Ebony Devil

"My Stand "Ebony Devil" activates when I'm injured! And it grows more powerful the more hatred I have for my opponent!"

- Devo,

Ebony Devil (エボニーデビル（悪魔）) is the Stand of Devo the Cursed, featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders. It activates once its User is damaged and will grow in power based on the User's hatred for the attacker. The Stand will then enter a nearby physical object, such as a doll, allowing its User to control it remotely.

Appearance
Ebony Devil's base design is based on the ancient Sardinian dolls known as "bronzetti", specifically "The Warrior", a small, bronze statue. It has filiform limbs, an alien head with four eyes and two long horns. It also has two disks in front of its chest and holds a dagger in its hand.

The doll it possesses is stated by Araki to resemble an African shaman and is distinctive and primal in appearance.

Personality
Ebony Devil is operated remotely, relying on its user's sadistic personality to kill its target. The doll it possesses was inspired by from the film, as well as other horror movies. The Stand-possessed doll acts maniacal and vulgar, frequently laughing while trapping its opponent and devising new torture methods.

It represents the tarot card The Devil, which symbolizes confusion and misfortune.

Abilities
Ebony Devil is risky in that Devo must be injured by his targets first in order for the Stand to work. However, when set up, it can then ambush its victim and proves to be elusive.

Cursed Object Possession
Ebony Devil's power activates by the user's own grudge, which automatically triggers upon sustaining major damage from his intended victim.

His Stand can then possess something physical for Devo to remotely operate in order to attack, preferably a doll of his which he keeps closely as a proxy for him to use. Much like other remote Stands, Ebony Devil allows his user to manipulate the possessed doll from a safe distance and observe through its eyes. This, in combination with his prior intended injuries to activate his Stand and drop his opponent's guard, allows Devo the opportunity to attack his victim with swift ambush tactics; starting quietly and setting traps without raising suspicion, before causing as much misfortune to his victim as necessary.

One drawback to Ebony Devil is that it is physically weaker in combat against other enemy Stands. In addition, any damage to the possessed object is reflected on the user directly; when Jean Pierre Polnareff dices the doll, Devo himself was killed.

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