geryon Received: Devil May Cry 3—Mission 12 Abilities: Quicksilver Style (Time Lag) Geryon is the boss of Mission 12, the mission when Dante is stuck in Devil Trigger form throughout the entirety. At the end of the mission, there is a door engraved with two horses bucking toward each other. Beyond the door is a long bridge. The battle begins when a giant horse with blue flames for a mane and tail begins to rush toward Dante. Dante, of course, merely kicks back his heels and challenges the horse. The battle ensues, and once Geryon is nicked, the bridge collapses, and both Dante and Geryon fall into the coliseum below. Dante, being cheeky, announces that he's going to be in a "horse race" and it's "too bad that no one's there to see it" (which, possibly, is a call for attention from his older brother) as the camera pans out. Halfway through the battle Geryon begins to use large red-magenta balls to slow down time. Unlike the other bosses that have been faced, Geryon merely dies in a burst of blue flames without any words. It is then that Dante acquires a new style instead of a weapon, called "Quicksilver". This style allows Dante to slow down time and destroy enemies at a quickened pace. When using the style, Dante's Devil Trigger gradually goes down. In DMC, Quicksilver was an unusable item used in Mission 17. "Quicksilver" is a word for the metal mercury; and is now used for erratic or fickle behavior. In Roman and Greek myth, the tenth trial of Hercules (Herakles) is to retrieve the cattle of Geryon. Geryon is a giant winged monster made from three human bodies that are joined at the waist. Geryon is in possession of Cerberus's brother, Orthus, who guards his cattle. Hercules kills Geryon by ripping him into three pieces after a tip-off from Hades. A poet named Stesichorus later wrote the 'song of Geryon' (Geryoneis), which I haven't found yet. In Inferno, Geryon is the great beast that roams phlegethon, in the Seventh Circle (the circle of violence). It has the tail of a scorpion and the face of an honest man. He marks the passage to the Eighth Circle, bathing at the edge of the abyss in Cocytus. Geryon carries both Dante and Virgil into the Eighth Circle of Hell. « back : index : top : forward » Dante is © Capcom and I claim absolutely no ownership over him whatsoever (though it really would be insanely cool if I did). This site is made and maintained by Veronica, all graphics are edited and/or made by her. For more information on credit and resources, please refer here.