User:Ricepigeon/Black Polnareff

Black Polnareff is a variation of Jean Pierre Polnareff that appears as a separate playable character in JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future. He is based on Polnareff's appearance in the God Anubis story arc of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders, where Polnareff becomes possessed by the rogue Stand, Anubis.

Anubis was originally the Stand of Caravan Serai, a blacksmith who died 500 years prior to the events of Stardust Crusaders. Prior to his death, Caravan Serai forged a sword that he bound his Stand to, which allowed Anubis to survive after his original user's death. Five centuries later, DIO located this sword in a museum and awakened Anubis, swiftly defeating him in combat using his own Stand, The World; after this defeat, Anubis pledged loyalty to DIO and was dispatched to Egypt to prevent the Joestar group from discovering the location of DIO's mansion.

Due to his original Stand user having been deceased for five centuries, Anubis is able to choose his own user by having the person unsheath the sword that he is bound to; this allows Anubis to possess multiple users in succession, and allows him to resume fighting his opponent even in the event that his user is killed or incapacitated. Anubis is unique among Stands in that, rather than being under the control of their Stand user, Anubis is able to control his user through mind control in a way similar to how Stand users normally control their own Stands. By possessing Polnareff after possessing both Chaca and Khan, Anubis is also capable of controlling Polnareff's Stand, Silver Chariot; while Polnareff does not gain any new abilities while possessed by Anubis, his fighting style becomes more aggressive and dangerous due to Silver Chariot now dual wielding Anubis's sword in addition to its own.

In M.U.G.E.N, Black Polnareff has been made various times by many authors, such as Nimame and Izumo.