American Myth

American Myth

> I am you: an American uniform.
>
> - American Myth, introducing himself to KIA

**American Myth** is the Stand of KIA.

It is the very first stand that is introduced and one of the most frequently seen within the series.

American Myth was created by KIA's sheer will and determination during the speech with Acoleyet; and the creature itself, through its anomalous properties and magic, shortly after killing KIA with one of its deflected bullets.

## Appearance

American Myth's appearance shares resemblances to WWI or WWII American infantry: the head is protected by an American M-1 military helmet with green camouflage; the body is heavily equipped with a thick, team-colored coat with tab sleeves; a short, team-colored, zip-up vest held up by two straps, including four team-colored pouches to the Soldier's belt and a brown leather chest strap holding a large combat knife and a pair of dark, team-colored military camouflage pants.

His face has scar on the left side, as well as a mustache and a five o'clock shadow on his cleft chin.

## Personality

American Myth shares its personality from its stand user: calm, cool and collected, but prefers to stay quiet. His face rarely changes expressions, resorting to an almost constant neutral-state except when under certain circumstances, such as when in pain.

American Myth seems to share some of KIA's determination and grit, as when he was introduced for the first time, he motivated and pushed the now "reborn" KIA to move forward. During the events of EP:01, he also kept reminding KIA to "*Stay frosty.*" through telepathy, since he was a stand created from KIA and Acoleyet. This motto is what KIA currently lives by, as it seems to have manifested into him very effectively.

## Abilities

American Myth is a stand that excels at medium to long range engagements with its wide arsenal of weapons: a bowie knife; a pistol; a Reserve Shooter or Panic Attack shotguns; a Patriot carbine and a marksman rifle. It can fight in close range but it is not as effective. Due to KIA's experience and faster reflexes, the issue is slightly less problematic.

The properties of American Myth's "bullets" are unknown, but it has been confirmed by Heavy Guy through Crush's enhanced eyesight that they are not normal. Projectiles which have been ricocheted do not lose kinetic power during flight. The kinetic power of the projectiles depends on the weapon used by American Myth.

Its main ability is projectile manipulation. Projectiles fired from American Myth's weapons can change their trajectory by KIA's eyesight. As long as KIA has sight on the target he is currently focused at, the projectiles will not miss. This means that if KIA is seeing the target through a distant reflection, the projectiles will ricochet in bizarre ways to reach their target, as long as they do not force KIA to change his focus. In EP6, American Myth used this ability to dispatch a horde of Whimmers with the use of a single rifle bullet.

In EP5, it is revealed that American Myth has a secondary ability: grenades thrown by the stand can be teleported through a small portal to where the user would like the grenade to drop out of. This includes from the ground, roof or even walls. The momentum of the grenade's trajectory is unaltered. Their explosive damage, however, appears to be relatively low but with great knockback.

## Trivia

* American Myth's name is a reference to Jackie Greene's American Myth music album;
	+ Coincidentally, or intentionally - some of its song names can represent some of KIA's journey and struggles.