- "Elaine — you'll die, too. And my curse is knowing that I'll be there to see it. It's my atonement, you see — it's my punishment for lettin' John Coffey ride the lightning. For killing a miracle of God. You'll be gone like all the others, and I'll have to stay. Oh, I'll die eventually; of that, I'm sure. I have no illusions of immortality. But I will have wished for death long before Death finds me. In truth, I wish for it already."
- ― Paul Edgecomb (The Green Mile)
The power to prevent a serious illness, ailment or injury from ending an individual's life. Variation of Preservation. Not to be confused with Healing.
Capabilities[]
The user can prolong the time a seriously ill or severely injured individual has to live and prevent them from succumbing to death prematurely.
This power may also be used to preserve a severed body part to keep it alive and then simply reattach it instead of having it die from necrosis.
Applications[]
Associations[]
- Biological Manipulation
- Cryogenic Hibernation
- Dependency
- Freezing
- Health Manipulation
- Impossible State Survival
- Life-Force Manipulation
Limitations[]
- May require constant physical contact.
- Unlike Healing, the power doesn't get rid of the illness; it merely prolongs the individual's life.
- May physically drain the user.
- If the user keeps preventing the illness, it may get worse.
- May not prevent physical injuries.
Known Users[]
Anime/Manga[]
- Immortals (Baccano)
- Papillon (Buso Renkin)
- Utsuro (Gintama)
- Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto); via Six Paths Sage Mode
- Satan Jacob/Sadao Maou (The Devil Is a Part-Timer)
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Venom (Marvel Comics)
Live Television/Movies[]
- Grace (Misfits)
- Darth Plagueis (Star Wars)
Literature[]
- Tessa Gray (The Infernal Devices); via the clockwork angel
Web Original[]
- SCP-001 - S. D. Locke's Proposal - When Day Breaks (SCP Foundation)
- SCP-4419 - The Butcher's Chariot (SCP Foundation)
Known Objects[]
- Staff of Hermes Trismegistus (Assassin's Creed: Odyssey)
- Cure-All Elixir (Baccano)
- Grand Panacea (Baccano)
- Venom (Batman Beyond)
- Unicorn Blood (Harry Potter)
- Eternity (Pokemon Adventures)
- Clockwork angel (The Infernal Devices)
- Cold Sleep (Toaru Majutsu no Index)
- Johann Maelzel's Metronome (Warehouse 13)
Known Locations[]
- Shrine of Resurrection (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)
Gallery[]
Bane (Batman Beyond) had to use the Venom drug to preserve his life after he had abused its usage for so many years that it crippled his entire system.
Papillon (Buso Renkin) used an incomplete homunculus embryo to turn into an immortal being, thus preserving his life from his terminal illness, though not eliminating the disease due to the flaw of an incomplete transformation.
Utsuro (Gintama) giving his immortal blood to a dying Oboro, which help preserve the child's life, though it does not actually heal the recipient, as it only keeps the body alive as its wounds naturally close up, while the unstable blood is causing the mortal flesh to rot.
Naruto Uzumaki (Naruto) utilized the Yang power of the Six Paths Sage Mode to preserve Obito's life after he used a life-costing reincarnation technique, though it could not fully save him from death.
While bonded to Eddie Brock, the Venom symbiote (Marvel Comics) kept his terminal cancer at bay, preventing it from killing him without curing it.
Archie (Pokémon Adventures) wore the Eternity armor, which preserved his life from literally crumbling apart after his interaction with the Blue Orb.
The clockwork angel (The Infernal Devices) was tuned to preserve Tessa Gray's life while the angel Ithuriel was trapped inside.