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The Stand of the falcon Pet Shop in Stardust Crusaders, Horus is a powerful ice user that conjures freezing blocks and hurls icicle missiles, making its agile flying master a deadly gatekeeper for DIO.

Part: Stardust Crusaders
User: Pet Shop
Namesake: Horus (Egyptian god)
Game Debut: JoJo's Bizarre Adventure (SFC Game)
Stand Type: Close-Range Stand
Anime Debut: SC Episode 38
Manga Debut: Chapter 222
Japanese Name: ホルス神
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Overview

Horus answers to Pet Shop and appears during Stardust Crusaders. It seldom detaches into its full shape, usually staying fused to its master's body. When it does emerge on its own, it looks like a hulking skeletal beast crowned with the head of a pterosaur. Numerous limbs end in bird-like claws, with six little arms sprouting from its torso and several pairs of legs below, lending it the look of a spider or a centipede.

Coloring shifts by medium: an icy blue tone with yellow eyes in the tinted manga, and grey with red eyes in the anime. The Stand holds no personality of its own. Its name and design draw on Horus, the Egyptian sky deity.

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Mechanics

Horus is an ice-based Stand whose ranged strikes, matched to Pet Shop's speed and flight as a falcon, make him a frightening opponent. Its central power is cryokinesis, generating ice in huge amounts and at rapid speed. It can raise blocks heavy enough to flatten a car and pull the surrounding temperature down sharply even in Egypt's dry heat, while damp surroundings unlock its true efficiency.

Offensively, it shapes icicles that launch toward a mark like driven missiles, usually formed some distance from Pet Shop, though he can also grow shards inside his own beak for a close strike. The same ice builds walls and blocks to pen an enemy in or simply freezes everything nearby to trap a target. Pet Shop further uses it defensively, sealing over his wounds to stop the bleeding, and coats his talons with ice to make them more dangerous.

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Notable Users

Pet Shop, the hawk guarding the approach to DIO, is the only user. His aerial mobility combined with Horus's ranged ice attacks lets him ambush and kill intruders, including a man carrying sensitive information about DIO's whereabouts.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who is the user of the Stand Horus?

Horus is the Stand of Pet Shop, a falcon serving as one of DIO's guards in Stardust Crusaders. The Stand usually stays fused to Pet Shop's body rather than appearing as a separate figure.

What powers does Horus have?

Horus is an ice based Stand that generates large blocks of ice at rapid speed and can drop the surrounding temperature sharply. It launches icicles like missiles at a target and can also freeze over wounds to stop bleeding.

What part of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure does Horus appear in?

Horus appears in Stardust Crusaders, first showing up in the manga's Chapter 222 and in Episode 38 of the Stardust Crusaders anime.

Where does the name Horus come from?

The Stand Horus takes its name and design from Horus, the Egyptian sky deity, reflecting Pet Shop's bird form and aerial fighting style.

How does Pet Shop use Horus in a fight?

Pet Shop combines his falcon speed and flight with Horus's ranged ice attacks, forming icicle walls and blocks to trap enemies and coating his talons in ice for close strikes.

Sources & Information

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