Superpower Wiki
Register
Advertisement
"Darkness is a friend, an ally. Darkness allows us to understand others, to see what they value when they believe no one else is looking. It allows us to be honest with ourselves, to express those values that we would disavow in the light. The light blinds us. It is only in the dark that we see clearly, and there is a great dark hidden among these worlds."
― Darth Revan (Star Wars)
"The shadows betray you, because they belong to me!"
― Bane (The Dark Knight Rises)

The power to manipulate darkness. Variation of Absent Energy Manipulation. Opposite to Light Manipulation.

Also Called[]

  • Achluokinesis
  • Darkness Control
  • Erebokinesis
  • Sciakinesis
  • Shadow Control/Manipulation
  • Umbrakinesis

Capabilities[]

Users can create, shape and manipulate darkness and shadows. Darkness is mostly used to cloud everything into total darkness, but can also be channeled to a variety of effects, both as an absence of light and a solid substance: one can also control and manipulate the beings that exist there, create and dispel shields and areas of total darkness, create constructs such as equipment or entities, teleport one's self through massive distances via shadows, etc.

Note: Darkness Manipulation is essentially the same as Shadow Manipulation, in the sense that all of its applications would be identical. Hence why both powers are merged into one.

Applications[]

Techniques[]

Variations[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

  • Distance, mass, precision, etc. depend upon of the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user, and their power's natural limits.
  • Light Manipulation, Light Generation, and other light based powers are especially effective against this power.
    • As shadow is a dark area produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface, light may strengthen shadow magic or may even be a requirement in some universes.
  • May be unable to create darkness/shadow, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
  • May have to be in sync with darkness, whether their own or the source of their power.
  • May become affected/corrupted through extended exposure.
  • Umbrakinetic Immunity

Known Users[]

See Also: Casting a Shadow.

Darkness[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

  • Clive (Arc The Lad)
  • Users of Dark Magic (Black Clover)
  • Rood Chrishi (Black Haze)
  • Yhwach (Bleach)
  • Ichibē Hyōsube (Bleach)
  • The Dark (Cardcaptor Sakura)
  • Darkness Devil (Chainsaw Man)
  • Duskmon (Digimon)
  • JagerLoweemon (Digimon)
  • Loweemon (Digimon)
  • Velgemon (Digimon)
  • Koichi Kimura (Digimon Frontier); via Spirits of Darkness
  • Demigra (Dragon Ball series)
  • Mechikabura (Dragon Ball series)
  • Rin Kagamane (Dragoma Inferno)
  • Tohjo Ryuzaki (Dragoma Inferno)
  • Brain/Zero (Fairy Tail)
  • Jellal Fernandes (Fairy Tail)
  • Jose Porla (Fairy Tail)
  • Simon (Fairy Tail)
  • Hades/Precht Gaebolg (Fairy Tail); via Grimoire Law and Demon Eye
  • Macbeth (Fairy Tail)
  • Freed Justine (Fairy Tail)
  • Mirajane Strauss (Fairy Tail); via Satan Soul
  • God Serena (Fairy Tail)
  • Anubis/Cale (Legendary Armor Samurai Troopers/Ronin Warriors)
  • Users of Darkness (Mashle: Magic and Muscles)
    • Adam Jobs
    • Innocent Zero
  • Anemo Nemo/Leberblume (Mahō Shōjo ni Akogarete)
  • Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); via Dark Elbow
  • Users of Blackwhip (My Hero Academia)
    • Daigoro Banjo
    • Izuku Midoriya/Deku
  • Vantablack (My Hero Academia)
  • Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece); via the Yami Yami no Mi
  • Kan Genjiro (Psycho Dreams)
  • Beatrice (Re:Zero ~Starting Life in Another World~)
  • Abzu (Saint Seiya Omega)
  • Pisces Amor (Saint Seiya Omega)
  • Pegasus Kouga (Saint Seiya Omega)
  • Mars (Saint Seiya Omega)
  • Hornet Sonia (Saint Seiya Omega)
  • Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
  • Souei (Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken/That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime)
  • Leslie Sperado (The Monster Duchess and the Contract Princess)
  • Izraf (The Seven Deadly Sins)
  • Demon Clan (The Seven Deadly Sins)
  • Tristan Liones (The Seven Deadly Sins)
  • Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
  • The Shadow Riders (Yu-Gi-Oh!)

