Corpse Possession

Corpse Possession
Raziel (Legacy of Kain) in the process of possessing a corpse in order to enter the Material Realm.
Power/Ability to:	Inhabit dead bodies.

"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

• Undead Possession

Capabilities

Users are capable of possessing the bodies of the dead and animating them, whether its their own corpse or that of others. Some users can use their powers while in the corpse.

Associations

• Meta-Possession
• Necromancy
• Possession
• Undead Physiology

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
• Purgatori (Chaos Comics)
• Ena (Corpse Princess)
• 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

Live Television/Movies

• Inti (Aliados)
• The Strangers (Dark City)
• The Gelth (Doctor Who)
• Johann Krauss (Hellboy)
• Demons (I, Frankenstein)
• Demons (Lucifer)
• Goddess (Lucifer)
• Hive (Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.)
• Doctor Strange (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
• Demons (Supernatural)
• Castiel (Supernatural)
• Dahlia (The Originals)

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

Literature

• Shade/Legion (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
• Light/Dark Souls (The Viral Superhero)
  • Erica LaPlante
  • Nigel
  • Seila

Video Game

• 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

Hive (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D) can possess corpses.

Nagato (Naruto) turned corpses into Six Paths of Pain.

Obito Uchiha/Tobi (Naruto) created his own Six Paths of Pain using the reincarnated jinchūriki.

The Strangers (Dark City)

The Prisoner (Dead Cells)

Power (Chainsaw Man) is a fiend, a devil who has possessed a human corpse, who is rational and intelligent enough to work alongside the Demon Hunters.

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 prisioner, Atroe.

Videos

Naruto Shippuden Opening 7 - Toumei Datta Sekai (HD)