Romeo Valentino

For as soon as Starman predicts your future... it ceases to exist.

Romeo was one of two main villains during Part 3 Crimson Abyss. He was the villain for the Granville story arc and acted as a teacher there so that he could obtain the Imagine pendant which rested under Granville without drawing much suspicion.

## Appearance

Romeo is a very good looking man with dark red hair and dark green eyes. He normally wears suits.

## Personality

Romeo is a very intelligent and calculated man. He has a passion for learning and knowledge. However he is also a very cruel man, and cares only for the strong. Those who are stronger than him will always have his respect, while those who are weaker will receive nothing but his disdain and manipulation. He is also not one to be merciful, and is willing to kill any who get in his way without hesitation, even children. Finally is his pride. Romeo considers himself to be above the common man in both intelligence and power, and as such feels it is beneath him to be forced to exert any kind of effort in battle, and he is often enraged when an opponent that he sees as lesser is able to wound him or challenge him in any meaningful way.

## Stand Ability

### **Future Strike:**

Starman has the ability to attack someone’s future. When Starman’s ability is activated time comes to a complete stop. Unlike other time stopping abilities even Starman’s user cannot move within stopped time. Instead the user is able to see the future, specifically the future of those around him, approximately 3 actions ahead of where they are now, though this is not always a guarantee and can change. In this stopped time Starman is free to interact with that future version of his opponent in any way he likes, placing attacks on them or even shifting their position or orientation. Once he is finished time will resume and everything will continue as normal, however once his opponent takes the predicted action anything done to them during the stopped time will immediately take effect. This ability comes from Starman’s initial ability to read the intentions of those within Romeo’s eyesight. Due to this Starman’s attacks are not a guaranteed future, rather a future based on the current intention of those who are read by Starman.

### **Mind Reading:**

Along side of this Starman also possesses some form of mind reading, it is able to gather information about a person's current intentions, their personality, and other basic information if Romeo has made eye contact with that person in the last 5 minutes

### **Weaknesses:**

Being a time bender Starman is incredibly powerful, however it is not without weaknesses. The first is that its future strike ability is based on a predicted future, rather than a guaranteed one. This means that if someone’s future actions are predicted incorrectly the ability will not take effect. Along with that there is a small amount of time that has to pass before a future strike can take effect, meaning that very fast or impulsive actions cannot be stopped in advance.

### **Stand Stats:**

Power: B

Potential: A

Precision: A

Durability: D

Range: C

Speed: A

## Backstory

### **Before Part 3:**

Romeo grew up in a poor Italian family. After becoming an adult, he got his degree in education and became a school teacher at a school in Rome, however, he found the job boring and hated it, always yearning for a more exciting occupation. One day by chance he met Dante Aventus, the leader of Red October, the most powerful gang in Italy at the time. Impressed by his intellect and desire for excitement Dante recruited him into Red October and offered him a position overseeing the gang’s black market transactions, a position he was well suited for. Like the vast majority of Red October Romeo did not have a stand and was not placed into combat scenarios, however he quickly became fascinated with the concept of stands and desperately sought the opportunity to gain one. After several years he was selected by one of the gang’s stand team leaders to be stabbed with an arrow, and he gained his stand, Star Man. However at the time Starman was only capable of reading minds, which while useful, was not suited for front line combat. Over his years at Red October Romeo became one of the few members trusted to know Dante’s true name, along with his stand. Romeo was very loyal to Dante, and saw him as an almost godlike figure. He was devastated when Dante was defeated by Blue Christmas and Red October collapsed. From that day he vowed to re-establish the gang and bring it back to its former glory. After 2 years of planning he made an agreement with the stand user Claudius, and the two formed a partnership. Claudius would begin establishing the groundwork for a new gang in Italy, while Romeo would head to New York to search for an item rumored to be able to resurrect the dead, with the final plan to resurrect Dante and place him in charge of their new gang.

### **The Events of Part 3:**

After going to New York, Romeo becomes a teacher at Granville Payne Academy where he found the Imagine pendant was located. At the very end of the Granville arc, he is attacked by some of the students but is able to beat them and obtain the Imagine pendant. He flies back to Italy and meets up with Claudius, sacrificing himself using the pendant to revive Dante.