Here is a list of characters from the Goldstar Family, a heroic, Badass Family whose members spanned countless generations.

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General

Adaptational Badass: While still a Badass Family here, many Goldstars are much more powerful compared to their canon counterparts due to changes in character, circumstances, and choices. Some of them went on to Ascend to godhood or, in Speedwagon's case, go further into eldritch godhood.
Adaptational Nice Guy: This applies to the entire Goldstar Family. In canon, the Joestars were introduced as a gentlemanly, polite, and altruistic family, only to become increasingly ruthless and pragmatic jerks with hearts of gold in succeeding generations. The ninth Joestar, Jodio Joestar, is a Sociopathic Hero and a criminal who doesn't have any qualms with selling drugs (Giorno Giovanna is also a criminal via being part of the mafia, but aspires to be a Friendly Neighborhood Gangster). Here, the Goldstars are much nicer and go through genuine Character Development, and Enrico Pucci's actions in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean do not happen here.
Adaptation Name Change: The Joestars of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure are renamed the Goldstars here, in keeping with the Punny Name convention in My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic.
Adaptation Species Change: They were humans in canon, but here they are a family of mostly Ponies and Ascendant Alicorns.
Alliterative Name: They generally have names that start with 'G' to match the Goldstar family name, though there are exceptions like Holy Goldstar.
Arch-Enemy: As in canon, Godly Brand, aka Dio Brando, is the Goldstar Family's biggest arch-nemesis, which started with Godly Brand's adoptive brother, Gifted Goldstar. Not only did Godly Brand try to usurp Gifted as heir to the Goldstar Family fortune, but he also killed off a few Goldstars (including Gifted himself) and tormented many more over the centuries, whether directly or indirectly. While this seemingly ended when Gotaro Kujo and the Stardust Crusaders killed him, Godly Brand would come Back from the Dead in the Fourth Age thanks to Mistletoe Dreamer... until he was killed again for good by the combined forces of the Goldstar Family, their allies, and others who wanted him dead.
Badass Family: Like their canon counterparts, the Joestars, the Goldstar Family is a clan of warriors, Ripple users, and Stand users spanning multiple generations. Even illegitimate offspring like Gosuke Goldstar (now Zeppelin-Goldstar) and Morning Glory Goldstar aren't exempt from the family's badassery. However, due to changes in character, circumstances, and choices, the Goldstars survive past the events of Stone Ocean and become more prolific, its lineage spanning tens of thousands of years. Many of them went further by Ascending to godhood.
Deity of Human Origin: Many Goldstar Family members would go on to legitimately earn godhood, whether during their lifetime or after death.
Irony: Godly Brand, one of the Goldstar Family's biggest enemies, is also a Goldstar via adoption, making their conflict entirely familial.
Point of Divergence: The attempted Ret-Gone of the entire universe in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean does not take place because the Goldstars had more allies backing them up and were able to stop it early. This allowed the Goldstar Family to live on without alterations.
Tangled Family Tree: As in canon, the Goldstar Family has its share of illegitimate children and other oddities. Dio Brando/Godly Brand, through his parasitic possession of Gifted Goldstar's body, sired Morning Glory Goldstar and his half-brothers, making them biological uncles of the much older Gorgeous Goldstar. Then there's Gosuke Goldstar, who is Holy Goldstar's much younger half-brother thanks to Gorgeous' infidelity.

Gracious Goldstar

Gracious Goldstar (first introduced here

) is a hero and First Age ancestor of all succeeding generations of the Goldstar Family.

Adaptation Name Change: Johnny Joestar is changed to Gracious Goldstar here.
Expy: Of Johnny Joestar.
Heroic Lineage: As a heroic Goldstar from the First Age, all members of succeeding generations of the Goldstar Family — including illegitimate offspring like Morning Glory and Gosuke — are descended from him.
In Spite of a Nail: Like in canon, he predates all succeeding generations of his family, though here he predates even Gifted Goldstar, the expy of Jonathan Joestar from the manga's original continuity.

Generous Goldstar I

Gifted Goldstar's father and Dio Brando's foster father.

Adaptation Name Change: His name in canon is George Joestar I, whereas here it's Generous Goldstar I.
Expy: Of Jonathan Joestar's father, George Joestar, from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood.
Heroic Sacrifice: He sacrifices himself to save his son Gifted from being killed by Dio. Unfortunately, Dio still uses his blood anyway to power the Stone Mask, allowing him to turn himself into a vampire. His sacrifice later ends up being for naught as Dio manages to kill Gifted during the latter's honeymoon with his wife Shining Settlement... though Gifted eventually comes Back from the Dead by Ascending to godhood.
I Have No Son!: As in canon, after learning of Dio Brando's true malice and attempted poisoning via an Engineered Public Confession, he disowns Dio as his foster son and lets the police arrest him. Unfortunately, Dio kills him, using his foster father's blood to power the Stone Mask so he can turn himself into a vampire.

Gifted Goldstar/Lord Arwr Dawnus Grittin

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Chivalry, Knights, Sun, Family

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Goldstar Family, Speedwagon Foundation, Helwyr Nos, [WIP]

Lord Arwr Dawnus Grittin, born Gifted Goldstar, is the Alicorn god of Chivalry, Knights, Sun, and Family, and is widely considered to be the first and greatest "GoGo" to ever live.

Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, Jonathan Joestar is straight and married to Erina Pendleton. Here, Gifted Goldstar is bisexual, being presently married to Shining Settlement, a mare, and Radiant E. O. Speedwagon, a stallion.
Adaptation Name Change: In canon, his name is Jonathan Joestar, but here it's Gifted Goldstar.
Adventurer Archaeologist: Gifted becomes one after Ascending to godhood early in one timeline, traveling the world and uncovering various historical and magical artifacts. His research led to several breakthroughs, changing the social and cultural development of the world.
Alliterative Name: Gifted Goldstar.
Alternate Self: One timeline had a version of Gifted who was viciously attacked and rendered mute by Dio Brando for daring to stand up to him. Despite this, Gifted still meets Speedwagon and Shining Settlement, and the three of them become heroes who save the Isle of Pony from Dio's madness. In a departure from the main timeline, Gifted, Speedwagon, and Shining successfully kill Dio and become Alicorns thousands of years earlier. Gifted also forms a romantic polycule with Speedwagon and Shining much earlier than their mainline counterparts due to them being outcasts who had to depend on each other since day one.
Arch-Enemy: As in canon, Gifted's arch-nemesis is Godly Brand, aka Dio Brando, his wicked adoptive brother. In fact, the Goldstar Family's antagonistic relationship with Godly Brand started with him.
Back from the Dead: Gifted revives himself after the "Void Aeon" event by Ascending as a non-Death deity, which was a very pleasant surprise for the grieving Speedwagon.
Deity of Human Origin: Following the "Void Aeon" event, Gifted comes Back from the Dead alongside Shining Settlement and Willful Zeppelin by Ascending to godhood as a non-Death deity; in Gifted's case, he becomes the Alicorn god of Chivalry, Knights, Sun, and Family.
Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?: By the time Gifted reciprocated Speedwagon's crush, tens of thousands of years had passed, and Speedwagon had become an eldritch god. That didn't stop Gifted and his wife, Shining Settlement, from making Speedwagon a part of their relationship, feeling their old friend deserved better after everything he went through.
Expy: Of Jonathan Joestar from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood.
Handicapped Badass: In one timeline, he becomes mute after Dio viciously attacks him for daring to stand up to him, permanently damaging his vocal cords. Despite this, he became a great hero alongside the similarly disabled Speedwagon (who is blind) and Shining Settlement (who is deaf), and the three of them eventually confronted Dio and killed him. Later, under the tutelage of Blood Seed and Revelation, he, Speedwagon, and Shining become Alicorns tens of thousands of years earlier than their mainline counterparts, with him becoming an Adventurer Archaeologist.
Heroic Sacrifice: As in canon, Gifted sacrifices his life to not only defeat the then-bodiless Dio and kill his minion Wang Chan, but also save both his pregnant wife and a baby who would later become Elizabeth "Lisa-Lisa" Goldstar. Unfortunately, it doesn't take as Dio manages to survive by parasitically possessing Gifted's body, and it would take decades before one of Gifted's descendants, Gotaro Kujo, successfully killed Dio.
Karmic Jackpot: In one timeline, his and his friends' actions in killing Dio in Windknight's Lot (among other achievements) attracted the attention of Blood Seed and Revelation — really Luminiferous and Golden Scepter in disguise. While he, Speedwagon, and Shining Settlement disappeared, it turns out Blood Seed and Revelation took them in as students and whisked them away to train them for godhood. When the trio came back many years later, they had all become Alicorn deities.
Meaningful Name: His Alicorn name, Arwr Dawnus, translates to "talented hero" in Welsh. It's fitting since he's one of the most beloved and legendary Goldstars to ever live, and the first of his family to oppose Dio Brando/Godly Brand.
Oh, Crap!: During the "Abyssal War", Gifted stammers Speedwagon's name in horror as he beheld the direct consequences of his friend's fight with some Abyssal Ones.
Gifted Goldstar: Sp-Spe... Speedwagon?
Point of Divergence: In an alternate timeline, he was rendered mute when Dio Brando viciously attacked him for daring to stand up to him, permanently damaging his vocal cords. While it still led to him meeting Speedwagon and Shining Settlement, him being handicapped (as well as his friends) led to several changes that separated him from his mainline counterpart — for one, he succeeded in killing Dio in Windknight's Lot, and both his Ascension and polyamorous relationship with Speedwagon and Shining occur tens of thousands of years earlier.
Polyamory:
- After the "Abyssal War", he becomes part of an official, three-Pony polycule consisting of himself, his wife Shining Settlement, and his friend Radiant E. O. Speedwagon. While such relationships were treated as scandalous in their time, both he and Shining Settlement had realized the social norms they grew up with were bigoted and toxic, and they offered Speedwagon a place in their relationship as a respite from all the suffering he went through.
- He also forms this relationship with Speedwagon and Shining in one alternate timeline, albeit tens of thousands of years earlier due to being handicapped outcasts who had to rely on each other for support, physically and emotionally.
Took a Level in Badass: In one timeline, he went from a young colt who was terrorized and abused to the point of being rendered mute by his vicious adoptive brother, Dio Brando, to a powerful Ripple user and one of the greatest heroes in the world. Then, under the joint-tutelage of Blood Seed and Revelation, he Ascends to godhood as an Alicorn.

Generous Goldstar II

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Death, [WIP]

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Goldstar Family, [WIP]

Gifted Goldstar's son who became the father of Gorgeous Goldstar.

Dead Guy Junior: He was named after his paternal grandfather, Generous Goldstar I. Sadly, like his grandfather, he died at a young age thanks to Godly Brand's surviving minions.
Disappeared Dad: Justified; like his canon counterpart, he was killed by a surviving zombie minion of Dio's who disguised himself as a Royal Air Force superior officer, preventing him from raising his then-infant son, Gorgeous Goldstar.
Dragged Off to Hell: At one point, he became a Death god postmortem. During the "Dark Ages Crisis", after Gifted Goldstar and Gomba Goldstar teamed up to deal the death blow to Godly Brand, Generous Goldstar II showed up to help drag his Evil Uncle's wicked spirit away to Nekelmu's Hell-Realms.
Expy: Of George Joestar II, Joseph Joestar's deceased father, from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency.

Gorgeous Goldstar/Prince Gunurram, the Honourless Hero

See his folder entry here.

Gotaro Kujo Goldstar, the Cosmic Warrior

See his folder entry here.

Gota Kujo Goldstar, the Green Rebel

Gota Kujo Goldstar (first introduced here

) is the younger brother of Gotaro Kujo, and a famous rock musician.

Adaptational Backstory Change: In the CLAMP doujinshi JoJo's Bizarre Married Life, Jota Kujo was born from a large egg that was (somehow) laid by Kakyoin, with the "father" being Jotaro Kujo. Here, Gota Kujo is the youngest son of Holy Goldstar and Righteous Worker, making him Gotaro Kujo's younger brother.
Adaptational Superpower Change: Jota Kujo's Stand, Charmy Green, is essentially a combination of Jotaro Kujo's Star Platinum and Noriaki Kakyoin's Hierophant Green. Here, Gota Kujo's Stand is Rebel Yell, and it possesses sound-related powers that are bolstered by his musical skills.
Adaptation Name Change: Jota Kujo is changed to Gota Kujo Goldstar here. Jota's Stand, Charmy Green, is renamed Rebel Yell after a Billy Idol song.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In the doujinshi JoJo's Bizarre Married Life, Jota loved his "mother" Noriaki Kakyoin, but hated his "father" Jotaro Kujo, for some inexplicable reason. Here, Gota Kujo and Gotaro Kujo are brothers and on much better terms with each other.
Beware the Nice Ones: While cheerful and carefree, Gota can be fairly ruthless when he wants to be. He is also a powerful Stand user like his older brother.
Color Motif: Green. Gota Kujo's title is "the Green Rebel", and he wears green clothes to contrast his older brother, Gotaro, who wears blue.
Crossover Relatives: Gota being Gotaro Kujo's younger brother here rather than his son means that he's the biological uncle of Gotaro's daughter, Goldine Kujo. It's downplayed as their canon counterparts are from the same series.
Expy: Of Jota Kujo, who came from the infamous CLAMP doujinshi JoJo's Bizarre Married Life as a Fan-Created Offspring of Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin.
The Magnificent: Known as "the Green Rebel".
Make Some Noise: True to its name and musical inspirations, Rebel Yell has sound-related powers that are bolstered by its wielder's musical skills.
Musical Theme Naming: Gota Kujo's Stand, Rebel Yell, is named after one of Billy Idol's songs, Rebel Yell.
Practically Different Generations: Gota was born sometime after Godly Brand's death. By then, his older brother, Gotaro, was between his late teens to early twenties.
Related in the Adaptation: He's the biological uncle of Goldine Kujo Goldstar due to her father being his older brother, whereas in canon they weren't related at all.
Related Differently in the Adaptation: Jota Kujo is the biological son of Jotaro Kujo and Noriaki Kakyoin in the CLAMP doujinshi JoJo's Bizarre Married Life. Here, Gota Kujo is Gotaro Kujo's younger brother, and the youngest son and child of Holy Goldstar and Righteous Worker.
Sibling Yin-Yang: Unlike his stoic and emotionally reserved older brother, Gota Kujo is a cheerful, carefree young stallion. He also wears green whereas Gotaro wears blue, and they have different Stands — Rebel Yell has sound-based powers, while Star Platinum has Star Power and attacks via Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs.
Unrelated in the Adaptation: In the doujinshi JoJo's Bizarre Married Life, Jota Kujo is the son of Noriaki Kakyoin via an egg he hatched from in Kakyoin's bedroom, making the latter his biological "mother" in a sense. Here, Gota Kujo and Clear Bloom have no such relations.

Gosuke Zeppelin-Goldstar, the Silent Healer

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Time, Healing, Past, Acceptance

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Shinseina Pantheon, Goldstar Family, Zeppelin Family, Warriors of Mareioh

[Signing: "Sometimes the only way to heal is to let go of past regrets."]

Gosuke Goldstar is the Alicorn god of Time, Healing, Past, and Acceptance, and is a Stand-using resident of Mareioh who is the illegitimate son of Gorgeous Goldstar.

Adaptational Nice Guy: Unlike Josuke, he matured significantly as a character. He toned down his infamous Hair-Trigger Temper after learning more of Sacred Peace's traumatic upbringing and realizing his anger made him act like his friend's abusers. He also didn't beat up Cloud Runner for draining him with Highway Star like in canon, being outraged by the flanderization and pointing out it'd be cruel for him to heal and then severely beat up a hospital patient.
Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, Josuke is receptive to the attention of fangirls and is friendly with them, but doesn't actively flirt with them. The Diamond is Unbreakable audio drama, "An After School Chit-Chat", establishes that Josuke is not even aware that he's popular with girls until both Koichi and Okuyasu point it out. Here, Gosuke is gay and Happily Married to Sacred Peace.
Adaptational Wimp: Crazy Diamond has powerful healing abilities, but it can't heal its user. Here, with the nature of its healing powers being time reversal, Crazy Diamond gets an additional weakness in being unable to rewind back time past ten days. Vanilla Ice exploited this weakness by blinding Sacred Peace and keeping him prisoner for over ten days, rendering Gosuke unable to heal his friend once he's rescued.
Adaptation Name Change: Josuke Higashikata is changed to Gosuke Zeppelin-Goldstar here.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: In canon, Josuke didn't befriend Okuyasu until after the latter was defeated and Okuyasu's older brother, Keicho, was killed by Red Hot Chili Pepper. Here, Gosuke befriended Sacred Peace sometime before their canon fight, making Sacred Peace's eventual Heel–Face Turn much more solid. Their friendship also gradually evolved until they fell in love and got married as adults.
Adaptation Species Change: Josuke Higashikata is a human in canon, but here he's an Earth Pony-turned-Alicorn.
Alliterative Name: Gosuke Goldstar.
Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Time, Healing, Past, and Acceptance.
Battle Cry: As in canon, both Gosuke and Crazy Diamond scream "DORARARARARARARARA!!!" whenever they're delivering Rapid-Fire Fisticuffs to an enemy.
Disabled in the Adaptation: In this setting, Gosuke went deaf trying to heal his friends from grievous injuries inflicted by Killer Queen's bombs. This didn't happen to his canon counterpart in Diamond is Unbreakable.
Expy: Of Josuke Higashikata from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.
Green-Eyed Epiphany: The first sign of his developing crush on Sacred Peace was when he felt envious toward Sacred Peace's friendship with Graceful Cedar, even if it was entirely platonic.
Happily Married: He is presently married to Sacred Peace, and they are nothing but loving and devoted to each other. Sacred Peace even credits Gosuke for saving his life in many ways. They're also implied to have a healthy sex life, as Sacred Peace admits to him and Gosuke using their Psychic Link for more intimate activities.
Healing Hands: Subverted at first; Crazy Diamond appears to have healing powers, but its true power is time reversal as it "heals" people by restoring them back to their physical prime... as long as whatever affected them occurred within the span of ten days. Vanilla Ice exploited this by keeping his friend, Sacred Peace, prisoner for more than ten days after blinding him so Crazy Diamond can't heal him. Then he Ascends to godhood as a god of Healing, allowing him to heal himself and therefore get around Crazy Diamond's inability to heal him.
Heroic Bastard: He is the illegitimate son of Gorgeous Goldstar, who had an affair with another mare while he was married to someone else. Despite this, he still became one of Mareioh's greatest heroes and a powerful Stand user in his own right.
In Spite of a Nail: Despite various changes, he is still the direct result of Gorgeous Goldstar's infidelity.
Jerkass Realization: As he learns more of Sacred Peace's Dark and Troubled Past, he starts realizing his infamous Hair-Trigger Temper makes him act similarly to his friend's abusive father and older bother, so he reined it in.
Kiai: As in canon, his Battle Cry is "DORARARARARARARARA!!!"
The Magnificent: Known as "the Silent Healer".
Point of Divergence: In canon, Josuke never realized that having a Hair-Trigger Temper is wrong or made efforts to move on from it. Here, he did so after learning more of Sacred Peace's Dark and Troubled Past, which made him realize his temper made him act too similar to his friend's abusive father and brother.
Practically Different Generations: As in canon, Gosuke was sired by Gorgeous Goldstar out of wedlock, making him the younger half-brother of Holy Goldstar. Except Gosuke was born when Gorgeous was already an old stallion and Holy was already a grown mare in her forties, meaning he's decades younger than Holy.
Sympathy for the Devil: Despite being understandably angry with Cloud Runner for draining him and others, Gosuke realized what was going on when he found Cloud Runner recovering from ghastly injuries in the hospital and immediately felt sorry for him. He healed Cloud Runner with Crazy Diamond with no strings attached, pointing out all the trouble he went through could've been avoided if he just asked him for help. This act of kindness got Cloud Runner to rethink his life and future, eventually leading to his Heel–Face Turn.
What You Are in the Dark: Despite having the opportunity to beat up Cloud Runner in the hospital like what happened in canon, Gosuke changed his mind upon seeing the ghastly state Cloud Runner was in, and decided to heal him free of charge.

