History Characters / IronTouch

* AnimalMotifs: Rabbits. She wears a pair of fuzzy bunny rabbit pajamas, and like a rabbit, is extremely timid and prone to run away when confronted. Funnily enough, Michelle ''strongly'' averts the "[[ExplosiveBreeder horny bunny rabbit]]" trope and gets flustered at gets flustered at even the suggestion of physical intimacy.

** Cab and Rumor are initially neutral to his presence at best, while Michelle dislikes him outright for his suspected involvement in her father's murder. After [[WhamEpisode Chapter 37]], [[spoiler:where the group learns more about [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders his history]], Michelle now ''hates'' him for working with her aunt's killer and never telling her about it while the boys agree that they're all better off without him]]. Even outside the main group, Depeche Mode doesn't seem to care for Hol Horse much either (though their relationship is more professional than friendly) and all his former "girlfriends" now despise him.

** Cab and Rumor are initially neutral to his presence at best, while Michelle dislikes him outright for his suspected involvement in her father's murder. After [[WhamChapter Chapter 37]], [[spoiler:where the group learns more about [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders his history]], Michelle now ''hates'' him for working with her aunt's killer and never telling her about it while the boys agree that they're all better off without him]]. Even outside the main group, Depeche Mode doesn't seem to care for Hol Horse much either (though their relationship is more professional than friendly) and all his former "girlfriends" now despise him.

* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Cab and Rumor are neutral to his presence at best, while Michelle dislikes him outright for his suspected involvement in her father's murder. Even outside the main group, Depeche Mode doesn't seem to care for Hol Horse much either (though their relationship is more professional than friendly). Sara is the only one who actually enjoys his company, and even she partially keeps him around [[GoldDigger to mooch money off of him]].

!Minor Antagonists
[[folder:Adam]]
!!Adam (Stand: [[ClosedCircle Heart-Shaped Box]])
A car thief that Cab runs into in Paris.

His Stand, [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Heart-Shaped Box]], acts like a portal that traps anyone and anything that becomes fully submerged inside until the user disables it. Should someone attempt to cross over Heart-Shaped Box's border, they will be warped to the other side of the Stand's interior.

* BulliedIntoDepression: Seems to be what's happening with him at school, which inspires him to pick up carjacking.
* CoolGate: Heart-Shaped Box is effectively a mini-teleporter...except that it can only teleport things inside itself once they cross over its boundaries.
* ClosedCircle: Once you're fully stuck inside Heart-Shaped Box, you can ''not'' get out of it until Adam decides to deactivate it.
* DrivenToSuicide: After he's defeated by Cab, he begs for death and whines about how miserable his life is. Cab doubts how serious he is, but tells him to see a therapist nonetheless before letting him go. What happens to him from there is left to the imagination.
* FillerVillain: He doesn't have anything to do with the main plot and only exists to give Cab and Quiet Riot an introductory battle.
* FrenchJerk: Not only does he try to steal a car, but he goads Cab into fighting him after he's caught. [[LetsGetDangerous After he can muster up the courage to do so, anyway.]]
* GenderedInsult: He mentions that his father calls him a ''[[GratuitousFrench poule mouillée]]'', which roughly translates to "sissy."
* GratuitousFrench: Even more so than Michelle, implying he's not as fluent in English as she is.
* HarmlessVillain: Compared to the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Masqueraders]], he's nothing more than a minor annoyance and is out of the story after half a chapter. Even compared to other antagonists not aligned with the Masqueraders like Depeche Mode, he doesn't put up much of a fight and his Stand is non-lethal. Justified, as he's more or less just a normal kid.
* LetsGetDangerous: A telltale sign that he's ready to man up is when he lifts his hair from over his eyes.
* TheRunaway: He attempts this, but Cab [[DefeatEqualsFriendship talks]] him out of it.

[[folder:Depeche Mode]]
!!Depeche Mode (Stand ([[PowerParasite sort of]]): [[PhantomZonePicture Policy o]][[LivingLieDetector f Truth]])
[[TheDon A mob boss from Mons]] and Hol Horse's current employer. He also owns a seedy art gallery called Rest Aria.

[[{{Muggle}} While he is not a Stand user,]] he has ownership of the Stand [[Music/DepecheMode Policy of Truth]], a painting that absorbs anyone that tells a lie within its range.

!!Masters of the Masquerade

!!Masked Stand users

!!Midler (Stand: [[ExtraOreDinary High Priestess]])

!Antagonists
[[folder:Adam]]
!!Adam (Stand: [[ClosedCircle Heart-Shaped Box]])
A car thief that Cab runs into in Paris.

His Stand, [[Music/{{Nirvana}} Heart-Shaped Box]], acts like a portal that traps anyone and anything that becomes fully submerged inside until the user disables it. Should someone attempt to cross over Heart-Shaped Box's border, they will be warped to the other side of the Stand's interior.

* BulliedIntoDepression: Seems to be what's happening with him at school, which inspires him to pick up carjacking.
* CoolGate: Heart-Shaped Box is effectively a mini-teleporter...except that it can only teleport things inside itself once they cross over its boundaries.
* ClosedCircle: Once you're fully stuck inside Heart-Shaped Box, you can ''not'' get out of it until Adam decides to deactivate it.
* DrivenToSuicide: After he's defeated by Cab, he begs for death and whines about how miserable his life is. Cab doubts how serious he is, but tells him to see a therapist nonetheless before letting him go. What happens to him from there is left to the imagination.
* FillerVillain: He doesn't have anything to do with the main plot and only exists to give Cab and Quiet Riot an introductory battle.
* FrenchJerk: Not only does he try to steal a car, but he goads Cab into fighting him after he's caught. [[LetsGetDangerous After he can muster up the courage to do so, anyway.]]
* GenderedInsult: He mentions that his father calls him a ''[[GratuitousFrench poule mouillée]]'', which roughly translates to "sissy."
* GratuitousFrench: Even more so than Michelle, implying he's not as fluent in English as she is.
* HarmlessVillain: Compared to the [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Masqueraders]], he's nothing more than a minor annoyance and is out of the story after half a chapter. Even compared to other antagonists not aligned with the Masqueraders like Depeche Mode, he doesn't put up much of a fight and his Stand is non-lethal. Justified, as he's more or less just a normal kid.
* LetsGetDangerous: A telltale sign that he's ready to man up is when he lifts his hair from over his eyes.
* TheRunaway: He attempts this, but Cab [[DefeatEqualsFriendship talks]] him out of it.

