 designs. Eclisfula is actually just a year younger than Dante and Vergil.

Go wild with whatever version of my OC if you want one, btw.

No way, I found it really hard to draw my Devil May Cry OC, Eclisfula, in his Sin Devil Trigger form. But after days of struggle, I am finally happy with his final look.

Yep, this is really Eclisfula in his Sin Devil Trigger look, I really want to keep some parts of his signature Devil Trigger look (especially for the hood) while adding his truly awesome Sin Devil Trigger look.

As a reference, Eclisfula's Sin Devil Trigger design was inspired by DMC 4 Alto Angelo, DMC 5 Vergil Sin Devil Trigger, and also, I was inspired by a fanart of Nero if he has a Sin Devil Trigger which was done by Safiyyah Khan via Artstation, and that was awesome : (link here) The wings are inspired by Angel-class heroes from Might and Magic Heroes IV.