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“
Ce masque démoniaque m'a donné ses pouvoirs inimaginables
”

Les Masques de Pierre (石仮面, Ishi Kamen) sont des anciens mais puissants artefacts qui apparaissent dans les deux premières parties de JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Phantom Blood et Battle Tendency. Ils étaient introduits parmi un culte Vampirique caché dans la civilisation Aztèque.

Servant de décoration dans le manoir de la Famille Joestar pour George Joestar I, un des ses masques est utilisé par Dio Brando pour se transformer en Vampire acquérant une force surhumaine et l'immortalité.

Dans la partie 2, on révèle que c'était Cars qui a créé les masques de pierre pour donner à sa race la possibilité de dompter le soleil.

Apparence

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Des inscriptions à l'arrière du masque

Un masque de pierre conventionnel à une apparence vaguement humanoïde avec des trous pour les yeux aux angles aigus. Il est décoré avec un nez et des lèvres de pierre sur lesquelles on peut distinguer une paire de crocs. Le nez se développe en crête qui s'enroule en spirale au niveau de la droite du front.

Le masque de pierre de George Joestar I avait quelque lignes dans une langue inconnue écrite à l'arrière de masque.[1] La plupart des masques montrés dans l'histoire sont aussi usés et craquelés, probablement dû à leur âge.

Le masque modifié de Cars possédait un interstice spécifique sur le front pour y placer le Super Aja.

Histoire

Passé

Les Masques de Pierres furent créés par Cars, qui voulait "dompter le soleil". Ils lui ont permis de devenir plus puissant, mais Cars ne pouvait toujours pas résister au soleil. Après avoir tué toute son espèce sauf AC/DC, Wham et Santana, Cars est parti du continent américain pour chercher une Super Aja, laissant Santana derrière avec plusieurs masques.

Entre les 12e et 16e siècles, une tribu d'Aztèques conduisait des sacrifices humains avec le Masque de Pierre, tuant des femmes pour devenir des Vampires. La tribu a été exterminée et les Masques de Pierres ont disparu.

Durant le 19e siècle, un Masque de Pierre a été excavé d'une ruine aztèque par une équipe archéologique menée par le père de Will Anthonio Zeppeli. Durant le retour sur leur bateau, le père a utilisé le masque et massacré l'équipage. Son fils Will a presque été tué mais le soleil a désintégré le père au dernier moment. Le Masque a disparu dans l'océan.

The same mask eventually lands itself in the possession of the English aristocrat, Mary Joestar, who had purchased it from a London art dealer during her travels.[2][3] After her death, the mask is retrieved by her husband, George Joestar I, who mounted it on a wall in his family home.

Phantom Blood

The Mask later becomes the subject of research by Jonathan Joestar during his studies as an archaeologist, who is unable to understand its purpose and is only able to come up with speculative theories.

These theories attracted the morbid curiosity of Dio Brando, who believed it to have been an execution device that he could attempt to use on Jonathan. After testing it on another human, he realizes that it transforms them into vampires.

When Dio's crimes were exposed, he stabbed George and used his blood to activate the Mask on himself. This transformed Dio into a vampire, enabling him to further torment both Jonathan and his descendants.

Battle Tendency

In Part 2, a collection of Stone Masks surround the sites of the Pillar Men's slumber; both with Santana in Mexico, and with Wamuu, Esidisi and Kars in Rome.

It is revealed that Kars is the original creator of the Stone Masks. He intended to use them to give himself and/or his race the ability to withstand sunlight, only to discover that the Mask's tendrils were unable to push their brains further, due to their immortal bodies.[4] Theorizing that he required greater power to strengthen the Mask, he designed a modified version meant to be combined with the Red Stone of Aja. Kars kept this version of the Mask with him during his long search for the Stone, eventually succeeding in combining the artifacts and becoming the Ultimate Being. This Mask was destroyed after Kars' transformation.

Purple Haze Feedback

The information below derives from a source not written by Araki. As such, it may or may not be considered canon.

The Sezione Droghe decides to retrieve a Stone Mask found in an old Nazi bunker to power up Massimo Volpe. Giorno orders Cannolo Murolo to destroy it as part of Passione's agreement with the Speedwagon Foundation, and Murolo succeeds in doing so.

Mechanisms

Vampire Creation

Blood activating the tendrils of the Stone Mask

The Stone Mask is triggered when it is touched by blood. It then extends tendrils of stone from its edges, piercing the wearer's skull and brain. The tendrils are meant to find and trigger certain precise points of the brain; the process is described as being similar to acupuncture.

The Mask's wearer is then released from the constraints of natural limitation, gaining immense strength and other abilities. This vampirism process has been shown to work at least on humans and horses. The process produces a brief flash of light.[5]

According to Robert E. O. Speedwagon, humans who wear the mask can jump 5 to 8 meters, can punch with a 2000–4000 kg/cm2 force, and their leg strength triples.[6] However, the process simultaneously renders the body "dead" (in a sense) or unable to contain life, giving them a weakness to direct sunlight or the Ripple. This collection of effects designates the wearer as a Vampire.

Pillar Men

Stone Mask with the Red Stone

Pillar Men who wear the mask are given the ability to manipulate their bodies and near-invincibility, but require even more energy from other living creatures to sustain themselves. Using this augmented form, Kars was able to wipe out his entire clan.[7]

To unlock further power, Kars created a modified Stone Mask which, when fitted with the Red Stone of Aja, had the ability to pierce a Pillar Man's skull completely. This Mask is triggered by exposure to intense light, such as the UV beams released by the Nazis' anti-vampire weaponry.

In this case, the Mask unleashes a retrograde effect, in which Pillar Men are completely immune to the Sun, gain the ability to use the Ripple; and transform their bodies on a cellular level into any creature (preexisting and new, conceivably). The Mask itself is destroyed in the process, likely due to the immense amounts of power emitted by the Red Stone.

It is unknown what effects would occur if a human, or a vampire, were to wear the Aja-enhanced Stone Mask.

Galerie

Détail

  • Un chapitre supplémentaire de Steel Ball Run suggère que les masques sont une méthode pour acquérir un Stand[8].
  • En tant que l'un des artefacts les plus célèbres de la série, le masque de pierre apparaît dans plusieurs jeux
  • Le masque apparaît dans la série Castlevania (quelque fois sous le nom de masque de jade), lequel est utilisé dans des rituels anciens selon les descriptions d'objets.

Références

  1. ↑ Chapter 3: Dio Brando the Invader, Part 2
  2. ↑ Chapter 6: A Letter from the Past, Part 1
  3. ↑ JoJo 6251, p.105
  4. ↑ Chapter 76: Ripple Teacher Lisa Lisa (6)
  5. ↑ Chapter 10, The Stone Mask Part 3
  6. ↑ Chapter 53: The Pillar Man
  7. ↑ Chapter 112: The Man Who Became a God
  8. ↑ Steel Ball Run Extra Chapter 3: Untitled Stand Chapter

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