Phantom Blood | Battle Tendency | Steel Ball Run | Stardust Crusaders | A Gentleman, A Thief, A King, and A Hero | Diamond is Unbreakable | Golden Wind | Stone Ocean | Spirit Tracks (Joestar Faction, Ainz Ooal Gown Faction, Unity Faction) | Jojolion (77th Class, 78th Class, 79th Class, New Meridian Residents) | Phantom Thief Joker (Zodiac Assassins, Inaba Villains, Joker's Targets) | Cruel Angel's Thesis | Stars Are Eternal | Phantom Thieves Origins
Unity Faction
Barbro Ield Ryle Vaiself
Stand: Motley Crew
Starlight's brother and first prince of Re-Estize.
His Stand, Motley Crew
, is named after the metal band Mötley Crüe. It allows him to create copies of people from the past, which can repeat a single action that the original has done.
- Adaptational Badass: He's much more competent and slightly more cunning than his canon counterpart.
- Adaptational Expansion: He gets a lot more screentime than in canon.
- Big Bad: He's this for the entire story. Good for him, that's a lot more than he got in his home series.
- Breaking Old Trends: He's the first Big Bad in the series with no ties whatsoever to DIO (while the story still has that connection, it's because Momonga and his faction were once DIO's followers).
- The Cameo: He briefly shows up during Stars Are Eternal, having broken out of prison and now seeking revenge on George's family.
- De-power: George uses Hamon to shut down Barbro's Stand and render it dormant rather than outright killing him.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He dotes on his daughter Burrow, despite her being illigitimate.
- History Repeats: Like all major villains in this series, his Stand has an element of time manipulation to it. In this case, his Stand copies a person, then that copy repeats a single action taken by the original. And he can do this multiple times with anyone, including himself.
- Meaningless Villain Victory: He manages to reach the other side of the portal to the Main Verse... Only to find himself in the middle of Greenland, miles from civilization. Oh, and George and Gyro have just caught up with him.
- Not Worth Killing: After his defeat, he's spared from execution so that he can't escape from his misery.
- Spared by the Adaptation: He does live through the end of the story. Not that he gets to enjoy it...
- Took a Level in Badass: He managed to find the time to train his Stand while in prison. By the time of Stars Are Eternal (which takes place five years after Spirit Tracks) he's able control the copies to the point that they maintain their color and can actually speak.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: He thought Shinji Ikari of all people was the weakest of the Joestar clan. In reality, one could argue he's one of the strongest.
- He was also under the impression that Shinji was a direct blood relative of George. In actuality Shinji's connection to the Joestar clan is purely marital, being a cousin to Josuke since their mothers are sisters. Though to be fair, Shinji's tattoo is a perfect replica of the Joestar family birthmark.
Marquis Boullope
Stand: Midnight Train
A member of the Six Great Nobles and Barbro's right-hand man.
His Stand, Midnight Train, is named after the song "Don't Stop Believin'" by Journey. Essentially the Evil Counterpart of Ticket to Ride, this Stand functions and acts in much the same way.
- Breaking Old Trends: Most Stands' Musical Theme Naming is named after at least a partial song title or even an alteration of a band name. But Boullope's Stand gets its name from the song lyrics. (~He took the midnight train going anywhere...~)
- Cover-Blowing Superpower: During the Battle of Katze Plains, he flees one of Offspring's monstrosities... By using his Stand. With multiple Stand users at the battle, his identity as the one behind the demon train is exposed and he's forced to flee Re-Estize in exile.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: Instead of getting stomped on by an Eldritch Abomination, he dies when his Stand winds up destroyed.
- Evil Counterpart: Midnight Train is effectively this for Ticket to Ride, Hekkeran's Stand.
- The Heavy: Barbro is the one in charge, but for the most part, Boullope and his "demon train" are the ones who drive the plot (no pun intended).
- Revealing Cover Up: As part of the plan to dismantle the Spirit Tracks, he had a particular book removed from the royal library on the grounds that it was old and musty. However, the book was very much pristine despite being thousands of years old, King Ramposa gave strict orders to never remove it, and the book actually plays a vital role in maintaining the flow of magic through the Spirit Tracks. Needless to say, George and Gyro immediately get suspicious of Boullope's motives.
- Senseless Sacrifice: He gives up his life to buy time for Barbro to reach the Main Verse. But not only does Barbro find out the portal comes out into a frozen wasteland (there is civilization, but he's miles away from it and the Earth is huge) but he's later captured by George and Gyro.
