Immortality

"I intend to live forever, or die trying."

- Several

"Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying."

- Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

"Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality."

- Abraham Lincoln

The power to never die. Opposite to Mortality.

Also Called

 * Death Immunity
 * Deathless
 * Endless/Eternal/Everlasting Life
 * Immortal Physiology

Capabilities
User possesses immortality: an infinite life span, as they can never die, never age, and can shrug off virtually any kind of physical damage. Some users are the defensive type, simply preventing all damages, to appear physically invulnerable, while others are the regenerative type, surviving and quickly recovering from anything you throw at them while at the same time they are capable of resurrecting themselves instantly after death and completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities.

Variations
Some may only possess the power of:
 * Death: No body to destroy. The soul, one that is not of a physical being, does not inherit physical characteristics, such as concepts of destruction, therefore cannot be destroyed; in short, the user cannot die because it is already dead. Most common form of immortality.
 * Head Liberation: Survive decapitation.
 * Immortal Cloning: Transfer one's mind/soul into a clone to cheat death.
 * Infinite Resurrection: Death is omitted. Injuries may be inflicted, but complete annihilation is impossible.
 * Invulnerability: Cannot be harmed in any way or form. Therefore, death by physical damage is omitted.
 * Temporary Invincibility
 * Life and Death Transcendence: Be beyond the very concepts of Life and Death and immune to all life and death based powers.
 * Life Transcendence: Transcend the limitations of ones life/lifespan and conquer death itself.
 * Life Extension: Extend one's life.
 * Possession: Possess a new body/host upon death of the current, thereby surviving death and becoming immortal.
 * Retroactive Immortality: Cannot remain dead, always resurrecting or reincarnating oneself after being killed.
 * Quick Reincarnation: The power to be immediately reincarnated following "death"; can result in gaining powers in relation to how the user previously died.
 * Regeneration: High-level regeneration of body that heals any injuries, even fatal ones, preventing one from dying.
 * Self-Sustenance: Can survive without the need for bodily resources, such as food.
 * Self-Resurrection: Completely heal fatal injuries and resurrect upon death if body isn't entirely destroyed.
 * Multiple Lifes: Can die multiple times and still live until all lifes are used up.
 * Semi-Immortality: Un-aging.
 * Spatial-Temporal Lock: Exist outside the normal space-time continuum, and thus immune to what happens in it.

Levels of Immortality
Semi-Immortality
 * Cannot age, thus preventing death via senescence.
 * Remains vulnerable to mortal wounds, severe injuries, diseases/viruses, and foreign substances.
 * Mental damage may still occur.

Reliant Immortality (Concept-Dependent Immortality, Self-Puppetry)
 * User acquires immortality by anchoring their life to a certain object, source, concept, etc.
 * Destruction of anchor ends the user's immortality.
 * The physical body remains mortal, only the soul is earthbound.
 * May require continuous intake of source or maintenance of object to remain immortal.

Immortality (Immortality via Regenerative Healing Factor)
 * Cannot age once reaching a certain point.
 * Immune to diseases, toxins and drugs.
 * Wounds, even crippling or fatal ones, heal near instantly.
 * Time-manipulating powers can erase the user's existence, as opposed to biologically killing them.
 * May apply only to biological immortality, as the mind and/or soul may remain mortal.
 * Immortality power may be removed, rendering the user mortal once again.

Selective Immortality
 * Cannot age.
 * Eternal and unkillable, barring certain factors.

Unfettered Body
 * Cannot age once reaching a certain point.
 * Body is completely immune to physical and mental damage, toxins and pathogens.
 * Soul may remain vulnerable.
 * Per chance the body is harmed, regeneration may not occur.
 * Time-manipulating powers can erase the user's existence, as opposed to biologically killing them.

Absolute Immortality
 * Cannot age.
 * Immune to all diseases, toxins and drugs.
 * All wounds and injuries heal instantly.
 * Immortality applies to not only the body, but mind and soul as well, rendering the user truly "absolute".
 * Power is absolute, so it can never be removed, nor can the user's existence from timelines.

