Contract Bestowal

Contract Bestowal
Dipper Pines (Gravity Falls) making a deal with the treacherous dream demon, Bill Cipher.
Power/Ability to:	Give a power, object or change an event through an agreement.

"Key that hides the power of the stars, show your true form before me. I, Sakura, command you under our contract. Release!"

― Sakura Kinomoto, Cardcaptor Sakura

"I want you to make contracts with me and become Magical Girls!"

― Kyuubey, Puella Magi Madoka Magica

The ability to give a person a power or gain a power, or change an event through an agreement. Sub-power of Oath Manipulation. Variation of Power Bestowal, Self-Power Bestowal and Wish Granting.

Also Called

• "Deal With The Devil" (SCP Foundation)
• Dealing
• Faustian Bargain
• Oath/Pact Creation

Capabilities

The capabilities of contract bestowal vary from case to case however the capabilities and limitations often entail the following rules:

. The user has almost omniscient power and is able to achieve almost anything within the realm of thought, almost like a genie

. The users effects on other people are limited to the form of a contract and any impact on others made using this power must be agreed upon and followed to the letter.

With this in mind users of contract bestowal often are quite manipulative with their choice of words, as due to the nature of the power extreme caution is often used in order to not slip up and leave a gap in ones own words to accidentally give the user of contract bestowal a chance to warp the what the receiving party has asked for. For example if one was to agree to a contract entailing extreme strength or power the user of the power could transform the recipient into an uncontrollable beast or a destructive force of nature.

Contract bestowal is commenced in many forms and is often down to the recipient to begin the process. One may initiate the power as a ritual or as simple as signing a piece of paper or shaking hands, contract bestowal also often requires one to give in order to gain. For example one may have to take a life or give up a great deal to gain what they ask for, though the price varies between users of contract bestowal and is down completely to the powers limitations.

Associations

• Absolute Buying
• Absolute Contract
• Assailant
• Dark Arts
• Double-Edged Power
• Guardianship
• Oath Keeping - Maybe resulted from creating the contract in order to enforce it.
• Oath Manipulation
• Powerful Objects
• Reality Warping
• Summoning - Summoning contract.
• Upgrading Subordination
• Wish Granting

Limitations

• Users may require a lot of power to make a deal.
• If the payment is the power source used to make contract happen (Souls).
• Destroying the contract may nullify it.
• Contract can be void if contracted item is destroyed.
• User can only give power or gain powers within their limits.
• To receive any payment the user may need a lot of power.
• The user must follow the nearly unbreakable rules of the contract not filled with loopholes which they can exploit to their own ends.
• There is a small chance of a loophole being created in the agreement by a low level user.
• Payment may be paid at a later point as agreed upon in the contract.
• Payment can be anything even things yet to come.
• May be overruled by a higher power. For example -: A Deity.
• Payment can be transferred to a third party if the said party agrees to it (knowingly or not).
• May be more conditions to the deal than expected or wanted.
• Breaking a contract may come at a cost, for the user or the the others.

Examples

"In putting on this suit and entering the sleigh, the wearer waives any and all rights to any previous identity, real or implied, and fully accepts the duties and responsibilities of Santa Claus in perpetuity until such time that the wearer becomes unable to do so by either accident or design."

― The Santa Clause

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Go Okada (Alive: The Final Evolution)
• Devil (Bible Black)
• Demons (Black Butler); via Faustian Contract
• Terra Guardians (Black God)
• Giriko Kutsuzawa (Bleach); via Fullbring, "Time Tells no Lies"
• Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
• Devils and Fiends (Chainsaw Man)
• Seven Demons of the Seven Flames of Purgatory (Code:Breaker)
• C.C. (Code Geass)
• V.V. (Code Geass)
• Contractors (Darker than Black)
• Celestial Spirits (Fairy Tail)
• Servants/Master (Fate/stay night)
• Devils (Highschool DxD)
• Magicians (Highschool DxD)
• Nen Users (Hunter x Hunter)
• Black Cat of Contract (Kyōkai no Rinne)
• Rokumon (Kyōkai no Rinne)
• Shiroe (Log Horizon)
• Beast Knights (The Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer)
• Summoning Technique users (Naruto)
• Chains (Pandora Hearts)
• Kyubey/Incubator (Puella Magi Madoka Magica)
• Spirits (Re:Zero)
• Artifical Spirits (Re:Zero)
• Demons (Seraph of the End)
• Merlin (The Seven Deadly Sins)
• Onmyoudou (Tokyo Ravens)
• Grimoire (Trinity Seven)
• Yuuko Ichihara (xxxHolic)
• Him (Yakusoku no Neverland) via “Promises”
• God of Death (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX)

Cartoons/Comics

• Lorenzo (American Dad!)
• Calvin Dion Avericci (Archie's Weird Mysteries)
• Felix Faust (DC Comics)
• Neron (DC Comics)
• Hades (Hercules)
• Malebolgia (Image Comics)
• Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
• Yono the Destroyer (Kim Possible)
• Ursula (The Little Mermaid)
• Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)
• Rumpelstiltskin (Shrek Forever After)
• ManBearPig (South Park)

