Dark Heart

Dark Heart
Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep) was spawned from the darkness in Ventus' heart, he himself possessing a heart of pure darkness.
Power/Ability to:	Have a heart devoid of light or purity

"All existences besides devils must be destroyed, why can't you understand Devils are! No! We, the Satans, are the ones who have to become the Kings of the World! By using Ophis’s power we will destroy the world, and create a new World of devils!"

― Creuserey Asmodeus (Highschool DxD)

"Now you see me, embracing all alone, the darkness that has rested in my heart. I see the world, and everything it did to me, I know that this is all your fault."

― The Enigma TNG - Outside of Time

"One thousand years ago, King Sombra, a unicorn whose heart was black as night, took over the Crystal Empire. He was ultimately overthrown, turned to shadow and banished to the ice of the Arctic North. But not before he was able to put a curse upon the empire; A curse that caused it to vanish into thin air!"

― Princess Celestia about King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)

The ability to possess a dark heart. Variation of Supernatural Heart and Evil Embodiment. Opposite to Pure Heart.

Also Called

• Dark/Baleful Heart
• Black/Blackened/Corrupt/Impure/Tainted Heart
• Heart of Pure Corruption/Darkness/Evil/Shadow
• Devil Heart

Capabilities

Users possess a heart devoid of good, light, virtue, etc. 

Applications

• Apathy - Close oneself off from the hearts of others.
• Corruption Inducement - Able to taint those who are truly good.
• Contaminant Immunity - To some heart related diseases.
• Discomfort Immunity
• Evil Empowerment - Let the darkness guide you.
• Good Immunity - Resist good by a heart of pure evil.
• Hatred Empowerment - We all do unspeakable atrocities out of hatred for one another.
• Indomitable Hatred - Feel naught but unbridedled bane.
• Indomitable Rage - Project an endless fury the likes unseen before.
• Inner Darkness Externalization - Feel the darkness as it smothers the light around you.
• Loneliness Empowerment - Isolation from everyone and everything strengthens the individual.
• Negative Emotion Empowerment - Gain strength from darker emotions.
• Powers Via Object - If object requires malice of heart.
• Supernatural Charisma - Some people just can't stay mad at you.

Associations

• Ambition Manipulation
• Artificial Heart
• Corruption Manipulation
• Dark Soul
• Guardianship
• Heart Entity Physiology
• Indomitable Will
• Multiple Hearts
• Strong Heart
• Strong Soul

Limitations

• May be incapable of good, even by their own volition.
• May possess an unstable existence as "shadow cannot exist without light."
• May be vulnerable to Purification.

Known Users

See Also: Pure Is Not Good.

Manga/Anime

• Denji (Chainsaw Man)
• Cell (Dragon Ball Z)
• Kid Buu (Dragon Ball Z)
• Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super)
• Barry Kahn (Dragon Ball Super)
• Mira (Dragon Ball series)
• Dio Brando/DIO (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure series)
• Katerea Leviathan (Highschool DxD)
• Creuserey Asmodeus (Highschool DxD)
• Shalba Beelzebub (Highschool DxD)
• Rizevim Livian Lucifer (Highschool DxD)
• Euclid Lucifuge (Highschool DxD)

Live Television

• Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Rumpelstiltkin (Once Upon a Time)

Film

• Sheev Palpatine/Darth Sidious (Star Wars)

Cartoons

• King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
• Aku (Samurai Jack)
• Harm (Young Justice)

Video Games

• Lilith (Darksiders 2)
• Vanitas (Kingdom Hearts)
• Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
• Petra (Brawlhalla)

Web Comics

• Black Mage Evilwizardington (8-Bit Theater)
• Gu Changge (I Am the Fated Villain)

Gallery

Unlike his souled self Angel, Angelus (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) has a pure evil heart, to the extent that the Judge's power, which targeted his victims' humanity, could not affect him.

Due to hundreds of years worth of evil deeds, Mr. Gold/Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time) suffers from a heart clouded by darkness, his heart being consumed by it until there was nothing left but the darkness.

King Sombra (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic) was the tyrannical ruler of the Crystal Empire "whose heart was black as night."

Kid Buu (Dragon Ball Z) is a being with a pure heart, a pure evil one, as evidenced when he repelled the Spirit Bomb, which only those pure of heart can do.

Cell (Dragon Ball Z) is a being with a heart of pure evil, as evidenced by his usage of the Spirit Bomb.

Mira (Dragon Ball) is a being with a heart of pure evil, as evidenced by his ability to use the Spirit Bomb.

Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super) was chosen to be the next Supreme Kai of Universe 10 because of his skill and pure heart. Unfortunately, his heart wasn't pure good.

Katerea Leviathan (Highschool DxD) desired to cause destruction and chaos to the world in order to realize her ambitions for world domination.

Creuserey Asmodeus (Highschool DxD) is arrogant and despotic tyrant who desired to become the King of the World, and is willingly to destroy the World to achieve it.

Shalba Beelzebub (Highschool DxD) is ambitious tyrant who desired to become the King of the World. When the Devils refused to support his ambition, he tried to destroyed the Underworld.

Euclid Lucifuge (Highschool DxD) takes interest only to create chaos, atrociously destroying the lives of innocent people without a single shred of remorse.

Harm (Young Justice) sought to make himself pure of heart in order to wield the Sword of Beowulf; thus, he killed his younger sister, the only person he ever cared about, to make himself pure evil.

Darth Sidious (Star Wars) was one of the greatest, most powerful, and most evil Sith Lords to have ever lived. His sheer inner evil disturbed even other Sith Lords, and surpassed even the embodiment of the Dark Side itself.

According to Robert E.O Speedwagon's words, Dio brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure) is evil by nature ever since the moment he was born.

After having his heart replaced by the Devil Pochita, Denji (Chainsaw Man) is said to have been stripped of his remorse and human emotions of grief and guilt.

Aku (Samurai Jack)