* The memory of where he entered the Hedge from the Qliphoth Tree's roots. * Older servant memory loss summary:
It wasn't very difficult for him to begin bartering. He had already played that game before. Gaze into the darkest depths of Vergil's mind: receive magic and power. Now it was merely the opposite. Take your gaze away from these things: and we'll see what we can do. At first, he cared a great deal about keeping hold of his mission to defeat Urizen and reunite into Vergil. He played the game carefully.
As the dampening took effect, however, he became less careful. He longed less and less for the company of his familiars, and for his original form. So he traded those things away for new magic. He wanted power, even as he forgot exactly why. The most traumatic memory that needed time to be dampened was the memory of being unmade and made again as Nelo Angelo. Until that memory became soft and pliant, he found the changes to his body and mind disturbing; being remade again by yet another master. With the panic turned pliant, it is now simply familiar to him. His body as a servant will be his fourth form. He remembers them all, but the intensity and violence with which several of them were created has finally been removed.
V's clearest memories of his very short time in the human realm are the ones he cared about the most: The time in the van with Nero and Nico where he could almost have pretended he was just a member of their demon-hunting crew, and a friend at that. Sometimes he forgets that isn't true, but who's here to tell him he's wrong?
He retains many of Vergil's memories. The most faded is the childhood which, of course, after 40 years had also become a bit faded for Vergil before him. The constancy of Dante remains vibrant, even as other things become blurry. His twin, his beloved other half, his most hated rival. Urizen lingers just as perniciously in V's nightmares, the dark other half that is always trying to consume him. As they were a huge part of Vergil's life, V retains many secrets about demons, demon magic, the Hells, their kings, and their armies.
For the most part, V is now a rather good servant. He likes not being in the Hells, and he especially likes being able to pursue magic for himself. These things motivate him in his willingness to give away memories now that the worst of it has gone blurry and dull.
* [something for that time he died] * The first team up with both familiars against nightmare Phantom. * His (Vergil's) first lesson in swordsmanship with his father. * The Legendary Devil Sword Sparda. * The sound of Eva's voice.
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