King Crimson

"It is only the results that remain in this world! All the actions you take in a world where time is erased are meaningless!"

- Diavolo

King Crimson (キング・クリムゾン), sometimes shortened to K. Crimson (Ｋ・クリムゾン), is the Stand of Diavolo, featured in the fifth part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Vento Aureo.

It grants Diavolo the ability to erase time for up to ten seconds as well as see into the future using its sub-ability, Epitaph (エピタフ (墓碑銘)). The Stand can also be used by Diavolo's second-in-command, Vinegar Doppio, should the boss allow it.

Appearance
King Crimson is a humanoid Stand of a height and build similar to Diavolo's, but tends to look much bigger and taller. Its body is covered by a raised diagonal grid; save for its face, neck, shoulder guards, elbows, hands, abdomen, crotch, knees and feet.

Its eyes comprise sharp orifices of a steep inward slant; from which emerge small, round eyes without sclera, with pronounced eye sockets that have the same fragmented pupils that Diavolo himself has. Its crown is flat and from its forehead emerges a raised level that bears a smaller, oval face of the same expression. In earlier depictions, there were two raised levels. It constantly bares its teeth through a small mouth.

The aforementioned second face on King Crimson's forehead is named Epitaph, and is sometimes duplicated in the same position on Doppio's forehead. Epitaph presents itself as a bump on the forehead featuring eyes and a mouth constantly grinding its teeth, often mimicking King Crimson's current mood.

Its design is inspired by the character George/Kuato, from the 1990 science fiction film , a mutated human with a smaller twin brother conjoined in his belly.

Personality
King Crimson embodies Diavolo's personality in its entirety, as he frequently speaks through his stand. Aside from that, its face frequently possesses an angry or irritated expression, though on rare occasions, it also shows a maniacal grin when certain events fall in Diavolo's favor, such as when he gets his hands on the Arrow.

Abilities
"Once anyone witnesses King Crimson...as of that moment..they no longer exist in this world."

- Diavolo

King Crimson is one of the most impressive Stands featured in the series. Both physically strong and possessing the ability to erase time and predict the future, King Crimson is described as invincible against all other Stands whose powers do not affect time.

King Crimson is a powerful Close-ranged Stand able to punch through people's bodies or cleave them in a single chop with significant ease. Unlike other Close-ranged Stands, King Crimson attacks using swift single attacks that are almost always fatal, rather than quick barrages. Examples include completely obliterating a fortune teller's upper body in a single punch and throwing a pair of scissors with such strength that they completely severed Risotto Nero's right foot, among multiple other occasions where it effortlessly severed and rived body parts (especially limbs). It also managed to destroy a large wall with a single punch. Its feats of strength and speed are comparable to Star Platinum and The World.

Much like other Close-Range Stands, its weaknesses are poor effective range (about 2–3 meters ) and permanence, making it difficult for its User to hide their identity against multiple foes.

Epitaph
Epitaph (エピタフ (墓碑銘)) is a sub-Stand that assists and completes King Crimson's time erasure.

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Trivia

 * Much like DIO's "Time is frozen"/"And time resumes", Diavolo has his own phrases to go along with King Crimson's abilities: "Time has been erased" (時間は吹っ飛ばした.) for when he activates the ability and "Time, resume!" (時よ再始動しろ.) for when he deactivates it.
 * All the JoJo video games that include Diavolo as a playable or in-game character have a different interpretation of his power:
 * In GioGio's Bizarre Adventure, time being erased is shown by having the opponent's actions slowed down, while Diavolo moves at normal speed, a mechanic similar to how Made in Heaven's time acceleration is portrayed.
 * In All Star Battle, it acts similar to The World - through a number of abilities, Diavolo creates an erased time space (a special ability simply referred to as "Erasing Time") in which he is free to move about and the opponent is unable to take action. After a certain amount of time has passed, or as soon as Diavolo initiates an attack or ability, the spell is broken. King Crimson also acts as his dash and Epitaph can be activated to allow Diavolo automatic Stylish Dodging without depleting his Guard Gauge.
 * In Eyes of Heaven, Diavolo becomes invincible as well as invisible to his opponents within the erased time, causing him to gradually lose stamina. Other characters can still move and act normally but are otherwise ignorant to Diavolo's location. Furthermore, the Epitaph ability Diavolo had in All Star Battle allowing him to dodge instantly after getting attacked returns in the form of a skill (assigned to the Square button).


 * The anime adaptation portrays King Crimson's time-skip ability with a glitched effect, as if the animation itself has corrupted and skipped forward.
 * Concept art featured in the JOJOVELLER "History" booklet includes an early design of King Crimson, which lacks Epitaph (but still has the bump on its forehead where Epitaph would normally be) and has a facial structure appearing to be based off of a human skull, as well as what appears to be a hood (possibly inspired by the classical figure of Death).