Demidevil

Demidevil is the Stand of Zura Grattachecca in Fate of Zephyr.

## Appearance

Demidevil resembles a humanoid child wearing an orange dress and white ankle socks with diamond covered daisies as eyes. Small blue horns sit near the crown of the head and pink blush covers much of its face. Despite having functioning arms and legs, the Stand prefers to use its six blue floor-length pigtails to perform its mobility tasks.

When used on herself, Zura prefers to turn her nails into sharp claws made of her choice of precious stone. Her personal choice is the blue diamond

## Personality

Demidevil rarely shows personality, beyond a slight whine that would register if Zura is feeling exhausted or injured. However, its Stand cry resembles manic laughter.

Zura often reacts using Demidevil by retracting diamond-like claws from her nails as a means of threatening her opponents, going as far as nicking them before the other sides give in. When Zura feels threatened or unsafe, the nails will unconsciously start retracting.

## Ability

On touch, Demidevil can turn any non-organic or unliving solid matter into a precious stone of the user's choice; Zura's personal favorite is the blue diamond. These stones range from various types of diamonds, rubies, emeralds and sapphires, as well as pearls and jades. When transformed, the matter retains its shape and its properties are exactly like the stone it resembles and can transform itself back into its original matter if the user wants. The effects cannot work on liquid, gas, or organic material. In terms of the last part, turning any organic matter into a precious stone by Demidevil will cause the area that had been transformed to slowly die off. While reverting back the matter will not reverse the dying effect, it can be used to temporarily preserve dying matter or temporarily suture wounds to stop bleeding until necessary medical attention is taken. Depending on the type of stone, the work needed to transform matter may vary and cause the user to deplete in energy.

Demidevil can turn the user's fingernails into sharp, retractable claws of any precious stone, and the claws could be used for close range attacks by the user. Regardless of stone, the claws have the potential to puncture human flesh or even deflect items if used carefully. These claws can grow and shrink, depending on the user's preferences, although longer claws are more brittle. This was seen when her nails were broken off by Salata Mista during their scuffle.

Due to its ability to become precious stone, it can be traded at the same value of the stone, and is indistinguishable from the real stone itself. Breaking the item, however, will cause the matter to revert back to its original self, which can be a concern if a weaker stone is what it was transformed into.

## Trivia

* Demidevil, like Zura, came from a redesign of an original character Azzura "Azzy" Grattachecca.
* While some Stands and their users in The Hitman Team have musical references the La Squadra character that they are based off, Zura is one of the few to not use a musical reference that references Ghiaccio. Zura's Stand, however, fits Ghiaccio's personality instead.
* The design of Demidevil is heavily based on the cover art of the song "Daisy" prior to *DEMIDEVIL*'s official release.
* The reasoning behind Zura's blue diamond preference is biological and chemical. The appearance of a blue diamond comes from the element boron contaminating the diamond structure to create its known blue color. Coincidentally, boron is commonly accumulated in the body the most at the nails.
* The claw nails and its retractability are in reference to Resident Evil 8: Village antagonist Lady Dimitrescu. However, Zura's nails can only extend so far compared to Lady Dimitrescu due to their size differences.

## References

* > Lady Dimitrescu's claw nails: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzITvFCZrJA
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"Daisy" cover art. Inspiration of Demidevil's appearance.