Morning Glory Goldstar

Adaptational Modesty: Unlike his canon counterpart, he would dress more sensibly and appropriately as befitting his status as a powerful mob boss. In-Universe, it was the other way around; he and his friends were rather shocked to find their fictional counterparts wearing flashy outfits that a runway model would wear.
Adaptation Name Change: Giorno Giovanna is changed to Morning Glory Goldstar here.
Alliterative Name: Sort of; his name is Morning Glory Goldstar.
Commonality Connection: At one point, he befriended Peaceful Dragon over being Neighbourhood-Friendly Gangsters with very idealized views of the criminal organizations they worked for and a desire to return them to their nobler roots.
Expy: Of Giorno Giovanna from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Golden Wind.
Heroic Bastard: He's still the illegitimate son of Godly Brand, aka Dio Brando, in this setting. While more of an Anti-Hero, he's still more honorable and benevolent than his biological father, and his actions helped reform the Bitalian mafia.
In Spite of a Nail: He is still one of Dio Brando's illegitimate sons via Gifted Goldstar's body in this setting.
Kiai: As in canon, his battle cry is "MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA MUDA!"
Like Father, Unlike Son: He is a benevolent mafia don who is willing to trust those he works with and genuinely wants to help people, even if it meant leading a criminal organization. His father was a power-hungry, megalomaniacal monster who saw kindness as a weakness and trampled on others to fulfill his own ambitions.
Neighbourhood-Friendly Gangsters: He's a benevolent mafia don who believes the mafia should protect the weak and only use shady methods for the greater good, not for their own sake. A huge reason why he took over the Passione mafia is because he was disgusted by its corruption and wanted to return it to its nobler origins. At one point, he befriended Peaceful Dragon, a Yakuza, over this.
No-Holds-Barred Beatdown: During the "Dark Ages Crisis", he used his Reqiuem Stand, Gold Experience Requiem, to deliver a lengthy beatdown to the Stand of Dragonhead Crimson Tiger, while his friend, Peaceful Dragon delivered a beatdown to Crimson Tiger himself.
Practically Different Generations: Because he was sired by Dio Brando/Godly Brand using Gifted Goldstar's body, he is technically the younger brother of Generous Goldstar II, except he's decades younger. This also means that he is Gorgeous Goldstar's uncle.

Goldine Kujo Goldstar

The daughter of Gotaro Kujo Goldstar and his wife, Marine Tide.

Adaptational Angst Downgrade: Because Gotaro Kujo chose to be with his family instead of abandoning them out of good intentions, she has a much more positive relationship with her father.
Adaptation Name Change: Jolyne Kujo is renamed Goldine Kujo Goldstar here.
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul: She has a much better relationship with her father due to him choosing to stay with his family and trust his friends to help protect them. In canon, she hated her father for abandoning her and her mother and cutting off ties with them completely.
Expy: Of Jolyne Kujo from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.
Frame-Up: Like her canon counterpart, she was framed and incarcerated in the Green Dolphin St. Prison for crimes she didn't commit. This led to Gotaro investigating what happened, which ends up uncovering an evil conspiracy related to Godly Brand/Dio Brando that was occurring within the very prison she was kept in.
In Spite of a Nail: Like her canon counterpart, she was framed and imprisoned for crimes she didn't commit. This led to her father uncovering an evil conspiracy related to Godly Brand/Dio Brando that was occurring within the prison she was kept in.
Point of Divergence: She has a much better relationship with her parents because her father, Gotaro Kujo, chose not to abandon his family to protect them from his enemies.

Gomba Goldstar, the Mage of Storms and Sun

See her folder entry here.

Other members

Shining Settlement Goldstar

The joint-wife of Gifted Goldstar and Radiant E. O. Speedwagon.

Adaptational Badass: In canon, she didn't participate in Jonathan's quest to stop Dio Brando or Joseph's race to stop the Pillar Men, having become an elderly lady during the latter and being kept Locked Out of the Loop regarding both crises as to not distress her. Here, she joins Gifted, Speedwagon, and Zeppelin in their quest, and not only becomes a Ripple user, but also a Stand user. She is also the group's White Mage during this time, specializing in healing and holy magic.
Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, Erina Pendleton is heterosexual and is married only to Jonathan Joestar. Here, she is polyamorous and married to both Gifted Goldstar and Radiant E. O. Speedwagon, who are stallions.
Adaptation Name Change: Erina Joestar (nee Pendleton) is renamed Shining Settlement Goldstar here.
Alliterative Name: Sort of; her name is Shining Settlement Goldstar.
Alternate Self: One timeline had a version of her who was rendered permanently deaf by a fillyhood accident, leading to her being sheltered and spoiled by her well-meaning father, a highly-respected doctor. Despite her handicap, she still meets Gifted Goldstar and Speedwagon, and the three of them become heroes who save the Isle of Pony from Dio's madness. In a notable departure from mainline events, she, Speedwagon, and Gifted successfully kill Dio and become Alicorns thousands of years earlier. On that note, she also forms a romantic polycule with Speedwagon and Gifted much earlier than their mainline counterparts due to the three of them being social outcasts and having to depend on each other since day one.
Back from the Dead: It's implied that she died from old age like her canon counterpart. However, in this setting, she comes back following the "Void Aeon" by Ascending as a non-Death deity, surprising the grieving Speedwagon.
Crossover Relatives: A drabble reveals that she's a descendant of Lucky Settlement, a First Age heroine who later became the ancestor of the Settlement Family. Their canon counterparts, Erina Pendleton and Lucy Steel, weren't related to each other at all.
Deity of Human Origin: Following the "Void Aeon" event, she comes Back from the Dead alongside Gifted Goldstar and Willful Zeppelin by Ascending to godhood as a non-Death deity.
Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?: After several millennia of matrimonial bliss with Gifted Goldstar, she ends up falling in love with Speedwagon, who by then had become an eldritch god. This didn't stop her and Gifted from offering Speedwagon a place in their relationship, feeling their old friend deserved better after all he went through. The three of them would officially marry as a polycule in a wedding overseen by Canteros.
Expy: Of Erina Pendleton.
Handicapped Badass: In one timeline, she becomes permanently deaf following a fillyhood accident. Despite this, she became a great hero alongside the blind Speedwagon and mute Gifted Goldstar, and the three of them eventually confronted and killed Dio. Under the tutelage of Blood Seed and Revelation, she, Speedwagon, and Gifted become Alicorns tens of thousands of years earlier than their mainline counterparts, with him becoming an Adventurer Archaeologist.
Point of Divergence: An alternate timeline was created where she was rendered deaf in a fillyhood accident, leading to her being kept sheltered and spoiled by her father. While it still led to her meeting Speedwagon and Gifted Goldstar, her being handicapped (as well as her friends) led to several changes that separated her from her mainline counterpart — for one, she succeeded in killing Dio in Windknight's Lot, and both her Ascension and polyamorous relationship with Speedwagon and Gifted occur tens of thousands of years earlier.
Polyamory:
- After the "Abyssal War", she forms a three-Pony polycule with Gifted Goldstar and Radiant E. O. Speedwagon. While such relationships were treated as scandalous in their time, both she and Gifted had realized the social norms they grew up with were bigoted and toxic, and they offered Speedwagon a place in their relationship as a respite from all the suffering he went through.
- She also forms this relationship with Speedwagon and Gifted in one alternate timeline, albeit tens of thousands of years earlier due to being handicapped outcasts who had to rely on each other for support, physically and emotionally.
"The Reason You Suck" Speech: At one point, she brutally deconstructed Godly Brand's motives and character during a battle against the Goldstar Family's ancient Arch-Enemy.
Shining Settlement: Hold your tongue. You are no longer Equine and have no right to speak that way with me. Not that you had any right to speak with me when you were a Pony. You spoke and lived and behaved like a gentlecolt on the surface, but you never were one. You have an inferiority complex about your impoverished origins, and that prevents you from improving yourself as a Pony. Let me tell you, Godly Brand: Your poverty did not make you a villain. Your relationship with your parents did not make you what you are. Lack of education or wealth had no bearing. You were doomed by your own inability to look beyond the surface of anything, by your shallow mind, and by your overwhelming self-importance!
Spoiled Sweet: Despite being sheltered and spoiled by her father, a highly-respected doctor, following an accident that left her deaf as a filly, she was able to retain her sense of empathy and compassion for others. She became one of the greatest heroes in the world alongside Speedwagon and Gifted Goldstar, and after Ascending to godhood, she became a nurse and advocate for the disabled.
Took a Level in Badass: In one timeline, she went from a young mare who was spoiled and sheltered from the world by her father following a fillyhood accident that left her deaf, to a powerful Ripple user and one of the greatest hero(ine)s in the world. Then, under the joint-tutelage of Blood Seed and Revelation, she Ascends to godhood as an Alicorn.

Radiant E. O. Speedwagon/Arch-Prince Rhinwedd Llachar Grittin, the Teacher of Virtue

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Virtue, Mind, Leadership, Potential

Rank: Divine (???)

Affiliation: Speedwagon Foundation, Goldstar Family, Coltic Pantheon (associate), Luminiferi, Benevolusidae, Helwyr Nos

"Who ya are as a creature... is defined by what ye CHOOSE t' be."

Arch-Prince Rhinwedd Llachar Grittin, born Radiant E. O. Speedwagon (his entry here

), is the Alicorn god of Virtue, Mind, Leadership, and Potential, and is one of the venerable Goldstar Family's greatest allies and later members.

