Muhammad Avdol

Muhammad Avdol is a male anime and manga character who features in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

Biography

Muhammad Avdol (Japanese: モハメド・アヴドゥル, Hepburn: Mohamedo Avuduru) was a male born in the 20th century where he grew up in Cairo in Egypt.

By his adulthood, he uncovered the existence of the vampire DIO who had been resurrected and was the first to learn of this danger. DIO attempted to take over Avdol who barely managed to escape with his life and sanity. He later sought out aid to help stop the vampire leading him to encounter Joseph Joestar where he became a trusted colleague. At some point, Avdol discovered that he could summon a mystical Stand which he named Magician's Red. He later went alongside the Speedwagon Foundation to find a newly encountered Stand user which was discovered to be a stray dog named Iggy. Avdol was instrumental in capturing the dog which he barely managed to tame and took back to the Speedwagon Foundation to be used as an ally against a future confrontation with Dio. Around this time, the manifestation of DIO's Stand caused more people around the world to manifest such powers. Among those to develop it was Joseph Joestar's grandson Jotaro Kujo who lived in Japan and was unaware of this new power. Jotaro's mother Holly called her father Joseph about the mater with Kujo voluntarily going to jail in an attempt to contain the threat he posed to society. As a result, Joseph Joestar and Muhammad Avdol both made their way to Japan in order to test Jotaro where they found him in the police station. Avdol was tasked with determining the strength of Jotaro's Stand and convince him to leave his cell leading to a battle between Magician's Red and Star Platinum. Properly summoning his own Stand, Jotaro breaks free of Magician's Red fire and breaks free of his cell to attack but Avdol stops the fight, as he's accomplished his goal. For the remainder of his stay in Tokyo, Avdol remains inside the Kujo's residence. After Jotaro brings Noriaki Kakyoin and frees him from DIO's control, Avdol sees that Holy has collapsed and confirms his suspicion that she too has developed a Stand. However, as she doesn't have the necessary fighting spirit, Avdol explains that she will eventually die. Jotaro uses his Stand to look at one of DIO's photography and identifies a fly. Avdol identifies it as a Nile Tse-tse fly, meaning that DIO must be in Egypt. Noriaki Kakyoin confirms that DIO is in Egypt and also asks to go with them. Avdol then names Jotaro's Stand Star Platinum, after the "Star" card of the tarot. After Holy is given to the care of doctors from the Speedwagon Foundation, the group gets ready to depart.

After that, with newly-enlightened companion Kakyoin, they went to Hong Kong to take a ship, and encountered Polnareff. Avdol was able to defeat him, and after Jotaro destroying Dio's buds in him, became their ally as well.

Avdol initially fell prey to Hol Horse's bullets, when Polnareff tried to slash the bullet apart, only to discover that it can change directions. In saving Polnareff's skin, Avdol got stabbed by J. Geil's Hanged Man from behind, and then shot in the forehead. From there, it was assumed that he died, only to return during Kameo's onslaught.

He also got victimized by N'Dour, but not after simulating footsteps in the sand to trick N'Dour's ears using his own ring cuffs (N'Dour can listen to the ground from far away with his Stand).

Overview

Personality and attributes

In appearance, Muhammad Avdol was an Egyptian man of above-average height and medium to heavy build with short black hair.

Avdol was shown to be a rather serious individual that tended to be responsible and righteous.

He wore his heart on his sleeve and was a good source of knowledge.

It was shown that he was dedicated to his comrades and was willing to die for them.

He acted as an adviser but was also a powerful warrior. His personality meant that he was the most moderate member of the team: not as impulsive and warm-blooded as Polnareff and Joseph, and not as cold as Kakyoin and Jotaro. As such, he served as the voice of reason to the rest of the team.

A strategic thinker and experienced Stand user, Avdol often tries to act as the voice of reason to the rest of the team, although, his self-described "emotional" temperament does not always make him suitable for this role (such as during the D'Arby the Gambler arc, when Avdol states that his strong emotions make him unsuited for playing poker). Avdol is regularly seen reflecting on the group's next move. Acting as Joseph's second in command, and being the second oldest man of the Joestar Group, Avdol is aware of the danger they are facing, and he frequently advocates caution during their journey.

Powers and abilities

As a Stand user, he came to manifest a spectral guardian that was known as Magician's Red (マジシャンズレッド（魔術師の赤）Majishanzu Reddo). Magician's Red appears as a red humanoid figure with the head of a great eagle and fur-covered legs. Its abilities all involve the manipulation of fire. Avdol was born with this Stand and learned to control its power. In its first serious battle (against Polnareff), Magician's Red fired a few salvos of the Cross Fire Hurricane, a spectacular signature move that sends forth ankhs of flame in a great storm. This move was never seen again in the rest of the series, however.

This fiery Stand can also be remotely controlled and generates intense flames capable of melting steel within moments. The fire is hot enough to have evaporated, including but not limited to, metal projectiles in mid-air and sliced through railroad tracks. It also has more nuanced uses, such as suffocating foes by placing flame in front of their mouth (Red Bind), or using floating balls of psychic flame which flicker in response to enemy presence. Magician's Red can also produce a "heat radar", a cruciform mass of flame that indicates the location of heat sources.

Notes

• Muhammad Avdol was created by Hirohiko Araki where he featured in the setting of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure universe.
• In the manga, Avdol "died" when fighting Hol Horse, only to return when the group was in danger. He was supposed to actually die in the battle, but fan feedback ordered his return, and it was retconned so that Avdol didn't die, but was merely put out of action.
• His trademark gesture was mimicking a fire starter which was done with rotating thumbs up whilst saying "Yes, I am! Tch! Tch! Tch!".
• Avdol is also a fortune teller. This professed expertise on the future and his enemies' lack of place in it is something he likes to bring up in his fights.
• The attack "Cross Fire Hurricane" is a reference to a lyric in the Rolling Stones single Jumpin' Jack Flash.

Appearances

• JoJo'z Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders:

External Links

• JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Wiki Entry

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