[[folder:Depeche Mode]]
!!Depeche Mode (Stand ([[PowerParasite sort of]]): [[PhantomZonePicture Policy o]][[LivingLieDetector f Truth]])
[[TheDon A mob boss from Mons]] and Hol Horse's current employer. He also owns a seedy art gallery called Rest Aria.

[[{{Muggle}} While he is not a Stand user,]] he has ownership of the Stand [[Music/DepecheMode Policy of Truth]], a painting that absorbs anyone that tells a lie within its range.

* AssholeVictim: It's easy to feel sorry for him when [[spoiler:Fergie shows up to his mansion and slaughters him and his entire staff]] despite him being a merciless mob boss with no regard for anyone but himself.
* BadBoss: Shows no remorse when one of his employees gets absorbed by Policy of Truth for something as trivial as mixing up his coffee order.
* BerserkButton: He does ''not'' take kindly to being lied to.
* BigFancyHouse: The opening of Chapter 17 goes into great detail about how luxurious his mansion is. It's so big that he needs live in maids just to maintain it.
* BriefsBoasting: He thinks very highly of himself and dons a skin tight speedo in Chapter 17. Can double as {{Squick}} depending on who you ask, especially considering that [[spoiler: this is what he dies wearing]].
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In Chapter 17, Lovestrong says that he regrets helping out Hol Horse, given that he had an affair with his sister and continued to send her postcards years after walking out on her. Depeche tells him not to take it personally,[[CrossesTheLineTwice because he's done that with everyone's sisters.]]
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: WordOfGod is that he's meant to be an "anti-Giorno" of sorts.
** While Giorno presents himself as calm, cool-headed and charismatic, he's also dangerous and has one of the strongest Stands in the entire series. Depeche tries to be intimidating and has a furious temper, but at the end of the day is mostly harmless on his own and not even a Stand user.
** Giorno is a natural born Stand user and was chosen by the arrow itself as its destined wielder at the end of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind part 5]]. On the other hand, Depeche is not a Stand user at all and had to trick someone else into "giving" him their Stand. Hol Horse even muses that Depeche would probably die if he actually was shot with the arrow.
** Part of Giorno's motivation in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind part 5]] was to crack down Italian mobsters selling drugs to children. The first thing we see Depeche do in the fic is snort a line of coke, which he later refers to as one of his "lucrative exports."
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:See LiterallyShatteredLives below]].
* DisconnectedByDeath: [[spoiler:He's in the middle of a phone call with Lovestrong when [[DarkActionGirl Fergie]] shows up.]]
* TheDon: He runs some kind of criminal syndicate.
* DrinkBasedCharacterization: Happens twice; first with his coffee where he demands extra cream, then when he's seen drinking a cosmopolitan in Chapter 17. Both are sweet and traditionally feminine drinks, symbolizing that underneath his bravado, he's not as intimidating as he tries to be.
* {{Ephebophile}}: He either runs or has connections with a brothel that accepts girls as young as sixteen.
* FatBastard: He's fairly pudgy and is a {{Jerkass}} mob boss with a HairTriggerTemper.
* FriendInTheBlackMarket: The first of Hol Horse's to be introduced.
* GettingHighOnTheirOwnSupply: He's introduced snorting a line of his "lucrative exports."
* HairTriggerTemper: He gets violent if you hit his BerserkButton, to the point where he starts throwing books at Michelle when he suspects he's lying to her.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:Downplayed. Fergie only turns his neck, chin, and leg to glass, but these parts of his body all end up shattering as soon as Fergie drops him. He's [[OffWithHisHead decapitated]] as soon as his glass neck hits the floor]].
* {{Muggle}}: He's not a Stand user, but still manages to provide Michelle and InterestingSituationDuel nonetheless.
* MuggleWithADegreeInMagic: He knows about Stands, and wants to be a Stand user ''badly.'' [[spoiler:This ends up getting him killed]].
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Fergie turns his neck and most of his chin into glass then drops him to the floor, causing the glass parts of his body to shatter and send his head rolling into the pool]].
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Overlaps with NoodleIncident. Seriously, how did he manage to get Policy of Truth's original user to trap himself inside the painting?
* OvercomplicatedMenuOrder: He'll only drink a large nonfat mocha caffe latte with extra cream and whey powder for his morning coffee. Mess it up, and, [[PhantomZonePicture well...]]
* PowerParasite: It bears repeating that Depeche is ''not'' a Stand user, and Policy of Truth is ''not'' his Stand. He [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome somehow tricked its original user, Kaleid, into activating it on himself,]] which left Depeche free to take the Stand for his own.
* SecretRoom: His office in Rest Aria is hidden behind a tapestry that's not for sale.
* WhiteCollarCrime: Despite involving himself with [[spoiler:political assassinations]], he seems to mostly make his fortune through money laundering and drug dealing instead of anything outwardly violent.

[[folder:Yuya Fungami]]
!!Yuya Fungami (Stand: [[TheyHaveTheScent Highway]] [[LifeDrain Star]])
[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable A Japanese biker and upcoming model]] that Sara meets in New York. While the two of them start out on good terms, their relationship quickly becomes antagonistic after he invades her privacy.

