Magical Conversion

Magical Conversion
Mannimarco (The Elder Scrolls series) was so powerful in his necromancy that, as the first lich he created the Worm Thrall spell, which can turn a living into an undead under his thrall.
Power/Ability to:	Transform/convert a victim's species or type of being via magic.

Power to convert a being into another type of being through the use of magic. Variation of Conversion.

Also Called

• Magical/Mystical Entity Conversion
• Blessed/Blessing Conversion
• Curse/Cursed Conversion
• Magic/Magical Conversion
• Polymorph (Dungeons & Dragons)

Capabilities

The user can turn others into another type of being through the use of magic, whether through some form of general spell, or a mystical curse of some sort.

Applications

• Curse Empowerment
• Magic Empowerment
• Mystical Mutation
• Species-Shifting
• Conversion/Omni-Conversion

Associations

• Conversion Resurrection
• Curse Inducement
• Magic
  • Necromancy
  • Voodoo

​Limitations

• Effects may be temporary or irreversible.
• Some targets may be immune.
• May be limited on how much matter can be changed at once.
• May be involuntary/always on.
• Curse Negation or Magic Negation can reverse the conversion.
• Conversion Negation/Conversion Immunity
• Curse Manipulation can limit the effects of the conversion in the case of a curse.
• Curse Immunity/Magic Immunity

Known Users

See Also: Curse and Voodoo Zombie.

