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Forbidden Knowledge

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"But you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die."
― God (Bible, Genesis 2:17)
"Bound in human flesh and inked in blood, this ancient Sumerian text contains bizarre burial rites, funerary incantations and demon resurrection passages. It was never meant for the world of the living..."
― Ash Williams describing the Necronomicon. (Army of Darkness)
"It’s alive! It’s alive! Oh, now I know how it feels to be God!"
― Dr. Henry Frankenstein (Frankenstein 1931 film)
"Such secrets clearly were not meant for us."
― Rabbi Moskowitz (Extreme Ghostbusters, "The True Face of a Monster")

The ability to possess and use extremely dangerous and forbidden knowledge.

Also Called[]

  • Cursed/Dangerous/Dark/Eldritch/Evil/Taboo Knowledge

Capabilities[]

The user is in possession of a dark and forbidden form of knowledge that was never meant for mortals to know. This kind of information can range from being scientific, magical or eldritch in nature and can give the user access to abilities and capabilities far beyond human comprehension, not unlike the knowledge bestowed upon the user.

Users possessing such knowledge can have promising results but at a dire price of being cursed with said knowledge or in losing something precious, such as one's sanity, life or worse. Such knowledge is considered extremely dangerous and unnatural because the information can come from dark or eldritch origins bestowing unnatural capabilities such as reanimating the dead, opening gateways to dangerous worlds, creating galactic level pandemics, etc, all of which can cause catastrophic events.

Such knowledge is usually possessed by either demons, eldritch beings, deities or other higher entities because they either have a higher existence to understand and control said knowledge or because such knowledge originated from them in the first place.

Applications[]

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Types of Knowledge Given[]

Associations[]

Limitations[]

  • Possessing forbidden knowledge often comes with a price, such as the user’s sanity.
  • Users can be forever cursed/burdened with said knowledge.
  • Forbidden knowledge is a taboo and may "put a target on your back".

Example Characters[]

See Also: These Are Things Man Was Not Meant To Know.

Known Objects[]

Known Locations[]

  • The Abyss/Void Realm (Genshin Impact)

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