Associations

 * Amortality
 * Death Removal
 * Immortality Manipulation
 * Injury Immunity
 * Omnilock

Limitations

 * Immortality Bypassing/Immortality Negation/Immortality Removal
 * Cannot overcome the End of Time, unless the form of immortality is an absolute type, hence why just like Regenerative Healing Factor, it is unclear how long it would last.
 * May be erased from history via the effects of time-manipulating powers, killing the immortals in question before they become immortal.
 * While users are immune to the ravages of time, most are vulnerable against direct application used against them.
 * Nonexistence can wipe the user out of existence, as opposed to simply killing them biologically.
 * May have certain weaknesses that are lethal (i.e. decapitation, disintegration, and/or poison).
 * May have weaknesses to single source (item, event, person, etc.) that is lethal to them.
 * May be killable by certain specific way, item or people.
 * User may go mad, from the effects of time and boredom.
 * This can also cause madness overtime because the immortal is forced to watch those who aren't immortal die.
 * May forget events that happened long ago.
 * Some immortals are infertile, or incapable of passing this ability to their descendants.
 * Immortality may depend on outside sources and objects (Horcruxes, Shikon shards, etc.).
 * Can be sealed/imprisoned in an empty dimension with no chance to escape.
 * May survive indefinitely in conditions where death would be preferable to them.

Trivia
It is highly likely that various kinds of Immortality can become a curse because whoever is close to them or even their friends had past away, the user would be left behind, unless the user is also gifted the ability to teleport to both Earth and Heaven, or alternatively Meta Teleportation to keep the curse of being immortal at bay.

Known Users
See Also: Immortality and Complete Immortality.

Television/Movies
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 * Candyman (Candyman)
 * Gods and Titans (Charmed)
 * The Tribunal (Charmed)
 * Cleaners (Charmed)
 * Angels of Destiny (Charmed)
 * Old Ones (Charmed)
 * Ashildr/Me (Doctor Who)
 * The Beast (Doctor Who)
 * Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood)
 * Mathias (Fading of the Cries)
 * Jacob (Fading of the Cries); The protection spell he received when he was fatally wounded seems to have made him immortal
 * Henry Morgan (Forever)
 * Adam (Forever)
 * Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
 * Michael Myers (Halloween)
 * Pinhead (Hellraiser)
 * Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei (Heroes)
 * Claire Bennet (Heroes)
 * Sylar (Heroes)
 * Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
 * Duncan MacLeod (Highlander)
 * Kamen Rider Genmu Zombie Gamer Level X (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid); Achieved after getting stabbed by his own Gashacon Bugvisor, lost when Ex-Aid reprogrammed it away
 * Jareth, the Goblin King (Labyrinth)
 * Kaulder (The Last Witch Hunter)
 * The Leprechaun (The Leprechaun series)
 * Ego (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
 * Star Lord (Marvel Cinematic Universe); formerly
 * Nathan Young (MisFits)
 * Caleb Mathias (Mutant X); via resurrection
 * Carmine The Bowler (Mystery Men)
 * Nanny McPhee (Nanny McPhee)
 * Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
 * Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
 * Zoso (Once Upon a Time)
 * Peter Pan (Once Upon a Time)
 * The Jabberwocky (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
 * Krispin Stockley (Powers)
 * Erasmus Darkening (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
 * Curtis Knox (Smallville)
 * Flint (Star Trek); originally
 * The Q (Star Trek); All Q are immortal from the beginning of the universe to the end
 * Emperor Vitiate (Star Wars); via Sith Magic
 * Darth Sidious (Star Wars); via essence transfer
 * Darth Nihilus (Star Wars)
 * Darth Sion (Star Wars)
 * Darth Zash (Star Wars)
 * The Darkness/Amara (Supernatural)
 * God (Supernatural)
 * Death (Supernatural)
 * Leviathans (Supernatural)
 * Alphas (Supernatural)
 * Eve (Supernatural)
 * All humans on Earth (Torchwood: Miracle Day)
 * Grandma (The Twilight Zone: I Sing the Body Electric)
 * Immortals (The Vampire Diaries)
 * Sirens (The Vampire Diaries)
 * Original Vampire (The Vampire Diaries)
 * Original Hybird (The Vampire Diaries)
 * Powerful Witches (The Vampire Diaries); via Spell Casting
 * Joanna Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
 * King Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
 * Powerful Witches (Witches of East End)