His Stand, [[Music/DeepPurple Highway Star]], can split itself into a horde of footprints that [[LifeDrain suck nutrients from the bodies of its victims]].

* AdaptationalJobChange: In [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable part 4]], Yuya was nothing more but a simple biker. Here, he's a male model ([[UnreliableNarrator or so he says]]).
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: He states that he and Akira used to be neighbors and were apparently close enough for Akira to give Yuya free backstage tickets to his concert, even though they never interacted at all in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable canon]].
* AmateurSleuth: Part of the reason that he's in New York in the first place is because [[spoiler:Josuke has gone missing, and Yuya thought that checking on Joseph would be a good place to start looking]]. He doesn't get far in his investigation before Sara shows up and throws him off course.
* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:He only antagonizes Sara because she punched him and stole his motorcycle. Other than that, he's just a fellow Stand user touring the United States]].
* ChickMagnet: He's still got those same three fangirls from [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable part 4]] following him around. Sara even contrasts this with how [[HandsomeLech Hol Horse]] is treated by all his "girlfriends." Even Sara herself seems to briefly fall for him.
* CoolBike: A Kawasaki ZZR 250 with custom decals. It proves to be so enticing that [[spoiler:Sara ends up stealing it from him]].
* DirtyMindReading: He can apparently tell whether or not someone has masturbated just from the smell of their fingers, even after they've washed their hands.
* DisproportionateRetribution: He uses Highway Star's potentially fatal LifeDrain ability on [[spoiler:Sara, just because she stole his motorcycle. Somewhat justified as he does have the ability to return those stolen nutrients and might have done so if Hol Horse just gave him his bike back, but Sara shoots him in the shoulder before this can happen]].
* LifeDrain: Highway Star's most dangerous ability, which ends up getting used on [[spoiler:Sara]].
* {{Narcissist}}: When Sara starts taking pictures of his bike, he inserts himself into the photoshoot and says she should be taking pictures of ''him'' instead.
* TheNoseKnows: Perhaps his signature ability. Here, he's able to smell two children eating donuts in an elevator that he himself isn't on, a rotten banana in Sara's very packed bag, and the fact that Sara masturbated earlier. He even mentions that he prefers keeping his motorcycle helmet on in order to prevent the powerful smells of New York City from overwhelming him. [[spoiler:Highway Star also has the scent of his motorcycle memorized, which comes in handy after Sara steals it from him]].
* TheyHaveTheScent: Yuya has the scent to his motorcycle memorized, and is able to get ahold of Sara's after she [[spoiler:enters Highway Star's illusion room]].
* UnreliableNarrator: Is he really a professional model like he says, or is he just lying to hype himself up? Even [[ThePollyanna Sara]] questions the validity of his claims at one point.
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:You could argue that he's perfectly justified for attacking Sara, considering that she did steal his property]].

[[folder:Midler]]
!!Midler (Stand: [[ExtraOreDinary High Priestess]])
[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders A former assassin who once worked for Dio]], now a SEES member at Chicago IX and mentor to Cascada. While she's mostly moved on with her life, she still seems to cling to her past in Egypt.

Her Stand, [[TarotMotifs High Priestess]], can turn into any object made out of metals or otherwise inorganic materials.

* BadassTeacher: She's Cascada's SEES mentor, and she can kick all kinds of ass (even being on "hitman duty" in her youth).
* BerserkButton: She doesn't take kindly to having her dentures removed.
* EveryoneHasStandards: She shows no hesitation trying to skewer Michelle with High Priestess, but does genuinely feel for the girl when she mentions Boney stalking her and even calls security to find him and throw him out of Chicago IX.
* ExtraOreDinary: High Priestess' ability, though it's only transformed into a HarpoonGun and a set of wires in the fic so far. [[spoiler:This ends up biting Midler, because it allows Michelle to use a Random Access Memory to [[SupernaturalSealing absorb]] High Priestess mid-attack]].
* FalseTeethTomfoolery: Midler's teeth have been replaced by bucktoothed dentures after [[TheToothHurts her fate]] in [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders part 3]], which Michelle accidentally knocks right out of her mouth in Chapter 33.
* HarpoonGun: She turns High Priestess into one of these and threatens Michelle with it.
* LargeHam: Her default, though she drops the act if the situation calls for it.
* LittleBlackDress: The one she wears, sleeveless with a slit running up the thigh, is very similar to [[Film/BreakfastAtTiffanys the]] TropeCodifier.
* SilverFox: Aside from her buck teeth, she's described as being particularly attractive, walking with a "certain sway in her hips that beguiled her true age."
* StageMom: Her interactions with Cascada give off this vibe, with Cascada openly expressing a desire for more out of SEES than dancing while Midler insists that she stay onstage. Midler applying makeup to Cascada that she clearly doesn't want to wear adds to this.
* TheSvengali: Downplayed. As her mentor, Midler loves soaking in Cascada's praise, but she genuinely believes (and to a certain extent, is) she's looking out for her student's best interests.
* TriggerHappy: She's quick to turn High Priestess into a HarpoonGun when she finds Michelle in the backstage dressing room, and later after she knocks out her fake teeth.

[[folder:Cascada]]
!!Cascada (Stand: [[FloatingWater Moon River]])
A performer at Chicago IX and apprentice at SEES.
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Her Stand, [[Creator/AudreyHepburn Moon River]], generates [[FloatingWater floating streams of water]] [[TimeRewindMechanic that follow Cascada's past movements]].

