The power to be enhanced as a result of a malevolent force or negative mystical effect afflicting one's own body. Technique of Curse Manipulation. Variation of Cursed Power Link. Opposite to Blessing Empowerment.
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Also Called
- Mystical Torment Empowerment
Capabilities
User can increase their own physical and spiritual prowess via a negative supernatural affliction they have, this power usually activates when the user exhibits strong negative emotion or distress. As the user masters the power, the negative effects of the mystical affliction become less apparent as the victim's body becomes more assimilative to the curse. When the curse or affliction is removed from the user their powers will disappear until the curse is re-initiated.
Applications
Associations
- Curse Embodiment
- Curse Inducement
- Cursed Body
- Cursed Physiology
- Double-Edged Power
- Immortality
- Enhanced Regeneration
- Mystical Conversion
Limitations
- Prolonged usage of the curse may have debilitating effects on the user's mind and/or body.
- Usually comes with a price that includes suffering.
- Weak against Curse Negation.
- Can be undone by Curse Removal.
Known Users
Cartoons
- The Lava Monster (Samurai Jack)
Comics
- Bruce Wayne/Batman (Curse of the Cat-Woman)
- Selina Kyle (Curse of the Cat-Woman)
- Jason Blood (DC Comics); via Etrigan Curse
- Abomination (Darkest Dungeon); Eldritch Blood
- Subjects of The Salesman (DC Comics)
- Cain (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Faustians (Marvel 1602)
- Johnny Blaze/Ghost Rider (Marvel Comics)
- Eli Brad/Eliphas (Marvel Comics)
- Harald Jaekelsson (Marvel Comics)
- Kenneth Hale/Gorilla-Man (Marvel Comics)
- Vampirella (Vampirella/Army of Darkness)
Movies
- Michael Myers (Halloween)
- Hanso/Beetle (Kubo and the Two Strings)
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- Cursed Crew of the Black Pearl (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl)
- Captain Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl)
- Crew of the Silent Mary (Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales)
Folklore/Mythology
- Vampires (European Folklore)
- Werewolves (Greek Mythology)
Live Television
- Delphine LaLaurie (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Genie/Magic Mirror (Once Upon a Time)
- Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
- Zoso (Once Upon a Time)
- Dean Winchester (Supernatural) via Mark of Cain
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Akame (Akame ga Kill) via Murasame Trump Card
- Renya (Code Geass)
- Shikabane (Corpse Princess)
- Tartarus Demons (Fairy Tail)
- Various Characters (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
- Miroku (InuYasha)
- Man Goku (Kingdom)
- Alviss (Marchen Awakens Romance); via Zombie Tattoo
- Saturn (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Ghost ÄRM users (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Curse Mark Users (Naruto)
- Saga (One Piece); via Shichiseiken
- Naofumi Iwatani (Rising of the Shield Hero)
- Motoyasu Kitamura (Rising of the Shield Hero)
- Ren Amaki (Rising of the Shield Hero)
- Itsuki Kawasumi (Rising of the Shield Hero)
Tabletop Games
- Victims of False Awakening (Chronicles of Darkness)
Video Games
- Miriam (Bloodstained series); via Crystal Curse
- Chakan (Chakan: The Forever Man)
- Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden); via Grip of Murder
- Rachel (Ninja Gaiden)
- The Prince (Prince of Persia)
- Fright Rider (Skylanders)
- Hex (Skylanders)
- Ignitor (Skylanders)
- Sonic Boom's Chicks (Skylanders)
- Heldalf (Tales of Zestiria)
Known Objects
- Spell Scars (Forgotten Realms)
- Longinus: Canis Lykaon (Highschool DxD)
- Legendary Hero Curses Series (Rising of the Shield Hero)
- Mark of Cain (Supernatural)
Gallery
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
Akame (Akame ga Kill) activates Murasame's trump card which imbues her body with a curse that increases her strength and speed tremendously.
Every Demon in Tartarus (Fairy Tail) can use Curses instead of Magic.
Canis Lykaon's (Highschool DxD) darkness based powers originates from the soul of Lycaon King of Arcadia who was cursed by Zeus into a werewolf.
Yuji Itadori (JUJUTSU KAISEN)
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Miroku (InuYasha) has been able to harness his Wind Tunnel curse as a potent weapon.
The increased speed of growth of the Zombie Tattoo put Alviss (Marchen Awakens Romance) in a brainwashed state where his magical power and physical strength greatly increase.
The forbidden power of Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance) curse the user's body, allowing them to change their appearance at will.
Jūgo (Naruto) is the source of the cursed seals.
Sasuke Uchiha (Naruto) empowered by the Cursed Seal of Heaven.
The Shield of Wrath (Rising of the Shield Hero) is one of the Curse Series weapons of the Four Holy Hero.
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Cartoons
After being trapped in the Earth by Aku, the "Lava Monster" (Samurai Jack) developed the power to manipulate the earth around him to his liking.
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Comics
After Ash Williams spoke the wrong incantation, Vampirella (Vampirella/Army of Darkness) was sent back to the Middle Ages and transformed into a powerful demonic, bat-like monster by the Necronomicon Ex-Mortis...
...a form she could later switch between on command after eating the page the curse was written on.
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Movies
Michael Myers (Halloween) is the bearer of the Curse of Thorn, granting him superhuman strength and immortality, but also filling him with an uncontrollable rage that drives him to kill his family members in the hopes that the rage will abate.
Cursed by the Sisters, Hanzo (Kubo and the Two Strings) was transformed into...
...an anthropomorphic beetle, granting him the power of flight, six limbs and the ability to hold his breath for extended periods of time.
After being executed via the curse of Hom Dai, Imhotep (The Mummy) was granted numerous supernatural powers, most notably his immortality and power over the Plagues of Egypt.
Hector Barbossa (Pirates of the Caribbean) was cursed by The Cursed Aztec Gold, which transformed him and his entire crew into undead immortals,...
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...preventing all of them from dying and making them virtually indestructible, while also causing physical limitations to their lives.
Jack Sparrow (Pirates of the Caribbean) gained the same curse from The Cursed Aztec Gold as Barbossa and his crew by secretly stealing one of the cursed coins.
Barbossa's pet monkey Jack (Pirates of the Carribbean) was also affected by the Cursed Gold.
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Live Television
Delphine LaLaurie (American Horror Story: Coven) was cursed with immortality by Marie Laveau
Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time), empowered by the curse of the Dark One, gives him magic and immortality.
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Video Games
When Ryu Hayabusa (Ninja Gaiden) was infested with the deadly Grip of Murder Curse in his right arm, the curse empowered him with an incredible increase in strength at the price of immense pain.
Rachel (Ninja Gaiden) is afflicted with a blood curse that grants her superhuman strength and the power to sense fiends.
Hex (Skylanders) was cursed as a result of entering the Underworld to battle the Dragon Malefor, became an Undead elf sorceress, she even had her magic changed, she now harnesses it for good.
Sonic Boom's babies (Skylanders) were cursed before birth by an evil wizard to be trapped in an endless cycle of rebirth, however it gives them an advantage in battle
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