CHARACTER PROFILE
Great Tree of Sugar Mountain
- Primary work
- Steel Ball Run
- Stand
- Sugar Mountain↗
The Great Tree of Sugar Mountain (シュガーマウンテンの大木, Shugā Maunten no Taiboku) is a giant tree located south of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, featured in the seventh part of the JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series, Steel Ball Run. It is introduced in the " The Promised Land: Sugar Mountain " story arc.
The tree is a Stand User, wielding the Stand Sugar Mountain, which is bound to it. This Stand possesses guardians of the same name and uses its ability to carry out supernatural trials, testing the greed of passersby who pursue items possessed by the tree.
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Original image ↗ · Archived image ↗01Basic information
02Appearance
Noted to be over a thousand years old, the Great Tree of Sugar Mountain is a massive tree with several babbling springs nestled amidst its sprawling roots. Embedded within its trunk are the unfortunate souls ensnared by its Stand, with their faces usually contorted in anguish. The tree holds chamber adorned with etchings of horses and oxen skulls on the walls. Within this chamber, the current guardian drew a make-shift floor plan to emulate a home for a family.↗↗
03Abilities
Stand
The Stand attaches itself to the great tree and functions as a trial for those who discover the tree and its current guardian. Although seemingly easy to pass, the test becomes more difficult as it goes on and will push a person's will to its limits.↗
04Story
SPOILERS
Early History
At an unknown point in time, the Great Tree became the resting place of the Saint's Corpse's ears and right arm, turning it into a Devil's Palm and granting it the Stand, Sugar Mountain.↗
Over the course of several decades, the Great Tree possessed the likes of hunters and explorers, and those who failed to complete the trials were turned into tree fruits, where they would slumber inside of the tree for years, cycling through different guardians.↗↗
Sugar Mountain Tests Johnny & Gyro
While on their search for the ears and right arm of the Saint's Corpse, one of Gyro's Steel Balls is possessed by the Great Tree. Johnny and Gyro enter the Tree and meet its guardian, Sugar Mountain, who tests them on their greed. Gyro and Johnny pass the test and receive the Saint's Corpse's ears, but before they are sent on their way, they are given their second test: they must use up all the items they acquired within the tree by sunset, or else they too will become its fruits.↗
Their situation becomes dire when their time runs out and Gyro is absorbed into the tree. They end up succeeding anyway after Johnny trades the corpse parts for an open bottle of wine, freeing Gyro and Sugar Mountain, along with her parents, and releasing them from the Tree.↗↗
06Appearances
07Sources & attribution
- Great Tree of Sugar Mountain
Source text: JoJoWiki and its contributors. This entry has been reorganized and condensed for readability under CC BY-SA 4.0. Archived records reflect their capture dates. Referenced manga, anime, and artwork retain their respective copyrights.
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