Magician's Red
Magician's Red (魔術師の赤（マジシャンズレッド）, Majishanzu Reddo) is the Stand of Muhammad Avdol featured in Part III: Stardust Crusaders.
Appearance/Personality
Magician's Red appears as a red humanoid figure with the head of a great eagle and fur-covered legs. Its design is inspired by the renegade god, Horus, from Enki Bilal's Nikopol Trilogy.[1] Its abilities all involve the manipulation of fire. Mohammed Avdol was born with this Stand and learned to control its power. It has never shown any personality and is based on the first card in the Major Arcana tarot deck, The Magician, which represents the beginning of something.
Abilities
Magician's Red is a fiery Stand, meaning it manipulates fire. Even though its flames are different from natural fire, it needs an open space to use its power to the fullest (just like ordinary fire, which needs oxygen to spread). It can, however, work in closed spaces too, but in a less-effective way.
- Flame Manipulation: This fiery Stand can also be remotely controlled and generates intense flames capable of melting steel within moments. The fire is hot enough to have evaporated metal projectiles in mid-air and sliced through railroad tracks. It also has more nuanced uses, As Avdol can manipulate it without restraints.
- Crossfire Hurricane (クロスファイヤーハリケーン, Kurosu Faiyā Harikēn): Magician's Red can fire a few salvos of the Crossfire Hurricane, a spectacular signature move that sends forth ankhs of flame in a great storm.
- There is also a variation simply called "Crossfire" in the Capcom fighting game, where a single flame ankh is shot out as a projectile.
- "Cross Fire Variation" enables Avdol to be able to manipulate the direction/trajectory of his flame ankhs.
- Crossfire Hurricane Special (C・F・H・S (クロスファイヤーハリケーンスペシャル), Kurosu Faiyā Harikēn Supesharu): One variation of the Crossfire Hurricane, which splits the ankhs to cover a wider area.
- Red Bind (赤い荒縄(レッドバインド), Reddo Baindo, lit. "Red Rough Rope"): Magician's Red can use his flame to tie his opponent, like a rope. With this, Avdol is even capable of imprisoning his enemy's arms and legs to the wall, as well as his neck. By putting a flame too close to the opponent's face, it eventually burns the oxygen around him to the point of suffocating him.
- Life Detector: Magician's Red can produce a "heat radar", a cruciform mass of psychic flame which flicker in response to enemy presence, indicating the location of his heat source based on a compass rose.
Trivia
- The name of Magician's Red's attack, Crossfire Hurricane, comes from a line in the Rolling Stones' song "Jumpin' Jack Flash".
- Originally, Magician's Red was barefooted, but during Avdol's return, it wore arabic shoes.
Gallery
Crossfire Hurricane Special
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Magician's Red as seen in the 1993 OVA
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Magician's Red in the 2003 OVA
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Magician's Red Action-figure
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Magician's Red as it appears in All-Star Battle
References
- ↑ Artbook: JOJOVELLER
