- "Key of Solomon? It's the real deal, all right. You get a demon in one, they're trapped. They're powerless. Like a satanic roach motel."
- ― Bobby Singer to Sam and Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
The power to bind/imprison demons. Sub-power of Demon Manipulation. Opposite to Deity Imprisonment.
Also Called[]
- Demon/Demonic/Devil Binding/Sealing/ Imprisonment/Entrapment
- Demon/Demonic Jailing/Stasis
Capabilities[]
Users can imprison demons, devils and demonic beings, with little or no chance to escape. It can also work if the target has demon blood mixed (ie. cambions.)
Associations[]
Limitations[]
- Reduced effectiveness against beings that aren't fully demonic, such as cambions.
- Can't imprison users of Freedom.
- The victim can be freed by outside help.
- Some demon species can be too powerful to imprison.
- Users of Freeing and Unfixed Movement cannot be bound.
- Depending on the way used to bind the victim, they may be able to overpower/break their bindings.
- Users of Teleportation/Intangibility can escape.
- May be unable to generate the ways to bind and be limited to existing material.
- May have to stay close to the victim or the binding may break.
- The victim can be freed by outside help.
- If the prison is damaged in any way, the victim may be able to escape.
- May have to perform a certain action in order for the target to be contained.
- May only be temporary.
- The prison might not be strong enough to contain the victim.
Known Users[]
- Mafuba Users (Dragon Ball series)
- Bibidi (Dragon Ball Z)
- Babidi (Dragon Ball Z)
- Demon Gazers (Demon Gaze)
- Dragon Ninja (Original Ninja Gaiden)
- Fran Pendoll (Demon Gaze)
- Grand Master Dashi (Xiaolin Showdown)
- Warlocks (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- The Horadrim (Diablo); via the Soulstones
- Jeanne (Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne)
- Taoist (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Koenma (Yu Yu Hakusho)
- Jack Atlas (Yu-Gi-Oh! 5d's); via Burning Soul
- Bobby Singer (Supernatural)
- Dean Winchester (Supernatural)
- Castiel (Supernatural)
- Sam Winchester (Supernatural)
Known Objects[]
- Stone of Darkness (Brave Story)
- Raven’s crystal (DC: Justice League vs. Teen Titans); imprison Trigon
- Devil's Trap (Supernatural)
- Goddess Amber (Nanatsu no Taizai)
- Demonic Alien Containment Box (Rick and Morty)
- Scepter of Darkness (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Known Locations[]
- Demonreach (The Dresden Files)