Clementine
Stand: Throat Full of Glass
The infamous Adventurer Killer, hired by the Unity Faction to guard the Forest Temple.
Her Stand, Throat Full of Glass, is named after a song by Combichrist. It is named as such due to its effect of dealing damage to a target without them feeling pain, with the affected person coughing up blood (the only sign that someone's been affected), as if their throat was lacerated.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: Instead of being crushed to death, she's bisected and then (in a very satisfying turn of events) stabbed in the head by glass shards courtesy of Ninya.
- Feels No Pain: What makes her Stand so terrifying is that it can cause this in a target, damaging them without them feeling any pain.
- Fragile Speedster: She's normally too fast to hit, but if you catch her standing still, she proves to be very easy to damage.
- Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: As Momonga notes, her trophy collection of adventurer plates is largely that of copper rank. She's still dangerous, especially with her Stand, but nothing the heroes can't overcome.
- Psycho for Hire: Twice over. Khajiit had hired her for a job of his own (which would have involved kidnapping Nfirea like canon), then both of them got hired by either Barbro or Boullope to keep people away from the Forest Temple. And of course, Clementine is a sadistic killer who loves to target adventurers.
Khajiit Dale Badantel
Stand: Day of the Dead
A necromancer who was hired by the Unity Faction to guard the Forest Temple.
His Stand, Day of the Dead, is named after a song by Hollywood Undead. It allows Khajiit the ability to create undead, which he can also store within a pocket dimension for later use.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: Instead of being fried by lightning, he's aged to death by Gyro.
- Evil Old Folks: He's an old man who practices necromancy for nefarious jobs.
- Kryptonite Is Everywhere: It was his bad luck that he wound up in a fight with two Hamon users. Granted, he expected numbers to be in his favor, but the rest of the heroes tipped the odds against him.
- The Minion Master: With his Stand, Khajiit can create undead from any corpse.
- Treasure Chest Cavity: Day of the Dead can transport undead inside a compartment in its chest.
Kaire
Stand: Calling All the Monsters
A member of the Unity Faction tasked with gathering monsters for Barbro to copy with his Stand. She was also meant to guard the Marine Temple, but was instead encountered at the Forest Temple.
Her Stand, Calling All the Monsters is named after a song by China Anne McClain. It can control any non-human being, with the caveat being it can only control one of each creature type, and should its control be removed from said creature, it cannot be controlled again.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: Here she's killed by George impaling her throat with his fingernails.
- It Only Works Once: She can only control a single instance of any type of monster, and only once.
- Evil Old Folks: She's at least as old as Khajiit, and is a devoted member of the Unity Faction.
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: By the time she takes control of Shalltear, Barbro already had enough monsters that he could use Motley Crew to patrol the temples, leaving Kaire as expendable.
Stagnox
Stand: The Beetle
A former member of the Red Eye tribe of lizardmen, exiled for supporting their former chieftain.
His Stand, The Beetle, is named after the British band The Beatles. It takes the form of a suit based on the rhino beetle, granting its user the proportionate strength and durability of the insect, as well as the ability to fly and secrete a poisonous mist.
- Adaptational Species Change: Unlike the beetle boss from The Legend of Zelda: Spirit Tracks, Stagnox is a lizardman. His Stand makes him look like a beetle, however.
- Cannibalism: He backed the previous chieftain of the Red Eye tribe in spite of him making use of this to solve a food shortage. When said chieftain was killed for his barbarism, Stagnox was exiled.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He turns out to be Crusch Lulu's brother, and his last thoughts show he cared for her in spite of her albinism.
- Flight: His Stand has wings that allow him to fly whenever needed.
- Japanese Beetle Brothers: A rare coincidental variant. His Stand takes the form of a rhino beetle, while in the main universe Sadao's Stand has elements of a stag beetle.
- Load-Bearing Boss: His life force was keeping the magic well of the Forest Temple closed. When he's killed, it allows the well to flow freely to restore part of the Spirit Tracks.
- Nigh-Invulnerability: His Stand doesn't have an A in durability for nothing. He's able to tank almost anything the heroes can throw at him. Luckily it's not indestructible, and the heroes eventually start smashing their way through.
- Poisonous Person: His Stand exudes a deadly poison to discourage enemies from getting close to him.
Dahlman
Stand: Baha Men
A court jester and assassin for the Unity Faction. One of the guards at the Snow Temple.
