- "At any time, any moment, you might find him, he has no form nor a voice yet he is always by your side. When he strikes, the weak nor strong can never escape from his fangs. What is he? Death"
- ― Rhea's riddle about mortality to Goblin Slayer (Goblin Slayer)
- "You understand the laws of nature. All things age, all things die. In the end, our sun burns out. Our universe grows cold and perishes."
- ― Kaecilius (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- "Not everyone dies because they wanted to. Most of them died against their will."
- ― Charlotte Katakuri (One Piece)
- "I grant but one boon mortal, and it will be given to you as it is given to everyone. When your time has come."
- ― Anubis (Gargoyles)
- "What was that??"
- "Death.
- "What kind?
- "Instant.
- "There was no sound, he just died."
- "Yeah, it's a terrifying thing to watch happen. It's called a deterrent."
- ― Rick Sanchez and the President (Rick and Morty S03E10: The Rickchurian Mortydate)
- "Increasing wars and famines, diseases of unknown origin, increasingly frequent natural disasters. Don't you find it odd? A bit coincidental? Has anyone even noticed? Must we simply sit and wait for it all to end?"
- ― Caleb Goldman (House of the Dead series)
The power to cause death, either instantly or after a certain time. Sub-power of Death Manipulation. Variation of Inducement. Opposite to Life Inducement.
Also Called
- Death Evocation
- Death Touch
- Fatal Touch
- Killing Effect/Touch
- Instant Death/Killing
- 死亡 (Japanese)
- Sokushi (即死)
- Necrogenesis
Capabilities
The user can kill anyone and possibly even anything using varying means, either instantly, slowly over time, after certain conditions are met, or after a certain period of time has passed. May be induced by touch, at a distance, simply willing it to happen, or by performing a certain ritual.
Variations
- Death Breath: Breath deathly energies.
- Death Beam: Fire a beam that kills on contact.
- Death Blast: Shoot blast that causes instant death on contact.
- Death Bomb: Create an explosion of killing forces.
- Death Bullet: Shoot a killing bullet at an opponent.
- Death By Horror: Literally scare one's victim to death via Fear Inducement.
- Death By Laughter: Kill an opponent by having them laugh to death.
- Death By Sex: Kill by sexual intercourse.
- Death Constructs: Create constructs from killing energy.
- Death Field Projection: Create a field that kills anything within the user's area.
- Death Infusion: Infuse a weapon with killing forces.
- Death Inscription: To write (or rip) a victim's name on a object or within a book inducing death.
- Death Ray Emission: Emit beams/rays that kill a target.
- Death Recreation: Recreate and relive the moment of ones death.
- Death Shadow: Possess a lethal shadow.
- Death Song: Cause death by emitting sound.
- Death Virus: Set a lethal virus on an opponent.
- Death Wave: Create a wave of killing energy.
- Deoxygenation: Kill by removing oxygen.
- Double Hit Kill: Kill with two hits.
- Drowning: Kill by filling lungs with water.
- Fatal Countenance: True form can kill anyone that looks upon it.
- Fatal Touch: Physical contact with the user can kill.
- Game Slaying: Kill via games.
- Heart Attack: Kill by causing heart attack.
- Heart Rip: Kill by removing the heart.
- Killing Eyes: Kill by look.
- Kiss of Death: Kill an opponent with a kiss.
- Knowledge Projection: Kill an opponent by overloading their mind with knowledge.
- Necrosis Inducement: Cause premature cellular death, which can lead to eventual death of the victim.
- Omnidirectional Death Waves
- One Hit Kill: Kill with one hit.
- Oneiric Slaying: Kill via dreams/nightmares.
- Severing: Kill by severing the life-line.
- Suicide Inducement: Make the victim kill themselves.
- Team Wipe: Kill entire team at once.
Variations
Associations
- Absolute Death Inducement
- Age Manipulation
- Biological Manipulation
- Blood Manipulation
- Bone Removal
- Curse Inducement
- Death Aspect Manifestation
- Death-Force Manipulation
- Death Manipulation
- Death Sense
- Decomposition Manipulation
- Disease Manipulation
- Disintegration
- Eternal Rest Inducement
- Extinction Inducement
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Inducement
- Lethal Physiology
- Life Perception - perceiving the life flow of the target and damage it.
- Necrosis Inducement
- Omnicide
- Organic Manipulation
- Poison Generation
- Probability Manipulation
- Soul Destruction
- Summoning something to do the deed.
- Vice Inducement
- Wound Transferal
- Winter Manipulation
Limitations
- Life Resilience
- Unless used at an Absolute Level, the user cannot kill those that are undead or merely dead.
- Death Negation/Death Prevention can negate/prevent the effects of dying.
