Here is a list of characters from the Zeppelin Family, a heroic Badass Family whose members served as allies and mentors of the Goldstar Family for countless generations.
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Zeppelin Family
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General
- Badass Family: Like their canon counterparts, the Zeppelin Family had served as allies and/or mentors for the Goldstars for countless generations. Like the Goldstars, the Zeppelins survived past the events of Battle Tendency thanks to the intervention of allies like Lamia and Volta, and became a generations-spanning lineage. Among them are Sacred Peace Zeppelin (now Zeppelin-Goldstar) and Hol Horse, born Barreled Oats Zeppelin, who used to work for Godly Brand until he betrayed him for his Bad Boss behavior. The aforementioned family members have also Ascended to godhood thanks to the Grand Primevals' tutelage.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Unlike their canon counterparts, the Zeppelin Family survived past the events of Battle Tendency due to changed circumstances and the presence of more allies. This resulted in them having more family members and being more widespread.
Gyro B. Zeppelin
Gyro B. Zeppelin (first introduced here
) is a First Age hero and ancestor of all succeeding generations of the heroic Zeppelin Family.
) is a First Age hero and ancestor of all succeeding generations of the heroic Zeppelin Family.- Expy: Of Gyro Zeppeli.
- Heroic Lineage: As is the case with Gracious Goldstar and the Goldstar Family, all succeeding generations of the Zeppelin Family are his direct descendants.
Baron Willful P. Zeppelin, the Master of Fear
Classification: Ascendant
Portfolio: Magic, Fear, Mentorship, Training
Rank: Divine (Tier IV/Greater)
Affiliation: Zeppelin Family, Helwyr Nos, Grittish Isles, Speedwagon Foundation
Baron Willful P. Zeppelin is the Alicorn god of Magic, Fear, Mentorship, and Training, and is a Ripple user and mentor of Gifted Goldstar, Shining Settlement, and Radiant E. O. Speedwagon.
- Adaptational Badass: While he is still a Badass Teacher like his canon counterpart, here he is even more powerful and competent thanks to changed circumstances and choices. And while he still died, he eventually comes Back from the Dead as the Alicorn god of Magic, Fear, Mentorship, and Training.
- Adaptation Name Change: His name in canon is Will Anthonio Zeppeli, whereas here, his name is Willful P. Zeppelin.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: He's an Alicorn god who embodies Magic, Fear, Mentorship, and Training.
- Crossover Relatives: He's the great-grandfather of Sacred Peace through his mother, who is the daughter of one of Caesar's younger sisters. He's also an in-law of the Goldstar Family through Sacred Peace's marriage to Gosuke Goldstar. Their canon counterparts, on the other hand, are completely unrelated to each other.
- Deity of Human Origin: Following the "Void Aeon" event, he comes Back from the Dead alongside Shining Settlement and Gifted Goldstar by Ascending to godhood as a non-Death deity.
- Dies Differently in Adaptation: In canon, he dies via getting bifurcated by Tarkus and transferring all his Ripple energy to save Jonathan, who had his neck snapped. Here, thanks to Speedwagon's intervention, he lives and is able to save Gifted Goldstar from a similar predicament, with his death here being implied to be of natural causes that occurred much later.
- Expy: Of Will Anthonio Zeppeli from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Phantom Blood.
- In Spite of a Nail: In one timeline, he took in three handicapped students and mentored them in using Ripples. The students? Gifted Goldstar (who is mute), Shining Settlement (who is deaf), and Radiant E. O. Speedwagon (who is blind).
- Point of Divergence:
- His canon self only had Jonathan Joestar as his student. Here, he taught not only Gifted Goldstar, but also Shining Settlement (Erina Pendleton) and Radiant E. O. Speedwagon (Robert E. O. Speedwagon).
- His canon self also only knew how to use Ripples and was a master at it. Here, he gained the additional ability to use Stands and other skills/powers. After dying of old age, he came Back from the Dead by Ascending as the Alicorn god of Magic, Fear, Mentorship, and Training.
- His canon self also dies via getting bifurcated by Tarkus and transferring all his Ripple energy to save Jonathan, who had his neck snapped. Here, he is saved by Speedwagon, who discovered his teacher was fated to die and wanted to avert it.
