Inner Beast

Inner Beast
The Beast of Darkness (Berserk) is the personification of Guts's darker emotions.
Power/Ability to:	Harness the power of a beast living inside of you.

"It's funny, isn't it? How even the best of men can be... deceived by their true nature."

― Wilson Fisk (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

" The true self that is suppressed—the dark side of one's personality that is buried deep inside."

― Morgana (Persona 5)

" I try to resist. I really do. But he slides his fingers through my thoughts, and blocks and tweaks and rearranges, until what I see is what he wants. No path makes sense to me except the one he offers. There is no hope and no salvation. There is only Etrigan. I had no idea I was capable of this. But people change"

― Jason Blood (Demon Vol 3 #0)

"I've had a demon inside me for a couple hundred years... just waitin' for a good fight."

― Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

The power to harness the power and abilities of a beast living inside of you. Variation of Inner Being.

Capabilities

The user can harness the power of their inner beast; an innate creature that lies within them that grants them great power, strength and ferocity. This allows them to use their unique abilities to vastly increase their own existing ones and/or unlock new ones. The nature of the beast is naturally bound to the user's characteristics, experience and inner nature, which they can ultimately manifest into potentially anything, be they wild or tame, single or multiple, and so on.

Applications

• Adrenal Activation
  • Pain Suppression
• Berserker Physiology
• Combat Empowerment
• Divided Mind
• Enhanced/Supernatural Combat
• Enhanced/Supernatural Durability
• Enhanced/Supernatural Strength
• Enhanced/Supernatural Life-Force
  • Quintessence Force
• Fear Empowerment
• Indomitable Will
• Inner Beast Attacks
• Inner Beast Concentration
• Inner Beast Element Manipulation
• Inner Beast Energy Manipulation
• Inner Beast Manipulation
• Inner Beast Solidification
• Inner Beast Summoning
• Inner Beast Symbiosis
• Inner Beast Transformation
• Power Infusion
• Power Augmentation

Techniques

• Inner Beast Aura
• Inner Beast Combat
• Inner Beast Defense

Variations

• Multiple Inner Beasts
• Tame Inner Beast
• Wild Inner Beast

Inner Beast Types

• Inner Animal
  • Inner Dragon
• Personal Demon Physiology

Associations

• Inner Beast Mastery
• Inner Beast Object
• Symbiosis

Limitations

• Tranquilizers
• Beast within users are fundamentally unique.
• May be vulnerable to bullets and other objects.
• If the user's inner beast is wild, Inner Beast Collaboration can tame their inner beast.
• Removal of the inner beast may result in death due to the process of removal being extremely painful and taxing on energy.
• The inner beast may have a will of its own, and may attempt to take over the user.

Known Users

Anime/Manga/Manhwa

• Beast Tamers (The Beginning After the End); with their Beast's Wills.
• Guts (Berserk); with the hound-like Beast of Darkness, a manifestation of all his rage and hatred
• Kang Too Jee (Change Guy)
• Saiyans (Dragon Ball series); with their Oozaru/Great Apes
• Inuyasha (InuYasha); being half-dog demon can transform into a full-fledged demon when in life-threatening danger

Cartoons/Comics

• Toa Hordika (Bionicle)
• Orion (DC Comics)
• Bruce Banner (Marvel Comics); with The Hulk
• Illyana Rasputina/Magik (Marvel Comics); with her demonic form and persona called Darkchylde, the result of black magic corrupting her soul
• James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine (Marvel Comics)
• Frank Castle/Punisher (Punisher MAX); with the Voice
• Warren Worthington III (Marvel Comics); with the Archangel persona
• Hank McCoy/Beast (Marvel Comics)
• K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes); with Turbo K.O.
• Steven Universe (Steven Universe Future); with his Corrupted Self
• Beast Boy (Teen Titans); can transform into a savage sasquatch-like form

Live Television/Movies

• Angel (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Goku (Dragon Ball Evolution)
• Sgt. Wu (Grimm)
• Haruto Souma (Kamen Rider Wizard); via tamed Phantom WizarDragon

Literature

• Dr. Jekyll (Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde); with his inner-evil Mr. Hyde

Video Games

• The Abomination (Darkest Dungeon)
• Liu Kang (Mortal Kombat); can transform into a dragon
• Hanzō Hasashi (Mortal Kombat); struggles with the Scorpion spirit within him when he has control of himself
• Sonic the Hedgehog (Sonic the Hedgehog); temporarily gained the ability to transform into a werehog
• Persona Users (Persona series)
• Shadows Users (Persona series)

Gallery

Angel's (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) inner demon battles against Eyghon the Sleepwalker's attempted possession, forcing Eyghon out of his body.

As the son of Darkseid, Orion (DC Comics) inherited all the rage and hate Darkseid has, but lacks his father's natural control over it, which can lead to violent, irrational assaults on anyone and anything in his vicinity if not subdued.

Whenever they see a full moon and have a tail, Saiyans (Dragon Ball) become monstrous, rampaging Oozaru/Great Apes.

Broly's (Dragon Ball Super) Wrathful form is the result of him tapping into the power of the Great Ape while in his base Saiyan form.

Goku (Dragon Ball Evolution) is the base Saiyan form/host of the monster Oozaru, and can tap into the latter's power.

When deprived of his sword and in life-threatening danger, Inuyasha (InuYasha) becomes a powerful, near-mindless full demon.

The Hulk (Marvel Comics) is a distillation of Bruce Banner's human anger.

James "Logan" Howlett/Wolverine's Inner Berserker (Marvel Comics)

Illyana Rasputina's (Marvel Comics) demonic personality the Darkchylde, is a result of Belasco teaching her black magic while she lived in Limbo.

Warren Worthington's (Marvel Comics) Archangel persona is result of his conversion to the Horseman of Death by Apocalypse.

The Voice (Punisher MAX) goaded Frank Castle towards making a deal that would save his life…

…but with him saying YES, it also ensures a never ending war for the man who would become the Punisher.

Hanzo Hasashi/Scorpion (Mortal Kombat)

Turbo K.O. (OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes) is the manifestation of K.O.'s fear, anger, and rage he held inside himself.

When his past trauma, feelings of purposelessness, and views of himself of a monster finally overloaded, Steven Universe (Steven Universe Future) transformed into a ginormous, kaiju-like beast.

Videos

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