* BloodKnight: Deconstructed. Cascada is often eager to fight whenever the opportunity arises not because she revels in violence, but because she's desperate to escape her job as a provocative dancer that's "at the bottom of the Stand user food chain" and wants to prove herself as a strong, capable Stand user. However, her mentor Midler forbids her from engaging in Stand battles, [[ForbiddenFruit which only makes Cascada want to participate in them even more]].
* ButchLesbian: Downplayed. She has short hair, a tomboyish attitude, and hates makeup, but [[TomboyWithAGirlyStreak still enjoys dancing]] and is described as having a very feminine body. She also instinctively trusts and consoles Michelle, rather than shooting first and asking questions later like Midler.
* ChallengeSeeker: First she seeks to challenge herself by using her Stand in two places at once (using it to perform onstage and to [[spoiler:steal Michelle's bracelet]]), then directly challenges Michelle to a one-on-one Stand battle.
* DanceBattler: In Chapter 34, the prose often highlights how Cascada's graceful movements as she beats the everloving shit out of Michelle. Justified because she's trained as a dancer, not a fighter or assassin.
* FemmeFatalons: Moon River has these.
* FloatingWater: Moon River can create large streams of water that float in the air.
* HatesTheJobLovesTheLimelight: Inverted. She loves dancing to the point of it being second nature to her, [[DanceBattler even when fighting]], but she ''hates'' having to constantly perform for a bunch of [[DirtyOldMan Dirty Old Men]].
* LeotardOfPower: Part of her dancing uniform.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: ''Narrowly'' averted. Cascada only fought Michelle because she wanted the attention that a big, public Stand battle (and her presumed victory) would give her. Fittingly, the fight ends after she's nearly crushed by a giant stage light.]]
* MakingASplash: Moon River is a water based Stand.
* OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Moon River is specifically described as having the body of a mermaid. Fitting for a Stand that can control [[MakingASplash water]].
* SensitiveArtist: She's a dancer and can tell right away that Michelle is on the verge of a mental breakdown.
* SultryBellyDancer: The harem pants of her outfit specifically seem to invoke this.
* TimeRewindMechanic: When not directly controlled by Cascada, Moon River's water will follow her past movements with seemingly limitless range. As Michelle learns in Chapter 33, this water can be used to envelop objects as well.
* {{Tomboy}}: Midler notes that this is part of her appeal as a dancer.
** TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Though she has a very masculine personality, she still does seem to genuinely enjoy dancing. Also noteworthy is that despite her distaste for makeup, she never objects to the sparkly leotard she has to wear onstage.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: [[https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/836738725366071307/1092906481776599229/SPOILER_image.png Official artwork]] from the author makes the leotard of her dance uniform look like a stylized bathing suit.
* WaterIsWomanly: Subverted. Moon River certainly fits the bill, but Cascada herself is less feminine and more tomboyish.

[[/folder]]

!!Masqueraders
[[folder:In General]]
A group of mysterious Stand users wearing masquerade masks. They're benign at first, but become aggressive and unresponsive after seeing other Stands. Who they are and what their goals may be are currently a mystery.
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!!Masters Of The Masquerade
[[folder:Boney M. '''(SPOILERS)''']]
!! Boney M. (Stand: [[{{ResurrectiveImmortality}} Bad to the Bone]])
The man with green hair that lead the arrow heist and one of the leaders of the Masqueraders. Somehow, despite having been killed and having an autopsy performed on him, he continues to live and is seemingly none the worse for wear.
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His Stand is called [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_to_the_Bone Bad to the Bone]], but what it exactly does is unknown.

