Conversion Parasite

Conversion Parasite
The Kos Parasite (Bloodborne) transforms its user into one of the Kin, enabling them to use the tentacles associated with the otherworldly species.
Power/Ability to:	Transform victim's species or type of being via parasite.

Power to convert a being into another type of being through the use of a parasite. Variation of Conversion.

Also Called

• Fungal/Fungus Conversion
• Parasite/Parasitic Conversion

Capabilities

The user can turn others into another type of being through the use of a parasite, such as a macroparasite or fungus. There may be some overlap with pathogens, but without being exclusive to pathogenic parasites.

Applications

• Parasite Empowerment
• Species-Shifting

Associations

• Conversion
• Conversion Pathogen
• Infestation
• Infestant Spores

​Limitations

• User may not be immune to the negative effects of the parasite.
• The parasite may completely take over the user's body, whether killing them or leaving them conscious of their actions.
• Infestation vector may differ, from physical contact with the victim, to contact with some fluid of theirs, to being airborne, waterborne, or some other type.
• Effects may be temporary or irreversible.
• Some targets may be immune.
• May be limited on how much matter can be changed at once.
• May be involuntary/always on.
• Curing can undo the conversion.
• Conversion Negation/Conversion Immunity
• Parasite Manipulation may cause the negation of the user's conversion.

Known Users

See Also: Festering Fungus, Parasite Zombie, and Puppeteer Parasite .

• Xenocytes (Ben 10: Alien Force)
• Snake Parasites (Bloodborne)
• Daemites (BloodRayne)
• Revenants (Code Vein); via Bio Organic Regenerative parasite
• Vord Takers (Codex Alera)
• Infensus (Colossal Kaiju Combat)
• Parasitized Undead (Dark Souls II); via Parasite Spiders
• Angels (Dark Souls III: The Ringed City)
• Avatars of The Grey (DC Comics)
  • Mantango
  • Miki
• Black Lantern Corps (DC Comics); via Black Lantern Rings
• Swarm (Dead Space 3)
• Nest Keepers (Dishonored 2); via bloodflies
• Baby (Dragon Ball GT); via Tuffle Parasites
• Spore carriers (Fallout: New Vegas)
• Lambent (Gears of War series); via Imulsion
• Revenants (Girl Genius); via Slaver Wasps
• Mordrem (Guild Wars 2)
  • Mordrem Trolls
  • Mordrem Wolves
• Zombies (Half-Life series); via Headcrabs
• Flood (Halo); via Flood Super Cell
• Frog monsters (Hellboy); via Sadu-Hem
• The Infected (The Last of Us); via Cordyceps Brain Infection
• Hive (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Poisons (Marvel Comics)
• Spikes (Marvel Comics)
• Parasite Unit (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain); via One that covers
• Parasites (Parasyte)
• Incutilis (Pathfinder)
• Users of Plagas (Resident Evil series)
  • Bitores Mendez (Resident Evil 4)
  • Jack Krauser (Resident Evil 4)
  • Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil 4)
  • Ramon Salazar (Resident Evil 4)
  • Alexander Kozachenko (Resident Evil: Damnation)
  • Majini (Resident Evil 5)
  • Ricardo Irving (Resident Evil 5)
• Leeches (Resident Evil 0)
  • Leech Zombies
  • Queen Leech; via merging with James Marcus
• Nemesis T-Type (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis); via NE-α Type
• E-Type BOWs (Resident Evil 7: biohazard); via Mold
  • Eveline
• Green Zombies (Resident Evil: Outbreak)
• Parasite Super Tyrant (Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City); via NE-β Type
• Parasite Zombies (Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City); via NE-β Type
• Las Plagas Undead (Resident Evil: Retribution); via Las Plagas
• Oozesquitos (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)
• Unidentified Queen of Ktath'atn (Star Wars); via Abersyn symbiotes
• Infested terrans (StarCraft)
  • Alexei Stukov
• Void Zombies (Starfinder)
• Vampires (The Strain)
• Hybrids (System Shock 2); via Grubs
• Darii (Ultraseven)
• Zombies (XCOM: Enemy Unknown); via Chryssalid Implant

