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Hermit Yellow (Stand OC) - Turn

In the summer of 2021, I got into JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and I found an important source of inspiration there. Not only for my big elaborate universe, regarding character design and character development, but even for original stands (related to Tarot AND music, I liked both ideas), which would be attributed to people around me and to myself. I intend to do for each stand a small standing turn, with a 3/4 front view and a 3/4 back view, a more dynamic pose once the design is "locked", as well as a JoJo-ified version of the users !

Here is a small turn of the Tarot stand of my dear friend Antonin, Hermit Yellow (Hamito Iero in romaji) ! To select the Tarot arcanas, I chose to base myself on possible connections made with Zodiac signs. I found a page making the link, and in this case, his sign, that is Virgo, was associated with the arcana of the Hermit. Although the stands of Stardust Crusaders rarely resemble the figures from which they take their name, I wanted to use the two attributes of the Hermit, namely the shepherd's staff, and especially the lantern (with Ruhmkorff's lamps on the arms and legs as a bonus !).
For the material/the associated color, I chose a dominant yellow, with blackish and red elements, having remembered that Antonin really liked the design of the pokémon Electivire 🙂

Hermit Yellow is not a very resistant or physically strong stand, but he is quick, and doesn't need to be very precise to use his power effectively. Indeed, he can, by illuminating his ventral lantern after having targeted another stand within a radius of 10 meters, create a shadow clone of the latter. Hermit Yellow can only create one at a time, but has full control over them, within the cloned stand's abilities. It is therefore an excellent support, able to duplicate an allied stand and to control this copy without the allied handler having to manage two stands at the same time. The shadow clone of the ally stand cannot move more than 10 meters away from Hermit Yellow, and can eventually protect him.
Hermit Yellow can just as easily clone an enemy stand and control it, but cannot directly attack the enemy Stand and/or user. It is then a question of being clever, and of harming the enemy in an indirect way, for example by destroying a surface on which the enemy is located to make him fall, or by firing a projectile with the intention of causing it to ricochet towards the target. Also, the shadow clone can exist for as long as Hermit Yellow wishes.
In sum, despite his lack of resistance, precision and strength, Hermit Yellow has immense potential, depending on other stands around him, friends or foes. He can create a shadow clone of Star Palladium so that the latter carries Antonin while flying (but cannot alter time if the original Star Palladium already does), of Obsidian Emperor to be able to fire heat rays into other directions than the original and see 3 seconds into the future, etc.