Retrocognition

The power to discern events of the past. Opposite power of Precognition.

Also Called

 * Backward Knowing
 * Flashback
 * Past Evocation
 * Postcognition

Capabilities
The user can discern the past and past events using various means, usually entering a trance while seeing and hearing a noted past event, whether it be concerning themselves or of an unfamiliar lineage in a past occurrence. Occasionally spontaneous.

Applications

 * Revealing an intricate past.
 * See the events happening in the past.

Techniques

 * History Reading: to understand person's history.
 * Past Recollection: to intuitively know what has occurred.

Variations

 * Retrocognitive Artistry: write, paint or draw the past events through art.
 * Retrocognitive Dreaming: perceive the past events through dreaming.

Associations

 * Ancestral Evocation
 * Astral Manipulation
 * Astral Projection
 * Magic
 * Psychometry
 * Spiritual Powers

Limitations

 * May be unable to notice present surroundings.
 * May need specific concentration.
 * May unwilling perceive collective knowledgeable attachments.
 * May gain instability from attained knowledge.
 * May become infected with information.
 * May be unable to tap into history of other universes.
 * May be unable to perceive contents from parallel universe.
 * May require physical contact.
 * May have to enter a state of trance.

Known Users
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Television/Film

 * Buffy Summers (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * Cordelia Chase (Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel)
 * Faith Lehane (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
 * The Giver (The Giver)
 * Rosemary (The Giver)
 * Jonas (The Giver)
 * Gabriel (The Giver)
 * Daphne Powell (No Ordinary Family); only via physical contact
 * Eve (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
 * Roxie Torcoletti (Eastwick)
 * Angela Petrelli (Heroes); via Precognitive Dreaming
 * Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed)
 * Allison DuBois (Medium)
 * Sara Pezzini (Witchblade); via the Witchblade
 * Doctor Manhattan (Watchmen)
 * Melinda Gordon (Ghost Whisperer)
 * Maxim Horvath (The Sorcerer's Apprentice)
 * Alex (Twitches)
 * Camryn (Twitches)
 * Dinah Lance/Black Canary (Birds of Prey)
 * Cordelia Foxx (American Horror Story: Coven)

Cartoons/Comics

 * Blindfold/Destiny (Marvel)
 * Dream Girl (DC Comics)
 * Terror Inc. (Marvel Comics)
 * Saturn Girl (DC Comics)
 * Tarot (Marvel Comics)
 * Talisman (Marvel Comics)
 * Captain Comet (DC Comics)
 * Silver Surfer (Marvel Comics)
 * Believix Fairies (Winx Club); via Tracix wings

Anime/Manga

 * Éclair (Fairy Tail)
 * Ishizu Ishtar (Yu-Gi-Oh); via the Millennium Necklace
 * Fake Shiki (Tsukihime)

Videogame

 * Sora (Kingdom Hearts); via Kairi's heart to her memory
 * Desmond Miles (Assassin's Creed)
 * Cole MacGrath (Infamous); via Psychic Vision

Literature

 * Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls); via a ghost's memory
 * Dusty Everhart (Arkwell Academy series); via Dream Walking}}

Known Objects

 * Time Flower (Pokemon: Lucario and the Mystery of Mew)
 * The Witchblade (The Witchblade)
 * Millennium Necklace (Yu-Gi-Oh)