Retrocognition

The power to discern the past within one’s mind.

Also Called

 * Past Evocation
 * Postcognition
 * Backward Knowing

Capability
The user’s usually enters a placid 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. At middle level, the user can provoke a vision and stay conscious.

Universe Differences
Users unable to attain sight may gain the ability to trace and view their own movements on a slower account while in a present state. The ability may display past events in vivid color during demonstration.

Application

 * Revealing an intricate past.

Methods

 * Empathetic Sensation
 * Inherent Intelligence
 * Regressive Visions

Associations

 * May be considered to have Inherent Intelligence.
 * May become entranced in a Spiritual Eviction.

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 percieve contents from parallel universe.

Techniques
Some can perform:
 * “past recollection”: to intuitively know what has occurred.

Paraphernalia
Clothing of the user may change at certain periodical time frames to be in accordance to the noted past events. May have a reference of self reality fixated in a totem.

Known Users

 * Rosemary (The Giver)
 * Jonas (The Giver)
 * Angela Petrelli (Heroes)
 * Phoebe Halliwell (Charmed)
 * Allison DuBois (Medium)
 * Blindfold (Marvel)
 * Ishizu Ishtar, via the Millennium Necklace (Yu-Gi-Oh)