The power to steal the powers of others by killing them. Death-based variation of Power Absorption.
Capabilities
The user can steal the powers of others by killing them. Once they are dead, their powers will be absorbed into the user as their own. Powers that allow one to kill can help the user.
Applications
Associations
- Absorption - Can steal the powers of others and kill them as well
- Biological Absorption - By consuming others with powers, they absorb their powers.
- Life-Force Absorption - Absorbing another's life-force completely can kill the target as well as absorb their power.
- Soul Absorption - Some users are able to absorb a person or being's power by absorbing their very soul.
- Magic - Some magic users may be able to do this.
Limitations
- May have to be near the victim or in physical contact.
- Like Power Absorption, it is useless with no powers around.
- Cannot absorb powers from the living.
Known Users
Literature
- Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (Dies Irae)
- Max Rosenqvist (Engelsfors)
- Hemalurgists (Mistborn)
- Glaistig Uaine (Worm)
Films
- Immortals (Highlander)
Television
- Warlocks (Charmed)
- Jeremy
- Nigel
- Devlin
- Nicholas
- Eames
- Jane Franklin
- Malcolm
- Hogan
- Titans (Charmed)
- Cronus
- Demitrius
- Meta
- Marceline (Adventure Time)
- Werewolves (Teen Wolf)
- Peter Hale
- Derek Hale
- Deucalion
- Kali
- Ennis
- Ethan
- Aiden
- Theo
Comics
- Switchblade the Demogorge (Marvel)
Manga/Anime
- Blackbeard (One Piece)
- Kyoko (Kore Wa Zombie Desu Ka)
- Subaru Natsuki (Re:Zero); limited to Sin Authorities
- Ancient Dragon (Seiken Tsukai No World Break)
- Chaos (Sora No Otoshimono)
Video Games
- Evolved (Prototype series)
- Alex Mercer
- James Heller
- Mega Man (Mega Man Series)
- Riku Replica (Kingdom Hearts: Chain of Memories)
- Monsters (Saga Frontier)
Web Original
- Cinder Fall (RWBY)
Known Objects
- Chrome Disaster (Accel World)
- Athames (Charmed); used by warlocks to steal powers
- Dark One's Dagger (Once Upon A Time)
Gallery
Only with the Dark One's Dagger (Once Upon A Time) can the Dark One be killed, the name of the killer appearing on the dagger's blade, granting them the powers and title the Curse of the Dark One onto the user.
Reinhard Tristan Eugen Heydrich (Dies Irae) can use the abilities of everyone in his Legion as well as those that are killed by his Legion or his lance, Longinus Testament.
Upon defeating the Robot Masters at the end of each level, Mega Man (Mega Man series) is able to obtain their signature attacks for himself.
Immortals (Highlander) can absorb the knowledge and power of any Immortal that they defeat and behead in single combat, a phenomenon known as the Quickening.
Cinder Fall (RWBY) absorbed the power of the Fall Maiden by killing Amber, the previous Fall Maiden.
Marceline (Adventure Time) stated the only power her demon heritage granted her was the ability to suck souls, like her father. This allowed her to gain the specific abilities of vampires she had killed.
Steel Inquisitors (Mistborn) as hemalurgists, gain their powers through killing a Metalborn person with a spike and implanting that spike in their own bodies, taking on a weakened form of their abilities that depends on how long it has been outside of blood or a body.