Sacrificial Protection

Sacrificial Protection
The power to Sacrifice yourself to protect others. Technique of Life-Force Manipulation and a variation of Double-Edged Power. Possible variation of Powers Via Object.[[File:The_Final_Aeon.jpg|thumb|400px|The Final Aeon (Final Fantasy X) is the only reliable method to defeat Sin and can only be summoned at the cost of the summoner's life.

Power/Ability to: Protect others at the cost of your own life]]

Capabilities
Users can give their lives to shield others from harm, be it a life-threatening disease or illness or an apocalyptic force or event. This can be done either by using a specialized ability or ritual that will inevetably kill the user or by overusing one's natural capabilities until the strain on their bodies becomes fatal. 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 users wants to protects 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 protectec can be anywhere from an indivdiual 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 (which will eventually cause them to die from natural causes).

Applications

 * Suicide Inducement using this power will kill you.
 * Death Empowerment gain additional power/abilities in exchange for your life.
 * Life-Force Conversion convert your life essence into power.
 * Energy Attacks
 * Self-Detonation
 * Enhanced Condition/Supernatural Condition
 * Invulnerability until death.

Techniques

 * Destruction obliterate a threat.
 * Healing/Health Optimization neutralize life-threatening injuries or ailments.
 * Sealing imprison dangerous entities.
 * Power Negation render a threat harmless.
 * Teleportation/Time Travel send either the threat or those threatened elsewhere to prevent harm.

Associations

 * Fusionism merge a threat with those threatened to nullify it.
 * 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.
 * Self-Resurrection revive after dying to protect others as many times as needed.
 * Summoning call forth powerful and/or numerous entities to combat a threat.

Limitations

 * Because this power is typically invoked in response to a specific threat it cannot protect against danger from other sources.
 * Cannot be used by those who cannot die.
 * Depending on the power level/nature of the threat, protection may be partially or completely ineffective.
 * If the protection is limited to an individual it may be possible to bypass it by acquiring or consuming their genetic material.
 * Those with Power Immunity or Power Negation can ignore the protection.
 * Users of Regenerative Healing Factor may recover from being destroyed.
 * May need to die in a specific manner (i.e. being killed by someone to protect others from the killer).
 * May require a specific object.
 * If the protection is long-lasting or permanent, reviving the user will nullify it.

Known Users

 * Axel (Kingdom Hearts franchise)
 * Commander Shepard (Mass Effect Franchise); via the Crucible
 * Kushina Uzumaki (Naruto)
 * Lily Potter (Harry Potter franchise)
 * Minato Namikaze (Naruto)
 * Queen Serenity (Sailor Moon); via the Silver Crystal
 * Sindel (Mortal Kombat franchise)
 * Stardust Dragon (Yu-Gi-Oh 5Ds)
 * Summoners that have learned the Final Summoning (Final Fantasy X)
 * Vegeta (Dragonball); via Final Explosion
 * Zi Yuan (The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor)

Known Objects

 * The Crucible (Mass Effect 3)
 * The Forlorn Hope (Yu Yu Hakusho)