Stand

A **Stand** is the life energy of a person manifesting as a **Shadow Monster.** This Shadow Monster, or commonly referred to as a Stand, represents the power of the user and takes a form that reflects that of the user.

## Origin

The manifestation of Stands seems to come from an alien virus that landed along with a meteorite in Greenland. The virus began killing the native population, but several people where immune to the effect. Instead they developed a deeper connecton with their inner psyche and formed their Stands.

The trait of being able to convert the virus into forming a Stand was passed down, allowing a small percentage capable of summoning a Stand to be able to control it. The remaining people who are capable of summoning a Stand will suffer a heavy fever and will be unconscious for some time. If they manage to survive through the fever, they will gain the ability to control their Stand, if not, they will die.

## Powers and Abilities

**Life Energy Manifestion:** As a Shadow Monster being summoned by the Life Energy of the user, these beings are pure Life Energy. As such, the appearance and exact capabilities of the Stand depend on the user's own energy itself.

* **Variable Powers**: Due to being derived from the user's own energy and psyche, each specific Stand has their own unique abilities in addition to the base abilities all Stands have.

* **Invisibility**: Stands, as they are Life Energy incarnate, have natural invisibility to those who cannot see energy or those who do not have a Stand themselves. This results in having those who cannot see them, precieve the acts to be either telekinetic or demonic in nature.

* **Possession:** Being a form of a spirit, Stands have been shown to possess object, and even the flesh of other people. When possessing, they can control and manipulate the form of the object they are possessing, and even cause it to move on its own. When possessing something, any action the Stand takes is fully preceived by everyone, nullifying the Stand's natural invisibility.

* **Telepathy**: Stands hold a small level of telepathy. At the most base level, they share a psychic link with their user, following their commands by their thoughts. They have also been shown to project the user's voice as their own, allowing the user to communicate with other Stand users over distantaces or even underwater.
* **Size Alteration**: Under extreme concentration, a Stand user can manipulate the size of their Stand. It has been shown that the size can be reduced down to the cells of Human, and still be capable of combat.

### Weaknesses

* **Life Bound:** As a Stand shares its Life Energy with its user, then whenever the Stand is wounded, the wound is relfected back onto the user. This means that killing either a Stand or the user, will normally result in both dying. There have been few instances of a user outlasting their stand, and even fewer of a Stand living beyond their user.

* **Life Energy:** As a being of pure Life Energy, they are shown to be targeted by beings such as Monoke or Demons who consume Life Energy.

## Trivia

* Stands are commonly named after the Tarot Cards, with some being named after Egyptian Gods.