Immortality

"I intend to live forever, or die trying."

― Several

"Some pirates achieved immortality by great deeds of cruelty or derring-do. Some achieved immortality by amassing great wealth. But the captain had long ago decided that he would, on the whole, prefer to achieve immortality by not dying."

― Terry Pratchett, The Color of Magic

"Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality."

― Abraham Lincoln

The power to never die. Opposite to Mortality.

Also Called

Death Immunity
Deathless
Endless/Eternal/Everlasting Life
Immortal Physiology

Capabilities

User possesses an infinite life span, as they can never die, never age, and can shrug off virtually any kind of physical damage. Some users are the defensive type, simply preventing all damages, to appear physically invulnerable, while others are the regenerative type, surviving and quickly recovering from anything you throw at them while at the same time they are capable of resurrecting themselves instantly after death and completely self-sustaining, free from all bodily necessities.

Variations

Some may only possess the power of:

Death: No body to destroy. The soul, one that is not of a physical being, does not inherit physical characteristics, such as concepts of destruction, therefore cannot be destroyed; in short, the user cannot die because it is already dead. Most common form of immortality.
Head Liberation: Survive decapitation.
Immortal Cloning: Transfer one's mind/soul into a clone to cheat death.
Infinite Resurrection: Death is omitted. Injuries may be inflicted, but complete annihilation is impossible.
Invulnerability: Cannot be harmed in any way or form. Therefore, death by physical damage is omitted.
- Temporary Invincibility
Life and Death Transcendence: Be beyond the very concepts of Life and Death and immune to all life and death based powers.
- Life Transcendence: Transcend the limitations of ones life/lifespan and conquer death itself.
Life Extension: Extend one's life.
Possession: Possess a new body/host upon death of the current, thereby surviving death and becoming immortal.
Retroactive Immortality: Cannot remain dead, always resurrecting or reincarnating oneself after being killed.
Quick Reincarnation: The power to be immediately reincarnated following "death"; can result in gaining powers in relation to how the user previously died.
Regeneration: High-level regeneration of body that heals any injuries, even fatal ones, preventing one from dying.
Self-Sustenance: Can survive without the need for bodily resources, such as food.
Self-Resurrection: Completely heal fatal injuries and resurrect upon death if body isn't entirely destroyed.
- Multiple Lifes: User dies, but doesn't stay dead until all lifes are used up.
Semi-Immortality: Un-aging.
Spatial-Temporal Lock: Exist outside the normal space-time continuum, and thus immune to what happens in it.

Levels of Immortality

Semi-Immortality

Cannot age, thus preventing death via senescence.
Remains vulnerable to mortal wounds, severe injuries, diseases/viruses, and foreign substances.
Mental damage may still occur.

Reliant Immortality (Concept-Dependent Immortality, Self-Puppetry)

User acquires immortality by anchoring their life to a certain object, source, concept, etc.
Destruction of anchor ends the user's immortality.
The physical body remains mortal, only the soul is earthbound.
May require continuous intake of source or maintenance of object to remain immortal.

Immortality (Immortality via Regenerative Healing Factor)

Cannot age once reaching a certain point.
Immune to diseases, toxins and drugs.
Wounds, even crippling or fatal ones, heal near instantly.
Time-manipulating powers can erase the user's existence, as opposed to biologically killing them.
May apply only to biological immortality, as the mind and/or soul may remain mortal.
Immortality power may be removed, rendering the user mortal once again.

Unfettered Body

Cannot age once reaching a certain point.
Body is completely immune to physical damage, toxins and pathogens.
Soul and mind may remain vulnerable.
Per chance the body is harmed, regeneration may not occur.
Time-manipulating powers can erase the user's existence, as opposed to biologically killing them.

Absolute Immortality

Cannot age.
Immune to all diseases, toxins and drugs.
All wounds and injuries heal instantly.
Immortality applies to not only the body, but mind and soul as well, rendering the user truly "absolute".
Power is absolute, so it can never be removed, nor can the user's existence from timelines.