Adaptational Backstory Change: In this setting, while still born in Ogre Street, Speedwagon's parents were depicted as impoverished nobles. He tried fleeing Ogre Street with his mother, but a passing noble refused to help them out of elitism, allowing Speedwagon's abusive father to catch them. When his mother died from her abuse, Speedwagon ran away again and became a thief to survive. He was found by a small gang, the Ogre St. Devils, and befriends Spitting Blood and Long Fei Zhua. By the time he and Gifted Goldstar meet, Speedwagon had turned the Ogre St. Devils to the Londoneighium Devils, one of the most powerful gangs in the Isle of Pony.
Adaptational Badass: In JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood, Speedwagon was a normal human who used his street-smarts and sledgehammer to save the day. Here, Speedwagon led one of the most powerful gangs in the Isle of Pony and a Combat Protagonist who gave Gifted Goldstar a hard time in their first fight. After his Heel–Face Turn, he became a Hunter of Monsters with Psychic Powers, Hamon, and a Stand, all which increased in strength tremendously when he Ascended. The "Abyssal War" turned Speedwagon into an eldritch god, making him so incomprehensibly powerful that he had to restrain himself lest he wreck the environment and drive people mad.
Adaptational Jerkass: Unlike canon Speedwagon, who made a Heel–Face Turn and turned into a Nice Guy shortly after his defeat, Codex Speedwagon was a cynical, bitter, and angry stallion who took much longer to come around due to his harsh past. His cynicism and ruthlessness clashed with his more idealistic friends, and he was obsessed with avenging his gang's decimation. It took nearly dying and being saved by two helpful gods for him to realize his flaws and work in overcoming them.
Adaptational Seriousness: Canon Speedwagon is a street thug who, after his first fight against Jonathan Joestar, becomes a Hot-Blooded Combat Commentator whose suffering (and status as a Badass Normal) is mostly played for laughs. Codexverse Speedwagon started off as a cynical, ruthless Jerk with a Heart of Gold with massive baggage from his Dark and Troubled Past. It took Gifted Goldstar's Positive Friend Influence and nearly dying for him to lighten up until he became the Cool Old Guy of Battle Tendency.
Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, he was Ambiguously Gay with (implied) romantic feelings for Jonathan Joestar, remaining a Celibate Hero after Jonathan's death (a man dying a bachelor was a British euphemism for homosexuality in his time). Here, he's bisexual, being presently in a polyamorous marriage with both Gifted Goldsta and his wife Shining Settlement.
Adaptational Skill: Unlike his canon counterpart, Speedwagon is not only an experienced criminal, but also a dirty fighter who uses weapons like his bladed bowler hat, strings, and wires. Even before founding the Speedwagon Foundation, he was a very talented leader, having led one of the most powerful street gangs in Bitain's history by the time he met Gifed Goldstar.
Adaptational Superpower Change: In canon, Speedwagon was an ordinary human who lacked supernatural powers (he can Detect Evil by smell, but it wasn't used very often). Here, Speedwagon not only gained Ripples, but also Psychic Powers and a Stand. Even his evil-smelling ability is depicted here as another psychic ability, clairalience.
Adaptational Villainy: Downplayed. Unlike his canon counterpart, he was a powerful gang leader who committed murder and other crimes besides robbery, but only went after those who deserved it due to his code of honor. He kicked out gangsters who didn't get the memo.
Adaptational Wimp: This was done to Speedwagon in-universe in the fictional adaptation GoGo's Bizarre Adventure, where he was a normal stallion who was quickly defeated by Gifted Goldstar via a buck to the face, and was reduced afterward to a supporting character as Gifted's cheerleader and Combat Commentator. Speedwagon understandably despised this, noting the writers should have consulted him first.
Adaptation Name Change: In canon, Robert E. O. Speedwagon's full name is unknown. Here, Speedwagon's name is changed to Radiant E. O. Speedwagon, with his full name being Radiant Evergreen Opalescent Speedwagon. Following his Ascension and, later, his Eldritch Transformation, he is renamed Arch-Prince Rhinwedd Llachar Grittin.
Adaptation Species Change: Robert E. O. Speedwagon was a normal human. Here, he was an Earth Pony who eventually Ascended to godhood as an Alicorn, then underwent an Eldritch Transformation where he became a gigantic, Alicorn-like Angelic Abomination.
Alternate Self: One timeline had a version of Speedwagon who was born blind, forcing him to rely on his gang. Despite his handicap, he still meets Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement, and the three of them become heroes who save the Isle of Pony from Dio's madness. But in that timeline, Speedwagon, Gifted, and Shining kill Dio and become Alicorns thousands of years earlier. Speedwagon also forms a romantic polycule with Gifted and Shining much earlier due to the three of them being social outcasts and having to depend on each other since day one.
Angelic Abomination: Speedwagon's true divine form post-"Abyssal War" is a huge, Alicorn-like entity with many traits of one, like a body composed of lights, clouds, and skies; multiple wings flanking his body and face; eyes dotting his wings, head, and body; and a large, multilayered halo normally reserved for older Alicorns. Because his true appearance can drive even lesser deities mad, he uses less powerful forms and wears hooded cloaks to hide his eldritch traits.
Animalistic Abomination: After his Eldritch Transformation, Speedwagon became a huge, Alicorn-like entity composed of lights, clouds, and skies, with multiple pairs of wings with extra eyes, and feathers made of light-based Potential energy. His mane and tail became golden solar flares showing images of people becoming heroes or leaders. His face and parts of his body also have multiple eyes, while his head is adorned with more wings and a large, multilayered halo reserved normally for older Alicorns. Because his true form is unnerving and incomprehensible, he doesn't appear in it save for certain situations.
Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Virtue, Mind, Leadership, and Potential.
The Artful Dodger: As in canon, Speedwagon started out as this. After his mother died, Speedwagon ran away and became a thief to escape his abusive father, and the harsh ordeals he went through awoke his clairalient powers. He was taken in by the Ogre St. Devils, and proved so charismatic that he turned the gang into the powerful Londoneighium Devils upon taking over. Then he meets (read: is defeated by) Gifted Goldstar and, impressed by the latter's good character, decides to aid him. This leads to Speedwagon becoming a renowned hero and god, and the esteemed founder of the Speedwagon Foundation.
Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: Speedwagon's Cutie Mark depicted a speeding wagon before turning into a regal carriage post-Ascension, reflecting his growth from a poor street thug to a stinkin' rich Speedwagon Foundation CEO (and an Arch-Prince). His carriage Cutie Mark also bears the Speedwagon Foundation's symbol, a wheel, on its sides, symbolizing his associations with the company as its founder and former CEO.
Badass Cape: In his mortal youth, Speedwagon wore an Inverness cloak outfitted with hidden pockets and compartments for various weapons and gadgets. As he got older, he switched to a trench coat instead. Later, following his Ascension and eldritch transformation, he starts wearing a hooded cloak made of skies, showing how powerful and otherworldly he became.
Badass Longcoat: In his old age, Speedwagon wore a trench coat instead of the Inverness cape of his youth. It's downplayed; while still an experienced fighter, he neglected his combat skills in favor of running his company and raising his honorary family, leaving him weaker than before. This was shown with his fight with a treacherous Straight Path.
Badass Teacher: Since Ascending, Speedwagon mentored countless heroes and leaders over the Ages, including Morning Glory Goldstar, who went on to become a feared and respected mafia boss. He is also presently an eldritch Alicorn god with the power to wreck continents and more when genuinely enraged.
Beauty Is Bad: Downplayed. Speedwagon was incredibly handsome in his youth and was compared to Dio Brando in terms of charismatic attractiveness. He was also a ruthless criminal and gang leader, but was a Benevolent Boss and targeted people who deserved it. He pulled a Heel–Face Turn after meeting Gifted Goldstar, and became a completely good stallion by the time he reached old age.
Beauty Equals Goodness: Despite his scars, Speedwagon was so handsome that he was compared to the similarly attractive Dio Brando. While he started out as a hardened, ruthless gang leader, he turned over a new leaf and became both a renowned hero and esteemed founder of the Speedwagon Foundation, which aided generations of the Goldstar Family. Even after becoming an eldritch god, he never lost his morals or his beliefs, and continued promoting virtue and heroism across the world.
Because You Were Nice to Me: A big reason why Speedwagon fell in love with Gifted Goldstar. Though flawed, Gifted was one of the first people to show Speedwagon kindness while everyone outside his gang dismissed him as either a "dirty vagrant" or a street thug. It also played a part in his eventual Heel–Face Turn. Sadly, with homosexuality being taboo at the time, Gifted wouldn't reciprocate his feelings until three Ages (i.e. tens of thousands of years) later, when Gifted realized the social standards he grew up with were bigoted and toxic.
Benevolent Abomination: Speedwagon's true divine form is presently a gigantic, Alicorn-like entity that resembles an Angelic Abomination, and he's a kind, patient stallion who believes in sapientkind's goodness. He also shares Luminiferous' disregard for bloodlines and is a loving partner to his husband and wife. Then there's how Speedwagon came to be the aforementioned entity in the first place — he was evacuating civilians during the "Abyssal War" when he was attacked by Abyssal Ones and their mortal cultists. Despite attempts to corrupt him, Speedwagon resisted and defeated the Abyssal Ones, though it's unknown whether he outright devoured them or absorbed the divine essences of other fallen Abyssal Ones.
Benevolent Boss: In stark contrast to Dio Brando/Godly Brand, Speedwagon treated his own subordinates in the Speedwagon Foundation quite well, even rehabilitating and recruiting Dio's surviving ex-followers like Hol Horse following Dio's death. He also cared a lot for his gang and swore revenge when he learned Dio's zombies decimated them to a few survivors.
Beware the Nice Ones: In his youth, Speedwagon was a Jerk with a Heart of Gold ruthless with his enemies, but genuinely cared for his gang and defended the poor and downtrodden. He ended up becoming a kind, patient stallion who believes in nurturing sapientkind's inner goodness, and is the loving husband of Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement. However, he is not only an experienced adventurer and warrior, but is also an eldritch, Alicorn-like entity that resembles an Angelic Abomination, with incomprehensible power that makes him terrifying when enraged.
Beware the Quiet Ones: Having gone through hell over the Ages, Speedwagon became fairly quiet and reserved. He is also presently an eldritch god with sheer, incomprehensible power, and it's noted he can be genuinely terrifying when enraged. Being an adoptive son of one of the Grand Primevals helps.
Big Ol' Eyebrows: Like his canon counterpart, he has thick black eyebrows.
Bizarre Alien Senses: As a god of Mind, he can sense psychic energy.
Calling the Young Man Out: Played for laughs; Speedwagon was very displeased to hear of his honorary nephew, Gorgeous Goldstar, peeping on his own mother, Lisa-Lisa, while she was showering. Gorgeous shoots back that he didn't know who Lisa-Lisa was at the time.
Speedwagon: You... peeped on ye ol' mum? While she was showerin'?
Gorgeous Goldstar: "..."
Speedwagon: Gorgeous.
Gorgeous Goldstar: Look, I didn't even know the broad in that room was 'er, a'ight?!
Celibate Hero: Like in canon, Speedwagon never married anyone following Gifted Goldstar's death, not even as he helped the widowed Shining Settlement raise her son Generous Goldstar II and, later, her grandson Gorgeous Goldstar. This is half out of respect for Gifted and Shining's marriage, and half out of love for Gifted. This is eventually averted when Gifted comes Back from the Dead as an Alicorn, with Speedwagon later forming a romantic polycule with Gifted and Shining.
Chronic Hero Syndrome: One of Speedwagon's flaws is he's willing to work himself to the bone just to ensure even one life is saved. As a result, he can be very self-deprecating, and carries a notable Guilt Complex over failing to save more, true or not.
Close to Home: Speedwagon absolutely despises Abusive Parents and corrupt nobles due to growing up with an abusive father, and an elitist noble playing a role in his mohter's death. His grudge against nobles initially fueled his tempestuous relationship with his mentor, Baron Willful P. Zeppelin, until he Took a Level in Kindness.
Combat Pragmatist: In contrast to the honorable, sword-wielding Gifted Goldstar, he is completely willing to fight dirty to gain an advantage over his opponents. He also has a huge variety of powers, tools, and weapons at his disposal, ranging from a bladed bowler hat to strings and wires. This is reflected in his Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, which had voluntaryShapeshifting as its main power. It helps that prior to meeting Gifted, he was an experienced criminal and gang leader. While he initially got a lot of flak from his more fettered teammates for it, they later had a Jerkass Realization following his near-death experience and came to understand that his methods are indeed necessary.
Cool Old Guy: While he aged somewhat gracefully thanks to his Ripple power, he still visibly aged due to years of disuse. And by that point, he had become the kind, empathetic, and benevolent CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation — which is a complete contrast to his younger self.
Crossover Relatives: In this setting, Speedwagon and Hol Horse are cousins via being children of different Grand Primevals — Speedwagon is an adoptive son of Damiq Anu, while Hol Horse is a mortal incarnation of Temus Finis, one of Ourophion's sons, before coming to life and Ascending as a separate person. In canon, they aren't related at all, with Speedwagon having died long before Hol Horse was born.
Curb-Stomp Cushion: While he still fared badly against a self-vampirized, post-Face–Heel Turn Straight Path due to neglecting his combat skills, he put up a much better fight compared to canon, even permanently scarring Straight Path for his treachery despite knowing the latter possessed a strong Healing Factor.
Dark and Troubled Past: According to him, his foalhood was similar to Dio Brando's — he grew up in abject poverty, with an abusive father and a kind mother who eventually died from her husband's mistreatment. Unlike Dio, he came from an ancient noble family that had fallen on hard times by his generation, with his father being an Entitled Bastard who believed his aristocratic lineage made him entitled to everything. His mother tried escaping his father with him, but a passing noble refused to help them out of elitism, which enabled his father to catch and drag them back. Following his mother's death, he ran away again, but focused on hiding from his father and became a thief to survive. A small gang of criminals, the Ogre St. Devils, found and took him in, and the rest was history.
Defeat Means Friendship: He was originally a hardened gang leader and street thug until he met Gifted Goldstar, who had just beaten up his thugs in retaliation for their mugging attempts (and was looking for a cure for his poisoned father). A fight ensued, but while he gave Gifted a hard time, he was ultimately defeated. However, after Gifted spared him, he proceeded to help Gifted find the antidote in return, and the rest was history.
Deity of Human Origin: He was originally an Earth Pony who eventually Ascended to godhood after training under Luminiferous and Golden Scepter's wings for many years. While he ends up going even further during the "Abyssal War", he doesn't re-Ascend like Moon Ray Vaughoof did since it required drastic changes in one's divine nature, and he stubbornly clung to his core beliefs to avoid being corrupted by the Abyssal Ones.
Detect Evil: As in canon, he has the ability to detect a person's evil by smell, which is explained here as clairalience, a scent-based form of clairvoyance. Following his Ascension, especially after his eldritch transformation, he could penetrate interdimensional barriers and detect scents beyond Equusian comprehension.
Determinator: Weaponized. As a god of Virtue, he can invoke the virtue of diligence, which gives him indomitable endurance.
Did You Just Flip Off Cthulhu?: During the "Abyssal War", the Abyssal Ones tried corrupting him by showing him every single act of evil sapientkind has done since the dawn of their creation, hoping the truth would drive him mad. Fortunately, it doesn't work as he resisted by stubbornly clinging to his beliefs in sapientkind's collective inner goodness.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: The Abyssal Ones' attempts to corrupt him by showing him all of sapientkind's evils fail utterly because of his beliefs in sapientkind's inner goodness, and he attacked the Abyssal Ones head-on. While it's not known whether he devoured the Abyssal Ones or merely absorbed their postmortem essences, he nonetheless came out of the fight an eldritch god of sheer, incomprehensible power.
Did You Just Romance Cthulhu?: He's the "Cthulhu" in this case, but sometime after his Eldritch Transformation, he was approached by his old friends, Gifted Goldstar and his wife Shining Settlement, with an offer to join their relationship. While polyamory was extremely frowned upon in Bitain in their time, Gifted and Shining had long rejected the societal standards they grew up with and wanted to give their friend some respite from all he went through. Needless to say, he accepted their joint-proposal and married them in a wedding overseen by Canteros.
Disabled in the Adaptation: Unlike canon Speedwagon, the Codexverse version of him suffers from a load of psychological issues — including PTSD from fighting various threats like Dio Brando and the Abyssal Ones, low self-esteem, and a notable Guilt Complex over his perceived failures to save his loved ones from the aforementioned threats.
Drowning My Sorrows: When he received news of Gifted Goldstar's death on the honeymoon cruise, he was so devastated that he started drinking out of guilt and grief — which was further compounded by his unrequited feelings for Gifted. Fortunately, Luminiferous pulled him out from the brink and helped him cope in healthier ways.
Eldritch Transformation: This happens to him in the "Abyssal War", when he fights a group of Abyssal Ones and their mortal cultists to protect the innocents he was evacuating. While it's unknown whether he devoured the Abyssal Ones who targeted him, or absorbed the essences of many other fallen Abyssal Ones prior, it's clear that he came out of the fight irrevocably changed.
The Empath: One of his Psychic Powers is empathy, which became part of his Mind domain when he Ascended.
Empowered Badass Normal: He started out as merely an experienced street thug, using his street smarts, knowledge of the environment, and various gadgets and weapons to survive. His harsh ordeals caused him to awaken clairalient abilities, allowing him to smell evil. This changes when he meets Baron Willful P. Zeppelin, who teaches him, Gifted Goldstar, and Shining Settlement how to use Ripples. Over the course of his adventures, he gains more Psychic Powers under Luminiferous and Golden Scepter's joint-tutelage, and prior to entering Windknight's Lot, he used a Stand Arrow to gain his own Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap.
Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: Even at his worst, he was genuinely fond of his birth mother, who lovingly raised him and tried protecting him from his birth father by attempting to flee Ogre Street with him. A huge reason why he came to despise aristocrats in his youth is because as a foal, his and his mother's escape attempt was foiled by a passing aristocrat who cruelly refused to help them out of elitism, allowing his birth father to catch them and leading to his mother's tragic death. What later motivated him to really work on turning a new leaf and overcoming his worst flaws is his realization that his mother would've been ashamed of him if she saw what he became in adulthood.
Extra Eyes: After becoming an eldritch god, he gained extra eyes not only on his face, but on his wings and other parts of his body.
Eyes Do Not Belong There: Following his transformation into an eldritch god, he gained extra eyes on his wings and other parts of his body that's not his face.
Family of Choice: While he loves his birth mother, he is much closer to his adoptive joint-families in the Luminiferi and the Benevolusidae. The same can't be said for his birth father or, by implication, the rest of the Speedwagon family who came before him.
A Father to His Men: Despite being a hardened street thug, he genuinely cared for his gang, the Londoneighium Devils, to the point where he swore revenge against Dio Brando after learning his gang was reduced to a few survivors by Dio's zombies. After turning over a new leaf and founding the Speedwagon Foundation, he extends this attitude to the many mares and stallions who worked under him. Part of the reason why he steps down as CEO following his Eldritch Transformation in the Third Age is out of fear of using his powers to make his agents do reprehensible things for the greater good.
Feeling Their Age: In his mortal youth, he was quite the scrappy fighter with strong Psychic Powers and Ripples, and proved capable of clashing with various supernatural threats like zombies and vampires. By Gorgeous Goldstar's generation, he's still formidable — as he was able to permanently scar former ally Straight Path after the latter willingly turned into a vampire — but it's made clear years of disuse, combined with personal tragedies, weakened his Ripple powers and therefore caused him to become an old stallion. Because of this, he instead became The Team Benefactor, aiding the younger Gorgeous and his friends in their quest to stop the Pillar Men via the Speedwagon Foundation. Fortunately, he lived long enough to earn godhood, returning him to his prime.
Fiction 500: Like his canon counterpart, he became extremely wealthy after traveling to Ponyland and striking oil in Lonestar. He proceeded to use his wealth to both found the globe-spanning Speedwagon Foundation, and financially support the widowed Shining Settlement as she raised her son, Generous Goldstar II, and later grandson, Gorgeous Goldstar.
Fire-Forged Friends: Despite their initial Teeth-Clenched Teamwork, he becomes closer to his teammates in Helwyr Nos the longer they continued fighting Dio's forces. In particular, he ends up falling for Gifted Goldstar because of the latter's kindness towards him.
Flaming Hair: Post-"Abyssal War", his mane and tail became golden solar flares that show images of every instance where people become virtuous heroes or leaders.
Freudian Excuse: Deconstructed. Many of his worst flaws, including his ruthlessness and cynicism, stemmed from growing up in Ogre Street, where pretty much the only way to survive was becoming a criminal. He also had the misfortune of living with an abusive father; he tried escaping Ogre Street — and by extension, his father — with his mother as a young colt, but they were rebuffed by an elitist aristocrat when they approached him for help, which got them caught by his father and led to his mother's death. Regardless, his issues bled into his interactions with friends that weren't part of his gang of criminals, like Gifted Goldstar, Willful P. Zeppeli, and Shining Settlement, creating tensions that threatened to tear their group apart and led to his near-death experience. Fortunately, he survived thanks to Luminiferous and Golden Scepter finding him, and with their help, he realized he was becoming a stallion his mother would've been ashamed of if she saw him. While not losing his edge in battle, he worked hard in becoming a better Pony; as shown by his current status, his efforts ultimately paid off.
