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200,000 BCE
The Pillar Men
Hundreds of thousands of years ago on what would become the American continent, a race of creatures, which share many physical traits with humans, are the dominant lifeforms. They are highly intelligent, extremely strong, and quasi-immortal. Their species can only destroyed by sunlight and their own desire to induce the survival of the fittest. They are given the name Pillar Men by modern-day scientists. -
100,000 BCE
Kars is born
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90,000 BCE
Esidisi is born
Esidisi is a Pillar Man -
10,000 BCE
Wamuu is born
Wamuu is a Pillar Man -
8000 BCE
Santana is born
Santana is a Pillar Man -
7500 BCE
Kars vs. the Pillar Men
Pillar Men and humans coexist but Kars seeks to rise above his all nature and lead as supreme ruler. He creates the Stone Masks as a way to unlock his full potential, which works on humans, but fails in his species' biology. Instead, he uses the Stone Masks on humans, creating the first vampires. His race sees him as a threat and seek to kill him. The Pillar Men are brought to the brink of extinction in a bloody conflict, with only Kars, his assistant Esidisi, Wamuu, and Santana surviving. -
5000 BCE
The art of Hamon is created
Humans develop the martial art of Hamon(Ripple) to defend themselves against Pillar Men. The martial art utilizes the same energy emitted by the Sun through controlled breathing to producing ripples of electric power. Objects that contact with the ripple take on mystical properties. Only one in ten thousand individuals possess the natural aptitude to use Hamon, with some proficiency being able to be passed down via bloodlines. The early adopters of this form become known as the Ripple Clan. -
50 BCE
The Super Aja and the (near) extinction of the Hamon Clan
KKars discovers that Stone Mask can be transformed via a flawless Red Stone of Aja (or Super Aja), a jewel that can refract light millions of times over. Kars, Esidisi, and Wamuu abandon Santana in Ancient Mexico and travel to Rome in search of the stone. The Pillar Men nearly destroy the Ripple Clan, but do not find the Super Aja. They are forced to hibernate due to their lengthy sleep cycle, and fuse with a stone wall under the Roman Coliseum -
Dario Brando is born
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William Anthonio Zeppeli is born
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Zeppeli meets Tonpetty
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Straizo is born
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Robert E. O. Speedwagon is born
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Dio Brando is born
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Jonathan Joestar (JoJo) is born
Jonathan Joestar is born to George I and Mary Joestar. Mary Joestar purchases a Stone Mask in London, but is soon killed in a carriage incident. George Joester is saved by Dario Brando, and eventually frees Dario from a London prison. -
Erina Pendleton is born.
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Dario Brando is killed
Dario Brando is poisoned by his son, Dio Brando. -
Dio adopted by the Joestars
Dio is adopted by George Joestar, as per a promise made to Dario. Jonathan meets Dio. -
JoJo meets Erina
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Dio becomes a vampire
JoJo suspects Dio has poisoned George and travels to Ogre Street to find evidence. He meets Speedwagon. Returning to the Joestar manor, Jonathan and Speedwagon confront Dio with evidence and the police. Dio uses the Stone Mask, turning him into vampire. George dies protecting JoJo. The Joestar manor is burned to the ground as a result of JoJo and Dio's fight. Speedwagon and Erina visit Jonathan in the hospital after leaving the manor. Dio emerges from the ruins of the Joestar manor hours later. -
JoJo learns Hamon
JoJo meets Zeppeli, who begins to teach him Hamon. After a week of training, Jonathan is considered a master in the marital art. -
Zeppeli dies
The once dead English knights, Tarkus and Bruford, are reborn as servants of Dio. Zeppeli is killed in a fight with Tarkus. JoJo kills both Tarkus and Bruford, leaving their souls at rest. -
Dio is defeated
JoJo confronts Dio on top of the Windking's Lot prison. JoJo hits Dio with a blast of Hamon, causing the body of Dio to be destroyed.. Speedwagon destroys the Stone Mask that transformed Dio. -
