- "The living... may not hear them. Their voices... may fall upon deaf ears. But make no mistake. The dead... are not silent."
- ― The Sorrow, Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater
The power to perceive and communicate with spirits. Sub-power of Psionics. Variation of Interaction. Not to be confused with Death Whisper. Sub-power of Medium
Also Called[]
- Dead/Ghost Talking
- Death Interaction/Communication
- Ghost Whispering/Communication
- Ghoul/Ghoulish Interaction/Communication
- Medium/Mediums
- Post-Mortem Communication
- Psychic Medium
- Specter/Spectral Communication/Interaction
- Spirit Medium
- Spiritual Affinity
- True Sight (The Thundermans)
- The Gift (The Haunted Hathaways)
Capabilities[]
The users are spirit mediums, individuals that can perceive, communicate or otherwise interact with the souls/spirits of others. They can banish these entities from an area or summon souls/spirits that will defend them if they were ever to come to harm. They may even have their own soul or spirit enter the different worlds within the afterlife, while having their bodies within the living world entering in a sort of trance-like state. That allows them to return to their body when they're finished with their affairs within the afterlife.
Well-trained mediums are even capable of channeling the powers and other attributes souls/spirits they interact with, making them potential host/conduits for channeling their powers through their own bodies while acting as if these attributes were their own. Mediums may also be able to harm the souls/spirits of others or even command them to fulfill actions that would suit the medium's best interests. They can also allow themselves to be possessed by other souls or spirits, allowing them to take control over their own body. While they are either under a deep trance like state or traveling the afterlife. More powerful mediums have also been known to gain psychic powers through their medium abilities like; extraordinary psychic senses, and some have even been too able to cause telekinetic activity and materializations.
Applications[]
- Astral Bridging
- Channeling
- Deprivation
- Phantasm Manipulation (varies per stronger users)
- Psychic Intuition (varies per stronger users)
- Spiritual Plane Connection
Techniques[]
Associations[]
- African Mysticism
- Greco-Roman Mysticism
- Grim Reaper Physiology
- Mystic Human Physiology
- Necromancy
- Psionics
- Shamanism
- Superior Human Physiology
Limitations[]
- If their body soul or spirit were to ever be harmed within the living world or the afterlife it could have severe consequences.
- The connection between both the living world and the afterlife would be cut off, preventing the user from entering the living world again.
- If the soul or spirit of the user were ever to be harmed within the afterlife, it might result in said soul/spirit becoming fractured.
- Ghosts may be able to visit the user against their will or at the least expected moments since this power can attract spirits.
- Making deals with a spirit can be dangerous.
- Medium Manipulation
- Psychic Negation
- Some spirits may not be benevolent; they may try and trick the user to do bad things.
- Some may be demons pretending to be ghosts.
- Spirits may be able to occasionally possess the user.
- Power may be limited to hearing, smelling, or sensing the presence of spirits, but cannot directly see them or interact with them.
Known Users[]
Also See: Mediumship and I See Dead People.
Anime/Manga[]
- Koyomi Araragi (Bakemonogatari)
- Karin Kurosaki (Bleach)
- Yuzu Kurusaki (Bleach)
- Tatsuki Arisawa (Bleach)
- Keigo Asano (Bleach)
- Mizuiro Kojima (Bleach)
- Mizuho Asano (Bleach)
- Don Kanonji (Bleach)
- Toya Kinomoto (Cardcaptor Sakura)
- Jinchuuriki (Naruto)
- Ryoka Narusawa (Occultic; Nine)
- Saitou Yakumo (Psychic Detective Yakumo); via his red left eye.
- Shamans (Shaman King)
- Xiao (Witch Hunter)
- Yo-Kai Watch Users (Yo-Kai Watch)
- Buck Hazeltine (Yo-Kai Watch); via UFO stone
- Vandalieu (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
- Individuals with 【Spiritualist】job (The Death Mage Who Doesn't Want a Fourth Time)
- Bonchien (To Your Eternity)
- Witches (Little Witch Academia)
- Miko Yotsuya (Mieruko-chan)
- Julia Nigurendou (Mieruko-chan)
- Ash Ketchum (Pokémon)
- Toritsuka Reita (The Disastrous Life of Saiki K.)