Cartoons

 * Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)
 * The Lich (Adventure Time)
 * Mr. Freeze (Batman: The Animated Series)
 * Grant Walker (Batman: The Animated Series)
 * Professor Paradox (Ben 10 Series)
 * Sir George (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
 * Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
 * Celestialsapiens (Ben 10 Series)
 * Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls); Erased from existence via Memory eraser gun
 * Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
 * Demon Sorcerers (Jackie Chan Adventures)
 * Scamper (Igor)
 * Doctor Victor Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
 * Elizabeth Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
 * Heinrich and Gustav Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
 * Sanguinaire Polidori (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
 * Discord (My Little Pony series)
 * Princess Celestia (My Little Pony series)
 * Princess Luna (My Little Pony series)
 * Lord Tirek (My Little Pony series)
 * Aku (Samurai Jack); can only be wounded/killed by Jack's katana
 * The Guardian (Samurai Jack)
 * Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
 * Primus (Transformers); via an Indestructible Spark
 * Unicron (Transformers); via an Indestructible Spark
 * Starscream (Transformers); via Indestructible Spark
 * Rampage (Transformers: Beast Wars); via an Indestructible Spark}}

Literature
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 * Raimon Fosca (All Men Are Mortal)
 * Randall Flagg (The Dark Tower)
 * Crimson King (The Dark Tower)
 * Sir Isaac Ray Pelham Westcott (Date A Live)
 * Haplo's dog (Death Gate Cycle)
 * Celestial Immortals (Desolate Era)
 * Empyrean Gods (Desolate Era)
 * True Gods (Desolate Era)
 * Daofathers of the Great Firmament (Desolate Era)
 * Brittany/Drake (Gone)
 * Sir Angus Prize (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)
 * Elves (Inheritance)
 * Sun Wukong (Journey to the West)
 * Sauron (The Lord of the Rings)
 * Saruman (The Lord of the Rings)
 * Gods, Titans, and Giants (Percy Jackson)
 * Morgoth (The Silmarillion )
 * IT/Pennywise (Stephen King's It)
 * Tuck Family (Tuck Everlasting)
 * Beloved (The Unicorn Chronicles); via the tip of the unicorn, Whiteling's horn embedded in her heart
 * The Chrion (The Unicorn Chronicles); via having his vital essence placed in a jeweled golden egg; though his aging was slowed greatly
 * Golden Boy (Wild Cards)
 * Fanoxean (The Young Guardians)

Video Games

 * Guardian of Metal (Brütal Legend)
 * Vincent Valentine (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
 * Lucifer (Dante's Inferno)
 * Dominus Ghaul (Destiny)
 * Guardians (Destiny)
 * Alduin (The Elder Scrolls)
 * The Nerevarine (The Elder Scrolls); granted immortality by The Corpus Disease
 * The Hero of Kvatch (The Elder Scrolls); after becoming The New Sheogorath
 * Daedric Princes (The Elder Scrolls)
 * William Black (Fable)
 * Merlin (Fate Grand Order); Lacks the concept of death
 * Tiamat (Fate Grand Order); Cannot die as long as there is life on earth
 * Goetia (Fate Grand Order); Lacks the concept of death
 * Demon Pillars (Fate Grand Order); Lack the concept of death
 * Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
 * Grima (Fire Emblem)
 * Kratos (God of War)
 * John White/The Beast (inFAMOUS 2); eventually died from the Ray Field Inhibitor activated by Cole MacGrath or giving his powers to Cole.
 * Tusk (Killer Instinct)
 * Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
 * Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
 * Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
 * Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat); via Amulet of Shinnok
 * Bryce (NeverDead)
 * Wizeman the Wicked (NiGHTS into Dreams)
 * AZ (Pokémon)
 * Alex Mercer (Prototype)
 * James Heller (Prototype)
 * Kyrie Illunis (Sands of Destruction)
 * The Darkness (Skylanders)
 * Ancient Elementals (Skylanders)
 * Clockwork (Sly Cooper series)
 * Shadow The Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog)
 * Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Solaris (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Chip/Light Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Dr. Henry West (Splatterhouse 2010)
 * Rosalina (Super Mario Galaxy)
 * Jacob/Jacob the Deathless Prophet of Constantinople (Tomb Raider)
 * The Deathless Ones (Tomb Raider)
 * Fairies (Touhou Project)
 * Fujiwara no Mokou (Touhou Project)
 * Kaguya Houraisan (Touhou Project)
 * Eirin Yagokoro (Touhou Project)
 * Snow White (Valkyrie Crusade)
 * Immortal Rahu (Valkyrie Crusade)
 * Olgierd von Everec (The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone)}}