Freudian Excuse Is No Excuse: Twice.
- During their fateful confrontation in the ancestral Goldstar Family mansion, Speedwagon spells out to a then-mortal Dio Brando that whatever Freudian Excuse he had, it did not excuse all the bad things he chose to do, such as poisoning Gifted Goldstar's father, or his vicious foalhood bullying of Gifted himself.
- Later, after a near-death experience leads to him meeting Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, Speedwagon realizes that how he grew up doesn't justify his own actions, and that he was becoming a stallion his beloved deceased mother would've been ashamed of. He vows to become better, and actively started working on overcoming his own flaws.
From Nobody to Nightmare: He went from a poor, abused colt to a petty thief, before becoming one of the most powerful and respected gang leaders in Bitain. By extension, his gang, the Londoneighium Devils, was previously a small group of petty criminals from Ogre Street known as the Ogre St.'s Devils until he took over. This changes when he meets (and is defeated by) Gifted Goldstar, after which he pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
From Zero to Hero: While he wasn't exactly a "zero" to begin with, being the leader of one of the most powerful criminal gangs in Londoneighium, he still went from a street thug to a heroic rogue (and Jerk with a Heart of Gold), and later, the benevolent CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation. While he eventually became an eldritch god at the end of the Third Age, he remained completely benevolent because he stubbornly clung to his beliefs in sapientkind's inner goodness, and became a Greater-Scope Paragon who helped the Goldstar Family and their allies from the shadows.
God-Eating: It's not clear whether he actually did devour the Abyssal Ones who ambushed him while he was evacuating innocents during the "Abyssal War", or gradually assimilated the essences of many other fallen Abyssal Ones unwittingly. Whatever the case, he came out of that fight irrevocably changed.
Godhood Seeker: Like Dio Brando, he desired to become a god, but with the end-goal of continuing to help others, and pursued godhood honestly. With help from Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, he eventually succeeds in Ascending, becoming the Alicorn god of Virtue, Mind, leadership, and Potential.
God in Human Form: Due to his present status as an eldritch god, he has resorted to appearing in lesser (and weaker) forms so he could avoid driving people mad.
God of Good: After Ascending under Luminiferous and Golden Scepter's joint-tutelage, he became the Alicorn god of Virtue, Mind, Leadership, and Potential. Despite transforming into an eldritch god later on, he still kept those domains because he stubbornly clung to the beliefs that created them.
Good Counterpart: To Godly Brand, real name Dio Brando. While they both grew up as street urchins with kindhearted mothers and abusive fathers, only Speedwagon's mother tried to protect and improve her son's life, giving Speedwagon a bigger moral compass and sense of empathy, whereas Godly/Dio's mother's death served as his Start of Darkness. While they are both intelligent, talented, and charismatic, Godly/Dio used his talents for his own selfish fulfillment, whereas Speedwagon sought to help and protect others even when he was a simple street thug. And whereas Godly/Dio sought godhood to the point of willingly becoming an inequine monster, Speedwagon only sought godhood to continue helping others and earned it legitimately. After Gifted Goldstar entered their lives, Godly/Dio hated Gifted and tried usurping him in wealth and even in body, whereas Speedwagon became a better person thanks to Gifted's influence, and became his lifelong friend and, later, his husband. It's noted that Speedwagon is very similar to Godly/Dio, but is considered "Dio as he should have been" due to choosing to do good.
Good Needs Evil: As a joint-member of the Benevolusidae and the Luminiferi, he has both acknowledged and accepted the role of evil as a tester and punisher, as nothing could exist without it. The only things that need to be destroyed are "Destructive Evil", and "Destructive Good".
Good Scars, Evil Scars: He is Covered with Scars, with his most prominent scar being a large one running across his face. Despite this, he was noted to be incredibly handsome on par with Dio Brando, and he chose to become good and remained so even while going through terrible suffering and hardships.
Good Wings, Evil Wings: A "Cluster wings" and "Multicolored wings" example. Post-Ascension, he gained a magical wing gradient going from aqua-green to golden-yellow, and following the "Abyssal War", he became an eldritch god and grew multiple wings, with extra eyes and feathers made of light-based Potential energy. As deities grow Stronger with Age, his sheer eldritchness is a sign of his sheer, incomprehensible "age" and power by divine standards.
Greater-Scope Paragon: He has become this by the present day. After turning into an eldritch god during the "Abyssal War", he chooses to step down as CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation and lend aid from the shadows, not wanting to stifle sapientkind's potential and fearing what he potentially might do if he stayed in power. The Speedwagon Foundation had been led by mortals ever since, but despite it, the company continued to help both the Goldstar Family as well as countless other heroes.
Guile Hero: Following his Heel–Face Turn, he became a heroic rogue, implementing his street-smarts, experience, and resourcefulness into his fighting style. Not only is he a Stealth Expert, but he's also a Combat Pragmatist who uses various tools in his arsenal — including a bladed bowler hat, Psychic Powers, and even the environment itself to gain an advantage over his foes. His deadliest weapons, however, are his use of strings, ropes, and wires, which, with the aid of telekinesis, he can control to a fine degree. Notably, he inspired his honorary nephew, Gorgeous Goldstar, to adopt a similar approach to fights, something that Gorgeous himself confirmed.
Guilt Complex: One of his flaws is that he has a notable guilt complex over his supposed failures to save those close to him, such as his old gang, Gifted Goldstar, and Generous Goldstar II. This is compounded by his Chronic Hero Syndrome and Heroic Self-Deprecation, downplaying his own achievements while working himself to the bone just to ensure that more lives will be saved. Even with Gifted coming Back from the Dead, he still blamed himself for not preventing his friend-turned-husband's death at Dio Brando's hooves.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Like his canon counterpart, he is blond-haired. But unlike the similarly golden-haired Dio Brando, he started off as a hardened street thug before he became a heroic rogue, then later the kind, benevolent CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation. While he later became an eldritch god, he never lost his values or his compassion for others, and continued doing good things, albeit from the shadows due to not wanting to stifle sapientkind's collective potential.
Handicapped Badass: In one timeline, he was born blind, forcing him to rely on the criminal gang he led to help him navigate and survive the harsh environment of Ogre Street. Despite this, he became a great hero alongside the similarly disabled Gifted Goldstar (who is mute) and Shining Settlement (who is deaf), and the three of them eventually confronted Dio and killed him. Later, under the tutelage of Blood Seed and Revelation, he, Gifted, and Shining become Alicorns tens of thousands of years earlier than their mainline counterparts, with him becoming an Adventurer Archaeologist.
Happily Adopted: Having grown up in a broken home with an elitist, abusive father, he ends up being adopted by a sympathetic Damiq Anu, the Good Primeval, long after he outlived his birth parents. This led to a comical situation when it was discovered that Luminiferous also adopted him with similar intentions. Nevertheless, he accepts both Damiq Anu and Luminiferous as his fathers because of how kind and loving they were to him.
Hates Rich People: He developed a grudge towards all aristocrats after an elitist noble cruelly refused to help him and his mother flee his abusive father, leading to his mother's death. This likely contributed to Helwyr Nos' initial Teeth-Clenched Teamwork problem, as all of his teammates came from well-to-do families, including Gifted Goldstar, who showed him nothing but kindness. He later eases up on this attitude thanks to Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, improving relations in the team significantly; while he presently still despises corrupt nobles, he doesn't lump in the good ones with them like he used to in his youth.
Heel–Face Turn:
- Similarly to his canon counterpart, Speedwagon was a street thug and gang leader living in Ogre Street until he met Gifted Goldstar, who was looking for an antidote to cure his poisoned father. They got into a fight, with Gifted barely winning against Speedwagon but choosing to spare him. Gifted's genuine mercy shocked Speedwagon so much that he decided to become the former's ally, becoming a roguish Jerk with a Heart of Gold who uses ruthless methods to save the day. However, it's not until he nearly dies and meets both Luminiferous and Golden Scepter that he really starts making efforts in reforming himself, becoming a kind and empathetic stallion.
- This also happens to the fictional version of Speedwagon in GoGo's Bizarre Adventure, an In-Universe Second Age adaptation of the Goldstar Family's adventures. However, not only did Gifted defeat him rather quickly in the adaptation, but the fictional Speedwagon afterward was reduced to a supporting character who served as Gifted's cheerleader and Combat Commentator, with all his worst flaws completely glossed over. Understandably, the real Speedwagon, who otherwise enjoyed watching GoGo's Bizarre Adventure and other adaptations, despised this whitewashing.
  Speedwagon: So uh, that's... that's it, then? I take on Gifted an' jus'- jus' one bloody kick to the face an' suddenly I'm an angel? Bloody 'ell, mate.
Heroic BSoD: He was devastated by the death of Gifted Goldstar in Dio's attack on the honeymoon cruise Gifted and his wife, Shining Settlement, were attending — not only due to their deep friendship, but also because he had romantic feelings for Gifted. His grief reached a point where he started drinking to cope with it. Fortunately, Luminiferous would help him during this rough patch, later motivating him to honor Gifted's memory by founding the Speedwagon Foundation.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: One of his flaws is that he can be incredibly self-deprecating despite all of his achievements and the sheer power he commands as an eldritch god. Notably, he claims Shining Settlement is better at holy magic than him, even though he presently far outclasses her. This likely stemmed from being constantly criticized in his mortal youth by his own teammates in Helwyr Nos, who were often appalled by his under-hoofed methods until they realized the fault of their own self-righteousness when he nearly died trying to prove himself to the team.
Hero-Worshipper: This is how the in-universe adaptation GoGo's Bizarre Adventure depicted him — a supporting character whose role is to essentially be Gifted Goldstar's #1 fanboy and stand on the sidelines commenting on Gifted's battles. Naturally, he was disgusted by the series' depiction of him, noting the writers should've consulted him first.
Hide Your Otherness: After becoming an Angelic Abomination, he has taken to wearing a hooded cloak made of skies to hide his more eldritch traits.
Holy Halo: Post-Eldritch Transformation, he gained a large, multilayered halo reserved normally for older Alicorns.
Holy Hand Grenade: As a god of Virtue, he can not only use various powers that relate to the seven virtues, but he can also use healing and purification-based spells, allowing him to counter foul magics and entities. Following his eldritch transformation, he became so powerful that he is able to purify entire realms and obliterate hordes of undead via his mere presence. However, he claims that Shining Settlement is better at holy magic than he is.
Honorary Uncle: As in canon, he served as an uncle-figure who helped raise Gorgeous Goldstar and, by implication, Gorgeous' father, Generous Goldstar II, after the deaths of their respective parents (or, in Lisa-Lisa's case, disappearances). Marrying Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement ironically made him Generous II's stepfather and Gorgeous' grandfather by marriage.
How the Mighty Have Fallen:
- His family, the Speedwagons, were an ancient and powerful noble family in the Isle of Pony. Unfortunately, by his generation, the Speedwagons have fallen into abject poverty, reduced to himself, his mother, and his father living in one of the worst slums in Londoneighium.
- He himself applies, as he went from a powerful and respected gang leader to a mere street thug after his gang, the Londoneighium Devils, were reduced to a few survivors thanks to Dio's zombies. Fortunately, he manages to climb back up greater than ever after pulling a Heel–Face Turn and changing himself for the better, founding one of the biggest and most benevolent companies in Known History.
Hunter of Monsters: He and the rest of the Helwyr Nos were this directly during their fight against Dio and his supernatural minions. His Speedwagon Foundation later plays a supportive role to the Goldstar Line's fights against other monsters such as the Pillar Ponies.
I Am a Monster: He was initially so horrified by his Eldritch Transformation that he chose to retreat from the world entirely, seeing himself as a monster on par with his Arch-Enemy, Dio Brando. Fortunately, he was found by a sympathetic Damiq Anu, who helped his friends and family locate him. With their help, he got over his issues for the most part and returned to the world, but he still carries lingering fears of becoming like Dio.
Immortality Begins at Twenty: Subverted. Because he devoured many Abyssal Ones during the "Abyssal War" (or at least absorbing the essences of fallen ones), he physically resembles an ancient, eldritch god yet as someone who Ascended in the Second Age, he is chronologically a god of "Greater" rank, which is fairly young by divine standards. This is due to how divine aging works.
Impoverished Patrician: He and his birth parents were members of an ancient and powerful Bitish noble family, the Speedwagons. By his generation, the Speedwagons have fallen into destitution and disgrace, as much of his foalhood was spent in Ogre Street living in abject poverty. However, he eventually goes from Rags to Riches when he travels to Ponyland as an adult and strikes oil in Lonestar, making him filthy stinkin' rich.
Incompatible Orientation: In his mortal youth, he had fallen in love with Gifted Goldstar, who had been consistently kind to him. But when he confessed to Gifted, he was rejected — both due to Gifted falling in love with Shining Settlement first and having no interest in the same sex at the time. Naturally, he was heartbroken, but respected Gifted's wishes and remained close friends with him. He eventually gets his wish two Ages later, however, when Gifted and Shining offer to make him part of their relationship after his Eldritch Transformation, having both fallen in love with him and feeling he deserved better.
Insecure Love Interest: Despite being a loving husband to both Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement, he is at times wracked with self-doubt and insecurity, wondering if he is truly worthy of his spouses' love or not.
In Spite of a Nail: Despite the many changes made to his character, he still grew up to become a street thug, befriending Tattoo and Kempo (named Spitting Blood and Long Fei Zhua here, respectively). Then he met Gifted Goldstar and pulled a Heel–Face Turn following his defeat at the latter's hands, kicking off a series of events that led to the founding of the Speedwagon Foundation, which helped succeeding generations of the Goldstar Family fight various threats.
Interclass Friendship: While he does have Blue Blood heritage in this setting, circumstances ensured that he still grows up poor, becoming a thief and later a gang leader to survive the harsh environment of Ogre Street. His process in turning a new leaf began when he met and befriended Gifted Goldstar, the wealthy yet kindhearted heir of the Goldstar Family. This later evolves to Opposites Attract as he falls for Gifted, though Gifted wouldn't reciprocate his feelings until at the end of the Third Age, when he transforms into an eldritch god as the direct result of fighting some Abyssal Ones.
Intergenerational Friendship: While at Windknight's Lot, he befriends a cowardly colt named Poco, whose real name is Poet's Coast. It was likely due to his influence that Poet's Coast eventually overcame his cowardice to save his sister when she was endangered.
In the Hood: Following his Eldritch Transformation, he started wearing a hooded cloak made of skies, which serves to hide his more eldritch traits and help him blend in with the environment. It also plays up his mysterious, otherworldly character and is a good sign of how quiet and reclusive he became since becoming an Angelic Abomination.
Invisibility: As a god of Virtue, he can make himself invisible, which is part of the virtue of humility.
Invisibility Cloak: Following his Eldritch Transformation, he started wearing a hooded cloak made of skies. This allows him to not only hide his more eldritch traits, but also blend in with the environment easily.
I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Despite being heartbroken by Gifted Goldstar's rejection, he ultimately decided to respect his friend's wishes and not get in the way of Gifted's relationship with his wife, Shining Settlement. This is later averted when, after his Eldritch Transformation, he is approached by both Gifted and Shining with an offer to join teir relationship. He accepts, and the three of them got married in a wedding overseen by Canteros, Amareros' oldest son and child.
I Was Quite a Looker: In his mortal youth, despite his many scars, he was so handsome that his entry compared him to Dio, who was similarly attractive. While he aged somewhat gracefully thanks to the power of Ripples, years of disuse still caused him to visibly age until he became an elderly stallion. This was resolved when he Ascended to godhood many years after Kars' defeat, restoring his good looks. Then two Ages later, he became an Angelic Abomination, which made him even more beautiful... in an eldritch, maddening way, that is.
Jerkass Realization: Thanks to Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, who saved him from certain death, he realized that he was becoming a stallion his mother would've been ashamed of if she saw, and vowed to be better. On the flipside, he himself ended up inspiring a collective Jerkass Realization in his friends, who all realized their constant criticisms of his underhoofed methods led to his supposed death and apologized to him for it when they reunited.
Kill It with Fire: Both he and Gifted tried killing a newly-vampirized Dio Brando this way by trapping him inside the ancestral Goldstar mansion and burning it down, since nothing else was working. Unfortunately, they failed thanks to Dio's Healing Factor, and they didn't learn of Dio's survival until after a lengthy recovery in the hospital and Bitain was overrun by zombies.
Ki Manipulation: Unlike his canon counterpart, he successfully gained the ability to use Ripples, which is essentially this in practice. Using specialized breathing techniques, he can produce and manipulate mystical energy that has properties similar to the sun, allowing him to sense others' life energy, elongate his own limbs, and perform enhanced physical feats, among others. It also slowed down his aging, though years of disuse following Gifted Goldstar's death caused him to age into his twilight years, even if he did so somewhat gracefully.
Knows the Ropes: He is incredibly skilled in using ropes as a weapon, even using telekinesis to do feats that otherwise aren't possible. He would go on to inspire Gorgeous Goldstar, who would use similar attacks in his lifetime.
The Lancer: As in canon, he was this to his friend, Gifted Goldstar. Unlike Gifted, who was born into wealth yet was an idealistic and compassionate stallion with a strong sense of justice, Speedwagon was a cynical, ruthless yet honorable street thug who believed in defending the poor and paying back evil with evil. And while Gifted became a Ripple-using swordsmane like in canon, Speedwagon became a Guile Hero willing to fight as dirty as possible to gain an advantage over his foes. Despite their differences, they worked extremely well together, and ironically enough, they eventually become part of a three-Pony polycule.
Laser Blade: Being a Soulknife-type rogue, he can wield blades made of raw psychic power. With them, he can damage people's minds and souls, as well as kill spiritual entities, though it's noted he is limited by Primeval Laws regarding the treatment of souls.
The Leader: A "Charismatic" and "Mastermind" example. In his mortal youth, he was so intelligent and charismatic that he eventually took over leadership of the Ogre St. Devils and turned it into one of the most powerful gangs in Bitain. Following his Heel–Face Turn, he moved to Ponyland and founded the Speedwagon Foundation, becoming its leading CEO and using his natural talents for good. However, his Eldritch Transformation during the "Abyssal War" caused him to step down as CEO as he realized he could use his now vast power to do whatever he wanted.
Light Is Good: He is heavily associated with light, with his mane and tail being golden-yellow, his powers including Ripples and holy magic (including traditional light magic), and his birth name having words that relate to light and prosperity (Radiant Evergreen Opalescent Speedwagon). His true divine form post-Eldritch Transformation is a gigantic Alicorn-like entity made of light, clouds, and skies not unlike Angelic Abominations. He is also a benevolent god and a kind, patient teacher who believes in sapientkind's potential to be good, and wants to nurture it.
Like Father, Unlike Son:
- Unlike his birth father, whose Blue Blood heritage made him such an Entitled Bastard that he worked his own wife to death, Speedwagon chose to be a hero and eventually got stinkin' rich by striking oil in Lonestar, allowing him to found the globe-spanning Speedwagon Foundation. He also became a god and an Arch-Prince, making his noble heritage seem paltry by comparison. And unlike his father, Speedwagon never treated the people around him like slaves even at his worst, and in fact despised corrupt nobles for their role in his mother's death.
- Downplayed with him and one of his co-adoptive fathers, Luminiferous. While they do share similar beliefs regarding mortal potential, Speedwagon wasn't born a clone of a Fallen god and thus doesn't have Luminiferous' devilish appearance. Instead, he is an eldritch god that looks like an Angelic Abomination.
The Load: This is how he was portrayed in the in-universe adaptation GoGo's Bizarre Adventure — a character whose capabilities are diminished post-Heel–Face Turn to the point where he mostly served as Gifted's cheerleader, not using Ripple or even the skills he learned in Ogre Street. Understandably, he was deeply offended by the flanderized potrayal of him, noting the writers behind the adaptation should've consulted him first.
Love Redeems: Ultimately, despite already pulling a Heel–Face Turn beforehand, what gets him to actually start becoming a better stallion is his realization that his beloved deceased mother would've been ashamed of him if she were to see what he became in the years since her death.
Magic Hair: Post-Ascension, his mane and tail became composed of Virtue energy. After becoming an eldritch god, his mane and tail became golden solar flares that show images of every instance where people become virtuous heroes or leaders.
The Magnificent: Known as "the Teacher of Virtue", due to being a god of Virtue, Mind, and Potential who has mentored countless students, and brought out their better traits in trying to nurture their potential for greatness.
