Geryon

This article is about the Devil May Cry 3 boss. You may be looking for Elder Geryon Knight, a boss in Devil May Cry 5.

Geryon
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Aliases	Timesteed
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Species	Demon
Status	Deceased
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Appearances	Devil May Cry 3: Dante's Awakening
Mo-cap	Larry Leong

Geryon, also called Timesteed, is a boss in Devil May Cry 3. Dante faces it in Mission 12: Hunter and hunted, and earns the Quicksilver Style for defeating it. In the Devil May Cry HD Collection, defeating Geryon earns the player the "Rough Rider" award.

Story

Geryon was once a horse of legend ridden by countless heroes, until ingesting demonic essence corrupted and empowered him with limited control over time. He leads a ghostly hearse, equipped with a heavy armament.

When Dante first steps upon the bridge in the Underground Arena, Geryon engages him in a game of "Chicken" until the bridge collapses and they fall into a colosseum. After Dante defeats Geryon, Dante receives his soul as the Quicksilver Style.

Strategy

Main article: Mission 12

There are two phases to the fight with Geryon: A game of "chicken", where Geryon charges at Dante over a bridge, and a gladiator-style battle with him in an arena after the bridge breaks. During both fights, Geryon possesses the ability to teleport around the battlefields by jumping into and out of portal-like holes in space-time.

Quicksilver Style

Main article: Quicksilver Style

Upon defeating Geryon, Dante receives the ability to choose Quicksilver Style. In exchange for DT, Dante can relatively slow down time around him while he moves at normal speed.

Gallery

Underground Arena (Top)

Underground Arena (Bottom)

Background

• In Greek mythology, Geryon is a giant with three bodies joined to one pair of legs. He appears in the Divine Comedy as a bear-armed dragon with a man's face and a scorpion's tail and is the Monster of Fraud.
• It is possible that Geryon in Devil May Cry 3 had its name switched with Beowulf. See Beowulf's Background for more information.
• Geryon's design seems to be based on the Irish myth of the Coiste Bodhar, otherwise known as the 'death coach', where the driver would sometimes be a Dullahan.

Trivia

• Originally the designer, Daigo Ikeno, wanted to have prisoners inside the carriage.
• In Devil May Cry 5, Geryon was mentioned during the fight with V and his familiars against an Elder Geryon Knight in Mission 5: The Devil Sword Sparda. Griffon was surprised that there's still another existing Geryon and thought that it was already been defeated by Dante. By which V later revealed that Geryon is actually a "rare species" and apparently not quite extinct as of yet.

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