His Stand, Baha Men, is named after the music group Baha Men. With it, Dahlman is able to bend and contort himself in ways far beyond what the average human is capable of.
- Beware the Silly Ones: As a jester he's naturally madcap, but he's not one to be underestimated. He manages to floor the entire team before Zaryusu simply froze him solid.
- Boom, Headshot!: George finishes him off with a fingernail right through his brain.
- Grievous Harm with a Body: His own in fact. A favorite tactic of his is to take full advantage of the range of movement his Stand gives him to fold himself into a large cube and launch himself into a target.
- Logical Weakness: He can't properly use his Stand if he can't even move, so entrapping him in any way is an effective method of beating him. He's also immune to blunt weapons, but piercing weapons work just fine.
- Monster Clown: A jester who doubles as an assassin. The only thing that makes him different from the Joker is that he only kills when ordered to.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: The "Dahl" in his name is a reference to Roald Dahl.
Count Lytton
Stand: Jingo Jungle
One of the Six Great Nobles and a secret member of the Unity Faction. He's one of the guards at the Snow Temple.
His Stand, Jingo Jungle, is named after a song by MYTH & ROID. It acts as a rifle unit, capable of maintaining a stream of fire that won't stop unless Lytton orders it to.
- Expy: His Stand is noted to have a similar setup to Nobunaga Oda's famous triple-line rifle unit.
- Irony: Starlight notes that Barbro and Boullope would think nothing of it should she decide to kill Lytton. And yet he's not killed after his fight in order to discredit the Noble Faction as part of the conspiracy to dismantle the Spirit Tracks.
- Logical Weakness: Jingo Jungle has perfect forward point defense, but that leaves Lytton very vulnerable should anything be able to flank him.
- Oh, Crap!: When he sees Zaryusu sending an ice stream to freeze him from behind, he instinctively calls out for it to stop... Then realizes he inadvertently deactivated his Stand, leaving him wide open.
Fraaz
Stand: Hot Night in a Cold Town
A high elf king who works with the Unity Faction as the main guard of the Snow Temple. He also happens to be the father of Zesshi.
His Stand, Hot Night in a Cold Town, is named after a song by Steppenwolf. It takes the form of two differently colored flames, one red and one blue, and gives Fraaz control over hot and cold temperatures respectively.
- Adaptational Species Change: His Zelda counterpart resembles a Bokoblin. Here he's a high elf.
- Always Someone Better: He admits that the ice generated by Cold Wind Blows is actually colder than his Cold Town. Presumably, the same would hold true for St. Elmo's Fire versus his Hot Night.
- Ambiguous Situation: It's never stated whether he raped Tolkien or merely seduced her. All that's known is that he only saw her as a breeding woman.
- An Ice Person: His "Cold Town" is a blue flame that emits intense cold.
- Load-Bearing Boss: His life force is what was sealing the magic well of the Snow Temple. His death allows the seal to be undone and connect the Snow Temple to the Spirit Tracks.
- Logical Weakness: The two aspects of his Stand can be countered by the opposite temperature extreme (ice for the Hot Night and fire for the Cold Town).
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: His intense attacks on the team (trying to forcibly adopt Aura and Mare) actually pushes Shasryu to awaken his own Stand, allowing him and Zaryusu to perfectly counter Fraaz's Stand.
- Playing with Fire: His "Hot Night" is a red flame that emits intense heat.
- Screw You, Elves!: It's implied that he intends this for his own race by working with the Unity Faction. It's ultimately turned against him when he's killed by Shasuryu and Zaryusu.
Se-Ese
Stand: Imagine Dragons
A dancer working for the Unity Faction. She's one of the guards at the Marine Temple.
Her Stand, Imagine Dragons, is named after the pop band Imagine Dragons. It can conjure three serpentine dragons, with each dragon being able to breath fire, ice and lightning.
- Bedlah Babe: She's described as being dressed as a dancer, and given how Overlord (2012) depicts dancers, especially Se-Ese's sister Edstrom, it's safe to assume this is her normal attire.
- Revenge: Averted. Though she was hoping she would bump into her sister's killer during the course of her duty, she's only attacking the Joestar Faction because it's her job.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: Not as obvious as some of the others, but she's named after C. S. Lewis.
- You Killed My Father: Subverted. She was thinking one of the Joestar Faction might be the person who killed her sister Edstrom. That was actually Sebas, who is actually a servant of the Ainz Faction.
Burrow
Stand: Daddy's Home
A little girl who for some reason is guarding a floor on the Marine Temple. It turns out she's actually Barbro's illigetimate daughter.