Associations

Limitations

Immortality Bypassing/Immortality Negation/Immortality Removal
Cannot overcome the End of Time, unless the form of immortality is an absolute type, hence why just like Regenerative Healing Factor, it is unclear how long it would last.
May be erased from history via the effects of time-manipulating powers, killing the immortals in question before they become immortal.
- While users are immune to the ravages of time, most are vulnerable against direct application used against them.
Nonexistence can wipe the user out of existence, as opposed to simply killing them biologically.
May have certain weaknesses that are lethal (i.e. decapitation, disintegration, and/or poison).
- May have weaknesses to single source (item, event, person, etc.) that is lethal to them.
May be killable by certain specific way, item or people.
User may go mad, from the effects of time and boredom.
- This can also cause madness overtime because the immortal is forced to watch those who aren't immortal die.
May forget events that happened long ago.
Some immortals could be infertile, or they're incapable of passing this ability to their descendants.
Immortality may depend on outside sources and objects (Horcruxes, Shikon shards, etc.).
Can be sealed/imprisoned in an empty dimension with no chance to escape.

Trivia

It is highly likely that various kinds of Immortality can become a curse because whoever is close to them or even their friends had past away, the user would be left behind, unless the user is also gifted the ability to teleport to both Earth and Heaven, or alternatively Meta Teleportation to keep the curse of being immortal at bay.

Known Users

See Also: Immortality and Complete Immortality.

Manga/Anime

Cartaphilus (Ancient Magus Bride)
Titans (Attack on Titan)
Skull Knight (Berserk)
The God Hand (Berserk)
Apostles (Berserk)
Sajin Komamura (Bleach); temporary
Shaz Domino (Bleach)
Sōsuke Aizen (Bleach); via the Hōgyoku.
Cell (Dragon Ball); killed when his core was vaporized.
Majin Buu (Dragon Ball); killed when every last molecule of his being was destroyed.
Garlic Jr. (Dragon Ball)
Future Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super); compromised by fusing with a mortal.
Merged Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super); killed when compromised immortality was overtaxed.
Infinite Zamasu (Dragon Ball Super); killed when erased from existence.
Sanzomon (Digimon)
Hidan (Naruto)
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki (Naruto);
Madara Uchiha (Naruto); via absorbing the Holy Tree.
Tailed Beasts (Naruto)
Black Zetsu (Naruto)
Heike Masaomi (Code: Breaker)
Yukihina (Code: Breaker)
Elg (Toriko); killed by Tengu Brunch's Series Great Electrification Attack.
Zeref Dragneel (Fairy Tail)
Mavis Vermilion (Fairy Tail)
Éclair (Fairy Tail)
Celestial Spirits (Fairy Tail)
Demons of Zeref (Fairy Tail)
Yuki Nagato (The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya)
Rory Mercury (GATE)
Viral (Gurren Lagann)
Alucard (Hellsing)
Van Hohenheim (Fullmetal Alchemist); Loses his immortality after using much of his power and dies peacefully.
Father (Fullmetal Alchemist)
Jareth, the Goblin King (Labyrinth)
Mizumi, the Queen of Moraine (Return to Labyrinth)
Drumlin (Return to Labyrinth)
Lucifer (Dante's Inferno)
China (Hetalia)
Moulin (Return to Labyrinth)
Death (Soul Eater)
Medusa Gorgon (Soul Eater)
Free (Soul Eater)
Mizune Sisters (Soul Eater)
Asura (Soul Eater)
Eibon (Soul Eater)
Index (Soul Eater)
Excaliber (Soul Eater)
The Black Mass (Soul Eater)
Mosquito (Soul Eater)
Saturn (Saint Seiya)
Titans (Saint Seiya)
Fuu Houhou (The Outcast)
Yume Hasegawa (Pupa)
Utsutsu Hasegawa (Pupa)
Yuu (Pupa)
Tenzen Yakushiji (Basilisk)
Joujin (Bailisk)
Creed Diskenth (Black Cat); via Nanites
Zero Numbers (Black Cat); via Eden
Hampnie Hambert/Kizuna Astin (Kamisama no Inai Nichiyobi); lost his Immortality since his wish was granted and die happily.
Kojō Akatsuki (Strike the Blood)
Asagi Aiba (Strike the Blood); via Cain's Altar.
Haruto Tokishima (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
Saki Rukino (Kakumeiki Valvrave)
Touta Konoe (UQ Holder!)
Evangeline A.K. McDowell (UQ Holder!)
Dana Ananga Jagannatha (UQ Holder!)
Arcueid Brunestud (Tsukihime)
Ciel (Tsukihime)
Michael Roa Valdamjong (Tsukihime)
C.C (Code Geass)
V.V (Code Geass)
Utsuro (Gintama)
Kouka (Gintama)
Himuro Genma (Ninja Scroll); via controlling every part of his body down to the tiniest bone and blood, allowing revival.
Those who eat mermaid flesh and survive (Mermaid Forest)
- Yuta
- Mana
- Masato
Rin Asoji (RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~)
Mimi (RIN ~Daughters of Mnemosyne~)
Ban (Nanatsu no Taizai)
Meliodas (Nanatsu no Taizai)
Fuu Houhou (The Outcast)
Akihito Kanbara (Kyoukai no Kanata)
Fairies (Touhou)
Fujiwara no Mokou (Touhou Project)
Kaguya Houraisan (Touhou Project)
Eirin Yagokoro (Touhou Project)
Ladylee Tangleroad (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
Jibril (No Game No Life)
Manji (Blade of the Immortal)
Humanity (Utawarerumono); after being transformed into Curse/Tatari.
Uratarou (Uratarou)
Antoku (Uratarou)
Ajins (Ajin)
Vampires (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part I Phantom Blood & Part III Stardust Crusaders)
- DIO
- Straits
Pillar Men (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part II Battle Tendency)
- Kars
- Esidisi
- Wamuu
- Santana
Nijimura's Father (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part IV Diamonds are Unbreakable)
Notorious B.I.G. (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure Part V Vento Aureo)
Immortals (Baccano)
Rain Jewlitt/Methuselah (Immortal Rain) loses his immortality at the end of the series after being reborn.
Setsuna F. Seiei (Mobile Suit Gundam 00 - The Movie - A wakening of the Trailblazer) via fusing ELS.
Shigama Doji/Sika Madu (Seraph of the End)