Meaningful Name:
- The first three parts of his birth name, Radiant Evergreen Opalescent Speedwagon, all refer to light and prosperity. This not only fits him as the first Speedwagon to become divine royalty, but also an an Alicorn god of Virtue whose domain gives him the ability to wield holy magic. His Eldritch Transformation only added to this, as he became an eldritch god with light and angelic motifs.
- His Alicorn name, Rhinwedd Llachar Grittin, translates to "bright virtue" in Welsh. Presently he is an eldritch Alicorn god with light and angelic motifs, and one of his domains is Virtue, which allows him to perform feats like obliterating hordes of undead, counter foul magics, and wield unique powers based on the seven virtues.
Meaningful Rename:
- His birth name was Radiant Evergreen Opalescent Speedwagon, with the first three parts of his name relating to either light or prosperity. Following his Ascension and later, his Eldritch Transformation, he moved to the Grittish Isles, where he was crowned as Arch-Prince Rhinwedd Llachar Grittin, which translates to "bright virtue" in Welsh.
- His Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (or D4C), is renamed "Dirty Deeds Done in Heaven" by Gifted Goldstar — both in reference to his present Angelic Abomination-like appearance and the sheer Irony of a benevolent god of Virtue having a Stand that is now a vaguely Equine-looking mass of shadows. He loves the name so much that he keeps it, and it becoms something of an in-joke among his friends and (adoptive) family members.
Mentor Archetype: Speedwagon has mentored countless heroes and leaders since Ascending to godhood, including one Morning Glory Goldstar. After becoming an eldritch god, he still serves as a teacher, but takes a hooves-off approach due to personal fears and insecurities about his current status.
Musical Theme Naming: As in canon, Speedwagon name (and initials) comes from the band REO Speedwagon. His Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (later renamed "Dirty Deeds Done in Heaven") is named after a song by AC/DC.
Never Found the Body: When he tried to fight Dio's forces alone in an attempt to prove himself, he ended up getting severely injured, and his teammates thought he died because his body was missing. In truth, he was found and healed by Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, who took him in as their joint-student. Once he was ready, he reunited with his teammates and revealed his survival to them.
Noble Male, Roguish Male: Speedwagon is the "Roguish Male" to Gifted Goldstar's "Noble Male". Gifted is at heart a kindhearted and honorable warrior who fights in an honest manner, whereas Speedwagon was (initially) a cynical and ruthless rogue who uses both cunning and every tool in his arsenal to win. This is reflected in Speedwagon's Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (or just D4C), which grants the power of Voluntary Shapeshifting. This contrast initially caused tension between him, Gifted, and their more scrupulous allies, but they eventually reach an understanding after both sides have their own Jerkass Realization.
The Nose Knows: Like his canon counterpart, Speedwagon has the ability to smell a person's innocence or wickedness. However, it's depicted here as clairalience, a form of ESP that psychically obtains information via smell. Following his Ascension and eldritch transformation, Speedwagon becomes one of the foremost users and experts on clairalience in modern Equus, now able to penetrate interdimensional barriers and detect scents beyond Equusian comprehension.
Opposites Attract: Speedwagon was originally a roguish Jerk with a Heart of Gold who fought dirty and used under-hoofed methods to achieve his goals, in contrast to Gifted Goldstar's Ideal Hero. He ends up falling in love with Gifted due to his kindness, but Gifted himself wouldn't reciprocate until two Ages later. At the same time, Speedwagon ends up marrying Gifted's wife Shining Settlement, who initially disagreed with his methods before she eased up on her criticisms and gradually fell in love with him, too. However, by that point, he had taken massive levels in kindness until he barely acted like his youthful self anymore.
Parental Substitute: While it was implied in canon, it's made explicit here that Speedwagon was essentially Generous Goldstar II's father-figure in all but name, having helped Shining Settlement raise him after his father's death via Heroic Sacrifice. It made Generous II's early death at the hooves of one of Dio Brando's surviving zombie minions all the more tragic.
Pay Evil unto Evil: As a street thug and gang leader, Speedwagon's philosophy essentially amounted to this. He committed crimes against those who genuinely deserved it, and kicked out members of his gang who refused to follow his code. After his gang was decimated by Dio's zombies, Speedwagon swore revenge on Dio for what he did, and it's implied from his under-hoofed methods that he still followed his gangster's code despite his Heel–Face Turn. He eventually realizes Revenge Is Not Justice thanks to Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, and starts focusing on protecting and helping others.
Perception Filter: As a god of Virtue, Speedwagon can alter people's perceptions, including making himself invisible, which is part of the virtue of humility.
Personality Powers:
- Speedwagon's Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, not only refers to his history as a criminal and gang leader, but also his roguish character. Fittingly, D4C's main power is Voluntary Shapeshifting, though initially he could only transform into something for a limited time. Following his Eldritch Transformation, D4C (now Dirty Deeds Done in Heaven) gained the ability to transform people and objects, though he limits himself out of fear of his Stand's potential.
- Speedwagon's domains of Virtue, Mind, Leadership, and Potential all come from his desire to nurture people's potential as leaders and heroes. Speedwagon's Eldritch Transformation, however, brought to light his domains' darker aspects, such as brainwashing people into following virtue, manipulating people's potential, and other things, which he consciously tries to avoid doing.
Point of Divergence:
- One of the biggest changes made to Speedwagon's character here is his origin. Like Dio Brando, he was born to an abusive father and a kind mother, but his mother being more proactive in raising and protecting him shaped Speedwagon's personality and gave him a stronger moral compass. His mother also drives Speedwagon's character arc here; while his Adaptational Jerkass personality in the beginning largely stemmed from his mother's death, it's also his mother's love that later causes his Jerkass Realization and pushes him towards a true Heel–Face Turn.
- Unlike his canon counterpart, Speedwagon is genuinely capable of using Ripples, making him a student of Willful P. Zeppelin alongside Gifted Goldstar. He also turned out to be a natural psychic, with his ability to smell evil being a variation of clairvoyance called clairalience. Speedwagon being able to use Ripples in this setting ended up saving Willful Zeppelin from his canon death, and allowed him to put up a much better fight against a treacherous Straight Path in his twilight years.
- Unlike his canon counterpart, who died an old man, Speedwagon went off to train for godhood under Luminiferous and Golden Scepter. Because he Ascended, he was able to continue leading the Speedwagon Foundation and play a more proactive role in the Goldstar Family's adventures. However, the circumstances of his departure did cause people to think he died, since the real reason was kept secret from all but a few trusted individuals. He also, instead of dying, went further in the opposite direction by becoming an eldritch Alicorn god while trying to save innocents from the Abyssal Ones.
- Instead of remaining a Confirmed Bachelor who had Ambiguously Gay feelings for Jonathan Joestar like in canon, Speedwagon ends up marrying both Gifted Goldstar and his wife, Shining Settlement, becoming part of a three-Pony polycule.
Polyamory: In this setting, Speedwagon ends up marrying both Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement after the latter two offered to include hin in their relationship. While this was scandalous in their time, both Gifted and Shining realized the social norms they grew up with were incredibly toxic, and thought Speedwagon deserved better. The three are now a healthy polycule, but due to his past experiences, Speedwagon sometimes wonders if he really is worthy of Gifted and Shining's love. This also happens in one alternate timeline, albeit tens of thousands of years earlier due to being handicapped outcasts who had to rely on each other for support.
The Power of the Sun: Unlike his canon counterpart, Speedwagon can use Ripples, which contain properties that closely mimic those of the Sun's, making it a potent weapon against various undead like Vampires. This led to him becoming a Hunter of Monsters in his youth. Speedwagon is also granted access to its healing properties, which includes slowed aging. Ascending to godhood strengthened the potency of his Ripples and halted his age completely.
Promoted to Love Interest: In canon, while implied to harbor romantic feelings for Jonathan Joestar, Speedwagon was ultimately content to remain Jonathan's friend. Here, he is one of two people that Gifted Goldstar ultimately marries, the other being Gifted's wife Shining Settlement.
Psychic Powers: As a god of Mind, Speedwagon is capable of feats like telepathy, empathy, psychic telekinesis, teleportation, and clairvoyance. He specializes in clairalience, a smell-based form of clairvoyance that he had since colthood, and is one of the foremost users and experts on it in modern Equus. Following his Eldritch Transformation, Speedwagon could penetrate interdimensional barriers beyond Equusian comprehension through scent alone. At the same time, his domain made him Immune to Mind Control. Even in his mortal youth, Speedwagon had tremendous psychic potential as he became a Soulknife, a type of rogue that wields psychic blades that can damage souls and kill spiritual entities.
Psychic Teleportation: As a god of Mind, Speedwagon has psychic teleportation as one of his abilities.
Purple Is Powerful: In his mortal youth, Speedwagon wore dark purple, Victorian-style three-piece suits. Presently, he is a gigantic, eldritch Alicorn god with enough power to become a Person of Mass Destruction if he chose to — which is helped by his status as a joint-adoptive son of two powerful, ancient deities. Even in his mortal youth, he was an experienced adventurer who was not only a psychic prodigy, but also a Stand and Ripple user who fought Dio Brando and lived.
The Quiet One: After becoming an eldritch god, Speedwagon became fairly quiet and reserved, which can make him appear cold despite genuinely not meaning to. That said, his sheer physical age and incomprehensible power make it clear that he is not to be messed with.
Quirky Curls: His entry describes him as having a long, curly golden-yellow mane and tail. He presently is an eldirtch Alicorn god with angelic traits, so his curly hair highlights both his benevolence and the sheer incomprehensibility of his appearance and nature.
Rage Against the Mentor: After saving Zeppelin from death at the hooves of Tactless, Speedwagon calls out his mentor for trying to throw his life away according to prophecy.
Speedwagon: Look, I don't care, ol' mane! I lost too many blokes in me life 'cause the fakkin' world said 'screw you' an’ made 'em brown bread! I ain't gonna lose 'nother friend early to some bloody prophecy!
Rags to Riches: After striking oil in Lonestar, Speedwagon went from a street thug living in one of the worst slums in Londoneighium, to the founding CEO of the legendary Speedwagon Foundation. However, a series of events would lead to him becoming an Arch-Prince by present day. Ironically, he was also of noble birth, but his family was reduced to Impoverished Patricians by his generation.
Rags to Royalty: Speedwagon grew up as an Impoverished Patrician living in abject poverty in Ogre Street, which in part drove him to become a street thug and gang leader. Three Ages later, Speedwagon was crowned as an Arch-Prince following his Eldritch Transformation. His adoption as one of Damiq Anu's sons makes him the equivalent of divine royalty on Equus, as the Grand Primevals are some of the oldest deities in existence.
Razor Floss: Some of Speedwagon's deadliest weapons include strings and wires, which he uses to restrain, puppeteer, and slice his opponents. He can control them to a fine degree, even using telekinesis to do feats that otherwise aren't possible. He would go on to inspire Gorgeous Goldstar, who emulated much of his own attacks after him.
Related Differently in the Adaptation: In canon, Speedwagon was the Honorary Uncle of Joseph Joestar (and by implication, Joseph's father, George Joestar II). Here, due to marrying Gifted Goldstar and his wife Shining Settlement, Speedwagon instead becomes both Gorgeous Goldstar's grandfather and Generous Goldstar II's stepfather by marriage.
Related in the Adaptation: In this setting, Speedwagon marries Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement, the expies of Jonathan Joestar and his wife, Erina Joestar (nee Pendleton). This makes him the grandfather and ancestor of every single Goldstar of succeeding generations by marriage, including Gotaro Kujo, Gorgeous Goldstar, and Morning Glory Goldstar.
Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated: Speedwagon disappeared sometime after Kars' defeat, and because he was an old stallion by then, everyone assumed he died. In truth, he left to train for godhood under Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, and he comes back an Alicorn god after many years.
Retired Badass: By Gorgeous Goldstar's generation, Speedwagon was old enough to retire from active heroics, devoting much of his time running the Speedwagon Foundation. He can still fight, but as his fight with a post-Stone Mask Straight Path showed, he isn't as young or spry as he used to be, and his Ripple powers weakened from years of disuse. Fortunately, Speedwagon lived long enough to Ascend to godhood, restoring his youth and vitality.
Revenge Is Not Justice: Speedwagon was initially obsessed with avenging his gang after it was reduced to a few survivors by Dio's zombies. Thanks to Luminiferous and Golden Scepter, he realizes his anger was turning him into a stallion his mother would be ashamed of, and starts protecting people from Dio instead. By Gorgeous Goldstar's generation, Speedwagon has let go of his desire for revenge, and even tried to stop his daughter-in-law, Lisa-Lisa, from going on her own Roaring Rampage of Revenge. Sadly, Lisa-Lisa refused to listen and ended up paying for it dearly.
Speedwagon: (to Lisa-Lisa) Do what ya will. Avenge 'im, if ye must. I ain't stoppin ya, love. We all adored GoGo 's much as you did. But know this - whatevah ye do, it'd better be worth it in the end.
The Runaway: An "Abused Runaway" example. As a colt, he ran away from home twice — the first time, it was with his mother, who tried fleeing with him to protect him from his abusive father. Unfortunately, their escape attempt was foiled when a passing noble refused to help them out of elitism, allowing his father to catch up and drag them back. The second time, he did it by himself after his mother died, except this time he focused on hiding from his father, stealing from others to survive. Then he was found by the Ogre St. Devils gang, and the rest was history.
Scars Are Forever: He has multiple scars on his body, which includes a large one running across his face like his canon counterpart. On the flipside, he himself was able to permanently scar Straight Path, a treacherous monk and former ally,
Screw Destiny: When he learned his mentor, Willful P. Zeppelin, was fated to die a gruesome death at the hooves of Tactless, he saved Zeppelin to prevent it. He then called out Zeppelin for trying to become a martyr for him and his friends, not wanting to lose another person he cared about.
Screw the Rules, I Have Supernatural Powers!: Defied. Following his Eldritch Transformation, Speedwagon stepped down as CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation because he realized he could do anything with his powers — including forcing people to be good, even if it'll prevent another Dio Brando from happening again. Since then, he let others take the reins, only checking on the Speedwagon Foundation periodically and covertly aiding its operations.
Seers: As a god of Mind, one of Speedwagon's abilities is clairvoyance. As a god of Potential, he can predict someone's future potential and empower them with it, not unlike Luminiferous.
Seven Heavenly Virtues: As a god of Virtue, he can use various powers that relate to the seven virtues, such as invisibility and perception alteration (humility), granting blessings and miracles (charity), indomitable endurance (diligence), and so on.
Sharp-Dressed Man: As a mortal, he always dressed up in suits; he wore dark purple, Victorian-style three-piece suits in his youth, and a black suit in his old age. This is later averted post-Ascension, when he started wearing divine platinum barding with gold designs instead.
Shell-Shocked Veteran: While he's more badass in this setting, his ordeals in fighting Dio Brando and other supernatural threats left him deeply traumatized as a trade-off. Notably, he developed a Guilt Complex over his failure to prevent those close to him from dying, including Gifted Goldstar, despite it being possible for people to come Back from the Dead. He also developed fear of becoming like Dio Brando after undergoing an Eldritch Transformation while protecting innocents from a group of Abyssal Ones and their mortal cultists during the Third Age's "Abyssal War".
Shut Up, Hannibal!: As in canon, he completely shuts down Dio Brando's attempts to use his abusive father as an excuse for his actions, pointing out he could smell Dio's evil and declaring that the latter "smells worse than bloody gut swish". This became the turning point where Dio decided to abandon his equinity and become a vampire.
Speedwagon: (about Dio) I lived in darkness since birth, mate, an' I met all kinds o' dodgy gits. So I can tell a bad Pony from a good one jus' by me sniffer... An' this guy STINKS! 'E stinks worse than bloody gut swish!
Soul-Cutting Blade: As a Soulknife-type rogue, he can wield psychic blades that can damage or even obliterate souls. This also lets him kill spiritual entities. It's noted he cannot use this ability as often as Primeval Laws forbid the total destruction of souls (unless when someone is so irredeemably wicked that spiritual destruction is warranted).
Spared by the Adaptation: In canon, he died an old man at the age of 89, childless and single. Here, while he does have near-death experiences on a few occasions in his lifetime, he ultimately survives long enough to Ascend to godhood; everyone only thought he died an old stallion due to how he suddenly disappeared and went missing for many years. Being a Ripple user in this setting certainly helped.
Synchronization: As in JoJo canon, one of his weaknesses as a Stand user is this. Since his Stand, Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, is essentially a psychic projection of his own soul, any damage inflicted upon it transfers onto him.
The Team Benefactor: Speedwagon became this in his old age to Gorgeous Goldstar and his team, providing aid and resources through the Speedwagon Foundation. While he can still fight, his battle with a vampirized Straight Path made it clear that he was far past his prime.
Telepathy: One of his Psychic Powers is telepathy, which became part of his Mind domain when he Ascended.
Token Evil Teammate: While it would be a stretch to call him "evil", Speedwagon was a street thug and gang leader prior to meeting Gifted Goldstar, and his ruthless mindset carried over into his actions as an adventurer despite pulling a Heel–Face Turn. This ends up being deconstructed; his methods rankled his more fettered and altruistic teammates, to the point of frequently arguing over how to do things. Feeling marginalized by his own teammates, Speedwagon tried proving himself by fighting alone and nearly died doing so. He does have a Jerkass Realization, but his teammates realized how their own self-righteousness worsened the situation, prompting a mutual apology.
Took a Level in Badass: He went from an abused colt trying to escape his abusive father, to a ruthless, cunning, and scrappy street thug who led one of the most powerful gangs in the Isle of Pony before Dio Brando's zombies decimated them. By that point, he had sided with Gifted Goldstar, and he ended up becoming a powerful rogue with Psychic Powers, a Stand, and Ripples. By Gotaro Kujo's generation, he became the founding CEO of the Speedwagon Foundation and managed to Ascend as the Alicorn god of Virtue, Mind, Leadership, and Potential. The Third Age's "Abyssal War" was when he turned into an eldritch god — he was evacuating civilians when he was ambushed by a group of Abyssal Ones and their mortal cultists. Miraculously, he came out of it alive, yet irrevocably changed with sheer, incomprehensible power in his hooves.
Took A Level In Cynicism: While still possessing a degree of empathy back then, his abusive colthood turned him into a cynical and bitter street thug who was often judgmental of others thanks to his clairalient abilities. He also greatly distrusted aristocrats for the role they played in his mother's death. This starts changing once he meets Gifted Goldstar.
Traumatic Superpower Awakening: As a young colt, he underwent a Trauma Conga Line that included resorting to thievery after running away from home to hide from his abusive father. His harsh life as a small-time crook awoke his clairalient abilities, allowing him to, among other things, psychically discern people's morality by smell.
Uncle Pennybags: As in canon, he became an extremely wealthy stallion after striking oil in Lonestar. He also helped the widowed Shining Settlement raise Generous Goldstar II and, later, Gorgeous Goldstar following both Generous II's tragic death and Elizabeth Goldstar's disappearance.
Walking the Earth: Post-Abyssal War, he frequently travels the world to see what creations and wonders sprung up over the Ages.
Warrior Prince: He is presently an Arch-Prince, having been crowned as one following his eldritch transformation and his move to the Grittish Isles. He is also an extremely powerful eldritch god who happens to be both a Stand and Ripple user, and was an adventuring rogue in his mortal youth.
Weak, but Skilled: One of his weaknesses is that he was the weakest Ripple user compared to Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement, and he compensated for this in sheer skill and utility. However, this was eventually solved by his Ascension, and his Eldritch Transformation all but ensured that his Ripples far surpassed all others in terms of raw power.
Weaponized Headgear: Like in canon, one of his most iconic weapons is his bowler hat. It was outfitted with retractable hidden blades, and he can throw his bowler hat like a boomerang that can slice his enemies.
What Have I Become?: After the "Abyssal War", he was so horrified by what he became thanks to the Abyssal Ones that he retreated from the world, seeing himself as a monster on par with Dio Brando. While various deities and heroes managed to coax him into coming back, his present eldritch status still gives him issues, as he became fairly quiet and reclusive. He even started wondering if he really deserved to be Gifted Goldstar and Shining Settlement's joint-husband.
What the Hell, Hero?: Played for drama. His cynicism and more unscrupulous methods in saving the day got him butting heads with his more idealistic, fettered teammates, who often complained about him doing things they considered to be unlawful. He eventually starts feeling so marginalized that he attempts to prove himself by fighting Dio's forces alone, which only leaves him near death. This leads to a collective Jerkass Realization as both sides realize how badly they were treating each other — while he realizes his own flaws and works on being a better stallion, his teammates understand that his methods are indeed necessary in stopping Dio and stop acting self-righteously towards him.
Workaholic: Part of his Chronic Hero Syndrome is that he frequently pushes himself to keep working, hoping that more lives would be saved through his efforts.