- Useless against users of Absolute Immortality, Flawless Indestructibility and Death Transcendence/Life and Death Transcendence.
- Users of Amortality are immune since they are neither alive or dead, and hence cannot die.
- Users of varied Immortality are immune to death.
- Users of Resurrection can undo death.
- Usage may cause serious injury or death.
Known Users
Anime/Manga/Manhwa
- Okada Gou (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Baraggan Louisenbairn (Bleach); via Absolute Decay
- Suì-Fēng (Bleach)
- Fyodor Dostoevsky (Bungou Stray Dogs)
- Gun Devil (Chainsaw Man)
- Hachiouji Saechika (Code: Breaker)
- Death Note users (Death Note)
- Shinigami
- Light Yagami
- Misa Amane
- Teru Mikami
- Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Mavis Vermilion (Fairy Tail)
- Bloodman (Fairy Tail)
- Kang Han Soo (FFF-Class Trashero)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Ai Enma (Hell Girl)
- Star and Stripe (My Hero Academia); via Law Inducement
- Minato Namikaze (Naruto)
- Users of the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (Nasuverse)
- Shiki Tohno (Tsukihime)
- Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai)
- Ainz Ooal Gown (Overlord)
- Nyx (Persona 3)
- Izanami (Persona 4/Persona 4 Golden); via Thousand Curses
- Alone (Saint Seiya)
- Hades (Saint Seiya)
- Thanatos (Saint Seiya)
- Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon)
- Fiend Alice (Shin Megami Tensei series); via Die For Me!
- Mudo or Hama Users (Shin Megami Tensei series)
- Hellmaster Phibrizzo (Slayers)
- Kumoko/Shiraori (So I'm a Spider, So What?)
- Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project)
- Yogiri Takatou (The Other World Doesn't Stand A Chance Against The Power Of Instant Death)
- Gray Demons (The Seven Deadly Sins)
- Aureolus Izzard (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Oyama Tadanori (Usagi Yojimbo)
Movies
- Users of the Killing Curse (Harry Potter)
- Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter)
- Death Eaters (Harry Potter)
- Basilisks (Harry Potter)
- Jadis (The Chronicles of Narnia)
- Kayako Saeki (The Grudge)
- Samara Morgan (The Ring)
- Makuta Teridax (Bionicle)
- Mata Nui (Bionicle)
- Mask of Life (Bionicle)
- Damien Thorn (The Omen Series)
- Imhotep (The Mummy)
- John Morlar (The Medusa Touch)
- The Fates (Hercules)
- Kursed (Thor: The Dark World)
- Various Purgers (The Purge film series)
- Death (Final Destination)
- Unnamed Protagonist (Lifechanger)
Cartoons
- Derek Powers/Blight (Batman Beyond/DC Animated Universe)
- Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Death (Family Guy)
- Anubis (Gargoyles)
- Mrs. Turner (The Fairly OddParents); plants only
Live Television
- Necrotic Inducement Alphas (Alphas)
- Isaac Hale
- Harbinger of Hell (Charmed 2018)
- Charity Callaghan (Charmed 2018)
- Jeremy Greer (Heroes)
- Grim Reapers (Dead Like Me)
- Death (Dead Like Me)
- Jorge (Los Protegidos)
- Death (Supernatural)
- Ghosts (Supernatural)
- Angels (Supernatural)
- Demons (Supernatural)
- Reapers (Supernatural)
- Tyler Randall (Smallville)
- Chrissy Parker (Smallville); via Age Absorption
- Soul Collectors (Charmed)
- Angel of Death (Charmed)
- Jasmine (Angel)
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
- Zoe Benson (American Horror Story: Coven)
- Cybermen (Doctor Who)
- Witches using Ramus Mortium (Witches of East End)
- Valkyries (Lost Girl)
- Tamsin
- Acacia
- Renée Marand (The Order)
- Renée's sister (The Order)
- Axel (The Almighty Johnsons)
Comics
- Enerjak (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Death of the Endless (DC Comics/Vertigo)
- Black Hand (DC Comics)
- Aquaman (DC Comics)
- Death (Marvel Comics)
- Hela (Marvel Comics)
- Joshua Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics)
- Arkady Rossovich/Omega Red (Marvel Comics)
- Ann Marie LeBeau/Rogue (Marvel Comics); via Strain 88
- Zarathos (Marvel Comics)
- Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
- Prince Wayfinder (Marvel Comics)
- Kaine (Marvel Comics); via Mark of Kaine
Mythology/Folklore
- Deities of Death (Mythologies)
- Dullahan (Celtic Mythology)
- Thanatos (Greek Mythology)
- The Fates (Greek Mythology)
- Death (Mythology/Folklore)
- Samael (Judaism)
- Hachishaku-sama (Japanese Mythology/Folklore)
Video Games
- Pyramid Head (Silent Hill series)
- Akuma (Street Fighter series)
- Ruvik (The Evil Within)
- Abyss (Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes)
- Ghosts (Fatal Frame series)
- Yorick, the Shepard of Lost Souls (League of Legends)
- The Guardian (The Ultima series)
- Herrscher of the Death (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Bella (Honkai Impact 3rd)
- Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
- The Queen of Maggots (The Cat Lady/Downfall Remake)
- Robloxians (ROBLOX); via Kill command
Other
- Kim Voloshin (Devil amongst people)
- Phantom (Grindhouse and Watercolors)
- Nico di Angelo (Percy Jackson and the Olympians)
- SCP Foundation (SCP Foundation)
- Calvin Lucien/O5-1 (SCP Foundation); only to birds
- SCP-073 - "Cain" (SCP Foundation); only to plants
- SCP-239 - The Witch Child (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-5212 - The White Rabbit (SCP Foundation)
- The Virus (SCP Foundation); only to bacteria
- Moon (LOCAL58)
Known Powers
- Mystic Eyes of Death Perception (TYPE-MOON)
- Killing Curse (Harry Potter)
Known Objects
See also: Artifact of Death.