Television/Movies

The Darkness/Amara (Supernatural)
God (Supernatural)
The Death (Supernatural)
Leviathans (Supernatural)
Alphas (Supernatural)
Eve (Supernatural)
Immortals (The Vampire Diaries)
Sirens (The Vampire Diaries)
Original Vampire (The Vampire Diaries)
Original Hybird (The Vampire Diaries)
Powerful Witches (The Vampire Diaries); via Spell Casting
Rumpelstiltskin (Once Upon a Time)
Zoso (Once Upon a Time)
Peter Pan (Once Upon a Time)
The Jabberwocky (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
Joanna Beauchamp (Witches of East End)
King Nikolaus (Witches of East End)
Powerful Witches (Witches of East End)
Emperor Vitiate (Star Wars); via Sith Magic
Darth Sidious (Star Wars); via essence transfer
Darth Nihilus (Star Wars)
Darth Sion (Star Wars)
Henry Morgan (Forever)
Adam (Forever)
Krispin Stockley (Powers)
Adam Monroe/Takezo Kensei (Heroes)
Claire Bennet (Heroes)
Sylar (Heroes)
Ashildr/Me (Doctor Who)
The Beast (Doctor Who)
Captain Jack Harkness (Doctor Who/Torchwood)
Nathan Young (MisFits)
Gods and Titans (Charmed)
The Tribunal (Charmed)
Cleaners (Charmed)
Angels of Destiny (Charmed)
Old Ones (Charmed)
Ego (Marvel Cinematic Universe)
Star Lord (Marvel Cinematic Universe); formerly
Erasmus Darkening (The Sarah Jane Adventures)
Carmine The Bowler (Mystery Men)
Curtis Knox (Smallville)
Candyman (Candyman)
Primus (Transformers); via an Indestructible Spark
Unicron (Transformers); via an Indestructible Spark
Rampage (Transformers: Beast Wars); via an Indestructible Spark
Grandma (The Twilight Zone: I Sing the Body Electric)
Doctor Victor Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
Heinrich and Gustav Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
Elizabeth Frankenstein (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
Sanguinaire Polidori (Mary Shelley's Frankenhole)
Connor MacLeod (Highlander)
Duncan MacLeod (Highlander)
Caleb Mathias (Mutant X); via resurrection
Flint (Star Trek); originally
The Q species (Star Trek); All Q are immortal from the beginning of the Universe to the end
Jason Voorhees (Friday the 13th)
Michael Myers (Halloween)
Kaulder (The Last Witch Hunter)
Freddy Krueger (Nightmare on Elm Street)
The Leprechaun (The Leprechaun series)
Pinhead (Hellraiser)
Mathias (Fading of the Cries)
Jacob (Fading of the Cries); The protection spell he received when he was fatally wounded seems to have made him immortal
All Humans on Earth (Torchwood: Miracle Day)
That Guy With The Glasses (Channel Awesome)
Douchey McNitpick (Channel Awesome)
Santa Christ (Channel Awesome)
Malachite (Channel Awesome/Suburban Knight)
Scamper (Igor)
Nanny McPhee (Nanny McPhee)
Kamen Rider Genmu Zombie Gamer Level X (Kamen Rider Ex-Aid); Achieved after getting stabbed by his own Gashacon Bugvisor, lost when Ex-Aid reprogrammed it away

