- "You are a powerful mystic that can raise the true-hearted dead."
- ― Summary of the Retributionist role (Town of Salem)
The power to possess and animate dead bodies. Sub-power of Meta-Possession.
Also Called[]
- Cold Meat Suit Riding
- Undead Possession
Capabilities[]
Users are capable of possessing the bodies of the dead and animating them, whether it's their own corpse or that of others. Some users can use their powers while in the corpse.
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- May be unable to restore any decay-related damage to the body possessed.
- Possessed corpses may deteriorate at varying speeds.
- Extended possession may harm the user, unless they are already dead.
Known Users[]
See Also: Possessing a Dead Body
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
- Kurome (Akame Ga Kill!); via Yatsufusa
- Devils/Fiends (Chainsaw Man)
- Power; Blood Devil in possession
- Beam; Shark Devil in possession
- Galgali; Violence Devil in possession
- Aki Hayakawa; possessed by the Gun Devil
- Ena (Corpse Princess)
- Cheon Ma's Familiars (Myst, Might, Mayhem)
- Agent Number Seven (Hero Killer)
- Puppeteer (Hero Killer)
- Ikalgo (Hunter x Hunter)
- Shibugarasu (InuYasha)
- Foo Fighters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean)
- Kenjaku (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Masamichi Yaga (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Kiriko (My Daemon)
- Rinnegan Users (Naruto); Six Paths of Pain
- Nagato/Pain
- Tobi/Obito Uchiha
- Slimes (Slime Saint)
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Purgatori (Chaos Comics)
- Luca Aldine (Marvel Comics)
- Mark 12/Vic Shade (Marvel Comics); in Nanite Form
- Quareen (Marvel Comics)
- Madelyne Pryor (Marvel Comics); intend to take over Jean Grey's corpse
- Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls)
Literature[]
- Shade/Legion (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
- Light/Dark Souls (The Viral Superhero)
- Erica LaPlante
- Nigel
- Seila
Live Television/Movies[]
- Inti (Aliados)
- The Strangers (Dark City)
- Starro the Conqueror (DC Extended Universe); via extensions
- The Gelth (Doctor Who)
- Cartoon Monster (Roxanne)
- Johann Krauss (Hellboy)
- Demons (I, Frankenstein)
- Jumbo (Killer Klowns from Outer Space)
- Demons (Lucifer)
- Goddess (Lucifer)
- Hive (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
- Doctor Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Alien Slug Creeps (Night of the Creeps)
- Splinter Fungus (Splinter)
- Demons (Supernatural)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Dahlia (The Originals)
Video Game[]
- Prophet (Crysis)
- Yomiel (Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective)
- Raziel (Legacy of Kain)
- Hylden (Legacy of Kain)
- Lissandra (League of Legends)
- Yorick (League of Legends)
- Ing (Metroid Prime 2: Echoes)
- The Prisoner (Dead Cells)
- Ethan Winters (Resident Evil)
- Retributionist (Town of Salem)
- Necromancer (Town of Salem)
Tabletop Games[]
- Unknown/Millenium (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
Web Series[]
- The Demonic Cubes (Charlie The Unicorn)
Gallery[]
Anime/Manga/Manhwa[]
Kurome (Akame Ga Kill!) using her katana, Yatsufusa, to reanimate and manipulate up to eight corpses.
Power (Chainsaw Man) is a Fiend, a devil who has possessed a human corpse, who is "rational" and "intelligent".
Foo Fighters (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VI: Stone Ocean) is the sentient stand of a plankton colony who would later on possess the corpse of the dead prisoner, Atroe.
Live Action Films/Television[]
Anyone possessed by an extension (DC Extended Universe) dies and then reanimates as zombie controlled by Starro the Conqueror.
Jumbo (Killer Klowns from Outer Space) killed Officer Mooney and possessed his corpse as though he was a puppet.