- Vitriolic Best Buds: His relationship with one of his students, Radiant E. O. Speedwagon, was pretty tempestuous, which Speedwagon himself admitted was due to personal issues and grudges at the time. Once Speedwagon mellowed out, things improved between them.
Caesar A. Zeppelin
Willful Zeppelin's grandson.
- Crossover Relatives: He's the maternal uncle of Sacred Peace's mother, making him Sacred Peace's granduncle. With Sacred Peace's marriage to Gosuke Goldstar, he is now Gorgeous Goldstar's brother-in-law. Their canon counterparts are not related to each other in any way.
- Disappeared Dad: This partially fueled his resentment towards Gorgeous Goldstar — his father suddenly abandoned the family, leaving his mother to raise him and his siblings alone. Of course, he himself was ignorant of how Gorgeous grew up not knowing of his own father, who was murdered by a surviving zombie minion of Dio Brando's.
- Expy: Of Caesar Anthonio Zeppeli from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Part of the reason why he bickered with Gorgeous Goldstar so much is because he envied the latter for having a loving family, while he had to deal with a Disappeared Dad who abandoned him, his mother, and his siblings. It took some counseling from allies (including Caesar's grandfather Baron Willful P. Zeppelin) and being constantly forced to work with Gorgeous for him to mellow out.
- Spared by the Adaptation: Due to massive changes in circumstances and choices, as well as the presence of other characters like Volta and Lamia, he ends up surviving way past his canonical death.
Hol Horse, the Golden Gunslinger
- See his folder entry here.
Gentle Presence Zeppelin
Gentle Peace Zeppelin (first introduced here) is the deceased wife of Flourishing Harvest, and the mother of Blessed Wealth Zeppelin and Sacred Peace Zeppelin-Goldstar.
) is the deceased wife of Flourishing Harvest, and the mother of Blessed Wealth Zeppelin and Sacred Peace Zeppelin-Goldstar.- Adaptational Backstory Change: She was born to one of Caesar A. Zeppelin's younger sisters and her Neighponese husband, making her Caesar's maternal niece. Unfortunately, she grew up in Neighpon during a time when it was very xenophobic against foreigners, leading to her being discriminated against for being half-Bitalian. After marrying Flourishing Harvest, she dropped her Zeppelin family name so her two sons, Blessed Wealth and Sacred Peace, won't experience the same discrimination she did as a filly.
- Crossover Relatives: She's a minor character from Diamond is Unbreakable who is revealed here to be a maternal niece of Caesar A. Zeppelin from Battle Tendency through one of his younger sisters. In canon, they weren't related to each other at all.
- Dark and Troubled Past: As a bi-national mare (half-Neighponse through her father, half-Bitalian through her mother), she faced heavy discrimination growing up in Neighpon due to the country's xenophobic attitudes. When she married Flourishing Wealth, she dropped her Zeppelin family name to protect her sons, Sacred Peace and Blessed Wealth, from going through the same thing.
- Expy: Of Okuyasu and Keicho's unnamed deceased mother from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable.
- The Lost Lenore: Her death from an illness devastated Flourishing Harvest, especially since the family didn't have money for treatment at the time. It became a major contributing factor in Flourishing Harvest becoming abusive to their two sons, Sacred Peace and Blessed Wealth.
- Mama Bear: She dropped her Zeppelin family name upon marrying Flourishing Harvest to protect her two sons from facing the same discrimination she faced in Neighpon as a filly. Sacred Peace didn't learn of his and his brother's heritage as Zeppelins until three Ages later, when he received a call from Jade Shell who discovered that piece of information during her research.
- Named by the Adaptation: In canon, she didn't have a name. Here, her birth name is Gentle Presence Zeppelin, though she dropped her family name upon marrying Flourishing Harvest to protect her two sons from the same discrimination she suffered as a filly.
Blessed Wealth Zeppelin
- Adaptation Name Change: Keicho Nijimura is changed to Blessed Wealth Zeppelin here.
- Expy: Of Keicho Nijimura.
- Point of Divergence: Here, Blessed Wealth was the one who shot Cloud Runner with the Stand Arrow while he was street-racing; while Cloud Runner suffered the same motorcycle accident that put him in the hospital and caused him to manifest Highway Star, it happening earlier meant that he has a Heel–Face Turn joins Gosuke and his friends much earlier than in canon.
Sacred Peace Zeppelin-Goldstar, the Hoof of Destruction
- See his folder entry here.
