Afterlife Prevention

Afterlife Prevention
The Brothers Death (SCP Foundation) barred SCP-1440 from the afterlife as punishment for using the prizes they gave him (The Elixir of Life, Cards of Fate, and the Sack of the All-Death) to humiliate them at every turn.
Power/Ability to:	Prevent others from entering the afterlife.

"I forgot to tell you. Humans who use Death Notes don't make their way to Heaven or to Hell. What awaits them after death? Nothing."

― Ryuk, (Death Note 2: The Last Name)

"I'm in so much pain, i'm ready to die."

"(sound of soul leaving body)"

"Oh hell no!"

"Ah..."

― Claus and God after Claus dies and his soul ascends to heaven (American Dad)

The power to prevent souls from entering the afterlife. Sub-power of Afterlife Border. Opposite of Afterlife Transport.

Capabilities

The user can prevent the souls of others from entering the afterlife, either leaving the victim stranded in Limbo or rendering them unable to die.

Applications

• Death Removal
• Immortality Bestowal: Should a victim be banned from entering the afterlife, they will be rendered essentially unable to die.
• Realm Closure: By closing off the realms of the afterlife, souls will be incapable of moving on.
• Soul Trapping: By trapping a soul, the victim will be unable to move on.

Associations

• Afterlife Border
• Afterlife Marking
• Astral Trapping
• Banishment
• Binding
• Ghost Physiology
• Soul Absorption
• Soul Destruction
• Soul Manipulation

Limitations

• May only be able to ban a victim from a specific afterlife (Heaven, Hell, etc.).
• May be involuntary/constantly active.
• Users of Eternal Rest Inducement are immune.

Known Users

See also: Barred from the Afterlife

Literature

• Horcrux users (Harry Potter)

Live Television/Movies

• Cenobites (Hellraiser)
• Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
• Metatron (Supernatural)

Manga/Anime

• All Shikabane Hime (Corpse Princess)
• King Piccolo (Dragon Ball)
• Tambourine (Dragon Ball)
• Minato Namikaze (Naruto)
• Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto)
• Alan (Windaria); original ending only

Comics/Cartoons

• God (American Dad)
• Death of the Endless (DC Comics/Vertigo)
• Death (Marvel Comics)
• Thanos (Marvel Comics)

Video Games

• Soul Eaters (God of War)
• Eiki Shiki (Touhou Project)
• Gaede (Valkyrie Crusade)
• Hellgate (Valkyrie Crusade)

Tabletop Games

• Embrae Aloevan (Forgotten Realms)

Web Original

• God of Light (RWBY)
• God of Darkness (RWBY)
• The Brothers Death (SCP Foundation)

Known Objects

• Death Notes (Death Note)
• Horcruxes (Harry Potter)
• Dark Matter Asteroid (The Outer Limits)
• SCP-2718 - What Happens After (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

Lobo (DC Comics) was so violent that he was banned from Hell, and he caused so much damage in Heaven that he was kicked out of there as well, rendering him unable to die.

Any human who uses a Death Note (Death Note) is permanently barred from both Heaven and Hell.

The souls of those killed by Demon King Piccolo and his minions are barred from moving on to the Other World (Dragon Ball),...

... spending eternity suffering in a state of limbo, never resting in peace.

Horcruxes (Harry Potter) are objects and/or living beings that house pieces of a person's soul, preventing them from moving on to the afterlife as long as the Horcruxes exist…

…though in Voldemort's case, his soul was badly mutilated due to his making too many Horcruxes, which rendered him unable to move on and trapped him in Limbo for eternity.

Hiruzen Sarutobi (Naruto) using the Dead Demon Consuming Seal to entrap his own soul and that of his victim's inside the Shinigami's stomach, rendering them unable to enter the afterlife until released.

Anybody who falls victim to a Cenobite (Hellraiser) can find no release, their soul tortured and perverted into one of their kind for eternity.

Anybody killed by Freddy Krueger (A Nightmare on Elm Street) will have their soul held captive by him, increasing his own power in the process.

The Gods of Light and Darkness (RWBY) cursed Salem with immortality, as punishment for trying to deceive them. This prevented her from reuniting with her late husband in the afterlife.

Metatron (Supernatural) has prevented Heaven-worthy souls from entering Heaven after he sealed it.

Gaede (Valkyrie Crusade) can prevent others from entering on any afterlife and send them back to the land of the living.

Hellgate (Valkyrie Crusade) as the embodiment and guardian of the hell's gate, can either prevent others from entering on hell, or send them there.

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