Absalom

Background

Absalom was raised in the deserts of Egypt but was ashamed of the uncivilized life he had. He got along incredibly well with his family. He would sometimes watch mirages with his sister, Michal. Absalom was a clever and curious boy who would often bother adults with excessive questions. In his childhood, Absalom was attracted to civilization, particularly to trains (even dreaming of driving one), and believing that "the human being can only find happiness in a civilized society".↗

However he became disappointed even with the civilized men and began hating civilization four years ago when his parents died during a family trip in a train accident in Cairo. In that accident, his sister Michal lost her voice because of throat injuries. What shocked him the most is that the inhabitants only helped those they knew and the wealthy first, leaving him and Michal last because they were from the desert.↗

The Train from the Desert to Hell City

The Joestar Group encounters Satanic Coupler after wandering the desert for the past three days. When Jotaro steps into the locomotive, the LED message panel lights up, saying that at the last stop, Hell City, they will be connected to an express train to Aswan, their destination. Having little choice and sure that this is not a mirage, the rest of the group board the train. As Satanic Coupler leaves, Polnareff and Joseph are complaining about the stale air and shaking.↗

Satanic Coupler rushes through the mirage, constructing its own rails. The Joestar group unleashes their Stands and begins pummeling the insides of the train. It was, however, to no success as the train morphed and expanded to cushion the blows. While Absalom is boasting, Jotaro asks what would happen if the train was attacked from outside instead. He doesn't answer the question, but instead declares that they're going to die inside.↗

Satanic Coupler has already been moving through the city for several hours. After another announcement from Absalom, the tentacles, wrapped around the Joestar group, begin pumping out their blood, extracting information from their brains. The train begins to transform, becoming more modern. On top of that, Iggy ’s perception of locomotives as monsters causes the train to grow horns and quills all over its surface.↗

Absalom is enraged and humiliated. Satanic Coupler turns from red to black. Jotaro, Polnareff, and Iggy turn left into a narrow alley, followed by the train, smashing through the walls. The three run into a dead end, so Jotaro tells Iggy to call out his Stand. He grabs The Fool as it extends its huge wings and steers it towards Satanic Coupler's cabin. The Fool crashes into the windshield, terrifying Michal, accompanying Absalom, into recalling her Stand.↗

When Jotaro, Polnareff, and Iggy depart in search of Absalom, they see Satanic Coupler advancing towards them at full speed. They manage to dodge by a hair but are flung into the air by the shock wave. When they recover, Jotaro hears a terrified scream coming from Polnareff. He turns to see a boy blocking the way of the train. With a loud thud, the boy is flung into the air before Absalom stops the train. Jotaro tells the enraged Polnareff to bring the boy to the village while he fights Absalom.↗

As the battle goes on, Jotaro's moves become slow, and the uniform is covered in tears and Jotaro's blood. Satanic Coupler manages to cut Jotaro's hand, causing him to cry out in pain. Absalom prepares to deal a killing blow but notices that there are two Jotaros. The one on the right looked slightly unusual, but Absalom, in his confusion, couldn't tell. They run in opposite directions, and Absalom unconsciously pushes the brakes.↗

Jotaro, Joseph, Avdol, and Kakyoin find themselves in the middle of a two-hundred-metre-long corridor, quietly anticipating the next attack. Satanic Coupler knocks down a wall begins persuing the group, dodging their attacks by digging through the walls. While discussing their plan of action, Jotaro hears the train crashing through a wall 50 meters away from them and comes to the conclusion that Absalom is just hitting the hallway randomly.↗

Michal is unconscious, while Absalom is spitting out blood, telling the Joestar group that he’ll give up only when he dies. Polnareff says that he can help him with that but notices something coming from Absalom to Avdol. Absalom explains that he has sent a microscopic version of his Stand inside Avdol's body and that, if his psychic link with it ends, the boiler will explode. Jotaro tells Absalom that the child he had hit earlier will be saved, he responds with relief.↗↗

Personality

While fighting the Joestar group, to his disservice, he doesn't kill them immediately, but tortures them, intending to give them a painful death.↗

Profile details

Status: Retired (The Genesis of Universe)↗