Goyathlay Soundman (ゴヤスリー・サウンドマン, Goyasurī Saundoman) is a tertiary ally featured in the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. He is an incarnation of the original Soundman, living in the 37th universe.
Soundman wields the Bound Dune. He is a NASA scientist, who also becomes an astronaut on the H.G. Wells spaceship under the command of Funnier Valentine.[1]
Appearance
Goyathlay Soundman is a man with an average build. His hair is light with dark streaks. He has two braids on his head as well as a short ponytail. His irises are clear.
Soundman's outfit is a dark spacesuit with long sleeves, light circular shoulder pads, and light diamond-shaped elbow pads. Various patterns are displayed on the front of his uniform: jagged tribal designs around the collar and chest area, three check mark-shaped outlines vertically along the right side of his torso, and a slithering snake inside a jagged bubble within a circle on the left side of his abdomen.
Personality
Goyathlay Soundman is a calm and quiet individual with a deep connection to his heritage and environment. He can easily grow accustomed to landscapes with sand, quickly "befriending" the sands of Mars by "listening" to them and understanding them. He is reflective and observant, analyzing threats like Narancia's Stand or Funnier Valentine's betrayal and countering them. He also offers tactical insights like suggesting that Narancia could make a giant submarine by combining his tiny ones together, which Narancia had never thought of before. Upon being betrayed by Funnier, Soundman relentlessly fights back despite being unable to see. He is loyal to his allies, protecting Pucci from Funnier before his death.[1]
Abilities
Bound
Instead of a Stand, Goyathlay Soundman wields a Bound named Dune. It possesses the ability to absorb sand from any environment and manipulate the sand into different shapes, allowing him to be invulnerable to most attacks.
History
Background
Soundman's tribe is native to the desert. One day when he was a child, his body suddenly 'understood' sand, and the sand understood him. He and his environment's sand then absorbed each other. Soundman eventually becomes a scientist and then an astronaut on the H.G. Wells spaceship.[1]
JORGE JOESTAR
When Narancia Ghirga37 tries attacking the other astronauts with his Stand U-Boat, Soundman summons Dune. Narancia punches Jorge Joestar causing Jorge's tooth to fly out toward Soundman but Dune knocks the tooth away. However, drops of blood from the tooth lands on Soundman's face. Narancia had a submarine from U-Boat hiding on the tooth and was able to transfer it onto the blood splatter on Soundman's face. U-Boat fires missiles at Soundman but Dune wraps them all in sand to contain the explosions. Narancia then tries firing missiles from within Soundman's body causing the back of Soundman's NASA suit to explode. Despite the explosion, Soundman's back is fine afterwards since his body is composed of sand.
Soundman sends his sand out of the spaceship to investigate Mars but it gets caught by a giant Eyed Balloon, causing the sand to swirl and morph on its own without Soundman's control. The Eyed Balloon then grabs their spaceship with its tentacles. Soundman decides he should exit the spaceship to listen to the sands of Mars and see if he can understand them. Funnier Valentine says he's sure Soundman can befriend Mars and then Enrico Pucci37 decides to go with Soundman as well. Funnier says they have three minutes and if they don't get back in time, he'll leave without them. They travel out of the spaceship using Narancia's U-Boat submarine. Soundman eventually succeeds in communicating with the sands of Mars and they become one with his body, developing Dune into a massive pillar of sand.
Meanwhile, Funnier had just murdered Pocoloco Tripleseven37 and attempts to assassinate Soundman as well. Funnier fires several gunshots with his Stand Rear Window but Soundman had encased his entire body with Dune's pillar of sand. Soundman enters the H. G. Wells spaceship again in less than two minutes, smashing down the ship's door. Funnier fires a barrage of gunshots again but the bullets all get absorbed by Dune's sand, while Soundman then tackles Funnier. Unable to see as his head is covered in Dune's sand, Soundman goes berserk, swinging and kicking wildly. Jorge then informs Soundman that Funnier is trying to escape in a pod.
As soon as Soundman attempts to look by moving away the sand covering his face, Funnier's Stand shoots a bullet through Soundman's forehead. Before his sand suit crumbles and he dies, Soundman manages to save Pucci's life using his sand after Funnier shoots Pucci too.[1]
Chapters
Novel Appearances- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells (1st appearance) (Death)
- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 12: Rhinoceros Beetle (Mentioned only)
- JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 16: Beyond II (Mentioned only)
Quotes
Quotes- “A submarine that can dive into the bodies of living things, but it could not escape my eyes.”—Goyathlay Soundman, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
- “Strictly speaking, my Dune is almost certainly not a Stand, but... Once it gets far enough from my body, it becomes ordinary sand again.”—Goyathlay Soundman, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
- “I'll go listen to the sands of Mars, and understand them.”—Goyathlay Soundman, JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells
Gallery
Soundman among other astronauts in JORGE JOESTAR
With his Bound
Goyathlay Soundman and Dune
Surprised
Soundman fighting Funnier Valentine
Soundman's death
2020 Artwork
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 JORGE JOESTAR Chapter 10: H.G. Wells