Dragona Joestar

"Be sure not to push yourself too hard but don't give up."

- Dragona Joestar, TJL Chapter 1

Dragona Joestar (ドラゴナ・ジョースター) is the deuteragonist of The JOJOLands. He is the older brother of Jodio Joestar, as well as the user of the Stand, Smooth Operators.

Appearance
Dragona is a slender 18-year-old youth with tanned skin and long dreaded hair that parts into long straight bangs. Upon his head he wears a wreath of flowers with some having elongated petals that are reminiscent of hands.

His appearance is heavily themed after dragons, as he has several stylized dragon tattoos on his shoulders and left thigh. Dragona also has triple claw-like tattoos on his chest, arms, and left thigh. Moreover, he wears a necklace bearing a plate engraved with a stylized "D" which is made to look like a dragon. During his first appearance, Dragona wore a plain dark bikini with a belt and arm rings, however in later appearances he dons a dress. To appear even more feminine, his chest has been given filler injections to make them resemble breasts.

As a descendant of the Joestar Family, Dragona has the Star Birthmark located on his left shoulder.

Personality
Dragona Joestar is a jovial and carefree individual. He has a passion for female fashion, often wearing women's clothing and at some point taking injection fillings. This passion has lead to him working at the Iko Iko Boutique of fashion. Dragona also speaks effeminately, using the feminine first-person pronoun あたし (atashi) to refer to themself and saying things in a cute, feminine manner such as elongating the word "OK" into "Okaayy". Despite this, his brother still refers to him as his "older brother" (兄), and Dragona doesn't reprimand him for doing so.

Dragona is an amiable, active youth who participates in various crimes alongside his brother. His Stand Smooth Operators doesn't have the same offensive capabilities as Jodio's Stand, however, so his methods of dealing with a threat tend to revolve around subterfuge or persuasion. Compared to his younger brother, he seems to have a stronger moral compass, even demanding Jodio spare the policeman who molested him, though he still thanked Jodio for protecting him and even helped in erasing the evidence. In addition, Dragona also takes his regular job at the fashion boutique seriously and heavily disapproves of his fellow gangster Paco stealing from the clients, scolding him and even pulling his ear to punish him.

From Jodio's narration, it can be inferred that Dragona is physically active. He jog's every morning and follows yoga courses. Dragona's motto that he heard from an Indian yoga instructor is to "Be sure not to push yourself too hard, but don't give up", indicating a preference for steady effort. One of Dragona's favorite foods is papaya, as it is the only thing he eats for breakfast.

Background
Dragona is the grandson of Joseph Joestar and Suzi Q, and the son of Barbara Ann Joestar and an unnamed man. He work's at a fashion boutique in Kalihi called Iko Iko. At some point, he joined a gang in the neighborhood.

One day, Dragona and his younger brother Jodio go on a job to smuggle drugs in surfboards. They steal a pickup truck and Dragona creates a fake driver's license using his Stand, replacing the original photo on the license with his own.

The JOJOLands
Jodio sits in the passenger seat of the pickup truck while Dragona drives, blasting music. They are suddenly stopped by police officers because of their music. One of the cops forces Dragona out of the car and harasses them, believing that they have drugs in their car. Jodio decides to intervene and steps out of the car, ignoring the officers' orders to stop. Instead, he demands that the officer takes his hands off of his big brother, threatening to kill him otherwise. The officers point their guns at Jodio but he summons his Stand, causing rain droplets to pin the officer behind him to the ground, flattening him.

Just before the other officer fires at Jodio, Dragona uses their Stand to slide the officer's eyes to the back of his head, throwing off his aim. Finally, Jodio attacks the officer with rain drops as well, crushing him. He continuously stomps on the cop before Dragona stops him, calming him down so that Jodio doesn't kill the man.

Jodio then burns the officers' body cameras and dashboard camera along with their car, so that the officers would have no evidence and won't be able to go after them. Moreover, Dragona uses their Stand to change the numbers on the truck's license plate and gets rid of their fake license before they head to their gang's rendezvous point. One of the gang members praises them for doing well but reprimands them for being late. He also asks them if they heard about a police car being burned down but Jodio and Dragona pretend to be ignorant. They walk until they get to a major road and then call an Uber to go home.