Elizabeth "Lisa-Lisa" Goldstar/Hamona, the Queen of Ripples

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Magic, Mentorship, [WIP]

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Hamona, born Elizabeth Goldstar (first introduced here

), is the Alicorn goddess of Magic and Mentorship, and the mother of Prince Gunurram.

The Archmage: She is an extremely powerful user of Ripples, an exotic form of Solar magic, and is regarded as the undisputed modern master of it.
Expy: Of Lisa-Lisa, the biological mother of Joseph Joestar and a skilled master of Ripple magic.
The Magnificent: Known as "the Queen of Ripples".
Meaningful Name: Her Alicorn name refers to "Hamon", the Japanese name of Ripple, a magical energy in Jojos Bizarre Adventure that contains properties similar to the Sun.
Older Than They Look: As in canon, her use of Ripple magic slowed her aging to the point where she remained beautiful even after entering middle age. This led to an unaware Gorgeous peeping on her while she was bathing... until he discovered who she truly was.
The Power of the Sun: She's the undisputed modern master of Ripple magic, which is explained here as an exotic form of Solar magic. When she Ascended to godhood, she came to embody Magic, which included Ripples.
Revenge Before Reason: She tried to avenge the death of her husband, Generous Goldstar II without coming up with a solid plan, and stubbornly refused to listen to Speedwagon when he tried talking her down. She not only gets branded a traitor for her actions, but also was forced to become a fugitive for many years, missing out on raising her son Gorgeous.
Supernaturally Young Parent: She was Gorgeous Goldstar's missing biological mother, but despite being a middle-aged mage, she looks much younger and more beautiful due to constant use of Ripple magic.
Violently Protective Girlfriend: Deconstructed. As in canon, once she learned her husband, Generous Goldstar II, was murdered by one of Dio's zombie minions, she desired to avenge Generous II. Speedwagon tried talking her down, pointing out she was essentially abandoning her then-infant son Gorgeous, but she refused to listen and went off anyway. She ends up regretting it dearly, as while she successfully avenged her husband's death, circumstances occurred in such a way that she was branded a national traitor and went on the run as a fugitive for many years.

Holy Goldstar

The mother of brothers Gotaro Kujo Goldstar and Gota Kujo Goldstar, and the wife of Righteous Worker.

Expy: Of Holy Kujo (nee Joestar), Jotaro Kujo's mother, from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.
Faint in Shock: Her response to Gotaro (nervously) asking for a younger sister was to faint in complete shock, worrying her son. Fortunately, she was fine.
Mama Didn't Raise No Criminal: Whether she knew of Gotaro Kujo's delinquency or not, she was rather upset to hear of her son's arrest and called over her father, Gorgeous, to bust him out. It turns out to be subverted as the real reason Gotaro was arrested is because he let it happen; he grew afraid of the "evil spirit" inside him (actually his Stand, Star Platinum), and wanted to protect everyone from a power he couldn't control.
Morality Pet: Both she and her husband Righteous Worker served as this for Gotaro Kujo, providing him with unending love, patience, and care despite his autism and delinquency. Gotaro would later admit he would've been worse off if his parents hadn't treated him so well. When she fell deathly ill thanks to Godly Brand, Gotaro risked life and limb traveling to Neighgypt and fighting Godly Brand just to save his mother.
Related Differently in the Adaptation: In the CLAMP doujinshi JoJo's Bizarre Married Life, she is Jota Kujo's grandmother due to Jota being the biological son of her son, Jotaro Kujo, and Noriaki Kakyoin. Here, she is Gota Kujo's biological mother instead.

Righteous Worker

The father of brothers Gotaro Kujo Goldstar and Gota Kujo Goldstar, and the husband of Holy Goldstar.

Adaptational Badass: He was a karate champion in his youth and taught Gotaro Kujo how to fight, a skill that Sadao Kujo did not have.
Adaptation Name Change: His canon name, Sadao Kujo, is changed here to Righteous Worker.
Expy: Of Sadao Kujo, Jotaro Kujo's father, from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders.
Morality Pet: Both he and his wife Holy Goldstar served as this for Gotaro Kujo, providing him with unending love, patience, and care despite his autism and delinquency. Gotaro would later admit he would've been worse off if his parents hadn't treated him so well.
Papa Wolf: He didn't like how Gotaro was constantly bullied for being autistic, with the schools refusing to do anything about it, so he taught his son karate to give him a means to defend himself. Unfortunately, this led to Gotaro becoming a violent delinquent and Bully Hunter who used his karate skills to beat people up.
Related Differently in the Adaptation: In the CLAMP doujinshi JoJo's Bizarre Married Life, he is Jota Kujo's grandfather due to Jota being the biological son of his son, Jotaro Kujo, and Noriaki Kakyoin. Here, he is Gota Kujo's biological father instead.

Sacred Peace Zeppelin-Goldstar, the Hoof of Destruction

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Space, Destruction, Suffering, Endings

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Shinseina Pantheon, Zeppelin Family, Goldstar Family, Warriors of Mareioh, Grand Primevals (Naqaru)

"Sometimes things just gotta stop, y'know?"

Sacred Peace Zeppelin-Goldstar (his entry here

) is the Alicorn god of Space, Destruction, Suffering, and Endings, and is the husband of Gosuke Goldstar.

