- " I know what it's like to lose. To feel so desperately that you're right, yet to fail nonetheless. It's frightening, turns the legs to jelly. I ask you to what end? Dread it. Run from it. Destiny arrives all the same. And now it's here. Or should I say, I am."
- ― Thanos (Avengers: Infinity War)
The power to perceive and affect fate/destiny concerning people and events. Opposite to Freedom.
Also Called
- Destiny Control
- Fate Control/Manipulation/Bending/Alteration
- Predestination
- Predetermination
Capabilities
The user is able to perceive, shape and manipulate destiny allowing them to affect reality in several ways both overt and hidden. Many users have an object that is physical manifestation of this power, common forms being Book or Spindle and a cutting tool.
Applications
- Action Inducement
- Chosen One Link
- Destiny Aspect Manifestation
- Destiny Assignment
- Destiny Enchantment
- Destiny Negation
- Destiny Perception
- Epiphany Inducement
- Fate Denial
- Higher Consciousness
- Inevitable Event Creation
- Nigh Omniscience or Omniscience
- Obstacle Manipulation
- Probability Manipulation
- Purpose Manipulation
- Quantum String Manipulation
- Reality Warping
- Time Manipulation
- Universal Irreversibility
Variations
- Causality Manipulation
- Cycle Manipulation
- Destiny Magic
- Destiny Severing
- Destiny Weaving
- Fate Embodiment
- Future Manipulation
- Meta Fate Manipulation; advanced version
- Prophecy Manipulation
- Threads of Fate Manipulation
Associations
- Almighty Law Creation
- Author Authority
- Destiny Chosen: Capable of choosing these people through manipulation.
- Destiny Weaponry
- Narration
- Node Manipulation
- Order Manipulation
Limitations
- May not work on a Living Anomaly.
- User of Cosmic Otherness are immune.
Known Users
See Also: Because Destiny Says So and Winds of Destiny, Change.
Mythology/Folklore
- Muhen (Philippine Mythology)
- Shai (Egyptian Mythology)
- Sisters of Fate (Greek Mythology)
- Moros (Greek Mythology)
- Fates (Mythology)
- Norns (Norse Mythology)
- Daniel (Semhamaphores)
Comics
Manga/Anime
- Vanessa Enoteca (Black Clover); via Rouge/Red Thread of Fate
- Zahard (Tower of God)
- Yhwach (Bleach); via "The Almighty"
- Soul King (Bleach); via "The Almighty"
- Ryo Asuka/Satan (Devilman)
- Tooru (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part VIII: JoJolion); via Wonder of U
- Souta Hatate (Kanojo ga Flag wo Oraretara)
- Slow (Karakuri Dôji Ultimo)
- Oginome Momoka (Mawaru Penguindrum)
- Supreme Deity (Seven Deadly Sins); via Perpetual Reincarnation Curse
- Users of Izanagi and Izanami (Naruto)
- Sul (Oban: Star Racers)
- Drosselmeyer (Princess Tutu)
Tabletop Games
- The Kalih (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
- Chaos Meister Users (Anima: Beyond Fantasy)
- Omega, as the Lord of Infinity.
- True Fae and Changelings (Changeling: the Lost)
- Tzeentch (Warhammer 40000)
- Sidereals (Exalted)
- Mages using the Sphere of Entropy (Mage: the Ascension)
- Mages with the Fate Arcanum (Mage: the Awakening)
Television
- Willow Rosenberg (Buffy, the Vampire Slayer)
- Angels of Destiny (Charmed)
- Bad Wolf (Doctor Who)
- Atropos (Supernatural)
- The Bureau (The Adjustment Bureau)
- Time Variance Authority (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Video Games
- The Great Rabbit (Armed & Delirious/Dementia/Granny/GrannyX)
- Theresa (Fable Trilogy)
- Sisters of Fate (God of War)
- Ithereal (Diablo)
- The Fateless One (Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning)
- The Force/Gentle Pull (Super Mario Galaxy)
- Remilia Scarlet (Touhou Project)
- Sagume Kishin (Touhou Project)
- Clutho (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Lachesis (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Atropos (Valkyrie Crusade)
- Astrologians (Final Fantasy XIV)
Cartoons
- Novisor (Among Us Logic)
- Phasir (Aladdin)
- Mata Nui (Bionicle)
- The Fates (Disney's Hercules)
- The Writers of Destiny (Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spinjitzu)
- Starlight Glimmer (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Literature
- Fate (Discworld)
- StarClan (Warriors)
- Coil (Worm); to a limited degree
Web Original
- The Vision (Fear Mythos)
- Khahrahk/Harak/Khnith-hgor/Shormaush Urdal/Son of the Third Brood/The Devourer of Worlds/The Dread/Devourer/The Crimson Monarch/The King who Rose from the Bleeding/Lord of the Throne of Despair/Defiler of Worlds/Rapist King/Proskellion/SCP-001 - Tufto's Proposal - The Scarlet King (SCP Foundation)
- Yulü, Yama and Kshitigarbha/The All-Death/The Great Death/The Small Death/The Three Lords of Death/The Brothers Death (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-0001 - Meta Ike's Proposal - The Solution (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-1440 - The Old Man from Nowhere (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-666-J/Dr. R████████ J███ I█████ Gerald (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4239-1/Mr. Destiny (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects
- The Destiny Stone (Aladdin: The Animated Series)
- The Cards of Fate (SCP Foundation); formerly
- evansmana (misfit of demon king academy)
Gallery
Through his power, The Almighty, Yhwach (Bleach) can not only see all possible outcomes to any event, but also control which ones will actually occur.
The Three (DC Comics) aka: The Kindly Ones, The Hecatae, the Erinyes; the Fates; the Three Witches; the Norns; the Three-in-One; Moirae; Eumenides; the Furies; Parcae; Fortuna; the Charities.
The Izanagi technique (Naruto) allows the user to control their state of existence, escaping unfavorable outcomes and rewriting the results. Thus they can alter their destinies.
Due to the fate altering aspect being abused, Izanami (Naruto) was designed to decide fate, by trapping the abuser in an infinite loop, until they accept their fate and cease using it.
The Cards of Fate (SCP Foundation) are a set of playing cards SCP-1440 won from the Great Death that were capable of manipulating fate until SCP-1440 overused them to prevent several deadly conflicts (wars, revolutions, etc.), rendering them powerless.
Sagume Kishin (Touhou Project) can reverse any situation by talking about it, causing the opposite of however she speaks about a situation/event to occur no matter what.