Fidelia Costello

Fidelia by u/the\_kls

**Fidelia Costello** is a major ally and one of the two main Jobros of Part 9, the other being Thoko. An only child, Fidelia was orphaned at a young age when her parents were murdered by a professional E-Sports team. She was later hired by Josuke. She spends much of her spare time when not at work conducting a personal investigation into the E-sports team's now changed identities. She joins the gang initially as an agent of the Higashikata Fruit Company, formerly deployed as a bodyguard to Josuke's family. She is the alternate universe counterpart to Ermes Costello.

**HISTORY**:

Before events of story:

Fidelia once lived a simple, ordinary life, the only confusion being why she was so different. Fidelia's father had a stand, and was able to explain to her what it was and why she's the only kid in town that's like this. Fidelia struggled to fit in with other kids as she was perceived as scary to them. Fidelia's parents were killed by a less-than-notable E-sports team for unknown reasons. Fidelia believes it may have had connection to her father being a stand user. She spends the rest of her life investigating where this team went, but the police were never able to track them down, and they were assumed dead.

In her teenage years, Fidelia had a chance meeting with Josuke Higashikata. At the time, Fidelia was working as a simple cook, spending her off hours trying to confirm the fate of her parent's killers. Josuke entered the restaurant and saw Fidelia using her stand for kitchen work, assuming nobody could see it. Fidelia demonstrated what her stand could do and Josuke hired her as a bodyguard.

Whole Equestrian Arc:

After nearly dying against Whole Equestrian, Jolene and the gang realize they will need another competent, experienced stand user on their team in case they're ambushed again. Josuke then makes a call to Morioh and tells Fidelia to come to them. Fidelia hops on the Higashikata jet and joins the crew.

Uptown Funk Arc:

Fidelia infiltrates Funkytown's arcade, but her cover is blown. Funkytown and Fidelia fight. After a close battle, Fidelia gains the advantage then goes in for the killing blow. Funkytown notices Fidelia made a rare miscalculation and counters with Uptown Funk, severing both of Fidelia's arms completely. Funkytown laughs at Fidelia, stomping on her severed arms. Fidelia manages to cauterize her wounds on a nearby furnace, but Funkytown reminds her that all the pain she went through to stop the blood was completely pointless as he's just going to kill her anyway. Fidelia then calls out Everyday Superhero and delivers a massive roundhouse kick to Uptown Funk's midsection with incredible speed. Funkytown's hip is instantly shattered, and he is unable to stand up. Fidelia then has Everyday Superhero deliver a very lengthy series of kick rushes on Funkytown, ultimately killing him. After returning alive, she passes out after briefly speaking with Thoko. Jibby and some of the other allies work together to build Fidelia cyborg arms, but her stand remains without arms.

Fidelia quickly became close friends with Jolene, the two developing a mutual respect early in Part 9. Fidelia doesn't approve of Jolene being a gamer, but she's happy Jolene isn't obsessed with it the way Thoko is. Fidelia often acts as a mentor in stand combat to Jolene and Thoko as she has had her stand since birth, whereas Jolene and Thoko are very inexperienced stand users. The three of them, led by Jolene, eventually develop a very powerful combat trio, Jolene and Fidelia having incredible combat instincts combined with Thoko's versatility.

Thoko:

Fidelia is notably icy towards Thoko when the two first meet, sometimes being outright mean to him and regularly calling his love of gaming infantile and pointless. This of course stems from her parents' murder, and is not targeted specifically at Thoko. In fact, Fidelia's treatment of Thoko is quite tame in comparison to how she normally reacts to people who are obsessed with video games the way Thoko is, and her willingness to trust Thoko as an ally demonstrates her unwavering faith in Jolene, as well as her dedication to her job. Fidelia slowly warms up to him over the earlier arcs, even peeking at his DS screen a couple of times. Fidelia gets embarrassed when people notice her doing this, even once angrily referring to Jibby as a "fucking liar" when he jokingly calls her out for it.

Fidelia and Thoko's relationship drastically changes after the events of the Uptown Funk arc, where Fidelia is tasked with infiltrating Funkytown's arcade to get Thoko's original DS back. She demonstrates a great deal of courage volunteering to do this mission solo as it meant she may have had to take on Funkytown alone. This also meant entering an arcade, which Fidelia referred to as "my own personal hell". Before leaving on the mission, Fidelia promises a worried Thoko that she will return and maybe even play a game or two with him, rolling her eyes and smiling.

