Corruption Magic

Corruption Magic
Elan Morin Tedronai, best known as Ishamael or Moridin (The Wheel of Time) used the corruptive True Power to such a degree that his eyes and mouth glowed brightly as he was driven mad.
Power/Ability to:	Use corruption magic.

The power to use corruption-related magic. Form of Magic. Variation of Corruption Manipulation and Corruption Energy Manipulation. Opposite to Purification Magic.

Also Called

• Blight Magic (Dragon Age)
• Corruption Commands
• Fel Magic (Warcraft)
• Taint Magic
• True Power (The Wheel of Time)

Capabilities

The user is able perform a form of magic that utilizes a form of corruption or tainted nature to a variety of effects.

Applications

• Corruption Manipulation
  • Corrupting Madness
• Taint Generation

Variations

• Disease Magic
• Madness Magic
• Poison Magic
• Radiation Magic

Associations

• Cursed Blood
• Corrupted Blood
• Corruption Arts
• Corruption Energy Manipulation
• Magic
  • Dark Arts
  • Demonic Magic
• Nether Manipulation

Limitations

• Malignance Nullification/Magic Destruction/Magic Negation/Magic Sealing/Magical Energy Absorption/Purification Magic
• Magic always has a price.
• May be driven to madness by their own magical sources.
• May not work on already corrupt/corrupted beings.
• May open up the user to Possession by an outside force.
• May require the user to have a Dark Heart or Dark Soul.
• Corruptive effects may be irreversible.
• Users of Magic Immunity are immune.

Known Users

• Imogen (Arrowverse/Constantine)
• Dracula/Gabriel Belmont (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow); via Blood Magic
• Prometheans (Chronicles of Darkness/Promethean: The Created); via Contamination Transmutation
• Bale Hounds (Chronicles of Darkness/Werewolf: The Forsaken); via Tainted Moon Gifts
• Users of Dark and Abyss Magic (Dark Souls: Artorias of the Abyss/Dark Souls II/Dark Souls III); via Humanity
• Archon Lucien (Darksiders 2); via Corruption
• Jamaerah the Scribe (Darksiders 2); via Corruption
• Blight (DC Comics)
• Doctor Gotham (DC Comics)
• Eclipso (DC Comics)
• Users of blight magic (Dragon Age)
  • Andoral
  • Corypheus
  • Darkspawn emissaries
    • The Architect
  • Grey Wardens; via Power of Blood
    • Avernus
    • The Warden
• Molag Bal (The Elder Scrolls)
• Dark Man/Mr. Dark (Fables)
• Clerics of the Corruption domain (Forgotten Realms)
• Ghul Lords (Forgotten Realms)
• Chthon (Marvel Comics); via Chaos Magic
• Melkor/Morgoth (Middle-earth)
• Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
• Overlords (Overlord); via Evil Presence Spell
• Users of the Corruption Subdomain (Pathfinder)
• Daevites (SCP Foundation)
• Users of Fel magic (Warcraft)
  • Blood elves
  • Demon hunters
  • Satyrs
  • Warlocks
• Chaos Sorcerers (Warhammer); via Chaos Sorcery
• Users of Dhar/Dark Magic (Warhammer)
  • Malekith
  • Morathi
  • Sorceresses
• Padan Fain (The Wheel of Time)
• Myrddraal (The Wheel of Time); via the Turning ritual
• Users of the True Power (The Wheel of Time)
  • Dark One
  • Forsaken
    • Demandred
    • Graendal
    • Ishamael/Moridin
  • Rand al'Thor; via connection to Moridin
• Earthbound (World of Darkness/Demon: The Fallen); via Lore of Contamination
• Users of Daimonion Discipline (World of Darkness/Vampire: The Masquerade)
  • Angelis Ater
  • Baali
• Users of Dark Thaumaturgy (World of Darkness/Vampire: The Masquerade)
• Skin Dancers (World of Darkness/Werewolf: The Apocalypse)
• Spectres (World of Darkness/Wraith: The Oblivion); via Dark Arcanoi

Known Objects

• Heart of Darkness (DC Comics)
• Darkhold (Marvel Comics)
• Darkstaff (Star Wars Legends)

Gallery

As Gabriel Belmont (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow) developed his power as Dracula to untold heights using his Cursed Blood, he developed ever increasing levels of corrupting magic through Blood Magic.

After falling to Corruption, Archon Lucien (Darksiders 2) was capable of using it in conjunction with his holy light magic.

Blight (DC Comics) is the manifestation of all human corruption, and is capable of using magic that manipulates that effect.

Eclipso (DC Comics) can use his powers through his connection to the Heart of Darkness diamond to corrupt others with magic, putting them under his sway as "Eclipsed" people.

As the Daedric Prince of Corruption, Molag Bal (The Elder Scrolls) is a master of corrupting others, from his Soul-Shriven to the creation of corrupted dragons, to even the very inception of vampirism itself.

As the inventor of most dark magic, Chthon (Marvel Comics) can influence almost anyone who uses his works, which have created a great many supernatural creatures.

Malekith (Warhammer Fantasy), Witch King of the Dark Elves, is a master of Dark Magic, also known as Dhar, a corrupted, polluted form of primal magic power.

Morathi (Warhammer) the Hag Sorceress is a master practitioner of Dhar, much like her son after her.

Due to his connections to Shadar Logoth, Padan Fain (The Wheel of Time) is capable of a corruptive magic that is unconnected to the Dark One's True Power.

After reincarnating, Ishamael's new form of Moridin (The Wheel of Time) used the True Power extensively and exclusively, corrupting his mind completely to insanity in less than three years.

Rand al'Thor (The Wheel of Time) gained the ability to use the True Power through his connection to Moridin, the reincarnation of Ishamael.