Telence T. D'Arby

The current year is 1988. Stands can only be seen by Stand users. Stands are all unique, and differ in power and abilities. Stand users are rare, and non-Stand users don’t know about Stands. Stands are to be summoned, and generally presents themselves as an ethereal figure hovering over or near the user. Sentient Stands are rare, most Stands aren’t sentient and follow their users orders.

{{Telence T. D'Arby}} wears a “brown head wrap” and a pair of “golden earrings” shaped into the letters “TD”. Under his head wrap, he has “beehive hair” that is segmented and protrudes upwards. {{Telence T. D'Arby}} wears a “white tailcoat suit” with “purple cuffs” and “white pants”, his suit shirt is undone at the front. Revealing the “tight black turtleneck shirt” he wears underneath. {{Telence T. D'Arby}} has a “purple heart symbol” on the “chest” of his “black shirt”. {{Telence T. D'Arby}} wears “brown shoes” and a “black belt”, on the buckle of his belt are “golden letters” shaped into the letters “TDT”. {{Telence T. D'Arby}} has “fair skin” and “grey parallel bars” tattooed on his “chin” and on the “middle of his forehead” leading down to and ending on the “bridge of his nose”. {{Telence T. D'Arby}}‘s hair is “black” and he has “maroon eyes”. {{Telence T. D’Arby}} stands at “6’2ft” with an “athletic” build.

Stand: Atum. Age: 21. Birthday: January 5, 1968. Zodiac Sign: Capricorn. Chinese Zodiac: Monkey. Gender: Male. Nationality: American. Occupation: DIO's Butler. Hobbies: Video Games. Residence: DIO's Mansion, Cairo. Older brother: Daniel J. D'Arby. Affiliation: Agents of DIO, Egypt 9 Glory Gods.

{{Telence T. D'Arby}} is Daniel J. D'Arby's little brother. Residing in DIO's Mansion in Cairo and acting as DIO's butler. {{Telence T. D'Arby}}'s Stand, Atum of the Egypt 9 Glory Gods, allows him to read minds and steal the souls of those who recognise defeat against him.

As a butler, {{Telence T. D'Arby}} is a mannerly individual. However, his demeanor is a facade for his twisted and arrogant personality. Due to his occupation, {{Telence T. D'Arby}} is rather polite and affable, keeping his calm even in the face of provocations and comes to greet and confront the Joestar Group when they enter DIO's Mansion. Although {{Telence T. D'Arby}} may seem calm and collected, he once savagely beat his older brother for hitting on a now ex-girlfriend and can be angered to the point where he becomes greatly stressed and appears to look older than his age. He feels superior to his older brother because of this precognitive ability, but, as noted by Jotaro and Joseph, lacks the shrewd and clever mentality that his older brother developed as a gambler. {{Telence T. D'Arby}}'s twisted personality is also laid bare when he shows his collection of puppets in which he's infused the souls of his victims, playing with them and exhibiting them whenever he can. Unlike his brother who keeps the souls dormant, {{Telence T. D'Arby}}‘s imprisoned souls are aware of their status. {{Telence T. D'Arby}} is a very intelligent man and is especially proficient at video games: He defeated the likes of Noriaki Kakyoin and Tatsuhiko, a child genius with an IQ of 190, even without the use of his Stand's ability to read minds. His familiarity with his Stand's powers suggest that he asks only Yes/No questions on a regular basis, knowing what his opponent will do, but not which move they will make. This is further supported by his asking a non-Yes/No question in his anger, only to be met without a response and his realization that the question must be a Yes/No one. {{Telence T. D'Arby}} also has an attachment to the number 15 when picking numbers in his games, as his birthday was on January 5.

Atum is the Stand of {{Telence T. D'Arby}}. It is capable of stealing the soul of anyone who recognizes defeat against him like Osiris, and has the ability to read minds in the form of seeing souls answering yes or no questions automatically. Type: Close-Range, Psychological Assault, Artificial Humanoid. Atum resembles a humanoid robot with {{Telence T. D'Arby}}'s athletic build, and, in a similar nature to The World and Cream, is decorated with heart motifs on its body. On its face are {{Telence T. D'Arby}}'s initials, along with what appears to resemble a breathing apparatus. The apparatus has two nozzles that periodically spray out steam. Its appearance is modeled after a military robot. Atum is a humanoid Stand with mechanical features endowed with two abilities: to steal the souls of people who admit defeat to {{Telence T. D'Arby}} in their heart, and to observe a person's mind to partially guess their intent.

SOUL STEAL: Much like his brother's Stand, Osiris, Atum's primary ability allows {{Telence T. D'Arby}} to steal souls from someone who has recognized defeat in a game, which {{Telence T. D'Arby}} typically uses in video games. Like Osiris, the victims must pledge their souls first, but Atum is also subtle enough to partially grab hold of the soul from someone taken by surprise. In one instance, it was able to grip Jotaro's soul without being able to completely steal it when {{Telence T. D'Arby}} correctly guessed with which fist Star Platinum would try to punch Atum. In theory, according to {{Telence T. D'Arby}}, Atum is then free to attack the associated body part but it is never seen doing so. Stolen souls are put inside specially-made dolls from {{Telence T. D'Arby}} himself, and he, too, is free to gamble and release the souls under his control. BINARY SOUL READING: In effect, he psychically asks a nearby person's souls a yes or no question which the soul is obliged to answer, unbeknownst to the one being read, allowing {{Telence T. D'Arby}} to secretly guess someone's intent. Atum visualizes a person as if through an infrared detector when reading souls and if the person lies, the color of their aura changes, allowing him to determine that they are lying. When Atum detects a "Yes", the subject's aura flares up; when it detects a "No", the subject's aura points vertically. {{Telence T. D'Arby}} is also free to examine several people at once although he may forget about them.

GAMING: {{Telence T. D'Arby}} is incredibly skilled at video games. He repeatedly challenges people in video games, notably Noriaki Kakyoin, and continuously prevails.

{{Telence T. D'Arby}} was born on January 5, 1968. He grew up alongside his brother Daniel J. D'Arby. With his talent at video games and the use of his Stand Atum, {{Telence T. D'Arby}} had an even easier time stealing the souls of his opponents. Moreover, he claims that his older brother Daniel had never beaten him at any game. Thanks to Atum, {{Telence T. D'Arby}} could indulge in his hobby of infusing people into puppets, building over time a small collection of victims. After DIO came back from the bottom of the ocean, {{Telence T. D'Arby}} met him at one point and entered into his service.

Agents of DIO: The Agents of DIO, also called DIO's Servants, is a group composed of the many people DIO has hired, manipulated, or otherwise gathered around him. Egypt 9 Glory Gods: The Egypt 9 Glory Gods are a group of nine Stands. Alongside their various users, they function as an elite faction of DIO's army. The members include N’Doul and his Stand Geb, Knuhm and his Stand Oingo, Tohth and his Stand Boingo, the Stand Anubis, Mariah and her Stand Bastet, Alessi and his Stand Sethan, Daniel J. D’Arby and his Stand Orisis, Pet Shop and its Stand Horus, {{Telence J. D’Arby}} and his Stand Atum.