- "You have now been marked with the Brand of Sacrifice. The lives of those who bear the Brand, from the last drop of blood to the last moment of your agonizing death, will feed life to the new Child of Darkness."
- ― Void to the newly branded Band of the Hawk (Berserk)
- "The abyssal hole that I have cursed you with shall be passed down to your children and their children so long as I live. Each generation shall thus be cursed until no one remains."
- ― Naraku to Miyatsu (InuYasha, "Mystical Hand of the Amorous Monk, Miroku")
- "Help yourself. I just placed a death curse on you. In three months, blood will come pouring out of every pore in your body. Consider my wallet an apology for that."
- ― Saiki Kusuo to a delinquent (The Disastrous Life of Saiki. K, Chapter 83)
The power to induce curses. Sub-power of Curse Manipulation and Dark Arts. Variation of Inducement and Spell Casting. Opposite to Blessing Inducement and Curse Removal.
Also Called[]
- Cursing
- Commination
- Evil Eye
- Execration
- Hex Inducement
- Hexing
- Imprecation
- Jinx Inducement
- Malediction
- Malison
Capabilities[]
Users can place a curse, a negative supernatural effect, on whatever they wish (people, places, objects, etc.). The exact effects can be nearly anything the user desires, ranging from minor annoyances to tortuously extended death.
Among the most common effects are misfortune/bad luck, various sicknesses, infertility, physical defects/ugliness, etc. when affecting people, breaking or working wrong or causing problems when used on objects and tendency to draw various disasters for places. Traditional magical curses include transforming the victim fully or partially into an animal/monster that fits the offense, bloodlust, insanity, unstoppable rages, unhealing wounds, misshapen/inhuman offspring, and a whole host of other effects.
Curses are also well known to create and induce supernatural anomalies capable of warping reality too, such as dimensional rifts appearing on any surface like the ceiling, wall, or floor, and among other things like various objects appearing out of thin air, etc.
Applications[]
- Binding
- Damnation
- Death Inducement
- Destruction
- Disease Inducement
- Haunting
- Immortality Bestowal
- Inducement of Mystical Mutation
- Jinx
- Mental Inducement
- Motor-Skill Manipulation
- Pain Inducement
- Possession
- Reanimation
- Taboo Inducement
- Timer Set-up
- Transmutation
- Vice Inducement
- Weakness Inducement
- Wound Inducement
Variations[]
Associations[]
- Curse Embodiment
- Curse Empowerment
- Curse Manipulation
- Cursed
- Cursed Physiology
- Death Empowerment
- Enchantment
- Evil Eye
- Jinx
- Luck Energy Manipulation
- Magic
- Mediumship
- Mystical Conversion
- Phenomenon Manipulation
- Probability Manipulation
- Resurrection
- Star-Crossed Connection
Limitations[]
- Limited by what the user knows.
- User may not be immune.
- There may be ways to reverse/undo curses.
- Curse Removal can remove most curses.
- Curse Negation can cancel curses.
- Curse Absorption siphon/remove curses.
- Curse Immunity users are unaffected.
- Coincidence Nullification limits this power.
- May be involuntary and triggered by extreme emotions.
- May not be able to undo one's own curses.
- Consequences/effects may be unpredictable.
- In order to get a boon, from a cursed object, a curse has to be put on a person, in order to get its boon, if not the curse will come back to the one who did the curse. (Friday the 13th TV series)
- May work on a "first come, first serve" basis - meaning that an already cursed recipient is rendered insusceptible to subsequent curses, until the one from prior is lifted.
- If someone has already been cursed, but got it lifted, even if it’s the same one, they will probably be immune to it.
- They say that True Love's Kiss is the most powerful of all when it comes to curses.
- Because curses are more powerful when compared to spells they can be really hard to undo, to the point that they become irreversible or permanent.
- Sometimes curses can be removed, but only by the victim themselves.
