Menacing Presence

Menacing Presence
The Grim Reaper (Mythology/Folklore) is said to strike fear in the hearts of all who witness them, signifying the viewer's forthcoming death.
Power/Ability to:	Have an overwhelmingly intense/creepy presence.

"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."

― H.P Lovecraft

The ability to have an overwhelmingly intense fear/insanity-inducing presence which bends the minds of whoever gazes upon the user to their whim.

Also Called

• Hypnotic Fear/Insanity Inducement
• Fear/Insanity-Inducing Presence
• Fearsome/Intimidating Presence
• Intimidation Pressure (Kingdom)

Capabilities

The user has an overwhelmingly intense presence which can induce fear and/or insanity upon the viewer while also bending the minds of those who gaze upon the user to their whim.

Applications

• Authority
• Domination
• Fear Inducement
• Insanity Inducement
• Intimidation Intuition
• Mental Inducement
• Mind Control
• Submission
• Supernatural Charisma
• Will Breaking

Associations

• Fear Embodiment
• Mesmerizing Presence
• Meta Fear Inducement

Limitations

• Users of Indomitable Will/Psychic Shield (highly resistant) and Psychic Immunity (impervious).
• Beings unable to sense or feel the user's presence, such as blindness, are immune.

Known Users

See Also: The Dreaded 

• Ronnie Schiatto (Baccano)
• Claire Stanfield (Baccano)
• Yujiro Hanma (Baki the Grappler)
• Zs'Skayr (Ben 10 series); when second skin is torn off.
• Chucky (Child's Play series)
• Doom Guy/Slayer (DOOM series)
• Fork Maidens (Dusk)
• Horrors (Dusk)
• Jakob/Cult Leader (Dusk)
• Grim Reaper (Folklore/Mythology)
• Jason Voorhees (Friday The 13th)
• Michael Myers (Halloween series)
• Victor Crowley (Hatchet)
• Pinhead (Hellraiser)
• DIO Brando (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)
• Various Characters (Kingdom)
• Freddy Krueger (Nightmare On Elm Street series)
• Slender Man (Slender Man Mythos)
• Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)
• Various Characters (Toriko)
• Cthulhu (Valkyrie Crusade)

Known Objects

• Helm of Hades/Helm of Darkness( Riordan Verse)

Gallery

Once he emerges from his own fake layer of skin, Zs'Skayr’s (Ben 10 series) true appearance is so fearsomely hideous that even Ben Tennyson can’t help but look on in genuine dread.

Chucky (Child's Play series)

While he may have been empowered by Nyarlathotep to be really powerful, the only price that Jakob/Cult Leader (Dusk) had to go through is to have not only the cult symbol embedded into his forehead, but also having his facial appearance mutilated to the point of having his eyelids removed, and his eyeballs nearly out of his sockets, giving him a disturbing appearance.

Freddy Krueger (Nightmare On Elm Street series)

Pinhead (Hellraiser)

Michael Myers (Halloween series)

Jason Voorhees (Friday The 13th)

Victor Crowley (Hatchet)

Leatherface (Texas Chainsaw Massacre)

After meeting with him for the first time Ri Shin commented on how Kan Ki (Kingdom) gave off a powerful sense of menacing rejection.

Slender Man (Slender Man Mythos)

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Cthulhu (Valkyrie Crusade)