As I mentioned in the story, each of the six Stand users across the next few chapters were originally trained to be Jolyne's team against Pucci. As tribute to that, they keep the Stone Ocean theme naming of being based on clothing lines. Adimas, for example, takes his name from Adidas. Disclaimer: I don't own Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, or Overlord.
Spirit Tracks Chapter 43: Adimas, the African Shaman
"Adimas was found by Speedwagon agents studying the Zande tribe of the Congo," Jotaro explained, "His people saw his ability to conjure living paintings from smoke that could move at his command and named him the tribal shaman. The Speedwagon Foundation recognized his ability as a Stand power and approached him, telling him of the threat posed by DIO's unknown forces. Adimas does have some clairvoyant ability, and told the agents he knew of the danger they spoke of, and foresaw their coming. He agreed to their offer to train him in mastering his Stand, but cryptically said he would ultimately be unable to help in the coming conflict."
"Sounds like Adimas suspected Pucci would start by targeting the Joestar clan using subterfuge," George noted, "So what's Barbro's plan for him?" "He's threatened to end Adimas' life if any more trains ran along the Spirit Tracks," Starlight said, "He's spun some yarn about Adimas being an important hermit from the far south. The details don't matter." She pointed to a spot on a map of Roble. "While we're tracking him down, our armed forces will be working to recapture this crucial defense fortress. Yaldabaoth is there, and this could be a good chance to strike a deadly blow against him."
A defense unit allied with Roble was already at the fortress, but surrounded by beastmen warriors. Baziwood and Gazef lead a group of soldiers along the edge of the fortress, taking out enemy commanders as they made their way to the edge of the fortress. "Damn," Baziwood said as they cut through a few more troops, "I didn't think there would be this many beastmen." "There shouldn't be," Gazef noted, "See how their colors seem muted compared to normal beastmen? And many of them look familiar as well."
Baziwood looked closer. "Yeah, a few of these are guys I could have sworn I'd cut down already. This must have something to do with Barbro's Stand. Whatever power it has, he's using it to artificially swell his numbers." Finally the two strongest warriors broke into the south of the fortress. Yaldabaoth noticed this. "I had hoped to deal with their Roble's mightiest champion personally, but it's not a good idea to leave two enemy Stand users alone for very long. My servants, deal with Orlando." Orlando Campano, the leader of the Nine Colors, looked ragged as he saw the demon soldiers encroaching on his position.
Luckily, more reinforcements from the north appeared, led by Brain and Climb. Meanwhile, Yaldabaoth moved to claim the central keep. "He's trying to lure us in," Baziwood noticed, "He likely has a few extra forces stashed away inside." "He's trying to remove the strongest warriors of the realm," Gazef realized, "Then let's head for Orlando's location and assist. If we piss him off enough, we may just convince him to empty out the keep trying to kill us personally. That would leave our other forces to swipe the castle right out from under his nose."
They moved with their units to clear out the enemy forces, eventually reaching Orlando near the western edge of the fortress. "My thanks for the reinforcements," Orlando said, "I've never seen so many beastmen. And while I've never been one to assume all of them look alike, far too many of them appear to have the same face." "We've been noticing the same thing," Gazef said, "But we can talk when there's breathing room. For now we need to defend the fortress and drive our enemies out." They began to decimate the copied beastmen.
Yaldabaoth was none too happy to see this. 'I had hoped to lure them into the keep to slaughter them. But it seems they were not born yesterday. There's nothing for it. I'll just need to face them directly.' He gathered his forces and transported them to his main camp. "I'll let them come to me and deal with them were I am most ready." Of course, he soon regretted leaving the keep empty, as it was quickly retaken by the alliance forces. "Curse them. All forces! Attack the central keep!"
The waves of beastmen and demons attacked, only for them to find the alliance to be like rocks on the shoreline, breaking the front lines apart and taking their enemies down. Yaldabaoth scoffed as he looked at a large pocket watch he had with him. "This magic item only gives me so many chances to escape, and I am running out. But at this point the battle is lost. I'll have to report back to Barbro. These minor setbacks are adding up to devastating effect." He activated the watch, disappearing as the alliance plowed through his demon commanders.
