Autumn Manipulation

"Fall has always been my favorite season. The time when everything bursts with its last beauty, as if nature had been saving up all year for the grand finale."

― Lauren DeStefano, Wither

"Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits."

― Samuel Butler

The power to manipulate the season of autumn, and the concepts of harvest, hunt, preparation and festivals. Variation of Season Manipulation. Opposite to Spring Manipulation.

Also Called[]

Autumn Control
Autumnal Equinox Manipulation/Control
Fall Manipulation/Control
Fthinóporokinesis
Mabon Control/Manipulation

Capabilities[]

The user is able to create, shape manipulate and induce the season of autumn and the powers/forces it represents harvest, hunt, preparation and festivals, melancholy and introversion. It also influences rot, decay, tiredness, and withdrawal. The season reflects the harvest and the preparation for winter, a time for gratitude and reflection on the bounty provided by nature.

Applications[]

Autumn Inducement
Circadian Manipulation Turning the Earth's axis, causing Autumn.
- Dusk Manipulation decrease in daylight hours
Decomposition/Freshness Manipulation
- Preservation

Enhanced Preparedness For the upcoming cold season
- Predator Instinct
  - Hunting Intuition
- Prey Instinct
  - Survival Intuition
Fatigue Manipulation
- Enhanced Stamina
- Sleep Inducement
  - Hibernation
Harvest Manipulation/Agriculture and Horticulture - Gathering of mature crops
- Ecological Empathy
  - Rural areas being primarily responsible for food.
    - Earth Manipulation
    - Fruits and Vegetables - Preserving reaped produce
    - Leaves (essence of autumn) with beautiful colors
    - Seeds the very foundation of the life and death cycle
- Preparation/Celebration of food and alcohol
  - Famine Manipulation
    - Hunger Inducement/Plenty Inducement (Horn of Plenty)
  - Fun Manipulation
    - Party Inducement
Home Manipulation Turning inward physically and mentally
- Melancholy Manipulation/Comfort Manipulation
  - Despair and Sadness the base emotions of the season.
  - Nostalgia Inducement/Memory Recall
    - Storytelling Mastery
  - Serenity Inducement
- Relationship Manipulation - Gathering of family and friends during Thanksgiving and harvest festivals.

Variations[]

Autumn Deity Physiology
- Autumn Magic
Autumn Embodiment
- Eternal Autumn Inducement
Halloween Embodiment
- Fear Manipulation/Happiness Manipulation
- Party Intuition
  - Tricks and Treats
- Samhain - Understanding the spiritual factors of the holiday.
  - Bonfire
  - Borders between the normal world and those of the fae and the Otherworld grow thin.
  - Divination
    - Mediumship
Scarecrow Mimicry - Guardian of the fields and crops
- Jack O'Lantern Physiology
- Knowledge Embodiment

Associations[]

Adulthood - Autumn represents maturity.
Associated with education and learning in several mythologies.
Autumn is associated with Earth in Western mythology and Metal in Eastern mythology.