• Mumbo Jumbo (Banjo-Kazooie)
• Apostles (Berserk); via Pseudo-Apostles/Apostle Spawn
• God Hand (Berserk); via Apostles
• La Magra (Blade)
• Gebel (Bloodstained series); via Crystal Curse
• The Witch (Brave); via Mor'du and Spell Cake
• Yuna (Breath of Fire IV)
• Amy Madison (Buffy the Vampire Slayer); via rat transformation spell
• D'Hoffryn (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)
• Thricewise Kenny (Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Eight); via Transformation Curse
• Zeus (Camp Half-Blood Chronicles)
• Zobek (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow)
• Charlotte Aulin (Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin)
• Ernest Fairchild/Evil Ernie (Chaos! Comics)
• Bokor (Chronicles of Darkness)
• Paalm/Bleeder (The Cosmere/Mistborn); via Hemalurgic chimera
• Rasher/The Lord Ruler (The Cosmere/Mistborn); via Hemalurgy
• Witch of Izalith/Bed of Chaos (Dark Souls); via Flame of Chaos
• Ahmanet (Dark Universe)
• Bloodsuckers (Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court); via Crimson Curse
• Demons (Darksiders); via Wicked
• Arion (DC Comics)
• Circe (DC Comics)
• Circe the Tattooist (DC Comics)
• Corum Rath (DC Comics); via Abyssal Dark
• Morgaine le Fey (DC Comics)
• Munmu (DC Comics); via Ahn Kwang-Jo/Dragonson
• Mordu (DC Comics)
• Nimue Inwudu/Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)
• The Presence (DC Comics); via curse on Cain
• Salesman (DC Comics)
• Urzkartaga (DC Comics); via Barbara Minerva/Cheetah
• Zatana Zatara (DC Comics)
• Enchantress (DC Extended Universe); via Eyes of the Adversary
• The Old One (Demon's Souls)
• Order of the Sword (Devil May Cry 4); via Ascension Ceremony
• Malcolm Betruger (Doom 3)
• Grevane (The Dresden Files); via Necromancy
• Shrikes (Elder Scrolls); into Night Terrors.
• Hircine (The Elder Scrolls series); via Lycanthropy
• Molag Bal (The Elder Scrolls series); via Vampirism through Daughters of Coldharbour
• Dagoth Ur (The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind); via Blight and Corprus
• Mannimarco (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion); via Worm Thrall
• Glenmoril Witches (The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim)
• The Ancients (Eternal Darkness: Sanity's Requiem)
• Nymphs (Fable series); via Hobbes
• Cornelius Grim (Fable II)
• fal'Cie (Final Fantasy XIII); via Cie'th
• Aballister Bonaduce (Forgotten Realms); via Chaos Curse
• Night King (Game of Thrones)
• Zeus (God of War series)
• Circe (Greco-Roman Mythology)
• Deities (Greco-Roman Mythology)
  • Artemis/Diana
  • Athena/Minerva
  • Dionysus/Bacchus
  • Gaia/Gaea
  • Hera/Juno
• Users of Human Transformation (Harry Potter series)
• Daolon Wong (Jackie Chan Adventures); via Dark Chi Warriors
• Sabbat (Judge Dredd); via Necromancy
• Kai (Kung Fu Panda 3); via Jombies
• Kain (Legacy of Kain); via Conversion Resurrection
• Skull Kid (The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask); via Majora's Mask
• Zant (The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess); via Shadow Beasts
• Amora/Enchantress (Marvel 1602); via Faustians
• Amora the Enchantress (Marvel Comics)
• Athena Parthenos (Marvel Comics); via Gorgons
• Belasco (Marvel Comics); via Children of Dis
• Dormammu (Marvel Comics)
• Ebrok (Marvel Comics); via Cat People
• Geomancer (Marvel Comics)
• Hela (Marvel Comics)
• Iranda (Marvel Comics); via Lizard Men
• Morgan le Fay (Marvel Comics)
• Pre-Cataclysm Atlantean sorcerers (Marvel Comics); via Varnae
• Samuel Barone/Black Talon (Marvel Comics)
• Sersi (Marvel Comics)
• Zardeth (Marvel Comics); via Magma Men
• Billy Kaplan/Wiccan (Marvel Comics)
• LeChuck (Monkey Island series)
• Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat); via Nether Magic
• Doku (Ninja Gaiden); via Alma's Fiendish Awakening
• Vazdah (Ninja Gaiden 2)
• Nyx (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
• Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord Maruyama)
• Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean series); via Crew of the Flying Dutchman
• Edward Teach/Blackbeard (Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides); via Zombie Officers
• Jolly Roger (Pirates of the Caribbean Online)
• Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)
• Heinrich I (Return to Castle Wolfenstein)
• Hidden One (Sleepy Hollow)
• Moloch (Sleepy Hollow)
• Dathka Graush (Star Wars Legends); via Tsaiwinokka Hoyakut
• God (Supernatural)
• Samhain (Supernatural)
• Loki Odinson (Ultimate Marvel); via Barbara Norriss/Valkyrie
• The Hollow (The Vampire Diaries); via Werewolf Curse
• Chaos Gods (Warhammer 40,000); via Daemon Princes
• Chaos Gods (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar); via Daemon Princes
• Sigmar (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar); via Stormcast Eternals
• Chaos Gods (Warhammer Fantasy); via Daemon Princes
• Grey Seers (Warhammer Fantasy); via Curse of the Horned Rat
• Nagash (Warhammer Fantasy/Warhammer: Age of Sigmar)
• God (World of Darkness); via curse on Caine
• Arthas Menethil (World of Warcraft)

Known Items

• Beherits (Berserk)
• Crystal Curse (Bloodstained series)
• Spell Cake (Brave)
• Quiescence (Chronicles of Darkness)
• Darksign (Dark Souls/Dark Souls II/Dark Souls III)
• Pontiff's Left Eye and Pontiff's Right Eye (Dark Souls III)
• Crimson Curse (Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court)
• Staff of Worms (The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion)
• Chaos Curse (Forgotten Realms)
• Mortal Potion (Hercules)
• Black Dechantment (Marvel Comics)
• Genie Lamps (Once Upon a Time in Wonderland)
• Magical Plague (Overlord II); via Magic Zombies
• Treasure of Cortés (Pirates of the Caribbean series); via Curse of the Aztec Gold
• Sands of Time (Prince of Persia series); via Sand Creatures
• Infernal Cup (Shadowhunters series)
• Mortal Cup (Shadowhunters series)
• Muur Talisman (Star Wars Legends)
• Mark of Cain (Supernatural)
• Ancient Wizard Handbook (Tigtone)
• Elixir of Life (Warhammer Fantasy)

Known Locations

• Void (Dishonored: Death of The Outsider); via Envisioned
• Veil (Wolfenstein series); via Despoiled

Gallery

Mumbo Jumbo (Banjo Kazooie)

The God Hand (Berserk) can transform humans who bear Behelits and reach their lowest point of despair into demons called Apostles via a ceremony that requires the sacrifice of that which the human holds most dear to their heart.