Her Stand, Daddy's Home, is named after a song by JT Music. With it, Burrow is able to summon a giant armored warrior that boasts strong durability and physical power, as well as possessing a powerful industrial drill as its primary weapon.
- Expy: Her Stand has a lot of similarities to the Big Daddies, fitting since her Stand is named after a rap tribute to Bioshock 2. George even lampshades it when he first sees the Stand.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: Once Daddy's Home is taken out, Burrow does the smart thing and runs for it.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: She's named after Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- Troubling Unchildlike Behavior: Not only does she relish the idea of hurting the heroes, she's fully compliant in her father's scheme which has the potential to threaten the entire alter verse.
- Would Not Hurt A Child: Enforced by her Stand, but the team in general is more interested in just capturing her to find out who her father is.
Anderson
Stand: Sons of Plunder
An infamous dread pirate, hired by the Unity Faction to guard the Marine Temple.
His Stand, Sons of Plunder, is named after a song by Disturbed. Its primary ability is to generate shockwaves made of gold, with the power of the waves varying based on Anderson's wealth.
- Greed: He fights strictly for money, always demanding half his payment up front so he can power up his Stand.
- Logical Weakness: Rather than kill him outright, the team has him arrested for his numerous crimes in order to freeze his assets, leaving his Stand too weak to free him.
- Money for Nothing: Justified in that he needs to maintain a certain amount of wealth in order to power his Stand.
- Pirate: Definitely a Type 1, if the fact that he's known as the "Dread Pirate" Anderson is anything to go by. Plus he doesn't have any qualms accepting a contract from the villains of the story.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: He's named after Hans Christian Andersen.
Applegate
Stand: Circus
A female mercenary hired by the Unity Faction and wife of Anderson, she guards the Marine Temple just one floor above him.
Her Stand, Circus, is named after a song by Britney Spears. It manifests as a massive cannon capable of launching powerful explosives that explode like fireworks.
- Glass Cannon: Her Stand is actually described as such by George. The fireworks it shoots off are powerful, but it has no defensive capabilities.
- Happily Married: Implied to be this with Anderson, since she thanks the Joestar team for not killing him.
- Ocular Gushers: When she gets outmatched in the long-range department, she cries literal waterfalls trying to run from the Joestar team.
- Self-Disposing Villain: The heroes don't really defeat her per se. She just randomly runs face-first into Gagaran's outstretched fist and knocks herself out.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: She's named after K. A. Applegate.
Barker
Stand: Shadow World
An undead servant of the Unity Faction who stands guard in the Marine Temple.
His Stand, Shadow World, is named after a song by Shihoko Hirata. As its name suggests, this Stand is capable of covering the entire area around Barker in a thick layer of shadow.
- Logical Weakness: Subverted. Light can pierce through the pitch black of his Stand's effect, but it can't dispel it, and is only good for seeing a short distance.
- Nothing Is Scarier: His Stand covers an entire area in darkness, leaving victims unable to know where he might attack from. Of course, George and Gyro are able to track him using Hamon, and it's even easier since he's an undead.
- Off with His Head!: Gyro is able to kill him by removing his head with a Sendo Wave Kick.
- Revenant Zombie: Barker appears to be this sort of undead, likely from the Katze Plains.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: He's named after Clive Barker.
Phytops
Stand: The Vines
The leader of the Slane Theocracy's Afterlife Scripture, and secretly a member of the Unity Faction keeping the Marine Temple sealed.
His Stand, The Vines, is named after the rock band The Vines. As suggested by its name, this Stand manifests as a group of enormous thorny vines that possess great strength, as well as the ability to lob spheres of poison.
- Adaptational Species Change: From a plant monster to a human mage.
- Fantastic Recruitment Drive: His Afterlife Scripture was tasked with finding and creating adventurers, most of whom have Martial Arts, magic, or even Stands. Sometimes all three.
- Impaled with Extreme Prejudice: Holly and Tolkien work together to hit Phytops with one of his own thorns.
- Insane Troll Logic: He's convinced the Spirit Tracks are a bad thing, just by how quickly the world turns to war without them.
- Load-Bearing Boss: His life force was being used to keep the magic well of the Marine Temple sealed. Once he's dead, it pops open and further empowers the Spirit Tracks.
- Logical Weakness: His vines are just as vulnerable to things like fire or ice as any plant would be.
- Poisonous Person: The thorns on his Stand can launch poison blobs.