Comics
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 * Mammoth Mogul (Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog)
 * The Endless (DC Comics)
 * Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
 * Lobo (DC Comics)
 * New Gods (DC Comics)
 * The Source (DC Comics)
 * Doomsday (DC Comics); via Reactive Adaptation
 * Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
 * Immortal Man (DC Comics)
 * Mitch Shelley/Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
 * Professer Ivo (DC Comics); via immortality elixir
 * Magus (DC Comics)
 * Spawn (Image Comics)
 * Mortigan Goth (Marvel Comics)
 * Yi-Yang (Marvel Comics)
 * Hulk (Marvel Comics)
 * Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
 * Galactus (Marvel Comics)
 * Garokk (Marvel Comics)
 * Ulyssess Bloodstone (Marvel Comics); via the Bloodgem
 * Terror (Marvel Comics)
 * Ego the Living Planet (Marvel Comics)
 * Watchers (Marvel Comics)
 * Carina Tivan (Marvel Comics)
 * Nightmare (Marvel Comics)
 * Dormammu (Marvel Comics)
 * Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)
 * Olympians (Marvel Comics)
 * Elders of the Universe (Marvel Comics)
 * Celestials (Marvel Comics)
 * Eternals/Homo Immortalis (Marvel Comics)
 * Selene (Marvel Comics)
 * Mr. Sinister (Marvel Comics)
 * Romulus (Marvel Comics)
 * Remus (Marvel Comics)
 * Cyber (Marvel Comics)
 * Thanos (Marvel Comics); cursed to never die
 * James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics); via Healing Factor
 * Dakan Akihiro (Marvel Comics); via Healing Factor
 * Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics); sacrificed his soul
 * Sentry (Marvel Comics)
 * Joshua Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics)
 * Wonder Man (Marvel Comics)
 * Atlas (Marvel Comics)
 * Count Nefaria (Marvel Comics)
 * Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
 * Sir James Jaspers/Mad Jim Jaspers (Marvel Comics)
 * Owen Reece/Molecule Man (Marvel Comics)
 * Ogun (Marvel Comics)
 * Mister Immortal (Marvel Comics)
 * Deadpool (Marvel Comics); cursed to never die
 * Corvus Glaive (Marvel Comics); via Glaive
 * Hulk (Marvel Comics)
 * Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
 * Maestro (Marvel Comics)
 * Zahard (Tower of God)
 * Vampirella (Vampirella)
 * Pantha (Vampirella)
 * Von Kreist (Vampirella)
 * The Accursed (Vampirella)
 * Cain
 * Doctor Faustus
 * Medea
 * 10 Great Warriors (Tower of God)
 * Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen)
 * Ananke (The Wicked + The Divine)

Mythology/Folklore

 * Nicholas Flamel (Alchemy/Folklore); via Elixir of Life
 * The Eight Immortals (Chinese Mythology); via eating a Peach of Immortality.
 * God (Christianity/Judaism/Islam)
 * Angels (Christianity/Judaism/Islam)
 * Cain (Christianity/Judaism)
 * Vampires (Folklore)
 * Santa Claus (Folklore)
 * Deities (Mythologies/Religion)
 * Demons (Religions)

Web Comics

 * Zanta Claws (Eddsworld)
 * Immortals (El Goonish Shive)
 * Anyone who reaches god tier (Homestuck); can still be killed permanently if their death is just or heroic.
 * Caliborn/Lord English (Homestuck); was granted unconditional immortality.

