Darius Brando

"Boat Guy" (Orlando Kincaid)

“Bastard” (Dario Brando II)

Karia (Wife)

Damian Brando (Son)

Ethyl Brando (Sister)

Emmie M. (Sister)

Bruno M. (Brother)

Bonnie M. (Sister)

Rigel “Kalimera” Brando (Brother)

Draco Ignis (Brother)

Dario Brando II (Brother)

Giorno Giovanna (Brother)

Shabh (Friend/Brother in Law)

Thunderstruck (First Lieutenant)

Arden Presley (Enemy)

Jotaro Kujo (Enemy)

Eijiro Otoishi (Enemy)

> If you still want to fight... we can fight. I have been at this for 22 years and I am now SO close to exacting my revenge. Go ahead! Try and stop me! Just know that I am not some weakling bound by mortal concepts! I am HATE. I am ETERNAL! I AM DIVINE WRATH! I AM THE SON OF DIO! I AM… DARIUS BRANDO!!!
>
> - Darius Brando

Darius Brando, otherwise known as the Holy Devil, is a major antagonist and supporting character in the JJSSAA Community.

After being found by Dio Brando and his chimeras in Windknight's Lot, Darius was set on the path of becoming an heir to everything Dio was. When he was reunited with his father in 1984, he was set even further on that path, but he gained a few emotional attachments and some new family members along the way, such as the blind fortune teller, Karia. When DIO was finally killed and the manor was set ablaze, Darius swore revenge and would be a nightmare for The Joestars, The Speedwagon Foundation and anyone who’d get in his way.

Darius leads the Shadow Troupe, an elite unit of 6 stand users that he put together to hunt traitors and enforce his father’s will. This very same unit would eventually back Darius up in his crusade for vengeance.

## Appearance

Darius has donned several attires, but he most notably has worn dark purple robes, several suits with purple trenchcoats and 3 sets of armor. However, his most iconic appearances are his purple priest robes with an inverted cross on the front, and his purple and gold royal armor with a fur collar, black cape, inverted cross, and a purple robe underneath it all

Due to being a pillarman, Darius also has dark skin, red eyes and a horn on his forehead, however when matched with his black mane, he’s instantly recognizable.

While he cannot truly age, 10 years after the events of Part 3, he does grow a goatee and stubble, while also gaining some bags under his eyes.

## Personality

Darius is what you’d expect from a child of DIO. He is merciless, wrathful and cunning, which always ensure that he is one step ahead of the enemy and if he’s not, it’ll help him get revenge. However unlike his father, he’s not completely charismatic, nor is he a an expert at social interaction.

Darius’s most recognizable traits are his intolerance to betrayal, ruthlessness, and absolute pride in his family. He was taken in by Dio and raised by his surviving chimeras after the battle at Wind Knights Lot, so this pride comes from the belief that his family stands above mortal men. This pride also means he believes that there are great expectations for himself and his kin, meaning that he believes that he has to be ruthless to his enemies. However this ruthless can extend to allies if they betray or fail him.

Despite being one of the most ruthless of DIO’s children, Darius isn’t hostile all the time, nor is he a complete monster like his father. Darius believes in taking matters into his own hands, so long as it will benefit his family and the world that he desires to belong to them. He has a soft spot for family, mostly being raised with the belief that family is important, meaning that any form betrayal from his kin or the thought of his kin going through some big turmoil will not sit well with him, but it won’t be enough to make him kill any family members. He also has respect towards servants that he believes are both effective, trustworthy and worth being called comrades, as seen with Thunderstruck and Shabh. This respect can also extend to those who intrigue him, a famous example of this are the first few years of his relationship with his beloved, Karia.

## Abilities

### Stand

**Crimson Wind** - A strong, but slow stand that can reverse time for 10 seconds, but it tires out the stand as a result.

**Crimson Wind Requiem** - Crimson Wind Requeim is able to cheat fate by skipping time for 20 seconds, however extent of its power is unknown.

### Natural Abilities

**Super Strength -** Grants strength beyond that of a normal man.

**Advanced Agility -** Grants superhuman reflexes.

**Absorption -** Abosrbs prey by just touching them or shoving them into the body.

**Body Manipulation -** Allows body to alter itself at will.

**Blood Drain -** Drains the blood of prey in order to heal from major wounds.

**Flash Freeze Technique -** The users blood temperature is lowered so hamon users could freeze whenever they touch the user.

**Mode: Mask of Hatred -** Darius grows in size and his right arm becomes a huge claw. His strength, speed and durability are increased in this form by a lot. However he is controlled by his rage in this state.

## Relationships

**DIO Brando** is Darius’s adoptive father. Since Darius was the “First Child”, it would make sense why DIO has a good relationship with him, despite being separated from him for a century. DIO gives Darius almost as much authority as he has, even allowing the pillar to maim specific lower servants for failure as a taste of what could happen to them. Darius loves and respects his father a lot, mostly for taking him in and genuinely treating him as his own. However despite the fact that DIO loves Darius, he still believes that his son isn’t as cold hearted or in control of his emotions as he wants him to be and sees those traits as both strengths and major weaknesses. This belief that Darius was held back by emotions caused his spirit to use a piece of itself to corrupt Darius in 2011.