Abstract Apotheosis: After dying while protecting Iggy and meeting the Grand Primevals, Sacred Peace chooses to help his friends defeat Fortunate Shadow instead of joining his dead mother in the Heaven-Realms. As a reward, the Grand Primevals bring him back to life, in the process causing Sacred Peace to Ascend as the Alicorn demigod of Space, Destruction, Suffering, and Endings.
Achievements in Ignorance: By virtue of being blind, Sacred Peace ends up being completely immune to Bites the Dust's effects. Once he discovers this, however, he puts it to good use by helping Quick Stream trick Fortunate Shadow into publicly revealing himself, setting up the circumstances that ended Bites the Dust's loops and led to Fortunate Shadow's downfall.
Adaptational Angst Upgrade: Okuyasu's Dark and Troubled Past is given much more focus, especially in regards to how it affected him psychologically. Years of abuse from his older brother and father left Sacred Peace aloof, solitary, and submissive, and he developed a Guilt Complex over his actions as Blessed Wealth's accomplice once the ramifications hit him. He also gained PTSD from his fights with enemy Stand users, including Vanilla Ice (who blinded him and nearly turned him into his host body) and Fortunate Shadow (who temporarily killed him with Stray Cat's air bombs). In particular, Sacred Peace admitted to having panic attacks over everything after his blinding being a potential Dying Dream he had while stuck in captivity as Vanilla Ice's prisoner.
Adaptational Backstory Change: Downplayed. Sacred Peace's backstory is more or less the same as Okuyasu's, save for a few changes — his father was turned into a Vampire by Godly Brand instead of being given a flesh bud that mutated him into a hideous monster. His older brother never intended to give him a Stand, but had to include him anyway after he was accidentally pricked by the Stand Arrow, gaining The Hand. Sacred Peace also befriended Gosuke and Dutiful River beforehand, which explained how Josuke and Koichi stumbled upon Okuyasu's house in canon — Sacred Peace was experiencing a Heel Realization over helping his brother and his strange behavior was making his friends suspicious enough to investigate him.
Adaptational Explanation: How he got The Hand is explained here: He was accidentally pricked with the Stand Arrow, leaving his older brother, Blessed Wealth, no choice but to include him in his plan to Mercy Kill their vampirized father. He was also given the role of luring people into Blessed Wealth's shooting range and protecting their house from intruders.
Adaptational Intelligence: Sacred Peace is a far cry from his canon counterpart. Whereas Okuyasu is an Idiot Hero who acted impulsively and relied on others to think for him, Sacred Peace is much smarter thanks to Speedwagon taking him in as his ward, allowing him to make up for years of academic neglect. He's also much more understanding of the nature of his Stand, and applies his knowledge to his domains of Destruction and Space. whereas Okuyasu's main method of attack is "[[Dumb Muscle Swipe and punch]]". As an architect, he's also well-versed in construction and architectural design, which Okuyasu does not have.
Adaptational Nice Guy: Okuyasu is a Hot-Blooded Idiot Hero who can be crass and impulsive, but is ultimately a nice guy who is very loyal to his friends. Sacred Peace is much nicer and more empathetic, notably coming to sympathize with disabled creatures after being blinded by Vanilla Ice as a teenager. He's also fond of kids and is a Humble Hero who doesn't brag about his achievements. And when he first fought Gosuke and Dutiful River, Sacred Peace was reluctant to do it because he didn't want to hurt his friends, whereas in canon, Okuyasu was very callous to Josuke and Koichi and eager to fight them.
Adaptational Seriousness: Okuyasu Nijimura was a Hot-Blooded yet goofy Idiot Hero who's usually the first victim of an enemy Stand user, and is well aware of how dumb he is. Sacred Peace by contrast is much smarter, yet also shyer and more socially awkward to the point of appearing aloof due to being abused by his father and older brother growing up. He does get better thanks to Gosuke and Dutiful River, but he's still reserved at times.
Adaptational Sexuality: In canon, Okuyasu was only attracted to girls, crushing on Reimi Sugimoto and finding Josuke and Shigechi's mothers attractive. Here, he's gay and Happily Married to Gosuke.
Adaptational Skill: Sacred Peace is a certified architect in this universe, working for the Speedwagon Foundation in making buildings more accessible for disabled people. This was based on a passing comment Okuyasu makes about liking Italian architecture and design in the "Let's Go Eat Some Italian Food" arc.
Adaptational Upbringing Change: While still raised by his abusive father and older brother for much of his early years like in canon, Sacred Peace ends up becoming the ward of Radiant E. O. Speedwagon, who is alive and had Ascended to godhood by then. This results in Sacred Peace becoming more empathetic, smarter, and willing to make his own decisions, a complete contrast to his canon counterpart.
Adaptational Wimp: In canon, The Hand can erase anything, including abstract concepts like space. The implication is that it can also erase even immortals like Dio Brando or Kars. Here, The Hand can't kill people, which Sacred Peace admits is a self-imposed restriction on his part — likely due to The Hand's sheer power the Stand possessed and his discomfort with killing.
Adaptation Name Change: Okuyasu Nijimura is changed to Sacred Peace Goldstar here. A Codex drabble reveals that with his marriage to Gosuke Goldstar, his full name is now Sacred Peace Zeppelin-Goldstar (Zeppelin being his mother's surname before she dropped it upon marrying his father to protect her sons from discrimination).
Adaptation Relationship Overhaul:
- In canon, Okuyasu didn't befriend Josuke and Koichi until after he was defeated and his older brother, Keicho, was killed by Red Hot Chili Pepper. Here, Sacred Peace befriended Gosuke and Dutiful River sometime before their canon fight, making his eventual Heel–Face Turn much more solid. Sacred Peace and Gosuke's friendship also gradually evolved until they fell in love and got married as adults.
- While they barely interacted in canon, Okuyasu was attracted to Reimi and wished he was born in her time so he could hook up with her, but nonetheless helped track down her killer. Here, Sacred Peace and Graceful Cedar are good friends, bonding over being fellow dog owners. Sacred Peace notably plays a huge role in not only exposing the identity of Graceful's killer, but also helping her recover her memories regarding her violent death.
- Sacred Peace is also on much better terms with Young Fruit (Shigekiyo Yanku) and Quick Stream (Hayato Kawajiri). Because Sacred Peace saved him from being blown up by Killer Queen's bombs, Young Fruit became a witness to crucial evidence that let the Warriors of Mareioh piece together the identity of Killer Queen's user, Fortunate Shadow. Saced Peace's friendship with Quick Stream influenced the initially sullen, apathetic colt to become kinder and braver, playing an important role in Fortunate Shadow's downfall like in canon. It also made Sacred Peace's desire to see Fortunate Shadow stopped a little more personal when the latter murdered Quick Stream for ratting him out.
- Sacred Peace's relationship with his older brother, Blessed Wealth, is much rockier here compared to canon. Whereas Okuyasu struggled to step out of his brother's shadow, Sacred Peace betrayed Blessed Wealth once he learns the full scope of the harm his brother caused, and helped Gosuke defeat him. He did try to redeem Blessed Wealth later on, but when he proved too stubborn to listen, Sacred Peace decided to cut him out of his life so he could get rid of his brother's toxic influence on him.
Adaptation Species Change: Okuyasu Nijimura is a human in canon. Here, he's an Earth Pony who Ascended and became an Alicorn upon being revived by the Grand Primevals.
All Your Powers Combined: After Ascending, he gains the combined magic of all existing mortal Pony tribes.
Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Space, Destruction, Suffering, and Endings.
An Arm and a Leg: Due to The Hand's inability to kill people being self-imposed, Sacred Peace ends up doing this to his foes instead. He ensures the downfall of Fortunate Shadow and later Godly Brand because their Stands relied entirely on their front hooves — once The Hand destroys their front hooves, their Stands no longer worked.
Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance: His Cutie Mark is a swirling void, which is fitting for someone who not only embodies Space, but also has the power to destroy things.
Bad Powers, Good People: Sacred Peace not only has a Stand that could destroy anything he wished, but also is a god of Destruction, Suffering, and Endings. However, he's an agent of Naqaru whose job is to destroy what needed to be destroyed, such as overgrown forests and corrupt realms. He also desires to alleviate people's suffering, and it's noted his domain of Endings lets him do things like stopping deadly diseases, break destructive time loops, and make deaths final for either the wicked or those who are in great suffering but can't die via conventional means.
Bash Brothers: Like in canon, he and Gosuke were this, as they frequently fought evil Stand users together. They eventually evolved into a Battle Couple once they fell in love, and they became a God Couple once Gosuke Ascended (Sacred Peace had Ascended beforehand when he died to Killer Queen's air bombs and then came Back from the Dead shortly after).
Battle Cry: Unlike in canon, Sacred Peace has one: "KESU KESU KESU KESU KESU KESU KESU!" (Japanese for "erase" or "destroy").
Beware the Nice Ones: He's a very kind stallion who desires to alleviate people's suffering, and sympathizes greatly with abuse victims and disabled creatures. He pursued architecture as a career path because he wanted to disabled creatures' lives easier, and believes as a god of Destruction that part of destroying things involves letting them go. However, he not only embodies Destruction, but also Suffering, and he can inflict various kinds of suffering upon others if he chose to. He's also the wielder of The Hand, which can erase anything; while unable to kill people outright, The Hand can still inflict grievous injuries via amputation or altering the environment. And while not as bad as Gosuke's, he still has anger issues and can fly into a rage when sufficiently riled up.
Beware the Quiet Ones: Due to an abusive foalhood leaving him with No Social Skills, Sacred Peace is much shyer, socially awkward, and reserved, and he retains these traits to a degree after pulling a Heel–Face Turn. However, he's the oldest of his friends by divine standards, having Ascended first, which makes him the strongest of the Warriors of Mareioh. He's also a powerful god of Space and Destruction, and possesses a Stand that can erase anything he wished to; the only reason why The Hand doesn't outright kill people is because he chose not to kill with his Stand. And while not as bad as Gosuke, he can also fly into a rage when sufficiently provoked.
Big Damn Heroes: Like in canon, being revived by the Grand Primevals as an Alicorn demigod allowed Sacred Peace to save his friends in their Darkest Hour. First, he used The Hand to erase Stray Cat's air bombs and capture its wielder, Tama. Then when Fortunate Shadow reveals his last Stand ability, Under Pressure, in a desperate attempt to kill the Warriors of Mareioh, but then Sacred Peace slices off his hooves, depowering him. This in part gives Gotaro Kujo the opening to kill Fortunate Shadow using Star Platinum.
Blind People Wear Sunglasses: After Vanilla Ice blinded him, Sacred Peace took to wearing sunglasses. They hide his closed eyes and the scars he got when he was blinded.
Blue Is Heroic: His primary color is dark blue as shown in his clothes, and he's one of the founding members of the Warriors of Mareioh who helped protect the group's namesake town from evil Stand users. After Ascending, he became an agent of the Grand Primevals — specifically Naqaru, the Destruction Primeval.
Book Dumb: Justified; as in canon, living in Horrible Housing with only his older brother raising him led to Sacred Peace having a stunted education, diminishing his intelligence. His plan of enrolling in Grape Hill High School to help his brother look for potential Stand users backfired because of this, and he fell into delinquency. Fortunately, this is resolved once Sacred Peace becomes the ward of Radiant E. O. Speedwagon here, making him far smarter than his canon counterpart.
But Not Too Foreign: Like Gosuke, he turns out to be of mixed nationality, though in his case he's a quarter Bitalian through his mother (who is half-Bitalian, half-Neighponese), and three-fourths Neighponese through his father, a full-blooded Neighponese citizen.
Cain and Abel: He's the Abel to Blessed Wealth's Cain. While initially his older brother's accomplice in his plan to kill their vampirized father, Sacred Peace slowly had a Heel Realization through his friendships with Gosuke and Dutiful River, which led to a full-blown My God, What Have I Done? moment after learning the full scope of the harm his brother's actions caused. With encouragement, he betrayed Blessed Wealth and fought him together with Gosuke, weakening his older brother enough for him to be subdued by the Stardust Crusaders. Sacred Peace does try to redeem Blessed Wealth, but after enduring verbal abuse and having his efforts rejected at every turn, he eventually cuts ties with him to get rid of his older brother's toxic influence.
Commonality Connection: He befriended Graceful Cedar over being fellow dog owners (Sacred Peace had Iggy, Graceful Cedar had Dover), much to Vanishing Beach's dislike and Gosuke's envy.
Covered in Scars: He is covered with numerous scars, including burns from Killer Queen’s bombs, slash marks on his eyes where Vanilla blinded him, and two lines crossing his face to resemble an 'X'.
Crossover Relatives:
- After his older brother was defeated and placed in the Speedwagon Foundation's custody, Sacred Peace became the ward of Radiant E. O. Speedwagon, making him Speedwagon's adoptive son in all but name. Years later, Sacred Peace married his friend, Gosuke Goldstar, making him the son-in-law of Gorgeous Goldstar, the brother-in-law of Gosuke's older sister Holy Goldstar, and the uncle-in-law of all their descendants, biological or adoptive. This didn't happen to their canon counterparts.
- A Codex drabble reveals that Sacred Peace and his older brother, Blessed Wealth, are members of the Zeppelin Family through their mother, Gentle Presence Zeppelin, who is the daughter of one of Caesar A. Zeppelin's younger sisters. This makes both Sacred Peace and Blessed Wealth are Caesar's maternal grandnephews, which also makes them great-grandsons of Baron Willful P. Zeppelin, Caesar's paternal grandfather. By contrast, their canon counterparts weren't related to each other at all.
Custom Uniform: Similarly to Gosuke, Sacred Peace wears a custom-made Gakuran school uniform; in his case, with a double-breasted jacket decorated with money and number symbols (including the word "Billion"), wide-legged pants, and two belts.
Death by Adaptation: Like in canon, Sacred Peace is grievously wounded by Killer Queen/Stray Cat's air bombs, though here he died for real while protecting his guide dog, Iggy. Fortunately, his death was temporary, as the Grand Primevals bring Sacred Peace back to life as an Alicorn demigod after he chooses to help his friends instead of reuniting with his dead mother in Neighpon's Heaven-Realms.
Delinquent Hair: In his youth, Sacred Peace had a pompadour like his canon counterpart. But after he was blinded by Vanilla Ice, he wore a ponytail instead.
Destroyer Deity: After Ascending, one of the domains Sacred Peace got was Destruction. This not only gave him powerful destructive magics on top of his Stand's ability to erase things, but also lets him negate healing factors, empower himself through acts of destruction, and sense what needs to be destroyed. He can also combine his power with his domain of Space to cut through the fabric of space-time, allowing him to make portals and banish foes, among other things. Being an agent of Naqaru, the Destruction Primeval, Sacred Peace's duty involved destroying things like overgrown forests and realms that have become stagnant and corrupt.
Determinator: Sometime after his fight with Beautiful Child, Sacred Peace was kidnapped by a vampirized Shining Rock and brought to Vanilla Ice. Vanilla Ice blinds and keeps him imprisoned in an abandoned factory, both to weaken him and keep him from escaping as he intended to possess Sacred Peace's body to replace his original one. Despite this, Sacred Peace absolutely refused to give up, and through sheer force of will, he secretly taught himself spatial perception as a way to compensate for his blindness. This proves to be instrumental in his fight against Vanilla Ice once he's rescued, as having spatial perception allowed Sacred Peace to easily counter the Vampire's Stand, Cream, which due to its nature can turn invisble.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: Sacred Peace helped kill two vampires to protect Mareioh — one is Vanilla Ice, an old enemy of the Stardust Crusaders who survived a previous fight with them at the cost of his own body. The other is Flourishing Harvest, Sacred Peace's own father.
Disabled Deity: Sacred Peace is presently an Alicorn god who embodies Space, Destruction, Suffering, and Endings. He was also blinded by Vanilla Ice as a mortal teenager, and it stuck thanks to Vanilla Ice exploiting Crazy Diamond's weaknesses and Sacred Peace having since come to terms with it by the time he Ascended. He relies on his spatial perception, his friends, and his guide dog Iggy to get around.
Disabled in the Adaptation: Sacred Peace is not only blind thanks to Vanilla Ice, but also suffers from PTSD from both his abusive upbringing and fighting evil Stand users — including dying briefly to Killer Queen's air bombs. He also has a huge Guilt Complex believing that he is guilty of his older brother's crimes by proxy, since Blessed Wealth's misuse of the Stand Arrow caused multiple deaths and Sacred Peace helped him find targets to shoot at. He even blamed himself for Gosuke's grandfather's murder at the hooves of a Serial Killer Blessed Wealth had empowered. All these weren't present with Okuyasu Nijimura in Diamond is Unbreakable.
Divine Date: Initially his relationship with Gosuke was this once they got together, as he had become an Alicorn demigod while Gosuke was still mortal at the time. Once Gosuke also Ascended, their relationship turned into Eternal Love.
Does Not Like Spam: As in canon, Sacred Peace doesn't like spicy foods. The only exception to this is the dishes made by Supreme Chef Priceless Taste, where the spiciness actually serves a role in healing physical ailments.
Dumbass No More: Like his canon counterpart, Sacred Peace starts off being Book Dumb due to his abysmal family situation preventing him from having a good education. He was also a very poor fighter thanks to his inexperience with The Hand. Fortunately, it's amended early here when Speedwagon takes him in as his ward, resolving years of academic neglect. He continues to get smarter from there, notably teaching himself how to use spatial perception after being blinded by Vanilla Ice through sheer force of will, and learning how to use The Hand more effectively.
Dying Dream: He admits to having panic attacks over the thought of never truly escaping captivity and everything after it being a dream he had in his last moments, especially since Vanilla Ice was the last thing he saw.
Eternal Love: Originally, Sacred Peace's relationship with Gosuke consisted of a mortal Pony dating and later marrying an Alicorn demigod. This changed when Gosuke Ascended, too, with their marriage staying strong well into the Fourth Age.
Expy: Of Okuyasu Nijimura from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.
Eye Scream: After he was kidnapped by a vampirized Shining Rock, Sacred Peace was blinded by Vanilla Ice to weaken him and keep him from escaping until it was time for him to become a host body for the Vampire. This ends up backfiring as Sacred Peace learned spatial perception through sheer force of will, allowing him to fight and kill Vanilla Ice with Gosuke's help after he was rescued.
Faint in Shock: He fainted in shock over the discovery that both he and his older brother, Blessed Wealth, are Zeppelins by blood through their deceased mother, Gentle Presence Zeppelin, making them maternal grandnephews of Gorgeous Goldstar's friend Caesar A. Zeppelin.
Family Theme Naming: Sacred Peace's name is similar to that to his mother's, Gentle Presence, both indicating a kind character. Meanwhile, his father and older brother are named after prosperity and wealth, such as Flourishing Harvest and Blessed Wealth.
Fantastic Racism: In his guilt and anger over being unable to prevent the end of the Third Age, Sacred Peace started blaming the Oceanaiads who pulled off the suicidal gambit that destroyed the Third Age as much as he blamed himself. Fortunately, his husband and friends helped him recover from his trauma.
Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Zigzagged. Sacred Peace was initially the "Foolish" to Blessed Wealth's "Responsible"; initially, he didn't know how to use his powers well, and he relied on Blessed Wealth to look after him since their vampirized father had become a bloodthirsty beast and needed to be chained up. However, it soon becomes clear that Sacred Peace has better moral fibre compared to his older brother, and while he did help Blessed Wealth in his plans, he didn't cause multiple deaths with the Stand Arrow in a poorly thought-out attempt to Mercy Kill their father. After pulling a Heel–Face Turn and ending up in the care of Speedwagon, Sacred Peace learns to break the cycle, eventually cutting Blessed Wealth out of his life when the latter proves too toxic and stubborn to be redeemed.
Freak Out: He admits to having panic attacks over the thought of never truly escaping captivity and everything after it being a Dying Dream, especially since Vanilla Ice was the last thing he saw. During the "Dark Ages Crisis", he would have a big panic attack from the sheer stress of learning of both Gosuke's kidnapping and Vanilla Ice's resurrection, which his friends helped him recover from.
Friend to All Children: Sacred Peace is very fond of kids; two of his friends, Young Fruit and Quick Stream, are both young colts. His actions in protecting both from Fortunate Shadow end up turning him into a major Spanner in the Works for the Serial Killer.
God Couple: He and Gosuke are presently ancient Alicorn gods, but they're also Happily Married and form a Battle Couple when fighting.
Good Counterpart: To Vanilla Ice. Both were subservient to blond-haired Stand users who manipulated them into following their plans, and wielded powerful Stands that could erase anything in their paths. However, whereas Vanilla Ice was slavishly loyal to Dio Brando/Godly Brand to the point of being unable to think for himself, Sacred Peace was far more empathetic and moral, and later broke free of his brother's toxic influence thanks to his friends' positive influence. Sacred Peace's Stand, The Hand, is essentially Vanilla Ice's Stand, Cream, without its glaring weaknesses, and being rendered blind by Vanilla Ice only made him more skilled in using The Hand. Vanilla Ice's Undying Loyalty to Godly Brand ultimately led to him dying at Sacred Peace's hooves twice — first in the Second Age, then in the Fourth Age after he was revived as a Pillar Pony.
Good Wings, Evil Wings: A "Multicolored Wings" example. After Ascending to true godhood, he gained a magical wing gradient going from brown to black, which is an eldritch trait all Alicorns develop as they get "older".
Gravity Master: As a god of Space, Sacred Peace can control gravity, even affecting time directly by either burning through it or slowing it down further just by changing locla gravity.
Grew a Spine: Like in canon, Sacred Peace was reliant on his older brother, Blessed Wealth, to take care of him as their mother had died, while their father had become a vampire maddened by bloodthirst and had to be chained up. This made him reluctant to fight Blessed Wealth when he started attacking his friends, Gosuke and Dutiful River. After learning the full scope of what his brother had done and receiving encouragement from the Stardust Crusaders, Sacred Peace finally confronted Blessed Wealth and helped Gosuke defeat him. He does try to redeem Blessed Wealth after the latter is put in the Speedwagon Foundation's custody, but later cuts ties with his brother when Blessed Wealth proved too stubborn to listen and too toxic to deal with any longer.
Guilt Complex: He develops a guilt complex over the actions of his brother and other mistakes on his part. It becomes toxic and it takes finally being called on it by Gosuke to let go of it.
Happily Adopted: After his older brother was defeated and taken into the Speedwagon Foundation's custody, Sacred Peace became the ward of its CEO and founder, Speedwagon himself, making him Speedwagon's adoptive son by all intents and purposes. He was pretty happy with this, however, as his living conditions were abysmal and both his father and brother were abusive to him growing up.
Happily Married: He is presently married to Gosuke Goldstar, and they are nothing but loving and devoted to each other. Sacred Peace even credits Gosuke for saving his life in many ways. They're also implied to have a healthy sex life, as Sacred Peace admits to him and Gosuke using their Psychic Link for more intimate activities. When a resurrected Vanilla Ice had Gosuke kidnapped, Sacred Peace had a huge panic attack from the stress of worrying over his husband's safety, and worked with his friends to free him.
Heel Realization: Befriending Gosuke and Dutiful River caused Sacred Peace to develop a conscience, leading to him feeling conflicted towards his actions as Blessed Wealth's accomplice. This prompted Gosuke and Dutiful River to investigate Sacred Peace, suspicious of their friend's increasingly strange behavior.
Heroes Love Dogs: He's a blind member of the Warriors of Mareioh, and he is presently the owner of Iggy, a guide dog who helps him get to places. A huge factor in his friendship with Graceful Cedar is their status as fellow dog owners. He even died protecting Iggy from Killer Queen's air bombs, though the Grand Primevals brought him Back from the Dead.
Heroic Sacrifice: During the final confrontation with Fortunate Shadow, Sacred Peace dies protecting Iggy from Killer Queen's air bombs. Fortunately, his death is temporary as the Grand Primevals revive Sacred Peace as an Alicorn demigod to reward him for making the choice to save his friends, allowing him to disable Fortunate Shadow as a threat.
Holy Halo: Post-Ascension, he gained a halo made of Destruction energy.
Humble Hero: He's very humble and, despite taking down foes stronger than himself, doesn't brag about his achievements. This includes his role in Fortunate Shadow's defeat and death.
Immortality Begins at Twenty: Subverted. Being a "Tier IV"-ranked god from the Second Age, Sacred Peace is tens of thousands of years old, which gives him eldritch traits like a wing gradient, a Holy Halo, and a magical mane and tail due to how deities "grow". And because he was only a teenager when he Ascended to demi-godhood, Sacred Peace is the oldest of his friends by divine standards; he didn't move on to full godhood until all his friends became demi-deities, too.
In Spite of a Nail: Despite all the changes made to Sacred Peace's history, character, and powers compared to canon, some things remained the same.
- Despite befriending Gosuke and Dutiful River much earlier than canon, Sacred Peace still ends up fighting them when they stumble upon his house, leading to Dutiful River being shot with the Stand Arrow and gaining the Stand Echoes. Sacred Peace also is defeated by Gosuke due to his inexperience with The Hand.
- Sacred Peace still fights Shining Rock (Akira Otoishi) after his brother, Blessed Wealth (Keicho Nijimura), is attacked by Red Hot Chili Pepper. The difference is that the moment RHCP runs out of power, Shining Rock flees instead, taking the fight to a local power plant.
- Sacred Peace still befriends Young Fruit (Shigekiyo Yangu), the wielder of Harvest, though he successfully saves Young Fruit from being killed by Killer Queen's bombs with his precognition and Iggy's purification powers.
- Sacred Peace also meets Graceful Cedar (Reimi Sugimoto), though they're able to forge a stronger friendship through their shared love for dogs and their desire to see Graceful Cedar's killer brought to justice.
- Sacred Peace also dies when he is blown up by Stray Cat's air bombs, only to be shortly brought back to life to become a massive Spanner in the Works for the main villain menacing Mareioh/Morioh. However, the difference is that Sacred Peace was revived as a demigod by the Grand Primevals, giving him more than enough power to not only neutralize Stray Cat as a threat, but also weaken Fortunate Shadow even more by cutting off the latter's hooves.
Intergenerational Friendship: He was a teenager when he befriended Young Fruit and Quick Stream, both of them young colts. This ends up saving both Young Fruit and Quick Stream's lives from Fortunate Shadow later on. On the flipside, his other friend, Graceful Cedar is older than him chronologically despite being a teenage ghost, having been the foalsitter of a then-young Vanishing Beach (who himself is one of the older Warriors of Mareioh) prior to her untimely death.
Japanese Delinquents: By Sacred Peace's admission, he fell into delinquency due to both his abysmal family situation and poor academic performance in high school, doing things like smoking and cussing. He also wore the typical pompadour and customized school uniform. It's subverted as he was more a Jerk with a Heart of Gold; once he befriends Gosuke and becomes Speedwagon's ward, Sacred Peace becomes much nicer. After being kidnapped and blinded by Vanilla Ice, Sacred Peace switches out the pompadour for a simple ponytail instead.
Kiai: Unlike in canon, The Hand has one here: "KESU KESU KESU KESU KESU KESU KESU!" (Japanese for "erase" or "destroy").
Kindhearted Cat Lover: As in canon, Sacred Peace captures Tama in the final battle after coming Back from the Dead, and tames the violent animal-turned-plant in order to neutralize both him and Fortunate Shadow as a threat. After Fortunate Shadow's death, Sacred Peace officially adopts Tama as a pet.
Like Father, Unlike Son: Despite the abuse he suffered as a colt, Sacred Peace grew up to become a kind and compassionate stallion who desired to help alleviate people's suffering. Even though he does have the power to destroy things, he uses it for good and feels uncomfortable with killing people outright. Sacred Peace's father, meanwhile, was an abusive father to his sons, willingly became a vampire just to get back the money he lost in Tokneigho's economic bubble period, and later became a feral, hateful beast in his quest to satiate his thirst for blood. Ironically, Sacred Peace lost his sight to a vampire.
The Magnificent: Known as "the Hoof of Destruction".
Mindlink Mates: He and Gosuke are presently married, and they share a telepathic link that lets them read each other's minds. For Sacred Peace, this is very convenient as the link lets him see through Gosuke's eyes, allowing him to learn things he otherwise couldn't. However, he admits to him and Gosuke using their link for more intimate activities.
My God, What Have I Done?:
- What cemented Sacred Peace's Heel–Face Turn was learning that one of the Stand users his older brother created was Angel Eyes, who murdered his friend Gosuke's grandfather, Virtuous Path, with his newfound powers. Not only does Sacred Peace reveal everything about his older brother's plan, but he also tearfully apologizes to Gosuke for his role in Virtuous Path's death and begs Gosuke to punish him however he saw fit.
  Sacred Peace: I'm sorry! I'M SORRY!
  Gosuke Goldstar: Sacred, you didn't kill-
  Sacred Peace: But I did! Even if I didn't do the deed myself, I still helped guide my brother's Arrow! Therefore, your ojiisan's blood… is on MY HOOVES! Punch me, kick me, beat me up, I don't care! If it makes you happy, I'll allow it!
- When he fulfilled his older brother's objective of killing their vampirized father by doing it for him, Sacred Peace proceeded to celebrate... before tearfully breaking down in guilt over what he just did.
  Sacred Peace: I did it, aniki! I killed him! I… I killed our dad… just like you wanted…
- This was also Sacred Peace's reaction when his furious outburst led to Judging Shadow's photograph escaping. It ends up being deconstructed as he had developed a huge Guilt Complex that stemmed from his gulit over his father and especially his older brother's actions. Gosuke eventually calls him out on his constant self-pitying, pointing out that Sacred Peace was hurting himself by continuing to beat himself up for even things that weren't his fault. This caused Sacred Peace to finally let go of his guilt.
No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Despite helping save the town of Mareioh from a superpowered Serial Killer, Sacred Peace ends up being discriminated against as a blind Pony due to Neighpon's toxic social/cultural attitudes at the time. Fortunately, many people simply didn't care and lauded him as a hero regardless, and he continued protecting Mareioh alongside his friends.
Non-Uniform Uniform: As in canon, he wears a custom-made Gakuran school uniform with a double-breasted jacket decorated with money and number symbols, as well as the word "Billion".
No-Sell: Sacred Peace being blind made him immune to Bites the Dust because it relies on entering people's eyes in order to work, allowing him to survive each explosion. He exploited this by helping Quick Stream trick Fortunate Shadow into publicly revealing himself, ruining all of the Serial Killer's plans in the process.
No Social Skills: Justified. Sacred Peace's abysmal living conditions, along with being raised solely by a Big Brother Bully after their vampiric father devolved into bloodthirst and had to be chained up, gave him poor social skills. So while he appeared cold and solitary, he was actually very shy. Befriending Gosuke and becoming Speedwagon's ward made him more cheerful and better at socializing, if still reserved at times.
Patricide: He kills his own father, by then a feral, hateful, and bloodthirsty Vampire, to prevent him from preying on innocent civilians. While it was necessary, he still broke down from guilt over what he had to do.
Power of the Void: Sacred Peace's Stand, The Hand, can erase anything it touches or swipes at with its right hoof, including space itself. This effectively lets him perform short-range teleportation and limited environmental alteration. When Sacred Peace Ascended, the Hand's power increased in the form of multiple limbs that let it surgically erase things without causing collateral damage. By extension, Sacred Peace's domain of Space and Destruction allows him to rip through the fabric of space-time, create black holes, and destroy armor and weapons. The only thing that's stopping him from outright erasing people from existence is his morals, which led to The Hand being left literally unable to kill anyone. It's believed that had Vanilla Ice succeeded in possessing Sacred Peace, The Hand could drastically empower Vanilla Ice's Stand, Cream, due to how similar they are.
Power Perversion Potential: He admits to him and Gosuke using their Psychic Link for more intimate activities as husbands, like sex.
Promoted to Love Interest: In Diamond is Unbreakable, Okuyasu Nijimura becomes close friends and Bash Brothers with Josuke Higashikata after pulling a Heel–Face Turn. Here, Sacred Peace went further by becoming the Love Interest for Gosuke Goldstar. Gosuke first developed signs of crushing on Sacred Peace when he started envying the latter's friendship with Graceful Cedar. When Gosuke finally confessed his feelings years later, Sacred Peace returned them, and they got married in a wedding overseen by Canteros.
Psychic Powers: In addition to being able to erase things from existence, Sacred Peace gained precognitive powers after he was blinded by Vanilla Ice. His divine Ascension enhanced his pre-existing powers, with his domains of Suffering and Endings giving him the power to do things like creating illusions, break time loops, and outright remove a person's potential future.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: Unlike in canon, he's the Blue Oni to Gosuke's Red Oni, exemplified by his preference for (dark) blue clothes. Sacred Peace's shyness made him appear aloof and solitary, whereas Gosuke was more cheerful and outgoing, but had a nasty temper. However, it's later zigzagged — while Gosuke mellowed out over time, Sacred Peace became more cheerful and better at socializing thanks to his friends, if still reserved at times. And while not as bad as Gosuke, he also has anger problems and can fly into a rage when sufficiently provoked.
Repressed Memories: The reason why Sacred Peace never told anyone about his vampirized father is because his older brother, Blessed Wealth, made him swear to keep their father a secret. But due to trauma from his foalhood abuse and other things, he ended up repressing his memory of it. The fights with his father and Shining Rock made him remember again, leading to a huge Guilt Complex. Fortunately, everyone helped him recover as they recognized him as a victim in all this, with Gosuke toning down his temper.
Seeing Through Another's Eyes: Sacred Peace can use the telepathic link he shares with Gosuke to see through his eyes, letting him learn things he couldn't by himself.
Seers: As a god of Endings, Sacred Peace has strong precognitive powers and can predict good and bad endings. Even before Ascending, he was a natural Seer with the ability to predict bad endings, which saved his friends' lives multiple times. It's believed his power awoke when he was blinded by Vanilla Ice.
Self-Made Orphan: When he was young, Sacred Peace's mother died of an illness that wasn't treatable due to lack of money. Years later, Sacred Peace would defeat and kill his vampirized father to protect Mareioh from his bloodthirsty rampages, effectively leaving himself and his older brother orphans. While he had no choice in the matter, Sacred Peace still broke down out of guilt over what he had done.
Semi-Divine: He became an Alicorn demigod after the Grand Primevals revived him for choosing to help his friends defeat Fortunate Shadow, Ascending him in the process. He opted to stay like that until all his friends — including his love, Gosuke Goldstar — Ascended, too, after which he Ascended to true godhood.
A Shared Suffering: He greatly empathizes with abuse victims and disabled creatures due to experiencing the same hardships as he did. A huge reason why he chose to become an architect is so he can make disabled creatures' lives easier by making buildings more accessible to them.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: As in canon, he had a foul mouth during his time as a delinquent, which he admitted to. Becoming Speedwagon's ward curbed this significantly.
Space Master: As a god of Space, Sacred Peace can not only spatial energy in various ways, but also teleport, create black holes and pocket dimensions, and bend space to reflect or dodge attacks. He can also create spatial shockwaves, compress space into projectiles, and become intangible via spatial detachment. He can also manipulate gravity, notably affecting time directly. Sacred Peace also notably has strong spatial awareness that makes him particularly sensitive to the space between things, even sensing the fabric of space-time itself.
Spanner in the Works: Sacred Peace ends up being this twice.
- Sacred Peace ruins Vanilla Ice's plans of avenging Godly Brand after being blinded — first by teaching himself spatial perception through sheer force of will, then by telling his friends of Vanilla Ice's survival after he was rescued. Needless to say, Vanilla Ice had a very difficult time fighting someone who could effectively counter his Stand, Cream, leading to his second defeat and final death.
- Sacred Peace also plays a much bigger role in hindering Fortunate Shadow's plans. His precognitive powers let him save many people from being killed by Killer Queen, while his guide dog, Iggy, can purify Killer Queen's bombs. His blindness also makes him immune to Bites the Dust, as it activates by entering people's eyes; when Sacred Peace attacked Fortunate Shadow in retaliation for Graceful Cedar's murder, Fortunate Shadow with Bites the Dust to defend himself, ending the "Mareioh Time Loops". And while Sacred Peace is killed by Killer Queen's air bombs, he comes Back from the Dead as an Alicorn demigod and screws over Fortunate Shadow even further: He captures and tames Tama (who was weaponized as part of Killer Queen), and uses The Hand to erase Fortunate Shadow's front hooves, preventing him from using Killer Queen. This gave Gotaro Kujo the opening to beat Fortunate Shadow to death with Star Platinum.
Synchronization: While having a telepathic link is very convenient for both Sacred Peace and Gosuke, it also makes them vulnerable to psychic attacks, with the other feeling intense pain if one of them is affected.
Talking the Monster to Death: During their fight, Sacred Peace tried talking Beautiful Child down, but this (along with Dutiful River's defiance) led to Beautiful Child attempting to strangle everyone with her Stand, Love Deluxe. Fortunately, Sacred Peace cuts off her hair with The Hand.
Took a Level in Cheerfulness: He was initially aloof, solitary, and shy due to having No Social Skills. Thanks to his friends, he opened up and became cheerier as a result.
Took a Level in Kindness: Due to having No Social Skills, he was incredibly shy to the point of appearing aloof and solitary. Thanks to his friends, he opened up and became more cheerful and much friendlier.
Trademark Favorite Food: His favorite food is salmon.
Unskilled, but Strong: As in canon, Sacred Peace started off as this, being very inexperienced in using The Hand's erasure powers. This allowed Gosuke to defeat him in their fight. Fortunately, Sacred Peace learns how to use The Hand more effectively after becoming Speedwagon's ward and especially after being blinded by Vanilla Ice, and he gets even stronger from there.
Willfully Weak: The Hand is an incredibly powerful Stand and it can erase theoretically anything. Sacred Peace's Ascension evolved The Hand to where it can surgically destroy anything it touches or swipes at... but it is unable to kill people. Sacred Peace admits to it being a self-imposed restriction precisely due to its sheer power.

