Egypt

SPOILER WARNING: Part 3-6 spoiler details may follow.

Egypt (エジプト, Ejiputo) is a location featured primarily in the third part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Stardust Crusaders, and recurs in flashbacks in the fourth, fifth, and sixth parts, Diamond is Unbreakable, Vento Aureo, and Stone Ocean. It is where DIO was hiding until the Joestar Group became aware of his revival and sought out to destroy him.

Summary

Egypt is a large country in the northeast corner of Africa and part of Asia that is connected to the Middle East by the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Red Sea to the east, Sudan to the south, and Libya to the west. It has an approximate area of 1,010,000 km² as well as a population of just over 100 million people. The country is a popular tourist desitnation, comprising of many famous landmarks such as the Nile, Pyrmids of Giza, the Great Sphinx, the Valley of the Kings, and many locations important to Christianity and Islam.

History

Background

Muhammad Avdol was born into the country in the 1960s as a natural-born Stand user. Eventually, Avdol would meet Joseph Joestar, who would tell him stories of the vampire Dio Brando.

Iggy the Stray Dog

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The information below derives from Iggy the Stray Dog which was not written by Araki. As such, it may not be considered canon.

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In 1967, the Six-Day War took place in the country. Avdol's father was sent to fight in the war, where he was killed, and Avdol's mother was killed by a Palestinian militia which had launched a mass shooting in Cairo, leaving him an orphan.

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In 1983 Dio, now known as DIO, would have his casket rediscovered off of the coast of northern Africa, resetting him free into the world.

"Solido Naso" sells the Arrows to Enya

Sometime in the year 1986 a secretive young man under the alias Solido Naso found some buried supernatural arrows during an archaeological excavation of the country that he sold to an old woman named Enya Geil, but kept one for himself. Enya would go on to give the arrows to her master DIO which she would use to awaken his Stand The World and the other Joestar Stands.

DIO would set up Egypt as his main base of operations in the heart of the country, Cairo. He obtained a mansion where he would meet with and give orders to his followers, including having several consultations with Enrico Pucci.

Two years later in July of 1988, DIO went to search for Avdol, who fled upon recognizing him from Joseph's stories. Then in August of the same year, he encounters Noriaki Kakyoin who is on vacation in the country, and brainwashes him into going after Jotaro Kujo.

Stardust Crusaders

After Joseph takes a spirit photograph of DIO, Star Platinum's superhuman eyesight detected a fly native to Egypt which Avdol recognizes. Upon determining that DIO is located in Egypt, Joesph, Avdol, Jotaro, and Kakyoin all board a plane to the country to face him. Their plane is attacked by the Stand Tower of Gray and ultimately crashes, forcing them to resume their journey to the country on land.

N'Doul stalks the group after arriving in Egypt

Eventually, the group arrives in the country after their encounter with High Priestess only to be informed of nine more Stand Users loyal to DIO. They rendezvous with two Speedwagon Foundation representatives in a helicopter who give them a new ally in the form of a dog, Iggy. Later, the two Foundation representatives are attacked by N'Doul's Geb and crash their helicopter, and the Crusaders find their crash. They are perplexed by Geb's attack, but Jotaro uses Iggy to discover N'Doul's location. He tries to interrogate him into telling him about DIO, but N'Doul kills himself knowing that Joseph's Hermit Purple can read minds.

Later a young boy named Boingo is approached by a Japanese mangaka tourist. The tourist offers to give Boingo various things in exchange for the comic book he's reading but gets scared off when the boy's older brother Oingo approaches. These two brothers go on to attempt to sabotage Jotaro, Joseph, and Polnareff but are inadvertently incapacitated.

Along the Nile

The group resumes their search for DIO along the Nile River, where Polnareff gets separated from the rest. He encounters a young man named Chaka who is currently possed by the sword Stand Anubis. Polnareff wins a duel against him and takes the sword for himself and reunites with the rest. When Polareff and Jotaro go to a barber a man named Khan gets possessed by the sword two and fights them. Then Polnareff gets possessed too, and Jotaro must carefully defeat him. Anubis is defeated by being thrown into the Nile.

