Darkness Manipulation

The ability to control deactivated photons.

Also Called

 * Shadow Manipulation
 * Umbrakinesis
 * Dark cover
 * Erebokinesis

Capabilities
The user can control and manipulate shadows in surrounding areas.

Limitations

 * Only limited control over light, users may be able to block out the sun, but not make it turn off.
 * Some users may require a constant connection to darkness
 * Some users may constantly repel light
 * Users may be able to carry darkness with them
 * Shadow may eventually become an entity of its own
 * Manipulation of the darkness will lead to the user becoming a darker verison of themselves.

Associations
Some users may be able to possess Dark Force Manipulation, Nothingness Manipulation, or Gravitational Manipulation.

Appliance

 * Darkness Energy Constructs
 * Modification of user's body through shadows/dark energy.
 * Darkness Energy Blasts
 * Ablity to absorb shadows/dark energy into the body to increase physical capabilities.
 * Darkness Force-Field Generation
 * Darkness Cloaking
 * Darkness Telekinesis
 * Ability to absorb life energy from other organisms.
 * Darkness Teleportation
 * Shadow Mimicry
 * Darkness Absorption
 * Flight
 * Minor Gravitational Manipulation, given the ability to create minurature/large black holes.

Known Users

 * Raven (Teen Titans)
 * Trigon (Teen Titans)
 * The Shade (DC Comics)
 * Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Mephiles the Dark (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Dark Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Gekko Moriah (One Piece)
 * Marshall D. Teach (One Piece)Yami_Yami_no_Mi.jpg
 * Jellal Fernandes (Fairy Tail)
 * Brain/Zero (Fairy Tail)
 * Jose Porla (Fairy Tail)
 * Shikamaru Nara (Naruto)
 * Dark-type/Ghost-type (Pokemon)
 * Ansem, Seeker of Darkness (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Yuzuki Mikage (Jigoku Shoujo: Mitsuganae)
 * Ai Enma (Hell Girl)
 * Unicron (Transformers)
 * Galvatron (Transformers: Cybertron)
 * Peter Pan, though his shadow is sentient and usually tries to escape him. (Peter Pan)
 * Ebon (Static Shock)
 * Nemesis Prime (Transformers: Armada)
 * The Darkness (Top Cow/Image Comics)
 * The Makuta species (BIONICLE)
 * Toa of Darkness (BIONICLE)
 * Highly royal dark mane (Mane-online)
 * Shaidar Haran (The Wheel of Time)
 * Hikaru (The Red Team)
 * Pride(Full Metal Alchemist)
 * Khan (Paradox Saga)
 * Nightmare Master (Paradox Saga)
 * Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson and The Olympians)
 * Darklight (New Earth)
 * Darkstar (Ben 10: Alien Force and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
 * The Dark (Card Captor Sakura)
 * The Shadow (Card Captor Sakura)
 * Erebos (Greek Mythology)
 * Dark Jak (Jak and Daxter)
 * Dark Daxter (Jak and Daxter)
 * Terra (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep)
 * Riku (Kingdom Hearts)
 * Some Chromatics can control darkness (Mutant X)
 * Hades (Mythology)
 * Noob Saibot (Mortal Kombat)
 * Rumia (Touhou Project)
 * Moonchild (Wild Cards series)