Comics/Cartoons[]

  • Count Spankulot (Codename: Kids Next Door)
  • Darklight (DC Comics)
  • Richard Swift/The Shade (DC Comics)
  • Barbatos (DC Comics)
  • Raven (DC Comics)
  • Shadow Lass (DC Comics)
  • The One Who Laughs (DC Comics)
  • Users of the Spell of Absolute Darkness (Kaijudo: Rise/Clash of the Duel Masters)
  • Vaatu (The Legend of Korra)
  • Cloak (Marvel Comics)
  • Gorr the God Butcher (Marvel Comics); via the All-Black symbiote
  • Knull (Marvel Comics)
  • Jordan Lewis (Marvel Comics)
  • Nyx (Marvel Comics)
  • Nighty-Knight (Megamind vs.The Doom Syndicate)
  • Shadow Weaver (She-Ra: Princess of Power)
  • Eclipsa (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
  • Nightingale (Static Shock)
  • Black Hat (Villainous)
  • Darcy (Winx Club)
  • Obscura (Winx Club)

Literature[]

  • Etherealki/Shadow Summoner (Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse)
    • Aleksander Morozova/The Darkling (Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse)
  • Lady Zillah and Tam Song (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
  • Joaquín Ruiz-Jorruda (La extraña aventura de JoJo: rey infinito); via El Aleph
  • Bianca St. Claire (The Dresden Files)
  • Mavra (The Dresden Files)
  • Solomon Wreath (Skulduggery Pleasant)
  • Lord Vile (Skulduggery Pleasant)
  • Ungoliant (The Silmarillion)
  • Thantos (Twitches)
  • Moonchild (Wild Cards)
  • Brian Laborn/Grue (Worm)

Live Television/Movies[]

  • Amara (Supernatural)
  • Blake Belladonna (Justice League x RWBY: Super Heroes and Huntsmen); after arriving on Earth
  • Alien Empera (Ultraman series)

Video Games[]

  • Mr. Scratch (Alan Wake)
  • The Shadow (Amnesia: Dark Descent)
  • Ragna the Bloodedge (BlazBlue)
  • Oryx (Destiny)
  • Maxwell (Don't Starve); via Codex Umbra
  • Lightners (Deltarune)
  • Lu/Ciel (Elsword)
  • Dark Type Animals (Fantasy Forest Story)
  • Garland (Final Fantasy)
  • Cloud of Darkness (Final Fantasy III)
  • Cecil Harvey (Final Fantasy IV); as a Dark Knight
  • Nero (Final Fantasy VII series)
  • Sephiroth (Final Fantasy VII Remake)
  • Zenos yae Galvus (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • The Ascians (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • Fandaniel (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • Zodiark (Final Fantasy XIV)
  • Ardyn Izunia (Final Fantasy XV)
  • Odin (Final Fantasy XVI)
  • Barnabus Tharmr (Final Fantasy XVI)
  • Clive Rosefield (Final Fantasy XVI); after absorbing Odin
  • Ultima (Final Fantasy XVI)
  • Henry (Fire Emblem Awakening)
  • Nightmare (Five Nights at Freddy's )
  • Beelzebul/Raiden Shogun/Raiden Ei (Genshin Impact)
  • Hades (God of War)
  • Morpheus (God of War)
  • Nyx (God of War)
  • Vessels (Hollow Knight)
  • White Face (IMSCARED)
  • Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Terra (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Master Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Terra-Xehanort (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Xehanort’s Guardian (Kingdom Hearts)
  • Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
  • Shade (Mana Series)
  • Helcurt (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
  • Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
  • Sho Minazuki (Persona 4 Arena Ultimax); via Tsukiyomi
  • Dark type Pokémon (Pokémon)
  • Robloxians (ROBLOX); via Sword of Darkness
  • Various Characters (Shin Megami Tensei)
  • Malefor (Skylanders)
  • The Darkness (Skylanders)
  • Dark Skylanders (Skylanders)
  • Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog)
  • Dharkon (Super Smash Bros. Ultimate)
  • Kazuya Mishima (Tekken); as True Devil Kazuya
  • Rumia (Touhou Project)
  • Hilda (Under Night In-Birth); via Dress of Darkness: Masquerade
  • Dark Mystic (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Polar Night (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Vampires (Vampyr)
  • Users of the Void (Warcraft series)
  • Dark Elemental Blades (Xenoblade Chronicles 2)
    • Malos
  • Z (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
  • Aimi Yoshida (X-Men: Destiny); depending on player's choice of actions
  • Grant Alexander (X-Men: Destiny); depending on player's choice of actions
  • Adrian Luca (X-Men: Destiny); depending on player's choice of actions
  • The Ink Demon (Bendy and the Ink Machine/Dark Revival)
  • Shadow Energy users (Shadow Fight)