Joseph and Avdol struggle to go after Mariah

After a little more travel, Joseph is electrocuted by a strange outlet and begins attracting metallic objects. After an almost fatal incident on the escalator in the hotel, they're staying at he finds Mariah, the Stand user who is causing him to be magnetic. He informs Avdol of this, only to find he too is also magnetized. The two must go after Mariah but get stuck together because of their magnetization. She has all her bones broken when Joseph and Avdol surround her and cause their magnetic bodies to crush her.

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Polnareff is turned back into a child by Alessi

Meanwhile Polnareff is turned back into a kid by Alessi and his Stand Sethan. He tries to find Jotaro, but because he also lost his memories as an adult he doesn't recognize him. A woman named Malèna helps take care of the child Polnareff, but Alessi finds them and reduces her back into a fetus. After outsmarting Alessi even as a child, he is retired by Jotaro who manages to beat him even after being turned into a kid too.

Getting desperate to find DIO, the Crusaders ask around at a bar in front of the pyramids if anyone has seen the building in one of Joseph's spirit photographs. One man claims to know where the building is, but will only tell them if they win a bet against him. Polnareff takes the bet but loses, the man's Stand takes Polnareff's soul for losing and he reveals his name as D'Arby. Now knowing that he's a Stand user, the rest of the Crusaders take him one until Jotaro tries to get him to tell him the secret of DIO's Stand. D'Arby is incapacitated under the pressure knowing that if he betrays DIO he will be killed.

Aswan

As the Joestar Group makes its way to Cairo, a previous foe, Hol Horse reports to Dio Brando about the defeats of Mariah and Alessi. Though Hol Horse attempts to kill DIO, he cowers in fear of his power and swears his loyalty once again. This time, Hol Horse takes with him a new companion Boingo and believes his Stand's ability to foretell the future will give him the upper-hand. Through a number of coincidences and accidents fortold by Tohth's predictions, Hol Horse nearly succeeds but due to a misunderstanding of the pages, Emperor's bullets ricochet back at him. The Joestar Group treks onward.

In Cairo

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Final Battle with DIO

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Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak

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The information below derives from Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak or its novelization Crazy Heartbreakers which were not written by Araki. As such, it may not be considered canon.

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Hol Horse and Boingo find out they have to go to Morioh

In March of 1999, around ten years after DIO's death, Kenny G. still uses his Stand to disguise DIO's Mansion and makes it a safe haven for DIO's former minions where he, Mariah, Oingo, and Boingo still live. As Hol Horse goes to reunite with them and tries to find allies to help him find Pet Sounds at the request of an elderly lady, he is attacked by Mariah. After their fight Boing uses Thoth to find out that the parrot he is looking for is in a Japanese town called Morioh. Hol Horse and Boingo both leave to go to Morioh.

Later, Josuke and Oingo are sent to a memory of Egypt by Petsounds's Stand where Josuke expirences the pain of being killed by Pet Shop and DIO.

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Steel Ball Run

The country is home to Steel Ball Run competitor Urmd Avdul, who crosses the Sahara Desert on camel-back three times anually.

Locations

During the events of Stardust Crusaders many cities in the country are visited by the Joestar Group, usullay situated along the Nile River. These cities include Aswan, Kom Ombo, Luxor, and the capital city Cairo. This section requires expansion.

Iggy Meeting PlaceAswanKom Ombo TempleEdfuLuxor

Iggy Meeting Place

MangaAnime

Manga Debut: Chapter 183: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 1
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 25: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 1

A desert area where two Speedwagon Foundation employees drop of Iggy and the group is later ambused by N'Doul's Stand Geb.
In the anime the group takes a commemorative photograph here.

Aswan

MangaAnime

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Manga Debut: Chapter 189: "Khnum" Oingo and "Tohth" Boingo, Part 1
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 26: "The Fool" Iggy and "Geb" N'Doul, Part 2

A city in Egypt located along the Nile where Oingo and Boingo attempt to sabotage Jotaro, Jospeh, and Polnareff. Notable buildings include a cafe where the brothers try to poison the heroes, another cafe that Polnareff accidentally sets on fire with a still lit cigarette and a hospital where Kakyoin and Avdol were treated.