* AmbiguousSituation: Good lord. Just about everything we see of him actively contradicts the last.
** Chapter 15 shows that he's still alive and well, with pictures of him being taken long after his supposed death during the arrow heist. This is especially notable because it's not a case of NeverFoundTheBody, as Giorno mentions having performed an autopsy on him. If the endings of Chapter 18 and 22 are any indication, [[spoiler:this is likely part of Bad to the Bone's ability,]] but that begs the question...
** His autopsy also indicated that he wasn't a Stand user, but [[spoiler:he admits to being one himself in Chapter 22]]. Even before that, Fergie mentions having seen his Stand before (albeit through hazy memories).
** He's shown to have a weird relationship with the clothes he wears. While Chapter 22 (arguably him at his most "casual"), makes no specific mention of his outfit, Giorno is unable to discern where the clothes he wore to the arrow heist were from in Chapter 1, he's [[spoiler:found dead and naked]] in Chapter 18, and in Chapter 30, [[spoiler:he's wearing Ben's mother's clothing, which Ben notes doesn't fit him at all and is even torn in some places]]. While this, like most things about him, is probably [[spoiler:related to his Stand]], nothing about it been outright confirmed yet.
* AppealToForce: Uses this tactic to keep Fergie in line, threatening to [[spoiler:put a blue mask on her again]] if she doesn't do what he tells her to.
* AtLeastIAdmitIt: This interaction:
-->'''Boney:''' Fergie, my dear, didn't your socialite of a mother ever tell you it's rude to leave dead bodies strewn about?
-->'''Fergie:''' That's rich, coming from you.
-->'''Boney:''' Guilty as charged.
* BadBoss: He's condescending bordering on misogynistic towards Fergie and threatens to strip her of her free will should she step out of line.
* BeardOfEvil: A frizzy soul patch.
* BigOlEyebrows: He's the only character in the story described with bushy eyebrows.
* ChildAbuseIsASpecialKindOfEvil: If stealing the Stand arrow, bullying his minions, and enabling [[AxCrazy Fergie's]] violent tendencies weren't enough to convince you that he's a bad guy, then him stabbing an innocent child in the shoulder [[spoiler:before killing him]] should clue you in.
* ContrastingSequelAntagonist: Boney and Diavolo both ended up going after the exact same Stand arrow, but the arrow rejected Diavolo, who wanted to use it to empower his Stand, while Boney was successful in stealing it from the same criminal organization Diavolo used to lead and has no interest in using it on himself. Diavolo was sentenced to an infinite death loop, forced to suffer the pain of death over and over again but never able to truly die. Boney, on the other hand, [[spoiler:has a Stand that]] seemingly does something very similar, continuously reviving him no matter how many times he "dies." [[AndIMustScream Diavolo's punishment is]] [[HeartIsAnAwesomePower essentially Boney's superpower.]]
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: ''Might'' be what he's doing with his own body in Chapter 1 [[spoiler:and Chapter 18]].
* DeathIsCheap: And he knows it.
* DragonInChief: While the Grand Marshal seemingly outranks him, it's clear that Boney is the main threat of the two.
* TheDreaded: [[BadBoss To Fergie, anyways.]]
* FeelNoPain: Possibly as a result of "dying" as many times as he has, Chapter 30 shows that he barely reacts to physical pain and doesn't even notice when he's stabbed in the back with a steak knife.
* TheHeavy: Though he has no problem sending out underlings like Fergie to do his bidding, of all the main antagonists of the story, Boney is the one who directly interacts with the heroes the most (even if a majority of those interactions are with his many corpses).
* HopelessWithTech: He has to spend a good chunk of Chapter 30 being told how to call someone on a smartphone. By a ''seven-year-old,'' no less.
* IControlMyMinionsThrough: Fear, specifically fear of losing privileges [[spoiler:and a bit of MindControl.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: He uses a bevy of passive aggressive remarks against Fergie whenever he talks to her and constantly refers to Bufala by his first name (despite him [[TheyCallMeMisterTibbs seeing this as a sign of disrespect]]) for seemingly no reason other than to be a jerk.
* {{Omniglot}}: He boasts that he's fluent in 23 different languages, including some dead ones. Despite the Russian accent he's frequently described as having, though, he's only ever been shown speaking in English (unlike [[GratuitousFrench Michelle]] or [[GratuitousItalian Bufala]]).
* PersonalGainHurts: His [[MotiveRant dagger speech]] in Chapter 22 invokes this.
* SlutShaming: Just another one of his {{Jerkass}} habits.
* TheNoseKnows: He's able to discern blood types through scent (and taste), apparently.
* ResurrectiveImmortality: He ''must'' have this in some capacity, as his dead body has been seen at [[SacrificialLamb least]] [[CampingACrapper three]] [[AteHisGun times]] in the story so far, leaving said bodies behind. [[DeathIsCheap He always comes back like it never even happened]].
* StrokeTheBeard: He apparently does this enough with his soul patch that Fergie can picture him do it in her mind's eye in Chapter 17. [[BrickJoke He does this for real in Chapter 22]].
* SuicideIsPainless: [[spoiler:He casually shoots himself after giving Fergie and Bufala their orders in Chapter 22. [[DeapanSnarker Their reactions]] imply this is a regular occurrence.]]
-->'''Bufala:''' I wish he'd be less messy when he does this.
-->'''Fergie:''' I wish he'd let me kill him myself.
* TeenyWeenie: After [[spoiler:his nude body is found aboard the plane]] in Chapter 18, Cab comments that he's not well endowed.
-->'''Michelle:''' Does any of that explain why he's naked? ''[[GratuitousFrench Bordel de merde,]]'' did the Stand eat his clothes or something?
-->'''Cab:''' Maybe it shrunk them. I mean, looking at certain ''parts'' of him, it wouldn't surprise me. Hey, cowboy, you wouldn't happen to know any Stand users that can shrink body parts, would you?
* WalkingSpoiler: Comes with being "dead" in your introductory chapter.
* WouldHurtAChild: He has no problem killing [[spoiler:Ben, even though he really didn't pose a threat to him]]. ''Slightly'' justified in that [[spoiler:he tried to kill him first, but that was after Boney broke into his house and did ''something'' to his mother]].

[[folder:"The Grand Marshal"]]
!!"The Grand Marshal" (Real identity unknown)
One of the leaders of the Masqueraders. Whoever they are, they apparently rank alongside Boney and can decide which one of their henchmen have free will.

The Masquerader masks are implied to be part of their Stand.

* AmbiguousGender: Boney's dialogue skirts around giving them pronouns.
* TheGhost: They're only ever mentioned a handful of times by the other characters. Whoever they are, Fergie seems to hold them in [[TheDreaded a similar regard to Boney himself]].
* NonActionBigBad: Might be why they're not as involved in the story as their [[TheDragon Dragon]] and {{Mooks}}, as Boney remarks that they "need to stay out of harm's way."

[[folder:Fergie]]
!!Fergie (Stand: [[ThePowerofGlass Shatter Me]])
A snooty {{Goth}} girl from a rich family. She's one of Boney's goons, and [[spoiler:was the female thief involved in the arrow heist.]]

Her Stand, [[Music/LindseyStirling Shatter Me]], can generate a crystal from its chest that dissolves into a bunch of sand floating on rising steam. Anything this sand touches turns into glass, drastically decreasing its durability and mobility.

