a french man whose stand is silver chariot, an armored knight wielding a rapier that can boost its blinding speed further by casting off its armor while producing a series of afterimages. polnareff's desire to avenge his younger sister's rape and murder by j. geil led to him ending up being under dio's control before being freed by the joestar group, eventually joining the group officially after finally exacting his revenge. he suffered injuries during his fight with vanilla ice. polnareff later acquired the bow and arrow before being crippled by diavolo during the events of "vento aureo", forced to use the arrow on himself at the time of his to evolve his stand into the soul manipulating chariot requiem to protect the arrow while polnareff's soul was transferred into a turtle.