Kars (Original Universe)

Background

Kars was born ~102,000 years before the events of Battle Tendency. His people lived underground and survived off the essence of other living things, failing to reproduce due to their long and worthy lifespans. Despite living in a peaceful, well-supplied society, Kars was dissatisfied; in his eyes, his race could easily rule over the Earth if not for their lethal weakness to sunlight. Consumed by ambition, he began seeking a way for his race to "tame the sun" and leave the underground.↗↗↗

In time, Kars created the Stone Masks and began to test their effects on himself. However, their spines were unable to penetrate his own skin deeply enough to unlock his full potential - instead, he gained increased body manipulation powers at the cost of greatly increased hunger.↗↗

Battle Tendency (1938-39)

Awakening

Kars and the other Pillar Men set off to find the location of the Red Stone of Aja, eventually settling in an abandoned mansion in Saint-Moritz, Switzerland. Having found a lead to the stone, Esidisi had planned to contact Kars after retrieving it, but was promptly defeated by Joseph instead. At the appointed time of Esidisi's call, Kars finds himself unable to reach his fellow Pillar Man and worries about his companion's fate.↗↗

Fighting for the Super Aja

Kars travels back to his abandoned hotel Saint-Moritz, where Joseph Joestar and Lisa Lisa eventually find him. However, he ambushes them with an army of 100 Vampires. Against Wamuu 's wishes, Kars wants to kill the Ripple users with as little hassle as possible. Lisa Lisa then pretends that she's set a time bomb near the Super Aja, which would break it if the heroes didn't return in time.↗↗↗↗

This allows Joseph to confront Kars one-on-one on the temple. However, Kars uses Lisa Lisa to his own advantage. He pierces Lisa Lisa's feet and strings a rope through the wounds, forcing Joseph to grab the rope to stop her from falling. An overconfident Kars approaches as Joseph lights his scarf on fire and attacks, but falls from the beam clutching the rope as Kars severs it to finish off Lisa Lisa.↗↗↗

The Ultimate One

As the Nazis unleash ultraviolet light upon him, Kars unexpectedly dons a modified Stone Mask with the Super Aja in place; the light activates the mask and enables him to enter his ultimate form. The humans can only stand in horror as Kars displays his new-found power by briefly transforming his hand into a flesh-eating squirrel and then standing in the sunlight while his remaining vampire minions are instantly destroyed. To cap his victory, Kars decides to kill Joseph.↗↗↗

Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak

In the spin-off Crazy Diamond's Demonic Heartbreak, it is explained that in St-Moritz, Kars managed to find a Japanese intelligence officer and turn him into a Vampire. That man turns out to be Kazuki Karaiya's grandfather, who became convinced of his own superiority over humans and eventually twisted his grandson 's personality by persuading him that he too must focus on "being on top" instead of keeping contact with other people, which turned Kazuki into a psychopath.↗

JORGE JOESTAR

Kars is a primary ally to Jorge Joestar in the light novel JORGE JOESTAR. He is the original version of Kars from the main universe, who lands and survives on Mars for 36 universe cycles. He would encounter different versions of him in each universal cycle. They all team up in order to find a way back to Earth. Aside from the original, the alternate Kars all combine into an entity referred to as " The Eyed Balloon ", carrying Giotto probes inside them.↗

Eyes of Heaven

When Heaven-Attained DIO begins to rewrite reality, the story of the Pillar Men is significantly altered. In 1939, in Italy, the Pillar Men collectively manage to track the Super Aja to Air Supplena Island. Thus, they assault the island, interrupting the battle between Jotaro Kujo, the old Joseph Joestar and their new allies the younger Joseph as well as Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, and the minions of DIO.↗

In the ending credits, Esidisi and Wamuu battle Joseph and Caesar together at the Skeleton Heel Stone.↗

Profile details

Status: Alive (JORGE JOESTAR)↗