The big bad of Blake’s mythology as most of you know by now is a god-like figure called Urizen. So he’s a good guy, but how does this relate to the Sons of Sparda? He was also very concerned with the effects of the Industrial Revolution on society, especially on the poor. The main themes Blake grappled with were the hypocrisy of the Christian Church against what he saw as the natural forces of the imagination and sexuality.
Sadly not widely known or respected at the time, he nevertheless had an increasingly powerful influence on the arts. William Blake was a 18th Century English poet, artist and mystic who created his own complex religious mythology for his works. So let’s dig deeper and see what possible plot points or themes we can glean from Blake’s work and other symbolism for what the dev team have said will be the conclusion for the ‘Sons of Sparda’ Is before the game’s release too early to do some meta? Of course not! I’ve always loved symbolism and literary references in my favourite stories so I’m ecstatic to see the incredible William Blake join Dante Alighieri as a major influence on the Devil May Cry series.
