- "He who fights monsters should see to it that he himself does not become a monster."
- ― Friedrich Nietzsche (Beyond Good and Evil)
The ability to possess and live on in whoever happens to murder oneself. Variation of Self-Resurrection. Opposite to Post-Mortem Shapeshifting.
Also Called[]
- Deathly Possession
- Murderous Rebirth
Capabilities[]
User can possess and live on through whoever manages to murder/destroy them. Whenever an opponent happens to destroy or kill the user, the opponent will gradually change in body and mind, eventually turning into the user to allow them to live once more.
Applications[]
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- May take time for the power to take effect.
- User must be destroyed or killed for the power to activate.
- User can be confined to one body as long as they are not killed.
- User may still die through means other than killing.
- If target has Multiple Bodies, user might possess only one.
- Users of Non-Corporeal Form are immune.
- Some opponent's are too strong-willed or outright impossible to possess.
- User may be able to be exorcised from their host before the power can take full effect.
- Possession Immunity
Known Users[]
- Beliar (Bloodrayne) can possess anyone using his heart
- Doomsday (DC Comics New 52)
- Fae Queens (The Dresden Files)
- Sin (Final Fantasy X)
- Many-Angled Ones (Marvel Comics)
- Lucius the Eternal (Warhammer 40k)
- Butcher (Worm)
- Drokmar (Magic Sword)
- The Lifemaker (Negima)
- Van Pelt (Jumanji)
- The Previous Overlord (Overlord); via possessing the Wizard
- Fafnheir (Pathfinder)
- Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars)
- The Dying Man (Fear Mythos)
Known Objects[]
- Chrome Disaster (Accel World)
Gallery[]
If any Force-user were to strike down Darth Sidious (Star Wars) with murderous intent and hatred, their tapping into the Dark Side would allow for Sidious' spirit to possess them.
Fafnheir (Pathfinder) the Father of all Linnorms.