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Therion (Stand OC) - Turn

During 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, character design and character development side, 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 plan 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 "frozen", as well as a JoJo-ified version of the users

Here is a small turn of my dear friend Mathieu's musical stand, Therion (Serion in romaji), named after the Swedish symphonic metal band Therion ! He wanted his stand to have a lycanthropic physiognomy, partially concealed by an armor, a coat, and a stylized hinged helm, but showing a mane. We agreed to slip several 666s into its design, to both echo the scope of its name (Therion being a Greek word for the Beast of the Apocalypse), and bring it closer to the stands with very marked symbols (especially hearts).

Therion is a Stand whose strength depends on its "mode". When it adopts its pyrokinetic posture, its speed is relatively low, but this is compensated by his ability to use fire like a ranged weapon. However, it is not only able to send fireballs. Indeed, it also has the ability to create circles of fire, either to immobilize an enemy or to protect an ally. Although rising from the ground, these circles generate what could appear to be an invisible, cylindrical force field extending up to 50 meters high. However, it is passable from below. While these walls of fire protects against physical attacks, they do not block shots (including its creator's fireballs) in any way, and Therion can only create one at a time. This Stand can also summon a clone of itself - made up of supernatural flames - but unable to actually attack. The latter can nevertheless fool the enemies, as long as the latter do not have thermal vision that undermines the deception. In addition to these abilities, Therion, in its "pyromancer" mode, has a significant resistance due to its armor.
However, the more this Stand uses its powers, the more it fills what its user calls an "overheat gauge". This then causes the latter to lose control of Therion. If this happens, the majority of its armor crumbles, consumed by flames. Like Silver Chariot, it loses resistance but becomes faster, and rage boosts its physical power. Blinded by its aggressiveness, it no longer feels pain and no longer distinguishes its allies from its enemies, becoming a potential risk for the first, except its handler, without knowing why. Surprisingly, Therion seems to have a tendency to bite his opponents in the face... Luckily, its handler can revoke him as soon as he regains some vitality, but must wait 30 minutes to 1 hour to bring it back to the battlefield. Conversely, in order to speed up the process leading to "Berserk" mode, its wielder can intensify the temperature of Therion's flames or make it spam fireballs.
Despite this double-edged aspect, it remains a significant ally for an stand unable to attack from a distance (such as Weird Science), or to try to save an ally backed into a corner.