- "You wanna take this up with Eternal Affairs?"
- ― Mildred Proctor (R.I.P.D.)
The power to hold dominion in the Afterlife. Variation of Personal Domain.
Also Called
- Afterlife Dominion/Sovereignty/Supremacy
Capabilities
The user has authority and duty in the Afterlife, a place where the souls of the all recently departed go. Exact conditions of the dead vary depending of the pantheon, but every soul arrives there, and while some may face punishment, others may be rewarded.
User is able to command the dead, and have powers related to life, and death, souls in general as well as power to bind and restrict (dead are expected to stay there after all). Some may have duties and powers related to Death and bringing the souls where they belong.
Applications
- Afterlife Guardian
- Afterlife Manipulation
- Binding
- Communing
- Guardianship
- Necromancy
- Death Empowerment
- Death Sense
- Ectoplasm Manipulation
- Life-Force Absorption
- Mediumship
- Reanimation
- Resurrection
- Soul Manipulation
- Summoning (deceased souls and/or corpses)
Variations
- Heaven Lordship
- Hell Lordship
- Limbo Lordship
- Purgatory Lordship
- Spirit World Lordship
- Underworld Lordship
Associations
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Heaven Manipulation
- Monetary Manipulation
- Nether Manipulation
- Underworld Manipulation
Known Users
Folklore/Mythology
- God/Yaweh/Jehovah/Allah (Abrahamic Religions); Heaven
- Samael/Lucifer/Satan/Iblis (Abrahamic Religions); Hell
- Jesus Christ (Christianity); Heaven
- Michael the Archangel (Christianity); Heaven
- Metatron (Judaism); Heaven
- Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology); Greco-Roman Underworld
- Tartarus (Greco-Roman Mythology); Tartarus
- Odin (Norse Mythology); Valhalla
- Freya (Norse Mythology); Fólkvangr
- Hel (Norse Mythology); Helheim
- Osiris (Egyptian Mythology); Egyptian Underworld
- Susanoo (Shinto Mythology); Neno-Katasu-Kuni
- Baron Samedi (Vodou Mythology); Voodoo Afterlife
- Angra Mainyu (Zoroastrianism); Duzakh
Live Movies
- Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean franchise); Davey Jones' Locker
- Eternal Affairs (R.I.P.D)
Live Television
- Papa Legba (American Horror Story: Coven); Several Hells
- Missy (Doctor Who); The Nethersphere
- Hades (Hercules: The Legendary Journeys); Greco-Roman Underworld
- Ruler of Heaven (Supernatural)
- God
- Michael
- Raphael
- Castiel
- Metatron
- Hannah
- Naomi
- Ruler of Hell (Supernatural)
- Lucifer
- Azazel
- Crowley
- Lilith
- Abaddon
- Asmodeus
- Hades (Once Upon a Time); Underworld
- King Arthur (Once Upon a Time); Underworld
Cartoons
- Death (Adventure Time); Land of the Dead
- Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time); Nightosphere
- La Muerte (The Book of Life); Land of the Remembered
- Xibalba (The Book of Life); Land of the Forgotten
- Ms. Slither (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy); Detention Dimension
- Hades (Hercules); Greco-Roman Underworld
- Lord Garmadon (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
Comics
- Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics/Vertigo); Hell
- The Presence (DC Comics/Vertigo); Heaven
- Izanami (DC Comics/Vertigo); House of Windowless Rooms
- Odin All-Father (Marvel Comics); Valhalla
- Hela (Marvel Comics); Helheim
- Mephisto (Marvel Comics); Hell
- Devils (Fables); Various different Hells
- Hel (Fables); Hel
- Hel (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose); Hel
Video Games
- Jubileus, the Creator (Bayonetta); Paradiso
- Queen Sheba (Bayonetta); Inferno
- King Minos (Dante's Inferno); Limbo
- Lucifer (Dante's Inferno); Hell
- Lord of Bones (Darksiders 2); Kingdom of the Dead
- Hades (God of War); Greek Underworld
- Medusa (Kid Icarus); Underworld
- Hades (Kid Icarus Uprising); Underworld
- Michael (Valkyrie Crusade); Heaven
- Hades (Valkyrie Crusade); Underworld
- Lucifer (Valkyrie Crusade); Hell
Manga/Anime
- Central 46 (Bleach); Soul Society
- Baraggan Louisenbairn, Sōsuke Aizen, Tier Harribel (Bleach); Hueco Mundo
- King Yemma (Dragon Ball)
- Master of Hell (Hell Girl); Hell
- Sailor Pluto (Sailor Moon); identified as the "Guardian of the Underworld"
Other
- Hades (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)
- The Devil (Channel Awesome); Hell
- Roger (Channel Awesome); Angel's Purgatory
- The Archangel (The Fear Mythos); Bliss
Gallery
Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology), Ruler of the Underworld.
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Once the undisputed God-king of the Hollow world of Hueco Mundo, Baraggan Louisenbairn (Bleach) ruled by virtue of being one of its strongest inhabitants.
A Renegade Shinigami/Soul Reaper, Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach) became the ruler of of Hueco Mundo after dethroning and subjugating its previous ruler, Baraggan Louisenbairn.
As the strongest Hollow/Arrancar left alive after Aizen's defeat, Tier Harribel (Bleach) became the new ruler of Hueco Mundo by default.
Davy Jones (Pirates of the Caribbean) had power over both the seas as well as Davy Jones' Locker, a purgatory afterlife where those lost at sea or taken by the Kraken dwell.
Papa Legba (American Horror Story: Coven) is the ruler of the many Hells the coven encounters
La Muerte (The Book of Life), Ruler of the Land of the Remembered.
Xibalba (The Book of Life), Ruler of the Land of the Forgotten
Hades (Hercules), Lord of the Dead and Ruler of the Underworld
Ms. Slither (Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy) is the oppressive ruler of the Detention Dimension, a hellish-realm where bad children are sent to detention for all of eternity.
Lucifer Morningstar (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics), former ruler of Hell
King Minos (Dante's Inferno), judge of the damned and duke of Limbo.
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Jubileus, the Creator (Bayonetta), Goddess of Light, and the creator and ruler of Paradiso and the angels that inhabit it.
Queen Sheba (Bayonetta), ruler of Inferno
Michael (Valkyrie Crusade)
Hades (Valkyrie Crusade)
Lucifer (Valkyrie Crusade)
Crowley (Supernatural), the Second King of Hell.
Hades (Once Upon a Time) was ruler of the Underworld, a limbo-like afterlife where those with unfinished business dwelled...
...a title passed onto King Arthur.
Death (Adventure Time), ruler of the Land of the Dead.
Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time), ruler of the Nightosphere.
Pan, Old Scratch, Old Nick, Lucifer and Chernobog (Fables) are the devils of various Hells present in the Fables Universe.
Hel (Fables), ruler of Hel
Hel (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose), ruler of Hel.
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Hades (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles) the God of the Dead.
Princes of Hell (Supernatural)
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