Web Original[]

Shadows[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

  • Nacht Faust (Black Clover)
  • Mizuki Tsujimura (Bungo Stray Dogs Gaiden)
  • The Shadow (Cardcaptor Sakura)
  • Nagi Arisuin (Chivalry of a Failed Knight)
  • Rui Hachiouji (Code:Breaker)
  • Saechika Hachiouji (Code:Breaker)
  • Kurumi Tokisaki (Date a Live)
  • Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott (Date A Live)
  • Rogue Cheney (Fairy Tail)
  • Kageyama (Fairy Tail)
  • Shade (Fairy Tail)
  • Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Pride (Fullmetal Alchemist)
  • Ihwa/Hero Killer (Hero Killer) Temporary after shaking hands with Engen
  • Engen/Smiling Man (Hero Killer)
  • Yuzuki Mikage (Hell Girl: Three Vessels)
  • Connla (Highschool DxD)
  • Megumi Fushiguro (Jujutsu Kaisen)
  • Junk (Junk the Black Shadow)
  • Hairo (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
  • Zaruchimu (Konjiki no Gash Bell!)
  • Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); Via Shadow Step
  • Fumikage Tokoyami (My Hero Academia); via Dark Shadow
  • Nara Clan (Naruto)
  • Tsukiyo (Boruto: Naruto Next Generation)
  • Gekko Moriah (One Piece) via the Kage Kage no Mi
  • Iori Katanagi (Phantom Seer)
  • Beatrice (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World)
  • Betelguese Romanee-Conti (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World)
  • Natsuki Subaru (Re:Zero − Starting Life in Another World)
  • Makora (Samurai Deeper Kyo)
  • Kagege (Sgt. Frog)
  • Ashborn (Solo Leveling)
  • Sung Jinwoo (Solo Leveling)
  • Cid Kagenou (Minoru Kagenou) (The Eminence in Shadow)
  • Itakura Akira (Talentless Nana)
  • Reflejo (Tower of God)
  • Celty Sturluson (Durarara)
  • Anemo Nemo/Leberblume (Mahou Shoujo ni Akogareta/Gushing Over Magical Girls)

Cartoons/Comics[]

  • Farabu the Caretaker (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
  • Mirage (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
  • Analay (Avatar: The Last Airbender - New Recruits)
  • The Makuta Species (Bionicle)
  • Shadow Matoran (Bionicle)
  • Takanuva (Bionicle); temporarily
  • Fang (BoboiBoy)
  • Nightshade (DC Comics)
  • Trigon (DC Comics)
  • Obsidian (DC Comics)
  • Shadow Walker (DC Comics)
  • Raven (DC Comics' New 52)
  • Luci (Disenchantment)
  • Magica De Spell (Ducktales Reboot)
  • The Six-Eared Macaque/Macaque (LEGO Monkie Kid)
  • Oni (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
  • Shade (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
  • Mandarin (Marvel Comics)
  • Knull (Marvel Comics)
  • Void/Dark Sentry (Marvel Comics)
  • The Miller Sisters (Moonbeam City)
    • Pizzaz Miller
  • King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
  • Stygian/Pony of Shadows (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
  • The Beast (Over the Garden Wall)
  • Shadow Weaver (She-Ra and the Princesses of Power)
  • Ebon (Static Shock)
  • Claire Nunez (Tales of Arcadia)
  • Penumbra (Villainous)
  • The Dark Dragon (“American Dragon Jake Long”)

Literature[]

  • Shadowbinders (A Song of Ice and Fire)
  • Nicodemus Archleone (The Dresden Files)
  • Tam Song (Keeper of the Lost Cities)
  • Mrs. O'Leary (Percy Jackson and The Olympians)
  • Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson and The Olympians)
  • Hades (Percy Jackson and The Olympians)
  • Hazel Levesque (Heroes of Olympus)
  • Phobia (Renegades Trilogy)
  • Necromancers (Skulduggery Pleasant)
  • Aleksander Morozova/The Darkling (Shadow & Bone/The Grishaverse)
  • Baghra Morozova (Shadow and Bone/The Grishaverse)
  • Alina Starkov (Shadow and Bone/The Grishaverse)
  • Mia Corvere (The Nevernight Chronicles)

Live Television/Movies[]

  • Shade (Arrowverse)
  • Woogyman (Charmed)
  • Vashta Nerada (Doctor Who)
  • Chernabog (Fantasia)
  • Melisandre (Game of Thrones)
  • The Shadow Master (Round the Twist)
  • Jadoo (Krrish Series)
  • Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)

