Dante Quarta

Dante Quarta is an exorcist, a Human/Angel Hybrid, and the son of Xenovia Quarta of AxA universe.

Appearance
Having a strong resemblamce to Xenovia and Zen, Dante is a very tall handsome young man with an extremely muscular and well built body as a result of the extreme physical training he had done. His height is 198cm. As a half angel, Dante has ten pure white wings which are symbols of his power.

Personality
Dante is bold, strong-willed, free-spirited, and carefree. Though a devoted Christian like his mother, Dante is extremely flexible and open minded with his beliefs as he does not hold prejudice towards Devils and Fallen Angels, as he believed it is personality and character that defines evil rather than species. He even stated that Humans aren't justice either as sometimes Human's evil and malice can be far worse than Devils, this showed Dante to be a very wise man. Though laidback, Dante can very serious and mature when handling important matters.

Dante is an extremely compassionate man, righteous who despised cruelty and corruption. He also love to drink wine, considering it to be a sacred drink though he strictly refrained from over-indulgence.

Power and Abilities
Natural-born Holy Sword Wielder: Dante is a natural born holy sword wielder with an extremely high compatability with Durandal.

Immense Strength: Due to years of extremely intensive physical training, Dante's physical prowess is of the greatest caliber, on pair with Sairaorg Bael, his tremendous physical strength allows him to wield large and heavy weapons such as Durandal in one hand, when enhanced by Touki, Dante can throw punches and kicks with tremendous destructive power, and when refinely applied into his swordsmanship can overpowered the most powerful enemies, including gods.

Immense Speed: As a result of his extreme training, Dante also has extraordinary god like speed, on pair with Yuuto. He could match Jellal's Excalibur Rapidly enhanced speed.

Immense Holy Power: Due to extremely relentless training since young, Dante is one of the most powerful among the Miracle Children, Human/Angel Hybrids.
 * Light Manipulation: As a half angel, Dante has light based powers. Dante can channel his light based powers into his pistols to fire concentrated light enhanced bullets, or mixed it with his Touki to enhanced the power of his physical attacks.

Master Swordsman: Dante is a master swordsman with tremendous mastery in dual wielding the Holy Swords Durandal and Hauteclaire. Having surpassed Vasco Strada as a wielder of Durandal, Dante can fight the most powerful supernatural beings. Even hold his own against a Shadow Boosted Gear and Ouroborous Stones enhanced Arizen, and fighting on pair with a restored Jellal who have grown significantly more powerful in terms of skills.

Master Hand to Hand Combatant: Dante is also a master hand to hand combatant, having practised martial arts as part of his physical training for a long time, he is highly skilled in using various martial arts techniques and incorporate them into his fighting style particularly Jeet Kune Do.

Master Marksman: In addition to swords, Dante also employed firearms in combat, being a versatile master marksman with his signature pistols Ebony Raven and Ivory Swan. Able to destroyed countless hordes of enemies, including shoot the smallest targets over the greatest distances.

Skilled Magician: Dante is skilled in magic,specializing in Holy Magic. Able to use teleportation magic and defensive magic, he can erect a protective barrier around an area to defend against wide range attacks. Dante can also use magic to store away Durandal and Gram in another dimension and summon it back when needed.

Senjutsu Expert: Dante regularly practise Senjutsu meditation to supplement his physical training, cultivating and harnessing his Ki to heal injuries, restore stamina and vitality, and strengthen his mind and body.
 * Touki: The years of intensive training Dante has done combined with his fervent practise of Senjutsu meditation allow Dante to developed a tremendous amount of Touki to further strengthen his physical strength, speed and defense. He can also channel Touki into his Holy Swords to enhanced their offense and defense power.

Expert Tactician: Though brash, Dante has keen analytical skills.

Flight: Being a half Angel, Dante can fly using his Angel Wings.

Master Musician: Dante is a famous master guitarist, highly skilled in playing Italian folk music, Jazz and Christian music.

Equipment
Durandal: The Durandal of AxA Universe, a uniquely-shaped broadsword with a blue blade and a golden edge. It is Dante's primary weapon. Dante's mastery of Durandal has surpassed even Vasco Strada, emphasizing on a combination of power, timing and precision, focusing its destructive power entirely into slicing power, carefully timed and control the holy aura of Durandal, reducing the intervals of its charging time to unleash its full destructive power multiple times in quick succession. This allow Dante to breach past Arizen's protective barriers enhanced by the Shadow Boosted Gear and Ouroborous Stones. As well as damaged Arizen after he had been evolved by the Qlippoth fruits.

Hauteclere:Dante's second weapon, which he could also dual wield alongside Durandal when necessary. The Hauteclere of AxA universe, a Holy Sword with the power of purification.

Ebony Raven & Ivory Swan: A pair of alchemy customized technomagical M1911 pistols crafted by Lute Shinra, most versatile in terms of range and firing speed.

Quotes

 * Jellal, you are still haunted by your past. I admit what you have gone through is horribly tragic, however, you still have people who cares about you. Lotte, Lute, Rio, Emilio, the Church children whom you have taken care of in the past, Gabriel-sama, and me. Don't sink yourself in isolation, drowned in hatred, anger and despair.

Trivia

 * Dante's favourite food are minestrome, sciusceddu, pizza quattro stagioni, pizza quattro formaggi and pasta alla carbonara. His favourite drink are Italian wine and mixed vegetable juices.
 * Dante's hobbies are physical training, reading Italian literature and poetry, meditation and playing the guitar.