Cartoons

Starscream (G1 Transformers); via Indestructible Spark
Shendu (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Demon Sorcerers (Jackie Chan Adventures)
Aku (Samurai Jack); Can only be wounded/killed by Jack's katana
The Guardian (Samurai Jack)
Sir George (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Professor Paradox (Ben 10: Alien Force/Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Mr. Freeze (Batman: The Animated Series)
Grant Walker (Batman: The Animated Series)
Hunson Abadeer (Adventure Time)
The Lich (Adventure Time)
Bill Cipher (Gravity Falls); Erased from existence via Memory eraser gun
Mumm-Ra (Thundercats)
Discord (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic)
Princess Celestia (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic)
Princess Luna (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic)
Lord Tirek (My Little Pony Friendship is Magic)
Diagon (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)
Celestialsapiens (Ben 10: Ultimate Alien)

Literature

Morgoth (Tolkienverse)
Sauron (Lord of the Rings)
Saruman (Lord of the Rings)
Gods, Titans, and Giants (Percy Jackson)
Randall Flagg (Stephen King)
Crimson King (Stephen King)
IT/Pennywise (Stephen King)
Beloved (The Unicorn Chronicles); via the tip of the unicorn, Whiteling's horn embedded in her heart
The Chrion (The Unicorn Chronicles); via having his vital essence placed in a jeweled golden egg; though his aging was slowed greatly
Golden Boy (Wild Cards)
Elves (Inheritance)
Brittany/Drake (Gone)
Tuck Family (Tuck Everlasting)
Haplo's dog (Death Gate Cycle)
Fanoxean (The Young Guardians)
Sir Angus Prize (Happy Ness: The Secret of the Loch)
Celestial Immortals (Desolate Era)
Empyrean Gods (Desolate Era)
True Gods (Desolate Era)
Daofathers of the Great Firmament (Desolate Era)