Later, Jodio, Dragona, and Paco are summoned by their boss, Meryl Mei Qi, to the fashion boutique named Iko Iko. Paco attempts to steal from one of the customers but Dragona stops him by grabbing his ear. Meryl makes an announcement to close the shop and then orders the three gang members to turn off their phones before showing them her own phone. On the screen is a 24-carat natural blue diamond worth $6 million. It is owned by a Japanese tourist who owns a villa on the Big Island of Hawai'i and plans to stay there for around 12 more days. Their group will be getting a 2% split all together, while Meryl gets an 18% cut after they sell it on the black market. She also informs them that they will be going as a team of four. The student who Jodio and Paco sold drugs to at school in the morning arrives as their fourth member, as Meryl guarantees that he will be useful to them.

Dragona, along with Jodio, Paco, and their fourth man, Usagi Alohaoe arrive on the big island. It is there that they rent a Chevy Camaro and make their way to their target's home. They stake out the place to see who all will be there and, more importantly, when they leave. To their surprise, their target never leaves, instead spending most of his time by the pool. They decide that this is good enough, and so they send Jodio to keep watch, all while Dragona, Paco and Usagi sneak in. Eventually, finding the safe, they begin to crack it, despite the mansion's owner, Rohan becoming suspicious of their presence. Getting the diamond, they would make ready to leave when they're attacked by a strange fishing line-like Stand. Dragona manages to get the string like stand off of their wrist and prepares too retrieve the diamond until Rohan approaches them. Rohan then activates Heavens Door on Dragona's hand and incapacitates Usagi and Paco. Dragona then realizes despite the diamond being clenched in their hand earlier, it strangely falls out.

Rohan then approaches Dragona to capture them, but Dragona attempts to flee. Dragona then finds that he still can't hold onto the diamond as it returns to the table as they try to put it in their bag. Rohan tells them that it'll be better for them to just surrender, but as Rohan is about to put the zip-ties on their wrist, November Rain suddenly uses a downpour in the den. Rohan leaves Dragona to investigate but ends up captured by Jodio. At that time, Paco and Usagi awaken and threaten to assault him, but Jodio protects him. Dragona informs Jodio that Rohan had seen their faces, learned their names and where they live, and that makes him a threat. Jodio plays it smart though and blackmails Rohan into letting them go by stealing one of his lava rocks. As they leave, Dragona tells Paco to steal the Diamond for him since he can't for some reason. Paco is confused but complies, and the four of them leave the mansion. Unbeknownst to them however, a group of cats begin to follow them.

Leaving Rohan's home, Dragona and the others search for their car. They realize that everything is escaping from the compartments with which it was kept, and Dragona hypothesizes that these valuable things are being drawn toward the lava rock. However, when Jodio goes to pick up the diamond, he is caught in a trap and hauled up into the trees. Dragona tries to free him, but is pierced through the back by a thread. Paco tries to help Dragona, but the two of them are sewn together. Paco is furious when Usagi ditches them. Together, Dragona and Paco move under Jodio who proceeds to use November Rain to protect them from the threads. But unfortunately, the cats with the stands begin making their way closer to the group...

Dragona is sewn to Paco, and seems to be mostly incapacitated by the wounds to their body. Paco takes the lead and just tries to get Dragona to cooperate, which they do to the best of their ability. Working with Paco, they manage to survive long enough for Usagi's return to rescue them.

As they ready to fly back to Oahu, they stop by a cafe to wait for boarding when Jodio and Usagi decide to experiment with the Lava Rock where they realize that anything of value manages to find its way back to the rock. Dragona decides to take it into a luxury watch store to "Experiment" further with it. During that time, Jodio and Paco decide to have Chicken Burritos. During this time, Jodio comes to realize that they're being tracked.

Stand
Dragona wields Smooth Operators, a colony stand which take the form of robotic humanoids on tank treads. They are able to grab and displace anything, even if the object affected is supposed to be fixed in place.

Family

 * Barbara Ann Joestar: The Mother of Dragona and Jodio. The two love and care about their mother very much and use their abilities to support and protect her in the background.
 * Jodio Joestar: As Dragona's younger brother. The two share a strong bond, collaborating to generate income and safeguard their mother. Dragona is protective of Jodio and was fearful of the corrupt officers attempting to shoot while they were harassed, hugging Jodio when he was alright and for protecting them. Dragona relies on Jodio as a team in their various dealings and missions as heist partners.

Trivia

 * It is implied Dragona used Smooth Operators to give themselves larger breasts.
 * The tattoos on Dragona's body bear a resemblance to those on the album cover for the Dragon album, O Zambezi.

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