Bow and Arrow

Story
The Bow and Arrow are a powerful item introduced in early Part IV, where they became a major plot driving force, due to the need to locate them and to their role as a source of many new Stand users. It was revealed that their influence in fact extends back to behind the scenes of Part III: Stardust Crusaders

There are six known Arrows forged from a meteorite that crashed in Greenland, although even before then, its properties were known and utilized. The stone that the meteorite consisted of will catalyze and awaken the Stand of any living creature it cuts. However, if the one cut does not have sufficient spiritual strength, he/she/it will die from the resultant spiritual strain. On the other hand, the Arrows normally only seek out (and cut) those who can handle the strain to begin with. In certain cases, such as with Ken Oyanagi and Stray Cat, with neither of them being exposed to regeneration or regenerative abilities, the wound caused by the arrow will heal and leave a hole about the size of an average coin.

One could argue that the arrow-stone meteorite sought out Earth with its many strong spirits, rather than striking the planet by chance. When a Stand User is pierced by the Arrow the Stand didn't change, but he gain a powerfull new power. But if the Arrow hit the Stand Instead of the Stand User, The Stand suffer a complete change of form and powers becoming extremely strong and nearly invincible. See Requiem Stand.

The Arrows
Six Arrows have been found so far. All of them were originally found by Diavolo, and all but one were next sold to Enya Geil sometime during or before early Part III. They are as follows:


 * 1) Possessed by Enya Geil. Used to awaken Dio Brando's Stand. May have been the source of the shard that Jolyne received at the beginning of part Stone Ocean.
 * 2) Possessed by the Nijimura brothers' father. Later stolen by Akira Otoishi, then was taken into Speedwagon Foundation's custody.
 * 3) Possessed by Yoshihiro Kira. Current whereabouts after powering up the Stand Killer Queen with Another One Bites the Dust are unknown. Both this Arrow and Nijimura's were given to their owners by Dio and Enya.
 * 4) Possessed by Diavolo. Given to Polpo and became part of Black Sabbath. Shattered as a result of the death of Polpo and Black Sabbath. This was the Arrow that Diavolo did not sell to Enya.
 * 5) Recovered by Polnareff after his fight with Diavolo. Later entered the possession of Giorno Giovanna.
 * 6) The location and fate of the sixth Arrow is still unknown.