- May only last as long as a person is touching the object that is cursing them.
Known Users[]
See Also: Curse.
Anime/Manga[]
- England (Axis Powers Hetalia)
- Curse Magic Users (Black Clover)
- Megicula
- Vanica Zogratis
- God Hand (Berserk)
- Aki Hayakawa (Chainsaw Man); via Curse Devil
- Santa Claus (Chainsaw Man); via Curse Devil
- Muzan Kibutsuji (Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba)
- Bibidi (Dragon Ball Z)
- Saiki Kusuo (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)
- Tartarus Demons (Fairy Tail)
- Genshirou Saji (Highschool DxD); via Balance Breaker
- Tobio Ikuse (Highschool DxD); via Balance Breaker
- Loki (Highschool DxD Ex)
- Battamonda (Hirogaru Sky! Pretty Cure)
- Touya Mochizuki (In Another World With My Smartphone)
- Naraku (InuYasha)
- Lilia Lilith (Is This a Zombie?)
- Hail (Jibaku-kun: Twelve World Story)
- Jujutsu Users (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Riou (Konjiki no Gash Bell!/Zatch Bell)
- Beldia (KonoSuba)
- Diana (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Phantom (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Yusuke Sakurai (Mob Psycho 100)
- Anubis (Monster Girl Encyclopedia)
- Demon King (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Supreme Deity (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Grayroad (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Merlin (Nanatsu no Taizai/The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Juinjutsu/Jujutsu Users (Naruto)
- Demon King (Negima); anime version only
- The Witch Queen from 2 reigns ago (Ojamajo Doremi)
- Tsubaki The Dark Priestess (Inuyasha)
- Nemeses (Radiant)
- Belial (Seven Mortal Sins)
- Est (Spirit Elementalist's Blade Dance)
- Yubaba (Spirited Away)
- Dwarves (The Circumstances Leading to Waltraute's Marriage)
- Rico (The Database)
- Aleister Crowley (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Tohsaka Rin (TYPE-MOON)
- Avenger (TYPE-MOON)
- Matou Sakura (TYPE-MOON)
- Rando (Yu Yu Hakusho)
Comics/Cartoons[]
- Hex (Ben 10)
- Mr. Jingles (Ben 10)
- Thep Khufans (Ben 10)
- Shirley the Medium (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
- Circe (DC Comics)
- Jinx (DC Comics)
- Zatanna Zantara (DC Comics)
- Faybelle Thorn (Ever After High)
- Scratch (The Ghost and Molly McGee)
- Maddie Flour (Amphibia)
- Barry (Amphibia)
- Grigori Rasputin (Hellboy)
- Spawn (Image Comics)
- Souichi Tsujii (The Junji Itō Horror Comic Collection)
- The Sisters (Kubo and the Two Strings)
- Selene Gallio (Marvel Comics)
- William Kaplan/Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
- Loki (Marvel Comics)
- Wanda Maximoff/Scarlet Witch (Marvel Comics)
- Malediktator (Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir)
- Lilith Clawthorne (The Owl House)
- Dr. Finitevus (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
- Ixis Naugus (Sonic the Hedgehog/Archie Comics)
- Aman-Rapi (Sonic Underground)
- Tom Lucitor (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)
- Angor Rot (Trollhunters)
- Snake Mother (White Snake 2019)
- Prince Phobos (W.I.T.C.H.)
- Lord Ras (Ninjago: Dragons Rising)
- Cleo De Nile (Monster High 2022 Series)
- Maleficent (Sleeping Beauty)
Live Television/Movies[]
- Vocah (Angel)
- The Enchantress (Beauty and the Beast)
- Kendra (Beastly)
- Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Witches and Warlocks (Charmed)
- Spirit Killer (Charmed)
- Witch Doctors (Charmed)
- Gypsies (Charmed)
- Vicus (Charmed)
- Characters who cheat death (Final Destination, Final Destination 2) transfer their curses to people they meet.