Count Femel
Stand: Simple Plan
A member of the nobility in Baharuth, and one of the few who had enough money to maintain his position in the face of Emperor Jircniv's reforms. He's also an agent for the Unity Faction.
His Stand, Simple Plan, is named after the rock band Simple Plan. A rather apt name for a Stand like this, as it allows Femel to know and create the best course of action for any venture that is simple in execution.
- Boring, but Practical: His Stand shows him the simplest, easiest method to accomplish a goal. And more often than not, it won't be a flashy method.
- Fatal Flaw: Because his plans are designed to be simple yet effective, he tends to put all his eggs in one basket. This goes horribly wrong for him when he dumps all his fortune into hiring workers to send off to Nazarick. Only one team comes back (and it happens to be Foresight, who are with the Joestar Faction) and speak of the horrors of the tomb. Since Femel was counting on the treasure of the tomb to recoup his expenditure, he finds himself completely at the emperor's (non-existent) mercy.
- Logical Weakness: His Stand can only give him insight based on what information he has. He relies on a thorough spy network to insure he gets the most information, but it is still possible to outsmart him if he doesn't have enough information to let him know what his enemies are planning.
- Non-Action Guy: His Stand is no good for combat and he has no other fighting abilities. Instead he's more the planner of the Unity Faction.
- Off with His Head!: Once he's arrested by Jircniv, he's sent to the executioner's blade. Jircniv then offers the head to Nazarick as "resources".
- Smug Snake: He's so self-assured of the schemes his Stand offers him that he doesn't think he can fail. This ultimately proves to be his undoing.
- The Unfought: The only member of the Unity Faction not fought by the heroes. Instead he's routed by Jircniv and executed as a traitor to the empire.
Rothfuss
Stand: Drowning Pool
An old man who serves the Unity Faction. He's positioned to guard the Mountain Temple.
His Stand, Drowning Pool, is named after the band Drowning Pool. It appears as a wall of water that can surround Rothfuss's enemies, after which he can have it either collapse and crush or drown his targets, or attack them a number of other ways.
- Kill It with Water: As his Stand's name suggests, he can either leave a victim to die or make the whirlpool collapse and crush them.
- Logical Weakness: The water can be affected by things like electricity and heat. Rothfuss is defeated when Starlight uses fire magic to boil the water, Zaryusu freezes the water in place, and finally George and Gyro send an electrical Hamon charge through what's left.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: He's named after Patrick Rothfuss.
Pratchett
Stand: Crimson Rain
Part of the Unity Faction's squad in the Mountain Temple, with intentions on "saving" Roble from the beastmen rebellion.
His Stand, Crimson Rain, is named after a song by Ox. It takes the form of a blob of red rust, incapable of wearing down materials. Despite this though, its malleable nature means Pratchett can control and use it in a variety of other ways.
- Boring, but Practical: His Stand is just a shapeshifting blob of rust-like material. He can still be a potent threat if he keeps his focus.
- Irony: His Stand looks like rust, but it can't be used to wear down any material.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: He's named after Terry Pratchett
Abercrombie
Stand: Notes From the Underground
A middle-aged mercenary recruited by the Unity Faction to stand guard in the Mountain Temple.
His Stand, Notes From the Underground, is named after an album by Hollywood Undead. It can create and control pieces of paper, which can be turned into whatever Abercrombie can think of such as blades, bindings, and so on.
- Bait-and-Switch: When he sees Starlight conjuring a whirlpool, he thinks she's trying to render his paper useless by soaking it. She's actually intending to drown him.
- Bottomless Magazines: He doesn't just manipulate paper, his Stand can actually create paper from thin air.
- Logical Weakness: While the papers he controls are immune to slashing and are waterproof, they can still be burned up by fire.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: He's named after Joe Abercrombie.
Weis Hickman
Stand: Twisted Transistor
An alchemist who sides with the Unity Faction. He was practicing deep in the Moutain Temple while acting as one of its guards.
His Stand, Twisted Transistor, is named after a song by Korn. It can generate electricity through his nervous system, allowing him to launch lightning bolts.
- The Hermit: He's been sequestered in the Mountain Temple for a long time, to the point where he's unaware of what's been going on with the rest of the Unity Faction.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: His first name comes from Margaret Weis, while his last name comes from Tracy Hickman.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: He was under the impression that the Joestar Faction were paladins from Roble. He gets a rude awakening when they display Stand power (few in Roble possess Stands).
