- "A necessary sacrifice to bring peace to this planet. We cannot let the humans pay for our mistakes."
- ― Optimus Prime (Transformers)
- "Hon-sama...is a man worth dying for. I leave the rest to you, my brother!"
- ― Kyuu Kou to Shou Taku (Kingdom)
The trait for users that who sacrifice themselves for protect others. A Double-Edged variation of Protection Manipulation and Sacrificial Power.
Effects[]
The user can give their life to shield others from harm, be it a life-threatening disease or injury or an apocalyptic force or event. This power is based on an innate supernatural power that can only be released/activated through sacrifice of the user. As such, this power should not be confused with heroic acts of self-sacrifice.
Death can occur immediately after the power is activated or at some later point, and the protection offered can either be defensive in nature (i.e. a protective charm/barrier that prevents harm or teleporting those the user wants to protect to another location) or offensive in nature (i.e. unleashing immense power/energy to seal or obliterate a dangerous entity). The duration of the protection can either be momentary, ending shortly after the user has died, or can last for much longer periods of time, possibly even for all eternity.
Depending on the power level of the user, along with the nature of the protection in relation to the threat it is being used against, the number of people that can be protected can be anywhere from an individual person/small group of people to a nation or continent to a whole planet or even an entire galaxy or universe. It may even be possible for immortal beings to use this power if they can sacrifice their immortality.
Simply sacrificing your life to protect someone else does not qualify. This must be the result of a specific power that directly results in both the user's death and the protection of another.
Associated Powers[]
- Death Empowerment - gain powers/abilities in exchange for user's own life.
- Destiny Chosen - the user may exist to fulfil a singular protective act for a society.
- Destruction obliterate a threat
- Healing/Health Optimization neutralize life-threatening injuries or ailments.
- Life-Force Conversion - convert user's life essence into power.
- Protection Manipulation
- Purification purge negative and/or corruptive entities or influences.
- Reanimation give your life to reanimate dead beings to combat a threat.
- Reincarnation/Self Transcendence sacrifice your mortal form to either become or gain control over the driving force behind a threat to end it.
- Resurrection sacrifice yourself for the resurrection of others.
- Self-Resurrection revive after dying to protect others as many times as needed.
- Sealing imprison dangerous entities.
- Power Negation render a threat harmless.
- Suicide Inducement - using this power will kill user.
- Summoning call forth powerful and/or numerous entities to combat a threat.
- Teleportation/Time Travel send either the threat or those threatened elsewhere to prevent harm.
- Wish Granting Appeal to a higher entity or object of power to grant a wish to protect others.
Flaws/Weaknesses[]
- Because this power is typically invoked in response to a specific threat it cannot protect against danger from other sources.
- Depending on the power level/nature of the threat, protection may be partially ineffective.
- If the protection is limited to an individual person it may be possible to bypass it by acquiring or consuming their genetic material.
- Users of Power Immunity or Power Negation may be able to ignore the protection.
- May need to die in a specific manner (i.e. being killed by someone to protect others from the killer).
- If the protection is long-lasting or permanent, reviving the user may nullify it.
Known Users[]
See also: Heroic Sacrifice.
- Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed)
- Shinoda Chiaki (Darker than Black)
- Lucy (Elfen Lied)
- Charlene (The Haunted House/Shinbi Apartment)
- Kyou's Mother (Kingdom)
- Shi Ka (Kingdom)
- Kyuu Kou (Kingdom)
- Summoners (Final Fantasy X); via the Final Summoning
- Axel (Kingdom Hearts)
- Princess Zelda (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess)
- Commander Shepard (Mass Effect); via the Crucible
- Baby (Metroid)
- Previous generation Shuffle Alliance (Mobile Fighter G Gundam)
- Sindel (Mortal Kombat)
- Zi Yuan (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)
- Male Protagonist/Female Protagonist (Persona 3 Portable); via Great Seal
- Queen Serenity (Sailor Moon); via the Silver Crystal
- Black Magician (Yu-Gi-Oh!); via the effect of the Ectoplasmer Spell Card
- Stardust Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds)
- Various characters (Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Sitka (Brother Bear)
- Pengu, Pranee, Jagan and Amba (Raya and the Last Dragon)
- Po (Kung Fu Panda)
- Pillars (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
- Jesus Christ (Christianity)
Known Objects[]
- The Crucible (Mass Effect 3)
- The Forlorn Hope (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Gallery[]
Aslan (The Chronicles of Narnia) willingly sacrificed himself to Jadis in place of the traitorous Edmund Pevensie to protect him and Narnia from The Deep Magic's otherwise unbreakable law and sanctions.
