Dumary Island

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Dumary Island is an island off the coast of the Americas in which Devil May Cry 2 is set. The island was discovered by religious refugees from the Mediterranean region, who were branded as heretics for continuing to believe in the old pagan gods.

Though these refugees had once belonged to tribes that had historically feuded, they were forced to assimilate to each other in the new land, and as the generations passed with peaceable cohabitation, their original beliefs blended to become new, totally unique religions. They came to worship beings from Demon World, and the rites performed in honor of these beings often resembled exorcisms and demon sealing ceremonies. These religions were headed by the Vie de Marii, priests who borrowed the demonic power of their "gods" in order to protect them and their worshipers.

Several hundred years ago, Sparda appeared from the Demon World to aid in exorcising Argosax the Chaos. He used the Arcana to seal the devil, and though he was temporarily trapped within the Demon world after the final battle with Argosax, he eventually returned to the Human world.

Recently, the multinational corporation Uroboros, headed by Arius, has begun to build on the island under the pretext of acquiring the "special ores" hidden within the island's mountains; however, its true purpose is to recover the Arcana and release Argosax.

[edit] Story

In ancient times, a religion arising somewhere east of the Mediterranean Ocean split into many different factions. Its disciples quickly carried it to western Asia, Europe, and North Africa. As time passed, some gods from the various sects were forgotten, others were assimilated into other religions, and still others were shunned as evil.

For one reason or another, the gods all but disappeared. What few people continued worshiping them were branded as heretics. The dissenters were forced to turn their backs on their own homelands in order to continue in their beliefs.

Venturing farther and farther away, the outcasts eventually found themselves adrift in an unknown land floating on the outskirts of the New World. This was Dumary Island.

Hordes of refugees of different races, beliefs and languages crossed over to the island. The first to arrive followed the sea routes of the old Viking explorers, around the North Pole and through the Pacific Ocean. Following them came runaway slaves seeking sanctuary.

The newcomers all had a single common point – belief in a pagan religion. Tribes that had historically skirmished over old differences running deep in their cultures now lived together peaceably on the same island.

As the generations passed, the former strangers blended together into a single people. Their mix of different languages, ethnic customs and various gods gave birth to new, totally unique religions.

The gods worshiped by the new blend of people were an ancient family of beings inhabiting a different dimension. They wielded strange powers and existed outside the concepts of right and wrong. Deities that were considered evil or pagan in the old world were, on Dumary Island, simply thought of as “other gods” – there were far too many of them to count. Rites performed in honor of these idols often resembled exorcisms and demon sealing ceremonies.

The priests of these cults were known as “guardians” and were sometimes called upon to protect the gods and their worshipers. Many were the legends of guardians who had borrowed the power of their own gods to defeat enemy gods. One recent tale, only a few hundred years old, told of a great swordsman appearing from “the outside” to aid in exorcising the most evil god of all time.

Over the centuries, Dumary Island’s success in supporting the worship of unique religions while maintaining its existence out of the mainstream has been nothing short of miraculous. Lately, however, agents of international corporations have quietly begun infiltrating the island. Their purpose is to acquire the “special ores” discovered in the island’s interior.

On Dumary Island, the people’s simple religious piety, as well as the fabulous artifacts buried in the inner mountains, are now in great danger...

[edit] Locations

Located upon the island is a European-style village presided over by an immense clocktower, a more modern-looking city built around the Uroboros corporation's skyscrapers, including a factory and an offshore oil-rig, and ancient, intricate ruins that are partially flooded and hidden beneath a sleepy garden.

[edit] Vie de Marii

The Vie de Marii are a clan of human/demon hybrids that protect the peoples of Dumary Island.