Sanderson
Stand: Blade With No Name
An assassin hired by the Unity Faction to guard the Mountain Temple.
His Stand, Blade With No Name, is named after a song by JT Music. It takes the form of a short sword that renders Sanderson untraceable to all senses.
- Cool Sword: His Stand's physical form is an ornate short sword. One which can hide him from physical senses.
- Flash Step: If his Stand should fail, he can rely on his inhuman reflexes to disappear from sight and attack from behind.
- Irony: His Stand lets him act as a near perfect assassin due to being able to hide from sight, but Tiana kills him when he's not paying attention to her.
- Shout-Out Theme Naming: He's named after Brandon Sanderson.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Any supernatural kind of tracking can bypass his Stand's ability, especially Hamon.
Cragma
Stand: Deep Tracks
A dwarven miner siding with the Unity Faction in exchange for getting the chance to mine the sacred mountain where the Mountain Temple is located.
His Stand, Deep Tracks, is named after the radio station Deep Tracks. With this Stand, Cragma can create mining tracks that come equipped with mine carts that can collect any valuable ores, which Cragma can then manipulate at will, so long as it doesn't touch the ground.
- Adaptational Species Change: From a cycloptic rock monster to a dwarven miner.
- Extra-ore-dinary: In addition to being able to shift around dirt and rock, Deep Tracks is able to control metal ore that it collects, so long as it doesn't touch the ground.
- Gory Discretion Shot: As soon as he hits the magma after George's final attack, everyone averts their eyes, grateful he's far too injured to scream.
- Load-Bearing Boss: His life force was keeping the magic well of the Mountain Temple sealed. It pops open once he dies.
- Our Dwarves Are All the Same: At the very least, he's shown to be a miner and carries around an axe for combat.
- Too Dumb to Live: Even if the Mountain Temple wasn't a sacred site, it's an active volcano. George points out that too much of Cragma's mining would cause it to erupt, ruining his claim and possibly killing him.
Yaldabaoth
A demon who serves the Unity Faction, spearheading the attack on Roble.
- Dirty Coward: He prefers to cut and run when a battle isn't going his way.
- Explain, Explain... Oh, Crap!: As he reports to Barbro and Boullope about the fight between Buser and Ulbert, and how after winning Buser kept getting more irritable and questioning Yaldabaoth's authority, the demon realizes something important.Yaldabaoth: "That man was a Stand user, wasn't he?"
- Irony: He was prevented from killing the Holy Queen by Demiurge, the very demon who killed her in canon.
- Out of Continues: He was given a spell that would allow him to instantly teleport away from a dangerous situation. But it only had so many casts, and once they ran out, he was a sitting duck.
- Suspiciously Similar Substitute: He fills a role that Demiurge did in canon, the only difference being he never successfully kills Calca.
Skeldritch
Stand: Cleaning Out My Closet
A vampiric cult leader who serves the Unity Faction. He is the sole guardian of the Desert Temple.
His Stand, Cleaning Out My Closet, is named after the song "Cleanin' Out My Closet" by Eminem. Taking the form of a giant skeleton coated in armor, it creates a miniature desert within a limited area upon activation, and with the sand made by this effect, it can generate and launch massive boulders.
- Adaptational Species Change: From a skeletal tower to a stone mask vampire.
- Climax Boss: His death leads to the restoration of the Spirit Tracks, leaving the only problem remaining being dealing with Barbro and the remnants of the Unity Faction.
- Dem Bones: Cleaning Out My Closet looks like an armored skeleton.
- Dishing Out Dirt: His Stand can conjure giant boulders from its massive volume of sand.
- Explaining Your Powers to the Enemy: When the team manages to break off a piece of Cleaning Out My Closet's armor, Skeldritch brags that it won't be vulnerable even in the spot that was broken unless all six of its armor pieces are destroyed. Cue the team proceeding to do just that, smugly thanking the vampire for the tip.
- Load-Bearing Boss: He was guarding the final magic well in the Desert Temple with his own life force. Once he's dead, the Spirit Tracks become successfully restored.
- Logical Weakness: While sand can absorb water, it doesn't take long for wet sand to clump together, so Starlight simply inhibits the artificial desert with an infinite supply of water.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Since he's supposed to act like he used his own spores to brainwash the missing Stand users from the main verse, he thinks it will be easy as he believes his enemies are the sort to rush in without observing an enemy. When the Joestar Faction hears this, they all glare at Gagaran, who had nearly rushed in to fight Skeldritch before being stopped.