George Joestar II is born
George Joestar II is born to Erina and the late Jonathan Joestar -
JoJo and Erina are married
They leave on a steamer headed for America the day after -
JoJo dies aboard the steamer
The living head of Dio attacks Jonathan on board the steamer. Jonathan is killed in the fight. All other passengers aboard the steamer are killed in a fire caused by the fight except for Erina and an infant named Elizabeth. -
Erina and Elizabeth
Erina and Elizabeth are rescued off the coast of the Canary Islands. -
The Speedwagon Foundation
Speedwagon, now a oil baron, founds the Speedwagon Foundation. The foundation serves the fields of medical research and environmental conservation, while maintaining connections with underworld groups and studying supernatural phenomena. -
Caesar Zeppeli
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Elizabeth goes into hiding
George II is killed by a zombie posing as a RAF pilot. Elizabeth takes vengeance of her husband's death, but is considered a criminal guilty of murdering a military officer. She leaves the Joestars and fakes her own death via the help of The Speedwagon Foundation. She officially changes her name to Lisa Lisa. -
Nazis find the Pillar the Remaining Pillar Men
Five years before they awaken, German Nazis uncover the Pillar Men underneath the Roman Coliseum. -
Joseph moves to New York
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The other Pillar Men Awaken
Towards the end of the year, Kars, Wamuu, and Esidisi awaken from their two-thousand year sleep. -
Santana awakens
Santana awakens in a Nazi compound in the Mexican desert and escapes containment. Joseph learns that Speedwagon is alive within the same Nazi compound and travels to Mexico to rescue him. Joseph meets the Nazi officer Rudol von Stroheim, and together they fight to contain Santana. Stroheim is killed in the battle by a grenade, and with his dying words tells Joseph to "meet someone in Rome" who Speedwagon also knows. Santana is contained once more. -
Joseph meets Caesar
Joseph and Speedwagon travel to Rome and meet Caesar Zeppeli, who has received instruction on how to use the Ripple from Lisa Lisa. -
The Wedding Rings of Death
A Nazi officer named Mark meets Joseph, Caesar, and Speedwagon in Rome. Under the instruction of Stroheim, he drives them to the Coliseum. While being experimented upon, Wamuu fully awakens and kills several dozen Nazi officers. Kars and Esidisi fully awaken shortly after. Caesar euthanizes Mark before being incapacitated. Joseph damages Wamuu, and receives the Wedding Rings of Death from Wamuu and Esidisi, which will kill him in 33 days. -
Joseph begins training
Joseph meets Lisa Lisa in Venice, and begins training to use Hamon -
Lisa Lisa has the Super Aja
Lisa Lisa reveals to Joseph and Caesar she is in possession of the Super Aja following their training -
Esidisi steals the Super Aja
Esidisi attacks the gang while they finish their training.Joseph defeats Esidisi and uses his antidote to remove Esidisi's Wedding Ring of Death. Before his death, Esidisi steals the Super Aja and sends it to Switzerland, where Kars has been in hiding. Joseph, Caesar, and Lisa Lisa follow the Super Aja to Saint Moritz. Kars kills several Nazi officers who have followed Lisa Lisa to Switzerland. Stroheim is still alive, having replaced his destroyed body parts with cybernetics. -
Caesar's Sacrifice
In the ruins of Gessler's fortress, Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli, after recovering Wammu's antidote for the Wedding Ring of Death, is crushed to death after fighting Wamu. Joseph and Lisa Lisa discover Caesar's blood bubble containing Wammu's antidote and briefly mourn for him. Joseph and Lisa Lisa manage to convince Kars and Wamu to a fair one versus one fight. -
The Ultimate Lifeform
At the stroke of midnight, Joseph fights Wamuu in a chariot race in an ancient coliseum populated by vampires created by the Pillar Men. Wammu is killed by Joseph, and he finally drinks Wammu's antidote. Lisa Lisa and Kars fight, and she loses.
Joseph and Kars fight over the course of several hours. The battle end when Kars, becoming the Ultimate Life Form using the Super Aja, is sent flying upwards by the force of an exploding volcano. The momentum carries him into space, where stays forever.