Dio Brando (Original Universe)

Background

Dio Brando is the main antagonist of the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. He enacts a universal plan that would allow him to rule the entire world, with several minions such as Antonio Torres, Giorno Giovanna (Universe?) Giorno Giovanna from an unknown universe, Diavolo (Universe?) Diavolo from an unknown universe, Enrico Pucci (Universe 37) Incarnation of Enrico Pucci in the 37th universe, Funny Valentine (Universe?) Funny Valentine from an unknown universe, and The Funniest Valentine at his side.↗

In 1889, Dio escaped from Jonathan's grip as the ship exploded and then decapitated him, taking over his body. Dio's coffin with Erina inside fell into the water after all the explosions. Erina opened the lid of the box to check if there was anyone floating in the water that she could save, when she saw a hand attempt to grab her arm from under the box. As she attempted to close the lid, Erina saw Dio's terrifying face floating on the water.↗

Erina could hear Dio struggling in pain that night, thrashing against the water and the coffin. As a nurse, Erina knew Jonathan's body would have been rejecting the foreign tissue of Dio's head. Before the sun rose, Dio knocked on the lid and asked to drink Erina's blood once more. In order to keep Erina's body healthy, Dio caught a fist full of fish. Using his Space Ripper Stingy Eyes, he then cooked the fish on a floating piece of ship debris near the coffin.↗

While sleeping in his coffin underwater, Dio sees the futures of Jonathan's descendants due to the Stand of Jonathan's body, The Passion. In the far future, Giorno starts having dreams of Dio who relays orders to him, either due to Dio's Beyond or from The Passion.↗↗

Awakening

Following what he saw in his dream, Giorno becomes his Diavolo persona and jumps into Cube House with George Joestar. They travel back in time from the 37th universe to a ship in the original universe where Dio's coffin was recovered by fishermen. Diavolo yells at Dio to wake up. Hungry, Dio decides to drink some of Diavolo's blood first. As Diavolo's body belongs to Dio's son, his blood is suitable.↗

Time Traveling

Using Cube House to travel through time, Dio presumably meets Funny Valentine and The Funniest Valentine along the way. At some point, he kills a version of Kars from a parallel world and takes the Pillar Man 's body with him. July 1999, in the 37th universe, Dio prepares a message on a Giotto probe, inscribing a method of reaching Heaven.↗↗↗

Ecstatic over conquering the sun and the success of his plan, Dio walks up to the body of Kars he brought with him, lying on the desk beside George. He reveals that he had become the Ultimate Thing by drinking Kars's blood. Dio starts feasting on Kars's remains, claiming the Pillar Man is the best meal that he's ever had.↗↗

Final Battle

Dio reunites with Funny Valentine in London. Funny introduces Dio to Pucci, Jorge Joestar, Kars, Narancia Ghirga, and Penelope de la Rosa. Seeing holes in Dio's hands and feet, Pucci weeps for his lord as arrows appear all over Whitesnake 's body. Pucci levitates and becomes the center of gravity, unleashing his new Stand C-MOON. However, C-MOON's body then cracks and Made in Heaven emerges from it. Just before Pucci could activate Made in Heaven, Dio holds up his hand.↗↗

Dio's Stand becomes The World Ultimate as well, but Kars fights him with Whitesnake Ultimate. It punches Dio's cheek and shatters the DISC of The World Ultimate, dissolving Dio's Stand. Kars then uses Whitesnake Ultimate on himself, slamming the numerous DISCs flowing out of him into Dio's head. Dio's head and body swells up into a ball of flesh from all the DISCs but he remains confident. With an Arrow, Dio stabs Kars's Whitesnake Ultimate before he explodes into nine parts.↗

Frustrated about constantly losing to the Joestars, Dio attaches himself to the headless body of Diego. Dissatisfied, Dio declares he does not want to associate with the Joestars anymore and vanishes into the darkness of the stairs behind him.↗↗