* AxCrazy: Part of what makes her so dangerous is how inclined towards murder she is, whether you're a homeless man begging for spare change or a maid offering to make her a drink.
* BitchAlert: In her EstablishingCharacterMoment, she loudly interrupts Depeche's phone call with Lovestrong and openly judges him for his taste in swimwear.
-->"Um, eww. Someone call the fashion police. You're wearing a ''speedo?'' Yikes. You'd need to be about six inches taller and thirty pounds lighter to pull that off."
* BloodKnight: She has a strong bloodlust and loves to fight other Stand users, so much so that [[spoiler:she's disappointed when she learns Depeche does not have a Stand]]. TheStinger of Chapter 17 implies that [[spoiler:she not only killed Depeche, but slaughtered all of his maids [[ForTheEvulz just because she wanted to]].]]
* BunnyEarsLawyer: She's an apathetic and somewhat lazy goth girl, yet she manages to be one of the most intimidating characters in the story.
* ChewBubblegum: A literal example; she spits out her gum before [[spoiler:killing Depeche]].
* DarkActionGirl: Notable for being the first major villain to appear, be named, and have their Stand revealed.
* EvilWearsBlack: Fitting for a {{Goth}} DarkActionGirl.
* ExcessiveEvilEyeshadow: Pairs well with her {{Goth}} attire.
* {{Goth}}: She certainly dresses the part, with Depeche calling her a "gothy hooker." [[RichBitch Her personality, on the other hand...]]
* HiddenDepths: Despite generally being very snide and aloof towards everyone else around her, she seems to genuinely fear [[BadBoss Boney]] and doesn't talk back to him the same way she does to others.
* LoveMakesYouDumb: Boney's able to drag her back to his base by suggesting that Akira might be there.
* MookPromotion: She mentions having been "[[spoiler:demasked]]," implying she [[spoiler:was once a common Masquerader whom Boney later trusted with freedom]]. Her status as [[spoiler:one of the arrow thieves, both of which were masked]], implies this only happened soon after the story started.
* MsFanservice: She shows up in fishnets and a frilly tutu and is not afraid to show off her body. WordOfGod is that she was originally going to lean even more in this direction before scaling this aspect back a bit.
* ThePowerOfGlass: Shatter Me can turn anyone and anything into glass.
* RichBitch: She comes from wealthy parents (her father is a lawyer and her mother is a socialite), and she's ''very'' bitchy.
* UnholyMatrimony: Dating Akira.
* ValleyGirl: She's got the inflections of one, comes from a wealthy family, and is very fashion savvy, but chooses to dress in skimpy {{Goth}} style clothes rather than the bright pinks typically associated with this trope.

[[folder:Mais Bufala]]
!!Mais Bufala (Stand: Unknown)
An ex-mafioso working with the Boney and the Grand Marshal. Despite his former profession, [[FauxAffablyEvil he's surprisingly polite and reserved.]]

His Stand's name and ability are currently unknown.

* DreadlockWarrior: He's a Stand user with long, ratty dreadlocks.
* EdibleThemeNaming: His first name is Italian for corn (possibly referencing Music/{{Korn}}, doubling as MusicalThemeNaming) while his last name is the feminine word for buffalo. [[spoiler:This is the naming convention of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind part 5]], which makes sense since he's a former member of Passione]].
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears one over his right eye. It's unknown whether or not he's [[EyeScream actually missing an eye]], but he does mention that he's not used to seeing out of it.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Don't let his kindness towards his allies fool you, he has ''no'' qualms against murder so long as it's planned in advance.
* LastNameBasis: One-sided with Boney.
* {{Revenge}}: While sarcastically detailing all the "sightseeing" that they did in Italy, Boney mentions that Bufala "sat in the corner the whole time grumbling to himself about revenge."
* SkeletonMotif: He has a tattoo of a skull on his shoulder.
* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: He takes referring to him by his first name, Mais, as a sign of disrespect and insists on being called Bufala. [[{{Jerkass}} This does not stop Boney from addressing him by his first name.]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: Compared to his companions, anyway. He's genuinely respectful and kind to both Boney and Fergie (even though [[RichBitch she]] doesn't reciprocate), apologizing to the latter when he feels he's offended her and tries to offer her advice on how to be a better assassin. Contrast with Boney, who bullies and intimidates Fergie for seemingly no good reason.
* {{Turncoat}}: [[spoiler:He's a former member of Passione who has nothing positive to say about his former gang (even going as far as to say that he hopes "[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGiornoGiovanna Giovanna]] and his cronies all burn in hell") and helped Boney steal the arrow from them. Given that Giorno is still unsure about a mole in the organization by the time he finds Depeche's dead body, it's safe to assume he's unaware of Bufala's betrayal]].

!Other Characters
[[folder:Giorno Giovanna]]
!!Giorno Giovanna (Stand: [[CreatingLife Gold Experience]] [[NoSell Requiem]])
TheDon [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureGiornoGiovanna of Passione who recently had his prized arrow stolen from him.]] While recovering it is his top priority, he ends up taking a detour to make sure his consigliere's daughter is safe and sound, only to end up suspecting her as one of the thieves.

His Stand, [[Music/{{Prince}} Gold Experience]] [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Requiem]] (often shortened to just "Requiem"), has the ability to give life to inanimate objects as well as [[NoSell revert incoming attacks to zero]].

* TheDon: Maintains this spot since the end of [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind Part 5.]]
* HatesTheirParent: Not even Giorno is immune to this trope, and it shouldn't be surprising considering who [[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureDIO his father]] is. [[spoiler:He silently bemoans how disappointed he is that his dad was a vampiric monster, so much so that just hearing Polnareff bring up the possibility of Boney being a vampire in Chapter 21 puts him on edge]].
* IntroOnlyPointOfView: Giorno is the POV character for Chapter 1, "bridging the gap" between the series' canon and the fic's OCs as well as setting up Michelle's BaitAndSwitchCharacterIntro. [[spoiler:With the release of Chapter 21, this trope has been averted]].
* ThePerfectionist: WordOfGod is that he's [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/post/639592373452750848/authors-notes-chapter-1-revelations supposed to be one]].
* PoorCommunicationKills: Most of the events that take place in the fic probably could have been avoided if Giorno was upfront about who he was when he first met Michelle in the graveyard.
* SharpDressedMan: As to be expected from TheDon of Passione.
* YouDidntAsk: When he and Polnareff start betting what card of [[Literature/PurpleHazeFeedback All Along Watchtower]] will show up next, Giorno is able to win every time simply because Polnareff, being stuck inside Coco Jumbo, never bothers to ask to see the cards himself. [[spoiler:He also more maliciously uses this against Polnareff after labeling Michelle as a suspect for the arrow's theft, keeping him LockedOutOfTheLoop to make sure he never tries to interfere with the arrow's recovery for the sake of his daughter]].

