The power to manipulate effigies. Sub-power of Sculpture Manipulation. Variation of Art Manipulation and Object Manipulation.
Also Called[]
- Effigy Control
- Representative Figure Control/Manipulation
Capabilities[]
The user can create, shape and manipulate effigies, specially-constructed figures meant to imitate or represent certain individuals. They can be made of any material (e.g., clay, cloth, straw, wax, wood) using different types of practices like carving, molding, sewing and/or weaving and can be simple or ornate according to the craftsman’s design. Whatever the method, the figure will be used to represent a target of interest. For traditional and religious practices, effigies are often crafted and destroyed to mark specific events or occurrences, such as changes in the seasons. In the political sphere, effigies have been used as derisive models of people who inspire contempt and hatred. They are mocked, beaten and even set ablaze as symbolic attacks on despised individuals. In ritual and mystical contexts, they are often used as conduits for channeling supernatural power to affect targets. They can be used to heal, manipulate or even harm those being represented.
Various effigies exist in different cultures for different purposes. Perhaps the most famous and infamous is the Voodoo doll, a crafted figure that (according to popular myth) will have pins inserted into it to remotely affect a target, usually for harm. Poppets, a type of European effigy, are dolls used to offer aid or even send harm to those they represent through spell casting. The Ushi no toki mairi ritual is a Japanese practice where an individual, usually a woman, sends a curse against someone by dressing in ceremonial garb and nailing a straw doll to a tree (in modern depictions). Whether properly depicted or given artistic revision for fiction, effigies have been significant tools in various belief systems, magical practices and cultures for millennia.
Users with this power can create effigies of various forms and sizes to serve different purposes. Aesthetically, they can simply be used as artistic pieces. In supernatural practices, they can be controlled, either as figures that move according to the user’s designs or be used for channeling mystical effects like healing, harming or manipulating a target, like in sympathetic magic.
Applications[]
- Binding via effigies holding target or effigies being bound, triggering sympathetic effect.
- Channeling supernatural power.
- Damage Inducement/Death Inducement by inflicting damage to effigy.
- Effigy Creation
- Effigy Mimicry
- Effigy Transformation
- Healing by using effigy as conduit for restorative power.
- Manipulate the properties of effigy.
- Effect Generation by applying different stimuli to effigy.
- Puppet Mastery controlling others via effigy.
Associations[]
- Art Manipulation
- Object Manipulation
- Sculpture Manipulation
- Subordination Manipulation
- Sympathetic Magic
- Voodoo
Limitations[]
- Art Destruction/Object Negation/Phenomenon Elimination
- May be unable to create effigies, being limited to manipulating only from already existing sources.
- May be limited to certain actions concerning effigies (human puppetry, healing, sympathetic harm, etc.).
- May only be able to manipulate particular type of effigy.
- May only be able to utilize supernatural effigy effects through specific practices (rituals, spells).
- Distance, mass, precision, etc., depend upon the knowledge, skill, and strength of the user and their power's natural limits.
Known Users[]
- Szayelaporro Granz (Bleach)
- Voodoo priests (Buffyverse)
- Poppet Users (Charmed)
- Puppetmon (Digimon Adventure)
- You Doo Dolls Users (The Fairly Oddparents)
- Ushi no Koku Mairi Users (Fairy Tail)
- The Four Straws (Hell Girl)
- Zalim Singh (Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom)
- Gon, Bun and Ken (InuYasha)
- Nobara Kugisaki (Jujutsu Kaisen)
- Fiddlesticks the Ancient Fear (League of Legends)
- Johnny Dee (Marvel Comics)
- Phillip Masters/Puppet Master (Marvel Comics)
- Ashrah (Mortal Kombat)
- Basil Hawkins (One Piece)
- Edward Teach/Blackbeard (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides)
- Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- Lena Dupree (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
- Simone Lenoir (Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island)
- Dr. Taboo (Speed Comcics)
- Puppet King (Teen Titans)
- Chroma (Warframe)
- Orell Peattie (X-Files)
- Colonel Jacob Wharton (The X-Files)
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