Apostles like Mozgus (Berserk) can also turn humans into demons through infesting them with their demonic essence or infusing them with demonic power, turning them into Apostle Spawn.

La Magra (Blade) can turn humans into vampires by merely walking past them.

D'Hoffryn (Buffyverse) can transform humans into Vengeance Demons.

Zobek (Castlevania: Lords of Shadow) can transform the dead into necromancers through the power granted by Satan.

Evil Ernie (Chaos! Comics) can turn dead into Dead Onez with his arcane energy.

Athena (Greco-Roman Mythology) could turn humans into hideous monsters.

Pontiff's Left Eye (Dark Souls III) is a type of ring created by Pontiff Sulyvahn to be given to his Outrider Knights, transforming them into frenzied beasts.

Ahmanet (Dark Universe) was able to suck the life out of others, rejuvenating herself and mummifying them in an instant, turning them into her undead slaves.

Mordu (DC Comics)

Having taken on the Eldritch Magic of the Abyssal Dark, Corum Rath (DC Comics) became capable of transforming others into sea-changed under his control.

Zatanna Zatara (DC Comics) has been known to transform others from one species to another, or even into inanimate objects with her magic on occasion.

Circe (DC Comics)

Madame Xanadu (DC Comics)

Enchantress (DC Extended Universe) can transform humans into Eyes of the Adversary.

The Order of the Sword (Devil May Cry 4) use the Ascension Ceremony to turn their members into angelic-looking demons.

Molag Bal (The Elder Scrolls series) created vampirism by raping Lamae Beolfag, cursing her with unlife in the process.

fal'Cie (Final Fantasy XIII) can give humans the brand of a l'Cie, granting them magical powers, but with the progressive development into either a crystalline form or a monstrous, mutated Cie'th.

As the leader of the White Walkers, The Night King (Game of Thrones) can raise vast armies of wights with minimal effort, and turning humans into White Walkers with his magic.

Kain (Legacy of Kain; in the center) resurrected the Sarafan Inquisitors, the mightiest vampire hunters in Nosgoth's history, turning them into the greatest heralds of his vampiric empire.

Dormammu (Marvel Comics) can transform others into demonic entities with his control over magic.

Samuel Barone/Black Talon (Marvel Comics) uses voodoo to create zombies.

As a master of voodoo, LeChuck (Monkey Island series) can use it to turn others into undead.

As a master of necromancy, Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat) can turn the dead into revenants or even de-roboticize them to do so with his Netherrealm magik.

Shalltear Bloodfallen (Overlord Maruyama)

Calypso (Pirates of the Caribbean series) can use her magic to transform beings into different forms, such as reversing Hector Barbossa's undead state and briefly lift her lover Jones from his curse form and turn him into the man he once was.

Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog) can turn others into frogs through his magic.

The Muur Talisman (Star Wars Legends) is a Sith artifact that transforms any sentient creature, with the exception of force-sensitive beings and a few alien species, into mindless Rakghouls through dark side alchemy.

When its bearer dies, the Mark of Cain (Supernatural) resurrects them, while transforming their soul into a demon....

...such as Dean Winchester...

....and Cain.

As the Lich King, Arthas Menethil (World of Warcraft) could turn even the living directly into undead with his magic.

Videos

BERSERK - Episode 24 - The Great Eclipse -1080p Japanese with English Subtitles--2

Supernatural - Dean becomes a demon - S9E23 - Logoless-2