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“
The gun is mightier than the sword!
”
—Hol Horse, Chapter 142: Emperor and Hanged Man, Part 3

Emperor (エンペラー（皇帝）, Enperā) is the Stand of Hol Horse, featured in the third part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders.

The Stand takes the form of a gun that the user can summon into his hand, allowing him to shoot his foes with controllable bullets.

It represents the Tarot card The Emperor, which symbolizes order and control.

Appearance

The Emperor Appearance.png
The Emperor

Emperor is a Stand in the form of an elaborate, impractical-looking revolver with some futuristic elements. A metal frame covers the long barrel, under which is positioned a cylinder with no apparent use, as it is not connected to the barrel. It has no sight, and a large sphere is embedded in the metal frame between the hammer and the barrel.

Hol Horse summons it directly into his hand. Araki comments that its design is that of a revolver combined with an automatic pistol.[2]

Color Schemes

The series is known for alternating colors between media, the information presented below may or may not be canon.
Colored MangaOVAAnimeSFC GameCapcom FightersAll-Star BattleEyes of Heaven
Gun(Steel Blue)
Gun(Varying shades of Gold)
Grip Panel(White)
Gun(Gun-metal Gray)
Gun(Bronze)
(Default)
Gun(Silver)
Grip Panel(Wooden Brown)

(w/ Boingo)

Gun(Gun-metal Gray)
Grip Panel(Wooden Brown)
Gun(Silver tinted-cyan)
Gun(Silver)

Abilities

As a gun Stand, Emperor functions as a weapon for Hol Horse. Due to its straightforward nature, Hol Horse must compensate through cooperation with allies to gain the upper hand.

Homing Bullets

Hol Horse controls the trajectory of the bullets

The characteristic and most dangerous aspect of Emperor is its ability to freely control the trajectory of its bullets, as they are also a part of the Stand.[3] Hol Horse is able to control the bullets with enough precision that he was able to circle Silver Chariot's sword with no lag time,[3] do a U-turn,[3] and have them navigate through a narrow conduit without seeing them.[4]

However, since they are still part of Emperor, the bullets are still subject to limited range; although having a better-than-average range for a Close-Range Stand, Emperor's effectiveness still drops rapidly as the bullets reach the limits of that range.[5]

Point-Blank Summon

One of the lesser properties of Emperor is that Hol Horse summons it directly in his hand. It allows him to perform sneak attacks[6] and in a contest of summoning speed, Hol Horse is able to attack first.[7]

Chapters / Episodes

Book Icon.png Manga Appearances
Chapters in order of appearance
Part 3Spin-Off
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Episodes in order of appearance
Part 3OVA
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Chapters in order of appearance
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Gallery

MangaAnimeOVASpin-offGamesMerchandiseCardsOther
StoryChapter CoversVolume Covers
StoryDesign SheetsPromotional Art
  • Hol Horse and Emperor Model Sheet

    Hol Horse and Emperor Model Sheet

  • HMV Bonus Acrylic Stand Vol 1-6

    HMV Bonus Acrylic Stand Vol 1-6

  • Stardust Crusaders Chara-pos Collection

    Stardust Crusaders Chara-pos Collection

  • Colored Concept art

    Colored Concept art

  • Summoned by Hol Horse to shoot a snake (Ep. 4)

    Summoned by Hol Horse to shoot a snake (Ep. 4)

  • Killing the snake

    Killing the snake

  • Firing at Polnareff

    Firing at Polnareff

  • Silver Chariot trying to cut the bullet, but it changes trajectory

    Silver Chariot trying to cut the bullet, but it changes trajectory

  • Bullet brisk past Kakyoin's head and smashes a building (Ep. 5)

    Bullet brisk past Kakyoin's head and smashes a building (Ep. 5)

  • Ready and pointed at DIO (Ep. 6)

    Ready and pointed at DIO (Ep. 6)

  • Shoots at DIO, but he disappears

    Shoots at DIO, but he disappears

  • Justice forcing Hol Horse to turn his gun on himself

    Justice forcing Hol Horse to turn his gun on himself

  • Emperor in his mouth, about to fire

    Emperor in his mouth, about to fire

  • ADVENTURE. 5 DVD/VHS Clean cover

    ADVENTURE. 5 DVD/VHS Clean cover

StoryChapter CoversUltra Jump CoversOther
  • Hol Horse summons Emperor

    Hol Horse summons Emperor

  • Hol Horse firing Emperor

    Hol Horse firing Emperor

SFCCapcom FightersASBASBREoHPPPLSOther
JoJo's VentureHeritage for the FuturePSX
  • Venture Emperor Tarot.png
Hol HorseHol Horse & Boingo
  • HFTF Hol Horse 1.png
  • HFTF Hol Horse 2.png
  • HFTF Hol Horse 8.png
  • HFTF Hol Horse 9.png
  • HFTF Hol Horse 11.png
  • HFTF Hol Horse 12.png
  • HFTF Hoingo 1.png
  • HFTF Hoingo 2.png
  • HFTF Hoingo 7.png
  • HFTF Hoingo 8.png
  • HFTF Hoingo 10.png
  • HFTF Hoingo 11.png
  • PSXHolFiresAtPolnareff.png
  • Character Design

    Character Design

  • Render, All-Star Battle

    Render, All-Star Battle

  • Emperor in Hol Horse's GHA

    Emperor in Hol Horse's GHA

  • Emperor's alternate colors

    Emperor's alternate colors

  • Firing from a distance

    Firing from a distance

  • Hol Horse firing Emperor

    Hol Horse firing Emperor

  • Emperor

    Emperor

  • Emperor render in Eyes of Heaven

    Emperor render in Eyes of Heaven

  • Emperor in Hol Horse Normal

    Emperor in Hol Horse Normal

  • Stand-up Icon

    Stand-up Icon

  • Win Pose

    Win Pose

FigurinesClothingOther
Adventure Battle CardCrusadeWeiß Schwarz

Trivia

  • Araki came up with the idea of Emperor by thinking that it'd be novel to have a gun instantly appear in a user's hand, rather than having to draw it from a holster.[2]
  • Araki named Emperor as a reason he discarded the idea of having Hol Horse join the main characters, claiming that he failed to establish any meaningful limitations for the Stand, which would make it difficult to write around in a fight. He specifically cited Hol Horse's lack of need to reload, an explicit weakness placed on later gun-user Guido Mista.[8]

References

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