Video Games

Alex Mercer (Prototype)
James Heller (Prototype)
Dominus Ghaul (Destiny)
Guardians (Destiny)
Bryce (NeverDead)
Shadow The Hedgehog (Sonic The Hedgehog)
Black Doom (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Solaris (Sonic the Hedgehog)
Chip/Light Gaia (Sonic the Hedgehog)
The Darkness (Skylanders)
Ancient Elementals (Skylanders)
Mammoth Mogul (Archie's Sonic The Hedgehog)
John White/The Beast (Infamous 2); eventually died from the Ray Field Inhibitor activated by Cole MacGrath or giving his powers to Cole.
Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)
Shinnok (Mortal Kombat)
Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat); via Amulet of Shinnok.
Ganondorf (The Legend of Zelda)
William Black (Fable)
Kratos (God of War)
AZ (Pokémon)
Rosalina (Super Mario Galaxy)
Vincent Valentine (Compilation of Final Fantasy VII)
Caius Ballad (Final Fantasy XIII-2)
Clockwork (Sly Cooper series)
Akihiko Kayaba (Sword Art Online)
Wizeman the Wicked (NiGHTS into Dreams)
Dr. Henry West (Splatterhouse 2010)
Guardian of Metal (Brütal Legend)
Grima (Fire Emblem)
Pylich (TF2 Freak)
Kyrie Illunis (Sands of Destruction)
Snow White (Valkyrie Crusade)
Immortal Rahu (Valkyrie Crusade)
Merlin (Fate Grand Order); Lacks the concept of death
Tiamat (Fate Grand Order); Cannot die as long as there is life on earth
Goetia (Fate Grand Order); Lacks the concept of death
Demon Pillars (Fate Grand Order); Lack the concept of death
Jacob/The Deathless Prophet (Tomb Raider)
The Deathless Ones (Tomb Raider)
Tusk (Killer Instinct)
Alduin (The Elder Scrolls)
The Nerevarine (The Elder Scrolls; granted Immortality by The Corpus Disease)
The Hero of Kvatch (The Elder Scrolls; after becoming The New Sheogorath)
Daedric Princes (The Elder Scrolls)
Olgierd von Everec (The Witcher 3: Hearts of Stone)

Comics

Mortigan Goth (Marvel Comics)
Yi-Yang (Marvel Comics)
Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Franklin Richards (Marvel Comics)
Galactus (Marvel Comics)
Garokk (Marvel Comics)
Ulyssess Bloodstone (Marvel Comics); via the Bloodgem
Terror (Marvel Comics)
Ego the Living Planet (Marvel Comics)
Watchers (Marvel Comics)
Carina Tivan (Marvel Comics)
Nightmare (Marvel Comics)
Dormammu (Marvel Comics)
Phoenix Force (Marvel Comics)
Olympians (Marvel Comics)
Elders of the Universe (Marvel Comics)
Celestials (Marvel Comics)
Eternals/Homo Immortalis (Marvel Comics)
Selene (Marvel Comics)
Mr. Sinister (Marvel Comics)
Romulus (Marvel Comics)
Remus (Marvel Comics)
Cyber (Marvel Comics)
Thanos (Marvel Comics); cursed to never die
James "Logan" Howlett (Marvel Comics); via Healing Factor
Dakan Akihiro (Marvel Comics); via Healing Factor
Nightcrawler (Marvel Comics) sacrificed his soul
Sentry (Marvel Comics)
Joshua Foley/Elixir (Marvel Comics)
Wonder Man (Marvel Comics)
Atlas (Marvel Comics)
Count Nefaria (Marvel Comics)
Adam Warlock (Marvel Comics)
Sir James Jaspers/Mad Jim Jaspers (Marvel Comics)
Owen Reece/Molecule Man (Marvel Comics)
Ogun (Marvel Comics)
Mister Immortal (Marvel Comics)
Deadpool (Marvel Comics); cursed to never die
Corvus Glaive (Marvel Comics); via Glaive
The Endless (DC Comics)
Swamp Thing (DC Comics)
Lobo (DC Comics)
New Gods (DC Comics)
The Source (DC Comics)
Doomsday (DC Comics); via Reactive Adaptation
Vandal Savage (DC Comics)
Immortal Man (DC Comics)
Resurrection Man (DC Comics)
Professer Ivo (DC Comics); via immortality elixir
Magus (DC Comics)
Jacob the Deathless Prophet (Rise of the Tomb Raider)
Hulk (Marvel Comics)
Juggernaut (Marvel Comics)
Maestro (Marvel Comics)
Dr. Manhattan (Watchmen)
Zahard (Tower of God)
10 Great Warriors (Tower of God)
All Immortals (El Goonish Shive)
Anyone who reaches god tier (Homestuck); can still be killed permanently if their death is just or heroic.
Caliborn/Lord English (Homestuck); was granted unconditional immortality.
Zanta Claws (Eddsworld)
Spawn (Image Comics)
Ananke (The Wicked + The Divine)