Raspberry Beret Speedwagon

Raspberry Beret Speedwagon (first introduced here

) is the adoptive daughter of Radiant E. O. Speedwagon and a Stand-using Pony who was "born" from the Ginkgo trees of Mareioh's Shakedown Road gaining sapience.

Genius Loci: Raspberry Beret started off as a group of Ginkgo trees whose collective Stand, Les Feuilles, was used by the residents of Shakedown Road to extort people out of their money. After Speedwagon sensed the Gingko trees were close to forming a full-fledged intelligence, he imbued them with his own divine essence, birthing a young, innocent Pony filly with Les Feuilles as her Stand.
Irony: The Stand Les Feuilles was used by the residents of Shakedown Road to extort or con people out of their money. Once Raspberry Beret was "born", she gained Les Feuilles as her Stand, and turned Shakedown Road into a much safer street once she grew up.
Musical Theme Naming: She's named after the song "Raspberry Beret" by Prince. Her Stand, Les Feuilles, is named after a French Jazz standard.

Marine Tide

The wife of Gotaro Kujo Goldstar, and the mother of Goldine Kujo Goldstar.

Expy: Of Jotaro Kujo's unnamed ex-wife from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean.
Named by the Adaptation: Her canon counterpart didn't have a name, but here she's called Marine Tide in reference to her husband's love for marine biology.
Point of Divergence: Due to Gotaro never going through with his plan to abandon his wife and daughter to protect them from his enemies, she doesn't end up having to raise their daughter Goldine alone, resulting in Goldine being much closer to her parents.

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Volta, the Last Pillar Pony

Character: Heroic/Anti-Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Neutral/Good

Type: Lifeforce Predator, Immortal Endling, Honourbound Ally, 'Ultimate' Lifeform

Faction: Pillar Ponykind, Goldstar Family, Speedwagon Foundation, Somaneium

"The 'Ultimate' stands alone, but not necessarily apart."

Volta (her entry here

) is a surviving Pillar Pony who became an ally of the Goldstar Family, both to stop Kars' mad quest for immortality and avenge her people's destruction at Kars' hooves.

The Ace: She's actually Kars' equal both mentally and physically, being a prodigy on his level who helped him with his Stone Mask project and being able to fight him on equal ground when they turned on each other.
Actually Pretty Funny: After he earned her respect, Volta chuckled at Gorgeous Goldstar's cheeky joke about her stunning looks and responded with a witty comeback of her own.
Amazonian Beauty: By all accounts, she's stunningly beautiful as she is strong and powerful like most Pillar Ponies, with even Gorgeous Goldstar cheekily commenting on it.
Arch-Enemy: One for Kars next to Gorgeous Goldstar and Lamia the Betterpony, being his former partner in both romance and research.
Deadpan Snarker: Has a sense of humour which goes into this. When Gorgeous Goldstar dropped an off-colour joke about looking forward to seeing her stunning looks without modesty in the future, she responded by chuckling and warning in jest that he should only do that if he fancies being added to it.
Defrosting Ice Queen: Volta looks down on Ponykind initially and doesn't believe Gorgeous Goldstar and his group has any chance against Kars' group, but their repeated survival and ultimate success eventually impressed her enough to consider them worth observing and preserving, becoming an ally to the Goldstar Line and Ponykind.
Enemy Mine: With Lamia the Betterpony and the Somaneium. Being descended from Traasena and Immortis' uplifted races respectively, the two peoples are natural enemies, but Lamia went out of the way to save Volta's life in the distant past and opposes Kars, leading to Volta allying with Lamia out of both gratitude and also against their common foe.
Evil Former Friend: Kars is Volta's ex-lover who became her Arch-Enemy after massacring their people, leaving only her, Kars, and his own loyal followers.
I Am a Humanitarian: Being a Pillar Pony, Volta have eaten Ponies, or at least fed on their Life Energy, even joking about it with Gorgeous Goldstar.
It's Personal: Volta has a serious beef to pick with Kars for genociding their own race.
Life Drinker: She like the rest of her kind are a superequine race whose life and incredible powers are sustained via absorbing the Life Energy of the other living things.
Lovecraftian Superpower: Volta shares all the powers of other Pillar Ponies, enhanced further by the Stone Mask, with her specialty being hair manipulation.
The Magnificent: Known as "the Last Pillar Pony".
Meaningful Name: Volta befits a Pillar Pony whose main 'Elemental Mode' power is electrical manipulation.
Musical Theme Naming: Keeping with the JoJo series' heavy usage of music references, Volta's name is derived in part from the name of AC/DC's debut album, High Voltage.
My God, What Have I Done?: Volta is implied to regret her role in helping Kars create the Stone Mask, since it led to a chain of events causing the death of her people at Kars' hooves and nearly allowed Kars to become an ultimate life form which threatens all life on Tellus/Equus, even though she realised her error quite soon and tried to stop him.
Prehensile Hair: Volta's Lovecraftian Superpower specialty involves manipulating the hair on her body, particularly those on her mane and tail. She uses it to many great effects, such as forming clothing, sucking the life out of prey, creating deadly whips, interfacing with technology combined with her electrical powers, among other things.
Shock and Awe: Volta's main Elemental Mode power is electrical manipulation, generating bioelectrical bursts, shocks and other forms of attacks from her body, such as her Prehensile Hair.
Small Role, Big Impact: Relatively speaking. She helped create the Stone Mask, then discovered its flaws and later warned the rest of her kind of Kars' ambition when he refused to abandon it. In a sense, she's partially responsible for not only the destruction of Pillar Ponykind in the distant past, but also the rise of Dio Brando and the Goldstar Family.
We Used to Be Friends: Volta used to be a colleague and even lover of Kars and worked together on Kars' Stone Mask project. Unfortunately, discovering the threat of the Stone Mask to the existence of life on Equus as well as Kars' refusal to abandon his mad quest for immortality turned her against him, which was solidified when Kars wiped out his entire race to prevent them from stopping him, leaving her the one of the last remaining Pillar Pony.
You Are a Credit to Your Race: Due to coming from a race that's much stronger and longer-lived than most creatures, she initially lookoed down on Tellusian Ponykind, seeing them as a food source for her kind. Over time, she grew to respect at least some of them after they show their potential, and considers them interesting enough to be worth preserving afterwards.

Lamia, the Betterpony

See his folder entry here.

Characters / Codex Equus Goldstar Family

Goldstar Family

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Chivalry, Knights, Sun, Family

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Goldstar Family, Speedwagon Foundation, Helwyr Nos, [WIP]

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Death, [WIP]

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Goldstar Family, [WIP]

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Time, Healing, Past, Acceptance

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Shinseina Pantheon, Goldstar Family, Zeppelin Family, Warriors of Mareioh

Other members

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Virtue, Mind, Leadership, Potential

Rank: Divine (???)

Affiliation: Speedwagon Foundation, Goldstar Family, Coltic Pantheon (associate), Luminiferi, Benevolusidae, Helwyr Nos

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Magic, Mentorship, [WIP]

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Space, Destruction, Suffering, Endings

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Shinseina Pantheon, Zeppelin Family, Goldstar Family, Warriors of Mareioh, Grand Primevals (Naqaru)

Allies

Character: Heroic/Anti-Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Neutral/Good

Type: Lifeforce Predator, Immortal Endling, Honourbound Ally, 'Ultimate' Lifeform

Faction: Pillar Ponykind, Goldstar Family, Speedwagon Foundation, Somaneium

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Goldstar Family

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Chivalry, Knights, Sun, Family

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Goldstar Family, Speedwagon Foundation, Helwyr Nos, [WIP]

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Death, [WIP]

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Goldstar Family, [WIP]

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Time, Healing, Past, Acceptance

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Shinseina Pantheon, Goldstar Family, Zeppelin Family, Warriors of Mareioh

Other members

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Virtue, Mind, Leadership, Potential

Rank: Divine (???)

Affiliation: Speedwagon Foundation, Goldstar Family, Coltic Pantheon (associate), Luminiferi, Benevolusidae, Helwyr Nos

Classification: Ascendant

Portfolio: Magic, Mentorship, [WIP]

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Classification: Ethereal/Ascendant

Portfolio: Space, Destruction, Suffering, Endings

Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)

Affiliation: Shinseina Pantheon, Zeppelin Family, Goldstar Family, Warriors of Mareioh, Grand Primevals (Naqaru)

Allies

Character: Heroic/Anti-Heroic

Alignment: Lawful Neutral/Good

Type: Lifeforce Predator, Immortal Endling, Honourbound Ally, 'Ultimate' Lifeform

Faction: Pillar Ponykind, Goldstar Family, Speedwagon Foundation, Somaneium

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