Kom Ombo Temple

MangaAnime

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Manga Debut: Chapter 193: Anubis, Part 1
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 28: Anubis, Part 1

A temple located along the Nile where Chaka possessed by the Stand Anubis confronts Polnareff and duels him. Some pillars of the temple are destroyed by their attacks. Joseph uses the area to demonstrate how their enemies could attack them from any angle.

Edfu

MangaAnime

Manga Debut: Chapter 195: Anubis, Part 3
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 28: Anubis, Part 1

A city located near Kom Ombo that contains a hotel and a barber shop run by Khan. It is here that Polanreff has his second encouter with Anbis alongside Jotaro. Eventually Anubis is accidently thrown into the nearby Nile River and is left to rust.

Luxor

MangaAnime

Manga Debut: Chapter 199: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 1
Anime Debut: Stardust Crusaders Episode 30: "Bastet" Mariah, Part 1

A city famous for the Valley of the Kings, where many pharaohs have been buried. Many of the denizens dig under their homes to find potentially hidden treasures. It is notable for being where Mariah attacks Joseph and Avdol, as well as where Alessi tries to take on Polnareff.

Residents

Residents of Egypt

Muhammad Avdol

Chaka

Chaka's Father

Friends of Chaka's Father

Khan

Young Anubis Wielder

Caravan Serai

Malèna

Dealer Boy

Cairo Informant

Dog-loving Boy

Wilson Phillips

U.S. Senator

Marble Store Clerk

Urmd Avdul

Guide Boy

CDDH

Plant Watering Guy

CDDH

Video Games

In All-Star Battle, its remaster, Eyes of Heaven, and Last Survivor the capital city of Cairo, appears as a selectable stage in various forms.

All-Star Battle

Cairo Streets stage in All-Star Battle

• Stage Hazard: Wilson Phillips's car drives through the players on DIO's orders.
• Situation Finish: The loser is sent flying and crashing into a water tower, recreating Noriaki Kakyoin's death.

Eyes of Heaven

Cairo Street Rooftops stage in Eyes of Heaven

• Stage Hazard: Players knocked into the neon "AIR" sign will cause the individual letters to malfunction and fall forward, dealing additional damage to the victim and electrocuting anybody in range.
• Situation Finish: Loser is sent crashing into a water tower, recreating Kakyoin's death scene. If Kakyoin himself is the victim, the manga panel showing his death appears, and his body is left there for the rest of the match.

Last Survivor

Cairo was announced as the second stage in Last Survivor on November 24, 2020 and was released on December 16th of the same year. Unlike Morioh, the Cairo stage is significantly smaller and only has one possible area to play in.

All-Star Battle R

Cairo Overpass stage in All-Star Battle R

A new Cairo Overpass stage was added, originally being a story-mode exclusive stage in Eyes of Heaven.

• Stage Hazard: After briefly stopping time, DIO throws a barrage of knives at the combatants.
• Situation Finish: Time stops and a road roller lands on the loser.

(Neither the Stage Hazard nor the Situation Finish will occur if DIO is one of the combatants.)

Gallery

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  Map in the manga

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  Map on Chapter 183 Cover

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  Chapter 211 Cover

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  Map of Cairo on Chapter 222 Cover

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  Outline of the Crusaders' journey

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  Map in the anime

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  The Sphinx in front of a pyramid

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  The Nile River

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  D'Arby's bar by the Pyramids

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  Skyline of Cairo

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  Cairo Streets in All-Star Battle

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  Cairo Rooftops in Eyes of Heaven

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  Cairo Overpass from Eyes of Heaven in All-Star Battle R

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  Map of Cairo from Last Survivor

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  The Sphinx and two pyramids

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  Skyline of Cairo

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  Nighttime Skyline

Notes

Hirohiko Araki, on a scouting trip to Egypt, thought that all the people around him were suspicious which partially inspired the idea of Stands and the main setting of Part 3.

Trivia

• DIO making Egypt his main base of operation may be inspired by the James Ronnie Dio song Egypt (The Chains Are On).