- Sanderson Sisters (Hocus Pocus)
- Hayley (Misfits)
- The Author/Isaac (Once Upon a Time)
- Maleficent (Once Upon a Time)
- Queen Regina (Once Upon A Time)
- Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon A Time)
- Snow White (Once Upon a Time)
- Zoso (Once Upon A Time)
- Lord Zedd (Power Rangers)
- Serrator (Power Rangers: Super Samurai)
- Fairy Princess (Red Shoes and the Seven Dwarfs)
- Margaret Isobel Thoreaux (Smallville)
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- King Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
- Lee (Your Pretty Face Is Going To Hell)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Users of The Ordeal of Bitter Water (Biblical Occultism)
- Hachishaku-sama (Japanese Mythology/Folklore)
- Aswang (Philippine Mythology)
Literature[]
- Morgoth (Tolkienverse)
- Members of the royal house of Amber (Chronicles of Amber); just once.
- Curse Users (Harry Potter)
- William (Haven)
- Addie Fitch (Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark)
- Witches (Shadow Falls)
- Warlocks (Shadow Falls)
- Chameleons (Shadow Falls)
Video Games[]
- Ezili (Bloons)
- Vil Schoenheit (Disney: Twisted-Wonderland); via Fairest One of All
- Sumo Kong (Donkey Kong Jungle Beat)
- Glenmoril Witches (Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
- Hircine (Elder Scrolls franchise)
- Sorcerers (The Elder Scrolls Online); via Daedric Curse
- Kirie Himuro (Fatal Frame)
- Black Magic users (Final Fantasy)
- Users of Dark Magic (Fire Emblem series)
- Gods (God of War)
- Village Oracle (God of War)
- Arme (Grand Chase)
- Eggplant Wizard (Kid Icarus)
- Demise (The Legend of Zelda)
- Ganon (The Legend of Zelda franchise)
- Majora's Mask (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask)
- Regent of the Mask (Ninja Gaiden 3)
- Doopliss (Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door)
- Archfiends (Patapon 3)
- Gargoyles (Patapon 3)
- Galarian Corsola and Cursola (Pokémon)
- Ninetales (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that can use "Curse" (Pokémon)
- Pokémon that can use "Forest's Curse" (Pokémon)
- Bad Juju (Skylanders)
- Juju Junior (Skylanders)
- Hex (Skylanders)
- Kaos (Skylanders)
- Roller Brawl (Skylanders)
- Erazor Djinn (Sonic and the Secret Rings)
- Bowser (Super Mario franchise)
- Kamek (Super Mario franchise)
- Evil Pigs (Tomba)
- Hina Kagiyama (Touhou Project)
- Mishaguji (Touhou Project)
- Storyteller (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Talisman (Valkyrie Crusade)
Others[]
- Qrow Branwen (RWBY); via Semblance
- The Darkness (Stupid Mario Brothers)
- Nox Decious (Stupid Mario Brothers)
Known Objects[]
- Kanohi Ignika (BIONICLE); only affects those who are not destined to use it
- Rasputin's Reliquary (Don Bluth's Anastasia, 1997)
- Cursing Camera (Doraemon)
- Any item from Friday the 13th TV series (i.e.: doll, coin, surgeon knife, that Jack the Ripper used, Tattooing kit, etc.) (Friday the 13th TV series)
- Sonata of Darkness (Hunter x Hunter)
- Darkness ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Ghost ÄRMs (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Zombie Tattoo (Marchen Awakens Romance)
- Virgo Blade (The Magicians)
- Cursed Choker (Skylanders)
- Cursed Helmet (Skylanders)
- Amulet of Avalor (Sofia the First)
- Hex Bags (Supernatural)
- Mummy Talisman (Monster High 2022 Series)
- Maleficent's Staff (Sleeping Beauty)
Known Locations[]
- Jusenkyo (Ranma 1/2)