| “ | My Stand can look at people's souls. It doesn't matter who they are, their souls don't lie. | ” |
—Telence, Chapter 236 | ||
Atum (アトゥム神 Atumu-shin) is the Stand of Terence T. D'Arby, featured in Stardust Crusaders.
Appearance[]
Atum
Atum resembles a humanoid robot with Terence's athletic build, and, in a similar nature to The World and Cream, is decorated with heart motifs on its body. On its face are Terence's initials, along with what appears to resemble a breathing apparatus. The apparatus has two nozzles that periodically spray out steam.
In both the colored manga and anime, it is presented as having a white body with purple/pink hearts decorations and black articulations.
This Stand represents the Egyptian deity AtumW.
Abilities[]
Atum is, like Osiris, a threatening Stand to face because of its ability to steal souls and read minds. However, it is held back by Terence's over-reliance on its power. Thus, its user was easily defeated by Joseph and Jotaro.
Soul Steal[]
Kakyoin's Soul stolen
Much like his brother's Stand, Osiris, Atum has the power to steal souls from someone who has recognized defeat[1] in a game, which Terence typically uses in video games.
Stolen souls are place inside dolls, specially-made by Terence himself, and he, too, is free to gamble and release the souls under his control.[2]
Like Osiris, the victims must pledge their souls first, but Atum is subtle enough to partially grab hold of the soul from someone taken by surprise. In one instance, it was able to grip Jotaro's soul without being able to steal it when Terence guessed a punch correctly.[1] In theory, Atum is then free to attack the associated body part but was never seen doing so.[1]. This attack is manifested by Atum detaching its hand and latching onto the target body part of his victim. It is unknown what the range is for this technique.
Like his brother’s Stand, mentally giving up will trigger its abilities just as an out and out loss, and Terence himself is not immune to his Stand’s own rules. Unlike his brother’s Stand, losing does not release all the souls in Terence’s collection.
Binary Soul Reading[]
Atum reads into Jotaro's soul
Atum's second ability enables Terence to read souls.[3]
In effect, he psychically asks a nearby person's souls a yes or no question which the soul is obliged to answer, unbeknownst to the one being read, allowing Terence to secretly guess someone's intent.[4] According to him, "souls don't lie" and are therefore beyond deceit, regardless of to who they belong to.
Atum visualizes a person as if through an infrared detector when reading souls and if the person lies, the color of their aura changes, allowing him to determine that they are lying.[4] When Atum detects a "Yes", the subject's aura flares up; when it detects a "No", the subject's aura points vertically.[5][6] Terence is also free to examine several people at once[2] although he may forget about them.
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Trivia[]
- The noise Atum produces in the anime reappears in Golden Wind as a motif in the theme of Purple Haze and Pannacotta Fugo.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Chapter 229, D'Arby the Player (3)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chapter 237, D'Arby the Player (11)
- ↑ Chapter 235, D'Arby the Player (9)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 236, D'Arby the Player (10)
- ↑ Chapter 236: D'Arby the Player (10) p.10
- ↑ Chapter 237: D'Arby the Player (11) p.9