[[folder:Jean-Pierre Polnareff]]
!!Jean-Pierre Polnareff (Stand (formally): [[KnightInShiningArmor Silver Chariot]] [[FreakyFridayFlip Requiem]])
[[Characters/JoJosBizarreAdventureJeanPierrePolnareff The consigliere to Passione]] and [[FanCreatedOffspring Michelle's]] father. Though he's just as worried about the stolen arrow as Giorno, the revelation that his wife is dead and his daughter is missing consistently distracts him from his work.

* TheConsigliere: He retains his role as Giorno's second in command following Literature/PurpleHazeFeedback.
* DoesntKnowTheirOwnChild: Having not seen Michelle in ten years, Polnareff doesn't know much about her, not even what her Stand can do or what its name is. He's deeply ashamed of this fact.
* JacobMarleyApparel: He still has his prosthetic legs and hole in his chest from when he died. Though he seems to have gotten HealthyInHeaven, as he's now able to walk around on his prosthetic legs just fine when he wasn't in life.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler:Giorno hides from him that Michelle is a chief suspect for the arrow's theft out of fear that [[PapaWolf Polnareff]] might intentionally steer the investigation away from her to protect his only daughter]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Initially, he refused to even tell anyone, including Giorno, about his wife and daughter for fear of them being used as hostages. Now that said wife is dead, he regrets not going back to his family sooner.
* NotoriousParent: He qualifies, being the consigliere of the Italian mafia and all.
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: The author goes out of her way to clarify that Polnareff [[ItMakesSenseInContext is a ghost living inside Mr. President and not the turtle itself]] as well as [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/post/639677878099918848/polnareffs-ghost-mechanics describe his properties.]]
-->'''[[https://edgy-ella.tumblr.com/ Edgy Ella:]]''' First of all, no, Polnareff did not become the turtle after [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind part 5]]. He is a ghost living inside the turtle room. I've had this debate multiple times and I am not opening up that bag of worms again. ''Moving on.''
* SurvivorGuilt: Something he just can't seem to shake off; he's absolutely heartbroken that he outlived (well, [[OurGhostsAreDifferent kinda]]) his wife and potentially his daughter. Looks like this trope is a case of ItRunsInTheFamily, too.

[[folder:Tangerine]]
!!Tangerine [[spoiler:Zeppeli]]
Rumor's Hamon instructor. He's not a Stand user, but he is responsible for turning Rumor into a VampireHunter.

* BraidsOfAction: Kept his hair tied back in a long, loose braid in his younger years.
* CynicalMentor: To Rumor.
* DefrostingIceKing: Age must have softened him up. He starts being extremely cold towards Rumor and routinely hits him as punishment for failure, but over the course of ten years, his punishments devolve from this into mere stern lectures. The brief dialogue the two of them have before Rumor sets off on his own is more reminiscent of a parent sad to see their child going off to college than anything else.
* FanCreatedOffspring: [[spoiler:He's [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureBattleTendency Caesar's]] nephew.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: At first. When he's introduced, he looks like a young man despite being well into his fifties, but his age catches up to him over the course of ten years.
* SinkOrSwimMentor: Taking cues from Lisa Lisa before him, he tosses Rumor into the Hell Climb Pillar when he's only ''ten years old'' and sunbathes while he waits for him to reach the top.
* SternTeacher: He starts out too physically abusive to be one, but molds into this with time.

[[folder:Lovestrong]]
!!Lovestrong
One of Depeche's goons with a talent for making phony passports.

* ALighterShadeOfGrey: He's a criminal forger who's buddy buddy with [[TheDon Depeche Mode]], but uses his skills to help refugees immigrate to other countries and genuinely cares for his family, [[KnightTemplarBigBrother even if he tends to go a bit overboard]]. Hol Horse even lampshades this in Chapter 14.
* AndThisIsFor: Delivers this to Hol Horse for sleeping with his sister ''and'' sending her postcards after leaving her.
* FantasticRacism: [[spoiler:He calls Stand users "freak shows" (to Hol Horse's face no less) and claims that the world would be a better place without them.]]
* FriendOfMaskedSelf: He's very protective of his identity and introduces himself to Michelle as Lovestrong's ''assisstant'' in Chapter 16. Even when on the phone with Depeche, [[EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether a close friend of his]], he tells him to not call him Lovestrong.
* KnightTemplarBigBrother: He doesn't take well to others hurting his sister.
* MasterForger: His specialty is producing counterfeit passports.
* MasterOfDisguise: He meets Michelle and Hol Horse in Chapter 16 while disguised as a statue. In Chapter 24, he's wearing a [[ItMakesSenseInContext horse costume]].
* {{Muggle}}: Just like Depeche Mode, Lovestrong isn't a Stand user. [[spoiler:Unlike Depeche, though, he's [[FantasticRacism outwardly disgusted by Stands and wants nothing to do with them]].]]

[[folder:Ben]]
!!Ben Luff
A timid little boy living in Illinois.

* BreakTheCutie: And ''how.'' Within the span of about five minutes, he goes from an innocent child to [[spoiler:ready to kill Boney for breaking into his house and doing ''something'' to his mother]].
* ChildrenAreInnocent: He calls his parents Mommy and Daddy and originally gets out of bed so that the former can tuck him back in after a nightmare. [[spoiler:Too bad he runs into Boney instead]].
* RedShirt: [[spoiler:It's pretty obvious this kid isn't going to last very long from the second he finds Boney in his house]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Killed by Boney in his introductory chapter]].

[[folder:Meatloaf]]
!!Meatloaf
A [[MixAndMatchCritters giant, spiderlike creature]] living inside of the Royce car wash. Its true nature remains a mystery.

* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Along with its massive tongue, Meatloaf's attitude is very doglike.
* AngryGuardDog: Played with. While it does act like a guard dog of sorts for Chicago IX, Meatloaf never tries to break into the cars that enter its carwash and overall acts friendly towards their drivers/passengers. However, Hol Horse is quick to note that it will eat ''anything'' that it can fit in its mouth, including people. [[ToServeMan One has to wonder how he'd know that.]]
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Its got the body of a spider and is about as long as Michelle is tall.
* ExtremeOmnivore: Doesn't matter what it is, if it enters the car wash and is small enough to fit in its mouth, Meatloaf will eat it. Hol Horse even feeds it a used cigarette, which Meatloaf happily slurps up.
* GiantSpider: Looks like one, anyways.
* MixAndMatchCritters: It has the body of a giant spider, the head of a bird, and the tongue and attitude of a dog.
* MultipurposeTongue: Subverted. We only ever see it use its tongue to eat things, but it acts as a living car wash, licking the cars clean of any dirt and grime.
* OverlyLongTongue: Doubles as a windshield wiper.
* RiddleForTheAges: What the heck Meatloaf ''is'' never gets answered. The story itself offers two explanations: a Stand or a chimera, both with just as much evidence to support them as much as there is to disprove it. It could even fit be one of the [[OurHomunculiAreDifferent other]] [[AlienAmongUs strange]] [[{{Yokai}} species]] found within the series. Michelle eventually decides that speculating about it is futile.
-->''Maybe Meatloaf is just Meatloaf.''
* SpitShine: How it cleans cars.

[[folder:Firework]]
!!Firework (Stand: [[{{Sizeshifter}} Puttin' on the Ritz]])
The owner and sole employee of One Size Fits All, a clothing store inside Chicago IX. He does love his job, even if he doesn't always act like it.
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His Stand, [[Music/IrvingBerlin Puttin' on the Ritz]] allows him to change the shape, size, and color of inanimate objects by injecting strings of yarn from the Stand's body into them.

* ApatheticClerk: He has the energy (or lack thereof) of one, but not the attitude.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Strangely, he's noted as having catlike eyes.
* FriendlyShopkeeper: Michelle fully expects him to be either a scam artist or an enemy Stand user looking for a fight, but he's really just a nice guy who uses his Stand to run his store. He even gives her some much needed wisdom about Stands.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeFashionable: He's like this with ''everyone.''
-->'''Firework:''' I don't care about what I wear, as long as it's comfortable. It's not like I ever get to look at myself outside of pictures and mirrors. Other people, though? I have to look at them all day long, not myself. That means that I gotta make sure everyone else looks their best.
* LazyArtist: While he is a gifted designer, he doesn't seem too interested in actually letting his customers know how One Size Fits All works or even greeting them when they enter the store.
* NiceGuy: Against all odds and suspicions. He even gives Michelle a tote bag and cardigan for free.
* PaletteSwap: Literally; Puttin' on the Ritz can change the color of objects.
* ShapeshifterBaggage: Averted. Puttin' on the Ritz has to physically inject yarn from its body into objects in order to make them bigger.
* {{Sizeshifter}}: This is mostly what Puttin' on the Ritz does, combined with TheTransmogrifier. Noteworthy is that it can only affect inanimate objects, not other people. It's how Firework makes his fortune, too; One Size Fits All sells only small, bland clothing, which Puttin' on the Ritz can turn into custom pieces tailored to fit their buyers.
* SweetTooth: As evidenced by the candy wrappers laying around his desk.
* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Chapter 32 starts with him talking to Boney, seemingly unaware of just [[TheHeavy who]] [[FeelNoPain he's]] [[ResurrectiveImmortality talking]] [[AxCrazy to]]. Michelle even notes that Boney has a Masquerader mask in his pocket during this scene. It's unknown if Boney killed or masked Firework, [[EvilAllAlong or if Firework was actually working for Boney all along]], since Michelle runs off before she can see anything happen between them]].
* UnderdressedForTheOccasion: His schlubby, torn clothes don't give Michelle the impression that he cares about fashion.

[[folder:Vice President of the Supernatural Research Department '''(ALL SPOILERS UNMARKED)''']]
!!Vice President of the Supernatural Research Department (Real name unknown) (Stand: [[LaserGuidedAmnesia The Pierces]])
[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin The vice president for the Speedwagon Foundation's Supernatural Research Department]]. Though initially loyal to the Speedwagon Foundation, she decides to quit after an incident concerning a rogue vampire that the Supernatural Research Department was tasked with detaining. She only appears in [[https://iron-touch.tumblr.com/post/746583610506739712/cassette-tape-detected-beginning-data pierces.exe_11012006]], an April Fools [[AudioPlay audio chapter]].
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Her Stand, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pierces The Pierces]], can attach itself to any piece of information, then erase that piece of information from someone's memory by eating part of their brain.

!!Vice President of the Supernatural Research Department (Real name unknown) (Stand: [[LaserGuidedAmnesia The Pierces]]

* TheRunaway: Her multiple suitcases and unwillingness to talk about her family implies that she doesn't have a home to go back to.

* AmbiguousSituation: As revealed in Chapter 26 (but foreshadowed as early as Chapter 9), [[spoiler:he can no longer control Emperor's shots like he used to. They all either fizzle out before hitting their target or start moving on their own accord, sometimes [[HoistByHisOwnPetard directly at him]]. Why this is remains to be revealed]].

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The end of Chapter 12, as told from his pespective, plays out like this.

* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler:Her aversion towards both Boney and the masks suggests some sort of PTSD]].

** Her newly bought cardigan and bathing suit are both torn to shreds during her fight against Cascada

* ForeignCussWord: See CharacterCatchphrase above.

* ClothingDamage: An incredibly mild example, but after [[spoiler:Sting's face explodes as a result of Rumor trying to remove his mask]], she gets some blood on her boots. Naturally, this causes her to panic and she resolves to burn the boots as soon as she can.

* BellyDancer: The harem pants of her outfit specifically seem to invoke this.
* BloodKnight: Downplayed. She seems less interested in combat and more interested in proving that she can use her Stand outside of dancing.