Axel (Kingdom Hearts) put his entire being into an attack to destroy a mass of Nobodies, sacrificing himself to protect Sora.
When Pandora used the effect of Ectoplasmer to sacrifice his Black Magician to damage Yugi's Life Points, Yugi's own Black Magician (Yu-Gi-Oh!) was also affected, enabling him to sacrifice himself to negate the damage.
Using the power of the amulet, Spike (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) sacrifices himself to save the world from the First Evil.
Lucy (Elfen Lied) pushes her powers to the limit to heal Kouta's life-threatening wounds...
...causing her body to rapidly melt.
Once the Citadel was combined with the Crucible, Commander Shepard (Mass Effect franchise) could choose to give his/her life to destroy or dominate the Reapers, or even merge them with organic life.
After realizing that they were fighting their destined successors the previous generation of the Shuffle Alliance (Mobile Fighter G Gundam) sacrificed themselves to purify Domon Kasshu's corrupted friends, freeing them from the influence of the Devil Gundam and transferring their crests to them.
Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed) sacrifices himself to activate the Eye...
...and create a shield to protect the Earth from an apocalyptic coronal mass ejection.
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The Forlorn Hope (Yu Yu Hakusho) can grant any wish its user desires, but usually drains their life force completely in exchange.
Groot (Marvel Cinematic Universe) forms a shield of branches out of his own body to protect the other Guardians of the Galaxy from the Dark Aster's crash...
...which utterly destroyed his body.
The Baby (Metroid) sacrificed itself to heal Samus and save her from Mother Brain's final attack.
Lady Yunalesca (Final Fantasy X) was the first summoner to use the Final Summoning to kill Sin, sacrificing her life in the process.
Lily Potter (Harry Potter) sacrifices her life to protect her son Harry from Voldemort, bestowing a powerful form of mystical protection upon Harry...
...rendering Voldemort incapable of even touching him without suffering excruciating pain.
The Lumas (Super Mario Galaxy) sacrifice themselves to close a massive black hole and save the universe.
Male and Female Protagonists (Persona 3 Portable); used their full potential to seal away Nyx, preventing the fall and saving the world from the embodiment of Death itself; doing this also cost them their lives after fulfilling their promise to their friends.
Sindel (Mortal Kombat) sacrificed herself for the sake of Earthrealm, creating a magical ward that prevented Shao Kahn from setting foot in it and thus conquering it.
Stardust Dragon's (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5Ds) Victim's Sanctuary power allows him to sacrifice himself to negate any effect that destroys cards, then revive himself at the end of the turn.
Through force of will and love for her unborn child, Portgas D. Rouge (One Piece) remained pregnant for over 20 months all the while not showing any signs of being pregnant until going into hiding; this resulted in her death after finally giving birth, essentially giving her life so her son could live.
Shinoda Chiaki (Darker than Black) sacrifices herself to save Hei from Jean's attack.
Po (Kung Fu Panda 3) sacrificed himself when he used the Wuxi Finger Hold on himself to banish both him and Kai to the Spirit World.
Maria Robotnik (Sonic the Hedgehog) sacrificed herself to save Shadow.
Shadow the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog) helped save the Earth from the Final Hazard, but used up all of his power before he falls from space towards the Earth.
Tikal (Sonic the Hedgehog) sacrificed her own body to stop and seal Chaos into Master Emerald with her soul.
Cosmo (Sonic X) sacrificed herself by fusing herself with Final Mova to make it weaker so that Tails, Super Sonic, and Super Shadow could destroy it and save the universe.
Molly (Sonic X) sacrificed herself to defeat the Metarex.
Pinocchio (Disney's Pinocchio) gave up his life to save Geppetto from Monstro when he began to sink into the sea despite Geppetto's plea to swim to shore and save himself, it was this act of bravery and unselfishness that allowed Pinocchio to become a real boy.
An old holographic recording of the Pillars of Equestria (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) sacrificing themself when they bansih Pony of Shadows in limbo with them.
Princess Zelda (Te Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess) sacrifices herself to save Midna's life.
Videos[]
JJBA Stardust Crusaders Egypt Arc - Avdol's Death
Sonic X - Goodbye Cosmo (SUB)-2