- "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)
The power to cause death, either instantly or after certain time. Sub-power of Death Manipulation. Variation of Inducement. Opposite power of Life Inducement and Life-Force Generation.
Also Called
- Death Evocation
- Death Touch
- Fatal Touch
- Killing Effect/Touch
- Instant Death/Killing
- Necrogenesis
Capabilities
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 gone. May be used by touch, at a distance, simply willing it to happen, or performing 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 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 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 mortal 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 is lethal.
- Fatal Touch: Kill by beings touching the user.
- 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.
- Laugh to Death: Kill an opponent by having them laugh to death.
- Necrosis Inducement: Cause premature cellular death, which can lead to eventual death of victim.
- 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.
Associations
- Age Manipulation
- Biological Manipulation
- Blood Manipulation
- Bone Removal
- Curse Inducement
- Death Aspect Manifestation
- Death Manipulation
- Death Perception - perceiving death and then activating it.
- Death Sense
- Decomposition Manipulation
- Disease Manipulation
- Disintegration
- Eternal Rest Inducement
- Extinction Inducement
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Inducement
- Life-Force Absorption
- Life Perception - perceiving the life flow of the target and damage it.
- Necrosis Inducement
- Omnicide
- Organic Manipulation
- Poison Generation
- Probability Manipulation
- Summoning something to do the deed.
- Unavertable Death
- Unrestricted Murdering
- Vice Inducement
- Wound Transferal
Limitations
- Death Negation
- Immortality voids this power.
- May have limitations on distance.
- Those with Resurrection could undo the damage.
- Users may be limited on how many times they may kill (this also includes the targets they can kill at a time).
- May require physical contact.
Known Users
Manga/Anime
- Shiki Tohno (Tsukihime)
- Shiki Ryougi (Kara no Kyoukai)
- Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project)
- People or Shinigami with 'Death Note' books (Death Note)
- Ai Enma (Hell Girl)
- Aureolus Izzard (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Sailor Saturn (Sailor Moon)
- Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
- Bradman (Fairy Tail)
- Nyx (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3)
- Izanami (Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 4); via Thousand Curses
- Fiend Alice (Shin Megami Tensei series); via Die For Me!
- Mudo or Hama users (Shin Megami Tensei series)
- Hachiouji Saechika (Code: Breaker)
- Okada Gou (Alive: The Final Evolution)
- Suì-Fēng (Bleach)
- Oyama Tadanori (Usagi Yojimbo)
- Kenshiro (Fist of the North Star)
- Minato Namikaze (Naruto)
- Hellmaster Phibrizzo (Slayers)
- Jackie Estacado (Witchblade)
- The Darkness (Witchblade)
- Gray Demon (Seven Deadly Sins)
Movies
- Users of the Killing Curse (Harry Potter)
- Basilisks (Harry Potter)
- Kayako Saeki (The Grudge)
- Samara Morgan (The Ring)
- Selene (Underworld)
- 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)
Television/Cartoons
- Jorge (Los Protegidos)
- Jeremy Greer (Heroes)
- Grim (The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy)
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Most Reapers (Dead Like Me)
- Death (Family Guy)
- Anubis (Gargoyles)
- Death (Supernatural)
- Death (The Simpsons)
- 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)
Comics
- Death (Marvel Comics)
- Hela (Marvel)
- Enerjak (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
- Rogue (Marvel Comics); via Strain 88
- Zarathos (Marvel Comics)
- Aquaman (DC Comics)
- Blackheart (Marvel Comics)
- Black Hand (DC Comics)
- Prince Wayfinder (Marvel Comics)
- Death of the Endless (DC/Vertigo)
- 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)
Other
- Phantom (Grindhouse and Watercolors)
Video Games
- Pyramid Head (Silent Hill)
- Akuma (Street Fighter)
- Ruvik (The Evil Within)
- Abyss (Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes)
- Ghosts (Fatal Frame series)
- The Guardian (The Ultima series)
- Morrigan Aensland (Darkstalkers)
Known Objects
See also: Artifact of Death
- Last Word (Planescape)
- Death Note (Death Note)
- Dainsleif (Norse Mythology)
- Ramus Mortium (Witches of East End)
- Argentium (Witches of East End)
- Straw dolls (Hell Girl)
- The Cursed Idol (Happy Tree Friends)
- Keys (Keys to the Kingdom)
Gallery
Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Project) Ghostly Girl in the Netherworld Tower
Lord Voldemort (Harry Potter) is notorious for using the Killing Curse to induce instant death.
Peter Pettigrew (Harry Potter) using the killing curse to instantly kill Cedric Diggory.
Pegasus J. Crawford (Yu-Gi-Oh) inflicted a Penalty Game - Hand and Gun - onto Keith for cheating, forcing him to shoot himself in an illusion, which nevertheless, truly killed Keith.
Zed (Code:Breaker) using his ability Death to induce death by draining life from his victims.
Sakura Sakurakōji (Code:Breaker) using her Rare Kind's Death God powers, draining vitality, and prolonged exposure would lead to death.
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.
The Lich (Adventure Time)
Ai Enma (Hell Girl) brings instant death after ferrying souls to Hell.
Teru Mikami (Death Note) can make his victims die with the Death Note.
Grim Reaper/Death can instantaneously bring upon death by manipulating probability.
Zeref (Fairy Tail) can produce uncontrollable Death Magic to steal the lives of anyone once he remembers the importance of a human life.
Kaine (Marvel Comics) accomplishes this via his trademark "Mark of Kaine."
Thanks to his power over radiation, Blight's (Batman Beyond) very touch is lethal.
Omega Red (Marvel Comics) secretes "Death Spores" that kill anyone that breathes them in.
Jorge (Los Protegidos) can kill anyone he touches.
Kayako Saeki (The Grudge) will cause death after cursing her victims.
Toshio Saeki (The Grudge)
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.
Charon (Charmed)
Angel of Death (Charmed)
Zoe Benson (American Horror Story: Coven) is a witch who's notable magic power is "Black Widow", which causes those who she has sexual intercourse with to hemorrhage violently and die.
Death (Valkyrie Crusade)
Thanatos (Valkyrie Crusade)
Samael (Valkyrie Crusade)
Hellmaster Phibrizzo (Slayers) can induce death in anyone living just by breaking one of his Death Orbs.
Bradman (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.
Death (Family Guy) is able to instantly kill any living being it touches, even if he didn't want to.
Phantom (Grindhouse and Watercolors) is able to the end the life of anyone - no matter how immortal they seem - through the use of his silver scissors.