- Kanohi Ignika, the Mask of Life (Bionicle); via removing life
- The Reckoning (The Books of the Beginning)
- Death Notes (Death Note)
- The Cursed Idol (Happy Tree Friends)
- Halo Array (Halo)
- Straw dolls (Hell Girl)
- Keys (Keys to the Kingdom)
- Infinity Gauntlet (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
- Soul Gem (Marvel Comics)
- Dainsleif (Norse Mythology)
- Last Word (Planescape)
- The Mortal Blade/Fushigiri (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice); when unsheathed
- The Goal (Super Mario Series)
- Ramus Mortium (Witches of East End)
- Argentium (Witches of East End)
- Blade of Azrael (Lucifer)
- Astarael the Weeper (The Old Kingdom Series); via sound
- SCP-4183 - Automatic Containment Procedures (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-5363-D - Controlled Containment (SCP Foundation)
Known Locations
- Level 12.1 (The Backrooms); via turning the lights off
Gallery
Anime/Manga
Sakura Sakurakōji (Code:Breaker) using her Rare Kind's Death God powers, draining vitality, and prolonged exposure would lead to death.
Light Yagami's (Death Note) signature method of killing with the Death Note was causing heart attacks,...
Bloodman (Fairy Tail) can cause countless people to die without so much as touching or looking at them, his enemies even flee in terror and say he is the "God of Death", and as a Spriggan 12 member he is even more dangerous.
Zeref (Fairy Tail) can produce uncontrollable Death Magic to steal the lives of anyone once he remembers the importance of a human life.
A Gray Demon (Nanatsu no Taizai) using Dark Snow to release numerous tiny, black particles that instantly kills anyone that comes into contact with.
Hellmaster Phibrizzo (Slayers) can induce death in anyone living just by breaking one of his Death Orbs.
Shiki Tohno (Tsukihime) can trigger the time of death on almost anything where he can see the lines and dot of death, whether it is a living creature or not, just by tracing a cutting tool along them.
Cartoons/Comics
Thanks to his power over radiation, Blight's (Batman Beyond) very touch is lethal, which would cause anything he touches to wither and die.
Death (Family Guy) is able to instantly kill any living being he touches, even if he didn't want to.
The Soul Gem (Marvel Comics) has absolute control over all aspects of life and death, and thus can be used to kill anyone instantly, such as when it was used by Thanos to kill off half the life in the universe.
Omega Red (Marvel Comics) secretes "Death Spores" that kill anyone that breathes them in.
Video Games
Once activated, the Halo Array (Halo) sends out a pulse that causes instant death of all sentient life in the milky way galaxy.
The Mortal Blade/Fushigiri (Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice) causes anyone who removes it from its sheath to immediately die, making it impossible for anyone who does not possess Retroactive Immortality like Sekiro to wield it.
Abyss (Marvel vs Capcom 2), the Armor of Erosion, potentially has the power to reduce the Earth to primordial times, killing all life in the process.
Death (Valkyrie Crusade)
Thanatos (Valkyrie Crusade)
Samael (Valkyrie Crusade)
Live Television/Movies
Zoe Benson (American Horror Story: Coven) is a witch whose notable magic power is "Black Widow", which causes those who she has sexual intercourse with to hemorrhage violently and die.
Jadis (The Chronicles of Narnia) possessed the Deplorable Word, the ultimate weapon that killed every being in her dimension except her.