Tabletop Games[]

Video Games[]

  • Dawn (Contrast)
  • Scar (Disney Mirrorverse)
  • Anna Schwagerin (Dies Irae)
  • Rusalka Schwägelin (Dies Irae)
  • Zato-1 (Guilty Gear); Via Forbidden Beast, Eddie
  • Raven (Honkai Impact 3rd)
  • Zed (League of Legends)
  • Kayn (League of Legends)
  • Hayabusa (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
  • Moskov (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
  • Lylia (Mobile Legends: Bang Bang)
  • Zor (Sonic The Hedgehog)
  • Shadow (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Shadow Magician (Valkyrie Crusade)

Darkness & Shadows[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

  • Darkus Bakugan (Bakugan)
  • Alucard (Hellsing)
  • Ai Enma (Hell Girl)
  • Sakura Igawa (Taimanin Series)
  • Ihwa (Hero Killer); temporary after shaking hands with Engen
  • Engen (Hero Killer)
  • Vampires (High School DxD)
  • Ajimu Najimi (Medaka Box); via Dark Elbow and Shadow Step
  • Marshall D. Teach/Blackbeard (One Piece); via the Yami Yami no Mi
  • Iori Katanagi (Phantom Seer)
  • Zaruchimu (Zatch Bell!)

Comics/Cartoons[]

Folklore/Mythology[]

Literature[]

  • Rhysand (A Court of Thorns and Roses Series)
  • The Overlord (Frenzy Series)
  • Daruxians (Los Hechiceros del Dragon)
  • Children of Hades (Percy Jackson and The Olympians/Heroes of Olympus)
    • Bianca di Angelo
    • Nico di Angelo
  • Necromancers (Skulduggery Pleasant)
    • Valkyrie Cain
    • Lord Vile/Skulduggery Pleasant
    • Solomon Wreath
  • Grace McKnight (The Eidolon Saga)
  • Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
  • Balrogs ( The Lord of the Rings and The Silmarillion)
  • Nightwielder (The Reckoners)
  • Morgoth/Melkor (The Silmarillion)
  • Shaidar Haran (The Wheel of Time)
  • Cynthia Andrews (The Young Guardians)
  • Queen Maeve (Throne of Glass)
  • King Erawan (Throne of Glass)
  • Myrddraal (Wheel of Time)

Live Television/Movies[]

Video Games[]

  • Aragami (Aragami)
  • Hyo (Aragami)
  • Shinobu (Aragami)
  • Yamiko/Shadow Empress (Aragami)
  • Emily Kaldwin (Dishonored 2); via Shadow Walk, Doppelgänger and Far Reach
  • Wilfre (Drawn to Life)
  • Aisha (Elsword)
  • Master of Darkness (Heart of Darkness)
  • Shadow conduits (Infamous Paper Trail)
  • Arlon the Serene (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
  • Hades (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
  • Medusa (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
  • Pandora (Kid Icarus: Uprising)
  • Dark Matter (Kirby)
  • Void Termina (Kirby)
  • Dark Mind (Kirby)
  • Zero (Kirby)
  • 02 (Kirby)
  • Gooey (Kirby)
  • Dark Nebula (Kirby)
  • Miracle Matter (Kirby)
  • Dark Crafter (Kirby)
  • Zed (League of Legends)
  • The Lady (Little Nightmares)
  • Bi-Han/Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
  • Shadow Queen (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
  • Most Dark-type Pokémon (Pokémon)
  • Mr. Dark (Rayman)
  • Nox (Smite)
  • Pandora (Valkyrie Crusade)
  • Omen (Valorant)

Known Objects[]

Known Powers/Techniques[]

  • Darkus (Bakugan)
  • Dark Magic (Black Clover)
  • Shadow Magic (Black Clover)
  • The Great Darkness (DC Comics)
  • Shadowlands (DC Comics)
  • Dark Hashira (Dragoma Inferno)
  • Dark Force/Dark Force Dimension (Marvel Comics)
  • Darkforge (The New Real)
  • Dark Sorcery (Psycho Dreams)
  • Abyss Mysticism (Vampire: The Masquerade)
  • Shadow Energy (Shadow Fight)
  • Shadow Summoning (Shadow and Bone/Grishaverse)

Gallery[]

Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]

Cartoons[]

Comics[]

Literature[]

Live Television[]

Video Games[]

Videos[]

Advertisement