Cartoons/Comics[]
- Marceline the Vampire Queen (Adventure Time)
- The Lich (Adventure Time)
- Fantomah (Comic House)
- Shirley the Medium (Courage the Cowardly Dog)
- Danny Fenton/Phantom (Danny Phantom)
- John Constantine (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
- Crystal Palace (DC Comics/Vertigo Comics)
- Voodoo (DC Comics/Image Comics)
- Gwyneth (Doctor Who)
- Princess Elena (Elena of Avalor)
- Hellboy (Hellboy/BPRD)
- Aradia Megido (Homestuck)
- Ghoul (Malibu Comics)
- Wicked (Marvel Comics)
- Deadpool (Marvel Comics)
- Meggan (Marvel Comics)
- Doctor Voodoo (Marvel Comics)
- Tamers (Monster Allergy)
- Keepers (Monster Allergy)
- Dr. Facilier (The Princess and the Frog)
- Nightsisters (Star Wars: The Clone Wars)
- Jon "the Skeletan Man" (Tarot: Witch of the Black Rose)
- Vampirella (Vampirella)
- The Incredible Hulk (Marvel Comics)
- T'Challa/Black Panther (Marvel Comics)
- Chris Luna (The Veil)
- Various Metahumans (DC Comics)
- Various Mutants (Marvel Comics)
- Everyone (The Ghost and Molly McGee)
- Molly McGee
- Dante (Pixar's Coco)
- Coral the Betta (Archie's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Folklore/Mythology[]
- Mictlantecuhtli (Aztec Mythology)
- Anubis (Egyptian Mythology)
- Hades/Pluto (Greco-Roman Mythology)
Literature[]
- Valkyrie Cain (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Solomon Wreath (Skulduggery Pleasant)
- Kat (Suddenly Supernatural series)
- Rufus Wheldon (Locke and Key)
- Max Doyle (Mostly Ghostly)
- Children of Hades/Pluto (Percy Jackson series)
- Nico di Angelo
- Bianca di Angelo
- Kylie Galen (Shadow Falls)
- Holiday Brandon (Shadow Falls)
- Daniel Brighten (Shadow Falls)
- Burnett James (Shadow Falls)
- Francyne (Shadow Falls); can only sense spirits
- Elf Bus Driver (Shadow Falls); can only sense spirits
- Mrs. Galen (Shadow Falls); can only sense spirits
- Della Tsang (Shadow Falls: After Dark); occasionally
- Chase Tallman (Shadow Falls: After Dark); can only sense spirits
- Feng Tsang (Shadow Falls: After Dark); can only sense spirits
- Fredericka Lakota (Shadow Falls)
- Perenelle Flamel (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel)
- Medicine cats/leaders/some warriors and apprentices (Warriors)
- Shadowhunters (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Mundanes with the Sight (Shadowhunter Chronicles)
- Ida Holmström (Engelsfors)
- John Hicks (Discworld)
- Rosemarie Hathaway (Vampire Academy)
- Daruxians (Los Hechiceros del Dragon)
Live Television/Movies[]
- Danny Torrance (The Shining)
- Ida May Walker (Heroes)
- Ana Christina Martinez (The Eye)
- Sydney Wells (The Eye)
- Klaus Hargreeves/Number Four/Seance (The Umbrella Academy)
- Lila Pitts/Number Eight (The Umbrella Academy); via Power Mimicry/Power Replication
- Vanessa Ives (Penny Dreadful)
- Jeremy Gilbert (The Vampire Diaries)
- The Anchor to the Other Side (The Vampire Diaries)
- Amara (Formerly)
- Bonnie Bennett (Formerly)
- Oda Mae Brown (Ghost); can only hear spirits
- Cole Sear (The Sixth Sense)
- Vincent Gray (The Sixth Sense)
- Chloe Sanders (Darkest Powers series)
- Ghost whisperers (Ghost Whisperer)
- Melinda Gordon
- Aidan Lucas
- Eli James; can only hear spirits