Web Original

 * That Guy With The Glasses (Channel Awesome)
 * Douchey McNitpick (Channel Awesome)
 * Santa Christ (Channel Awesome)
 * Malachite (Channel Awesome/Suburban Knights)
 * Dr. Bright (SCP Foundation); via SCP-963-1
 * SCP-138 - The Ever-Living Man (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-682 - Hard-to-Destroy Reptile (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-897 - Voodoo Organ Transplant (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-1440 - The Old Man from Nowhere (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-2039 - Pikes 'n' Wagners (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-2430 - Immortal Hitler Clone (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-2632 - No Fury (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-3602-A - The Monkey King's Legacy (SCP Foundation)
 * SCP-3477 - Will the Real Harold Holt Please Stand Up? (SCP Foundation)
 * Grand Karcist Ion (SCP Foundation)
 * The Klavigars (SCP Foundation)
 * Klavigar Nadox
 * Klavigar Lovataar
 * Klavigar Orok
 * Klavigar Saarn
 * All life on Earth (SCP Foundation); End of Death Canon

Web Animation

 * Suction Cup Man (Piemations - Youtube)
 * Erzengel (TF2 Freak)
 * Infierno (TF2 Freak)
 * Penance (TF2 Freak)
 * Pylich (TF2 Freak)}}

Known Objects
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Anime/Manga

 * Behelits (Berserk)
 * Hōgyoku (Bleach)
 * Dragon Balls (Dragon Ball)
 * Zombie Tattoo (Marchen Awakens Romance)
 * Mermaid flesh (Mermaid Saga)
 * Time Spores (Mnemosyne)
 * Fountain of Youth (Nanatsu no Taizai)
 * Book of Truth (Omamori Himari)
 * Pure Gold (One Piece)
 * Legendary Silver Crystal (Sailor Moon)
 * Sacred Bloodworms (kessen-chu) (Blade of the Immortal)

Comics/Cartoons

 * Chaos Emerald of Immortality (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog)
 * Dog Talisman (Jackie Chan Adventures)
 * Yin Blade (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
 * The Bloodgem (Marvel Comics)
 * The Lifeline Tablet (Marvel Comics)

Movies

 * The Medal of Everlasting Life (The Book of Life)

Video Games

 * Fruit of Youth (Endeavor)
 * Cure Virus (Ever17)
 * Triforce of Power (The Legend of Zelda Series)
 * The Divine Source (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
 * Elixirs of Immortality (Valkyrie Crusade)
 * Amrit
 * Peaches of Immortality (Valkyrie Crusade)

Mythology/Folklore

 * Peaches of Immortality (Chinese Mythology)
 * Ambrosia (Greek Mythology)
 * Amrita (Hindu Mythology)
 * Golden Apples of Idunn (Norse Mythology)
 * Elixir of Life (Mythology/Folklore)
 * Fountain of Youth (Folklore)
 * Panacea (Mythology/Folklore)

Live Television

 * The Horizon (Alias)
 * Eternal Spring (Charmed)
 * Fountain of Youth (Charmed)
 * Cup of Ankh (House of Anubis)
 * Holy Grail (Once Upon a Time)
 * Dark One's Dagger
 * Excalibur
 * Mark of Cain (Supernatural)

Literature

 * Keys of the Architect (Keys to the Kingdom)
 * The House (Keys to the Kingdom)
 * The Font of Immortality (Fablehaven)

Web Original

 * SCP-963-1 - Immorality (SCP Foundation)
 * Stone of Righteousness (Stupid Mario Brothers)}}