**Marya** is a chimera who acts as a retainer and mother figure to Darius. Darius has had her by his side for a long time and as a result he trusted her a lot and Marya saw him as her own child, which in turn caused Darius to see her as a mother figure.

**Karia** is a special case and Darius’s beloved. The two met in 1986, while Karia was playing a game of checkers with a few people, which led Darius joining in and losing to her multiple times. They’re relationship began as a friendship, before evolving into love and Karia is in fact the only romanitc interest Darius has ever had and one of the few people that he respects, yet disagrees with sometimes. Still, he’s willing to lay down his life for her if needed.

**Shabh** is the brother of Karia, a member of the Shadow Troupe and someone who cares a lot about his kin. Darius respects Shabh a lot due to his willingness to protect his sister and his desire to be strong enough to do so, but Darius sees that Shabh prefers to avoid conflict unless it is necessary or if there is an advantage, especially if said conflict leads to something as dark as genocide. As a result, Darius doesn’t send him out to handle a lot of bloody missions.

**Thunderstruck** is the member of the Troupe that Darius sees as an extremely valuable asset and trustworthy ally, due to not only being a shapeshifting stand that is skilled at espionage, but he’s also very brilliant being. Thunderstruck created human replicas, patchwork soldier and monstrous, pillar inspired creatures known as Tryrants.

**Krollo Besithia and Aeleus Infernium** are two very loyal members of the Troupe, who act as very enforcers, positions given to them by Darius himself, after they proved themselve in their own ways.

Sasori Ljime/Steppenwolf is a literal monster and someone that Darius helped save from death. Steppenwolf respects Darius for “freeing” him, however Darius sees the killer as a very good distraction, a very welcome addition to his cause and someone who’d remain loyal so long as he gets to kill people.

**Ehtyl Brando** is the sibiling that Darius is closest. He loves her a lot, but because of her goodness, christian beliefs and attachments to a small portion of the servants, he has to hide a lot of his work from her out of fear of her hating him, creating a strained relationship in the process. Still he’d put his life on the line for her and would give her a life of royalty, even if she doesn’t desire it.

Emmie M.**,** Bonnie M. and Bruno M. are three more siblings that Darius has a strained relationship with, mostly due to him beating one of their retainers for failure and thanks to being separated from them, after the manor burned down. Still, he tried to act like an older brother, even if it was in an awkward way or a “bad guy” way. He even handed Emmie a requiem arrow so she could be strong enough to get some form of payback against someone she she despised. He’s not a good influence, but he doesn’t wantn to cause them harm.

**Darla Brando** is a complicated case when it comes to Darius’s sibling relationships. She isn’t too fond of him and he slightly felt betrayed by her, but he doesn’t see her as one of the “disgraces” of the Brando bloodline, so they’re on neutral terms, until Darius decides to hatch a scheme.

Arden Presley is the Jester of Death and the SPW’s Mercenary, someone who’s tangled with Darius a lot. At first Darius viewed the clown as an annoyance, before realizing the threat capacity that he had, after he trapped him inside of his own exploding base. As a result, Darius ended up respecting Arden for his persistence and would always try to make sure that the clown doesn’t nearly kill him again.

Jotaro Kujo is a member of the Joestar Family, so Darius already hated him, but this hatred grew worse when Jotaro killed DIO. As a result, Jotaro became the object of Darius’s vengeance and he promised would suffer.

Umbra Presley/013 is the successful result of Thunderstruck trying to clone Arden Presley in 1992. However, she went rouge and ran off on her own, making Darius realize that an unstable bio weapon wouldn’t be a controllable one. An uncontrollable weapon is just a mad dog begging to be put down to him, so he doesn’t care much.

Eijiro Otoishi was originally the brother of Akira Otoishi, a Christian boy and a very big annoyance for Darius. That was until he was murdered by someone, who sent the video and the boys soul to him. Darius used these remains to alter Eijiro into a gullible and extremely loyal chimera named Karito.

Noriaki Kakyoin was a high schooler who was brought in by DIO and joined the crusaders, thus Darius despised him in life. However as a zombie, the pillar only saw him as a tool for his vengeance own. (More to be added on this)

**Draco Ignis, Kalimera and Aturo** are the disgraces of the Brando bloodline in Darius’s eyes and he absolutely despises them. The feeling is mutual.

**Dario Brando II** is a greedy and cowardly clone of DIO, the son who wanted all of DIO’s fortune and the person who tried using Karia for ransom, which made him one of the children of DIO that Darius actually HATES. Darius despised him so much that he put the fear of GOD into him, after Dario had attempted t murder him.

Joseph Rivera may be an SPW member and its current grandmaster, but Darius doesn’t have anything personal against him. He’s just in his way.

## Trivia

* One of Darius’s primary inspirations was Sephiroth, thus the anti-christ aesthetic.
* Meruem was the main inspiration for Darius’s curiosity and a slight inspiration for other aspects of his character.
* When you look at Dio in Phantom Blood, you’ll see how much Darius parallels his father.
* The community has memed him to death as karma for evil actions.
* Darius was originally going to be a OC exclusive to part 3, before evolving into a main antagonist at other points in the timeline.
* His yacht has been memed to death on this wiki.
* Darius’s birth name is Youalyotl.
* Darius’s favorite songs are Ave Maria and Lacrimosa