- Mary Ann Patterson
- Gabriel Lawrence
- Beth Gordon
- Users of the Ghost Key (Locke and Key)
- Bode Locke
- Dodge/Gabe
- Nathan Young (MisFits)
- Allison Dubois (Medium)
- Lafayette Reynolds (True Blood)
- Witches & certain demons (Charmed)
- The Charmed Ones
- Necromancers (Charmed)
- Whitelighters (Charmed)
- Angels of Death (Charmed)
- Harry Greenwood (Charmed 2018)
- Claire (Angel)
- Miles Straume (Lost)
- Finney Blake (Black Phone)
- Mediums/Psychics (Being Human)
- Supernatural Beings (Being Human)
- Benjamin "Benjo" Reyes (Kung Fu Kids)
- Pedro Penduko (The Adventures of Pedro Penduko)
- Juan Penduko (The Adventures of Pedro Penduko)
- Corona Rona Catacutan (!OkaTokat)
- Norman Babcock (ParaNorman)
- Mr. Prenderghast (ParaNorman)
- Agatha "Aggie" Prenderghast (ParaNorman)
- Odd Thomas (Odd Thomas)
- Witches (Hex)
- Fallen Angels (Hex)
- Cassandra (Third Eye)
- Heidi Wyrick (The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia)
- Lisa Wyrick (The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia)
- Joyce (The Haunting in Connecticut 2: Ghosts of Georgia)
- Ethan Morgan (My Babysitter is a Vampire)
- Nina Martin (House of Anubis)
- Eddie Miller (House of Anubis)
- Witches (Witches of East End)
- Warlocks (Witches of East End)
- All Superheroes (The Thundermans)
- Alba Rivas (El Don de Alba)
- Zarabeth (Witchboard)
- Ruth Connors (The Lovely Bones)
- Tangina Barrons (Poltergeist)
- Lorraine Warren (The Conjuring Universe)
- Dr. Miranda Grey (Gothika)
- Edith Cushing (Crimson Peak)
- Max Doyle (Mostly Ghostly)
- Manfred Bernardo (Midnight, Texas)
- Gwyneth (Doctor Who)
- Cassie Bedford (The InBetween)
- Gu Chan-sung (Hotel del Luna)
- Kim Yoo-na (Hotel del Luna)
- Latavious "Lala" Johnson (DC Comics/Black Lightning)
- Several characters (How High); via Ivory’s marijuana
- Jamal
- Silas
- Lloyd Lacanilao (Spirits)
- Aurelia (Paraiso)
- Olivia (Paraiso)
- Darby Harper (Darby and the Dead)
- Zach Sands (Susie Q); via bracelet
- Knuckles the Echidna (Paramount's Sonic the Hedgehog)
Video Games[]
- Maya Fey (Ace Attorney series)
- Pearl Fey (Ace Attorney series)
- Rayfa Padma Khura'in (Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Spirit of Justice)
- Auntie Poulet (Grand Theft Auto: Vice City)
- Quan Chi (Mortal Kombat)
- Zappa (Guilty Gear)
- The Player/Ego (Ghost Master)
- The Sorrow (Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater)
- Kallig (Star Wars: The Old Republic)
- Cpt. Xavier Jones (Clive Barker's Jericho)
- Father Paul Rawlings (Clive Barker's Jericho)
- Jodie Holmes (Beyond: Two Souls)
- Joy Foster (Murdered: Soul Suspect)
- Mediums (Murdered: Soul Suspect)
- Plink (Shantae and the Seven Sirens)
- Mario and Luigi (Super Mario Bros. 3)
- Kat (DmC: Devil May Cry)
- Kat (Gravity Rush)
- Marianne (The Medium)
- Guiding Light (Roblox: Doors)
- Arche Klein("Tales of Phantasia")
Web Animation/Comic/Series/Original[]
- Redcloak (The Order of the Stick)
- Durkon Thundershield (The Order of the Stick)
- Minrah Shaleshoe (The Order of the Stick)
- Vampire Durkon (The Order of the Stick)
- Malack (The Order of the Stick)
- Toa Mahri Matoro (Bionicle)
- Ghost Hunters (Devils Moon)
- Spectrals (Paranatural)