When Funkytown uses Uptown Funk to sever Fidelia's arms, she becomes extremely angry. She tells Funkytown the reason for her rage is because she won't be able to game with Thoko anymore, and it's his fault she had to break her promise to him.

When Fidelia returns from Funkytown's arcade, she apologizes to Thoko, saying they may not be able to game together after all. She jokes saying it wasn't Funkytown who severed her arms, but rather she did it to herself to get out of gaming with Thoko.

After the events of the Uptown Funk arc, Thoko and Fidelia are notably protective of one-another. The two speak on far more friendly terms, but Fidelia still criticizes Thoko for spending too much time on his DS.

When Fidelia gets her cyborg arms, she briefly games with Thoko so she can finally complete her promise to him. They game for about 5 minutes, then Fidelia quits. Thoko later refers to this as "the best gaming session he will ever play".

Josuke/Higashikata Family

Fidelia's relationship to Josuke is that of an employee to an employer, and therefore Fidelia treats him more as a boss than she does a friend. Unlike Jolene and Thoko, Fidelia had known Josuke for years prior to Part 9, so she knows him better than anyone in the main group. However, as a bodyguard, Fidelia never got to know Josuke that well and was never a part of any decision-making for the Higashikata Fruit Company. Fidelia is actually closer to the rest of the Higashikata family than she is to Josuke as he needed a bodyguard less frequently than they did. Fidelia would regularly watch after Daiya, as she was the usually most vulnerable family member. Daiya would often gossip about the Higashikata family drama with Fidelia, which meant hearing a lot of personal stories about Josuke that may or may not have been true. The Morioh Higashikatas expressed frustration when Josuke called and said Fidelia would be needed elsewhere as apparently the other stand user they hired as a bodyguard "smells weird". Despite finding the Higashikata family spoiled and somewhat pretentious, she is extremely grateful to the family for her career, having told Jolene once that they "saved her life". Fidelia's finds her job mostly boring, but still manages to maintain a razor-sharp focus at all times while on duty.

**PERSONALITY**:

Fidelia is known for her tough, icy demeanor. It is extremely uncommon to hear her compliment someone.

Fidelia's defining trait is likely her anger, which she still holds on to from her parents' murder. She is quick tempered, although she does not let this affect her decision-making during battle.

Fidelia detests all forms of video games and those who play them, although she has less of an issue with casual gamers like Jolene. Many of Fidelia's hobbies would be considered "old-fashioned", such as baking and reading. This is likely her way of finding privacy and comfort in a world obsessed with video games.

**STAND:**

Despite her youth, Fidelia is an extremely intelligent and resourceful stand user. She has had her humanoid stand, Everyday Superhero, since birth, and had already defeated many powerful stand users successfully as a result of her career.

Everyday Superhero is a humanoid stand with massive strength, similar to that of Star Platinum or Crazy Diamond.

*Belts:*

Fidelia's stand can create a "conveyor belt" on any flat surface Everyday Superhero touches. The maximum size Fidelia can make a belt is 5 meters long, 5 meters wide, and her stand has a range of 7 meters. These belts must be made on a flat surface, she cannot do this on anything rigid.

Belts work like a conveyor belt where Fidelia controls the speed, with the peak speed being 500 kph. They are able to grind down things that come in contact with them. Fidelia can also choose which direction the belt will go, which allows her to close gaps or create space. Fidelia can only create one belt at a time.

As a result of her years of training as a stand user, Fidelia eventually discovered a way to artificially increase the attack range of her stand. Fidelia has ES smash up the ground, creating a bunch of small shards, similarly to Crazy Diamond when creating a wall. Fidelia then hold out a small, flat wooden board she keeps on her person at arms length, which she points at her enemy. Fidelia then has ES create small belts one at a time, on these small flat chunks, cranking the speed to maximum and dropping them on the board. The belt causes the chunks to fly out at bullet speed towards her opponent when dropped on the board.

Fidelia has incredible battle instincts and is very familiar with stand combat. She has also demonstrated remarkable willpower, still being able to manifest Everyday Superhero at full power despite having lost a lot of blood before cauterizing her own wounds. She was able to instantly adapt her combat around Everyday Superhero having no arms, managing to defeat a powerful stand user immediately after being forced to adjust.

Early Fidelia art by u/the\_kls