They were quick to notice his absence. "Why did he choose to escape like that?," Orlando asked. "He probably realized we were too much for him," Baziwood noted, "And decided to flee with his tail between his legs." "We continue to fight a war of attrition," Gazef said solemnly, "And I get the feeling it will only end when Barbro is defeated once and for all. For now we return to the Holy Kingdom. We'll wait for the next sighting of Yaldabaoth." The three warriors mounted their steeds and rode off, wondering where they would fight next.
While all attention from the Unity Faction was directed at the battle, the Joestar Group successfully located Adimas out near a station on the edge of the mountain range. He was sitting in front of a campfire, and Jotaro recognized the disgusting growth of the vampire spore in his head. Adimas opened his eyes and got up, the flame dancing onto his palm. "So the fire is the form his Stand takes," George replied. Adimas was mostly silent, save for two words. "Afronova Primeval!" A sudden column of smoke emerged from the flame, and light-based paintings of various jungle animals appeared within it.
"Stay alert!," Jotaro said, "Those paintings are as strong as real animals!" Several jungle cats and snakes appeared and moved to attack. Zesshi easily sliced through one while Holly tangled another in his Stand's vines. "Can the flame be doused?," Starlight asked. "Briefly," Jotaro replied, "But it won't destroy the Stand or stop the paintings." "Then let's try something that stops all of them at one," Starlight said, "Dove and Grenade!" The other paintings caught caught up in tree roots that seemed to emerge from the ground.
Adimas started to create more, only to catch one of George's nails in his hand, causing him to lose focus and drop his Stand power, causing the paintings to disappear. "Dogpile him!," Gyro called out. He, George, Shasryu, and Evileye tackled him and held him down. "Go for it, nephew," George said. Jotaro nodded. "Star Platinum!" He leaned over Adimas and had Star Platinum carefully grab the flesh bud and begin to pull it out. "Will this really work?," Zesshi asked, "I see a few tentacles attached to that thing." "Jotaro's obviously been getting used to this," Holly noted, "The first time he did he needed Fluttershy's help to avoid injury, but it looks like he's able to get it out quickly now."
Sure enough, within five seconds the spore was removed. "Next time I'll see if I can use time stopping to make it even easier," he quipped, "Uncle George, get ready!" Star Platinum tossed the spore to George, who charged his hand with Hamon, striking the spore. "Overdrive!" The spore disintegrated upon contact, and Adimas stirred. "It is like waking from a dream," he said, relief in his voice, "Me and the others were exploring this realm. Right outside the kingdom of Re-Estize, we encountered Marquis Boullope, who offered us a tour. The first place he took us was a dark warehouse, where we spotted the vampire head. Before we could react, it had infected us with its spores."
"We'll spread the word that Adimas is free," Hekkeran said, "That will shake up the Unity Faction. If they know it's possible to remove the spores safely, they'll start to panic and divert forces to protect the others, leaving their invasion short on manpower." "And then we can use Ticket to Ride and its attachments to take out the diverted forces," Arche noted. "Don't forget we still have five more Stand users to find," George said, "We can't let our guard down until Barbro is forced into a corner. More than that, we need to know what his Stand can do." "I am afraid I do not know myself," Adimas said, "But one of the others might. Barbro spent quite a lot of time going back and forth observing his forces and their battles for some reason. That may provide a clue."
And now a look at Adimas' Stand.
Afronova Primeval (Song by 8-Bit)
User: Adimas
Ability: Taking the form of a small fire, this Stand creates a column of smoke, within which colored lights in the form of animals appear. These sky paintings can come to life and move according to Adimas' command, and are about as durable as their real-world counterparts. The flame can be doused with water like normal fire, but can relit at Adimas' command.
Power: C
Speed: B
Range: C
Durability: D
Precision: B
Potential: C
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