Known Items

• Kos Parasite (Bloodborne)
• Cerebral Toxin (Clock Tower II: The Struggle Within)
• Exocell Parasites (Cold Fear)
• Tuffle Parasites (Dragon Ball GT)
• Protomolecule (The Expanse)
• Slaver Wasps (Girl Genius)
• Cordyceps Brain Infection (The Last of Us)
• X Parasite (Metroid Fusion)
• Neurax Worm (Plague Inc.)
• Plagas (Resident Evil series)
  • Dominant Species Plaga
  • Plaga Type 2 (Resident Evil 5)
  • Plaga Type 3 (Resident Evil 5)
  • Plaga Type 4 (Resident Evil: Damnation)
• NE-α Type (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis)
• Mold/Mutamycete (Resident Evil 7: biohazard)
• NE-β Type (Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City)
• Las Plagas (Resident Evil: Retribution)
• SCP-3996 - The Empyrean Parasite (SCP Foundation)
• Abersyn symbiotes (Star Wars)

Gallery

Xenocytes (Ben 10) transform those they attach to into DNAliens.

A Daemite (BloodRayne)

Revenants (Code Vein) are turned into vampiric creatures by the addition of Bio Organic Regenerative parasites to their hearts.

Once a charter member of The Green's parliament, Matango (DC Comics) was corrupted by the Grey Force. Now an avatar of fungal life, he can reach and infect/convert/dissipate any other life-force with his yeast based power.

Nest Keepers (Dishonored 2) have eggs lain in their bodies by the bloodfly parasites, forcing the victims to protect the nests even with the loss of limbs, ultimately releasing a warm of bloodflies upon death.

Baby (Dragon Ball GT) can infect other beings with Tuffle Parasites, which he does in an effort to recreate the Tuffle species.

Vegeta, Trunks, Bulla, Gohan, and Goten (Dragon Ball GT) have all been infected with Tuffle Parasites.

After choosing Vegeta as his permanent host, Baby (Dragon Ball GT) mutated his body, converting him into a Saiyan-Tuffle hybrid.

Formers are a variety of humans that have been thoroughly infested with Imulsion (Gears of War series), a planetary parasite.

Headcrab Zombies (Half-Life series) are formed when a headcrab attaches itself to a victim's head, leaving them conscious of their actions but unable to stop them.

The Flood (Halo) infest others with their spores or Infection Forms, transforming them into pseudo-zombies.

The Cordyceps Brain Infection (The Last of Us) is a parasitic fungus affliction which seeds into the infected host turning them into hideous monstrosities over time.

Clickers are members of the Infected (The Last of Us) that have had the fungal infection overtake the majority of their heads, granting them increased durability in that area, but also depriving them of their sight.

Poisons (Marvel Comics) parasitize the host of the Klyntar to which they bond, transforming them into yet another Poison.

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The Parasite Unit (Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain) are essentially zombified by their parasite, enabling them to have a variety of special abilities, but little to no cognition.

The X Parasite (Metroid Fusion)

Las Plagas (Resident Evil series)

The Queen Leech (Resident Evil 0) after merging with the corpse of James Marcus.

The Nemesis T-Type (Resident Evil 3: Nemesis) was created through the use of the NE-α Type parasite in high quantities.

The Chainsaw Man, infected with a Plaga (Resident Evil 4).

Osmund Saddler (Resident Evil 4) infested himself with a dominant species Plaga to control other Plagas.

Ramon Salazar (Resident Evil 4) fused with the Queen Plaga.

A Type-2 Plaga (Resident Evil 5) infecting someone to transform them into a Majini.

E-001, a.k.a. Eveline (Resident Evil 7: biohazard) is an E-Type who can manipulate mutagenic mold to mutate and corrupt others.

The Baker family of Jack, Marguerite, and Lucas were all mutated into horrific beings in body and mind by Eveline's mold (Resident Evil 7: biohazard).

A Green Zombie (Resident Evil: Outbreak) infested with a t-Virus infected plant.

An NE-β Type Parasite (Resident Evil: Operation Raccoon City) has infested a zombie, turning it into a Parasite Zombie.

Oozesquitos (Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) are mutant mosquitos who mutate humans through their bite.

The abersyn symbiote hive of the Queen of Ktath'atn (Star Wars) turned its hosts into vampire-like entities, with the leader of the hive feeding off of subordinates' life force.

An Infested Terran (StarCraft)

Alexei Stukov (StarCraft)

Void Zombies (Starfinder) are infested with larval akata.

The Strigoi vampires (The Strain) are created through a worm that acts as both a parasite and diffuses a pathogen.