Folklore

• Demons (Christian Folklore)
• Lucifer/The Devil (Christian Folklore)
• Mephistopheles (Folklore)

Live Television/Movies

• Demons (Ángel o Demonio)
• Zahn (Charmed)
• Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina)
• Donna Gilchrist (Being Human)
• The Devil/Roarke (Ghost Rider)
• Dream Demons (A Nightmare on Elm Street)
• Rumplestiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
• Crossroad Demons (Supernatural)
• The Djinn (Wishmaster series)

Video Games

• Nulgath (Adventure Quest Worlds)
• Umbra Witches (Bayonetta)
• Lumen Sages (Bayonetta)
• Lucifer (Dante's Inferno)
• Igor (Persona series)
• Philemon (Persona series)
• Phantom Thieves of Hearts (Persona 5)
• Dyshana (Record of Agarest War)
• Mimel (Record of Agarest War)
• Summon Spirits (Tales series)
• Gaunter O'Dimm (The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt)

Other

• Magical Girls (Oto x Maho)
• Floor Guardians (Tower of God)
• Mr. Smith (Twisted Tales)
• SCP-738 - The Devil's Deal (SCP Foundation)

Gallery

Lorenzo (American Dad!) made a deal with Roger Smith to teach him guitar lessons that will ensure his victory against Jamal at the cost of his soul...

...but Roger cunningly conned Jamal into covering the "price for [his guitar] lessons", saving Roger from Lorenzo's grasp at the cost of Jamal's soul.

Sakura Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura) received her Sealing Wand after forming a contract with Cerberus, Guardian of the Clow Cards.

Contractors (Darker than Black) are granted supernatural abilities that they must pay a contract after use, such as Bai's molecular manipulation ability requires her to sleep after using.

Go Okada (Alive: The Final Evolution) can make the Contract with the Shinigami on normal people in that if they break a promise with him, the Shinigami would kill them.

Giriko Kutzusawa (Bleach) breaks a contract with the God of Time set by his Fullbring, Time Tells No Lies, causing his eye to be burned away by the Flames of Time.

Once Giriko Kutzusawa (Bleach) had his Fullbring upgraded, he can create contracts of the simplest clause to gain power, thus boosting his own strength without a price.

Calvin Dion Avericci (Archie's Weird Mysteries) gave teens charge cards that allow them to buy things within his mall, free of charge, until they reach a limit, which is when he turns them into a mannequin.

Rei Ogami (Code:Breaker) had to make a contract with the Seven Demons of the Flames to regain his lost mastery over them in order to use their powers again, sacrificing his sense of taste, Yuuki's Sound ability, his heart upon death, his enemy's envy, his sense of smell, and eventually his memories.

Kyosuke Higuchi (Death Note) made a deal with the Shinigami Rem for the Shinigami Eyes, granting him the ability to see names and lifespans of the people he looks at in exchange for half of his remaining lifespan.

Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) made a contract with the toads and can summon them by offering a drop of blood each time.

Ursula (The Little Mermaid) has a way of making deals with her victims.

Rokumon (Kyōkai no Rinne) is Rinne's black cat of contract. The black cat has a symbiotic relationship with the shinigami and assists them in their duties of casting souls into the underworld and placing them on the path to Reincarnation.

Celestial Spirit Mages (Fairy Tail) make contracts with Celestial Spirits to summon them with Spirit Keys.

Kyubey (Puella Magi Madoka Magica) is a being known as an Incubator which is a being capable of giving contracts for the price of one's soul in return they get one wish.

The God of Death (Yu-Gi-Oh! GX) is an evil duel spirit who offered the wielder the power of one-turn kill in exchange of their souls.

Kuro (Kurokami/Black God) a Terra Guardian is empowered by her contractee/human's life force and their bond.

Demons such as Asuramaru (Owari no Seraph) can make contracts with humans to slay vampires, he takes the form of black katana.

Contract (Oto x Maho) that allows a person to become a magical girl and this contract can only be given out by magical girls. Failure to follow the contract will result in the person to live as the opposite sex.

Hades (Hercules) was able to rob Hercules of his god-like strength through a contract, Hercules' strength returning when he was unable to keep his end of the bargain.

Rumpelstiltskin (Shrek), a manipulative trickster who bestows contracts onto others to get what he wants.

Crossroad Demons (Supernatural) operate by making contracts with humans, granting a human their wish in exchange for ownership of their soul.

The Dream Demons (A Nightmare on Elm Street) make a contract with Freddy, giving him the power to turn dreams into reality in exchange for being their agent in spreading fear and chaos.

Sabrina Spellman (Chilling Adventures of Sabrina) gained a darker and more powerful form of magic after signing her name and pledging eternal servitude to the dark lord Satan

Gaunter O'Dimm (The Witcher) can grant any wishes through a binding contract between him and his victim, though even Gaunter has to abide the contract once signed.

Him (Yakusoku no Neverland) can make “Promises” that grant the wishes of others with three rules 1. You cannot override a promise with Him, 2.You cannot break a promise with Him, 3.You cannot reject the reward A.K.A the cost

Mephisto (Marvel Comics) has dealt with mortals for centuries